I don't think so. (Destiny)

by Funkmon , Friday, March 18, 2016, 18:54 (3266 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

Maybe I'm a negative nancy, but the guy's really picking and choosing from what randos in the Destiny subreddit made up, most of which are inherently contradictory.

On the traveler
Prometheus *is* good. He created humans. Did the Traveler create humans? No. If that doesn't matter, he could be the Judeo-Christian god. The Traveler gives the gift of eternal life through the holy ghost, like our ghosts. Where are those in this explanation? Nowhere. Cause it doesn't fit, neither does Prometheus.

The nine
The article explains that The Nine are the aspects of Hindu god, Durga. Durga, called the formless, used celestial weapons created by other Hindu gods to finally destroy the reign of the demons on the earth and restore the reign of the gods. The nine give US celestial weapons so WE can kill demons!

Wait, sorry, that's not what it said.

The nine are the Ennead, literally meaning the group of nine, the gods worshipped at Heliopolis. Who is among their group? Osiris, right. The mysterious warlock of whom we know nothing yet, who seems to be related to sun stuff. Like HELIOPOLIS. Maybe he helps guide Xur the same way he helps guide the Trials.

Oh wait, it said they're the barely mentioned Council of the Nine from Greek myth, lacking any direct connection to Destiny other than one of them was a blacksmith. Of course, blacksmiths famously don't make guns. So that makes sense.

Eris did create trouble, yes, but not by the methods discussed. She pissed off the three gods, but Aphrodite caused the war. She promised Paris the most beautiful woman, Helen, whom he took. Then the war came.

I can't be bothered to go into it more.

As for the grand scheme of things, it's obvious. "Good guy isn't actually good, bad guy isn't actually bad" stuff. The game hints at this plenty of times. Zero surprise there. It's also the only thing I think we can really apply to the story. The rest of it can have parallels anywhere if you look hard enough. Not worth it, IMO. Particularly when Bungle mixes up tons of mythologies for the game.