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Posted by: cortana 5
You pull out your pistol, and pound the switch to open the door. Oddly , this is familiar to you, as if it were from an old dream, but you can't exactly remember...
Ladies (probably not) and gentlemen,
Please do not be so quick scroll down to post a quirky comeback to what I'm about to say. I would like to refer you all to the idea that this is a plot device. You will find practically the same discussion surrounding the security officer you play as in Marathon (MJOLNIR Recon Number 54)... kind of.
But let's get something clear, we're not sure what you are.
(Manual page 2):
It's funny, but you've always been the colony's trouble shooter. You're bigger and stronger, and a better shot. In games, you always scored the most points and looked the hero.
"Luck" in Spartan 117's case should not be taken in its literal form. We cold start listing his fateful events with the coin, but we could also start listing fateful events with other Spartans and characters in the Haloverse.
The Fact of the matter is that he was the one that Halsey put so much faith in.
Halsey's Journal, December 10, 2518:
Besides, I already know who will be their leader.
I knew the first day I met him.
And that he was the one that played a huge role in fighting the flood (and Covenant). Before that, was it luck or skill that got him to Halo on the PoA alive? Perhaps that's the luck that the writers were eluding to?
He saved the -blam!- galaxy, and he's still statistically average? Perhaps that's the point. While I don't think that Halo: CE was written to depict John as average, it certainly doesn't depict the protagonist as getting more physically powerful, and he still wins.
Back to Marathon, the final screen leaves us with much to ponder upon.
Yet I cannot help remember one enigma. A hybrid, elusive destroyer. This is the only mystery I have not solved. The only element unaccounted for.
But you were dead a thousand times. Hopeless encounters successfully won. A man long dead, grafted to machines your builders did not understand.
I know who you are. You are destiny.
Is that the plot device? Something we can't exactly put our finger on. The "you should be dead" factor? You can't measure luck or destiny, but apparently John is lucky and MRN54 is destiny.
Sorry that this doesn't provide a definitive answer, but I hope it does provide some insight in to the point of making John's character the way it is.
Yes, I know look like I'm a crazy rambler.
Interesting, that was a cool read and intriguing take on it all :D I can't whether there are ladies in this thread, but there is at least one, as I'm a lady :P So maybe it's just lady and gentlemen XD
OT:
I'm not entirely sure what you're advocating for John, but I can tell that you think he is exceptional and definitely outstanding amongst the Spartans.