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Posted by: Plasma Prestige
The problem over Reach lies mainly with the fans, Plasma, we haven't seen Halo Bible so we don't know what it contains or how exactly it links all the seemingly disconnected threads in Halo, we have only two choices, we can either take Bungie's word for it when they say everything fits or we can say that it's not true and they're pulling crap out of their ass. In any case, you'll always have fans who are displeased with current lore in Halo's universe and will try to find excuses or evidence to try and back up their claim. People have done this for Cryptum, with Reach, Legends, and the number of sources some fans claim conflicts with canon will only grow as time goes on.
Keeping a certain amount of ambiguity is good to stimulate discussion about the Universe, but there comes a point where the discussion becomes the same gratuitous thing every time, and Bungie needs to shed some light on the issue in order to maintain the idea that the Halo canon is more tightly put together than meets the eye.
Of course, I don't expect a flawless, seamless canon, but the Fall of Reach was a hard blow. Snippets of the Halo Bible need to be published for the hardcore fans to interpret and discuss. Bungie's secretive manner, while charming and suspenseful usually, becomes irritating and childish at other times.
Well like I said, that's a problem with the fans themselves, not the story. Sure it'd be nice if questions were answered, but none of them are unsolvable riddles (not imo at least), find what you think works and go with that while you wait it out.