Tex Sketches

I like some of these more than others. And I'll probably do more. Because Tex. Like.

What a fucking BAMF.

I'm just gonna dump out my Tex/Church head-canon here, because I really like it, and I think they're relationship has a lot of vagueness to work with, and I might like, make a comic about it if I ever have time. I think the tie-in with the canon halo universe is also really plausible. So if you're not interested, feel free to move right along. Also, potential spoilers. Yay!

BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH MY TIME.

So in my mind, Allison was a distinguished ODST marine, who was a stunningly good soldier, but refused many opportunities for promotion, because she would rather be on the field than work behind the scenes. She fought in the Covenant wars, and was in one of the last groups to leave Reach before it went kablooie. She had been up close and personal with the aliens, and the events on Reach left her a bit mentally scarred. After her deployment there, she was given a very long leave of absence to recuperate, as a reward for her outstanding service. During her time on Reach, however, she began to think of herself as a sacrifice for the good of humanity, willing to throw herself into any situation, even if it meant her death. Struggling to cope with the transition from this ultimate-sacrifice mindset to mundane life, while the war still raged on in other galaxies, she became very alcoholic, and blew most of her money on booze. Unable to afford transportation back to Earth, she spent her leave in New Albany, a big city on a small planet, and a renowned ghetto. Here she worked up quite a criminal record dolling out impromptu vigilante justice to the local scum-bags, until eventually her UNSC superiors made her a special file, to avoid having to deal with the local authorities so much (under the condition of staying sober enough to be considered 'not-an-addict').

Cut to Leonard Church, who's a young technological researcher working with the UNSC on the Halsey/Spartan case. He's uncovering loads of evidence about the maltreatment of the Spartans and ridiculously dangerous nature of Halsey's work, and despises the program. As Halsey's work becomes more well-known, different divisions of the government keep trying to replicate it more safely/cheaply, mostly with soldiers instead of children, but the success rate is climbing too slowly (these programs eventually lead to the SPARTAN-IVs like Sarah Palmer in Halo 4, who were adult volunteers). Church adamantly opposed most of these groups, on account of the very dangerous enhancement drugs and training regimen that were necessary to make super-soldiers. At this point, Church takes up residence in New Albany, which is close enough to the action that he can keep up-to-date on his research.

... In other news, I'm incapable of keeping the tense of the words consistent. Words!