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| Posted By: scarab | Date: 9/10/08 7:49 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: An old issue regarding what's canon (Narcogen) I have issues with the concept of canon, that there is one truth. Also, my one truth about Halo is: Halo Story Evolved. Yes there is a bible but I bet that the games and the bible only overlap to a degree. If JJ never told anybody what, 'I am a monument to all your sins' actually means then there is no possibility of a definite fan statement on the subject. Even Joe and Marty and Frankie don't know what it really means. Maybe, shock horror, it has no meaning. It just sounds cool. I also believe that even the guys at Bungie don't agree what the story is or what its about. I also suspect that in some places where they think they are in agreement, they aren't. I've been in meetings where people all say they are in agreement but when you actually listen to what people are saying... each statement of the common truth contradicts or is in some way incompatible with everybody else's vision of the shared truth. I suspect that this also happens at Bungie. To me, canon seems to be an attempt to make everything consistent. I think that is doomed to fail. But I also think that denying inconsistencies prevents you from honestly evaluating them . I'm less interested in finding the one true interpretation. I'm more interested in finding out why something is inconsistent. Is it simple laziness? Did real world constraints impose? Is there a genuine inconsistency that shows that we haven't understood? <- The problem is in our interpretation, not in the story itself. I also like the variety of viewpoints here on HBO. People's opinions are coloured by who they are. Canon is grey.
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