Smeltingball

Just a guy who loves video games, anime, Youtube stuff. Also a major Final Fantasy 8 and DMC fan. Banner by @BellPepperArt

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks Contrivances and poor writing do happen, I just don't think there is enough to get upset about in this case. But after all media is subjective so everyone will feel differently about different things.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks Honestly, I think if one analyzes any story too much it can feel contrived. Thoughts like "What are the chances of the protagonist having *this* trait" or what have you begin to appear. Stories are ultimately artificial in nature, it's good to just have fun sometimes.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks To my understanding of the timeline, the PoA also landed at about 7am and left at about 4pm so 9 hours seems feasible for fast emergency repairs with plenty of materials lying around.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks I figure the PoA landed because a pelican or some such would have been easier to shoot down than a warship, so meeting the ship in space wouldn't have been the best bet. Additionally it required some repairs, so landing at the breaking yard full of spare parts made sense.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks To be fair, some stuff from the Reach book got retconned after the game came out, so keeping track of everything during that time is difficult in some places and kind of impossible in others. I like to twist the events of both a bit in my head because I like both stories.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks The onager was jury rigged by some Marines and completed a short time before Noble Team got there to my understanding, so having an automated system installed wasn't likely. Also didn't the PoA land and leave the same day? I don't recall it being at the shipyard for weeks.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@Ezekle1 Aaah man that would have been a great time for some malicious compliance.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@PixelBibleBytes Honest question, I'm not trying to start a fight or anything, I just want to understand. Based on these words, what would happen to someone that lives a just life, but dies never knowing that Christianity exists?

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @Kabuutopslol @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks I would have loved to have had more missions to play, but unfortunately that's not the game Bungie wanted to/was capable of making at the time. And hey, sometimes stories have problems but they can still be engaging and fun.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks As it turns out, if Noble Team hadn't gone to the shipyard when they did, the Pillar of Autumn likely would not have survived its launch and the entire rest of the Halo story wouldn't have happened.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks Let me be more specific. Halsey wasn't leaving the planet yet, she had business elsewhere. Meanwhile, Noble Team had to get Cortana off Reach as quickly as possible. There wasn't time for them to accompany Halsey, help her with her mission, and then leave.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks Well then that's a criticism that affects the whole game I guess. Not enough time to develop everyone. And what I mean about that situation is that Halsey was leaving Sword Base in one direction but Cortana had to leave a different one. Pelicans were used for both directions.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks It was all a case of hedging bets. A small, elite team heading straight for the last shipyard on the continent was the best play at the time. I'm guessing Halsey also knew John was on the Pillar of Autumn as well. I agree with Jorge somewhat but hey that's just good drama.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@WormPeeler @NilesSankey @AntoricoSucks Halsey didn't plan on leaving Reach yet nor could she have joined Noble team at another location because Cortana wasn't ready to be transported. Meeting in space wasn't ideal because of the covenant ships in orbit. A small team had a better chance of making it to the shipyard.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@Lord_Marvin0217 @lizaboth @PKcrashbash Fair enough, we can blame a lawyer in the DOJ instead. That still doesn't explain the treatment of the other 3 people. I only brought this up as a rebuttal to the idea that MAGA loves Mexican people and culture. If they did, one would think they wouldn't target legal immigrants.

[Smeltingball @DK_Trylch]

@TinyWriterLaura @OlafRedland My roommate has told me for years about how she wishes women's pants had better pockets or even pockets at all. She has compared her women's jeans pockets to my men's jeans pockets and the difference in size and usefulness is staggering.