The Witness: "If The Guardian has a million haters, I'm one of them. If he has one hater, it's me. If he has 0 haters, I have died. If the world is against The Guardian, I am with the world. If the world is for The Guardian, I am against the world."

Witness: join me Guardian, I’ll give you cool ice powers.
Guardian: nuh uh!
Witness: fym nuh uh?!

Bro is really beefing with a 9 year old god killer. That’s crazy imo

Oh, trust me. - the feeling is very mutual. Bastard stole my catalyst grind spot in the Whisper before it got overtaken by the darkness (i.e. sunset) before returning.

The Witness sees the species not touched by the Traveler as a simple harvest. But those that are, are an insult to the Final Shape. We defy the pattern and dare to offer a different truth. It's personal

That transcript from the Arcadia jumpship pilot really shows why a being like Nezarec would ally with The Witness. While the swift eradication of entire species would appease a Disciple like Rhulk; these grand campaigns of hate and terror, the utter snuffing of the flames of hope under the suffocation of despair would have fed Nezarec like an all-you-can-eat buffet exclusively for him.

Also, the Bungie writers can really fucking cook with these lore entries. The words of that pilot made my stomach twist.

"Why do you think you can weild Light and Dark, while the rest of us are consigned to one?" - Savathûn. That question has been living rent-free in my head since I heard it, and I bet the Witness is wondering too...

"We | the Noesis existed."

That line is terrifying. Imagine your entire species' existence, your history, your art, your influence on the world, completely and utterly erased in seconds. Imagine being scrubbed from footprint of the universe at the subatomic level such that the only proof you even existed was the lone record of a single person simply stating that you did.

Stellar writing by the lore team, as always.

“I got cool powers to give right?”
“Right”
“So they are better than what the Traveler gave you”
“Makes sense”
“So you’ll join me cause I have more power”
“Guardians make their own fate”

Odysseus: you are hated by god too?
Guardian: i took their stuff.
Odysseus: i killed the son of one of my gods and disgraced them
Guardian: ...i've done that too.

both continue to get tormented by their respective gods wrath

My favorite parts of Eido lore is when she goes off on a side tangent about human things. Like words she can’t pronounce or the waggling eyebrows. It’s really cute.

what does all this lore tell me about the Witness? The Witness needs a hug, a big hug, a paracausal hug...around the Throat.

It took merging an entire species to make the universes's biggest narcissist holy moly imagine causing the exact same pain and suffering that drives your hatred

To that I say, "Cope, seethe, and witness these nuts."

I  believe Eido is still missing a point here.
The Witness doesn‘t commit these atrocities because it hates everything the Traveller has touched. Rather I belive it commits to these acts as a demonstration to the Traveller that it‘s philosophy is wrong and only creates Chaos and Suffering. The Witness intends to grind the Traveller down, to hit it right in the spot where it hurts most: The Travellers love for the life it fostered.
It‘s a battle of philosphies neither can‘t back down from, lest they admit defeat. The Traveller HAS to move on to other systems and life-forms to prove its logic to the Witness. The Witness HAS to torture and decimate the life the Traveller touched to prove it‘s logic to the Witness. It‘s the Flower Game in it‘s sheer brutality.

But now things are different. The Traveller gave in and made it‘s Last Stand. The game is broken and the Witness in it‘s greatest hour of victory will soon realize, that a breaking of this cycle births new possibilities and other ways.

That acting of the despairing survivor in his ship was incredible.
It felt incredibly sincere, moving away from the mic to mimic the frantic walking someone in such a state of mind would do....
That was one great scene, Byf, I'm very impressed!

Alright, seeing as none of yall have commented about this, can we all talk about Byf's editing? And his VOICE ACTING?? I mean, holy shit, the static added in while he reads the Grimoire, and his overall voice acting? Good Lord, it's gotten so good.

I guess that's why the Witness' faction is called "The Dread"

How ironic. The witness claims it wishes to end suffering. And yet it was born from a desire to cause suffering.

I hope we get to see the Witness in the final shape get extremely emotional. Like I mean... blood boiling, screaming, yelling, that type of thing.