Tag: god i love fred

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Fred waking up in the infirmary in Last Light is one of the funniest scenes in the Halo novels, in my opinion.

Told from Fred’s perspective, it’s a funny scene. Like: the fact that there was a picture of a president with a “knowing smile” in a room that is probably the honeymoon suite. (also, a picture of a president in a hotel room? wtf Gao. I don’t think “presidential suite” is that literal.) And the last thing Fred remembers is Veta using him as a sled, and only thinking that it was like she was kissing him. Fred keeps forgetting that he’s supposed to put pants on. Fred tuning out the nurse while he lists Fred’s injuries. These two lines:

“…you’re still in no shape to fight.”

“I’m not?” Fred furrowed his brow and looked down at the floor. “Because it sure looks like I’m standing.”

But the sequence of events in this scene from an outsider’s perspective is just as hilarious.

Like: A spartan who’s had the tar beaten out of him immediately wakes up upon hearing a battle-stations alarm. He takes a few moments to commiserate that he’s in the infirmary again. He remembers the alarm’s going off, but immediately forgets about it in favor of examining his injuries, and slowly realizing he’s on pain meds. He turns off the machines that are making annoying sounds, and goes over to examine a picture on the wall, still forgetting about the alarms going off. He only remembers about the alarms and that he’s supposed to be getting dressed just in time to get yelled at by a nurse.

Also, this is the first scene we see Fred after the crash, so there’s the implication that he said the “next time I ride on top line” while he was high off pain meds.

Fred’s a trainwreck in this scene and I love it.

The fact that he’s in the honeymoon suite is even funnier because he’s confused as to why the bed is so large, and thinks to himself “wow a whole fireteam could sleep in here how weird”

AND we can’t forget that if the nurse hadn’t stopped him, Fred would have actually run out of the room without pants on because he decided they weren’t important

“Battle stations. But, pants first.” = life motto 

It’s such a great commentary on how well-trained Spartans are. Like Fred’s able to have enough situational awareness to know I MUST FIGHT, but the brain power required to figure that out while high on morphine makes any other detail a tertiary affair, including what he may or may not be wearing.