Samus Is Trans

everybody on earth thinks Samus Aran is transfem

everybody on earth thinks Samus Aran is transfem

Samus is trans because every piece of paratext for the original Metroid clearly depicts her as a man--not just the English instruction manual, but Japan-only manga as well. She is presented as male, universally, until you play the game, descend into chthonic/inner space to grapple with an explicitly female-coded brain, and the reward for doing so swiftly and skillfully is getting to finally present female. It almost certainly wasn't intended as a transition narrative but it is absolutely a transition narrative--no credit for representation should be given to Nintendo/the devs, but nonetheless she is ours and always will be.

Now we can have the equally important and separate conversation about how Samus has continually gotten shorter and more baywatch over time, when she started out a 6'4" tank of a supersoldier butch. Let Samus be a butch taciturn weirdo again. Dread was a step in the right direction. We have enough monologuing blonde bimbo soldiers.

Or they just make her the fucked up mutant her DNA fuckery should make her. As long as she's still painted as cool, not in spite of who she is but because of who she is. Let women be fucked up and strange and cool as a result of that, please.

Samus is trans because every piece of paratext for the original Metroid clearly depicts her as a man--not just the English instruction manual, but Japan-only manga as well. She is presented as male, universally, until you play the game, descend into chthonic/inner space to grapple with an explicitly female-coded brain, and the reward for doing so swiftly and skillfully is getting to finally present female. It almost certainly wasn't intended as a transition narrative but it is absolutely a transition narrative--no credit for representation should be given to Nintendo/the devs, but nonetheless she is ours and always will be.

Now we can have the equally important and separate conversation about how Samus has continually gotten shorter and more baywatch over time, when she started out a 6'4" tank of a supersoldier butch. Let Samus be a butch taciturn weirdo again. Dread was a step in the right direction. We have enough monologuing blonde bimbo soldiers.

and i think that's kinda interesting

no. unacceptable. samus still has her thang and it should be visibly throbbing and pulsing barely concealed by her zero suit

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