Sooo. A Certain AU Has Gripped My Brain

doodled some cortanas! hopefully i can draw more halo related stuff this week, i still have some requests in my inbox from january but feel free to request more (strictly halo, not rvb)

She stayed behind.

rare Halo yuri

INFINITY WEEK DAY 7: Favourite Moments SPARTAN OPS EPISODE 3 First, we taught them how to be silent. Then we taught them how to be Spartans.

Humans and Sanghelli exchanging gifts??? The spirit of Xmas?? Yep here ya go:

Oh and Cortana? Get that girl a Halo Activation Index and a Scorpion Tank.

Halo 3 should be a Christmas game

The battle in Halo 3 takes place in November and December of 2552, with the memorial service scene at the end taking place in March of 2553. It happens around Christmas time.

I sort of agree that just a story being set around Christmas time doesn't automatically make it a Christmas story, but here me out.

Even with no mention of Christmas*, it still manages to capture the feeling of not being able to go home to family during the holidays. I think this is mostly caused by being close to the end of the war and missing those that were lost in battle, but it still has the vibe of missing family at the holidays.

*Do they still celebrate Christmas in 2552? I think they probably do, because Christmas is, at it's core, a religious holiday and according to the Halo Fandom Wiki, Johnson went to Church as a youngin and seems to still believe in a higher power, that being capital "g" God. So, given that there is still religion, I imagine that stories of Jesus's birth are still being passed from generation to generation. Thus, Christmas is still a celebrated holiday, at least on earth.

Now, because it evokes the same feeling as missing lost family and friends, and is also about a war, it is a reminder that war doesn't stop just because we want it to or because it would be convenient.** It doesn't stop because we are grieving, tired, or out of resources. It continues on, plowing it's way through life after life, without a care in the world.

**I can't fully say it doesn't stop for the holidays, because it literally did once. I don't remember which war it was, but they stopped fighting on Christmas and ate food with each other. It's a cool story. If I can find it I'll attach it to the end of this post.

Halo 3 captures the feeling of wishing you could go home to family, wishing you could bring dead family back, wishing you could go home for the holidays.

And that is why I think it should be a Christmas game.

Does this mean you can't play it at other times of the year? Absolutely not. 1. That would be ridiculous. You could watch Elf or the Grinch in august if you wanted to. 2. It doesn't mention the holidays anywhere, so it doesn't feel weird playing it at other times of the year. But it does lend itself to a Christmas feel because of the time of year it was set in and the themes of wishing people could be here to enjoy your wins with you and just be together.

Disclaimer: My feelings on this matter could totally be influenced by the fact that I first played H3 around Christmas time. Also, it's been awhile since I played H3, so I am going off of memory here.

Here is that story I was talking about. It is my opinion, the most entertaining parts are located under the section titled "Christmas 1914". I might make a post about this on it's own, idk.

en.wikipedia.org

Christmas truce - Wikipedia

Master Chief in HALO INFINITE (2021)

Banished? What are they doing here? Making a mistake.

I decided to reread the preview chapters of Outcasts again for nostalgia reasons and I remembered an important reason why I liked the Thel-‘Ayomuu dynamic: the amount of sass energy that gets generated between them could power a planet.

“If you want my help, you will have to be more forthcoming. And if you expect to leave Vadam Keep alive, you will waste no more of my time.”

“I will reveal as much as I am permitted to. If that is a waste of your time…” ‘Ayomuu spread his hands. “You are welcome to try, but I will be leaving Vadam Keep in a manner of my own choosing.”

‘Vadam’s only reply was to drop his gaze to ‘Ayomuu’s weaponless belt.

‘Ayomuu’s eyes glimmered in amusement for an instant, then he said…

Like bro. Thel really just giving him the silent look down his belt. I can see it in my head and it’s hilarious. And this is only Chapter 2. This is only their first scene together.

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