Was, and still is.

Prologue: Do I even need to go into a list of all the people that Master Chief has any kind of connection or relationship with? Both Miranda and Jacob Keyes, Lord Hood, Johnson, Halsey, Chief Mendez, the other Spartans, the Arbiter, Lieutenant Halverson, Admiral Whitcomb, Foehammer, the Pelican and the one ODST who made it off Alpha Halo, and that's just what I can remember off the top of my head. We're not seeing every single event and aspect in any of these peoples' lives, we're basically getting just the highlights of them, and everything showing Master Chief shows plenty of socialization and connection with even random marines or civilians that he meets, and those who he meets on more than one occasion or wind up sticking around form some sort of relationship with him. It doesn't matter whether everyone who has some sort of deep or intimate connection is a soldier or part of the military or not, they're still friends and people he has an emotional connection with, what walk of life they're from doesn't matter or make any kind of difference...especially since Spartans aren't going to have regular interraction with civilians, though that's not through any choice or fault of their own, they're a state secret, they're not going to just go walking around somewhere like New Alexandria and pick up chicks, and they've been fighting non-stop for almost 30 years, so tell me, how [i]would[/i] they ever get the chance to get to know any civilians enough for them to make friends with them? And as for never joking, it would seem that you do not remember the opening for the very first game, which presented both the opportunity and time to joke around, every other time, it's almost always just Chief and Cortana alone, in the middle of combat, not the best time for telling jokes or joking around with someone. And, as I said, we're not seeing every single aspect and the minutia of these people's lives, it's at best just a slice of it, we're seeing little bits here and there. And that scene from Halo 4 you're trying to use as evidence? In a debate you don't use the source in contention beyond using it as an example to explain your beliefs or opinion on the matter, it's not reliable evidence because Halo 4 is the very thing we're fighting over and debating about. Requiem: And what does any of that have to do with it? Half the time in Halo 3 you're going off and doing stuff on your own with almost no back up whatsoever. What are you trying to say? That without Cortana around that Chief is mentally unstable and imbalanced? 'Cause that's how your first sentence sounds, like you think Master Chief is mentally imbalanced and has all kinds of problems without Cortana. Forerunner: Those were actually part of what I was talking about not learning then :P Except for maybe not liking humans. We don't know why he's in the Cryptum or saying he was betrayed, or if he even was...all we know on this level is that he got locked up, and he's pissed off for some reason. Reclaimer: Again, using the source of contention for your support is not a very good idea, the Didact was not the one who decided anything, unless 343i has decided to completely throw Cryptum out the window at this point, the Didact was not deciding the fate of the now defeated humanity, he only had influence over the decision, same with the Librarian. *smh* The idea that the Didact hates humans because his children died in the war with them is entirely a fan notion and not one given or stated in either the books [i]or[/i] Halo 4. That's only an assumption that's been made by some fans. Actually, it's been made abundantly obvious that the Didact does [i]not[/i] hate humans. Cryptum even went over at least once how after the war with humanity the Didact felt pity and remorse over what happened with them....hatred is the complete and total polar opposite from that, one does not feel pity or remorse for former enemies if they hate them, the two are completely and totally mutually exclusive. Certainly for remorse at the very least. [quote]Saviors, and protecters of Humanity really makes sense by killing other Humans. Also, that's not what she said. "You will become the protectors of Earth and all her colonies." AKA the UNSC.[/quote] In order to save the whole or be the safeguard for anything, sometimes you have to fight or destroy a part...just because one fights a faction or group within a whole, like the Insurrectionists for instance, does not mean that the individual is not a protector or savior of humanity just because there is one group that, through their actions, is going to destroy the whole human race. The Spartans are nothing but the protectors of the whole human race, just because the Insurrectionists are humans does not mean that they aren't the protectors or saviors of humanity. Lieutenant Halverson wanted to go straight back to Reach and give up on RED FLAG completely in First Strike, he is a higher rank than Chief, and he was ordering RED FLAG to be scrapped, Chief did not however accept that order, he refused and wanted to carry on with the mission until he himself decided it was no longer possible. Shutdown: I believe I already covered all of this at the beginning of the post. The Spartans, both IIs and IIIs are very highly classified, even if the population at large is aware of the Spartan IIs existing, they're still a very highly classified group...they're not going to be [i]allowed[/i] to go have a night on the town or go out clubbing or whatever else you mentioned, the Spartan IIs and IIIs are not like Project ORION where any physical changes or attributes from the augments that were actually successful were negligible in terms of making them stand out in a crowd, not at all the case with the IIs and IIIs, it would be obvious to anyone what they were, and the potential security leaks are too great, the Spartans would not be allowed to be heavily in the public eye...too many chances for assassination attempts from the Insurrection, potential capture...etc. And that is complete, total, and utter bullshit. Chief is just as emotive as any of the other characters throughout the trilogy. Every cutscene he is in you can see how he's feeling by the way he carries himself and the way he speaks. All of his emotions are expressed through body language and how he carries himself because we can see his face. Speaking is not required in order to show emotion or what the character is thinking, the fact that you [i]seem[/i] to think it is proves that you don't really know much about what you're talking about. If Chief is a brick wall, then so is everyone else in Halo, because he's just as expressive as the rest of them. Composer: That is hardly more brutal than anything else Chief has seen, seeing people incinerated by Covenant plasma produces the exact same affect as being incinerated by the way the Derpdact was using with the Composer. And even so, you can't see Chief's face or hear his thoughts, that is where most people express their emotions, in the faces they make and internal thought process...especially when they're trying to focus on something more pressing than whatever it is they're feeling then. Derpdact survival: 1. That's what happened when the grenade went off, Derpdact is KOed and his armor gets shut down, you can see all the lights on it going out as he falls into the beam. 2. So? I never said anything about being composed, I know it doesn't work on him. It doesn't matter whether he's immune to the Composer or not though, as he's still in a physical form and [i]not[/i] composed when he's going through the portal, he's going to wind up having his innards shoved through whatever receiver that the newly composed are being sent to. If he [i]had[/i] been composed or able to be composed, then he would have been able to survive, but a physical being attempted to be shoved inside a data receiver while still a fleshy being is not going to be pretty at all for that individual. 3. When? I don't ever remember seeing that in Cryptum or Primordium either, and I remember all the referrences to the Forerunner technology and other important things like that pretty damn well, in addition to having read the book multiple times all the way through and a whole bunch of other times just reading parts of it.

I wouldn't say anything, I'd look at your evidence, and and see how it hold up, and then say what I think, or expand upon what you were saying. Really? Do you really need me to cite pre-release videos where 343i talks about how they are incorporating themes of Master Chief's humanity. I have no idea what that question has to do with everything. All that stuff I took, that was the simple characterization and symbolism. If you think that's the stuff that's up for debate, then you should really study up on symbolism again. To me, it really does sound like you need something said and not interpreted. Fun fact, the reason why certain peices of art or literature or movies are considered classic is becasue they have a heavy use of indirect storytelling. AKA symbolism.

I can pull out his videos too, since you like this game