To be honest, I would love to see how you write MC without Cortana / what will he behave like. Maybe you could bring her in at a much later stage of the story.

Lol fuck him. (Not literally.) He doesn't know shit. Cortana will show up when she shows up, and if she happens to be held captive like in 3, Master Chief'll just have to wreck shit.

I say keep writing the story. It's far too good to let one angry reader ruin it.

Mother fucker. He's just a fucking troll. Ignore the shit out of him.

IMHO, Dragging Cortana is a bit of a twist. I was really surprised you EVEN make the girls go in. I Have a hunch, he is going to either use that bullet to end himself (Like hell he would.), or scare the shit out of the girls, for moving into the ship against his wishes. I sure hope it is the second one, because i fucking hate it when people invade my privacy. I'm just wondering, in the next chapter, is Cortana really GONE? Or is she trapped in a subsystem of the damaged mainframe of the ship? Just wondering. The making Cortana leave, was actually a brilliant move, seeing as how hard it is to write her sparky, up-front nature correctly. Can't wait to see this story go on! So many cliffhangers! OMG! Please, continue on! Just to remind you... I fucking hate it when people ruin my privacy, as i am pretty sure everyone else feels the same way... EVEN MASTER CHIEF. Specially now, right? or does he want comfort... Can't tell. I see him more of a bad-ass Space marine with no need for companion except fir Cortana, so i can see him being preeetty heart-broken. Might even pistol-whip some assholes. I dunno. Continue! great twist, btw, again. Hope you continue!

To be honest, Whoever sent that PM can go screw himself. He's just some dumbass making empty threats that he can't back up. You write how you want to write. And if anything, you should report him using that PM as proof.

i would honestly love to see mc without cortana as well. this guy/gal who pmed you is most likely a complete dick who doesn't know shit and if he/she has a problem with it then he/she should write his/her own halo story with cortana in it from the beginning. you shouldn't let his/her threatening stop you in any way, though discouraging, is 99.99% just a person trying to bother someone and/or ruin a good thing for everyone else. keep on writing my friend i'll be readin as always

If he harassed you with death threats you should report him and have him banned because nopony should EVER think about turning a knife on one of the herd. HAVE HIM BANNED

dude he dosent know you so dont worry. your story will go in its own course on its own time dont write on suggestions or threats because that makes the story start sounding horrible most of the time. write what you think should be written and if you get a suggetion that you like us it but dont succumb to threats even death threats. so far i think your story is great as master cheif is he really has no personality and while in a game thats okay in a story youll have to give him one and with what your doing you have. youve also set it up so cortana will come in sometime soon but we cant really tell. so whoever it was didnt really read your story and are just being a hater. i say keep up what your doing to prove them wrong and prove its better the way the writer wants it.

Dude dont worry he is just jelly because you are a better righter then him so you make the story the way you want it kay

Love and tolerate the FUCK out of him and write the next chapter out as you planned it.

BOGUS! Don't let that guy who threatened you bring you down. The story is great so far, so don't let one hater take the whole thing apart. Besides, internet threats are worthless. The dude's just bein a prick.

228107 It was a bogus account made especially for the occasion. The username was a bunch of gibberish; I checked the profile this morning to find it deleted.

Honestly, threats like that are the rage induced comments of a nerd with little social life. Don't let that get to you.

Something like that should be reported to the FBI. Any death threat is classified as a felony, and is punishable (if I remember correctly) by five+ years in a federal prison. Making that kind of a comment is unacceptable by any standard.

BTW: just because the account was deleted doesn't mean that it has been completely erased, it still exists in the server. The FBI and other government agencies can access that kind of stuff. Not to mention the idiot left his IP address attached to the account, and therefore can be found. Anyone with some computer experience knows this. Internet privacy isn't as complete as a lot of people think.

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Just write it out as you see it. Don't let nasty people dishearten you.

228144 HEY! Although I too was disappointed that Cortana was missing I think you have provided a way for John to show some emotion where he does not normally.

Also, Death Threats arn't death Threats unless they arrive in the post.

And to show you how think some people are did you hear about the guy who put a death threat in his Job Application form? Stupid I know. Point being Death Threats are by people who don't understand what "no" means.

You need to tell these people how are complaining that if they do not like the story, don't read it. They have plenty more stories to read out there and if they want a story with Cortana in then maybe they should write one.

This is YOUR story mate, I've seen haters getting to creators before (Turnabout Storm) and that did not end up well.

A guy s made a bogus account to send you a death threat... Because you made Cortona be gone...
Ok, first, that guy is an asshat. Second, this is your story, you can do whatever the hell you want, and if it is good and well writin like this is, I can assure you that someone will still hate something about it. Also, I actually like the removal of Cortana. If you think about it, she is probably nearing here lifespan of less than 7 years (I say less than because of all the stress that she has gone through during the games; copying all of Instalation 04's data, the encounter with Gravemind and her unknown number of years in solitude during the time adrift in the Forward Unto Dawn just to name some big ones) and as such she would be nearing rampancy. Given this, Cortana might have followed rampant AI protocols, and deleted herself (whether force or willing) to prevent harm from coming to UNSC personel.

