They did a fine job of it. It was a very accurate interpretation of how someone with a haunted childhood might react if a f*cking monster, who was the cause of such experiences, apparently rose from the dead (that's not actually what happened, but she doesn't know where he came from yet) and tried to kill her....How exactly does that contradict what I said, bub? Or is portraying a character in a bizarrely sexist light not doing a shitty job of characterization?
They did a fine job of it. It was a very accurate interpretation of how someone with a haunted childhood might react if a f*cking monster, who was the cause of such experiences, apparently rose from the dead (that's not actually what happened, but she doesn't know where he came from yet) and tried to kill her.
and tried to kill her.
But you think a flashback to the day her parents died (when she first met Ridley) means bad characterization.
Actually we've never seen how she reacts. We've never known what goes through her mind. It's always been a short cutscene of the boss appearing, then straight back to controlling Samus. You have apparently been assuming that Samus was a robot who never gets scared and that no emotions are involved.Samus has faced Ridley countless times by this point if we're counting the Prime trilogy, and even if we're not (since Sakamoto is a bit wishy-washy about its canonicity), she's seen him rise from the dead twice. None of these incidents prompted a complete and total shutdown. Why now all of a sudden? Why wasn't this a problem in Metroid and Super Metroid? I mean, Samus was alone then, so if she could conquer her fears then, what's changed? If this is how she reacts every time, then she'd surely be long dead by this point in time. Why is she only paralyzed and infantilized now?
Actually we've never seen how she reacts. We've never known what goes through her mind. It's always been a short cutscene of the boss appearing, then straight back to controlling Samus.
You have apparently been assuming that Samus was a robot who never gets scared and that no emotions are involved.
Being terrified doesn't mean you're dead. Soldiers talk about being terrified during battle.
Whether it should have been done is definitely debatable. It's just like whether or not she should start speaking (I say no on that). Once you get this far into a series, people develop their own ideas about a character. When we are finally shown an "official" (I use quotes because it was really decided by Team Ninja, but they still set the stone) most people turn out to be "wrong". It's upsetting.
Anyway, this is getting way off topic. Back to the splintery stick in the analysts anus.
Just enjoy it for what its worth and to everyone out there stop getting soo damn offended over ever little detail out there. God/Allah/Biology or what ever you believe in did not make us equal. If you need any proof just open a history book.
If you want to put a tag on something really, really badly, you will succeed. For the same reasons "Resident Evil 5" was branded "racist" because your enemies were mostly black zombies. Not that the whole story took place in Africa so it was entirely understandable to see a lot of black people there, but noo--, let's put it down to racism.
I'd also like to add that Mario games objectify women - they put Princess Peach in the position of a constant victim, completely unable to take care of herself without the help of a man to save her despite the fact that she's apparently capable of single-handedly ruling an entire realm.
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It was a very accurate interpretation of how someone with a haunted childhood might react if a f*cking monster, who was the cause of such experiences, apparently rose from the dead (that's not actually what happened, but she doesn't know where he came from yet) and tried to kill her.
If you want to put a tag on something really, really badly, you will succeed. For the same reasons "Resident Evil 5" was branded "racist" because your enemies were mostly black zombies. Not that the whole story took place in Africa so it was entirely understandable to see a lot of black people there, but noo--, let's put it down to racism.
I'd also like to add that Mario games objectify women - they put Princess Peach in the position of a constant victim, completely unable to take care of herself without the help of a man to save her despite the fact that she's apparently capable of single-handedly ruling an entire realm.
Why am I not surprised there wasn't a further analysis on whether Sheik was male or just a disguised female, and the implications of each? But yeah, the carpenter stuff was a bit ridiculous.