Khuutra said:
Your continuous ignoring of point 4 and your unwillingness to address it is going to be taken as a concession starting.... now. "Expanding on" a story requires that there be elements in place which already suggest such a thing. There were none. This is drastic enough that it borders on a retcon - which the game might as well be anyway, since it pretends the Prime games never happened. Your equation of femininity with weakness is still problematic. |
I did discuss 4 numerous times. You just don't accept that its just the game mechanics that all Metroid games have shared. Excluding the original, every game has had some rather silly reason for Samus to lose all her abilities. For some reason she no longer has a billion energy tanks and missiles and suits, etc. Its all just some crazy initial exploit that gives the new game the ability to acquire it all over again. I agree that OM does it in a poor fashion when considering the suits, but I also think the other ways in which she has lost her abilities in previous games is just as gimmicky and with that I just accept it as part of the Metroid universe just as I accept that Peach will always get captured by Bowser. Its just the game.
Samus' story at this point is simply the lack of any story. OM fills in what does not exist and you simply don't like this version as it doesn't fit with your vision of this fictional character. I disagree with that and think it fits just fine based on the backstory presented.
My equation with feminity with weakness is that that automatic relation shouldn't exist. Too many people are upset that she is ... well a she. That now that her personality and history is explored it details that while she is a very competent soldier, she is also a woman with a soft voice and strong emotions. This does not bother me a bit and I think it adds a characterization of a female soldier that is far too often ignored for the tough bitch you described earlier and much more common in our fictional culture.
Had she come out all gunho and said, "no adam, we're doing this my way", most of you would have been all hurrah! yet it would then make her simply a big-headed asshole and fit the typical female soldier that acts more like 'one of the boys'. Instead they characterized her as a level headed person with a strong past that includes a emotional issue she has never truly overcome. This game allows her to overcome that issue and become stronger as a person.
I would rather continue her unique history by actually making her more unique. Someone who one person may meet and think she is this completely non-military woman who could clearly rip your lips out through your asshole with an electric grappling hook.
Also, how does this ignore the Prime games?
