#and it wouldn't be quite as contentious as meta/susie is

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What are your thoughts on Susie?

I'm a Susie enjoyer! She's not one of my favorites, but that's been rapidly changing as of recent. She's fun and cute and pink and a little bit evil. I dig it!

Her story is cool. It's very funny to me that like halfway through Robobot decides to have a plot going on, but I'm into it. Her little monologues to Kirby before boss fights are great and a super fun way to characterize her.

I wish her backstory was clearer and not revealed via Miiverse post. I'd love to know more about her time in Another Dimension. How long was she there? In an interview, Kumazaki says she came back "after [she] grew up". How did she get back? How did her time there influence her ideals and morals? It's something that feels like it should have a much greater effect on her character than it's shown to.

I really hate how she's demonized by parts of the fandom. Like yes she's a bad guy but I'd argue that she's about equally as bad as Taranza, a character beloved by fans and who's bad actions are often glossed over (including by myself). Both of them helped an evil person who was trying to destroy Pop Star and made a main character fight Kirby. The discrepancy in how they're treated by fans feels kind of sexist to some degree to me.

TL;DR: Susie is a character with a really neat backstory and potentially interesting morals to play with. She's not a great person but also free my girl she's adorable.

#i feel like some of the hate towards her is because of the capitalism angle which i totally get. it hits close to home & can be uncomfyish. #but also it's totally because she's a woman. #i've said this in comments before but: #if the person who mechanized MK was a man you'd see a tonnn of people shipping them enemies to lovers style #and it wouldn't be quite as contentious as meta/susie is #that's one of my hotter takes #thanks for the ask! i appreciate getting stuff like this that i can just ramble about. #i have a lot of thoughts on all of these characters but i gotta keep it brief bc otherwise it'd get long and confusing and boring.