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All kidding aside (reply)

MacAddictXIV — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:26:58 +0000

I thought it was pretty clear from Toland's quote that the Darkness sees all life as competition, and therefore eliminates it, where as the Traveler creates or accelerates life. They are diametric opposites somewhat equal in strength and technical sophistication and as such are mirrors of one another.

Reminds me of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series. Two entities: one wants pure destruction, the other was the make life. Both are perfectly equal in strength. Well, until one isn't... But the reason the evil one is "winning" in the book is because the good entity gave part of it's power to humans, to create things. Kinda reminds me of Guardians and light actually.

All kidding aside (reply)

Durandal — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:33:31 +0000

I thought it was pretty clear from Toland's quote that the Darkness sees all life as competition, and therefore eliminates it, where as the Traveler creates or accelerates life. They are diametric opposites somewhat equal in strength and technical sophistication and as such are mirrors of one another.

This made me cackle out loud. (reply)

dogcow — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:27:44 +0000

Glimmer and gold indeed!

That goatee came from the moon (reply)

kornman00 — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 07:41:35 +0000

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Of course. The cosmic egg. (reply)

iconicbanana — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 04:33:27 +0000

FaceFuzz. BringsChill down spine. Lust for human flesh. Yep. (reply)

INSANEdrive — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 04:11:12 +0000

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So... it's the Burl Ives Snowman? (reply)

uberfoop — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 23:56:45 +0000

"Glimmer and gold..."

too debonair to be evil. quite dashing really. (reply)

scarab — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 23:08:32 +0000

Even with the monocle.

The traveller's dashingly handsome evil twin doesn't sound scary enough.

Um... (reply)

INSANEdrive — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 22:50:20 +0000

Is the Darkness really just the Traveler with a goatee?

I don't know about you all, but... I kind of want this. I mean, yea - the sheer horror of the chill in your spine is a bit much, yet I ask you to imagine this in game.

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Ya know what, I can see this stealing all of Destines beards, and there for destroying the golden age.

Seems Legit.

(I can't seem to get rid of the smile on my face.)

Edit: Ok... I had to do it. It's now my avatar. It has a monical now - because. Um...

Literally a large glossy black ball from space. (reply)

uberfoop — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:26:15 +0000

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That's one of the DS9 mirror episodes (reply)

Dagoonite — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:22:37 +0000

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I thought it was Shattered Mirror in ST (reply)

ZackDark — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:07:35 +0000

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Or it could be... (reply)

Dagoonite — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:02:57 +0000

It very well could be a reference to the movie The Dark Mirror. It's an evil twin movie, in essence. Kind of. It does some almost-interesting things with the premise that have, unfortunately, been done to death in media since then. Kind of like how Airplane! seems lame to some people who see it for the first time since everybody else has ripped it off.

(To be honest, the only reason why I remember it is because of Olivia de Havilland.)

I always thought that's what it meant; an equal but opposite.

Your Traveler has a dark mirror

Cody Miller — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:43:41 +0000

I've never heard Xur say this before now.

Is this a reference to the mirror universe in Star Trek, where everybody is evil? One of the books is even called Dark Mirror. Does this mean there's a being like the traveler who is evil?

Is the Darkness really just the Traveler with a goatee?