#destiny hc

[little-honeypie]

I think Drifter would be gender fluid/non-binary but exclusively just to fuck with and irritate people.

He doesn't truly care what anyone calls him (and kinda likes when people refer to them as multiple things) but, I mean, 90% of the time if someone's referring to them, it's in a derogatory way anyway.

Ikora: this meeting is being recorded and transcribed as we speak. Today this meeting concerns Drifter. He-

Drifter: ahem I prefer she today.

Ikora: my apologies, she-

Drifter: nah, I changed my mind :3

Ikora: ..... And what would you like to be called?

Drifter: ..hmmm.. They sounds good to me!

Ikora: Right. They-

Drifter: ACTUALLY-

Ikora:

[mba-yngboy]

I write a lot of stuff for my guardian, and my friends guardians, and I've collected a bunch of headcanons from myself and friends that I think would be cool to share. since you know, there's a lot of world building but not a lot at the same time

A/N: I use guardian a lot, but I mean light bearer. if I'm talking about The Vanguard, I will just call it the Vanguard/ Vanguards

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new lights aren't resurrected with armor or weapons, but it's not hard to aquire some. older, experienced guardians will discard their old armor pieces and guns for new lights in easy to obtain location.

it's pretty rare to know who you were before you died. dead celebrities and people who were resurrected in an old family home usually have an idea if they find material (my hunter knows her alive name only because of a family photo book, and my friends titan was a very sought after exo model)

how to input armor mods are a self taught thing. weapon mods are harder, and "redborders" is just entirely deconstructing the gun and trying to put it back until a guardian figures it out. it takes a few tries (and guns) to actually craft a gun.

a guardian has muscle memory for certain skills. if a guardian was a mechanic in their previous life, they have the skills of a mechanic without having to relearn. same with other skills. it's common for guardians to pursue a career (or even passion) for something their past life was proficient at

comms are inputted into all helmets and some guardians are lucky to have one on their wrist. they're used for silent communication, and sometimes can be upgraded to have games :)

glimmer isn't a physical currency. it's digital, and can be accessed through a guardians ghost, or wrist comms (or in a non-guardians case, phone/ tablet-like devices) and its a universal currency.

the people who choose to live in the EDZ usually aren't tied to the Vanguard. and the Vanguard do not mark claim over EDZ.

it's actually common to run into a guardian who does not associate/ hate the Vanguard. it's also common for guardians to team up together despite who you're affiliated with if it calls for it. they're all light-bearers, and will help save Sol together :)

anyone can enter the last city, but to go inside/ visit the Tower without being a Vanguard, a guardian would need a temp pass. it's a tedious process, and the pass is usually only a one time use. people in the EDZ can go to Devrim Kay and get one without having to sit through the entire process

everyone should know that Crucible is a televised event (one that happens regularly) but other events that guardians can watch/ join is sparrow racing, xtreme skimmer sports (think of it like skateboarding lmao) and even a guardian dating show

the use of weapons and harmful light/ dark abilities is prohibited in the Tower. weapons don't need to be closed carried, but should not be aimed and need to be used with trigger discipline. one too many accident have happened. and no suit jumping in tower either

there is a Vanguard "police force" and Vanguard jail. they're kinda like mall cops, and are all under command of Zavala

the top three vanguard are called The Vanguardians (it was Zavala's idea) (thank you Xeno)

Rahool is a collector/ trader. he's kind of like a pawnshop owner. he usually has artifacts and doohickeys and doodads. he barters exotic items for said artifacts and resells them at a lower price

(before TFS quest HCs) a guardian can swap between subclasses. not at the same time, but can usually spend about 3 seconds inbetween subclasses to shift energies.

it's common for guardians who live with other guardians to pick up skills from other classes. class abilities are a bit harder to learn (i.e a warlock cannot dodge, and a titan cannot make a rift)

it's also common for "supers" to not be the normal golden gun, or nova bomb. they are the easiest to teach and learn, but an experienced guardian can develop something that fits their fighting technique.

the green purple and primary ammo bricks are an item a guardians ghost will hold onto, to transmat it into ammo. it's a raw material only the ghost can manipulate. it gets harder to transmat it into new ammo for different weapons associated to that brick, so the loss of a few bullets or rockets is common

building a sparrow/ skimmer is common in areas. there isn't a shop where one can buy a sparrow, but there's usually a guardian or no-light who can be commissioned to build or fix a sparrow. it's a taught skill that most guardians know so they can repair their own sparrow

building and repairing a ship is also a taught skill, but you can buy pre-made ships. it's just a personal preference that a guardian builds their ship to make room for... activities? (my guardian wanted to have a bed in her ship, and a seat for her pet warbeast)

Ghost playdates happen frequently (just leaving them in a room together alone). when in a room alone like this, they usually turn into 9 year olds. they're curious by nature, so sometimes they get into trouble. (crank calls and getting tangled into wires is a common thing in The Family™️ household)

this only really holds true to The Family™️, but their clan lives together and all work together to keep their apartment building up and running. it's not rare for that to happen, a clan forming and living together but it is uncommon.

[stankworth]

Soft spot

[ruerock]

some ever after high ponifications

[autumn-may]

lets skate together!

[weathertheraine]

I feel like I’m seeing shrimp colours rn

[velvees-archive]

Dual Destinies Spoilers (5-5)!

so what exactly did phoenix mean when he said he was sorry for everything he put edgeworth through?

a quick look at forums/reddit netted me the following interpretations:

he’s apologizing to edgeworth for ushering in the dark age of law and leaving him to deal with the aftermath

he’s apologizing for all the trouble edgeworth went through to help him get reinstated/vouching for the jurist system

neither of these feel quite right to me. the first point because phoenix says he's troubled miles for “eight years”, yet the dark age of law didn’t officially start until a year after he was disbarred (simon blackquill’s guilty verdict). this means the dark age would have only been in effect for seven years. also, shifting public opinion of the courts is edgeworth’s responsibility as the chief prosecutor, which he’d only been for about a year as of 5-5.

