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| Where I got Chief/Cortana = Didact/Librarian | |
| Posted By: SonofMacPhisto <sethjewett@gmail.com> | Date: 4/6/09 2:08 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: The Halo Panel at EC ComicCon... (GrimBrother One) : I believe that thread started here, if memory serves correct. : http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive30.pl?read=889853 : Grim. That's the one! The Terminal story of Librarian and Didact always reminded me of something from Lord of the Rings. You know the love story between Aragorn and Arwen? Well, it's unique because it's between between a Numenorian (half-elf human) and an elf. Apparently, in Middle Earth this is a Big Deal - them coming together is a sort of omen for prosperity and a strong line of noble, righteous kings. Which is of course what happens with Sauron get's his... uh... 'eye' handed to him. :) What's interesting is that it's the second time this Big Deal has happened. In the Silmarillion, there is a story called 'Beren and Luthien' that is about lovers of the same sort. So, in that universe Aragorn and Arwen are a fulfillment of the promise started with Beren and Luthien. I hope that makes sense, without going into too much detail. The Terminals have always made me think of Cortana and Chief, the Librarian and Didact in the same way. Like Aragorn and Arwen, Chief and Cortana are different from each other in a similar sort of way. Instead of elvish, Cortana is technological. Instead of Numenorian, Chief is a cyborg. Them coming together served as a positive omen to the rest of the galaxy in a moment of crisis - and whether you like it or not there is some sort of emotional connection. I think the Librarian and Didact story was meant to give more weight to the relationship between Chief and Cortana - two loves coming together in a moment of apocalyptic crisis. It's easy for me to imagine this, because both characters in the Terminals remind me SO MUCH of Chief and Cortana, albeit much older and longer in experience. Don't their words and actions remind you of Chief and Cortana? Librarian is out collecting species, executing the Index project. Meanwhile, Didact is inside the Maginot Sphere, prosecuting the war against the Flood and preparing the final solution. To me, that just SOUNDS LIKE what they would do in that situation, in those roles. In another way, this is one of the few ways 343 Guilty Spark's relatively extreme familiarity with the Master Chief in Halo 1 makes sense. So when our friend brought up time travel, that's when this all came together and I figured why couldn't Chief and Cortana BE Didact and Librarian? As Mendicant Bias was leading Chief through the Ark and Installation 04a, could the Terminals and their story been a way of preparing Chief for the greater deeds to come? I've always thought of the Chief wondering to himself, 'Why am I reading this? Here? Now? What is the purpose, and why can't I draw myself away from it?' Finally, regarding the romance between Chief and Cortana: if the Forerunners were able to solve Cortana's future rampancy, give her a physical manifestation, AND she looked like she does in the games, don't you think Chief might start looking at her just a LITTLE bit differently? In the end, considering what they would have to do and sacrifice in the original Forerunner-Flood War, it's a twist with excellent potential.
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