tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750861558902561769.post4054643096400462138..comments2023-06-01T05:24:16.094-07:00Comments on H. T. Parnell's: The Warrior MotherWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15480452524845413806noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750861558902561769.post-7733819717915981282008-04-30T17:31:00.000-07:002008-04-30T17:31:00.000-07:00Think about Sigourney Weaver in the second and/or ...Think about Sigourney Weaver in the second and/or third Alien movies as the American "iconization" of the warrior mother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750861558902561769.post-56886915160989855812008-04-10T11:42:00.000-07:002008-04-10T11:42:00.000-07:00Well, Nausicaa's character arc (at least in the ma...Well, Nausicaa's character arc (at least in the manga) leaves her as kind of the she-bear concept for the entire story, but her arc involves expanding the sphere of who she nurtures. She starts with the people of her valley and the plants and insects of the forest, and eventually expands to contain the entire world.<BR/><BR/>Also, Natalie, I can't explain all of these characters in any quick format, but I CAN say that when I talk about Elehaym van Houten (Elly) from Xenogears, though the specifics may be different, she is enough of an homage to Nausicaa that they can be used almost interchangably to talk about the character arc of the warrior mother.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15480452524845413806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750861558902561769.post-224601268883513712008-04-10T09:58:00.000-07:002008-04-10T09:58:00.000-07:00I'm not super familiar with most of the women you'...I'm not super familiar with most of the women you've been citing, but I think that Nausicaa at least bears a resemblance to a she-bear that is important to the "warrior mother" archetype, and that is that she's much more likely to beat the crap out of you if you threaten somebody she feels nurturing toward than if you threaten her herself.<BR/><BR/>Since all game characters are more or less combat effective by convention, I'd imagine that this she-bear sort of tendency would come out in a game (if at all) by superlative bursts of prowess in defense of another at a dramatically appropriate moment, as opposed to their normal "staff chick" level of prowess. Do you see that?Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12662787003156000207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750861558902561769.post-47896247301899143652008-04-10T02:06:00.000-07:002008-04-10T02:06:00.000-07:00Serves me right for commenting on one post before ...Serves me right for commenting on one post before reading the next. Yes, you've said a lot of what I was pointing at in my previous comment, and better than I did. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com