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Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | |
Posted By: Dragonclaws <nogard@gmail.com> | Date: 11/8/11 5:40 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 (BanditORR) : This is absolutely horrendously written. Take an English class for Christ's : sake. : "The Gravemind is both male and a rape monster" : I'm fine with this analysis- if you actually attempt to back it up. Just
: That's just one example. The whole thing is a mess. http://goingrampant.blogspot.com/2010/04/examination-of-female-characters-part-4.html While Halo is technically rated M, it’s aimed at a younger audience and arguably video games face tougher restrictions than movies, which pushes sexuality down to implication. Human Weakness does describe the Gravemind as “all tendrils and dark cavities”, which has a certain sexual sound to it. We know the Flood is based on the Xenomorph in its basic parasitic biology, so it follows that the Gravemind might also be an embodiment of rape. While the Gravemind has generally been considered an ‘it’ in terms of pronouns, in Human Weakness Cortana corrects that initial assumption and asserts the masculine ‘he’. Despite being a hive mind, the Gravemind has a masculine identity. So, the Gravemind is a masculine entity composed of phallic tentacles violating the being of a feminine entity. You see what I’m getting at, here? Additionally, Cortana makes repeated references to rejecting the Gravemind’s devil-like temptation as if rejecting a man trying to date her. While first observing his ugliness, she narrates, “This blob wasn’t going to get a date anytime soon.” When the Gravemind matches one of her quips with a reference to his vast knowledge, she snarks, “Wit as well as looks. How can a girl resist?” When he describes her unflatteringly, she urges him to “be a gentleman”. When he tempts her, she jokes that she goes “for the athletic type” and “nothing personal”. When he describes consuming other AIs, she says she’s “not like the other girls”. Finally, when he says his line about them being “two corpses in one grave”, she tries and fails to say that she’s not the type of girl to share a grave with just anybody. It is clear that his aggression is associated with sexual advances. The Gravemind also engages in misogynistic behavior. While sticking his tentacles in her data, he inflicts pain to her in ways associated with violence against women, slapping her face and pulling her hair. When she reneges on her agreement to answer his questions, he angrily compares her to flirting with him like an “organic female”. This evokes the image of a rapist angry with his victim for supposedly teasing him. The Gravemind thus functions as a quintessential figure of masculine evil.
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Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | ElzarTheBam | 11/4/11 6:28 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Overdoziz | 11/4/11 6:41 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | davidfuchs | 11/4/11 7:21 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/4/11 9:03 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Vagueness | 11/4/11 9:54 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/4/11 10:26 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Quirel | 11/4/11 12:12 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Vagueness | 11/4/11 2:35 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/4/11 3:21 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | =sw=warlord | 11/4/11 8:53 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/4/11 8:56 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Overdoziz | 11/5/11 6:39 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | SonofMacPhisto | 11/5/11 7:10 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Vagueness | 11/5/11 7:47 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Overdoziz | 11/5/11 8:52 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/7/11 9:10 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/7/11 9:48 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/8/11 12:24 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | SonofMacPhisto | 11/8/11 10:14 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/8/11 4:29 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Vagueness | 11/4/11 9:49 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Louis Wu | 11/4/11 10:50 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/4/11 10:53 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Louis Wu | 11/4/11 11:30 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Overdoziz | 11/4/11 12:11 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/4/11 12:43 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | scarab | 11/4/11 1:08 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Beckx | 11/4/11 1:12 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Overdoziz | 11/4/11 1:19 p.m. |
