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:I don't see how the two are mutually exclusive. We know the Forerunners spoke several different dialects and even the article states that they had at least two very distinct writing systems (contextual logograms and more traditional script). Maybe the glyph system on Requiem is associated with [[Digon]], given that it was spoken by Warrior-Servants. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 01:05, 17 October 2013 (EDT) | :I don't see how the two are mutually exclusive. We know the Forerunners spoke several different dialects and even the article states that they had at least two very distinct writing systems (contextual logograms and more traditional script). Maybe the glyph system on Requiem is associated with [[Digon]], given that it was spoken by Warrior-Servants. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 01:05, 17 October 2013 (EDT) | ||
::We now know of those dialects because of Greg Bear's Forerunner Trilogy. My main complaint about the conventional script is that way back in the day Bungie wasn't in-depth about Forerunners and kept them a mystery. When they created those multiplayer maps they needed to make a generic alien writing script for the sake of the theme of those maps and pass them off as being "Forerunner-ish". Now that 343i is in charge, they have a definitive Forerunner style which should take precedence as its been shown in-game. The Glyph system is fine as they been mentioned in novels and carried over into the Reclaimer saga. I just don't think we should take a design from a stone in Halo 3's multiplayer and pretend like it was a legitimate Forerunner writing system or one of the newly created dialects from Bear's trilogy. [[User:Forgotten Helljumper|<span style="color:red">Forgotten Helljumper</span>]] 03:01, 17 October 2013 (EDT) | ::We now know of those dialects because of Greg Bear's Forerunner Trilogy. My main complaint about the conventional script is that way back in the day Bungie wasn't in-depth about Forerunners and kept them a mystery. When they created those multiplayer maps they needed to make a generic alien writing script for the sake of the theme of those maps and pass them off as being "Forerunner-ish". Now that 343i is in charge, they have a definitive Forerunner style which should take precedence as its been shown in-game. The Glyph system is fine as they been mentioned in novels and carried over into the Reclaimer saga. I just don't think we should take a design from a stone in Halo 3's multiplayer and pretend like it was a legitimate Forerunner writing system or one of the newly created dialects from Bear's trilogy. [[User:Forgotten Helljumper|<span style="color:red">Forgotten Helljumper</span>]] 03:01, 17 October 2013 (EDT) | ||
:::I'm not saying it has to be one of the dialects Bear established. I was just making a point that there is absolutely no contradiction here, especially since distinct types of writing would fit very well even with the recently fleshed-out Forerunner fiction. Sure, the script seen in Sandtrap can be treated as secondary to the one created for ''Halo 4'', but unless 343i outright comes out and says it isn't canon or that the Forerunners only had one type of writing system, ''ever'', over many millions of years, I don't see why the two can't coexist. You're probably right (emphasis on "probably" since we don't know for sure) in that Bungie didn't put that much thought into the script seen in the MP maps, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a place in the fiction. 343i's approach so far has been to try and include every piece they can, and even if they don't quite fit together, they come up with a more or less workable justification. In this case, the canon excuse would practically write itself since there is nothing inconsistent about a civilization having two different writing systems. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 10:02, 17 October 2013 (EDT) | |||