I personally didn't really read it or take it like that. Obviously I don't really know the intent behind it, but to me it wasn't really an indication of them never ever doing anything besides be at home, it was more just a snapshot of a day in their life after everything that happened, showing that they're together, that they're okay, and that they're moving on with their lives as normal. To me, it doesn't really imply that they wouldn't go out to explore ever again, or travel, or participate in any project or mission that might be dangerous.
In a way, also, I do think that sometimes it's valuable to have characters who have gone through immense amounts of danger, trauma, pain, grief and suffering to have an ending that has them settle. It depends on the context of it all, of course, but if there are any two characters who I want to see safe and never being in danger ever again, it's Osiris and Saint. Given everything they've been through, I truly think that very few characters have ever earned their peace as much as they did.
Like, true proper peace and retirement and time to spend with each other without worrying about either of them being in danger or dying before their time. They've been through that. I know everyone is apprehensive of the narrative of settling down because we all have understandable distaste for stories doing that to characters when it doesn't fit them, but I do truly believe it fits Osiris and Saint, purely because of the context of what they've experienced so far. The sheer level of pain and suffering they've both been through over the years is truly at scale that I can't hardly comprehend. Saint was literally dead. What Osiris went through with Savathun is still one of those things in the game that I will truly never get over and the reason why there will never be a single moment of consideration for any mercy towards Savathun. Nothing can truly compare to the level of insurmountable grief and torment these two men were put through.
I think them getting time off, safety and comfort is not only more than deserved, but necessary. I would genuinely see many other solutions as needless cruelty towards the characters. And I still do believe that nothing really implies that they will never do anything ever again, and that they'll just sit at home being a cute couple. It's just a moment of peace in their life catalogued in the lore tab to let us know that they're doing okay.
He sees himself in a million permutations. Each path: a life in glimpses. He takes what he can from them. Not enough to savor, but enough to be immortalized in nostalgic haze. In one, he is a blazing warrior, driving back the horrors of the longest nights. Another, a vigiled gargoyle atop the Infinite Forest. A grizzled elder overseeing keen disciples.
In so many, he is dead.
But there is one where Osiris finds happiness. He finds a time away from strife. He finds Saintβa dream of warm serenity. The peace to his purpose. With Saint, there is a future that could have been enough.
So many unlived moments lost between calls to action.
When Osiris thought he'd die, he watched himself being so many things, all of them showing him as a man of action, a protector, a warrior, a teacher. And the one he lingers on is the one of peace with Saint. Everything else pales in comparison. What could've been enough was just Saint. The thing he recites in the new lore tab reflects this realisation perfectly. Osiris spent his whole presumed infinite life chasing a higher purpose, and ignoring the small moments he could've had with a man he loves. He's earned to experience those small moments now.
And I also really enjoy that Osiris is writing memoirs. What a story he has to tell. Imagine all of his experiences and knowledge and everything he went through, from his point of view. A book I would love to read.
That said though, I would've preferred if they had more than just that and if we could've gotten a goodbye message from them. And also if they put Osiris to stand by Saint in the hangar. Literally just put him there. Doesn't even have to be interactable. Just let him chill by Saint in the hangar. Cries.
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