Jasper Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 So.... what was up with all of that Force pushing that the Didact knew how to do? I have enough imagination for levitating architecture, but spontaneous invisible forces at will? That's pushing it, even in the Halo universe. I mean, the Forerunners are enigmatic, I understand that, but inherent telekinetic powers seem a little too high up on the Overpowered scale. I can understand massive tentacles, a huge hammer, and religious propaganda, now those are a little more reasonable. The Didact literally comes out of nowhere and spontaneously uses this power to make Chief look like a little girl (no sexism intended). Also, you'd think that if you really wanted to imprison someone, you'd make sure it was unable to be open by anyone, let alone be able to transmit radio frequencies freely through the cage. I would just like to know where the heck this came from. Any explanations in Halo novels that I have not explored? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O-Bot_Monty Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! I mean, if I went around saying I was an Emperor because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra1117 Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 The Didact didn't come out of nowhere, he's been a character in the series for 2 years. And he can levititate chief because he's a promethean, and they recieve brevet mutations, one of which would be telekenisis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 The Didact didn't come out of nowhere, he's been a character in the series for 2 years. And he can levititate chief because he's a promethean, and they recieve brevet mutations, one of which would be telekenisis The "out of nowhere" was meant to be a figure of speech lol. But seriously? When did telekinesis ever make sense in the history of the world? Why and how were these "brevet mutations" put in place? Was it some sort of technology? I am baffled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra1117 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 The "out of nowhere" was meant to be a figure of speech lol. But seriously? When did telekinesis ever make sense in the history of the world? Why and how were these "brevet mutations" put in place? Was it some sort of technology? I am baffled. It actually makes sense. When a forerunner decides what they want to do as an occupation, they recieved mutations that would assist them in that occupation. Prometheans gain special mutations, and sime the Didact is their leader, he must have gotten a special one, telekinesis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 You also need to remember Forerunner are hundreds of thousands of years ahead of humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteDrone Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 They are jedi. It still is pretty awesome ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antics Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Spoilers. The Didact is in fact a Jedi, i have proof. Who do you think trained Darth Sidius (Darth Vaders master)... The Didiact. Darth Sidius was the Didact's apprentice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Okay.... I guess I will just disregard the last few comments.... But about the whole mutation thing, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I will not stop having a hard time believing his telekinetic powers until someone explains how the Forerunners were able to harness such a power in the first place to be able to grant it to the Prometheans in the said process. I mean, hologram interfaces, hard light, levitation, I can understand all of that through my prior understanding of light particles, magnetism, and gravity, along with a dash of imagination, but telekinesis? That's just outrageous. Last time I checked, moving stuff with your mind never seemed plausible, even in a futuristic (or shall I say historic?) universe such as Halo's. Even the Gravemind's telepathic connection with all of its minions makes more sense because the Flood retains unanimous biology with itself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeosierra616 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 yeah the whole magic deal is a bit too out of place for the technology heavy universe Halo is, I wish 343i would say his gloves have anti-gravity technology or something plausible/fitting like that, rather than make it seem that he's magically telekinetic... I didn't realize Didact was gonna go all Harry potter on my a** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tietokone Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 I like to think it's something to do with his suit. So far he hasn't used telekinesis without it, so it would make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaulting♥Frog Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Actually I think that was an armor effect he had. The Forerunners grasped physics beyond what humanity could understand. They manipulated physics to bend time and space itself. Who is to say his armor didnt have technology similar to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortar Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 OP, ignore all of these fanboiz. TK is just out of place in this universe. If FR could of have TK then the diadact would have just instantly killed the MC instead of gloating like he did. Its lazy writing is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlexVanguard Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Diadact OP, Nerf next patch. In all honesty, my response to being force choked by a pig-man in fancy armor was confusion, and I made the Jedi/sith analogy quickly. But I felt diadact used it as a plot device to monologue more. Now, a boss fight in which he is throwing massive objects at you woulda been way better than an easy QTE, but as a plot device, it did its job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveillance Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 And the Librarian could fly...? o_O? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Element Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 if forerunners could build 7 halo installations and countless other massive structures, i wouldnt be surprised if they could use the force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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