User blog comment:Ahalosniper/What Is Halo About To You?/@comment-6356648-20170624024753

Getting ready to write this I realised how complex a question that is for me, and I imagine its the same for everyone else on the site. If you examine the people on this site and the work we create I think we all have had more exposure to the Halo universe in all its facets than the average person. And I don't think there are as many fan bases that become so enveloped in the universe than people like us. But back to the question.

I'd say its a double edged answer from me. The games and other media, from my point of view at least, each mean different things. The games for me are entities that have shaped a lot of my later childhood, I met many of my best friends online through them, especially Halo Reach. I have a lot of happy memories from those few years, all of the role plays and battles and moments that I was able to share with people I wouldn't have gotten so close to otherwise. The games defined me for many years and I still carry a lot of the lessons and quirks I gained from that time. Funnily enough, when I really consider it, the games actual stories and universes are overshadowed the ones I created.

But that brings me to my other point. Halo is the first series that I seriously got deep into. I remember spending hours pouring over the wiki's and reading the books, soaking up every detail. I couldn't get enough. So while, I played the games and enjoyed the stories that way I think I actually enjoyed exploring the universe outside of the games. I think when me and my friends took up writing projects around the game really helped centre that divide. And of course that little hobby eventually lead me here, where I was able to share my own love of the lore with others in the way I had become used to.

Those points aside I think at the point I am, thematically with Halo, is based more on the stuff i've been exploring since then. I, of course, have become wrapped up in the stories of Gamma Company Spartans. So in response to that statement i'd say Halo strikes me as a universe of new beginnings where everyone is trying to put their mark on the galaxy in one way or another. And a place where even the smallest event can spark a chain of events that eventually effects everyone.

So there it is, brooding think piece on Halo's personal and thematic meanings to me. Hope it was about what you wanted.