Whats with all the dance references? (Destiny)

by General Vagueness , The Vault of Sass, Friday, October 09, 2015, 21:28 (3569 days ago) @ Pyromancy
edited by General Vagueness, Friday, October 09, 2015, 21:38

I know for yesterday's update it is probably because of the new emotes and they want to push the new microtransactions coming soon, but there are references going on in the lore too. Rasputin is mentioned as being a fan of ballet, and the Collectors Edition has an important feeling quote about "dancing in the flames" or something along those lines.
Then there are items like the Radiant Dance Machines
And dance comes up in the grimoire in a number of different contexts
http://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/ghost-fragment-the-hellmouth?highlight=dance

For Rasputin, he was made in Russia, which produced what's probably the best-known ballet (Swan Lake, with music by Tchaikovsky) and many of the most famous (and many would say best) ballet performers, so I think it's just characterizing him as Russian. Radiant Dance Machines seems like a straightforward name for glowy boots in a game that has dancing. (I'm still a little disappointed you don't charge them up by dancing.)
Since we're on the subject, the ship "Steel Atreus" has this description: "Some day we'll dance our little dance to the end... but not today. Not today." This seems kind of familiar, does anyone know if this is a quote or paraphrase or reference to anything? A search brought up this, which is intriguing.

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