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Subject: NOTICED SOMETHING - gravemind/cortana connection, maybe?
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Okay, when you are first introduced to Gravemind in the level Gravemind in Halo 2, GM speaks in something called trochaic heptameter...that means he speaks in a kind of poetic way with seven syllables.

"This one is Machine and Nerve/and has its mind concluded"
"This one is but Flesh and Faith/and is the more deluded"

Well, in the H3 Trailer, Cortana speaks in trochaic octameter (eight syllables).

"I have defied Gods and demons"
"I am your shield, I am your sword"
"I know you, your past, your future"

All of those quotes have eight syllables.


Maybe a connection? I don't know if somebody already noticed this already though.

  • 07.01.2006 7:01 PM PDT
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Once again, we try to find connections where there are none. It is poetic. That is why it was chosen.

  • 07.01.2006 7:03 PM PDT
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see I would be very rude and crap, but you actully thought this through... so good, job?

  • 07.01.2006 7:03 PM PDT
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oh yeah whats next?
MC said " Im gonna pwn you like Chuck Norris!"

thats 9 sylables

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Posted by: Chief4President
Okay, when you are first introduced to Gravemind in the level Gravemind in Halo 2, GM speaks in something called trochaic heptameter...that means he speaks in a kind of poetic way with seven syllables.

"This one is Machine and Nerve/and has its mind concluded"
"This one is but Flesh and Faith/and is the more deluded"

Well, in the H3 Trailer, Cortana speaks in trochaic octameter (eight syllables).

"I have defied Gods and demons"
"I am your shield, I am your sword"
"I know you, your past, your future"

All of those quotes have eight syllables.


Maybe a connection? I don't know if somebody already noticed this already though.


Umm, wouldn't it be a connection if she spoke in 7 syllables? All you did was prove there was no connection since they aren't talking the same.

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Posted by: Chief4President
Okay, when you are first introduced to Gravemind in the level Gravemind in Halo 2, GM speaks in something called trochaic heptameter...that means he speaks in a kind of poetic way with seven syllables.

"This one is Machine and Nerve/and has its mind concluded"
"This one is but Flesh and Faith/and is the more deluded"

Well, in the H3 Trailer, Cortana speaks in trochaic octameter (eight syllables).

"I have defied Gods and demons"
"I am your shield, I am your sword"
"I know you, your past, your future"

All of those quotes have eight syllables.


Maybe a connection? I don't know if somebody already noticed this already though.


There is also the 7 theory of Bungie. All the ships number somehow are related to the number 7. The year that Halo story takes place 2552 2+5=5+2=7. There are 15 chapters in H2... subtract the fact that one of them is a cutscene 14 chapters divided by 2 (H2) you get 7. Maybe now the majik number is 8?

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Posted by: Chief4President
Okay, when you are first introduced to Gravemind in the level Gravemind in Halo 2, GM speaks in something called trochaic heptameter...that means he speaks in a kind of poetic way with seven syllables.

"This one is Machine and Nerve/and has its mind concluded"
"This one is but Flesh and Faith/and is the more deluded"

Well, in the H3 Trailer, Cortana speaks in trochaic octameter (eight syllables).

"I have defied Gods and demons"
"I am your shield, I am your sword"
"I know you, your past, your future"

All of those quotes have eight syllables.


Maybe a connection? I don't know if somebody already noticed this already though.


Umm, wouldn't it be a connection if she spoke in 7 syllables? All you did was prove there was no connection since they aren't talking the same.


He proved that theres a 1 syllable difference, chronologically. first gravemind, then cortana.
i built upon it by saying " Im Gonna Pwn You Like Chuck Norris!"

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Cortana doesn't look nor sound too normal.

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7+8=15 I got it halo3 will come out on the 15th!!!

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Well, it isn't much of a connection, although it probably means something. Both Cortana and Gravemind speak in strict verse structure, as you noted, which usually signifies an educated or smart person. So this probably just means they both know a lot, a lot more about the story than the characters do. If you watch the Gravemind video, you can really tell that each of the different people has their own speech pattern based on the group they represent. You can see a lot of this in Shakespeare's stuff.

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Well the gravemind is controlling cortana because before she talks you can hear her scream and you can hear the gravemind mirroring cortanas words when she speaks

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Well, even if it's not a connection between Gravemind and Cortana, I find it peculiar that Cortana is speaking in trochaic octameter....everything she says is in trochaic octameter. It might mean someone is controlling her...but I don't know. But she doesn't speak like a normal AI would...

  • 07.02.2006 12:37 PM PDT
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what is UP wit bungie and freaking sevens? jeez

[Edited on 7/2/2006]

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Posted by: SplinterSeal
what is UP wit bungie and freaking sevens? jeez

It's prime, odd, and is the largest prime before double didgets.
It's half the formula for Pi, being the diameter in the ratio.
And 7he seven makes a good "T".

Halo being a circle and 7 being part of the ratio, coincedence?
Does 22 show up anywhere?

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Please make sure that, before you post a topic, that it hasn't been said thousands of times. Yes, most people know that Cortana is corrupted by Gravemind. Not trying to be mean, but next time look around.

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OK FORGET ABOUT GRAVEMIND FOR NOW!

All I'm saying is that I think it's weird that Cortana is strictly speaking in 8 syllables. That's all! Nothing about Gravemind anymore...please excuse the title.

  • 07.03.2006 6:16 AM PDT