: I think it's fairly clear by now that Something Is Wrong With Cortana.
: Whether she get put back together wrong, whether she's been corrupted by
: the Domain, or whether this is just an extension of the original rampancy
: now that she's no longer literally dying, I look forward to finding out in
: the future.

There's something up with her for sure, John himself flat out tells her " you look different"

: But she literally just sends them all out back to populated systems
: afterwards. Why call them all together at all?

: Efficient distribution of resources? I imagine not all inhabited systems had
: Guardians, and not all Guardians occupied inhabited systems. You gotta
: recall them to get a formal tally, before you start knocking down people's
: doors with them.

Don't forget she wasn't recalling them all herself, isn't it stated that she only intentionally activated several, some automatically activated, and some haven't activated yet at all (Sanghelios)....wonder if Sol has a Guardian?

: I liked Blue Team! They came across how they had to - professional and
: no-frills, but clearly with a long past with the Chief. They didn't have
: Kat's sass, Jun's snark, or Emile's sharpness, but they didn't come across
: as blank slates either, which I was worried about. Though I can't help
: wondering "why is Chief best friends with the new Knuckles" :V

Me too. Also really enjoyed the "present day" Blue scenes in TFoR animated film.

: Though honestly I never really liked the hooded look? It always struck me as
: vaguely silly and melodramatic, if you weren't interpreting it as just
: part of a dream. I could get behind a gilly suit for Linda, though, that
: would look BADASS.

The H5 art book says hooded Chief concept was conceived to symbolized Chiefs emotions, sadness, etc etc., it doesn't mention why they went away from it though. Apparently it was considered pretty heavily, there are numerous concept pieces with it and they made a freakin trailer of it.