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Posted by: grey101
Posted by: Ruby of the Blue
Posted by: grey101
The good always win every single time and it is
boring,unrealistic and even childish.
So...
Conclusive ending < Unsatisfying, waste-of-your-entire-Halo-career ending?
It may be cliche, but it's the only thing that goes well with the reader/player; the only thing that works. And the only thing in place with Halo.
You sound like a hipster.
Hmm so i am a "hipster" because i would like change? your relationships must be stale.
and you can't say " it is the only thing that works" when nothing else has been tried.
And it wouldn't be a "waste of a halo career" because its a game not a lifestyle
The ending is the conclusion to the characters' story arcs, and sums up everything they learned/did not learn; the outcome reflects this.
1984 is a classic example of the villains winning. It was a cautionary tale set up to prove how screwed we are.
Where as other stories like the entire Star Wars movie series is a case where the story is about redemtion. The lessons learned compound into the hero winning in the end, and evil redeeming itself to good. There's no thematic reason for the hero to lose; if he did, and evil won, everything was pointless, just like how the cautionary themes of 1984 would have been voided had Winston actually succeeded.
So what kind of story is Halo? One where the human race must learn its destiny to be custodian of all life in the universe. It must first, supposedly, prove itself worthy of the title and learn from the Forerunners' mistakes.
A proper ending for such a story is the defeat (but not destruction) of evil. Evil will be ever present, but humanity, I believe, will emerge victorious in the end. But that's just my take on it, I've been surprised before.
Thematically, a good wins ending is no more childish then an evil wins ending. It becomes childish only when things either happen for no reason, or when the conclusion contradicts the lessons, arcs and themes preceeding it. (though I must admit a "they all lived happily ever after" is annoying regardless, since there is no lasting consequences or impact (and thusly a diminished theme) for anything).