>>723858407
excusing lines and beats that don't match up completely due to the Halo's infamously messy development is completely valid. Denying the entire thematic and literal point of the franchise, humans being forerunners, is insane.

>that's not confirmed in the games
Even if it was "kept" Bungie never outright says "oh by the way (you) the player are reincarnating into great warriors across time and space but also (you) are not 1:1 the great warrior as (you) only inhabit it at certain periods so (you) are Master Chief but (you) are not the one who fired the Halo rings even though they are "the same" because while you are operating within the same reincarnating vessel obviously (you) are not their because this is a video game". doesn't roll of the tongue very well.