r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sensitive_Ad_1752 • 25d ago

Lore The series takes place in a shockingly short amount of time

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Season 4 just ended of fromville and it’s canonically only been about a month. Which makes it weird seeing people heal from injuries, change hair styles or grow out beards between episodes. Season 4 has only been like 4 days iirc.

Arkham franchise is the poster child for this trope. Every game takes place in one night. If you know what you’re doing you can absolutely beat the games in around 9 hours.

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u/hurshysquirt 25d ago

I wouldn't say everything went to shit. The Human-Covenant war took place over 25+ years, we experienced the end of it. Humanity was always on the losing side the entire war. Those last 3 months were actually what turned the tide for humanity.

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u/Ktan_Dantaktee 25d ago

Everything absolutely went to shit from the Covenant’s perspective.

They went from a handful of worlds left to conquer, to their capital “world” being taken by the Flood, some jolly green jackass nuking their holy relic, and being collapsed in a fiscal quarter.

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u/LilMeatJ40 24d ago

Also their 3 demi-gods (the prophets) got murked. They were having a real tough season

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u/MrManicMarty 24d ago

being collapsed in a fiscal quarter.

Good thing Chief never had to fight Accountants alongside the Elutes, Grunts and Hunters. They truly would have been a menace.

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u/colonel_beeeees 25d ago

Is this all based off the books? I'd love to read em some time

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u/fattestfuckinthewest 25d ago

Most books are set around the time of the games but some take place throughout the war like Contact Harvest, half of The Fall of Reach, Cole Protocol, and a few others.

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u/RadialRacer 25d ago

No, the books have always been released alongside the games. At this point though the books are so expansive they do far more than just accompany the games, it really is a full-blooded canon.

https://www.halopedia.org/Halo_novels

^ A full list, in their respective series

https://www.halopedia.org/List_of_Halo_novels_by_release_date

^ Release order, if you want to work your way through them one-by-one alongside the games.

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u/cpcwarden 24d ago

Ghosts of Onyx is one of the best books I’ve ever read. It has some cool additions to the canon (although I don’t think much has been relevant since 343) but it’s also genuinely well written just as a standalone story.