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I think my favorite thing about this new saga is everything is still the Witnessā fault and itāll probably always be its fault
Experts are even saying it might be the most āyeah everything is our faultā being ever conceived of
#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#the witness#destiny witness#the edge of fate#edge of fate#jokes and over generalization but also not really#youāre allowed to blame absolutely everything on the witness#burnt your toast this morning? you know who to blame#Iām still very happy at eof tapping into the grief of the collapse thatās really dear to me#also hi Iām still alive just closing out an internship so Iām busy#never too busy to hate on the witness though#fuck the witness everyone mourn the Qugu now
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The wind doesn't smell the way it did when I wrote to you, my beloved.
But it will.
#destiny 2#destiny#d2#destiny the game#edge of fate#the edge of fate#maya sundaresh#the conductor#the conductor destiny#quitting my job and school to focus full time on reblogging destiny fanart#no way I let life get between me and immediately falling to my knees when this was posted#destiny fanart#destiny art#marvelous as always!! stupendous!!! no notes!! A+ in advanced placement fanart studies!! number one in my heart!!!#everyone come look at this and weep in astonishment NOW
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The contrast between the Conductorās reaction to the Collapse and Lodiās reaction to it continues Destinyās focus on how to overcome monumental grief in a manner that creates a brighter future. It has already said so much without really saying anything explicitly. (Grief inspired ramblings incoming)
There arenāt enough words to describe how much ruin the Witness has brought to the universe, let alone Sol during its Collapse. There is no recovering what was lost when it unleashed absolute hell onto the solar system, the effects of which the people in-universe will be feeling for who knows how long. It was an act most vile and the sorrow felt by those affected is unimaginable.
However, just because the Golden Age stolen from Sol cannot be recovered, doesnāt mean that the residents of Sol have no future, and I strongly believe that in Edge of Fate both Maya and Lodi are used to show how different people react to that prospect.
Maya directly experienced the Collapse and it took everything from her. Not only the world as she knew it and the fruits of her scientific pursuits, but the life she wanted to live with Chioma.
This grief eats away at Maya like a festering rot and it drives the Conductor to rash, inconsiderate actions because the present as-it-is has no value to her compared to the past as-it-was.


Her involvement with the Nine and the vex is all part of an attempt to use time to bring the Golden Age forward and the City Age with its guardians to the Collapse. At first consideration, there is clearly an ethical and logistical issue here, but Iām going to focus on her intentions to recover.
Maya canāt stop looking back because she cannot see any way forward for humanity in the state sheās in. Her pain is held onto so tightly and she refuses to accept anything that isnāt her āperfect momentā before her life with Chioma was taken from her by the Witness; it makes her blind to just how fortunate humanity is to have anything at all and that by defeating the Witness with our allies, we have the rare possibility to become more than we ever were.
The Conductor diminishes the value of present lives and people, comparing them to lead against the golden humans centuries ago, not entirely from internal bias for a technological age, but from grief.
There is no future she could ever imagine that would fulfill her like her past with Chioma. No matter how far humanity comes, no matter how much we progress, itāll be nothing because she wonāt have her Chioma.

