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Edited by ShadeofArcana:
5/1/2023 12:45:13 PM
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Do you have hope for Destiny's story post Final Shape?
*yes I know there's a typo in the options, you can blame my phone's auto-uncorrect.
Do you have hope for Destiny's story post Final Shape? Tell me why?
Me personally, as foolish as it sounds, I will say I have hope for Destiny's story following the Final Shape. If it's anything I have noticed, it's that sone of Destiny's best storytelling seems to happen when it's not clearly attached to the overarching narrative but rather expands something which was previously vague (Forsaken is an excellent example), and thus I think being free from the confines of the Light vs Darkness saga will be a breath of fresh air.
There are so many directions one can go without the plot points of tge Witness and company looming overhead. Destiny is a game full of plot hooks and unanswered questions so I doubt the Witness will be the final threat we face.
We still have Xivu Arath to deal with, how the Taken and Scorn are going to be affected following the Witness's defeat. There's also Eramis and her followers to worry about, heck the Shadow Legion and unallied Cabal may find a new leader and strike again. There's Mara's Ahamkara egg, the mysterious Aphelion that's some ancient unknown and unseen enemy of the Awoken. I cannot count number of players who would jump for joy to see some story development on SIVA. Beyond that there's the FRIGGING NINE-
My point is there's tons of stuff the writers could grab and run with, so much untapped potential provided they actually take the time you go through their mountain of plot hooks and unanswered questions. Seeing questions finally get answers tends to be a keystone of every great dlc that Bungie has produced for Destiny. Every great story usually starts with the question: "what if?" And if there was time to ask that question of it would be immediately following the Final Shape.
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Edited by BIRB: 5/1/2023 4:03:06 AMI do have hopes for final shape because I believe final shape was suppose to be the second half of lightfall. I think it’s clear lightfall got chopped in half to give us another year of destiny. My hypothesis is that this was a last minute decision that left the narrative team scrambling which resulted in this train wreck of a story. Back during the beyond light reveal, lightfall was the end of the road for the light and dark saga. This would imply they already have the conclusion of the story figured out. If that’s the case, I would expect the quality of the story to be on par with beyond light and witch queen which I personally enjoyed. A year later, they revealed the final shape, an additional DLC. Where did this story come from? My guess, out of thin air. This results in lightfall being essentially filler story. I personally think witch queen is some of the best story telling destiny has had. Before that, beyond light was quite good as well. There’s been some very weak story telling in destiny but there’s also been moments where Bungie has shown us they can write good stories. My hope is that they already have the story for final shape fleshed out by this point and it’s just a matter of delivery.
