If Bungie doesn’t keep Rasputin dead the stakes are gone.
Killing Cayde established stakes.
Since then, no one had stayed dead. Savathun, Eramis, Osiris, Crow anyone and everyone in between.
In the final cutscene of the season, Elsie says to Anna look as a glow that seems reminiscent of a Ghost Revival lights the room.
If Ana gets her self programmed boyfriend back, then what is at stake here? Is this an epic sci-fi franchise or a soap opera?
It's definitely left as an open thread for Rasputin to be able to be revived by a Ghost. Whether or not Bungie pulls the trigger on that is open to speculation