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>And which parts of his words are we supposed to interpret as insanity versus what he would actually believe in normal circumstances?
Because AI Rampancy in the Bungie universe isn't Alzheimers it's becoming sapient and going through the stages of grief because of it.
>>723856330
>If Spark knows what a Forerunner is, then why isn't he calling the humans Forerunners instead of reclaimers?
Mendicant Bias calls humans reclaimer and his creators (aka Forerunner). Humans are reclaimers because they're reclaiming their birthright.
>In Combat Evolved: "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it?" Does this mean that Spark and Chief met before despite never meeting each other before?
Guilty Spark only acts like this in Halo 1. After he's learned human history from the Pillar of Autumn system, he no longer acts so confused in 2 and 3.
He's also no longer so gung ho about activating the rings, helping the Chief stop the rings from being fired. He only turns on them when they're going to destroy "his" ring a second time.

The dialog between John 117 and Guilty spark "last time yada yada" was likely inspired by Well World's Nathan Brazil where he has canonically reset the world numerous times and Master Chief's Luck is similarly a reference to NB's universal constant and ability to always survive so he can reset the universe.
This is also similar to how the concept of the Halo Rings "Installations" themselves were likely inspired by Ringworld by Larry Nivan.

So: The Bible, Wellworld, Ringworld, 80/90s Anime (Mecha). These are the major inspirations for Halo from a visual, audio, writing, and theming perspective. Like "all the shit you loved" made in the early 2000s, it was inspired by "the good shit" of 20th century sci fi pulp fiction and the Timeless Bible/Shakespeare stories.
The reason why modern writing is shit, is because it's inspired by the Marvel universe and Big Bang Theory aka Millenialsloppa.
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