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9/23/2014 11:58:52 PM
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Are the Guardians total a-holes? As in: are we the bad guys?

Yes

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No

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What?

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Titans, were the greek pantheon's total d*cks, fighting and losing the war against the awesome and just gods, the Olympians. Warlocks, in the legends of old and in modern fantasy, are those who corruptively use magic destructively instead of creatively. Hunters, away from the usually heroic Rangers, are predatorial. As in Hunter is the literal equivalent of predator, someone who kills or traps prey. All of the guardian classes have names that in history and fiction is usually reserved for the antagonists, not the protagonists. The name and description of "bad guys". Additionally, our ONLY meaningful interaction with other intelligent species in our solar system is to kill them. An undead army of killers. Sure, the alien races have attacked us, but did they really? The Hive seems wretched and zombie-like to us, but their most capable fighters are classified as their Acolytes and Knights that fight their battles. Their leaders are Exalted, with titles like Wizards and Princes. Does the Hive see themselves as noble? Are they seeing themselves how we view the legends of Arthur and Merlin, chasing down The Traveller, an ancient foe, to bring peace to the galaxy once again? How about The Fallen? Did they lose their Empire to the ravages of The Traveller, their own personal Hitler? Does The House of Kings and The House of Winter lead the final hunt, with their Captains, their Servitors, their Lords and their Primes in a valiant chase that they hope will echo in their legends for eons when the traveller and it's undead army is finally defeated? How about the Vex? They can't be good, can they? An organic race of religious robots, going to Venus to protect something they consider at least a Guru, and at most a God. Wouldn't humanity be as forceful to claim a holy relic? Wouldn't humanity be angered when the relic was destroyed, during prayer? I bet parts of humanity, the humanity we know, would to exactly the same. At this point it should be unecessary to point out the valiant vanguard, the Space Marines of the known alien universe, The Cabal. Bravely fighting hostile aliens, chasing down the evil that is The Traveller, with their mighty, well trained, brave army. Their legionarys, centurions, phalanxes, psions and colossi. Under the banner of any Primus, they seem hell-bent on putting and end to the evil magic of the Traveller, it's evil undead army (us) and anyone else who comes in the way. Each faction in Destiny could have a game or a series of books of their own, their own noble purposes, and we do not have a clue. Warlocks, Hunters and Titans, the unholy, undead army, infused with the mysterious powers of the lifeless Traveller. Are we the badguys? Are we the D*cks of the universe? What do you think? Please come with suggestions either way. Personally, I think this way of looking at it is pretty cool.
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  • I think the ghosts are going to turn out to ultimately be the heroes, and the Guardians are just that - Guardians. they "guard" the ghosts, which is why ghosts seek out their own Guardians, and it also explains why The Traveler would use its last bit of strength to create the ghosts - because they are our last bastion of hope. If you want to use cheesy action movie comparisons, the Ghosts are the nerdy scientists or engineers or whatever, that needs to defuse the bomb or hack into the security systems to stop a virus from uploading, and we are the elite soldiers assigned to protect him, and make sure he can get it done.

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