| the-pi-guy said: >Women are generally physically inferior to men and therefore not as good of fighters, but it's not just that alone since they could still be used as meatshields and distractions at the very least. It's because they're the ones who bear children, making them inherently more valuable for survival. A woman can only have one baby at a time, but a single man could impregnate every women that exist, making them more expendable. Not everyone cares about that. It's not a woman's job to have babies. They're not obligated to do so. It doesn't matter if there are a billion women on Earth or 1, no one is obligated to become pregnant. And again in this world, everyone needs to be able to fight. Even if women were kept home, people still can turn into infected, or outsiders can still break in. Safer to be able to have everyone train. >selfishly putting their child in danger That's kind of a big point in both games. People are selfish. >I'm talking about why they decided to have pregnant women fighting in this game. Plenty of other ways to make Isaac ruthless and evil, though he didn't forcibly send out whatever her name is, again that was her choice. Again, I said she's primarily a medic, not a fighter. Besides the game doesn't celebrate either of them going into fights. Dina stays in the theater after they think she's pregnant. Abby is constantly concerned about Mel getting into things she shouldn't. Pretty much the only thing the game points to: -Dina risks it for love. -Mel gets pushed into doing it by Isaac. |
I'm well aware not everyone cares about logic haha. Like I said it's just odd. The real world already doesn't send women to the front lines most of the time, so it's interesting that women are commonplace on the front lines in a post-apocalyptic setting where you'd think the survival of humanity would be a bit more pressing.
Perhaps if Dina got even a fraction of the development Joel got I'd think less of her actions, but sadly she didn't. She just turns into a hypocrite later. The idea of putting your child at risk to be with the one you love isn't an inherently bad concept I'll admit, but the execution needs to be real good to not end up making the character look bad.
You can say she's primarily a medic, but that's irrelevant to what she actually does, fighting on the front lines same as everyone else. Isaac did not make her do it, when you start the 10 hour stretch as Abby, she is told she didn't have to go if she didn't want to. I may not remember her name but I do remember that much.
