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Mar. 19th, 2008 07:44 pm"Deus Meus" is a pretty, pretty song. Battle hymn, don'tcha know. Fanmade for "Halo".
"Halo" is a lot of fun, and I'm always interested in the Covenant and the Spartans, but I've come to realize that I really don't like that reality. It revolves completely around death and long, bloody, grueling wars. And I don't like that. I like interesting alien societies, the interaction between different elements therin. I like the thought of how supersoldiers abducted at seven years old and trained, then extensively modified, would be different from normal humans. I especially like thinking about the non-war interaction between Covenant, Spartans, and normal humans. Not to mention AIs. Those are intriguing too.
But, well, "Halo" is war. That's really the most it can be. Which is sad. I mean, I see hints of it here and there. Between shootouts in "Contact Harvest" there are subplots with AIs and Covenant. But it's all secondary to the battle scenes, and in none of the other media is this anywhere near as prevalent. Frankly, the fighting gets boring. Ah well... the song is still pretty.
So. I'm writing about a Red Guard. Kir Kanos is a Red Guard. I don't like him - too few "good" qualities, not sympathetic in my eyes at all - but this is a good picture of the armor beneath the robes. Heh... the boots...
"Halo" is a lot of fun, and I'm always interested in the Covenant and the Spartans, but I've come to realize that I really don't like that reality. It revolves completely around death and long, bloody, grueling wars. And I don't like that. I like interesting alien societies, the interaction between different elements therin. I like the thought of how supersoldiers abducted at seven years old and trained, then extensively modified, would be different from normal humans. I especially like thinking about the non-war interaction between Covenant, Spartans, and normal humans. Not to mention AIs. Those are intriguing too.
But, well, "Halo" is war. That's really the most it can be. Which is sad. I mean, I see hints of it here and there. Between shootouts in "Contact Harvest" there are subplots with AIs and Covenant. But it's all secondary to the battle scenes, and in none of the other media is this anywhere near as prevalent. Frankly, the fighting gets boring. Ah well... the song is still pretty.
So. I'm writing about a Red Guard. Kir Kanos is a Red Guard. I don't like him - too few "good" qualities, not sympathetic in my eyes at all - but this is a good picture of the armor beneath the robes. Heh... the boots...
