Posted by: Wolverfrog
Posted by: OrderedComa
Posted by: Wolverfrog
Posted by: jack0fhearts
So there you have it. Halsey is devolved magically through shoddy writing to a gun-wielding psychopathic bully, doing things that the Halsey in the real Universe would never do. She was no saint, but she sure as Hel is cold was not that barbaric and bullyish.
She manipulated Corporeal Locklear into committing suicide.
*faceFlood* ...of all the stupid things *sigh*
No, that is not what happened at all. Halsey knew the Crystal had to be destroyed, there nothing involving suicide about it...destroying the Crystal may have wound up with Locklear's death, but that was neither his intention or Halsey's. There was no manipulation on either side, they both knew it had to be destroyed or the Covenant would just wind up following them again and they'd wind up in another deadly Slipspace battle they might not survive. You seem to actually agree with Traviss' opinions on the matter and think Halsey is some sort of evil monster or something similar or you wouldn't have phrased your response like that (unless it was just poorly worded, which I am inclined to doubt).
The way I read it, she seemed to be fully aware of what would happen if the crystal exploded. She psychologically guilted him into destroying it, playing on his sense of duty, courage and what she knew he felt he owed to his comrades.
I don't like Halsey. Nylund wrote her as an annoying Mary Sue who could do anything - the smartest human alive, good looking, saviour of humanity, has combat training, can hack into anything, etc etc.
Traviss' interpretations have nothing to do with it, and to be honest she's made me like her a little more because she feels like an actual human being now rather than an omniscience demi-god. But no, I don't really like her. You make it sound like Halsey told Locklear to go into an enclosed space and put half a pound of C-4 onto the damn thing and hide behind a desk. Yes Locklear died destroying the thing but in no war was it Halsey's fault. You do know that there is more then one way to destroy something right?