<Now this has nothing to do with whether it's likely or not. I'm not here to debate who's who or whether the whole thing was a lie. I'm just here to say that the idea of a killer in our midst is dumb as hell as of right now and picking on the current likely candidate because people won't shut the -blam!- up about it. Before that, however, let me just say a couple things. SoA initially started out great for me. I finally saw what I knew was coming when Rasputin tried to nuke the Io Pyramid before it UNO reversed him and forced a remote shutdown. Funniest shit I've ever seen. I feel so bad for everyone who actually thought he could hold a candle to even a basic -blam!- Pyramid ship like the Io one. Interference started off strong, too, even though the delay takes major points off on my final rating because it was unnecessary. Speaking of unnecessary, my issues with SoA's lore peaked in with Prophecy. -blam!- the "Savathun's Song" retcon in particular, but the other thing Savathun-related that popped up this season spawned from the Traveler's Chosen lore tab. This one in particular describes an entity (either an Ahamkara or Savathun) looking through the skull by Shaxx and towards Zavala, hoping to "reach out". This tab in particular sparked the interests of many when they remembered the Darkness giving us a message about a killer among us. Further enhanced by the "Conviction" tab in which Eris goes on about Zavala, the one she knows that holds the most of it. While I've been convinced this would be better suited for Aunor, again, I'm not here to debate that. So, why do I say that Zavala is the "worst choice" to be this supposed killer or traitor? I say this because it's completely and utterly unnecessary on two parts. [b]Part 1 - Unnecessary for Zavala[/b] Zavala doesn't need to be manipulated or directed in order to snap and become more... strict, so to say. Let me give you the scope and how close this man is to snapping right now. - Experienced a total takeover of the City during the Red War, in which his faith in Rasputin, the Traveler, and his ideals were ALL brought into question (some worse than others) - Had the Ana Bray go behind his back countless times to investigate a Warmind he no longer supported - Had us go behind his back to investigate a Warmind he no longer supported - Witnessed us HELP Bray in basically giving Rasputin free reign over every weapon system in the Warmind network - Had his friend die and had to hold in all his emotion for what he considered the better course of action - Finally put his faith in Rasputin only to have the latter get remotely shut down to the point where only a sliver of data remained - Had three of four destination-holders stay back and fight, including one whom he considered a close friend - Had four places he once considered under Guardian control taken away so easily by a force we have no counters against - Despite having four destinations overtaken, the Traveler continues to do nothing Like, my man is THIS CLOSE to losing his shit because he expresses nothing. That look during Cayde's funeral told me everything I needed to know. This dude's been repressing since the Red War. All it takes is one big enough push and my guy will go off the rails. For example, Stasis. We come back to the Tower with ACTUAL POWERS FROM THE DARK and his whole world on Light and Dark as abilities will shatter. Oh, and here's the better example... Uldren Sov. Uldren may one day come to the Tower and Zavala, assuming he's unaware, will be pissed as all hell. Even if he knows better, he may still go off anyway. The Traveler literally brought back the guy who killed his friend. He doesn't need outside manipulation. He's already close to the edge. [b]Part 2 - Unnecessary in General[/b] Every character we know, shady or not, should not be a traitor. We know these people too well that, unless there's a really -blam!-ing good reason, they shouldn't be this supposed killer. Let's say, Shaxx turned out to be the killer. Does anyone have any idea how pissed people would be? Or what about Hawthorne? No one would be pissed but it's still not in her character to do it. Drifter's a killer but he's too important to throw away like this. See what I mean? Like, is this plot line really something we should throw around, a mere year before Witch Queen, no less? You know, the time where we should be focusing on ENDING her schemes rather than making more of them up? You already have so much to cram into Y4 if you have any chance of finishing Savathun off properly, this should not be one of them. No Tower character can be this person. It's either not necessary, not possible, not in their character, or will make people angry. This is really dumb. And yet, despite how much I've ranted on this, I still think the Savathun's Song retcon was worse. That one actually bleeds into real life where I have to contend with people making up insane Garden theories that make no sense. Good day.>