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breadedsinner · 9 months ago

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My extremely cold take is that, while the option to play a woman is very cool and the sole reason I got into Mass Effect, and while her performance is considered by many to be superior, Femshep herself is not a Strong Female Character. When people include her in various Favorite Female Characters lists and such, I have to wonder if they’re mainly talking about the character that exists in their head.

At the very least, when discussing the fleshed out female characters of the series, to dismiss the other human women, including the sole Latina, to prop up the usually white readhead Jane. It’s not a very Girl’s Girl attitude.

#Me Tag #Yes this also applies to any other protagonist whose gender can be selected #Like don’t get it twisted #I love Hawke as a character #But to say she’s a better female character than say Isabela #Is just not fair #And like yeah femshep is considered superior in the fandom #Which has its own problems because there are lots of men under represented #Most regular players seem to go with MShep if not the default #idk I was just thinking about this one gifset of that ME3 commercial #Femshep and Ashley were fighting together #But the gifset cut out every bit of Ashley #And if that don’t say it all

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