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Topic	Exdeath Plays Every Game in the GotD 2020 Contest Part 2 (ft FO:NV, Ghost Trick)
LinkMarioSamus 01/26/21 2:43:37 PM #164:	The rant I wanted to make is that based on the way people speak of MOM, you'd think the story was bad because it makes Samus look weak. Yes the story is bad and gets insultingly sexist at times, but the way the outrage at the game is directed you'd think just making the heroine look weak is bad storytelling. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the mentality people get into when they write characters like Rey and live-action Mulan - afraid to have their heroines show any weakness to avoid potential outrage, only to just deem any outrage that does happen as misogyny (which a good chunk of it is, but come on!). I'm not saying Other M itself is to blame for this, but more the hate those kinds of "passive/disempowered woman" stories got in the early 2010s, with Twilight probably being the most well-known example. Honestly, at this point I might even say your average real-life woman is more like Other M Samus than Rey. That said though, Other M's story is bad. Really bad. It's not even a case like The Last Jedi where people are overthinking the story's supposed plot holes. Here they and the terrible implications are visible in plain sight. You can rationalize some stuff but that amounts to doing the director's homework for him. And now I just sit back and find the whole thing hilarious since I've thought about Metroid less and less over the past few years (also maybe watching a lot of movies has helped me realize standards for good storytelling). Could also help that we know the series isn't completely dead, even with Prime 4 stuck in limbo. I could go on but I'm not even sure how to collect all my thoughts. --- Why do people act like the left is the party of social justice crusaders? <cite>LinkMarioSamus posted [p:949945501] in Exdeath Pl... [t:79138705]...</cite> <quote>The rant I wanted to make is that based on the way people speak of MOM, you'd think the story was bad because it makes Samus look weak. Yes the story is bad and gets insultingly sexist at times, but the way the outrage at the game is directed you'd think just making the heroine look weak is bad storytelling. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the mentality people get into when they write characters like Rey and live-action Mulan - afraid to have their heroines show any weakness to avoid potential outrage, only to just deem any outrage that does happen as misogyny (which a good chunk of it is, but come on!). I'm not saying Other M itself is to blame for this, but more the hate those kinds of "passive/disempowered woman" stories got in the early 2010s, with Twilight probably being the most well-known example. Honestly, at this point I might even say your average real-life woman is more like Other M Samus than Rey. That said though, Other M's story is bad. Really bad. It's not even a case like The Last Jedi where people are overthinking the story's supposed plot holes. Here they and the terrible implications are visible in plain sight. You can rationalize some stuff but that amounts to doing the director's homework for him. And now I just sit back and find the whole thing hilarious since I've thought about Metroid less and less over the past few years (also maybe watching a lot of movies has helped me realize standards for good storytelling). Could also help that we know the series isn't completely dead, even with Prime 4 stuck in limbo. I could go on but I'm not even sure how to collect all my thoughts. --- Why do people act like the left is the party of social justice crusaders?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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