#fikrul the fanatic

[telestoapologist]

DESTINY 2 AS TUMBLR TEXT POSTS 💠💬✨

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[fmab]

Fikrul doodle i might polish up some time!

[spiderscribs]

Starting another fic in another fandom on impulse? It's more likely than you think

And a forewarning: Because I am writing about Scorn in this fic, there's going to be talk about gross Scorn stuff such as bones/chitin being mended by magic, ether blisters, and general zombie-like features in minor detail

[lmtyl]

Movie!Carnage calling Venom "Father" has the opposite vibes of Fikrul the Fanatic calling Uldren "Father"

[prince--ofnothing]

Can I interest you in a Baron in these trying times?

Anatomy practice with Fikrul, The Fanatic.

[a-driftamongopenstars]

penance; crow & fikrul ficlet;

finally, finally got to write Crow meeting Fikrul. i need this to happen in game asap, by the way! i think Fikrul could totally become our ally! and my friend :D also on ao3

Skimming through countless memories of the Prince of the Reef, Crow is careful to dance about those that came through the Darkness. Sometimes he wonders how many of them are true and how many are a product of elaborate fiction, planted there through the seeds of red flowers of the Black Garden.

And yet, after talking to many people, after reading through dozens of reports, Crow comes to find out nearly none of those were lies. Only somewhat changed through a cracked lens of a sad mind, twisted and upside down, bitter.

Bitter like the Dark Ether.

Crow begins to think of the Fanatic often. Uldren's memories of him are fond. He recalls sitting by his side, talking of their people. A string of understanding woven between them, two misconstrued people, accepted, yet outcasts. Crow remembers the sting of sympathetic tears that spilled against Fikrul's mortal wounds until through wish they closed and sealed and birthed something new.

And it comes as no surprise that Crow finds himself wandering into the space of the Reef, following the trail of corrupted Ether, purposefully searching for a familiar presence within those forsaken rocks. And finding it, alone and hidden, and terribly lonely.

Fikrul walks slowly through a desert plane of one of the broken asteroids. His staff leaves barely a point in the dust, the energy around it crackles.

Crow follows, one tall rock after another, making noise with the soles of his boots by design, until at last the Fanatic turns, raising his staff.

And lowering it just as fast.

"Father?" he croaks deeply. "No, you died."

"And was reborn," Crow says, almost surprised at the regal touch in his voice that has come out all too often lately. "A plunge in the abyss."

Fikrul pauses, consideration in his posture. Crow's memory swims with conversations of faith, of herecy of the Eliksni people, of sermons that Fikrul carried out to the believers. If he could look at Crow through that cracked lens, turned the other way, he would see that a plunge in the abyss may very well lead to a pool of Light.

The Fanatic steps closer. Then again, closer, and Crow moves not. His heart beats madly, less so in fear and more in excitement of a reunion.

Fikrul stops - and slowly bends the knee.

"Father."

Crow leans in and allows himself the impossible - to hug Fikrul, his long lost friend. He doesn't utter another word for a long while, simply simmering in the vivid images of the past long gone. And even though there was cruelty in what Uldren and Fikrul did, there was also a genuine compassion that one had for the other. Standing side by side against the world that wronged them, somehow.

Crow pulls and tugs on the threads of goodness that was of Uldren and weaves them into something new, of his own accord. How strange it is to have control over something with such clarity, that used to drown in obscurity of a bothered mind. Perhaps, it can be a penance on behalf of the Prince.

When Crow lets go, Fikrul walks with purpose again.

Not lonely, not scorned.

[sun-singer]

Inktober day 7: Fanatical, featuring Fikral!

[poorlytunedukulele]

"Uldren is delusional," Azra said. "He's slaughtered his own subjects. He's murdered people. Even if he's incapacitated, or harmless, he's a danger to Reef society just by the blood in his veins. If he's willing to try to kill Petra? To kill his people, the ones that he was supposedly dedicated to? He'll do anything. That's dangerous." The Prison of Elders hadn't been able to hold him. They didn't really have many other options.

"Even if he begs and pleads," Veera said hesitantly. "Even if he asks for forgiveness?"

"I don't expect you to shoot him," Azra said. "I don't even expect you to be okay with me shooting him. But he put us on this path. I'm finishing it."

[thefirstknife]

Do you think we might see a season/story where Crow and the Fanatic meet again before the saga ends? Also, do you have any reccomendations as to where one could catch up on all the story and lore of D2 since Forsaken, without being able to physically play the game oneself?

Before the saga ends, definitely not (if we're counting TFS as the ending of the saga which it's supposed to be), but they've given us plenty of hints this season that they do want to and will resolve this after TFS!

Namely, as it stands right now, the second Episode is called Revenant and has Fikrul on a teaser image:

Obviously, this can all change by the time we get it, but it's definitely something planned as content, at least for now. This season we got some dialogues in the seasonal activities like this one where Crow is pondering about Fikrul. And we got a lot of stuff in the dungeon, most of all lore on the exotic and some additional stuff in the dungeon's voice lines.

