Keep aiming for that 300! I'm a long time lurker for this thread, and would love to see that Jokermance in game. You’ve guys have been so determined, and I’ll know who to thank if it happens.
I... have a lot of problems with Joker/EDI, though I think my issues with it have been touched on before by others here. Still, I would like to voice my thoughts even at the risk of beating the poor dead horse.
To start with some context I know someone with the real life equivalent of Vrolik’s Syndrome. He reminds me a lot of Joker in how he acts and how he can become defensive if his condition is treated like something that stops him from having a normal life and normal relationships. He’s learnt to manage his condition, just like Joker says he has.
It’s because of this that I find the idea that Joker and EDI could be a romantic pair insulting – really, really insulting. It’s like saying the somewhat anti-social ‘cripple’ could never have a chance at a normal, healthy relationship with another human being, so has to settle for an ‘abnormal’ relationship. It also says, to me at least, that no normal person, especially one in a ‘heroic’ position like Shepard, would ever ‘settle’ for someone who has a condition that makes him different or less able.
It’s like saying someone with a condition like Joker isn’t worthy of ‘normal’ human affections, and that he can only settle for the ship. Which... makes for a pretty mean-spirited message to me. It’s like telling my friend that the only one that would ever bother with him is his laptop, and I know if anyone told my friend that I would punch them in the teeth. Just the fact that I hear EDI is getting a body kind of makes me wish.... she was off my Normandy. It’s a shame because I really liked her, but if she’s going to have a body just so she can send a message that those that fall outside ‘normal’ can only settle for their computers...
If Joker/EDI happens it will make me regret ever suggesting the series to my friend, because I don’t want to see him hurt that the character he identifies with is going to be paired with the AI.
Uh... that ended up more ranty than I meant it too. I'm sorry. D:
Modifié par Dirgegun, 01 janvier 2012 - 04:50 .