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If Gamers Want More Powerful Women Then Stop Being Afraid Of Them (www.thegamer.com)
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Lae'zel and Shadowheart can be mean sometimes, and it's okay to embrace women in video games like them.

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

the one-dimensional specist asshole with absolutely no other character trait.

I used to think that about Ashley until I did what I nicknamed my Asshole Run. I was an Adept, so I usually had Ashley and Tali around me. I ended up listening to their elevator conversations, and Ashley treated Tali a lot differently than she did Wrex or Garrus (the ones she saw as a military threat) - she warmed up to her and treated Tali like a little sister. So when Tali died in that run on 3, Ashley was gutted and was crying when you go talk to her afterwards. Seeing her actually have a character arc made me like her a lot more.