: And, if the point is about defending Nylund, then I'm pointing out Halsey's
: Journal. Bungie clearly wasn't being so hostile to Nylund during Reach dev
: if they worked with him on it. Nylund himself called it his best work on
: the franchise, and it being ignored is the zenith of the problem,
: especially if it's about enshrining the man. The point was 'the average
: fan won't read it', which is true, but the average fan wasn't reading the
: novels anyway. Both are in the deeper fiction category.

: I'm on their side, and can personally forgive the issues, but this site was
: meant to be definitive, and HRINC's problems outweighed it's qualities.

That they got the author back in to try and backfill the explanations for retconning his work isn't exactly a ringing endorsement. That Nylund gets a paycheck and doesn't shit-talk employers also doesn't really say much about his relationship with Bungie.