Just don't end up like Emily Dickinson, kid.
Kid?? Careful there, I'm most certainly much older than you!
I was going to say if you did have some novels published then I was going to read them.
Well, something else I've written will probably be published on the internet soon, but I'll send you a PM because I see we're straying too far from the topic of this thread.
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Speaking of the original topic, I honestly don't understand why everyone hates Ashley. I never finished RE4 because I think it sucks (
not because of her, though), but two friends and I have played huge portions of the game with her and Leon together and we all came to the conclusion that she isn't nearly as annoying as everybody says. I mean....
YES, she
does get kidnapped once in a while, but the game is about protecting her, and if we did a better job at that, it wouldn’t happen as often.
YES, she
refuses to climb down ladders on her own because she prefers jumping into Leon's arms, but I can't blame her because I would do the same in her place if Leon was Chris.
YES, she
still calls Leon a pervert even when his disembodied head accidentally rolls under her skirt, but she's not the only one with black humour.
YES, she
has a tendency to throw herself right into every bear trap she sees, but... well, I admit I can’t find an appropriate excuse here.
More often than not, I found her AI quite helpful. She sometimes alerted me to certain things, for example by pointing at a big rock I could shoot down to hurt one of those huge enemies, which I wouldn't have noticed otherwise. When she didn't help, she always followed me silently and stayed close, so I didn't have to run around looking for her (unlike Sherry who sits down and cries when Claire runs too fast for her), she didn't babble as much as Helena, and quickly got out of the way or ducked down whenever I pulled my gun so I couldn't shoot her by mistake. What else can we expect from an AI NPC that we're supposed to protect?