Anywho just write the story as you see fit and make it appealing to read (aka dont make spelling and grammar mistakes) and fans will follow you.

I personally loved the fact that you've made Cortana missing.
Also, everyone raging should note: MIA is not KIA.
She could still pop up at a later date.

While I'm on the subject of the story, I feel I must point out the fact that Twilight says "40 pony-years"
That... sits wrong with me. Why'd she have to specify that it's pony years? What other kind of years does she know of?
Otherwise, enjoyable so far. Don't let this random asshat get you down.

Death threats!? How dare he! This story is good no matter what the buck happened to Cortana. If anything, no Cortana makes it better, because it makes MC rely on his base instincts to survive, rather than Cortana having eyes in the back of his head (and all over his head for thast matter).

YOU KEEP GOING

Judging by the amount of support you're getting I say continue the story. If anyone else sends you a threating letter let us know. We'll make 'em an offer they can't refuse. Right guys?

Now you get back in there and get back to writing 'cause I really want to see where you're going with this.

To be honest I think its sad that people send death threats to an author just because the story isn't what they want it to be. Plus the author shouldn't have to change their story for one person to be happy. Besides death threats are just stupid people trying to act tough in a situation they know is not in their control. I could care less if Cortana appears or not since it seems most Halo writers deem it necessary to have the two with each other at all times like its some unspoken rule. Of course its to earlier to say that Cortana won't appear in your story as none of us know whether Chief was followed or not, so it could be that she was taken by our favorite genocidal group of religious aliens. Just don't let such petty threats get to you and continue doing what YOU feel is right for the story. In the end you should be sure that this a story you enjoy writing and reading, not just other users and internet travelers.

228144 Yeah, definitely not worth worrying about. Just some idiot who thinks he has some power on the internet and should be ignored. Still, I would report it with the note that the account was deleted because it should still be possible to find the IP it was associated with to ban that person's other account through IP association.

Also, I do like the twist removing Cortana adds to the story and am looking forwards to seeing how the Chief reacts to it. I must admit that I am not entirely convinced she is dead because she could easily not be in her chip, but killing her off is probably better for the story.

Hell, in the end its YOUR story, do whatever you want with it. Don't let ANYONE change what you want it to be!

Personally, I empathised with the Chief when Cortana went missing they were a team, always a shame when things are broken up...

Oh, and death threats are a big no no, don't take that from anyone, pretty serious if it gets to that...

Other than that, continue writing and giving us more text to read!

Death threats over a fanfic? Jesus...

As I said on the fic itself, I am deeply interested to find out what happened to Cortana. This si potentially an amazingly deep, profound loss for John, who had to go through the first two-thirds of his life so far without any sort of parental figure other than his drill sergeant.

And then... He was given a little voice in the back of his head that cared for his safety, and cared about him. Someone who actually wanted John to live, not Spartan-117
someone who would comfort, harass, and help him when he needed it.

In a fic like this, where the whole story very serious, this could be a turning point for John the likes of which are rarely seen, let alone done well.
No-one, brony, hater or otherwise, has the right to threaten you simply because you might have killed off a character.

And there's the possibility that one of her threadings (the little fragmentary AI copies she started making in First Contact) is still alive, at the least.

And if she is dead... well, John will have to deal with that, and I want to see how he does so.
And if she isn't, then I want to be there when he finds her again.

She really is the only mother-like figure in all of his remembered life.
He was even distant with his mom before he was 'recruited' and only really became close the Cortana.
Hell, she was willing to put herself in imminent danger of rampancy for him.
Though she may be confusing the feelings she's got for him for symptoms of rampancy, or maybe they are, but either way, she said she doesn't want to give them up, at least to herself.

TL;DR : You are a great writer, and all of the herd should simply ostracize the jerk who sent you threats.

Wow, a death threat, over the internet!?

This guy is a coward, and you have absolutely nothing to fear. Most of us LOVE this piece of literature, and wish that you continue to write as much as you can.

Don't let the few outweigh the needs of the many, I suppose.

Good luck, the decision is yours.

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*pulls out cyber broadsword* BUCK YES! DEFEND THE AUTHOR AND HIS STORIES

Blazer don't let people like that dishearten you and ignore his idle threats. All in all there is nothing to really provoke a reaction like that in this story. That person was just a confidence lacking bully/child that thought that giving out death threats to people for not bending to their will or going against how they think something should go down. Those type of people are only trolls who lack the talent and/or drive to write out an idea they have so they take their anger/rage/lackof confidence/etc. out on people that do have the drive or creativity to write their ideas down.

So one person does that. take it and make that email a perfect example of those that are confidence lacking monkeys and keep on rolling. I admit that there are parts in the story that i didn't like or just confuddled my mind and there are many of my friends that have read your story that felt the same way but we didn't respond to that degree (Hell I never really voice my opinions on stuff like storyline or anything of that sort).
It would be a shame to see another great story become discontinued over stuff like that. I have seen too many stories that were really good get discontinued due to comments, reviews, etc. that were just like that and in the end it left readers and an author disheartened and one scumbag of the web with a grin on his face.

