lordburn replied to your post “I’m finding myself utterly un-intimidted by Ghaul. Honestly. He’s not...”
You think he's irritating now, wait till he's constantly respawning with stolen light in the raid.
You know, that’s an interesting point, and one I really could never have imagined.
Just, the idea that Ghaul can just take Light is so ludicrous to me, and in the basis of the lore, which is Light is a gift given. The Hive could not take the Light, despite trying to eat shards of the Traveler, their power comes from the Worm gods. The Amonites were gifted weapons. We were gifted power, as a last resort.
It just feels to me like Ghaul will either be disappointed, because the Light is a blessing not something to be taken, or he will become some sickly convoluted monster from trying to experiment with it. The Light cannot harmonize with everyone, you cannot force it to go where it will.
I think that’s part of what made the speech have little to no weight for me. “You do not deserve this power.” You think we asked for this? Ghaul, you think we wanted our world to be shattered and ruined? We asked to be woken from the dead? Of course we deserve the power, it was given to us, freely. It was gifted. You are trying to take it without blessing. You are unworthy.
Rasputin shot the Traveler, but the layperson wouldn’t know. I doubt the civilians know, heck most players in the game don’t know. That’s a buried secret. To most Guardians, we were simply gifted this, out of the blue.
I did not realize I had such strong feelings on this till thinking about it, thanks.