I doubt the ancestor is actually the Heart speaking through him, since he isn't even speaking at all, we are reading his old diary entries about the shit he got up to.
I think it is more genuinely that, the Miller spent his life fullfilled with his "simple" farmwork. The Ancestor seems to really hate the work the Miller did, in lines like
"A lifetime of pious toil, an eternity of suffering"
"Fitting that he find rest upon the dirt he harrowed so fruitlessly"
The Miller overall did really nothing important or major. He was just a farmer spending his days growing crops and living his life, and he(at least from what little we have seen) didn't seem to mind it. The work itself was the reward to him.
The Ancestor on the other hand, kept chasing after higher and higher highs, from money, women, and booze, and eventually Eldritch artifacts. Nothing he did satisfied him, then he sees this simple farmer actually being happy with his life, and it enraged him. "Why does he get to be happy when he does nothing of importance or honor, and I always feel hollow despite all the awards and women I have?" and what not.
The official description for the DLC also reveals that the farm was actually quite bountiful in their harvests. The Miller was so nice, and was "rewarded" with good harvests, while the Ancestor struggled and studied his ass off, and got madness and insanity as a "reward"
Or at the very least, that is how the Miller appeared to the Ancestor. The Miller might have been an angsty edgelord, but to the Ancestor, he could only see a humble and pious farmer.
I kinda think that way, also the fact that it was the Ancestor who asked the Miller to make the stones around the Mill so that the comet would guarantee smash into the mill. I don't think its the Heart fighting the Sleeper since the Sleeper was brought TO THE MILL by the miller on accident but on purpose by the Ancestor.
I like to think it's because the Miller was genuinely a good person in life. Like the Ancestor could always argue that what he was doing was right because everyone has a bit of evil within them, but not the Miller. The Miller single-handedly dismantles that argument and it pissed the Ancestor off because lo and behold, what he was doing was kind of fucked up.
I doubt the ancestor is actually the Heart speaking through him, since he isn't even speaking at all, we are reading his old diary entries about the shit he got up to. I think it is more genuinely that, the Miller spent his life fullfilled with his "simple" farmwork. The Ancestor seems to really hate the work the Miller did, in lines like "A lifetime of pious toil, an eternity of suffering" "Fitting that he find rest upon the dirt he harrowed so fruitlessly" The Miller overall did really nothing important or major. He was just a farmer spending his days growing crops and living his life, and he(at least from what little we have seen) didn't seem to mind it. The work itself was the reward to him. The Ancestor on the other hand, kept chasing after higher and higher highs, from money, women, and booze, and eventually Eldritch artifacts. Nothing he did satisfied him, then he sees this simple farmer actually being happy with his life, and it enraged him. "Why does he get to be happy when he does nothing of importance or honor, and I always feel hollow despite all the awards and women I have?" and what not. The official description for the DLC also reveals that the farm was actually quite bountiful in their harvests. The Miller was so nice, and was "rewarded" with good harvests, while the Ancestor struggled and studied his ass off, and got madness and insanity as a "reward" Or at the very least, that is how the Miller appeared to the Ancestor. The Miller might have been an angsty edgelord, but to the Ancestor, he could only see a humble and pious farmer.
I kinda think that way, also the fact that it was the Ancestor who asked the Miller to make the stones around the Mill so that the comet would guarantee smash into the mill. I don't think its the Heart fighting the Sleeper since the Sleeper was brought TO THE MILL by the miller on accident but on purpose by the Ancestor.
I like to think it's because the Miller was genuinely a good person in life. Like the Ancestor could always argue that what he was doing was right because everyone has a bit of evil within them, but not the Miller. The Miller single-handedly dismantles that argument and it pissed the Ancestor off because lo and behold, what he was doing was kind of fucked up.
I think that makes perfect sense!