#unless mercurystream betrays me

[screwattack]

a lot of the imagery involving the chozo we see in dread seems to align with the notion that these are a splinter group that arose from the chozo that studied the x parasites on SR388 & developed metroids as their apex predators .  speculating that with the resurfacing of the x hinted at in dread’s marketing, perhaps it was because they sought to continue observing the x out of a desire to mimic their biology or potentially weaponize them .  i do hope that is the revelation at play (as opposed to the more tired revelation that the chozo have all been secretly imperialist all along) because, if i’m being honest, it would more interesting as a display of the chozo’s benevolence not being a homogeneous goal & samus’ alignment with the chozo’s legacy of galactic peace being closer to this faction & their more destructive nature .  

the chozo who raised her, the dying race that clung to zebes in the last years of their civilisation & others whose path she followed throughout the cosmos in the prime series, through talon iv, aether, bryyo & elysia .  they were engineers, architects who brought their advancements to similar civilisations who could realise the chozo’s potential, other starfaring species experiencing a failing golden age .  so powerful they could terraform a gas giant & for all that samus shadows in their legacy, walking through the ruins of their greatness, she will only ever be a weapon of chozodian design, incapable of anything but realising their peace through violence .  herself perhaps a more interesting critique of the real nature of the chozodian empire, their last gift to the universe a lone mercenary who has burned planets out of the sky in their name .

coming to face chozo who mirror her perfectly, make use of the same technology that has made her a legend for its stated purpose, so very different from the ancient, dying species who had no energy for war left, god i can’t wait .