I Actually Really Loved Osiris When I Began Learning More About Him. Meanwhile Mara I Thought Was A Bitch

I actually really loved Osiris when I began learning more about him. Meanwhile Mara I thought was a bitch and didn't like her. But now that I've learned more about both Mara and Osiris and have seen them in multiple stories, they're both some of my favorite characters.

But yeah, an old Egyptian man makes sense when they are describing the most powerful warlock whose name is Osiris. He's named after an Egyptian god of death! And while it's just a name, he can be from somewhere else, it is still fitting. And having Sagira's name meaning "little light" in Arabic reinforces this notion. But I suppose it's obscure enough that people might not know. My bf had no idea Osiris is an Egyptian god, but I know this from years of reading Greco-Roman and Egyptian mythology as a kid. Also, I don't understand how it's confusing to people Osiris is old. Like, the wise old wizard/scholar trope? And lightbearers can be any age?? Of course Osiris could have been young, but it makes more sense if he is older. Especially to play up the teacher-student dynamic of Osiris and Ikora's stories. Also, he's gay. And people can just be gay! And Osiris and Saint aren't very trope-y gay men, they're just themselves and happen to be in a relationship together. Like, wow, yes, I too would write love poems and literally fuck up time for my "friend."

how someone feels about osiris really is an (unfortunate) litmus test for whether or not they're someone whose opinions can be trusted. Like, hey, you! Can you be normal about a gay Egyptian Jewish man? Especially if he's not polite? Especially when he's neurodivergent, and shows strong traits of that neurodivergence? What does it say about you that you preferred him when Savathun was masquerading as him and being nice to you while she undermined the City, but not when he was being rude and blunt and fighting for the good of humanity?

Because if you don't like him just because he's an ass, that's fine, but if you hate him yet are chill with Mara* being a dick then you miiight want to think about why that might be the case.

(*to be clear I also fucking love Mara, but she's more of a test of 'can you handle morally grey characters' than a test of good faith since she is, canonically, a straight-up bitch. A bitch with good intentions, and I love her, but also a bitch. Osiris, however, presents more of a nuanced situation because of racial biases towards Middle Eastern men)

"never trust how you feel abt ur life after 9pm" is a spring & summer & fall rule. for winter it's never trust how u feel abt ur life after 4pm

Don't mind the two awoken bi gals hanging out in the HELM with our rainbow lighting.

There is a lore entry this season where there is an awoken celebration mentioned. It's called the "Night of Ascents" and it's a yearly celebration of the awoken leaving the Distributary. Some awoken space magic allows them to view this journey. I absolutely love how we got to see a new bit of awoken culture! I wonder if the awoken in the last city also celebrate it. I can definitely see this being something both reef and earth born awoken celebrate.

Time to draw artwork of the awoken gang!

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Oh gosh. I really hope this is why cayde is around in the Final Shape. Honestly it would be an interesting reason for Cayde to be back.

But if Crow gets his wish, I wonder what the consequences will be of it this time? Maybe this is why Cayde is only in the Traveler. Will Cayde actually lead us in the right direction towards the witness? I know Bungie is marketing it as, "hey guys, hang out with your vanguard buddies one more time!" But perhaps Cayde will lead us astray. Or perhaps Cayde is fine as a ghost and some other thing will be messed up now. I guess we have seven months to see.

Also, poor Crow. He's probably not gonna trust Mara or himself with this new manipulation.

Unforseen Consequences exotic ship lore. Welp. I think this more or less solves why Cayde is in the portal. It might not just be the Traveler reconstructing our journey. It's because Crow wished for it. He is clearly not talking to real Mara here, and instead it's an Ahamkara apparition, mimicking how Uldren spoke to the same. It literally says that "the illusion fades" and then she invokes anthem anatheme.

We know Crow will get his wish. However. What will be the unforseen consequences.