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** To clarify: Samus actually has the Varia Suit already. She's just not allowed to turn it on, and she never asks why. It's not justifiable as upholding the series tradition of gaining powerups over time, either; unless you count the Dark Aether runs in ''Echoes'' (and even those had healing beacons and life pickups), there is no prior instance in the ''Metroid'' series where Samus needs to go through painfully hot or cold rooms before she can get the Varia. ''Fusion'' even specifically told her ''not'' to, and that's the game that inspired Adam's role in this game.
** The biggest wall banger comes from the Power Bombs. You can play with it in the tutorial, but you are forbidden to use it for the rest of the game due to how dangerous they are to other people. You never get to use them except in the {{spoiler|fight against the Metroid Queen}}, but the banger is ''you are never told by the game that you can use them and it only tells you after you beat the game!''
** She also has the whole "Adam has not authourized X" as a justification for why she can't use certain abilities (See details on the [[Bag of Spilling]] page). Except she's an independent bounty hunter, answering a distress call, not even on contract with the Galactic Federation. Malkovich has as much authority over her as he does over the sun and the moon. The only reason she's even helping out is because she respects him. Except we see him do nothing to earn that respect. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104140519/http://moonbase.rydia.net/mental/blog/gaming/metroid-other-m-the-elephant/article.html Some even compared their relationship to that of an abuser and his victim]. Even if that's not true, the "Any objections, Lady?" bit seems a lot like sexual harassment, or at least gender-based harassment.
*** He ''would'' have no authority... if the Federation hadn't staked out the place first. It's their territory, and Samus (as an independent agent) is only allowed to work there provided she follows their directions.
**** Except that Samus is a galactic hero, experienced at surviving perilous situations, and is pretty much a weapon of mass destruction. If she just called the Federation, they would order the troops to defer to ''her'', as well they should. Even assuming they didn't, there is no reason she can't just leave, and the depicted relationship with Adam gives us nothing worthy of respect. In fact, for her trust, he nearly lets her die, and she refuses to disobey him even when her life is at risk and the measure in question is entirely defensive.
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