Grief refuses to allow you to let go by keeping idealize memories at the forefront of your head. To grief, there is nothing quite like the past and there will never be anything more valuable than what you once had. The world and more is a fair price to pay for a chance to revisit the moment time is rapidly racing away from because grief is all about hindsight.
There is safety in memories, in an unmoving mental state you can return to time and time again when time and itās cruelty is shifting under your feet like sand pulled by waves. Grief stings, but it is also sweet in its stagnancy; sweet enough for you to mindless indulge as it hardens around you like an amber prison.
Weāve learned from the last saga that darkness is related to memory retention, for better or for worse, and Mayaās interaction with the Veil has clearly left an impression on her. An obsession and commitment to memories can trap us in our pain, preventing us from growing and forgiving as we fear more suffering coming from the hard work needed to overcome our grief.
By dwelling on what she no longer has, by imprisoning herself in the Golden Age where her life is as perfect as her mind makes it, sheās blinding herself to what she has now.
And what she has now is considerably more than what TeāQal in her echo was left with.
Humanity can rebuild itself. With the persistence and hope weāve held onto since the Collapse, dreams held within innovation can be ours once more, this time with security from knives whetted over eons.
There is no hope for the Qugu. There is no future for Seht. There will never be dreams or safety for the countless who have been eradicated by the Witness and its forces.
What is lead to Maya would be gold for the Qugu.
Grief is telling Maya that there is nothing more valuable than what she once had, but she fails to realize that what she has now is beyond miraculous and worthy of the utmost devotion.
Devotion that Lodi has shown an interest in committing too.
Here we have a man ripped from all he has ever loved and informed that everything he could have ever loved was smoldered between thousands of fingertips, but instead of turning around and using his voice to beg for the past to return to him, heās using his voice to speak of what can be learned from the past to better humanityās current state.
Heās certainly grieving and the pain heās feeling about his life all the way back in the 20th century will never be an easy thing to deal with, but he refuses to let being a slave to the past hold him back from being an asset to the future.
This line after he lists things he remembers from his life is incredibly profound, yet so simple. Remembering the past is not about preserving it exactly how it was, but taking it with you as time pushes you forward and letting it adapt with the reality you are faced with.
Lodi uses his knowledge as both a person from an age long gone and as a linguist to pass on his knowledge to City Age humans, hoping we will be able to teach it to others and build off of it. He thinks of the hundreds of cities, billions of people, thousands of cultures, and he says āwe can have beyond that if we start working towards thatā.
Dancing salsa and making ceviche is not what Maya thinks of when she thinks of what made humanity great, but itās things like dancing salsa and making ceviche that makes humanity humanity. They have value because they meant something in the past and they can mean something again because Lodi has the courage to teach it to us.
Furthermore, heās appreciative of what humanity still has in its current state and wants to learn from us, combining our knowledge to form a deeper, greater understanding than what we had previously.
Love is a wonderfully terrible thing that requires from us more than what we have. Itās changing, itās grievous, itās hard work. It requires us to let go, to love more than just the object of our affection. Love in memory is sweet and only asks what we have to give.
Maya loves Chioma, but to properly love her, she must let go. She must love humanity and its Sol system as Chioma sought to understand and explore it, even if it is a bitter reminder of everything she has lost.
Lodi loves his family, he always speaks about them and their influence on him; thus, he loves humanity and is willing to sacrifice his autonomy to protect it, even as memories of Ben and his parents torment him at night.
Thereās a hand-weaved basket in my house that will forever remain unfinished. The practice of it has been forgotten in my family as there is no one left to teach it. Iāve sat where the weaver used to sit every day and used every ounce of my being to bring the memory of them to me, but as much as I thought day after day āthey are still here. They just came inside with pieces of palm and they are in front of me making a new basket like they always have. They just asked if I prefer the stripped ribbon or the plain blue one. They asked if I think they could go shopping with it.ā I cannot make it true.
What I can do is go back to their home and ask someone to teach me. I can find someone who keeps the practice alive and learn from them. I can teach it to someone else once I am proficient enough and hope that they may continue to pass it on to those who have yet to come.
Iām not going to dig my feet in the ground and keep looking back at the weaver at the table. Iāll never forget them and Iāll never stop missing how their own hands used to work meticulously at that table, but I refuse to let grief blind me to the fact that I have my own hands and a life of basket weaving ahead of me.
Iāll learn to weave as best as I can. Iāll weave things my weaver could have only imagined and Iāll make the real future better than any idealized past.
It would be so much easier to just have them back here with me, weaving like they always have. I wouldnāt have to worry of all the failed baskets Iām sure Iāll make, of all the waves of grief thatāll come crashing down on my grip. I wouldnāt have to worry if Iāll ever weave as good as they did or if the type of weaving our small island does will survive the coming decades. It would be so much easier to live in that perfect when rather than face the flawed now.
But Iāve let go of hoping that theyāll somehow come back because waiting for them to come strip the palms keeps me from appreciating how much their bark has grown back since my weaverās been gone and using it to make a basket for my younger family member.
I love my weaver, always will, and thus I love their home, their legacy, their art, even when it leaves me raw and screaming.
Basket weaving and speaking Welsh might be dead just like Earth once was after the Collapse, but we can always rebuild them by promising to keep looking forward no matter how hard it is. We can chose to be Lodi, even when it is so tempting to remain as Maya is. The Last City of Earth can become the First City and we can grieve those before us all while cherishing those alongside us.
Lodi means a lot to me. He really does.
#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#the witness#destiny witness#maya sundaresh#chioma esi#chioma destiny#maya destiny#lodi destiny 2#lodi#teāqal#teāqal destiny#destiny qugu#the edge of fate#edge of fate#lore is from The Immanent lore book and man oh man did that destroy me#even the chapter names had me in tears#pls ignore typos#love how in this saga everything is still the witnessā fault omg fuckkkkkkk ittttttttt#glad to see destiny has still kept that destiny flavored grief even in a new saga#I could talk more about this but I think I might just blow up in tears#Lodi ily please know that#Maya we will get you the help you need and teach you about letting go#I have hope for you Maya even if you are kind of pissing me off#hell hath no fury like a grieving lesbian#hope all Maya fans are having a good day#AND TEāQAL OMG MY TEāQALLLLLLLLLL#also if Lodi knows kwĆ©yòl Iāll marry him
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i'm dying watching the GC X Destiny 2 panel and the writers said that the nine have canonically cucked Lodi multiple times
IX really doesn't want to share šļæ¼
#destiny 2#destiny#d2#destiny the game#lodi#lodi destiny 2#the nine destiny#the nine#edge of fate#the edge of fate#I had a feeling that was the case and Iām so glad they basically admitted it#as revenge Lodi should get with Orin and watch IX blow a solar flare over the matter#IX reaction to quitter x beautiful boy when
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You shouldnāt be discussing any of the lore that has come out with Edge of Fate or theories about the next few plot points.
You should instead be discussing who your favorite member of the Nine is and giggling about it like youāre at a sleepover and everyone is going āooooooooooā and youāre going āomgggg guyssss stoppppp!!!ā
#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#the nine destiny#the nine#edge of fate#the edge of fate#I think all members of the Nine should have a crush on someone bc Iām a whimsical person like that#Iāll go first bc the sleepover is at my house#I like I and VIII a lot not just bc they are my favorite planets but because I like Iās normalcy and VIIIās annoyance#omggggg guys stoppppppp#but youāre all invited to this sleepover so I dare you all to tell me your fav member
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i just want you to know you are such a bright intelligent voice and one of the best parts of the d2 community, I always enjoy reading your posts!

