Bleachrude wrote...
One of the stereotypes of said character is that they are very prejudiced against homosexuals and will go out of their way to bully (either verbally or physically) gay men.
Not all stereotypical characters fulfil every stereotype; it isn't necessary. And I award no writing points to a game developer who boasts of "inclusiveness" for not making one of their characters a raging homophobe. Being a Not-Homophobe isn't something praiseworthy or indicative of "complexity." It's a tenant of basic decency and only means you're likely less of a stupid f*ckknuckle.
If you talk to him, you see he does have more to him than just muscle (and throw in Paragon Lost)
Not really. And like
all of most of the characters, what little that exists of his arc is stunted and irrelevant. He's also a redundant archetype, given that we'd already experienced the self-doubting, rough-and-tumble meathead in the form of Ashley Williams. Even if she's dead, the mould is startlingly familiar, and "excuse for exposition" doesn't really justify his character given that it could have been something entirely fresh and different. "Tough guy with ~hidden depths~" is a trope unto itself.
Paragon Lost doesn't do anything for him, either. It's the kind of classic half-bildungsroman military story about a boisterous but fiercely loyal "maverick" whose brashness and "ingenuity" (because apparently the Alliance doesn't teach basic flanking manoeuvres) consistently surprises his superiors. Suddenly, when caught between forces of love, fraternity, and duty, he is forced to make a painful decision and is indelibly changed and hardened forever. You could literally chart his character on a bingo sheet.
he's a very fleshed out character....
He's really not, though. There's actually not one Mass Effect character I'd call "very fleshed out." They're enjoyable, sure, but they are by and large one or two notes.
Retour en haut
