List of inconsistencies in the Halo series: Difference between revisions
List of inconsistencies in the Halo series (edit)
Revision as of 20:22, August 13, 2013
, 10 years ago→Halo 4
(→Halo 4: Someone's not used to the imperial system.) |
(→Halo 4) |
||
| Line 236: | Line 236: | ||
* The [[Composer]] is depicted as a terrifying superweapon that irreversibly corrupts anyone digitized by it. However, in ''[[Halo: Primordium]]'', the Composer is much more benign, used even by the Librarian to preserve human minds for future study, those minds surviving the process and emerging intact. ''Halo 4'' also portrays the physical effects of the Composer as much more gruesome, burning its targets to ash, whereas in ''Primordium'' those subjected to the Composer only experienced a relaxed sensation before expiring. | * The [[Composer]] is depicted as a terrifying superweapon that irreversibly corrupts anyone digitized by it. However, in ''[[Halo: Primordium]]'', the Composer is much more benign, used even by the Librarian to preserve human minds for future study, those minds surviving the process and emerging intact. ''Halo 4'' also portrays the physical effects of the Composer as much more gruesome, burning its targets to ash, whereas in ''Primordium'' those subjected to the Composer only experienced a relaxed sensation before expiring. | ||
**The Composer was used via intermediary Lifeworker machinery during the events of the novel, whereas it is used directly upon its targets in ''Halo 4''; it is possible that this direct application is what renders the Composer so dangerous. Additionally, since the Composer is described as having a wide variety of capabilities, it is possible that the Lifeworkers chose to employ a gentler form of extraction while the Didact would have no qualms with using a more efficient and violent capability on his former enemies. | **The Composer was used via intermediary Lifeworker machinery during the events of the novel, whereas it is used directly upon its targets in ''Halo 4''; it is possible that this direct application is what renders the Composer so dangerous. Additionally, since the Composer is described as having a wide variety of capabilities, it is possible that the Lifeworkers chose to employ a gentler form of extraction while the Didact would have no qualms with using a more efficient and violent capability on his former enemies. | ||
* The [[Cryptum]] that preserved the [[Didact]] on Erde-Tyrene left him very weak, and he had to be reinvigorated through a nutrient bath to regain his strength, a process that took several days. In ''Halo 4'', the Didact's Cryptum has preserved him perfectly for over a hundred millennia and he has not suffered any kind of muscle loss. | * The [[Cryptum]] that preserved the [[Didact]] on Erde-Tyrene left him very weak, and he had to be reinvigorated through a nutrient bath to regain his strength, a process that took several days. In ''Halo 4'', the Didact's Cryptum has preserved him perfectly for over a hundred millennia and he has not suffered any kind of muscle loss. It is possible that since the Didact was meant to aid humanity after being released from his imprisonment that the Librarian arranged for him to be preserved by a higher-quality Cryptum. | ||
* The [[Librarian]] is described as looking very youthful,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 338''</ref> and humans, such as [[Forthencho]] and [[Chakas]], considered her beautiful, the former noting how her features had a "compelling beauty" and the latter describing her as "beautiful beyond measure".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 30, 234''</ref> One result of her work with [[geas|gei]] on humanity is that her image became what humans subconsciously view as the perfect female.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 375''</ref> In ''Halo 4'', the Librarian looks and sounds elderly, though she retains an elegant beauty. | * The [[Librarian]] is described as looking very youthful,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 338''</ref> and humans, such as [[Forthencho]] and [[Chakas]], considered her beautiful, the former noting how her features had a "compelling beauty" and the latter describing her as "beautiful beyond measure".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 30, 234''</ref> One result of her work with [[geas|gei]] on humanity is that her image became what humans subconsciously view as the perfect female.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 375''</ref> In ''Halo 4'', the Librarian looks and sounds elderly, though she retains an elegant beauty. | ||
**As Chakas' recollection of the Librarian was based on his experience of the Librarian's automated imprinting system providing him with a geas at infancy, it is possible that his memory of the Librarian may have been colored by the contemporary humans' legends and worship of her as a goddess. In addition, her geas would have automatically caused any humans affected by it to consider her beautiful, regardless of what preferences the humans in question might have otherwise had. In a broader sense, it is implied that the Librarian's image of an ideal female has more to do with the subconscious idea of her rather than her physical appearance alone. | **As Chakas' recollection of the Librarian was based on his experience of the Librarian's automated imprinting system providing him with a geas at infancy, it is possible that his memory of the Librarian may have been colored by the contemporary humans' legends and worship of her as a goddess. In addition, her geas would have automatically caused any humans affected by it to consider her beautiful, regardless of what preferences the humans in question might have otherwise had. In a broader sense, it is implied that the Librarian's image of an ideal female has more to do with the subconscious idea of her rather than her physical appearance alone. | ||