Anon I hope you know this made me smile ear to ear and feel so grateful to be able to be a positive experience in someoneās life! Iām beyond thankful that you enjoy my posts as all I hope to do with them is make people laugh and share my joy of Destinyās universe! This community means a lot to me and I want to contribute to it in the best ways I can because the lovely people here (and on Destinyās narrative team) deserve the highest of praises for the loving work they make!
Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times over anon!! Every post I make going forward will now be dedicated to you!
I wish you the best of days!!
#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#shed tears of joy over this one#the thought of people caring and enjoying what I have to say incinerates my long time fears of judgement#this blog has really encouraged me to be more openly opinionated and loving despite those aspects of me being discouraged in the past#and though there are certainly people Iāve interacted with who remind me of why I have that fear#especially as someone who isnāt white#the people who remind me of why I love writing my little essays outnumber them greatly#and I canāt let those people down!!!#my writing internship moves me to tears because I get to talk about my Witness project (which has gone on for longer than I expected)#and I wouldnāt have had the courage to engage in such a project if it wasnāt for the lovely people here#thank you just thank you#and shout out to all my lovely friends like Prince I love you all and wouldnāt trade you for the world
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I hope you guys sense this as well, but Iāve noticed such a sense of joy and whimsy return to the Destiny fandom since Edge of Fate dropped! The memes being made, the gushing over Lodi, the fanart being lovingly crafted, the excitement over shipping returning, itās all so wonderful to see! It makes me so happy to see people have fun with this new saga and I really appreciate everything being made right now!
#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#edge of fate#the edge of fate#lodi#lodi destiny 2#I love you all dearly Iāve been laughing so hard at all the memes being made about the Nine itās great#Iām excited to see where this narrative goes because itās strong out the gate#wishing joy and merriment upon you all#and glad people are going insane over Lodi i love him
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I know we only got like a few clips of her but do you know how wonderful it is to see a Nigerian woman have such an important story role in your favorite game ever
Chioma Esi literally saved my life y'all thank you for existing and also allowing for the possibility of Nigerian lesbians lolz
Seeing a woman who looks like people I know IRL for once is a beautiful beautiful feeling and I can't believe that white people get to experience this everyday
Makes me a lil jealous but I'm used to that feeling by now lolz
#destiny 2#destiny#d2#destiny the game#chioma esi#edge of fate#the edge of fate#THIS THIS THIS YES YES YES#ITS SO IMPORTANT TO ME#Chioma and Ikora in edge of fate healed something in me#itās so nice to see yourself in media after wondering for years if youāll ever be seen#AHHHH I LOVE THEM#Iām so black and annoying about them#destiny in general has been quite good at representing people across the world with their characters#love that so much
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wow a human face
#destiny 2#destiny#d2#destiny the game#lodi#lodi destiny 2#ix destiny#ix#the edge of fate#edge of fate#op please donāt ever stop making these they are the highlight of my day#I send every nine comic you make to my moots and we laugh so hard#I also love how you have I be the head of reason bc I think Mercury is so underrated#Go I go!!! I believe in you Mercury!! Donāt let me make you feel unheard!!#stellar work op I am eagerly awaiting the next one!!
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The real reason one faction of the Nine want physical forms through paracasual means is not because they desire autonomy or fear their deaths if they remained as dark matter entities.
Itās because IX really, really, really wants to get its body explored by Lodi and the others donāt want it to raise its voice at them for calling it a freak.
#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#the nine destiny#the nine#lodi destiny 2#lodi#ix#ix destiny#the edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate#edge of fate spoilers#edge of fate#this will never not be funny to me#sunny oh sunny
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On a post made by @eiramew (the source of the BEST Maya art ever) about disability in Destiny, I said the following about an event that reminded me of how beautiful the Travelerās philosophy was in defeating the argument that survival of the most fit and selfishness was not only natural, but the only way things should be.

