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9/18/2013 5:47:47 PM
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Ancient humanity did have a 'cure'. They infected half their population with something and sent them to the Flood. And when the Flood infected them it destroyed the Flood carrier and human. Which is why the Flood then left humanity alone because it proved that they are worthy of the mantle.
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Now see, this doesn't make any sense. If Humanity was worthy of the Mantle, then when the flood returned, why where they on Earth infecting it's population on the last days before the Halos fired? Why did they infect so many when the first Halo was discovered? Hell, John, who is basically the shield and sword of humanity almost got infected by the flood. Then we go to Halo 2, where again, they infected humans who landed on delta Halo and spread to In Amber Clad. Then we go to Halo 3, where the gravemind set its sights on a decimated Earth, to easily infect the weakened population. So no, the Flood don't consider humans worthy of the mantle. Their singular goal now is the goal the Precursors had in mind when they first discovered the Flood. Unity through the death of every living thing.
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The Precursers made the Flood. I think they attacked the humans again because it had been over 100,000 and it was basically a new humanity. So the Flood had to test them again.
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The Precursors did not make the Flood. The Flood originated from inactive powder, the remains of Precursors who tried to wait out the whole issue with forerunners. And I'll say it again. Way back to when the Halos were fired, just before they fired, Librarian took a trip to Earth. The forerunners were collecting as many humans as they could while the flood had just started scouring the planet. Humans are favored by the Flood about as much as the community favors Palmer. They aren't immune from the them. And look at the reasons behind it. So on one side, we have golden humanity who gets the mantle, and then the rest of the milky way galaxy and others who get to spend eternity as one super connected viral organism. Gee that sure makes a whole lot of sense now doesn't it?
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Yes and the powder was made by the precursors in revenge because the Forerunners had forced them out of the galaxy.
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Powder wasn't made by the precursors, it was precursors. But when the flood came out of it, other precursors entertained the idea or retribution, and jumped on the Flood bandwagon. And even so, what about the points I just stated? Doesn't it seem a wee bit silly that the background motivations of the Flood is to bring unity to all life by subjugating it into one giant abomination? And then we have this one race that gets a get out of jail free card.
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I'm not saying anybody is wrong here, but the Ancient Humans were supposed to be the heirs to the Mantle of Responsibility from the Precursors, not the Forerunners. The Flood contains the knowledge of the Precursors, so maybe it considered Ancient Humanity worthy of the mantle still. But 100,000 years later, they were no more than a de-evolved simple space faring race, while the Forerunners could create planets and star systems. Maybe thats why they considered infecting the current time humans.
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That's just what I think the Flood's other purpose is for.
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Fair enough.
