[b]Reply to Objection I:[/b] The Canon is what the Canon is, and it had always been the same and will be forever. Proof of this is given in the First dictum of the catechism for this canon policy entitled "Specific Reflexivity" in the next section. Given this fact, constant and unchanged Halo Canon isn't dictated by anyone. It was not created, but conceived of and then communicated to us by means of words or media; ergo, the ones put in place by copyright law posses no special epistemological ability to reveal knowledge of the Canon to others, although some may very well be more capable of accurately, this process of Canonical revelation, carrying out than others of equal natural ability and status. Consequently, this document only from the highest care for preservation of the sanctity, beauty, and accuracy the Halo Trilogy reveals of the Canon results since others threat to mislead with poor depictions of True Canon and do also threat, far worse, to make themselves into "false prophets", so to speak, by propagating content that bears no inclusion with the True Halo Canon and may in fact reverse it. Now that is the true face of egocentrism, foolery, and dishonesty. This disturbing behavior has been elicited by 343 Industries, a pattern that for all worthy indications betrays no tendency to discontinue, whom we shall henceforth attempt to refer to as the Denigrators of Our Magnificent Canon - an accurate appellation. [u][b]III. A DEFINITION[/b][/u] [i][b]1. A CATECHISM[/b][/i] As I discuss various topics, I will define their final and irreducible summations that in totality constitute the core of the Ideal Canon Policy having explained the rationality upholding the aforementioned dicta. These are to serve as the primary definitions and may be, if the abstraction of application is necessary, evaluated against an object at question to decide the canonicity of questioned object. Note that nothing contained within this definition is based upon opinion, but is logically extrapolated, which is why this methodology of thought and classification bears significance and deserves universal acceptance. [i][u]i. Specific Reflexivity[/u][/i] Introductory Aristotelian logic dictates that, to give an example, datum a is equal to datum a; and no further inferences may be made without additional declarations that substantiate the relation of a to other unknown or known values. This observed law is applied to that of Halo Canon. This entity is what the entity is, a fact that may seem unnecessarily tautological at first; an applicable and veritable concept is deduced henceforth and is the definition of Specific Reflexivity: because the entity of Halo Canon is that same entity and no more yet no less, and never has this assertion evaluated false, that entity was, is, and will be that entity as it is now. A certain notability is with this statement, for we can now conclude that Halo Canon neither does nor can change if it is indeed that sameness at all times. To extend this logic, we can deduce that the True Halo Canon never conflicts with or contradicts itself, unlike what might seem apparent in "continuity errors" of canonical manifestations. Those errors are a product of whichever imperfect engine of canonical revelation is employed. There can be no contradictions among the True Halo Canon because there would be considered two or more manifold "pages" or "renditions" of canon, as is the definition of such a situation in which a contradiction is apparent; this would violate the Law of Identity and is impossible. [b]Objection I:[/b] If mere reflexivity is sufficient to deduce quite so magically the assumption that that given entity has remained unchanging, it is also put forward that nothing can change, citing the Law of Identity for proving the reflexivity of all aforesaid given entities. This is false by very and natural observation. [b]Reply to Objection I:[/b] Although an expected rebuttal, its explanation lies within the fact that the entity being described as Halo Canon is not concrete; it is not itself a physical manifestation in itself wherein the imaginary quantities can be codified into a measurable unit and therefore altered. It cannot be such that those measurements are recorded at one point in time and re-sampled later to observe a change. If the Canon were to have been changed, then it is simply what we now would consider to be original canon. An infinite amount of stories can be conceived of; the story in which I walk one mile outside is different than the version in which I walk one and one tenth miles outside, etc. The one story that is Halo Canon is never changed, but only attempted to be told. If this requires further explanation, one should consider the statement that an ambiguous canon of infinite possibilities has those infinitesimal dissimilarities to that of True Halo Canon - whatever it might be. [b]DICTUM I:[/b] The principle of Specific Reflexivity states that the canonical entity is in equality with itself without inconsistency, has never been unequal with itself, and will remain unaltered [i]causa sui[/i]; a proceeding argument is one that conditionally selects a canon policy whose inclusivity is that same unchanging canonical entity. [i][u]ii. Idealism and Implicitness[/u][/i] The term "Idealism" has various meanings extraneous to this end; it is extant in philosophical and eschatological contexts. We ignore these definitions and for our purposes define "Idealism" as such: Idealism is the ideal and perfect mythology, and which is consequently also the True Halo Canon. One may wonder how any story could be considered ideal or perfect; if stories are just events and information, then how can there be an objective measurement of the worth or stature of a story that is not predicated on subjective opinion? We have already established the absolute necessity for logical and methodical process in creation of this canon policy because there are many who are in disagreement and must be held to the absolute and incontrovertible standard of reason. To this, I request that one observe the nature of stories surrounding him. Even without the reminding that Halo is a classical epic conveyed by modern means, and thus ignoring social science's discovery of the identity of a civilized society marked and defined by such epic tales, the argument of popularity answers this question. By observation, one can conclude that different stories are of different significance and therefore popularity; Vergil's [i]Aeneid[/i] has been of more consequence and meaning than the story of Jack and Jill ascending a hill in search of water. By this measurement Idealism assumes perfection; the measurement of significance, identification, classical tradition, and ingeniously crafted symbolic message and allegory. Books, movies, or video games, to name a few methods, of the Halo Franchise although imperfect do exhibit and communicate this Idealism, provided their naming of Halo, and not of another story. What, then, is the term "Idealism" but a synonym for the True Halo Canon? Nothing, I say, save for the minor tendency of the term to insinuate the essence of the Halo story that we have come to expect, that would be considered a classic plot device; such recognizable and vaguely familiar themes and structures easily forecasted by those well trained in the Western classics. It is likely impossible to convey fully this Idealism given its greatness and the constrictions of media. Therefore, high quality and true canonical artifacts evince this Idealism overtly or by means of implicitness, the act of describing the inherent nature or higher meaning of a part of the Idealism, to expand the accuracy and amount of Idealism able to be demonstrated. Both instances are flavors of the Reasonable Manifestation of the True Halo Canon. I classify two types of implicitness: natural implicitness and expository implicitness. Natural implicitness is a symbol, theme, allusion, allegory, reference, suggestion, hidden meaning, or philosophical revelation of the Idealism (the True Halo Canon) itself in fully detailed form - a fullness we may never know. Expository implicitness is the aforementioned implied nature but within a canonical medium and not the Canon itself to symbolize the True Halo Canon or manifest a part of the True Halo Canon that is natural implicitness. Expository implicitness is of far more effect and concern to us discussing canon policy. In the systems of this universe, there exists a duality between intelligence of design and potential information. Furthermore, the space occupied by a system can be compressed when reliance upon the intelligence of the interpretative actor is trusted. To submit an example, suppose I have a constant need to communicate a word to a friend every day by letter. Every day, I will write to him one of three previously chosen words. Suppose these three possible words are the three longest words in the English language. All major schools of basic linguistic philosophy agree in teaching us that the words themselves are symbols for ideas, and the intelligently crafted actors of specificity and order are two metrics: the order of the letters, and the selection of the letters in the word. However, it is decided that I will only communicate one of three words every day. Therefore, symbolizing my idea with the appropriate spelling of the word is a redundant exercise: it is unnecessary with regards to its small difference. If a small amount of time were expended by us to decide intelligently upon a code for each word, I could save time composing the message. For each of the three words would be assigned an integer from zero to two, each representing a different corresponding word. This symbolism is more efficient and compact.