Honestly the transfem Samus Aran headcanon makes the SA-X from Fusion much more poignant.
She's being stalked by a disgusting parasite with her exact image. Her exact body. A violent, alien reflection. It's several levels of metaphor. It's dysphoria. It's internalized transmysoginy, the predator shaped like her. What is she turning into? Does she really want to be like that? But the one that is most chilling to me is: if this inhuman monster can convincingly perform Samus Aran, and therefore womanhood, what exactly makes her claim to womanhood more legitimate than that of a monster?
And she kills it. Because she's motherfucking Samus Aran. Because she's motherfucking Samus Aran. Because under the suit, she's a person, while the parasite is nothing more than a weapon, created by the social system she exists in to use in war. It resembles her in shape, but not in actions. It is a lie. Consider that if it truly was her equal, she wouldn'be helpless against it for most of the game. She wouldn't be its victim up to finding the material resources to fight back and survive. Again: the reason they're not truly alike is that she's a person and it is a weapon.
The SA-X is an attack helicopter.
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