First published at 01:56 UTC on October 24th, 2020.
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Perhaps it wasn't consciously intended as such, but the Krogan ended up as a bait and switch. They hooked young males in with a large, muscular, manly avatar that spoke to them the same way He-Man might've. Then the writers used that …
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Desc:
Perhaps it wasn't consciously intended as such, but the Krogan ended up as a bait and switch. They hooked young males in with a large, muscular, manly avatar that spoke to them the same way He-Man might've. Then the writers used that avatar to encourage them to smash "the patriarchy" that built our civilization, by conveying that 'you're not a true Krogan, unless you believe in sexual equality.' It sounds pretty absurd, I know, but that's basically what's going on. The writers dressed up a series of progressive and feminist narratives in a super masculine veneer. As the saying goes, "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down."
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NOTE: Regarding the Asari, the insult is "pure blood" not "blue blood." (You can even hear this in clips taken from the game.) I have no idea why I kept wanting to say "blue blood." I recorded a couple different takes of the voice over and picked up on my own error early on, but it seems to have slipped through on the final take.
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