I recall some comments from MJ about the Asylum and them saying that what's done here is creative writing not research. I completely agree. MJ also said that if there was a small messup in Myth, like say, the Watcher's two left arms, it was not because of some huge underlying storyline element, but it was just a bug. I also agree. The watcher has two left arm theories are probably just having some fun with a little messup Bungie made.
However, I really didn't like the way they worded it. They said something to the effect of "If there's a contradiction in the storyline, it's because someone at Bungie didn't pay as much attention as they might have to the window dressing on their game about tactical combat."
Now I for one consider Myth's storyline to be a little more than window dressing. I realize they weren't saying that about the entire storyline, but I do think that bungie put in subtle little hints and references that were not just 'screwups.' I don't know if anyone at MJ had elongated contact with bungie, they said basically it was 'Here's the engine, have a ball,' so I don't think they're in a position to be making that judgement.
As well, I don't know if anyone there knows a lot about world mythology, but if they did they would know that a lot of the names and events and such that bungie selected for their universe DID have a lot of backing signifigance and were obviously carefully selected. Now if they did that, wouldn't it seem strange for them to "screw up" a few flavour texts after obviously and subtly putting so much work into the universe?
They did not just randomly make things up. There is a hell of a lot of depth in Myth's storyline, and to say that there isn't in order for MJ to do whatever they like with it, regardless of how many 'screwups' there were in the storyline, strikes me as an ignorant thing to do. I'm sure they won't go too far from what's likely, as well as what Bungie probably had in mind, but they should be paying attention to the little things instead of just dismissing them. Additionally, the shouldn't just explain away everything - the new story should raise as many questions as it answers.
Tronyn
