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:Oh my, that imagery of the glassed surface and environment was absolutely spectacular, definitely one of my favourite parts of this. Yeah, I'm leaning toward "likely" that Ben is really dead and these were released by someone else; everything we're hearing are his ''in-universe'' releases mind you, (we really ''are'' his audience), so it would be interesting how they would do that. I mean, at some point here he's going to have to actually take the time to put together and narrate everything we're hearing; I suspect at some point next episode the narration will switch to present tense, and his final time in the episode (whether he dies or not) will be with him while he finishes narrating (as in, ends with "This is Ben Giraud signing off" sort of thing). I'm curious though, he has all this info and has told his audience about it as of present (his in-universe listeners are literally hearing what we're hearing), so I'm wondering how they'll end up keeping John a semi-villain in the public's eye after this. I suppose the comm blackouts take care of this reasonably well, but we'll see. Also, I was completely caught off guard by the ''lack'' of cliffhanger, at least in the tense, negative sense of the term. I'm still thinking whatever we see at E3 will be framed with this whole Hunt The Truth thing in some way. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 02:14, 8 June 2015 (EDT) | :Oh my, that imagery of the glassed surface and environment was absolutely spectacular, definitely one of my favourite parts of this. Yeah, I'm leaning toward "likely" that Ben is really dead and these were released by someone else; everything we're hearing are his ''in-universe'' releases mind you, (we really ''are'' his audience), so it would be interesting how they would do that. I mean, at some point here he's going to have to actually take the time to put together and narrate everything we're hearing; I suspect at some point next episode the narration will switch to present tense, and his final time in the episode (whether he dies or not) will be with him while he finishes narrating (as in, ends with "This is Ben Giraud signing off" sort of thing). I'm curious though, he has all this info and has told his audience about it as of present (his in-universe listeners are literally hearing what we're hearing), so I'm wondering how they'll end up keeping John a semi-villain in the public's eye after this. I suppose the comm blackouts take care of this reasonably well, but we'll see. Also, I was completely caught off guard by the ''lack'' of cliffhanger, at least in the tense, negative sense of the term. I'm still thinking whatever we see at E3 will be framed with this whole Hunt The Truth thing in some way. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 02:14, 8 June 2015 (EDT) | ||
:The attention Giraud gives the red light of the ONI server really makes me wonder how spot-on some of us were about there being SOME kind of AI intervention, and whether it's a larger-scale AI operation, or this was the AI of the hub deciding to let Giraud raid its server because it had been abandoned, then deleting it to cover Giraud's trail. Or it could genuinely just be ONI cutting him off. | |||
:Not sure on the will-he-won't-he survive front. According to the framing narrative, Giraud is releasing these as he goes to get feedback from the public about it - I suppose it's conceivable that the last log will end with Giraud signing off mid-way, then continuing with someone else (Mshak? Janacek?) telling the audience that they found Giraud dead, and are releasing the last bit of his work in memoriam. But I think I'd rather he survive, knowing that his irresponsible journalism has had much more effect than airing ONI and Earth's dirty laundry, but has created massive destabilisation that can be exploited by...outside interests, known and unknown. | |||
:I also can't help thinking the attention given to FERO suggests she could be a major figure - not necessarily in Halo 5, but perhaps other future media. I would love a novel set from the Insurrectionist point of view, and with groups like the URF on the rebound, and new groups like the NCA forming, there's a plethora of potential perspectives to see that from - groups who just want to secede and live on their own terms, other who want to go further and tear down the UEG, people who believe their ideology and people in it for money as mercs or informants. There's a diverse potential cast to an Insurrectionist story, one where the Innie protagonists can be likeable and believable but without lauding all of the Insurrection's atrocities - just because the camps in Elysium were disproved doesn't mean the camps across the rest of Eridanus II didn't happen, not does it excuse the bombings of UNSC clubs we saw in Dirt. The Cole Protocol was an interesting look at the Insurrection, but it was overshadowed by the threat of the Covenant. I'd like to know how things go down when humanity isn't facing constant threat of glassing at the same time - both sides have more time and energy to devote to attacking each other. -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 07:54, 8 June 2015 (EDT) | |||