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Re: Of Facts and Figurines
Posted By: Quirel	Date: 8/14/12 12:33 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Of Facts and Figurines (Hawki) : Giving some benefit of the doubt here, I can understand the lack of : jiralhanae so far. Brutes have tended to be harder enemies than the other : Covenant species, and while they took over from the Elites in 'Halo 3' as : your standard, reasonably hard to kill foe, they showed up later in both : 'Halo 2' and 'Reach.' At least in the latter they were harder to kill than : their Elite variants. Really? Elites always struck me as being tougher in Halo: Reach. They were more nimble, deadlier in melee range, and couldn't be taken out in a handful of needler shots. : True, it's established that there are some sangheili that still believe in : the Great Journey. I'm not disputing that. It's just that IMO, "The : Storm" seems like too generic a name and at odds with Covenant naming : conventions. Their ships and fleets, for instance, tend to follow a : noun/adjective format, such as "Fleet (noun) of "Glorious : Consequence (adjective). We also have "Servants" (noun) of : "Abiding Truth" (adverb, in that abiding is 'describing' the : type of truth). Just "the Storm" seems at odds with this, : especially since they're more of an 'old Covenant' (old beliefs) than a : new one, in a sense. I think that there is a sort of precedent in the naming of the Covenant splinter-factions themselves, as they simply called themselves the "Separatists" and the "Loyalists"... which is, admittedly, a far stretch from "Storm". It could also signify a change, of sorts, a push towards less baroque aesthetics for the Covenant. Sort of a realization that they're no longer a galaxy arm-spanning empire, so who are they kidding with the fancy names? : It's also what it symbolizes. I don't want to wax lyrical, but one thing I : noticed with 'Glasslands' were that things that should have been relevant : to the plot (as per its interquel status) were generally thrown in as : vague plot points rather than treated as large reveals. Seeing the UNSC : having a base above Installation 03 was more of a "by the way, we : know where this Halo is now" rather than "OMG...they've found : another Halo...I'm very concerned as to what could happen based on what : happened at the last two" for instance. At the least, the Servants of : Abiding Truth were interwoven into the plot. True, we have 'The Thursday : War' still to come before 'Halo 4,' but even so... And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when you hire Karen Traviss without resolving to do sufficient proof-reading of the manuscript.

Message Index

Of Facts and Figurines	Hawki	8/13/12 5:35 a.m.
SP ^ *NM*	Urban Reflex	8/13/12 7:30 a.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines *SP*	NotTheVacuum	8/13/12 8:39 a.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines	Quirel	8/13/12 12:14 p.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines	NotTheVacuum	8/13/12 12:32 p.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines	Quirel	8/13/12 4:44 p.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines	Hawki	8/13/12 6:06 p.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines	Quirel	8/14/12 12:33 a.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines	Hawki	8/14/12 2:37 a.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines	General Vagueness	8/14/12 12:47 p.m.
Re: Of Facts and Figurines	Quirel	8/14/12 3:25 p.m.