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twovests OP wrote

Reply to comment by flabberghaster in the worst change to halo is when they gave spartans genders to sell cosmetics. spartans were supposed to be agender is the thing by twovests

yeah that's exactly it. specifically, the spartan IIs

the spartan IIIs (who make the majority of the main characters in reach) were recruited from orphans

the spartan IVs (halo 4, 5, infinite multiplayer spartans were recruited from willing adults

the spartan IIs are the ones who are agender. but this isn't "good representation", let alone representation at all

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flabberghaster wrote

Are they really a gender? Or are they just raised totally unconnected from that? I guess if you raised them in an environment that had no meaning for the term gender at all that might count, but I don't know. That's a toughie.

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twovests OP wrote (edited )

"Spartan is a gender" is kind of a joke yeah, but they were pretty much raised detached from the rest of society and with no opportunity for identity or self-expression.

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