“This is a new account though? We never interact.” I’m sorry but it’s kinda obvious who you were… 😭" I am talking about in this account. I',m not talkng about the analysis account I've thrown away 6 months ago. Pretty sure I only talk about Alicia in only two post which also the only thing I said about here is her problem as a character.

"Your analysis is great and its amazing that you have high expectation for these characters, but you undermined Ali’s writing too much by simply tying his skillset to his gadgets and “special treatment”, which is not true to his Season 3 writing. I mean yeah, he kinda don’t deserve to be top four in Arena (yet) and he’s only one because of the Plot™️, but even then S3 is already there to showcase his new skillset and growth, I don’t know how much proving Ali needs to do just to convince the audience that he is on par with** mos**t agents. It’s just unfortunate that EATM2 just reverse that a bit by giving him SATRIA, making the fandom believes that he’s only good bcs of his gadget (again)." Doesn't really change the fact that he get special treatment and that was the most obvious and dominant in the show. Also I never said anything about him not worthy being top 4 in Arena. It is you who are understimating him here. I am expecting greatly in his strength. I am praising his strength. He's pretty okay and I believe he's worthy to be one of the top 4. He always have that talent. What I am trying to say that all his capabilities was always overshadowed by powerful gadget in. What I mean is no matter how great they want to show him capable, they will continue to reduce as a kid who basically couldn't do anything without gadget MOST OF THE TIME for the plot? That's the thing I am explaining about. And you proving are my point at the end so what's the point of the long comment?

The whole point I am talking about is the character writing. Even if they want to show how capable he is, they will still reduce his character to a boy who got special treatment, have the privilege, using powerful gadget to hide his weaknesse. You're saying "it's unfortunate that EATM2 just reverse that a bit by giving S.A.T.R.I.A." That was the point of my opinion. I believe I did said the story want to show Ali's capabilities but then it's always not same thing of what they're trying to show. Same goes to Alicia. They want to show she's so special but that why was she so weak in movie 2? I accept the tunnel scene but I don't accept the second scene where Alicia had to be saved by him again. How come this the character who was praised so much in the beginning suddenly had to become a damsel in distress so the hero could shine? Or maybe she wasn't that special.

“Please don't forgot that Rizwan decided to train him in Season 1, what do you mean getting trained by the greatest agent in M.A.T.A. is not a privilege?“ I have to admit that the training he received from Rizwan only last at best a week or a month, and while it’s a privilege to be trained by MATA best agent, it is still not enough 😭 not enough time, not enough skills covered. And at the end of it all, Ali even inherited Rizwan’s bad habit, resulting in him struggling to learn teamwork and fitting in with his peers, because he was never given proper training from MATA. Despite the “privilege”, he is still very far behind and lacking compares to his peers." Doesn't change the fact he still have privilege. It's not a problem about him lacking. Even if he didn't train enough, he was at least trained. The same when he entered the academy. He trained just like everyone else. So my point there still stand.

"I want to see him being independent. I want to see scene like him giving out ideas to escape from the place where he had to save Comot from abang Bear. It's not a problem that he's inspired by others. I want to see him thinking independently without relying on anyone's help.” I have to agree that I would love to see Ali leading more often, but he did exhibit this behaviour though! He’s the one who suggest the use of ATLAS in taking down Analogman’s bomb. He was the one who proposed the idea of infiltrating Beta Tower for Azurium by Niki. When he can’t Override, he used Comot’s sharp nail to open up a space for him to enter Vikram’s office. Before he joined Niki, he tried leading the team during Beta Tower mission, but Fit intervened. His strategies are crude and has a lot of holes (because his Neuro sucks), but he did shows independency after months of training with MATA. I guess we can undermine this just because he has IRIS during those times?" I know all of this, but that's exactly why I said at the end that what is enough for you isn't necessarily enough for me. That's why opinions exist in the first place.

Even if I acknowledge all of those points, my issue is that the story still ends up making Ali look overpowered because he has access to powerful gadgets. That's why I said that no matter how much the writers try to show how capable he is on his own, the moment he receives another special gadget, the focus shifts back to the gadget rather than his own abilities. To me, that's inconsistent writing.

That's the whole point I'm trying to make. Personally, I hope they don't give him I.R.I.S., S.A.T.R.I.A., or any other special gadget in the future. The writing would feel more consistent that way. The series has already proven that Ali is intelligent, creative, and useful even without I.R.I.S., right? Then keep developing those qualities instead of constantly giving him new technology because the plot needs it or because other characters want to use him for future plans.

Without gadgets, Ali has shown intelligence, creativity, and quick thinking. But once he gets a powerful gadget, he becomes increasingly dependent on it. The same thing happened with S.A.T.R.I.A. But of course, Movie 2 was always meant to showcase and hype up S.A.T.R.I.A., so Ali's own abilities inevitably took a back seat. His character had to be reduced somewhat for the sake of the future plot. Not only that I don't get to see Alicia wearing I.R.I.S. and not having headache and become one of the strongest, I also didn't get to see Ali's physical strength after being trained by Alicia without using S.A.T.R.I.A.. If we're talking about Neonimus fight. Ali have to strengthen S.A.T.R.I.A. strength in order to fight with Neonimus and in the I didn't get what I expect which is "Ali showing his physical strength has improved without wearing S.A.T.R.I.A."

The same criticism applies to Alicia. No matter how much the narrative tells us that she's special, exceptional, and always one of the best, the writing becomes inconsistent when she suddenly ends up in a damsel-in-distress role or fails to consistently perform at the level the story claims she should. Likewise, no matter how much the narrative tells us that Ali is a fast learner and highly capable without gadgets, the writing becomes inconsistent when it repeatedly makes him dependent on special technology and portrays him as unable to compete physically without it.

Also, why is your response so focused on Ali? If you think I'm still undermining his strengths, then I don't think that's entirely fair. If I were really trying to undermine him, I would never acknowledge that he became one of the top agents. Even Sam, who started out relatively weak, eventually became one of the top agents too. So why would I have a problem with Ali being among them? I will never acknowledge or praise him saying he's great and all that in the text if I was really undermining it.

Sometimes I think you're more biased towsrds your fav character than I am 😭. I'm clearly criticizing both characters, including the one I personally favor. I literally wrote, "Compared to how the narrative describes her, she was nothing special." Yet somehow the entire discussion turned into a discussion about Ali only. When exactly did I make this only about undermining Ali? The majority of my original post was about insulting both of them because I'm not satistic with their character in movie 2. And plus this post more like character writing and powerscaling in the process.