Catching up would be the best on Destiny Lore Vault where every expansion and season are recorded in their entirety so you can watch through the whole story of each of them. There's a playlist for every season and campaign, as well as playlists for seasonal activities, exotic missions and everything else. Obviously Ishtar Collective as well where you can find lore books and items associated with each season and campaign. You could also try searching for playthroughs and summaries on youtube, but I'm personally very picky about those and I don't have anything in particular to recommend, as it's up to you what style you'd prefer.

[baede-6]

Conversations with my fireteam:

Friend:"Fikrul?!?...The FANATIC?!?"

Me:"No, the other Fikrul,the one that works in accounting."

[telestoapologist]

me waiting for variks/sjur/shiro/jolyon/fikrul to show up again

[speaker-of-the-void-cats]

Forsaken Lightfall

Dread not naught. Be brave.

Look around the sky.

Behold the great | divide, the battle | lines of the cosmic war.

Fikrul is a Fanatic.

Scorned and abandoned.

"This is as far as you go."

"Please. For you, I go… instead. All know… darkness lives here. Death. You are not of Ether. Can't bring… you back."

"All the same."

"Yes, Father. We ever serve and await return."

Fikrul is all who strive to regain strength of self and purpose. He is a survivor. He is the outcast priest of the broken plains, and his sermon is death and all the glory that follows.

"Go. Inspire. And avenge your murdered friends."

The why of what we're doing is as important as the what.

To that end, the Shadow of Earth extended a hand, and into it flew the Shadow's companion-soul, who had spoken not a word for many ages.

The Shadow bade the companion-soul to speak, and the companion-soul obliged:

I looked at the Gardener.

I looked at my hands.

"I love you"

With that, the Shadow's fist closed, and the companion-soul was no more.

I discovered the first knife.

And then there were two.

You've no idea how fortunate you are to be my chosen. You hold the flesh of a god in your hands. You are mere steps away from our salvation. Only Light|Dark, to|get|her, can unlock my way back into your world.

That's it, keep going. FREE ME.

Please, brother. Will you walk through hell for me, one last time?

"Yes."

Good. Then let us finish this.

"Everything I did, I did for her."

You brave,

devoted,

pathetic

fool.

Thank you.

Even paradise is a prison....

when you can't leave.

"The line between Light | Dark is so very thin.

Do you know which side you're on?"

RECORD 0-CHASM-31

Rajesh. When he reached a displacement of eight he told us he was dead. I believed him. He was dead. He spoke to us. It was true. Whatever he saw, it was his own future.

He’s fine, afterwards. When I look into his eyes I wonder what came back wearing his skin. But that thought is unscientific.

We speak of nothing but the device. We talk about it like a demigod. When I get out of here I know the whole world will look like a fraying veil.

I think it’s clear that part of the problem is substrate. We need more than flesh and drug to survive this.

This one's for the minds behind the Deep Stone Crypt. You think just because you made me you can unmake me? Hey, I understand. I were you I wouldn't want people knowing what I did either. Guess you better hope I didn't tell anyone about the crypt. Or about the, uh, what was it? Oh yeah...

Long

Slow

Whisper

Cause if I did, that would be real bad for you, huh?

I may be dead, but I guarantee you ain't heard the last of me.

[awokennerd]

Hey gang! I plan on still playing through to the Final Shape. I'm taking a little break now before next season. I already got my gilded Iron Lord and Haruspex titles, and I wanna take a mini break from the game with all the recent bungie news.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do after TFS. I love the lore and the characters and designs, but I'm not sure where Bungie is going with the game. I don't think TFS is a proper conclusion because there are still so many loose threads to complete (fikrul the fanatic and the scorn, savathun and Xivu, the vex, the other Eliksni houses, the curse on the dreaming city, etc, etc). And I would love to see more of these played out. But idk if I'm just gonna watch YouTube videos of these things or continue playing after TFS. I think I'll wait until Bungie gives us more information about what is coming next for them and destiny to decide.

[fanaticforgotten]

A steady knock echos through a shattered tower in the Dreaming City. A shaky, rasping breath punctuating the moments of silence between the knocks.

The Dark Archon, Scorned Archon, The Fanatic, Fikrul.

All of these names and titles tumbled in the Scorn’s mind as he struggles to remember what it was he fought for.

Once, it had been family.

Once, further still, vengeance.

But now vengeance had long since been reaped and his family, his ketch, had been destroyed because of his actions.

His fingers curl in on themselves, his fist falling to his side, the knocking silencing, except the echos.

He would not live much longer. He had nothing to live for. He had nothing to fight for.

Nothing left except oblivion.

[fish-seller]

[a-driftamongopenstars]

i cannot express how much i hope we can bring the Fanatic and his Scorn to our side in Revenant. I know it's not super likely, but how cool would that be.

i want to see what happens when Crow finds him. i mean come on. Fikrul's turning into Scorn was an act of compassion, twisted by darkness and wish magic. but it was compassion none the less. Uldren and Fikrul were bound by that unspoken pact.

the Fanatic did care about Uldren. i don't think him calling Uldren "father" was any kind of joke.

so I wonder if it can be salvaged. I want to know what kind of attitude Crow would have now, would he be resentful or his compassionate self, seeking out the good in anyone he meets?

anyway i'm chewing this hope like a bone.