So a queen can be male? Thanks for being an ally! 
That’s one way to look at it, but that’d be omitting quite a few elements:
- From the original StarCraft to Heart of the Swarm, so the majority of the story, Kerrigan wasn’t in control of anything. She was controlled by the Overmind, and even after it was destroyed, she was no longer herself. So if anything, you could compare Kerrigan to the sexy secretary that big daddy CEOvermind hired to manage his company while she’s being paid minimum wage.
- In order to become stronger (from merely Kerrigan to “The Queen of Blades”), Kerrigan needed to transform and merge with Zerg essence. She needed the power of the throb inside her to become fully complete, if you will. The message here being: in order for a woman to realize her true potential, she needs to embrace the fact that she relies on men to provide care and support.
- By the end of Wings of Liberty, Kerrigan doesn’t escape the grasp of the Overmind on her own: she once again relies on a man, Raynor, to do that for her.
- By the end of Heart of the Swarm, when she’s in front of Mengsk, she still gets rekt by the Xel’Naga artifact and needs a last minute save from Chad Alpha Male Pepe Wojak Raynor, who guns down Mengsk.
- LOTV is the culmination of this: it is revealed that the Protoss and Zerg races were created by “Amon”, also known as “A man”.
- Throughout the story, it’s stated than Abathur is the one coming up with the scientific discoveries, thereby perpetuating the misogynistic stereotype according to which only men are able to contribute to science.
Clearly, Blizzard is very much still a patriarchal company and they’ve failed to tell a proper feminist story. Even when they put a woman officially in charge, digging deeper into the story reveals that it’s all a decoy in the end, and men are actually pulling the strings.
You’ve got to do better, Senator.
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Yes, it’s a classical feminist story. Kerrigan is more or less “betrothed” to the Overmind and then to Reynor, but breaks free and becomes the master of the entire Zerg race. It’s akin to a feminist trying to rise up in her company, but being held back by the sexist CEO (who commands her around all day) and her boyfriend who she relies on solely for utility. She unseats the CEO, takes over the company, and ditches the boyfriend because he’s no longer needed and she doesn’t want to have to exchange favors now that she has the big bucks to exchange for favors. All that it is missing is that she meets a girl from Kansas and they get married and move to the big apple to live happily forever after.
In classical mythology, womanhood is generally associated with the power to create. It’s obvious why that association exists. Clearly “Amon” is a feminine character who birthed the two races, “Protoss” and “Zerg”.
To the contrary, Blizzard could not have been more genuine to the woke narrative. They clearly understand the struggles that feminists face against the oppressive patriarchal corporate structures in the modern world. Kerrigan’s bravery to stand up against the the bigoted premodern dystopia that is the Koprulu Sector is an inspiration to feminists and allies alike.
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came back 26 days later for the sickest screencap since drop o’clock maru stim memes