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Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Buzz the Fuzz
That would be a terrible ending, sorry. The story of Halo is about the survival of humanity, not the destruction of universe.
That's funny, I seem to recall Halo and the Ark being created to destroy all life in the galaxy...
I'm glad you have your absolute interpretation of the purpose of Halo's story, but I think the story has its own ideas.
He may have a point. Halo's story is not absolute in its themes. Some could take from it the following:
The proper heir of a lost legacy taking its rightful place from a bunch of megalomaniacal imposters.
The sacrifice of an entire civilisation and its last wishes in preserving Earth and Humanity.
Determinism.
Independence and Ingenuity.
The ethical uncertainty of "Does the ends justify the means?"
Even the Sangheili-Human alliance could be seen as conveying a sense that no matter how fuked up something appears to be it, it can come back. In that case, their honour, atonement, forgiveness, etc.
Had Humanity in fact been wiped out then all of those would have been rendered impertinent, as well as such an outcome sh1tting all over the deeper lore aspects. It is supposed to convey a glimmer of hope through determinism. This is not Warhammer 40k.
I would also say that Doctor Halsey statement of just surviving rather than winning was indeed the outcome. Earth is in ruins with probably every major settlement destroyed. Humanity has no military left, no fleets and the number of colonies left could probably be counted on one hand as opposed to the "hundreds" that apparently existed prior to the war; 23 billion dead.
There is also the Flood as well.
Posted by: Professor24
In my opinion it would have been a much better end for Halo, we lost and they one. A strong concluding end. There would be no un-tied ends as there would be nothing to tie.
That is a lot like killing every Human on Earth to stop malaria from killing people. The parasite would still exist regardless, although it would no longer claim Human life. So the loose ends of Humanitys birthright, or the Flood, would still be left open if it ended like that.
I dunno, it would seem a bit bland, sort of like "Ah okay; cool story, bro".