I already said why it's seemingly uncharacteristic - because people have made up their own personalities for her based on being an ultimate feminist rolemodel. As far as I'm concerned, being flawed makes her a better character. I mean, she watched her parents get killed in front of her, then got raised by a bunch of foster-aliens who were then pretty much all massacred too. Any character that's not a bit fucked up after all that is not very believable. Latching onto her commanding officer as a father figure may not be the most BAMF thing to do, but it makes a lot of sense considering her background.
Then the end of Super Metroid, which immediately precedes the game. So yeah, she's got a lot of reasons to not be perfect. I wouldn't really call Adam abusive, that's just reading into things too much. They just needed a way to limit her powers without coming up with some story about losing them all and having to regain them, so they had Adam be a bossy git about it. They had to do it somehow. He's manipulative in that "for your own good" kinda way, which culminates in him *SPOILERS*[spoiler]locking Samus out and then sacrificing himself.[/spoiler]
Then the end of Super Metroid, which immediately precedes the game. So yeah, she's got a lot of reasons to not be perfect. I wouldn't really call Adam abusive, that's just reading into things too much. They just needed a way to limit her powers without coming up with some story about losing them all and having to regain them, so they had Adam be a bossy git about it. They had to do it somehow. He's manipulative in that "for your own good" kinda way, which culminates in him *SPOILERS*[spoiler]locking Samus out and then sacrificing himself.[/spoiler]
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Bra Wrote:People are dumb, essentially.