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Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*
Posted By: FrankieDate: 11/7/09 12:12 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP* (Jillybean)


: Ehhh I knew she was a girl from the moment she stepped out of her pod.
: Honestly. Also, she would not have long flowing locks. I realise it's
: about the only way to show she was a chick, but it bugged me. She should
: have been shaved, cyborged up and fugly from battle (like Dare!) and then
: I'd have been more willing to believe that O'Brian was just sad about the
: sacrifice and not wishing he'd boned her when he had the chance.

She behaved the way she should have and her gender up 'til that point had been irrelevant - she behaved like a Spartan. Really the "point" of that dramatically was as you said, to subvert expectations of what the strong silent type is, and further expose O'Brien's ego and bias. It's the 26th century, he isn't looking at her and thinking "zomg a girl" but rather realizing that he never even bothered to speak to her to find out. And to telegraph the fact that the Spartan/ODST rivalry is a completely one-sided artifice. Spartans probably don't give it a second thought.

As for the Metroid comparison, it's impossible not to think about that - obviously we did when we were making this, and in some ways we wrote O'Brien to be a mirror for that audience of boys - he's having some of the reaction a generation of Nintendo fans had - and that it's weird to have that reaction because it has no real meaning.


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Everything I've Come to ExpectCody Moore 11/7/09 1:54 a.m.
     Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectFrankie 11/7/09 2:25 a.m.
           Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectJayshum 11/7/09 4:04 a.m.
                 Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*scarab 11/7/09 7:43 a.m.
                       Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*sharpsniper99 11/7/09 7:56 a.m.
                             Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*scarab 11/7/09 8:51 a.m.
                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Louis Wu 11/7/09 9:06 a.m.
                                         Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain *NM*Ibeechu 11/7/09 9:08 a.m.
                                         Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*scarab 11/7/09 10:17 a.m.
                                               Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Bry 11/7/09 10:53 a.m.
                                                     Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*scarab 11/7/09 11:05 a.m.
                                                           Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Hikaru-119 11/7/09 11:13 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Jillybean 11/7/09 11:20 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Hikaru-119 11/7/09 11:23 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*General Vagueness 11/7/09 11:30 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*SonofMacPhisto 11/7/09 11:35 a.m.
                                                                                   Yes, let's not actually listen to why I said thatHikaru-119 11/7/09 12:22 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Yes, let's not actually listen to why I said tGeneral Vagueness 11/7/09 12:47 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Bry 11/7/09 11:26 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Pete Cooper 11/7/09 11:29 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Jillybean 11/7/09 11:41 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Pete Cooper 11/7/09 11:45 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Bry 11/7/09 11:51 a.m.
                                                                                               Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Pete Cooper 11/7/09 11:54 a.m.
                                                                                                     Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Bry 11/7/09 12:00 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Frankie 11/7/09 12:12 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Jillybean 11/8/09 1:31 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*SonofMacPhisto 11/8/09 7:37 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*slurpeekilla 11/7/09 11:42 a.m.
                                                           Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Bry 11/7/09 11:22 a.m.
                                                           Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*crzymnky069 11/7/09 3:31 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Ragashingo 11/7/09 5:06 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*crzymnky069 11/7/09 5:16 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*General Vagueness 11/7/09 5:22 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*crzymnky069 11/7/09 5:36 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Ragashingo 11/7/09 6:05 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Leisandir 11/8/09 9:01 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*scarab 11/8/09 3:31 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Bry 11/8/09 5:51 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*scarab 11/8/09 12:07 p.m.
                                                                                               Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Bry 11/8/09 12:23 p.m.
                                         Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*AngelicLionheart 11/7/09 12:31 p.m.
                                               Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Ragashingo 11/7/09 5:11 p.m.
                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*ManKitten 11/7/09 9:19 a.m.
                       Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*ArteenEsben 11/7/09 8:05 a.m.
                             Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*scarab 11/7/09 8:17 a.m.
                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Hikaru-119 11/7/09 11:16 a.m.
                                   Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*ArteenEsben 11/7/09 2:04 p.m.
                       Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*Metalingus627 11/7/09 10:23 a.m.
                             Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP*scarab 11/7/09 10:57 a.m.
                       Raises hand higher than physically possibleHikaru-119 11/7/09 11:05 a.m.
                 Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectGeneral Vagueness 11/7/09 10:29 a.m.
           Ignore these snotlings FrankieHikaru-119 11/7/09 11:07 a.m.
                 Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieFrankie 11/7/09 12:03 p.m.
                       Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieMetalingus627 11/7/09 12:26 p.m.
                             Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieBry 11/7/09 12:33 p.m.
                                   Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/7/09 1:24 p.m.
                                         Nomination of LoftusAngelicLionheart 11/7/09 1:40 p.m.
                                               Re: Nomination of LoftusAvateur 11/7/09 1:45 p.m.
                                         Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieBry 11/7/09 1:43 p.m.
                                               Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieFrankie 11/7/09 1:51 p.m.
                                                     Re: Ignore these snotlings Frankiescarab 11/8/09 3:40 a.m.
                                         Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieSPARTAN-034 11/7/09 1:55 p.m.
                                               Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/7/09 3:51 p.m.
                                                     Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieBry 11/7/09 4:40 p.m.
                                                           Re: Ignore these snotlings Frankiescarab 11/8/09 3:57 a.m.
                                                     Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieSPARTAN-034 11/8/09 12:12 a.m.
                                                           Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/8/09 7:16 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankiePete Cooper 11/8/09 8:16 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieBry 11/8/09 9:02 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieSPARTAN-034 11/8/09 9:09 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/8/09 10:02 a.m.
                                         Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieRagashingo 11/7/09 5:23 p.m.
                                               Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieStephen L. (SoundEffect) 11/7/09 7:13 p.m.
                                                     Re: Ignore these snotlings FrankieInnerRayg 11/8/09 8:38 p.m.
     Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectWildcard Tim 11/7/09 10:21 a.m.
           Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectMetalingus627 11/7/09 10:26 a.m.
     Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectMetalingus627 11/7/09 10:31 a.m.
           Re: Everything I've Come to Expectslurpeekilla 11/7/09 10:38 a.m.
                 Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectBry 11/7/09 11:11 a.m.
                       Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectLouis Wu 11/7/09 11:16 a.m.
                             Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectBry 11/7/09 11:34 a.m.
                                   Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectLouis Wu 11/7/09 11:57 a.m.
                                         Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectBry 11/7/09 12:09 p.m.
                                         Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectCody Moore 11/7/09 12:11 p.m.
                                   Awful :(Tighclops 11/7/09 6:49 p.m.
     MehSlothboy 11/7/09 4:00 p.m.
           Re: MehGeneral Vagueness 11/7/09 4:15 p.m.
     Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectGeneral Vagueness 11/7/09 9:18 p.m.
           Re: Everything I've Come to ExpectGeneral Vagueness 11/7/09 9:26 p.m.



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