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That makes sense that we would abide by the way that the creators present them. I used the Sangheili as an example, because, as of late with the way that 343 Industries is handling the franhcise, there are a lot of Sangheili who are protagonsts of their respective stories. Ayit 'Savat and Thel 'Vadam being two examples. And even then, in the books that were made by the creators of Halo the Sangheili were simply presented as "people doing their jobs".

According to the way that Bungie's writers made it... I don't think that the Sangheili were ever really "villainous". They were outright lied to by the Prophets, and decieved into believeing that humanity was a plague that needed to be cleasned. By that logic, the Sangheili are victims as well.