| superchunk said:
8: You misinterpreted my point. I suggested that people with your arguments wanted that "tough bitch" and because she is not, that is the issue. I think the former is a bad stereotype and Samus' more feminine characterization based on her back story fits the overall idea of Samus just fine. After all a "tough bitch" wouldn't have let the baby Metroid survive in the first place. That action demonstrates her motherly compassion that is outside of the regular soldier ideology. A "tough bitch" wouldn't wear a skin tight zero suit with long flowing blond hair. Her legacy has always been about her amazing warrior skills and capabilities combined with the fact that in the end she is a woman. To remove her potential feminine-ness or call that weak is a stereotypical sexist argument. After all, its not like she was prancing around asking for others to help because she is too scared. She was running and gunning in every cut-scene except the breakdown moment. That in itself is the only moment I will grant you a complete reversal of her identity and should have been cut. |
4. No. You don't get to handwave this one. Go back. Read it. Respond to it.
8. Your point is moot; I didn't wnat a "tough bitch" portrayal of Samus at all, and your strawman has undermined anything you wanted to say in this regard.
"The word he used - outsider - pierced my heart."
There is nothing intrinsically feminine about her portrayal. That's what makes it so problematic. She's not intrinsically feminine, she's weak in a way that's incongruous with prior portrayals of her character.
