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Re: Random: Forget Dread, It's All About Metroid: Other M On Twitter Right Now

Devlind

@KainXavier The thing with Adam is not that she's submissive with him. He's a like father figure to her and she admits that he probably understands her better than anyone. That said, she left the Federation shortly after Adam's brother incident, it was like the first time that he stopped her from doing something that we know about and that was enough for her to quit. About how the mission was handled in the bottle ship, he's basically her employer so he calls the shots. He also knew how strong she was, so limiting her abilities was due to protect his squad and/or any survivors left. It was poorly done, but I barely felt it was submissive at all.

With the baby, again, it was poorly done. I saw from another perspective though. When Samus first encountered it, I felt like Samus saw herself in the baby. We know that she approached Ridley trying to be his friend and we know how that turned out. For the baby, she was like Ridley, so she took it under her wing. Samus Returns retconned the fight with Ridley at the end, so we also see how the baby helped her. When the baby was kidnapped and then sacrificed its life for her, it made a huge impression on her. That's why she can't forget. The manga shows she is very caring, and Metroid 2 does that too when she let the baby live. She isn't a killing robot. If you find it sexist, then, do you find it sexist that Adam probably saw her as her daughter? Or do you find sexist that Grey Voice did too? For me, it seems like a normal development, expected even. She doesn't long for a child, she longs for a family, like the one she lost and keeps on losing.

I felt the PTSD needed more work. Like foreshadowing so people wouldn't go crazy over it. The encounter in Other M was different because it was after Ridley finally died. From Zero Mission to Super Metroid (and the prime series in between) it was the same Ridley. She thought he was finally gone, so her guard was down. Seeing him appear again after losing the baby and the stress of the mission surely was enough to trigger the episode again. And yeah, I think people don't get she is supposed to look weak due to the circumstances. The story was about recovering from that mental state, which leads us to the Samus we see in Fusion and Dread. Legend of Korra S4 handles the topic better, but at its core is the same. Again, it was poorly done since we need to fill those holes by ourselves, but then again, I don't feel it is nearly as bad as people try to frame it.

Re: Random: Forget Dread, It's All About Metroid: Other M On Twitter Right Now

Devlind

@KainXavier Ah yeah, that bit I guess that was just lazy. They wanted to have something urgent about the fire area so that was the only way to do it. It is a game design fault. It would have been better if Adam authorized it, but moments before Samus could do it, the fire boss attacks her and then we have the lava chase scene until she finally can activate the suit. Serves both ways. Makes the area dangerous and doesn't make Adam look like an @$$.