Also I'm not really sure, but wasn't Zero reacting to Iris because he felt really shitty about not being able to help her and having to retire her and such? He might have seen her as a comrade, since they were hunters together at one point, and it's kinda like "I failed to help my comrade now I feel (temporarily) awful about this." and then goes to "I'll be sure to prevent something like this from happening!" and being determined about it?
Also speaking of the angst, I don't like it when people make Blues / Protoman nothing but an emo little shit. (The comic and Powered Up! don't make it any better) I always saw him as the cool one who might have had some grudges but he still helps out, and sometimes seems a little more mature from my point of view. Like maybe he was angsty a lot and maybe still is, but still really wants to help regardless? But I keep seeing people doing this as with him like with Zero, making it the sole point of their character.
Also, I greatly dislike it when people think that just because the MMX characters live in a crapsack world doesn't mean that they can't have moments on down time where they're not SRS BZN. What I mean to say is that I am tired of people thinking that Zero has only one face and one state of mind: that he is 100% just "the cool guy" and srs bzn ALL THE TIME. And that he never had moments in which he smiles or thinks of others other than himself or has bumbling moments, or scenes where he loses his cool? He's a robot but he's not that flat of a character.
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Also speaking of the angst, I don't like it when people make Blues / Protoman nothing but an emo little shit. (The comic and Powered Up! don't make it any better) I always saw him as the cool one who might have had some grudges but he still helps out, and sometimes seems a little more mature from my point of view. Like maybe he was angsty a lot and maybe still is, but still really wants to help regardless? But I keep seeing people doing this as with him like with Zero, making it the sole point of their character.
Also, I greatly dislike it when people think that just because the MMX characters live in a crapsack world doesn't mean that they can't have moments on down time where they're not SRS BZN. What I mean to say is that I am tired of people thinking that Zero has only one face and one state of mind: that he is 100% just "the cool guy" and srs bzn ALL THE TIME. And that he never had moments in which he smiles or thinks of others other than himself or has bumbling moments, or scenes where he loses his cool? He's a robot but he's not that flat of a character.