He’s realizing Osiris programmed him to love him.

Hang around a while longer. You’ll hear a lot more than whining when him and Osiris get their ‘private time’.

I’m all for strong characters having moments of weakness, but I think the way Saint is going will ruin his character just as they did with Zavala.

Bungies writing has gone downhill over the past few years. I mean, Final Shape had so many plot holes, and the story was driven forward by characters doing the dumbest thing possible. Then you had lightfall, which had fewer holes but still had some. I think a lot of it has to do Bungie trying to make an emotional story rather than a logical story. I hate to say it, but I wonder if this could be tied to DEI hires among the writing staff. I mean, the way the recent stories have been told are more in line with how a female individual would tell a story, with heavy focus on emotions rather than telling core facts/details which is how men tend to tell stories. For instance, Zavala used to have lines referencing Sun Tzu (a famous Chinese military strategist who wrote a book on strategy) any yet in the opening scenes of FS we see Zavala choose to lead the charge with no plan, and minimal help. Not to mention, this would would have greatly impacted the morale of the citizens of the last city as they watch their leader go on a suicide mission. Then rather than stabilizing the portal the vanguard chooses to head to the witness, again with no plans. Had they stabilized the portal they could have easily called in reinforcements, supplies, and had communication.

Just to clear up any misunderstanding, resets are not done on Guardian Exos, the 14th reset was prior to him being risen by his ghost. Resets on Exos were primarily intended to combat DER but it may also be from having to rebuild them after their combat with the Vex in the Golden Age. The point they are trying to make (and poorly in my opinion) is that our meddling with the Vex time loop in the Infinite Forest to save Saint-14 is the wedge that the Conductor is trying to force Saint-14 to comply with them. Personally, the man headbutts enemies for fun, I don't think his motivation would be so complex as an existential crisis. Why think about problem when punch problem work just fine? I'm not trying to say he's not smart but this doesn't really fit his character.

I thought Saint was anguishing over the possibility that he is a simulation of the real Saint-14, not that he was not Saint-1. Edit: I haven’t read the comics, but I think it’s like how Peter Parker may have been a clone of Ben Riley.

The fact that they changed a story just to push their new narrative says enough. I bet this is why expansion was delayed. Changing a story that never needed to be changed in the first place. Oh, even though what is actually being said here is that this is poor development nothing else. Watch all the hardcore fans try to turn the subject into something it's not.