I guess now Maria really doesn't have a leg to stand on.
SZ is apparently the Ashley of ME2. They need to do more of those "sacrifice someone" scenes so I can get rid of all the annoying people.
From Patrick Weekes on the BioBoard:
Quote: Posted 09/27/09 17:27 (GMT) by Mox Ruuga
Quote: Posted 09/27/09 17:17 (GMT) by armass
I read that blog and he called Ashley a space Hitler?
what?!
Yeah... A writer from Bioware calling Ash a "space Hitler"? And openly expressing loathing for the brand new character they've just revealed?
I call BS. A made up quote from some meaningless little turd burp web site.
Actually, no, they're quoting me. I said that elsewhere, and I said something close to it here.
I really dislike Subject Zero... and I think that that's a strong point of our game. We're not playing it safe with our characters. Subject Zero is a character some people will hate, and others will love. That's why we've got more than 6 of 'em this time -- we're taking more chances and writing characters that aren't as comfortable.
I don't dislike her because she's poorly written -- I dislike her because she's a well-written version of a character type that I hate.
And again, lest this be taken out of context, I think that that's a good sign for the game. Our goal is to provoke strong feelings with our characters. We want you to love some and hate others. Some folks will love Subject Zero and hate Thane. Others will hate Subject Zero and love Thane, and still others will be okay with both and will love and/or hate people who haven't even been announced yet.
As for the Space Hitler comment, I don't actually think of Ash that way -- there's a subset of players who never go into Ash's dialog, and they just go "Ew, she hates aliens, she's a racist, she's Space Hitler." I was referring to the meme of calling her that, not saying that I felt that way myself.
Make sense?