#Halo reach

[short-wooloo]

I feel like people miss the point of the "war is bad" message

What it's supposed to mean is that war is terrible, it's destructive, it ruins lives, it leaves scars, and you should only partake in it when there are no other options, because even if you win, even if you survive, you will not be the same, which is why the phrase used to be more commonly known as "war is hell"

But "war is bad" seems to have been construed by people in fandom into "any fighting is bad, if you fight you're morally terrible and impure, you should not fight at all, no matter what", this is annoying in fandom, as it often misses the point fiction is trying to make, but what's worrisome is when people apply this to real life, as I have seen people do regarding russia's invasion of Ukraine

And that's almost never the point of "War is Bad" works

Works like Lord of the Rings, Avatar The Last Airbender, Transformers, The Clone Wars, Halo (especially Reach), etc all have themes on how horrible war is, but they categorically do not say it is wrong to fight, what they say is usually along the lines of "war is terrible, and what makes it so terrible is that we have no choice but to fight, it would be ideal if we didn't have to fight at all, but we must fight, because not fighting is not an option, because not fighting, not opposing tyranny, conquest, and evil only allows those things to exist unimpeded"

[porkyratt]

I always thought that an evil fucking skull carved onto a visor was a stupid tactical decision

[turtletoads]

halo on my mind

[loganyeehawhowlett]

[wa-weirwood]

Halo 2 slayer gouache by me

[lowpolyanimals]

Fish from Halo: Reach

[itsalwaysgarytime]

Finally got the go ahead to share that I worked on designing sketch cards for UpperDeck’s Halo Legacy Card collection. All but Noble Six were accepted! Can’t wait to see if people get my cards in their packs.

[superintendent-b]

[b0tster]

downgrade 😢🍑

[radium-rabbit]

finally playing halo, one game down a million to goo OORAH!!!! (ignore how hes holding the plasma rifle in the wrong hand)

[briarfox13]

The Fall of Reach

[bfoxanimation]

"A Chilidog in this trying time?"

[agentmaineapologist]

It's finally done. After 5 months of slaving over this piece and gallons of paint "accidentally" eaten, my baby is finished.

I'm likely gonna redo most of the top left quadrant later since it was rushed, but everything else looks pretty good in my humble opinions :)

[djzazzles]

💜 to my favorite series on the planet

[b00mrang]

Bird Watcher

CRASH art by Ada

[roachfarmer]

I found this old Jorge figurine i got back when Reach launched and ive been putting his ass in Situations all day while i clean the house