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Wow, that name makes me think of someone who steals more than just videos..
While 'Because Kojima' is reasonable by the later games, I think it skims over an important point here. The MGS games all have multiple meta-levels their narratives interact with
The 'Sexy Lady'™ was considered a staple character trope in gaming at that time, and Sniper Wolf being picked for it of the four(?) women in the game subverts the role and highlights her war meta-narrative by contrast.
Most of the cast actually operate as the same kind of gaming trope shake-up. The Self-rescuing Damsel, the Evil Player Two, The Cheater, etc.
Worst of all she doxxed Jacksfilms
Isn’t this that chick that doxxed a man and his family for pointing out she’s a content thief
"Vengeful, suicidal death drive" sounds like The dumbest op anime move, and I'm not going to let that slide.
You could also read the femme fatal part as a desperate attempt at connection physically. Even that part, which yes is very kojumbo, can be taken artistically. Love it.
I hope you do characters from later games. Especially the Beauty and the Beast unit characters from MGS4.
"Her story is deep, and meaningful, a written with soul and purpose…
"… she's also ridiculously hot, but that's beside the point."
because Kojima
That's Metal Gear in a nutshell really.
I can never hear the words sniper wolf the same ever again
They keep saying about se*ualized females in the metal gear series, like the men don't have the same treatment.
Snake always wesring tight combst suits, liquid always having his chest and abs in the open, big boss being well… big boss, and don't even get me started on Raiden.
"She's also a highly sexualized, flirty femme fatale because Kojima"
We're gonna be hearing this line a lot
While yes, no sniper would ever have their chesticles out in freezing cold tempatures, the fact she has her chest exposed as if a giant target to her heart, symbolising her need for that connection for love and death is pretty fitting… makes more sense than Quiets "she needs to wear no clothes because she breathes through her skin" bs
"she is also a hot blonde, because hideos kojinglies is a man of vision much like Oda."
Seeing "Sniper Wolf" in the title made my skin crawl. That name is ruined for me.
She's so me fr (I am also into a parasocial relationship with vtubers)
Those mgs1 graphics were so bad holy jeesus but the game was still pure gold
"Do you think love can bloom, even on a battlefield?" Otacon asked Snake.
So numbed to life outside the scope, Sniper Wolf couldn't see someone had loved her truly, all along. War is hell.
"Bring me my rifle"
i was thinking of another sniper wolf like " damn she's now committing war crimes huh? "
If there is one thing i despise is sexuality and sensuality being dismissed in character design.
The fear of the female human form is bizzare to me. Like seriously she is a woman to whom sniping is her own form of connection to others so is it any wonder why a woman who is outwardly cold and distant but longing for any kind of connection dressed like that?
Embrace it. Being afraid of it is juvenile
I like how she's wearing THAT outfit in Alaska.
Goomi rp, we love it
Honestly, Kojima is so on-the-nose about his "commentary" (what with the bosses exposing their motivations and backstories in pure infodump fashion before dying) that any further commentary from other people is redundant. This is why I can't take his writing seriously, it is so "nanar", unsubtle and over-the-top in how melodramatic it is.
Hot take: A highly sexualised character can still be a very good one.
I'm convinced PTSD is one of the most prominent running themes throughout the series, and Wolf in particular is a picture of what happens when stress and anxiety set in early in life. The way she takes her medication isn't like that of an abuser, it's like that of someone who has lived through decades of anxiety-induced brain damage but has finally found something that can at least make one of the many physical pains it results in stop being so debilitating.
The thing about her being around and identifing with wolves I think is a subtext of portraying her as a wild child "raised by wolves". Because, what is born in a war if not living in the wild of humanity?
Ah yes Sniper Wolf the famous blonde haired blue eyes kurdish woman
Because Kojima 😂
"Because Kojima" 😂😂😂
i almost choked on my drink at this comment 😭 1:26:07
The "because kojima" addendum is the thing that makes mgs so hard to recommend to people 😂 like I love these games and I think they have some genuinely good stories and characters but also who wants to have a sexy shower with the sexy lady who's mostly naked because of definitely logical plot reasons and not just because kojima likes hot ladies.
Because kojima is so fitting.
That is the dumbest character backstory and characterization I've heard in a while
Fantastic. Love is war, war is hell.
Smash
No the "Because Kojima", some how it´s so funny and also says so much. hahaah!!