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Jaicee said:
Megiddo said:

I mean, yes, I know nothing of what it is to be female. I watched the Youtube video. There is nothing in Portal that makes the game any different as a female protagonist than it would if it were a male protagonist. If being a blank slate mute protagonist is a win for feminism then hooray for it? I would have thought something that actually championed women would be considered a 'feminist masterpiece' for gaming but apparently not. I admit I was wrong. Funny that people theorize Caroline/Glados as Chell's mother though. Mothers typically don't try to kill their children after all. But maybe that's also viewed as a positive by women?

Okay, there were quite a few points to that video actually, not just that Chell is female.

I can see now that you have no interest in having a productive conversation so much as in "winning" this debate, so I will leave you be. Later.

There honestly were not.

The points brought up in that video were.

1) Chell is a badass female

2) It subverted expectations (Because female protagonists are rare and every other character in the Orange Box was male [except for Alyx but I guess HL2 doesn't count])

3) Something about Glados being in captivity because scientists thought the AI was too dangerous.

4) Rat man

5) A baseless fan theory about how apparently Glados/Caroline is Chell's mother.

6) Turrets singing!

I don't think I could come up with an argument lacking more substance on a topic if I even tried.