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It\'s not that I don\'t want \
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It\\\'s not that I don\\\'t want \\\"bad\\\" tropes, it\\\'s just that I\\\'m a bit obsessive-compulsive about making sure that tropes stick to their definitions. I get especially anal about \\\"negative\\\" tropes. Sometimes that overrides good sense.
But part of the problem is the term \\\"incompetence\\\" which means that a character\\\'s intelligence or ability suddenly drops significantly when a cutscene starts. If a character\\\'s \\\"incompetence\\\" is a result of anything other than a sudden lack of ability or intelligence, then it\\\'s not a case of incompetence in the first place.
Having rewatched the scene with Barret, he does make several loud clanking footsteps while coming up behind Jensen. IIRC, it is stated in-game that Zhao has a CASIE installed, but I\\\'ll need to dig it up (and either way, there\\\'s no evidence she even uses it). The only one I\\\'ll contest is Namir getting the drop on Jensen, because he is being distracted. Not being able to hear a big huge guy walking up behind one in a large, silent room is incompetence. Not noticing a man who is disguised among a dozen other near-identical statues while having a conversation with an already-dangerous woman (who has already gotten the drop on you once before) wielding a threatening remote is not incompetence.
Anyway, I\\\'ll drop it.
But part of the problem is the term \\\"incompetence\\\" which means that a character\\\'s intelligence or ability suddenly drops significantly when a cutscene starts. If a character\\\'s \\\"incompetence\\\" is a result of anything other than a sudden lack of ability or intelligence, then it\\\'s not a case of incompetence in the first place.
Having rewatched the scene with Barret, he does make several loud clanking footsteps while coming up behind Jensen. IIRC, it is stated in-game that Zhao has a CASIE installed, but I\\\'ll need to dig it up (and either way, there\\\'s no evidence she even uses it). The only one I\\\'ll contest is Namir getting the drop on Jensen, because he is being distracted. Not being able to hear a big huge guy walking up behind one in a large, silent room is incompetence. Not noticing a man who is disguised among a dozen other near-identical statues while having a conversation with an already-dangerous woman (who has already gotten the drop on you once before) wielding a threatening remote is not incompetence.
Anyway, I\\\'ll drop it.
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Part of the problem is the term \
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It\\\'s not that I don\\\'t want \\\"bad\\\" tropes, it\\\'s just that I\\\'m a bit obsessive-compulsive about making sure that tropes stick to their definitions. I get especially anal about \\\"negative\\\" tropes. Sometimes that overrides good sense.
But part of the problem is the term \\\"incompetence\\\" which means that a character\\\'s intelligence or ability suddenly drops significantly when a cutscene starts. If a character\\\'s \\\"incompetence\\\" is a result of anything other than a sudden lack of ability or intelligence, then it\\\'s not a case of incompetence in the first place.
Having rewatched the scene with Barret, he does make several loud clanking footsteps while coming up behind Jensen. IIRC, it is stated in-game that Zhao has a CASIE installed, but I\\\'ll need to dig it up. The only one I\\\'ll contest is Namir getting the drop on Jensen, because he is being distracted. Not being able to hear a big huge guy walking up behind one in a large, silent room is incompetence. Not noticing a man who is disguised among a dozen other near-identical statues while having a conversation with an already-dangerous woman (who has already gotten the drop on you once before) wielding a threatening remote is not incompetence.
Anyway, I\\\'ll drop it.
But part of the problem is the term \\\"incompetence\\\" which means that a character\\\'s intelligence or ability suddenly drops significantly when a cutscene starts. If a character\\\'s \\\"incompetence\\\" is a result of anything other than a sudden lack of ability or intelligence, then it\\\'s not a case of incompetence in the first place.
Having rewatched the scene with Barret, he does make several loud clanking footsteps while coming up behind Jensen. IIRC, it is stated in-game that Zhao has a CASIE installed, but I\\\'ll need to dig it up. The only one I\\\'ll contest is Namir getting the drop on Jensen, because he is being distracted. Not being able to hear a big huge guy walking up behind one in a large, silent room is incompetence. Not noticing a man who is disguised among a dozen other near-identical statues while having a conversation with an already-dangerous woman (who has already gotten the drop on you once before) wielding a threatening remote is not incompetence.
Anyway, I\\\'ll drop it.
