Noah’s Halo Rant **PART FIVE**
Today I’m gonna rant about two things: Forerunner lore in Halo and Marty O Donnel, the Egomaniac.
First of, I do not care about the Forerunner lore or anything Forerunner in Halo. This whole debate about “Marty is right! Forerunners ARE Human!” Vs. “Forerunners aren’t human” is the most childish debate I’ve ever heard in any fandom. It’s like the whole Star Wars vs. Star Trek nerd fight about who’s more realistic or more’s more pseudo-science. From what I can recall or argue, I think it would make sense that BOTH Forerunners and Humans are distinct races. Forerunners are ancient, sentient beings that built the Halo rings long before the evolution of mankind. To say they aren’t important in the lore is a huge understatement.
When Chief was assisted by the Librarian in Halo 4, yeah that would make sense because she wants to stop the Didact from going apeshit and kill everybody. Dont get me wrong the Didact-Ur’s character is very interesting and tragic both in the novels and the game. In fact I would say he’s one of my niche favorite Halo characters. Also he’s voiced by Joshua Graham so you can’t rebuke that.
Anyway, what was I saying? Ah yes Forerunner lore, look, I play video games to have fun. Not study a 30 hour lecture on every being or faction behind the scenes. I get that it’s immersive and fascinating what a group of writers did. But you gotta step back and admit that it’s too much… like when Star Wars (under Lucas) made that those who can be Jedi are suspected as “midichlorians”, I know right? The most goofy decision in Star Wars lore. I overlook it. Because I know I don’t care too much about Jedis or the Force. I’m much rather interested in the Galactic Empire or background characters.
For this Halo Forerunner debate, I would like to direct the nerds who chronically spend all day on the Internet to go fuck themselves. Marty isn’t right, the people in the Halo Reclaimer saga aren’t right. It’s just a game.
That brings me to the next topic… Marty himself. Oh Marty, Marty, Marty. Considered one of the greatest composers in our generation in video game music. I love his work, but good grief the man’s got an ego the size of a Roman colosseum. At first I was onboard with everything he stood for, especially the bullshit that went behind Destiny 1 where he got fired. But after 2020 he started showing his real character and let’s just say… politics and music shouldn’t be paired.
From what I heard the man is a, ‘transphobic, homophobic, piece of shit’ with his conservative politics. YUCK! I hate politics! It wouldn’t surprise me that the man grew up from the mid-20th century where that climate was enforced on the American nuclear family. And especially when he’s being interviewed by big YouTubers he puts on this big positive PR face that seems friendly & supportive. But you know there’s more than meets the eye. Anyway, to keep it short, I don’t like the man’s personality and it’s where I separate the art from the artist. Marty’s “Army” are also numbnuts and village idiots. So yeah, take anything with a grain of salt from him in current day gaming world/PR department. The man is definitely a fricking Ray of sunshine.
