Main characters that are mothers

dskzero · Sep 13, 2021

what am i even looking at said:

Beat me to it.

There are plenty of mothers in videogames, but it sure seems less relevant than the mostly recent trend of gruffy, badass fathers with a young rebellious child. Amnesia: Rebirth, (the following is a spoiler for a very well known Walking Sim you will know if you've played it) of which is a very relevant part of the game. Bayonetta (sorta), Sindel from Mortal Kombat are a few relevant examples (somebody else mentioned Selan in Lufia 2, good shout). Not relevant to the plot, well, many characters, too much to count, to whom motherhood is irrelevant to the plot or mechanics.

Joe2187 said:
Does Claire Redfield count?

In all of her roles she's always playing a maternal role to someone (even steve burnside)

This is a weird trope. I felt this happened back in the nineties with characters like Terra and Celes from FFVI. Recently I had this issue with the TV Series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, where Sabrina is oddly maternal to all of her friends. Remember Pokémon? The series where they turned 12 year old Misty into a mother with Togepi? Maybe this is common in some sort of media. It kinda irks me, for some reason, but I am not sure it should.

CaptainKashup said:
Mothers and women that aren't ace or bi are almost nonexistent as main characters sadly.

True, though I'm not sure how their sexual oritentation is relevant here.

ket said:
Abby in tlou2

Does this count? In that case, there might be more.

Pancoar · Sep 13, 2021

CaptainKashup said:
Mothers and women that aren't ace or bi are almost nonexistent as main characters sadly.

As an ace I'd love to know where all these ace characters are, apparently I've been missing out.

Glasgow Mega-Snake · Sep 13, 2021

In The Walking Dead's Final Season Clementine is basically an adoptive Mom, it's a Mom game the same way the first season with Lee was a Dad game. Fits very well because the story goes full circle

As much as I love the first season, I'd even say the finale one does it better. Because everything you're teaching him actually impacts AJ, and the plot is really shaped by how he reacts to what happens around him

Now that I think of it, The Walking Dead: Michonne applies, too. The loss of her children is the core of her trauma and the game really conveys that

dskzero · Sep 13, 2021

Oh I also forgot Amy.

And so did everyone else.

boi · Sep 13, 2021

I guess Ellie is a mother together with Dina from TLOU Part II. Not for the entire game though.

Kain-Nosgoth · Sep 13, 2021

Don't know if this counts, but in Rakuen, the MC's mother follows him around everywhere and at some point you also plays as her, she's a central figure and is there for the whole game

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Tuco Benedicto Pacifico · Sep 13, 2021

Cokomon said:
There's also the OG Mortal Kombat mom: Sindel.

The acting goes hand to hand with the writing, really.

Jeff Albertson · Sep 13, 2021

Meena from Last Stop is a mum

AIan · Sep 13, 2021

The Sims