Also: | Overdoziz | 11/4/11 12:14 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/4/11 12:40 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Vagueness | 11/4/11 11:47 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/7/11 9:40 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | BanditORR | 11/4/11 10:00 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Mid7night | 11/4/11 12:18 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Ibeechu | 11/4/11 4:28 p.m. |
ell oh ell i broke the forum *NM* | Ibeechu | 11/4/11 4:30 p.m. |
That's what you get, insulting Freud! *NM* | SonofMacPhisto | 11/4/11 4:43 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Battuta | 11/4/11 5:14 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Jillybean | 11/4/11 4:49 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Miguel Chavez | 11/4/11 4:52 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/8/11 5:40 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Vagueness | 11/8/11 6:35 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/8/11 7:03 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Leviathan | 11/8/11 7:07 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Quirel | 11/8/11 11:49 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/9/11 12:34 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Leisandir | 11/8/11 10:39 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Jillybean | 11/9/11 1:35 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/9/11 1:51 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Jillybean | 11/9/11 2:03 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Quirel | 11/9/11 9:16 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | General Vagueness | 11/13/11 6:25 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Jillybean | 11/4/11 5:42 p.m. |
also... | Jillybean | 11/4/11 6:00 p.m. |
Re: also... | General Vagueness | 11/4/11 7:26 p.m. |
Re: also... | Jillybean | 11/4/11 7:37 p.m. |
Re: also... | Ibeechu | 11/4/11 7:53 p.m. |
Re: also... | Jillybean | 11/4/11 8:05 p.m. |
Re: also... | General Battuta | 11/4/11 8:22 p.m. |
Re: also... | Ibeechu | 11/4/11 10:22 p.m. |
Re: also... | General Battuta | 11/5/11 9:55 a.m. |
Re: also... | SonofMacPhisto | 11/5/11 10:47 a.m. |
HOLD THE PHONE | Jillybean | 11/5/11 1:56 p.m. |
Re: HOLD THE PHONE | Quirel | 11/5/11 3:12 p.m. |
Re: HOLD THE PHONE | Jillybean | 11/5/11 3:27 p.m. |
Re: HOLD THE PHONE | General Battuta | 11/5/11 3:39 p.m. |
Re: also... | BanditORR | 11/5/11 6:27 p.m. |
Re: also... | SonofMacPhisto | 11/5/11 7:07 p.m. |
Re: also... | BanditORR | 11/5/11 9:22 p.m. |
I don't want to get into this too much | Leisandir | 11/6/11 8:26 a.m. |
Re: I don't want to get into this too much | General Vagueness | 11/6/11 8:44 a.m. |
Re: I don't want to get into this too much | Leisandir | 11/6/11 6:30 p.m. |
Re: I don't want to get into this too much | General Vagueness | 11/7/11 9:03 a.m. |
Re: I don't want to get into this too much | Jillybean | 11/6/11 12:20 p.m. |
Re: I don't want to get into this too much | Vandle Valsher | 11/6/11 4:38 p.m. |
I think I'll simply say... | DHalo | 11/6/11 6:58 p.m. |
Re: I think I'll simply say... | Leisandir | 11/6/11 9:52 p.m. |
My final words on the topic ... for the moment | Jillybean | 11/7/11 12:31 p.m. |
Also, ignore the fact I sound like Cody here *NM* | Jillybean | 11/7/11 12:36 p.m. |
Re: My final words on the topic ... for the moment | General Vagueness | 11/7/11 1:12 p.m. |
Re: My final words on the topic ... for the moment | Jillybean | 11/7/11 1:50 p.m. |
Re: My final words on the topic ... for the moment | General Vagueness | 11/7/11 3:05 p.m. |
Re: My final words on the topic ... for the moment | Quirel | 11/7/11 7:50 p.m. |
Tab explosion *NM* | Jillybean | 11/8/11 11:36 a.m. |
Re: also... | SonofMacPhisto | 11/7/11 10:14 a.m. |
Re: also... | General Battuta | 11/7/11 6:51 p.m. |
(this is for BanditOrr) | General Battuta | 11/7/11 6:52 p.m. |
Re: also... | General Vagueness | 11/5/11 7:19 p.m. |
Re: also... | Jillybean | 11/5/11 2:04 p.m. |
Re: also... | BanditORR | 11/5/11 6:35 p.m. |
Re: also... | General Vagueness | 11/5/11 6:17 p.m. |
Re: also... | Overdoziz | 11/5/11 5:19 a.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Overdoziz | 11/4/11 7:04 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/7/11 2:15 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Dragonclaws | 11/7/11 2:24 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | The Loot | 11/7/11 9:31 p.m. |
Re: Feminist analysis of Halo 2 | Quirel | 11/7/11 10:53 p.m. |
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