The best Destiny villain. Only one who beat our asses this bad was Ghaul, and that man was a simp for the Traveler. The Witness does NOT fuck around lol. Got straight to the point in Lightfall. Got to ball. Ordered Disciple. Waited patiently as Disciple got the thing. Used the thing. Entered ball. Violated ball. In the manner of technically a single DLC if most of Lightfall wasn't filler.
@@fallen5983That's a very fair point. Crota kicked the Guardians where it hurt in The Great Disaster. He's probably responsible for the most direct Guardian deaths in my understanding. I guess my point is the Witness hit us HARD and FAST. As I said, it destroyed us within a single cutscene, and also ripped apart the Vanguard from within within 3 hours in-lore time (keep in mind that The Final Shape campaign was maybe only a day or a day and a half).
That's because the Witness *thinks* it has won, so it has that sense of confidence in what is says, and all it has to do is persuade the lightbearers that it's ideology is right
The voice actor(s) know EXACTLY how to convey the lure of the witness. In my study of hypnosis, methodical pauses when talking make people begin to listen in more and more, pulling the listener deeper and deeper into a trance. If you listen for long enough you will realize you begin to zone out into that trance-like state. It really shows how terrifying the witness is, with its hypnotic, cunning nature trying to pull the player and the characters to focus on its side. Because whatever you focus on becomes your reality.
The actor is Brett Dalton (also played in Agents of SHIELD and Until Dawn)! Bungie's sound team did an excellent job editing his voice to make it sound like multiple different voices! Also thank you for this explanation, I thought the Witness's voice sounded hypnotizing, but I didn't realize it was an actual method used in hypnosis! Very clever. UPDATE: Oh I just remembered, in one of the physical lorebooks (Chronicles, I think) the lore does actually mention the Witness corrupting Dark Timeline Ana Bray, specifically using the phrase "hypnotizing its way into [her] mind" to lull her into a trance-like state, so the Witness using hypnosis is canon.
13:13 after everything in the campaign it felt like the witness was invisible, i know it sounds twisted to say this but it was so satisfying hearing this, also hat of to the va you can really hear the pian in it voice, sent chills down my spine.
Honestly I did NOT know the Witness would react to having a dissenter destroyed from within it. But at the same time, for the Witness it probably felt like it had an organ removed by a drunk surgeon. But to be fair , I'd probably react the same if I were in its shoes
10:33 notice how the witness said "your might" but another voice followed with i believe it saying "wrong" wouldve been interesting if the witness tried gaining our trust to kill us easily tbf
THAT'S SUCH AN INTERESTING CATCH! I was always suspicious as to its manipulation tactics, and how we could pinpoint what it really thinks! I'll definitely be looking over all these lines closer because that's a WILD find
The Witness is itself a veil, a cage, a box/cube/triangle/sphere/cylinder containing the masses within who 2/3rds of DID NOT want to become Witness. Most of their dialogue can be recontextualized to be almost reflective of the First Knife / Witness proper. Witness had always been able to kill us; they just preferred to be objective-oriented. Why else did they skip everything and everyone along their narrow path? To that end, if given enough delays and encouragement, the Dissenters could have found a way. Even now that the Witness has been unwoven, they will take on numerous new shapes, and multiples of it will exist, exhibiting new and opposing agendas, emulating the tale of three kingdoms ruled by queens.
10:53 I love this exchange so much. Out ghost gets under The Witness's skin so effectively its facade shatters and it accidentally reveals the main voice of its collective. Also you used the same pain sound twice, but I'm pretty sure there's a third?
Makes me wonder if nezzy survived… is if he would punish those in the sleep of the statues. Torture them. Weaken theme to give in. Leading them to comply to the dream of stillness.
@@JosiahKeesling-qj2ef I don't think so, there's plenty of videos showcasing just the SFX, removing the music and dialogue from them. I don't see why they cant just remover everything else and keep the dialogue.
The best Destiny villain.
Only one who beat our asses this bad was Ghaul, and that man was a simp for the Traveler. The Witness does NOT fuck around lol.
Got straight to the point in Lightfall.
Got to ball.
Ordered Disciple.
Waited patiently as Disciple got the thing.
Used the thing.
Entered ball.
Violated ball.
In the manner of technically a single DLC if most of Lightfall wasn't filler.
In the manner of a single cutscene*
id argue crota beat our asses pretty bad too
@@fallen5983keep in mind the hive bow the knee to the witness
@@fallen5983 Well, not US specifically
@@fallen5983That's a very fair point. Crota kicked the Guardians where it hurt in The Great Disaster. He's probably responsible for the most direct Guardian deaths in my understanding.
I guess my point is the Witness hit us HARD and FAST. As I said, it destroyed us within a single cutscene, and also ripped apart the Vanguard from within within 3 hours in-lore time (keep in mind that The Final Shape campaign was maybe only a day or a day and a half).
