Ho, fuck, I forgot about this one.
In general, all of Ashley's views and fears that Bioware's writers tried to pass off as unfounded, irrational, bigoted or what have you, turned out to be 100% justified.... by Bioware's own writing and plot development. In fact, the only time she has an opinion that the game shows us is objectively wrong is when she thinks Shepard is still working with Cerberus in ME3.
I legit can't tell if the writers were making some tongue-in-cheek commentary by doing this, or if they were as utterly void of any semblance of self-awareness as Lacrymas is.
Whenever an alien puts the needs of their people before yours, it's NOBLE and BRAVE.
What is this you have in parentheses there?
That was to connect it to some real world xenophobia so that people don't start "interpreting" it as non-xenophobia. The parallels are there. In Citadel space, distrust of aliens is not halal obviously, especially since humans are the minority in this case. Ergo it's an extreme political position.
Ashley thought Garrus or Wrex would steal technology, not Tali. What is irrational in this case is the Normandy was created as a joint operation between humans and Turians. Turians gain no new knowledge by stealing their own designs, so this was a pure case of irrational paranoia from Ashley because they are aliens. If you retort with "but she was justified because Tali", that's not how any of this works. It's like distrusting *all* white men because John Wayne Gacy turned out to be a bad egg.
Ho, fuck, I forgot about this one.
In general, all of Ashley's views and fears that Bioware's writers tried to pass off as unfounded, irrational, bigoted or what have you, turned out to be 100% justified.... by Bioware's own writing and plot development. In fact, the only time she has an opinion that the game shows us is objectively wrong is when she thinks Shepard is still working with Cerberus in ME3.
I legit can't tell if the writers were making some tongue-in-cheek commentary by doing this, or if they were as utterly void of any semblance of self-awareness as Lacrymas is.
What? Distrust is the default in a political setting.
But the Normandy is not a political setting, Ashley isn't an ambassador and it's not a court. Also, "distrust" is not the best word to use here. "Bug-eyed monsters" seems like a deeper rooted belief. Calling gays (for example) "disgusting perverts" is not an issue of distrust.
The hill is never lonely, it's just that only the same kinds of people argue with me on stuff like this. Nobody sane is going to get dragged into these conversations.
Her entire family fought aliens for generations. Her father fought aliens, her brothers fought aliens, she fought aliens. Of course you're going to have deeper rooted beliefs against the enemy you've been fighting for your entire life.
I feel the need to point out that I almost never disagree with you on anything, but this time it seems like you're completely decontextualizing her character. Yes, she is racist. No, she is not an extremist. She actively despises extremist organizations and becomes friend with the entire crew as soon as they prove their loyalty.
Like I said, it's not an issue of whether she is correct or wrong. This whole thing started with me saying you don't want extremists as partners because they will get you in trouble or castrate you when they flip out. You don't know when her "deeply rooted beliefs"/"strong opinions"/"concerns about aliens" will land her in jail and drag you down with her. Humans are a minority in this setting, so Ashley antagonizing the other species, or perpetrating sedition, or even organizing race riots will definitely lead to trouble.
I'm from Shanxi, and I say kill 'em all.
Come on, she distrusts Liara because they both want your peepee in their poopoo.
The enemy's daughter is digging into the mind of Ashley's commander just shortly after she's recruited. Yes, surely Ash is only distrustful of her because of her head tentacles.
This is simply the continuation of a pattern. You say it's because she's jealous, Nano says Liara is digging into Shepard's mind. You can always find justifications to distrust virtually everyone, yet it's only Ashley who does this constantly and only with members of other species. She also uses species-based language to refer to aliens in derogatory contexts.
That was to connect it to some real world xenophobia so that people don't start "interpreting" it as non-xenophobia. The parallels are there. In Citadel space, distrust of aliens is not halal obviously, especially since humans are the minority in this case. Ergo it's an extreme political position.
Ashley thought Garrus or Wrex would steal technology, not Tali. What is irrational in this case is the Normandy was created as a joint operation between humans and Turians. Turians gain no new knowledge by stealing their own designs, so this was a pure case of irrational paranoia from Ashley because they are aliens. If you retort with "but she was justified because Tali", that's not how any of this works. It's like distrusting *all* white men because John Wayne Gacy turned out to be a bad egg.
Ho, fuck, I forgot about this one.
In general, all of Ashley's views and fears that Bioware's writers tried to pass off as unfounded, irrational, bigoted or what have you, turned out to be 100% justified.... by Bioware's own writing and plot development. In fact, the only time she has an opinion that the game shows us is objectively wrong is when she thinks Shepard is still working with Cerberus in ME3.
I legit can't tell if the writers were making some tongue-in-cheek commentary by doing this, or if they were as utterly void of any semblance of self-awareness as Lacrymas is.
Lies. I never romanced Ashley. Blue-skinned space babes 4 life... Well, for life... Or you know... Until they are too busy, then whoever is female, hot and available.
