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Bonding (lore piece: Rites of Passage - A Big Fan)
You guys think "custom poncho design" that cayde talked about in idle dialogue years ago was the same one he gave to crow?
“No matter how you look into my face, you are not the one you used to be” SIAMÉS - “Used to be”
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Ok, so things pointing to Drifter being Christian… used to there was a gun you could get from Gambit, called Servant Leader, which I searched the meaning of. It means encouraging diversity of thought, creating a culture of trust, having an unselfish mindset, fostering leadership in others, and this is something I got in a search result,
What does servant leader mean Bible?
Servant-leadership serves others by investing in their development and well being for the benefit of the common good. Thus a good Christian servant-leader serves God through investing in others so that together they may accomplish a task for Gods glory.
Drifter has done things to help others without seeking a reward, like in season of plunder, he helped and told the Guardian not to give him any of the gold. And btw I believe Drifter is poor. There have been multiple times he’s said that he’s hungry, and he also doesn’t really have his own place to live. He pays rent to the Vanguard so he can live in the Tower, and he eats random gross stuff or has to steal food. He helped when the Pyramids first arrived, he helped deal with Eramis, and he also was trying to help Eido when she was upset at her dad for not telling her about his past, Drifter was trying to help her without bossing her around. He also once said to Spider, “I ain't the man to tell anyone what to do.”, showing that he does not believe he is higher or better than others, even though he is very powerful.
The Drifter has been fostering leadership in the Guardian, encouraging them to make the decisions, Drifter has been creating a culture of trust with Eris, he normally does not trust others or opens up to them, but lately he's been opening up and trusting Eris, which she really appreciated, and that means a lot because normally Eris is kinda sad and depressed about everything. Drifter has been kind and comforted Misraaks when he was upset because of how he’d done bad things in the past, and Drifter told him that what you do now matters more than what you did in the past. And another time Saint-14 said the same type of thing to Misraaks, and Drifter responded saying, “Amen, brother.”, and I don’t think that’s a normal thing for people to say in video games, but Drifter said it.
Drifter has also related to Misraaks, saying how everyone has something that keeps them up at night and has done something they are not proud of, and there have been times in the past Drifter did something that wasn’t great, but he obviously regrets it. And once Drifter lived in a village of people who didn’t have the light. He helped them to find food, but they didn’t know it was him helping, and he never told them. He helped them without seeking praise or glory, and instead another person in the village got the praise.
And used to, Drifter hated his Ghost, because it brought him back and Drifter was miserable and always starving to death and being brought back just so he can starve again or die some other way again. But then in a piece of lore, the description for it was, “Had a face like the end-times and eyes like manna in the desert. One look at him and I knew I wasn’t gonna be saved.”, which had nothing to do with the lore the description was on, but on that lore Drifter actually was being nice to his Ghost. So he made a drastic change from hating his Ghost, to calling it his friend. And he made a Biblical reference with manna in the desert, and who else would he be talking about besides God? Because who else is saving people? And I think that after that piece of lore Drifter became a much kinder person, to his Ghost and to others. Here’s part of the lore where he’s being nice to his Ghost,
Above him, the derelict descended. His Ghost flinched slightly as the ship’s engines kicked up a whirlwind of dust. Drifter cooed softly to his friend. “I love this job.”
And another part,
Drifter’s Ghost expanded and it’s eye went wide. It did this instead of laughing. It couldn’t laugh. “shut up. Shut up, you idiot.” Drifter waved his friend away.
And another thing. Drifter has had many different names, one was Eli, which is a Biblical name. And there’s a gun that seems like it was Drifters, and on the side of the gun is a picture of a crane. And I searched the meaning of the crane, and it represents balance, harmony, respect, immortality, grace, devotion, and the crane has been featured in Christian art for centuries (plus, cranes eat a lotta stuff in the wild, same with how Drifter eats all sorts of stuff, pointing to the crane representing Drifter).
So there is a lotta random stuff that points towards Drifter being a Christian. Anywho, if you read all this, thanks a ton and I hoped you enjoyed it :) Feel free to leave a comment on your thoughts, but I will just go ahead and say, I am not trying to get into a big argument. If you wanna have a discussion that's cool though 👍
I've wondered before what Eris and Drifter's love language would be... I'm sure Eris's would be physical touch, due to a post I saw about how she doesn't like people to be close to her or touch her, and yet she has touched the Drifter, once to comfort him and another time to take a jade coin from his hand. And I wouldn't be surprised if the Drifter's love language is physical touch as well, due to the way he expresses his affection towards Eris and comforts her by touching her arm or hugging her.
It would also be sweet if they were both cuddlers too... they would snuggle up at night, safe and warm in each other's arms- finally happy, after everything they've been through, they've finally found joy.
They deserve to be together, to be with the person who gives them trust and the person who gives them joy. Their relationship is one of respect and slow growth, but one day, one day I hope that their story will go down this path.
The beauty of their relationship is the way they fit together, offering each other what they desire; trust, joy, hope. And I hope, for that reason, that their relationship will continue to grow.