And reading the Implement of Curiosity lore tab⦠oh. My. God.

III, the member of the Nine who thought to bring Light to Sol, who learned to love humanity and saw their potential to prosper because of their able to cooperate, out of love instead of advantage, it witnessed the event I was speaking of!! And it changed it!! It saw proof against the Winnowerās argument and it moved it to love, just as humanās loved!
Humans seek to optimize, but we are so much more than that and III saw it. It saw the children of Earth like the Traveler saw itās own children, as ends onto themselves that were worth everything and more, not because of their strength or longevity, but because of the meaning they could find existing with others.
This lore tab means everything. We are much more than what we can do to dominate others and fulfill ourselves. We are the people that caused III to care so deeply about life, that it would use its dying breath to try and protect us. We got here not as dominating individuals, but together, as a garden that allowed itself to bloom simply because we wanted to see each other grow.
This means everything to me and it should mean a lot to the Winnower whose argument doesnāt hold against people who make sounds just to hear others laugh.
#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#the traveler#traveler#the traveler destiny#the nine destiny#the nine#the edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate#edge of fate spoilers#edge of fate#IM SCREAMING AND CRYING THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME#ITS NO WONDER III WANTED THE LIGHT FOR HUMANS ALONGSIDE IX#III I LOVE YOU IM SO SORRY#OMGGGGGG#EVERYONE BECOME A GARDENER NOW
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The lore entry for the new Hunter exotic Moirai broke my freakin heart, dude.


#destiny 2#destiny#d2#destiny the game#lodi destiny 2#lodi#the edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate#edge of fate#edge of fate spoilers#I CRIEDDDDDDDD#omg we are finally dwelling on the absolute devastation of the collapse#as a witness hater Iāve been waiting for this day#Lodi has become such a comfort since his āIāll name a dozen dead things and teach it to you line#because I want to learn things that may die soon!! Itās what Iām trying to do with my future!! it matters so much to me!!!#Lodi I could kiss you#lets cry together and scorn the Witness
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please let ix flirt with lodi more i wanna see the other nine members piss off
#destiny 2#destiny#d2#destiny the game#the nine#the nine destiny#lodi destiny 2#lodi#SUN = PERVERT IS KILLINGGGGG ME#Lodi be careful they freaked out in here!!!!!#the edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate#edge of fate#edge of fate spoilers
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IX when it senses Lodiās handsome bosons and melodic telemeres

#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#lodi destiny 2#lodi#the nine destiny#the nine#the edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate#edge of fate#edge of fate spoilers#Lodi is so cool even the sun wants him#Sunnyās haughty and borderline sultry behavior is so enjoyable to watch#the nine and their personalities are so enjoyable to watch my god#I need more of IX and III istg#and IX and the traveler
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campaigns been great so far
#destiny 2#d2#destiny the game#destiny#orin destiny#orin#the emissary destiny#the emissary#lodi destiny 2#lodi#the drifter destiny#the drifter#the edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate#edge of fate spoilers#edge of fate#OP HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE FUNNIEST PERSON EVER#itās an honor to share a fandom with you I laugh at your posts and they make me smile#never stop drawing these memes I think they are the best thing ever#guards give that man trials and tribulations
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#destiny 2#destiny#destiny the game#d2#lodi destiny 2#lodi#ikora rey#destiny ikora#the edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate#edge of fate spoilers#edge of fate#why did picsart get rid of all their free fonts man fuck this#this is for my moot prince bc I love them#Lodiās crashout over the collapse was so valid and I love seeing him deal with that grief in the lore#fuck the witness as always#the og meme always makes me laugh#Lodiās voice actor is sooooo good glad everyone agrees#love you all hope you find this slightly funny
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i hope this is how his first encounter went
#destiny 2#destiny the game#d2#destiny#edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate spoilers#the edge of fate#lodi destiny 2#lodi#heās not over 60ās homophobia so he thinks they are gonna jump him
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