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Subject: Cortanas words -- My thoughts on their meaning
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I think that many of us are over analyzing what really is happening in the trailer. When I heard cortanas words I just thought of some simple meaning of what she could be talking about.

I have defied gods and demons.
I think that this basically refers to covenant and brutes. The gods could simply be prophets or the hiearchy of covenant leadership.

I am your shield, i am your sword
When I heard this I thought of shield as being a form of defense and a sword a form of attack. I think cortana is saying that with her knowledge of whatever she was talking about with gods and demons, that she can help protect mastercheif in both spectrums.

I know you, your past, your future
Cortana seems to know a lot about whats going on, combining the previous relationship with what she knows now, she is going to be a vital component of h3.

This is the way the world ends
This could have many meaning- but mainly meens that this is the way the game finishes.


Does anyone agree or want to add what they think ? Note: I don't know much about the acutall Halo story, but from what I do know, I am just speculating on really basic things the trailer could mean.

[Edited on 5/13/2006]

  • 05.13.2006 7:51 PM PDT
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ya but she is acting different

  • 05.13.2006 7:53 PM PDT

I agree with a good portion of your ideas, but I'd like to add my own theory to it. I have had this in mind for a long time, have written it many times, and your theory supports it in a big way. Here we go:

I have defied Gods and Demons
I agree

I am your shield, I am your sword
Cortana is an essential part of MC's success

I know you, your past, your future
Cortana is processing far beyond normal AI capacity. She is knowing events from the past, before she was created, and predicting future events with her probability simulations. (Standard AI use)

This is the way the world ends.
Because Cortana is doing this much thinking, she is dying. Cortana's world will end because she is doing all of this work, since AI die when they think too much, such as predicting the future while analyzing the past and fighting/defending against Gods and Demons...

Thanks, you've furthered my idea a lot, you should join the group below, it's good for such thoughts.

  • 05.13.2006 7:58 PM PDT