You as an author are entitled to write what you want to right and no one should be allowed to say otherwise. I hope this has atleast brought your spirits up.

~Brohoof /)
A Wandering Wizard

p.s. I will easily anti troll the next pony that does that to you.

228493 Lets do this!

Don't let one person discourage you. You have a lot more people who like the story supporting you than not, so from a statistical standpoint you should continue the story. If he's threatening you know that there is a 1 in 1000000 chance that he could actually carry it out, and that number is increased because who would actually hurt someone over a story. I support you and so does almost everyone else.

This low-life has no place telling you what should happen in your story. I think I speak for a lot of people (sorry if I come across as a know-it-all) by saying this: with the amount of support you're getting, you would being doing yourself a big disfavor by taking this guy's threat with any degree of seriousness.

Cortana's disappearance hit me harder than 98% of any of the other moments that I've seen in any other medium, ever. I can't wait to find out what happens. The Chief has so little personality expressed due to his training (losing his teammates aside. I had to choke back tears with Sam.) All these recollections with Dr. Halsey, Keyes, etc. are done perfectly in this story. The Chief losing his one close companion after getting so close... I can't forgive you for putting him through this, but you have my thanks. For showing that the Chief can be a real person rather than the stereotypical space marine. You've done Eric Nylund one better with the written Halo (as far as the Chief's personality is concerned.)

Sorry, tangent. Anyway...

Please. For everyone's sake (including your own, but not that crybaby), continue this story without reservations. It's bad enough that you've haven't started chapter eight. Now none of my three favorite fics are updating! Do what you think is right; no one here is pressuring you to continue. Pinkie Promise.

That's a troll. Though I did point out that Cortana could easily come back as a Purple unicorn called Coltana.

Try to pay that Jerk no mind. I was upset too with Cortana not being there to greet John and make a wise crack how he leaves the ship for a while and this happens. But I was upset in a good way though. Beingstranded on a strange planet with only a wrekage of an already crippled ship is dissmal. Except, even worse, the only known old friend you have left in your life is missing. After everthing this man has endured and sacrificed you can't help but feel sorry for him. Like Applebloom said "It ain't fair." What you did in that chapter really pulled hard on our heatstrings (not the pony with the human fixation) and I'm looking forward to your next chapter instead of posting empty death threats to you through a proxy account. It would be a crying shame if you would stop writing this story over this so I hope me and the rest of the people who are encouraging you on the comments section in your story and this blog post would give you enough confidence to write the story you want to write.

And always, keep up the good work!

She's probably still on Forward Unto Dawn. Just how she was trapped on High Charity in Halo2 and 3. And that's why the Chief is going through the desert, yes?
And I'll kick that fuckers ass so hard that it'll knock his spine out of alignment.

Hay, whoever sent that death threat...
Just so you know...
If you dare to follow through with that, everypony who subscribed to this guy's going to come after YOU. And I seriously doubt we'll let you off with something as easy as death.

I'm going to tell you the same thing I told TAW. People will inevitably find something to rage about, the usual cause is that they are envious of your talent. If he really cares that much about cortana, then he can right his own fiction.

Just keep in mind that for every one of him there is at least two hundred others wiling to give you high praise for you writing. Anyone worth their salt WOULD give you constructive critiques, but every now and then there is that flank-hurt that has to come along and ruin the fun with death threats. On that note HOW would he even follow through on such threats, it's not as if he actually knows you... If he does... I suggest you find some new friends. However even in that unlikely situation, the chances that he would actually kill you over a bit of amateur fiction on the internet, are minute. Just by the sheer number of responses to this post shows you how many bronies there are out there willing to back you. Keep it up.

I was sad at Cortanas disappearance, but I most certaintly did not hate you for it or want you to change the story because of it. As for the death threats, don't let them get you down. Because at the end of the day, theres always going to be some meanie who tries to find fault with everything. I also think you shouldn't worry too much about the whole death threat thing. It sounds like you have a keyboard crusader there.

Just keep doing what you're doing old boy

The way I see it is this. It's like, life, right, is like a biscuit. Crumbly and crummy, not held together very well, but delicious and satisfying all the same. And then, people like him, are like, chocolate chips, because it's a chocolate chip cookie, only the chips...aren't...very nice...and, uh... I forget where I was going with that. Look, the point is, Keep Calm and Carry On writing. You're awesome and so is your story.

Let him make his death threats. He's probably just an upset dude on the Internet. Let's all love and tolerate the hell out of him.

...and if he does get dangerous, you have friends with khukris.

I commend you for capturing the emotions of the characters well enough that you made people be able to feel it instead of just reading about feeling it. Cortana may be missing, but thats not gonna stop me from holding out hope. Im stubborn like that. Anyways, excellent story! See ya next chapter.