Talk:Asami Sato/@comment-4888161-20120528040154

It's been bothering me for awhile because I couldn't see why, but I finally figured out what that thing about her people don't like but can't describe is! No, not Makorra. No, not the trace lingerings of prior feelings of dislike or even hate. No, not that there is some carry over from people's theories. No, not even that she's perceived as too perfect, boring, etc. None of that is really it.

It's because they compare her to Lust, who was decidedly evil and everyone knew it pretty much right away. It was extremely obvious with Lust, even before it was shown (and it was shown rather quickly after her introduction). Lust was an inspiration for Asami's character for the all mighty creators, or so they say. I never saw the resemblance besides the hair (somewhat) and skin tone, but I believe them. And other people said they looked very alike, so other similarities certainly must exist. I'm getting a bit off topic...

Anyways, the point is people see the similarities between Asami and a character who was evil and didn't hide it for very long, and they think Asami must be evil too. That's why they don't trust her. They think something is off about her because she was based off (or at least partially inspired by) a character that obviously had something off about her from the get go. Now Asami is a vastly different character from Lust. So unlike Lust, Asami left no real obvious things to be suspicious about. But some of the less obvious mannerisms are the same, and that's what people must be seeing with her. They must be zoning in on those lesser mannerisms (and I mean the smaller and less noticeable one's) and to some degree the appearance. And that's why they have such a hard time describing it, because it is so strictly detail oriented and vague.

Now I saw both Full Metal Alchemsit and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, so I know Lust. (Although in Full Metal Alchemist she was shown to have more of a good side and was more evil in Brotherhood.) But for whatever reason, I never made that connection on my own. Maybe it's because I've somehow inadvertently taught myself to look at every character uniquely, and not draw comparisons to other characters as if they were clones. Or maybe it's some other reason. But, I can sort of see where other people get it now.

Now to be clear I don't agree with it, and those slight mannerism's don't suggest anything suspicious/evil/etc. by themselves. But I can see where they might draw the connection to the evil character she is at least partially based off of, and why they might get confused by that.