Killing Cayde established stakes.
Since then, no one had stayed dead. Savathun, Eramis, Osiris, Crow anyone and everyone in between.
In the final cutscene of the season, Elsie says to Anna look as a glow that seems reminiscent of a Ghost Revival lights the room.
If Ana gets her self programmed boyfriend back, then what is at stake here? Is this an epic sci-fi franchise or a soap opera?
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Out of all those you listed, Savathun is the only one to come back from the dead and only because it was all part of her plan. Plus with her ghost she can still return just like you or any other guardian who “dies”. Pretty much everyone else you listed didn’t die in the first place. Crow never died, Uldren did. They’ve been very clear on them being distinctly different people. Osiris was possessed, not killed. Eremis was frozen never killed. Her return was never a matter of IF but instead WHEN.