#RAIDEN MGS REFERENCE?!

[shumayama]

YIPPEEEEEEE

HAPPPYYYY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[koumori-1999]

raiden in a tuxedo

[lethal-spaceship]

New year is a season of giving.

So I'm giving up < 3

[spoonzadelic]

“Jack honey, did something happen to you? After we got separated in that long hallway?”

[dadbots]

(Jan ‘24) MGS2 Raiden + MGS4 Young snake redraw.

[pascha-chan]

Ironic how in MGS4 Raiden,real name JACK,got crushed by a TITANIC battleship on a FREEZING island in the middle of ATLANTIC!!

[sailorsenshishitposter]

Sleepover AU

Armstrong had sent out invitations to everyone. Except Khamsin. No one knew why they even kept him around. Everyone was kind of just waiting for the day that a pack of stray dogs would inevitably maul him to death. The group received a message at headquarters. There would be a party in the reception area tonight at 8:00 PM and not to be late. Oh and to bring something like refreshments or games if they could.

The first to arrive was Sundowner. "Why the hell are you dressed like that!?" The man had shown up in with a pair of pajamas covering his cyborg body along with a night cap. Upon a closer look, they appeared to be Eric Cartman themed. Armstrong readjusted his glasses and let out a huff. "Sometimes I'm not sure why I even bothered to hire you." The other man just chuckled at his response. "Kids are cruel, and I'm very in touch with my inner child!" He then walked in and promptly placed down two six cases of bud light. "We all know that you're the only one that drinks that filth. If you want to get drunk then do it on your own time!"

Just then there was a knock. "Sundowner go answer it!" He opened the door and was greeted by Mistral. "Bonjour. May I come In?". This wasn't right. He would be damned if he let a girl ruin his night of hanging out with the boys. Just guys being dudes. Maybe there would be a little sex imvolved but it wasn't gay if you wore socks right? It was then that he came up with a plan. "Sorry, nothin' personal but no girls allowed." Mistral took out the letter. "Then why did I receive an invitation?" Sundowner immediately took the paper from her hand and inspected it. "This must be a mistake. I'll have the person responsible dealt with." He then tore up her note. Mistral cast him a cold gaze and he knew she wasn't buying it. Guess I don't have a choice huh? He got a large sign and then wrote on it with blood (where he got it is a mystery) in big, bold letters "BOYS ONLY". "Sorry Mistral, I don't make the rules. NOW GET OUTTA HERE!"

Armstrong was going over tonight's plans when Monsoon startled him. "I hope it's alright that I let myself in. Your door seems to be broken down." What the hell? What on earth could be happening now? He walked closer to the entrance and noticed Mistral had Sundowner face down with her heel on his back. She also was strangling him with her signature weapon. "I see you're well Mistral.". She let the whip form back into a pole and walked over to greet him. "I've been better." They both looked down and watched Sundowner gasp for air. Then they turned around and walked towards the middle of the room, leaving him there as he choked.

It was now twenty minutes later and it had been quite for too long. "Do you think he's dead?" Monsoon then took it upon himself to find out. "Hang on, I'll go check." He flung a sai at Sundowner, causing the man to let out a moan of pain. "He's good." Suddenly a loud voice could be heard approaching. "What the fuck did you bring me to Sam!?" No, it couldn't be. "I swear that I thought this was a party blondie! Besides, this is better than dealing with your wife's cooking right?" Raiden let out a grunt. He hated when Sam was right.

They walked in and decided not to question why Sundowner was unconscious and laying in a pool of blood. They then reached everyone else sitting under the cherry blossoms. "Well if it isn't saucy Jack? What brings you here? Last time I checked, you weren't invited!" Raiden then glared towards his Brazilian friend. "Sam told me this was a plus one event..." Now everyone was starring at him awkwardly. Sam casually brushed his hand through his pony tail. "Did I say that? I must have misread the note." He started whistling but everyone just decided to drop it. If Sam wanted to keep trying to hook up with a married man and keep failing miserably then that was his problem.

An hour later and Armstrong was deciding what game they should play. Mistral then spoke up. "How about a scary story? Does anyone have a good one?" Raiden then chose to speak. "I was a child soldier and I've seen a lot of terrible things in my life. Let me tell you my worst encounter..." -------------------------------------- By the end of the story everyone felt sick, Sundowner in particular, vomiting up the Doritos he had previously consumed back into the bag. "Hey, you guys weren't even there! I had no choice to but to eat it. Do you know how upset Rose would be if I told her that she can't cook? I wasn't kidding when I said that eating gun powder was more enjoyable."

Just then Monsoon cut in. "That isn't scary. You seem to forget that you're not the only one who grew up on the killing fields! Let me tell you about my childhood..." -------------------------------------- "And then they took the babies and started bashing them against the trees. They didn't die immediately so you could hear their screams-" Armstrong stopped him. "That's quite enough. You win. Now let's never speak of this again..." The party mood was now ruined for everyone except Sundowner. "Aww, I wanna know what happens next!" Mistral was about to strangle him again. Before she could beat him up with her many arms, Sam spoke up.

