themodifiedspectre:
sarenarterius:
fireteam-crimson:
miristrahotski:
hexenwolf:
freedominwickedness:
Ashley’s rampant xenophobia screams white because her opinions about other sentient species are literally a mirror image of the “moderate” version of white supremacy which remains common among modern day white social conservatives.
it’s six in the morning can we not do this
Shut your fucking mouth, OP.
Why do people always focus on what Ash said in the beginning? It’s understandable that after the First Contact War, she and other humans would be wary of other species. Some turians are flat out nasty to the human characters, too. Not to mention she’s got an issue with constantly being overlooked and shunned in the military because her grandfather had to surrender to the turians. This doesn’t mean she’s going to spit on the aliens faces, degrade them, insult them, refuse to talk with or touch them.
Ashley even berates the Terra Firma party for being bigots and promoting xenophobia.
In ME2, she abandons Shepard based entirely on the fact he/she is working for Cerberus who are an organisation notoriously anti-alien and promotes only humanity.
Why don’t you focus on the fact that (if you keep her alive on Virmire which few do based entirely on a few comments) throughout the series, she develops friendships and comradeship with the alien characters like Garrus and Liara?
In ME3, she proudly stands beside them during the Reaper war, she goes out of her way to protect the council even if it meant pointing a gun at Shepard, she picks Liara off her feet on Mars and stands in front of her in order to protect her from the Eva robot. She has dialogue with the alien characters that sound like a true and deep friendship.
Is that really a comparison to how a “conservative white supremist” would treat POC? Like, fucking God forbid that Ashley has some flaws in the beginning - that really are based solely on a few words of caution against an alien species, that only 26 years ago, were trying to kill her people and her family members. And oh no! She’s religious! What an idiot! But hey Thane and Liara’s spirituality is sooo awesome!
Seriously. Shut the fuck up. Ashley William’s a is a great character when you actually give her a chance, go through every conversation branch, get to know her, bring her on some damn missions - especially the final assault against Cerberus. Her character arc is actually one of the most compelling in the trilogy. You can dislike her, that’s fine. But if you dislike her based solely on her ME1 comments and ignore her development throughout the series, you need to NOT POST DUMBASS REMARKS LIKE THAT OP.
