Part of what made Ashley interesting was she looked and spoke like you just might meet "Gunny Williams" at the bar outside base. The way she had her hair tied back and a pretty but not made up face sold her character as a warrior first. She wasn't providing fanservice; she was a badass grunt who had no Y chromosome. She was Mass Effect's Samus, well, pre Other M Samus.
Miranda was designed after a fashion model and was written like a generic Hollywood action girl; obligatory soft side, blahblahblah. It made her seem boring by contrast. For example, hearing Ashley talk about her father and quoting Tennyson was a genuine surprise. Miranda never uttered a single line where I was like, 'Hey, this character is intriguingly written.'
I hope Ashley's fashionista style doesn't accompany a derailment of the character into "Miranda 2.0."
As for Kaiden, I hope they toughened up his character a little. I always felt that for a marine officer, he was Mr. Touchy-Feely-Emotional. We already have woobie characters like Liara, Tali, to an extent Garrus and Thane, etc. Kaiden should come across more like -Lt- Alenko and less like Mr. Lifetime Movie.
Miranda was designed after a fashion model and was written like a generic Hollywood action girl; obligatory soft side, blahblahblah. It made her seem boring by contrast. For example, hearing Ashley talk about her father and quoting Tennyson was a genuine surprise. Miranda never uttered a single line where I was like, 'Hey, this character is intriguingly written.'
I hope Ashley's fashionista style doesn't accompany a derailment of the character into "Miranda 2.0."
As for Kaiden, I hope they toughened up his character a little. I always felt that for a marine officer, he was Mr. Touchy-Feely-Emotional. We already have woobie characters like Liara, Tali, to an extent Garrus and Thane, etc. Kaiden should come across more like -Lt- Alenko and less like Mr. Lifetime Movie.
