(That's neither here, nor there, but I think that Shion deliberately 'missing' his cues in an attempt to discourage Allen's pursuit in a less. Previously, I was very much sympathetic of his side of the matter. (However much I may or may not adore Jin, if he genuinely believes the best he could do for Shion is to provoke as much of her enmity as possible - to shift it all over to her last remaining family alive - the man is an asshole and/or needs a reality check.)Īllen. Maybe I am seeing things that are not actually there, but given how Xenosaga handles its characters, I am disinclined to throw out these scenes as simply gags done in a style I am not a fan of with no bearing to character development whatsoever. uncomfortably similar to what Jin does (apparently on a regular basis) when they meet. Perhaps it is meant to be taken as kind of an omake, but Shion's behaviour towards her is both assholish and. Later on there is the unfortunate switch of Miyuki's role come the third game. I suspect that I've been affected by a knee-jerk reaction of sorts triggered by her actions in the earlier parts of episode 1 (Shion busting out 'I did not raise you to be that way' and 'guilt-trip' manoeuvres during her interactions with KOS-MOS was met with all of my no, for example) I was quite possibly viewing everything that happened after that through a lense of negative bias and thus have distorted my perspecitve before the game has even properly begun. That doesn't however change the fact that, on a purely emotional level, if I were to meet a person behaving similarly IRL, I would've been tempted to punch them in the face. I even like her as a character that comes off more believable and human than most and causes feelings on my part, in this roundabout intellectual sort of way. Nothing anywhere near for a right and proper internet bashing, no. I assume you've posted this here to discuss it, yes? I hope it will be alright if I were to type out my thoughts on the matter. I know when I was trying to patch myself up after my huge breakdown, I was completely unaware of anyone else’s feelings for me and pushed people away because I didn’t want to drag them through the shit I was still going through. Because he didn’t say anything, Shion couldn’t have known anything, or even if she did, Allen just wasn’t determined or prepared enough to perpetuate it. Allen’s a sweet dude, but up until that crazy moment, he hadn’t been moved to say all the things he said. I guess I wouldn’t be so defensive if I cared more about Allen’s unrequited crush on her. The way Iron Man 3 was arranged really made me like it a lot, because it shed light on having that type of problem, but people tear into it all the time because it wasn’t a sunshine, rainbows, explosions action romp like most other superhero movies are. Look, I know people often look to heroes in stories for strength that they don’t have, but there is merit in having heroes that aren’t strong or right or flawless all the time. Especially not anyone in the thick of all the shit Shion’s in. She can’t be all strong or all empathetic all the time, though. I find Shion to be ridiculously strong and empathetic. If my fiance got ripped to shreds by the prototype android I was building to fight the fucking ghost bugs, I wouldn’t have been able to return to the project at all. I do things to avoid her pretty much at all times. I’m not on good terms with my sister, so I don’t seek her out. She was empathetic to MOMO’s legit problems, and she got shit done. Shion was legit a robot guidance councilor to the Realians on the Woglinde, and obviously passionate about her job. She didn’t have to bat a single eyelash after he showed up on the Elsa, but she did, and in doing so, it made me care about her as a person even more than the opening sequence did. She was the only person aside from Margulis who was ever really nice at length to Commander Cherenkov even though he was a massive dick to her. I know Allen is the series woobie, but here’s some light to go with your shade. If I were in her shoes, I may have done many of the same things as Shion. Maybe I’m just hella defensive of peeps that end up in my ships, but even before she was, I really appreciated her as a character. I'm really tired and this is copy-pasted from my tumblr, so this will reference tumblr in several places, but I didn't want to not post this here.Īnother day on the Xenosaga tumblr tag, another tumblr user throwing shade at Shion Uzuki.
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