: Yeah, the gender portrayals do get better over time. I think Halo: Glasslands
: is really good on that front. It's more that this older, classic material
: has some significant problems worth pointing out.

Glasslands is a fantastic start to further inclusivity in all the right ways. Women are both at the very bottom and at the highest levels, good and bad, bright and shady, etc. It's a mixed bag with us plus we're getting some of the first meaningful portrayals of females in the former Covenant. Pretty awesome to think that the UEG President, the ONI director, the most prominent Spartan commander, arguably the smartest person in the galaxy, potentially the leader of the Kig-Yar nation, and the Created creator are all women and they're just leading figures.