It’s crazy how much creepier the Witness sounds in Final Shape than in Lightfall
Cause he’s done with playing games and being nice.
That's because the Witness *thinks* it has won, so it has that sense of confidence in what is says, and all it has to do is persuade the lightbearers that it's ideology is right
I love how you can audibly discern the angrier voices we hear in the raid behind the rest of the conglomerate
The Witness' voice is like a masterclass in sound design.
The voice actor(s) know EXACTLY how to convey the lure of the witness. In my study of hypnosis, methodical pauses when talking make people begin to listen in more and more, pulling the listener deeper and deeper into a trance. If you listen for long enough you will realize you begin to zone out into that trance-like state. It really shows how terrifying the witness is, with its hypnotic, cunning nature trying to pull the player and the characters to focus on its side. Because whatever you focus on becomes your reality.
The actor is Brett Dalton (also played in Agents of SHIELD and Until Dawn)! Bungie's sound team did an excellent job editing his voice to make it sound like multiple different voices!
Also thank you for this explanation, I thought the Witness's voice sounded hypnotizing, but I didn't realize it was an actual method used in hypnosis! Very clever.
UPDATE: Oh I just remembered, in one of the physical lorebooks (Chronicles, I think) the lore does actually mention the Witness corrupting Dark Timeline Ana Bray, specifically using the phrase "hypnotizing its way into [her] mind" to lull her into a trance-like state, so the Witness using hypnosis is canon.
Love how people went from hating the witness to loving it over the course of one expansion
That’s what happens when the expansion is well written.
13:13 after everything in the campaign it felt like the witness was invisible, i know it sounds twisted to say this but it was so satisfying hearing this, also hat of to the va you can really hear the pian in it voice, sent chills down my spine.
Honestly I did NOT know the Witness would react to having a dissenter destroyed from within it.
But at the same time, for the Witness it probably felt like it had an organ removed by a drunk surgeon. But to be fair , I'd probably react the same if I were in its shoes
I can't explain why, but I get absolutely terrified looking at the Witness up-close.
I think it's the eyes. They look human, but not.
This thing is practically an Eldritch god, it's absolutely terrifying
10:33 notice how the witness said "your might" but another voice followed with i believe it saying "wrong"
wouldve been interesting if the witness tried gaining our trust to kill us easily tbf
THAT'S SUCH AN INTERESTING CATCH!
I was always suspicious as to its manipulation tactics, and how we could pinpoint what it really thinks!
I'll definitely be looking over all these lines closer because that's a WILD find
The Witness is itself a veil, a cage, a box/cube/triangle/sphere/cylinder containing the masses within who 2/3rds of DID NOT want to become Witness. Most of their dialogue can be recontextualized to be almost reflective of the First Knife / Witness proper.
Witness had always been able to kill us; they just preferred to be objective-oriented. Why else did they skip everything and everyone along their narrow path?
To that end, if given enough delays and encouragement, the Dissenters could have found a way. Even now that the Witness has been unwoven, they will take on numerous new shapes, and multiples of it will exist, exhibiting new and opposing agendas, emulating the tale of three kingdoms ruled by queens.
Fun fact: The witness is voiced by the same guy who played Freyr in God of War Ragnarok
and Mike from until dawn
I’ll really miss that voice…
Love the voice
Brett Dalton did very well
10:53 I love this exchange so much. Out ghost gets under The Witness's skin so effectively its facade shatters and it accidentally reveals the main voice of its collective.
Also you used the same pain sound twice, but I'm pretty sure there's a third?
I love when antagonists break the fourth wall to call out the player and point out our traits
It lowkey tempted me
Thank you so much I’ve been waiting for this!!
Makes me wonder if nezzy survived… is if he would punish those in the sleep of the statues. Torture them. Weaken theme to give in. Leading them to comply to the dream of stillness.
Oh sick, thanks
CCUUUUMMMMMM
11:20
HE SAID WHAT??!!!
bro after like 11 hours of dealing with error codes and being insanely tired, when my 2 buddies and i heard this we all died laughing
@@FAUXCUSpd same bro it was like 3am and i had to hold back sm laughter
This will be helpful for my witness vrchat avatar. Is it possible tho to get the dialogue from the cutscenes, no sound no music as well?
Nah that's straight up impossible
@@JosiahKeesling-qj2ef I don't think so, there's plenty of videos showcasing just the SFX, removing the music and dialogue from them. I don't see why they cant just remover everything else and keep the dialogue.
you could try AI separating the stems
13:13 how it feels to chew 5 gum
Favorite villian even though he's kinda f*ck up story
10:56
Great, now in Spanish 🇲🇽 please 🙏🏻❤️
I don't think it'll sound as badass
@@yamz1156may be
@@yamz1156Honestly the Spanish dub for Destiny is awful.
Bruh the witness is just yappington the whole campaign like dawg you exist because your species needed a existential crisis
10:57