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wolfwarrior142 · 8 months ago

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I'm slowly playing through the Final Shape campaign. And it has me over here almost crying and getting all emotional. Cuz the message it's giving, of Ghosts being there for their Guardians all the time, whatever it takes, because they're "made of the same stuff," and all that...that's always the bond I've envisioned for my guardian Cerys-8 and her ghost Pepin.

Yeah I bet most players who created characters for their guardians feel that way, but the way they're wording it here speaks SO much to how I feel that Pepin cares for Cerys. She deals with a lot of mental health issues after the loss of her awoken hunter friend, Arjun, to Taken. She has been slightly suicidal in the past as a result of it. She's done stuff that has worried Pepin. And that just made him dig deeper into being someone who Cerys can rely on, her last line of defense. Because he brought her into this life as a guardian without any choice from her. So he is going to try his best to help her heal and keep going. He knew that from the start, and felt it even more after she declined.

Pepin had Cerys name him because he didn't have a name before and he didn't care to give one to himself. So Cerys picked Pepin, because it sounded like a play on saying that he was peppy. Happy. Cheerful. Bringing light to dark moments. He isn't an overly cheery and emotional ghost, but he always tries his best to find the positive in a situation. Or at least, make the dark not seem so strong. Cerys saw that from the start, which made him feel even stronger about being a protector for his Guardian when it comes to her internal struggles. He wants to be there for her, almost like a parents or an older sibling she can go to in her times of need, especially after she lost Arjun. And then during the Red War. And after losing Cayde- and so on. Cerys struggled to accept his caring at first, but as she healed, she realized just how much she actually appreciated it. How glad she is to have Pepin as her ghost and closest friend in the world.

I've felt that about them for years. So. Needless to say. This dialogue in the game about the ghosts caring so much about their guardians and their struggles- more than I remember it being talked about ever before- is making me kinda emotional.

#wish i could have a little companion just like a ghost to have with me at all times for real for real #would help so much #im gonna be emotional about this for a while dont mind me #like this just hasnt been discussed like this in the game as far as i remember. at least not to this extent. and its just really making me #so happy and emotional cuz it reminds me SO much of the bond i have felt exists between Pepin and Cerys for years at this point #also doesnt help that this campaign seems to have much more of a somber emotional vibe to it like the red war had. with the red war being #what made me get so attached to my guardian and make a character out for her and her ghost. cuz before D2 cerys and pepin didnt even have #names. but the second i opened D2 and saw my D1 guardian there and ready to go...man that hit me hard. felt like she was an established #character or some shit. then the beginning of the red war campaign....man. utterly heartbreaking in the best way.#i still think about when the light was taken and ghaul took out light. and how much it clearly hurt the guardian and ghost. how the guardia #immediately grabbed their ghost and held them close until ghaul knocked ghost out of their hand by kicking them. and the guardian reaching #in despair for their ghost after they fly off to the city before. followed by the guardian moments later #man.........#i started d2 not long after it came out and that whole beginning to the campaign still sticks with me. along with the emotions i felt #during it. i dont think any other game has hit me as deeply as that. it was devastating but then so goddamn empowering and it makes me #emotional. and this campaign is giving me some of that emotional vibe to. far more than others have since the red war #theres a reason why the quote 'eyes up guardian' is so so important to me and makes me so happy #and why my guardian is so attached to her ghost and why hes so protective of her...yeah....#red war campaign my beloved #the final shape even has cutscenes that are FAR more of the same style and vibe as the red war! unlike any of the other campaigns!#that one cutscene while entering the traveler thats just light and dark struggling for dominance my beloved. there wasnt a single word #spoken in that cutscene but it conveyed SO MUCH. i keep thinking about it and it hasnt even been out for a week. it was also a flat out #STUNNING cutscene. so beautiful #loving this campaign so much. ive always so adored the red war campaign- def one of my fave in the game if not my fave- and this one is #coming very close to it #i know its the emotions and beauty in the cutscenes thats a big selling point for me.#anyway #destiny 2 #destiny 2 the final shape #dragon lady letters

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