User blog:EpsilonIndi/Halo Tiers of Canon

I first heard of the Tiers of Canon on Halo Fanon and then with some research, I found it is sorta the official tiers. The fact that the games(Halo mainstream) dominates over the novels because of all the faults and possibilities in the game. First of all, the largest thing is that in the games, players do whatever the hell they wan't they are not obliged to follow the story and proceed that way, or get that. Also, there are many easter eggs that do no belong in the Halo Universe and other non-canon stuff. Then there's the little details of the story. Some might argue that the novels contradict with the games but I believe that in fact the games contradict with the books. The game with the most flawed storyline is Reach. In the beginning of the game when you meet Halsey, she seemed familiar with Noble Team yet in First Strike, when Halsey accessed Ackerson's files, she wasn't familiar with the SPARTAN III Project, even though First Strike takes place before Reach. The chronological order of the Battle of Reach is also confusing as nothing in the Fall of Reach(novel) states or even references the Covenant advance team and the Supercarrier. Also, Cortana was already onboard the Pillar of Autumn in the books and in the game, Noble Six had to deliver her to Keyes. What I'm saying is that the games' storylines are not that accurate and contradicts with the novels and the novels provide a richer story in greater detail than the games and should be the top tier Canon. I'm not saying the novels are flawless, which they're not as some things just don't make sense when put together with others, but it gives a stronger base for Fanon or Fanfiction authors everywhere. Of course there could be a few exceptions such as The Flood, and whatever Bungie once said to clear things up and now it's 343i's job. If it cannot not work on the whole of the Halo Fanon community, could I create an alternate universe or something like AAO(which I'm part of by the way) with my tier as a base to build off of? I still hope many of you out there will take the change in the tiers of Canon at mind and consider it. Maybe just for Halo Fanon but that's good enough.

EpsilonIndi 00:30, February 8, 2011 (UTC)