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Destiny 2

Discuss all things Destiny 2.
Edited by NeonPropose: 9/16/2018 12:33:09 PM
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The literature and pop-culture references in the Destiny Universe:

This post is a little different from my other posts. You’ll find references to Films, TV, other games, media icons and musicals/play. Enjoy: [spoiler]some of these you may have seen in previous posts.[/spoiler] Weapons: - Sturm & Drang - The lore is also based on a late 18th century, German literary movement, such as ‘The Sorrows of young Werther’ by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. - Moriaen-D - a 13th century Arthurian romance in Middle Dutch, detailing the story of Moriaen, the Moorish son of Aglovale, one of King Arthur’s knights of the round table. - - Izdubar-D (Babylonian) - the representation of Gilgamesh (the king of the Sumerian (southern Iraq) city-state of Uruk and a major hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology), in the Victorian era story ‘Ishtar and Izdubar, the epic of Babylon’ (1884) by Leonidas le Cenci Hamilton. - Hard Light - the lore tab is very similar to Steve Jobs’ speech when Apple released the iPhone. - “against all odds - this machine gun is a possible reference to the line by C3-P0. Ornaments: Thanks to user Bumblebee793: [quote]- raging Lupus - possible reference to Monty Python and the holy grail. [/quote] Armour: - heart of the Praxic Fire - the Armour perk is named “praise the sun” a reference to dark souls. The flavour text also makes reference to a line by Solaire of Astora. Thanks to Ult loot crate: [quote]- ACD/O feedback fence - references the band AC/DC in the lore tab. The part that references the band goes as follows “ It is not an AC-DC Feedback Fence and it is not named for any work of pre-classical music. I am not winking. That is a malfunction”[/quote] Ships: - Captain Nemo - name of the main character from the 1870 book “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” by Jules Verne. - Antonio - references to the main character from Shakespeare’s 16th century play “The merchant of Venice”. The flavour text reads, ‘well, tell me now what lady is the same to whom you swore secret pilgrimage?-Shakespeare’, which is a direct quote from the play. - Bassanio - references to the another character from Shakespeare’s 16th century play “The merchant of Venice”. The flavour text reads, ‘In my school days, when I had lost one shaft, I shot his fellow of the self same flight-Shakespeare’, which is a direct quote from the play. Sparrows: Thanks to user BookGoblin: [quote]- Annabel Lee - this is a reference to a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. The flavour text is the poem “And neither the angels in Heaven above / Nor the demons down under the sea / Can ever dissever my soul from the soul / Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...”[/quote] Mission/bounties/patrols: - “Reverse the Polarity” - the name of the EDZ adventure, was used during the Third Doctor’s era as a catchphrase. The full quote was “reverse the polarity of the neutron flow”. - “Hack the planet” - the name of this Nessus adventure is a popular line from the film “Hackers”. - “Four arms good, Two arms better” - this old Russia patrol is a reference to the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwel, in which a similar line “four legs good, two legs better” was used. - “It’s all in the game” - this old Russia patrol has you collect “wire wraps”. The line and objective are nods to the HBO show “the wire”, from which the patrol’s name is a reoccurring line. - “The Hero We Deserve” - This solstices heroes bounty is a play-on the line from “Batman: The Dark Knight”, delivered by Gary Oldman’s Jim Gordon, “He’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now”. - “The Very Best” - this solstice of heroes bounty is a quote from the Pokémon theme. Thanks to Doug Dimmadome: [quote]- “captain o captain” - this is a reference to the line from Robin Williams character in the film Dead Poets Society. [/quote] Thanks to Matt boy72: [quote]- "Ride the Lightning" - a reference to Metallica's hit song/album of the same name.[/quote] Dialogue: - “Outgunned, Outmanned, Outnumbered, but not outplanned” - this is a reference to the Musical “Hamilton”, specifically the number “Right Hand Man”, by Lin Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom jr and Christopher Jackson. - “Do re mi fa sol la si do” - Solfège, a music education method used to teach pitch and sight singing of western music. Misc: - law of the Jungle - this poem by Rudyard Kipling was used during a D1 live action trailer of the same name. [spoiler]if you got this far, thank you for reading. I’d really appreciate if you leave any that I couldn’t find and I’ll edit OP with your find. Link to my master post https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/247827988/0/0 [/spoiler]

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  • Edited by GrayWulf25: 8/26/2018 10:54:06 AM
    The D1 Iron Banner special space-ship "Hebridean Thoughtcrime" (Y2) is a reference to 1984 by George Orwell. Orwell wrote his master-piece (the greatest novel of the 20th century) on the Isle of Jura, in the Inner Hebrides, a series of small islands off the West coast of Scotland. He wrote it in poor health, suffering from the tuberculosis that would eventually kill him aged 46, a short time later. If you need the thought-crime part explained, read the book!

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