I agree Nora was far more key than previous mothers portrayed in the series, but the lack of name for her in introduction and death scenes was notable, since Hope was not itnroduced as "boy" but by his name. And I personally enjoyed the significance of her name.
Oh, I agree the connotation can be found in my argument. Unfortunately, it's very common, since it is the assumption most make about femininity.
Hmm, you have a point about Tifa's statement. I think I need to review both the OGC and AC with this in mind (oh, the horror, to play FF7 again ;)). Though I will always be sympathetic to Yuffie's utter lack of subtlety when she shows up with pointed signs and phone calls both Cloud and Vincent incessantly and constantly tries to crack their shells. That's my girl!
You do have a point about there being more girls, especially since it seems FF Vs. 13 will be a party system! It's just that all we've seen in trailers is one female--that alone tells me something about S-E's marketing department, at least. I do like that Nomura promises Stella will have an unusual role and be unlike other S-E females. This could go badly or it could go really well, but it shows he's aware of something in previous installments. One thing I love about S-E is that they seem to be waking up (unlike the Western companies who keep complaining that they don't use more females because it's more time-consuming and costly--that makes me want to punch them in their face SO HARD).
I added an ETA to the post as I had an interesting conversation with someone who saw the Sorceresses much different than I and believes they're not so negative a presentation of women. I still maintain there's problems, but their views seems quite valid, as well.
And yes, Lucrecia being a follower is presented as a bad thing, but it yet again underscores a notion that being only a poor woman, no wonder she caved to the stress around her. Then again, I'm still resentful of Lucrecia's presentation in DoC. They turned her into Aerith-in-a-labcoat and robbed the character of all self-determination and taking responsibility for her actions. We're supposed to feel sorry for her, I suppose, but I didn't--instead I was angry she never had the strength to stand up to anyone directly. I would have felt sorry for her if she intentionally made mistakes and then felt bad for them (indeed, that would have made her very identifiable to me). Instead, she looks like an overly emotional woman who caved to Hojo and then to her guilt and lacked the strength to face her own mistakes--leaving Vincent, a male, to clean up her mess. At least in the OGC, her locking herself up in crystal seemed like her punishing herself for something she did rather than something others pushed her into. DoC makes her look like all she did her whole life was capitulate. It bugged me big time.
Re: Wow, there's a LOT of interesting stuff there.
Oh, I agree the connotation can be found in my argument. Unfortunately, it's very common, since it is the assumption most make about femininity.
Hmm, you have a point about Tifa's statement. I think I need to review both the OGC and AC with this in mind (oh, the horror, to play FF7 again ;)). Though I will always be sympathetic to Yuffie's utter lack of subtlety when she shows up with pointed signs and phone calls both Cloud and Vincent incessantly and constantly tries to crack their shells. That's my girl!
You do have a point about there being more girls, especially since it seems FF Vs. 13 will be a party system! It's just that all we've seen in trailers is one female--that alone tells me something about S-E's marketing department, at least. I do like that Nomura promises Stella will have an unusual role and be unlike other S-E females. This could go badly or it could go really well, but it shows he's aware of something in previous installments. One thing I love about S-E is that they seem to be waking up (unlike the Western companies who keep complaining that they don't use more females because it's more time-consuming and costly--that makes me want to punch them in their face SO HARD).
I added an ETA to the post as I had an interesting conversation with someone who saw the Sorceresses much different than I and believes they're not so negative a presentation of women. I still maintain there's problems, but their views seems quite valid, as well.
And yes, Lucrecia being a follower is presented as a bad thing, but it yet again underscores a notion that being only a poor woman, no wonder she caved to the stress around her. Then again, I'm still resentful of Lucrecia's presentation in DoC. They turned her into Aerith-in-a-labcoat and robbed the character of all self-determination and taking responsibility for her actions. We're supposed to feel sorry for her, I suppose, but I didn't--instead I was angry she never had the strength to stand up to anyone directly. I would have felt sorry for her if she intentionally made mistakes and then felt bad for them (indeed, that would have made her very identifiable to me). Instead, she looks like an overly emotional woman who caved to Hojo and then to her guilt and lacked the strength to face her own mistakes--leaving Vincent, a male, to clean up her mess. At least in the OGC, her locking herself up in crystal seemed like her punishing herself for something she did rather than something others pushed her into. DoC makes her look like all she did her whole life was capitulate. It bugged me big time.