This fan tribute to Lance Reddick as Destiny's Commander Zavala is going to make me well up

pcgamer.com:

I've spent more thousands of hours playing the Destiny games than I care to admit, so the loss of Lance Reddick last week, at the far too young age of 60, hit particularly hard. As the voice of Commander Zavala since day one, Reddick has stoically accompanied us on missions across the solar system, providing fatherly encouragement as we batted away one paracausal threat to humanity after another. 

Another actor might have turned in a rote performance as a patrician leader and called it done, but in his nine years on the series Reddick nailed the character's struggles with guilt and the burden of responsibility. Where Zavala could have been a cloying, one-note character, thanks in large part to Reddick he landed as a believable voice for hope in a universe beset by permanently imminent disaster. 

The quality of his performance should be no surprise, really, given how much he brought to all his acting roles, from his stint on all five seasons of The Wire to his more recent work on the John Wick movies. I loved this anecdote that did the rounds again about how Keanu Reeves loved Lance so much he visited him on his own birthday to say thanks for his work on the Wick films. A «saddened and heartbroken» Reeves is dedicating John Wick 4 to Reddick's memory. 

After news of the death broke late last week, Destiny players began gathering around Zavala in the game's main social space to pay tribute. Bungie also put out its own tribute, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if the studio decides to memorialise the actor in-game at some point too. Here's CEO Pete Parsons:

I don’t cry often. I just did. Lance was a beautiful human being and so is his partner and puppies.March 17, 2023

 For players looking to show their love for Reddick