So do normal humans like the guardians?

[Burba]

It has been a really long time since I played Red War when the game came out but from what I recall they did not seem to like the guardians all that much. A lot has happened since then story wise and the lore videos are many and long so I thought I would just ask here.

Do you think the normal folks like guardians or do they see them as a necessary evil? Do they wish the guardian would just leave? Or are the guardians kinda like super heroes and everyone likes them?

[Nakos]

All of the above.

Guardians are frightening to most normal humans. Deathless Revenants who protect, but also unleash catastrophic violence against those they dislike.

Guardians are not "good" per say, It is the influence of Zavala and Saladin that creates the unity, ethics and purpose of the Guardians, that created the City and (despite the odds) is gradually allowing Humanity to recover from the Dark Ages. Not all Light Bearers follow Zavala. The Drifter is the most obvious example, he too is a "Guardian" old enough to remember the Dark Ages, but he has his own agenda. Sometimes it aligns with that of Zavala, sometimes it doesn't.

Sometimes Guardians are revered, sometimes feared. Sometimes they act with self-less courage, sometimes with selfish greed. Guardians are humans. Humans are flawed.

Devotion inspires Bravery, Bravery inspires Sacrifice, Sacrifice leads ....

[Mez Koo]

That's a loaded question and to put it into perspective you could ask, do people like cops? It depends on both parties.

[Burba]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

That's a loaded question and to put it into perspective you could ask, do people like cops? It depends on both parties.

That is not really the same thing in a world where space monsters are invading all the time. It was more of a lore question like has it been established whether or not the guardians are generally well liked in universe by those that they protect.

[Verios44]

Your question is extremly complicated.

In past seasons there are many examples of distrust from the population vs the guardians.

Season of the splicer for example, and the factions turning against the guardians. There are lore entries of humans scared of guardians wielding stasis.

Those are just two negative ones I can think of at top of the head.

But its a mixed bag for sure! Both good, bad, indifferent, just happy to be alive, and everything in between.

[Verios44]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

That's a loaded question and to put it into perspective you could ask, do people like cops? It depends on both parties.

Thats not really a good comparison.

Guardians are not enforcers of laws. There really is no central body that oversees the Guardians outside of the organization for lack of a better word.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Burba:

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

That's a loaded question and to put it into perspective you could ask, do people like cops? It depends on both parties.

That is not really the same thing in a world where space monsters are invading all the time. It was more of a lore question like has it been established whether or not the guardians are generally well liked in universe by those that they protect.

And my answer remains the same, they're either tireless defenders of humanity or feared immortal gods of destruction that you pray don't get corrupted and the guardians themselves range from Saint-14 who actively tries to foster better relations including frequently playing with children and then there are guardians who think themselves as judge and jury that make a spectacle out of freezing and shatter someone's arm and then threatening everyone else.

During season of the splicer relations on all sides got strained and eventually the civilian leadership was exiled from the last city as now the vanguard is effectively in charge so there is no clear answer of "do normal people like guardians" because that is an extremely complicated question.

And now we've got the fact that the traveler gave the light to the hive in addition to more and more guardians casually wielding the darkness so a lot of people are probably starting to question the traveler and the guardians.

Now if the question was do people like the vanguard specifically then probably yes but guardians as a whole is extremely broad.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

And now we've got the fact that the traveler gave the light to the hive in addition to more and more guardians casually wielding the darkness so a lot of people are probably starting to question the traveler and the guardians.

Originally posted by Saladin:

What if the Traveler is not what we thought it was?

[Chariot]

Hi, Human here, I've got a lot to say about those so-called Guardians.

[Verios44]

Originally posted by Chariot:

Hi, Human here, I've got a lot to say about those so-called Guardians.

Well, then out with it!