By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Posted by: CoolCJ24
Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Mega Fox
Maybe Parangosky is letting the Spartans see the family details as...a publicity move? In wake of Halsey's arrest, to try make herself look like she's bringing justice.
It's a long shot.
I'm hitting my head against the wall here. I can't help but feel that every Halo novel that is released is just another time that we have to find ways around how an author has messed up things. I'm not saying they shouldn't be allowed to develop new things for the Halo universe - that's why they're writing the novels! - but when an author outright says they're not going to read into any material of the universe and we just have to sit here and accept something as canon, it makes me a tad bitter.
Why couldn't Nylund have written the post-H3 series? Sure he's not some master writer of all time but at least he's interested in Halo, knows a lot about Halo, and hell I'm sure he enjoys writing about Halo. And he stuck to canon well enough as far as I remember.
If it's a publicity move, it definitely isn't going to do ONI any favours in the long-run.
Why Nylund isn't writing the post-Halo 3 series is beyond me. Traviss doesn't have the best track record with her work... Plus, she has the most loathesome attitude with writing for an established universe, it almost makes me angry that she can't be a fan of something or play the games because she's obviously going to miss something.
(Mega Fox is my alt, this is still me)
Yeah, to be honest if it was for publicity it's only going to come doubling back on her when all the angry families start raving about how they had their children taken away, and because the families might not necessarily know ONI funded Halsey, might ask "why didn't you stop Halsey, or find out what she was up to??". Of course if they know ONI funded it, ONI is royally screwed.
And I know, I just....I'm finding it hard to type words which express my confusion at what Karen is playing at. What does "not being a fan" achieve? You just end up writing a meh book with several errors (or that's what I've heard, I'll read it myself when I get it...). Surely is she wanted better fan reactions, why doesn't she, gee I don't know, READ INTO THE FICTION?!
Grah! Sorry about this rage, I'm going to go kick some plants to vent frustration...
Don't worry, I've not been this baffled since Attack of the Clones.