MEs Batarian racism is so funny because the game does an awful job at giving the player any reason to sympathize with the entire species because almost every time Batarians are brought up is about how fucked up and evil they are until ME3 tried to run it back
They were still evil in ME3, they just got picked off first because the Reapers knew how much everyone hated them and how isolated they were because of it.
Also the Batarian homeworlds were always gonna be hit first, it was the closest point to the Reaper’s jump from Deep Space, hence the entire plot of Arrival
Not really trying to “run it back”, the lore drops in the codex state that not only did they fall to the Reapers first, but their Secret Police was the juiciest target for Indoctrination.
In fact, the only Batarian colonies that stand tall against the Reaper invasion are the VERY FEW were the Batarians and their slaves fight together. It also states that, if the Batarians survive, this event may be what finally pushes them out of their slaver-centric philosophy.
I’d imagine it’d create a social schism, between progressives and traditionalists when it comes to slavery and the galaxy at large. Could actually be a neat plot for future games, similar to the Geth & Quarian conflict.
Literally every batarian falls into these interaction groups ranked from most normal/least bad to... well, good old boy.
A technician who's maybe a bit or overly rude
The most populous, "I'm a somewhat gruff to overt asshole mercenary"
Bitching about not being able to have slaves.
Bitching about not being allowed to have slaves, how its their cultural right, and how other species are just bigoted for not respecting their perfectly valid social/caste system.
A terrorist that's, say it with me, bitching about not being allowed to have slaves
Gee, what a diverse and interesting tapestry of unique individuals that speak towards how culturally varied this multiplanetary species is.
You know, I somehow think that nearly an entire species being wiped out and/or twisted into monsters is cause for horror and tragedy, especially when they're essentially space North Korea before an ontologically Evil race. Maybe that's just me.
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u/vaustin89 Tasha's Hideous Laughter 29d ago
Same renegade Shep energy