Agh, I honestly don't know enough about SHODAN, so there's no reason for me to feel defensive. What I know is based off Wiki, and my one friend who says she's pretty much a very nasty pro-machine racist. >
As in lethal. Insane but competent I think
does fit what I know of her.
So in general, I pretty much agree with you. And I was aiming for comedic impact only on this piece. Realistic!SHODAN wouldn't have had a humanoid form like that to start with, IMHO.
(You're talking to someone who has a bit of an attraction to GLaDOS' robot form, so it's not like I
need an AI character to have a humanoid form...)