Opinions on the characters (Especially squadmates and Ryder) of ME:A, based on their own merits. Gre

How? When did Lexi ever attack or insult PeeBee? I'll save you time, she never does. Meanwhile PeeBee repeatedly personally attacks or insults Lexi. 

So personally insulting and attacking people isn't being a bully? I'm pretty sure that is a textbook example of what a bully is. 

Jaal, Drack, Vetra are all pretty much up to par with past ME squadmates. I'm of course talking about 2 which was my favorite from the trilogy. Seems Liam is universally the most disliked though lol. Dunno why it's so hard for Bioware to make a likable human male. It's like they try their hardest to make them the most boring or annoying characters in the squad.

I think he's disliked by a lot of male players. A lot, not all. And many female players like him a lot. Personally, he is one of my favorites. I find Vetra, who appears to be a crowd favorite, utterly, mind-numbingly boring. But then I also felt the same way about Garrus. Still, I think Garrus was written better and had better nuance. Vetra, like so many MEA characters, is incredibly one-note. 

Vetra=sister
Cora=asari
Jaal=family
Gil=his gut lmao
Suvi=god and stuff
Lexi=i'm a doctor

And so on... Drack surprisingly, at least to me, has the most nuance. You don't even learn he finds himself expendable until you do his loyalty mission late in the game. It's a sweet touch.

Not really. The textbook definition requires some sort of power imbalance, which isn't present here.

To be honest, I've never had the two together so never heard the dialogue. What does he say?

So you don't consider things like say cyberbullying as bullying?

Giveaway number 101 that your favourite British character was written by a Yank/Canuck

In the department of 'things I have wanted to do for a while'...and since I am about to start a new MEA playthrough...well I wanted to do a detailed character anylisis of all the characters in Andromeda, at least the main squad since they have the easiest and most fleshed out character arcs. Most of the others, don't really. Now, as I think of it, a character arc is compromised mainly of ones motivations, flaws, and their goals. Or things in their back story that drive them forward, things that prevent them from achieving their goals and....well their goals.

So, here goes.

Cora Harper.

Starting with her first because well, I think she is the most interesting to talk about given her apparent opinion of her around these parts and well I'm upgrading her to an 8.5 from my list earlier.

Motivations: She wants to belong. Plain and simple. Ever since her family abandoned her she has been looking for some place to call home and someone to look up to since everything in her life, even the Asari commandos and Alec Ryder, seems to be transitory.

Flaws: In wanting to belong she looks for it everywhere external to herself. Her comandos, her time with Alec, the iniative. She is constantly searching for something to lead her to a family and a belonging. This is why she is constantly talking about the commandos because it is a bit of a hero worship and its the only thing she has ever had. And people go through this IRL, let somethig consume them to where it becomes part of their identity. Plus, with the chip on her shoulder about her biotics...which is still pretty weird but meh she isn't rated 10/10.

Goals: Her goal is to find a home for herself. A solid foundation from which to grow from there. Trouble is she finds out that this is ultimatley untennable, considering one of her childhood heroes ends up being a bit of a scumbag she learns to look internally. She learns to accept herself and starts with her botany. Plus with her relationship with Ryder (if you pursue one) she begins to look to what is around her for her 'home'.

Conclusion: Cora Harper sounds like one of those characters which is easy to confuse, much like Liam. Her constant talking about the commandos makes her come off as poorly written, a one track record and one dimensonal. But, she is far from that. It may be laid on a little thickly (again her writing is not perfect) but her mentioning her history is important to her character because its all she has. A constant reminder to the audience that her identity is based on things mostly around her. Which, is what she learns and frankly I wonder if they will do anything with her in the future.

Yeah, that did rub me the wrong way. It could be argued that what he did was more "irresponsible" than them.

By the way, I refined this nickname to something easier to say:

I only played it once so I can't really say much about the characters. I loved Drack, wanted to like Lexi, almost liked Cora for a while and the others...they exist.
Although I will say that Peebees mission had my favorite moment in the entire game. Shooting Kalinda in the back felt so good, it was the only time the game let me be the asshole I wanted to be.

I thought that final choice at the end of Peebee's loyalty mission was kinda stupid, in the sense of, most people are going to shoot her because she was sending hired goons to try and kill you.


(For some people it was also because of the fact that Kalinda was abusive towards Peebee, but then again, not eveyone likes Peebee)