Let me preface this mess by stating this is just a theory. And it's just for fun. And no, I don't smoke crack. Anymore.
So, How many people have noticed the logo on the sign next to the Bounty Board at the Tower? (See pic below) It's attached at the top left side with a bunch of Y shaped designs. If you look at the tower map, this is the same symbol that represents where the bounty tracker is located. To many people it just looks like a random bunch of lines. To those of us in the medical field, it is very clearly a group of ANTIBODIES. (Pics linked below for your viewing enjoyment)
[b]So here's my theory:[/b]
We guardians are quite literally an immune system. Specifically, [b][i](but metaphorically)[/i][/b]we are the white blood cells. The bounties we receive are just marching orders from the immune system to attack a variety of pathogens throughout the system...
The Darkness? It's clearly an infection, or an autoimmune disease, or a cancer. The Hive, Cabal, Fallen are all foreign bodies to this Solar System, and it has triggered a massive immune response.
[b][i]Maybe, in order to protect itself the Solar System has become an organism. Or perhaps it has been one all along...[/i][/b]
It's not clear if the Traveller is responsible for [i]helping [/i]the solar system create this defense, or if it [i]is the source of this new infection[/i] (my guess is the War Minds created a defense network based on the immune system it found within organic species found on Earth).
I could go on, but I'm interested to hear your theories. Go on, let's give this hypothesis a whirl.
The bounty board:
http://postimg.org/image/6ubsb8ypd/
Antibodies at work:
http://s7.postimg.org/5isetce8r/image.jpg
And this one!! Do you see the Destiny Logo? Huge credit to Kevin949
http://www.canstockphoto.com/illustration/antibody.html
Edit to clarify: antibodies are used by our immune systems to 'tag' and identify the pathogen. Then the B cells and Helper T cells (Ghosts and Guardians?) work together to eliminate the tagged pathogen. The Bounty Guy 'tags' and identifies the various threats around the solar system.
Thanks for your theories, guys n girls!
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Cool theory, but its a bunch of caltrops actually, they use that symbol in adventure card games. if they were inverted they yeah for sure receptors on cell surface would be what i would think.
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Very interesting. I've long believed that just as we humans are essentially gestalt entities, made up of billions of individual living things (cells) , so could the Earth be a singular organism composed of billions of other smaller entities, and as such the Earth could be a part of an even larger entity, and so on. this theory kind of plays into that, and I like it.
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If The Traveller is really a giant suppository God help us all.
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NecroooooooBUUUUMMMPPPPP!!!!!!!!
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You knows this games story is crap when people look for it in the bounty icons
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overspeculation
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Or it's just a bunch of stuff that bungie made up for their bounty emblem
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Really? My god I thought the VOG secret chest theories were stupid.
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Edited by GhostlyCrowd: 1/28/2015 9:56:20 PMAm I the only one who thinks some people on here smoke crack, like serious in a glass pipe rock? Or Acid maybe lol
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bungie should've hired [u]YOU[/u] to right the story!
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More or less, if you work in Illustrator or any type of art producing program, you are making 45 degree lines. The designer probably made that ish in 2 seconds based off other shape language from their art work.
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Regardless of how accurate this is, it was a great read. Probably the best theory I've read on these forums.
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I love this theory.
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So that's why the island had polar bears...
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Edited by CrocsWithSocks: 1/28/2015 1:17:26 AMEverything in here is great, except for your Dr. Shin edit. Dr. Shim is who you're referring to, and Shin Malphur is part of the "The Last Word" story. I understand the mistake. Dr. Shim was a part of the Ishtar Collective studying a captured Vex during the Golden Age. There are 4 grimoire cards on the whole exchange. These cards are also quite possibly the source of the theory that the entirety of all the events in Destiny so far are happening inside of a Vex simulation. If I find them again I'll post them here.
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interesting, not entirely interesting, but it has promise. jk, awesome theory! i wonder how the queen might fit into it
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I just hope with some one of these DLC's it blows the story wide open and the destiny story becomes clear and ends on an epic note!
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Awesome theory man. I love it. This is why I love the grimoire stories... They feed an imagination so well. Especially the Dr Shim card.. The vex are scary!
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The antibodies also look like the destiny sign
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Or BUNGIE is lazy and just plastered a picture of an anti-body up there and said, "hey, that looks cool"
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I don't read many theory posts but this was worth the read. Interesting concept. ^.^
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Actually that is not bad at all. I was going to be a Doctor once....Gynecologists...Then I had a Gynecologists explain what he does...I was ten....then I wanted to a Vet...lol
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Dr Shim was a half man, half woman hybrid genetically created by the Fallen under control of The Queen in an effort to reverse engineer Guardian physiology. The plan backfired when Dr Shim escaped and came to the tower, (Obviously not a Dr yet) and received his/her education and eventually left for Venus to work at the Archive unlocking the secrets of the Golden Age in an effort to aid the Guardians in repelling the darkness and ultimately defeating the Fallen, Cabal and pushing the Awoken out of the Sol system. Look it up.
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NO WAY DUDE [url]http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Flux_capacitor?file=Flux-Capacitor.jpg[/url]
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Edited by TwoThirds Done: 1/28/2015 5:18:10 PMJesus calm down you're sweating, here's a towel. Also it's dr. Shim, not shin
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You, my good sir, just wrinkled my brain.