I love that Ghost is just a character in a video game. That's all he is. Ghost is literally just a character in a video game and yet every single person I have ever met that plays Destiny, loves their Ghost like he's real.
Like he's actually a part of us like he is to our Guardians.
Because in a way, he is.
The emotional bond we formed with him is real.
Everyone I know that I have talked to about the end of The Final Shape, admitted to crying over Ghost. (Even my friends that I would say are more emotionally shut off). From my New Light friends to my Veteran friends that have been playing since Beta.
Ghost is just a character in a video game and Bungie managed to make a character that we feel is a part of us like they are to our character.
Nolan North put the emotion, the love, the humor,the concern,the compassion needed into the voice lines over the course of two games to get us attached to Ghost.
The writing team at Bungie, gave life to a little robot shell full of life, where if you were like me, loved him from day 1.
Every time Ghost has ever referenced how long he spent looking for me (My Guardian) or where he found me, I've gotten emotional. So when I got to that part in the the Cosmodrome in The Final Shape, not gonna lie, I got a little teary eyed. That was where it all began.
I'm his and he is mine.
My little guy. My little buddy for life.
He's just a fictional character.
But he's so much more than that.
I know no one at Bungie will ever read this, and I'm ok with that, but I just want to thank them for creating Ghost. I want to thank Nolan North for bringing him to life with his voice.
Now if you excuse me, I have to go hug my Ghost and then go on some adventures with him. ❤️♠️
To all my lovelies who frequently like my posts but don’t really interact much… I am sending you all hugs and I hope you’re doing ok ☺️❤️
To all of my lovelies who are always interacting and reblogging and tagging… you guys make me smile, love having fun with you ☺️❤️
To all of my lovelies who are writers… you’re fantastic and talented, go have adventures with your blorbos ☺️❤️
To all my lovelies who are artists… how the heck do y’all do it like holy cow art is hard, you’re amazing ☺️❤️
To all my lovelies who are just lurking in the corners… I hope you’re having fun here and am leaving blankets and warm drinks and comfort food in hidey holes for you ☺️❤️
I feel like I haven’t been giving everyone a whole bunch of my time lately, so anyway, love you all ❤️
Even after regaining her sight, she not only continues carrying her cane with her: it also becomes her weapon of choice, a part of herself she consciously makes into an instrument of protection. The unique abilities gained due to her blindness (such as her keen hearing) continue being her strengths going forward, despite how easily they could've been discarded. She can see again, but her blindness is never portrayed as a tragic defect to be left behind in favour of character development.
From the very start and despite her youth and inexperience, she bravely and brazenly chooses the role of a helper, a rescuer, a saviour. She takes responsibility for Shen Zhiheng's life and, in the process, becomes her own saviour and hero.
She's never―not once―shown as being weak, because her strength comes from within and can't be extinguished even in the most dire adversity.
She learns to care for others and, in doing so, to care for herself. She learns to live, and love, and love living. Her curiosity, wonder at the world and kindness propel her. With every new thing she learns and every mistake she makes, she becomes more mature, empathic, intelligent and beautiful in her imperfections.
She has a heart pure as the white moon and warm as the golden sun. Despite knowing so little about life because of all that she's been deprived of in childhood, she's driven by a loyalty, dedication and passion so poignant they eclipse everything else. She shines bright and casts her light all around her, to illuminate the path of the one she loves.
She and Shen Zhiheng are one. This is something Mi Lan actively chose and continues to choose every day, with absolute clarity, because her trust in Shen Zhiheng's warmth and kindness is unbreakable.
In the end, all that matters is that she lives on ― that she never loses the joy of living, and that her pure brightness never fades. Shen Zhiheng willingly gives up on the twilight of his own life so Mi Lan gets to see the next morning, clearly believing that sacrifice to be worth it.
And she does. She will. She's going to live a full, long life and wake up to many gorgeous mornings to come; and, despite the ache in her heart, she's going to smile listening to the music of fresh rain in spring.