*granted, i wasn’t as locked in for dual destinies as i was for other entries in the franchise, so this could just be me not paying enough attention to when the dark age began.

i do think phoenix feels guilty for contributing to the public’s negative perception of the courts, so this interpretation still holds some merit, unlike the former half of the second interpretation, which doesn’t make sense at all. phoenix didn’t get confirmation edgeworth pulled some strings to get him reinstated until after 5-5’s resolution, when edgeworth openly admits it. the latter half is fine, but i don’t think it was specifically the jurist system he was referencing—one because “eight years” implies phoenix began work on the jurist system immediately after the gramarye trial and two because edgeworth’s response, “i’m sorry i wasn’t able to help you” contradicts the idea that phoenix's apology was related to his help with the jurist system.

so what is phoenix apologizing for? we know how terribly he was affected by losing his badge aka the focal point of his identity, which amplified his cageyness and bitterness tenfold. we know edgeworth was present in his life because he would fly phoenix and trucy out to europe while phoenix was disbarred. we also know from this dialogue that phoenix purposefully kept edgeworth from “helping” him (“nah. i was the one who made that decision”).

this leads me to believe the trouble he put edgeworth through was—on top of the agreeable parts of the two aforementioned interpretations—emotionally charged, angsty 7-year gap + lead up to his return anguish, wherein phoenix shut miles out and miles had to shove his way in, first trilogy phoenix style. and edgeworth’s apology, while seemingly related to phoenix’s badge, was also about him feeling like he hadn't done enough to aid phoenix during the lowest point in his life.

[justaz]

arthur (prince of camelot) still has to study under a tutor bc yknow uther wants him to be very intelligent before becoming king or something bc its super important idk idc anyways merlin is doing chores in his chambers while arthur is squinting at a book and merlin eventually caves and asks him what he’s reading and arthur gruffly explains that its a collection of stories from greece that make absolutely no sense so merlin asks him to read them outloud to him. arthur of course teases him and calls him an idiot and asks how he could possibly help but does as he’s asked and reads the stories to merlin as he does his chores. merlin (being crushed under the weight of destiny and tormented by the prophecies that kilgharrah spews) understands the stories almost immediately and gets all excited and starts rambling about them with arthur. arthur is glad to have someone who understands so he can give something that reflects a hint of understanding to his tutor who accepts it and moves onto the next unit of education.

the thing is, arthur finds more stories in camelot’s library and brings them up to his room to read them aloud to merlin under the guise of completing his studies but really he just wants to watch as merlin’s eyes gleam when he understands whats happening and listen to him ramble on and on about them bc he’s gay. the stories stick with merlin though and he realizes that they’re cautionary tales, that the heroes who were told too much of their future doomed themself to fulfill them - that them fighting the prophecies led to their completion. merlin takes it to heart and gives a big “fuck you” to kilgharrah before forging his own fate and helping morgana with her magic and handing out an olive branch to mordred and now everyone can live happily and peacefully in an albion teeming with magic.

[al-luviec]

day 2 - energy / life / green

[wraithdolll]

For wof requests, I feel like Clay is always a good place to start!

my fave dod

[guardian-of-da-gay]

simpler times

[houseofmcallister]

I am once again. Thinking about burials in the Last City.

The culture around death and funerals is kind of centered around celebrations of life and hopes for the future. There’s this kind of unspoken feeling that no death is our permanent unless it’s a Guardian. Who knows if they may return. It’s not uncommon to bury people with some sort of weapon so that if they do return as the guardian, they have something to arm themself with.

Cremation is definitely frowned upon if not outright outlawed. Because that makes it incredibly hard for person who is meant to come back as a Guardian to come back.

Funerals come to be very quick, there’s a sense of morning, but also a sense of hope that anyone whose last may someday return. All things return to the light, something will come back in the light. So Graves also tend to be very shallow and graveyards are easily accessible. Bodies aren’t typically buried more than a couple of inches deep, because in the case where someone is meant to be brought back, you don’t wanna make that harder for them.

Ghosts are not allowed to attend funerals for anyone but Guardians. No one wants to see their dead. Loved one come back from the dead as they’re being buried. That’s very awkward.

[aghostsdestiny]

HC time 👀🏳️‍🌈

Capes are really important to Hunters.

[superiorsturgeon]

Ruby: Pepperoni!

Pyrrha: Anchovies!

Ruby: PEPPERONI!!

Pyrrha: ANCHOVIES!!!

Ruby: Oscar, what do you think we should get on the pizza?

Oscar: Hey, hey…! Why don’t we flip a coin?

Oscar: …you know, let destiny decide!

Oscar: *flips coin*

Pyrrha: *snatches coin out of the air* Destiny’s a BITCH! 🤬

Pyrrha: *clenches*

Pyrrha: *drops coin and stalks out*

Oscar: *staring at coin folded in half like a taco* She…she folded my quarter…! 😨

Ruby: I just want you to know, I would NEVER fold your pocket change! 😤

[brodorokihousuke]

Gives me the idea of a headcanon where, as Clay was stabbed, Apollo felt that shit right in his soul. Just, on top of that "Oh, fuck!" the damn rocket exploding would have caused, there's just this amazingly dreadful feeling that came afterwards, even after the GYAXA staff announced that the astronauts had escaped...

[ahamkara-apologist]

Happy trans day of visibility to Ikora, Drifter, Saint, Taniks, and Eramis btw. You Will See Them