Helldivers 2 community rallies behind wholesome hero after a remorseful villain kicks them, giving rise to Super Earth's new battlecry: 'im frend'

Helldivers 2 players have added a new deity to their ever-evolving lore—joining the pantheon alongside the almighty Joel, his loki-like doppelganger, and the betrayer deity GantzTheDemon. This latest addition is more innocent and wholesome by half: the big-hearted dremskiy, who wants you to know one thing: «im frend». 

It all begins in a set of screenshots that went viral, capturing a harrowing kick from a Super Destroyer. It's an interaction that's so sincerely written out by the two players involved—made all the funnier and authentic for the spelling errors, so I'm going to leave them in, including the immediate misspelling of dremskiy's name.

«Sorry dreamski», says a doubtless teary-eyed diver—who, I like to imagine is holding up a gun in a shaking hand, aimed at dremskiy, marooned on some desolate world where the wind howls like the cries of the damned: «we playing friends opnly … i hav to kick you». 

Heart turning to ice, and possibly crying, dremskiy responds with the shellshocked: «but im frend».

This is a truth their compatriot cannot acknowledge out loud—and even if they know it in their heart, they have their mandate. Something has to be done. Their finger begins to squeeze down on the trigger, as they whisper a plea to the deadened air: «dont make this more difficult». 

Reader: dremskiy was kicked.

As the images circulated, the sense of a cosmic injustice grew. So the Helldivers 2 community proceeded to do what it's good at: namely, making bullseye memes about the tragedy of dremskiy the frendly.

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It wouldn't be long before the official Helldivers 2 Twitter account gave dremskiy post-kick honours with a Super Earth-sanctioned tweet, reading: «For prosperity. For liberty. For democracy. For frend.»

For prosperity. For liberty. For democracy. For frend.May 15, 2024

The Playstation UK Twitter account responded with a sorrowful «im frend», perhaps forgetting