"Don't sleepovers usually have pillow fights or something?" "You've got to be kidding me. You know we're all too old fo-" Raiden was cut off mid speech by a blow to the head. Armstrong had thrown the first pillow. "DIE, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" Next thing they knew and the cyborg was having a BMI error. "What's in that pillow anyway Armstrong?" "Heh, nanomachines son!" Well that explained a lot. Now it was time to start the sleepover part of the party. They opened the doors and were greeted with an empty room. "Damn Japanese! First they infect us with their cherry trees and now they don't even have the deceny to use furniture! It's deseased, rotten to the core!"

It seems like they would have to make due. Armstrong went to check the lower floors to find anything that he could use. He prayed and soon found a spare pillow and blanket in one of the rooms. Upon his return he noticed that everyone else was trying to get comfy. Mistral had made herself a makeshift bed out of torn apart dwarf gekkos, Sundowner had chopped down a tree and split it in two so he could use it to sleep on and Monsoon had attached himself to the ceiling and began to stretch out. It looks like he was going to use the floor as a bed and hang above everyone which was kind of unnerving since he didn't need to sleep.

Then there was Sam. "You know you can lay with me pretty boy. I've been told that I'm very comfortable to lie down on." He then gave the cyborg a wink. "Don't take this the wrong way Sam but I'd rather you just take my other eye out." The other man sighed. He would just have to use his large ass as a cushion. It was now movie time. The screen was projected onto a wall and everyone began to pass around popcorn. They began watching King Kong. Raiden wouldn't be allowed to bring anything after this but that didn't matter since he wasn't invited in the first place.

Sam tried to sit closer to Raiden yet he only scooted farther away. "Aye..." Just then he felt someone poke him in the back. It was Mistral. "Would you mind if I braided your hair?" Raiden was currently telling Armstrong every fact about his favorite movie despite the older man not caring while Mistral was with Sam. As she did his hair, they began to gossip and Monsoon was curious to find out what was so interesting. He soon joined in with the conversation and his hair then became braided as well. Sundowner kept pouting and making angry noises, proving that he really was in touch with his inner child.

He finally had enough and made his way over to the trio. "You seem to have forgotten somethin'!" The group looked amongst themselves. "I don't think I'm forgetting anything, did you guys forget anything?" Sundowner then threw his night cap down. "You know damn well what this is about!" When he received no answer he began to stomp his foot. "WHY DIDN'T Y'ALL ASK IF I WANTED MY HAIR ALL DONE UP!?" The three of them looked at each other, then towards Sundowner and started laughing. "WHAT'S SO FUNNY!?" Mistral started to wipe a tear from her eye. "It's just that you're, you know... Bald." The man was now fuming. "O' COURSE I KNOW THAT! I JUST WANTED TO FEEL APPRICIATED, DAMN IT!"

He then let out a loud belch and toppled over. It seems the alcohol had taken it's toll. Sam then pulled out a permanent marker. "Who wants to go first?" The movie ended and Armstrong was relived that he wouldn't have to listen to Jack's commentary. Once it was over Raiden went over to see what the rest of the gang was doing. He noticed that they were all colouring over a very drunk and passed out Sundowner. Sam then looked at Raiden, begging the cyborg not to rat them out. "Are you kidding? You know how much I hate this guy! Now pass me that blue permanent marker!"

Raiden then started to cackle as he unleashed Jack the ripper's madness. By the time they were done, it seemed like there was no place they hadn't reached. There was a drawn on mustache and a eye patch, someone had drawn Charlie Brown on the back of his scalp, but perhaps the harshest was on his crotch plate. On it was written "RIP, you were blown off by that IED but I'll always remember how great it was to be three inches hard."

They all decided that it would be best if they each immediately returned home, not wanting to be present when the man woke up. It was now the next day and Sundowner noticed all the marker covering his body. "THE FUCK!?

[technicontrastron]

@sug-kuk i found something even better

[shadow-moses]

am i the only one who thought it was actually insane that rose tried being a licensed therapist for her mentally ill boyfriend

[ohello0]

I think my phone was listening to me explain the entirety of The Legend of Korra to my friend over the phone for a solid three hours bc I keep getting ATLA Universe stuff on my dash when I haven’t really interacted with it before,,,,,,

[may05xxx-blog]

Where could i get his 3d model from...for reference...obviously....yeah....

HE’S SO CUTE

[otaconsleftlens]

Naked Snake didn't lie to Ocelot. Jack is a nickname for John. His name is John.

I would totally be on board with this if names weren't incredibly important in MGS. I think there's a reason why The Boss is the only person who addresses Naked Snake as Jack. Everything in MGS is very intentional, and while Naked Snake didn't necessarily 'lie,' he wasn't being entirely truthful either. If I give you a nickname instead of my real name, it's still deceitful.

I believe Ocelot felt special when Naked Snake shared his 'real' name with him, which is why he addresses Naked Snake as 'John' when they're alone. This, to me, further solidifies that Ocelot believes Jack's real name is John, and nothing more.

In MGS, sharing names is a sign of vulnerability and trust. Even though the ending isn't canonical, Solid Snake and Otacon exchanging names on the jetski is significant. There's also Kaz calling Big Boss 'Snake' instead of 'Big Boss,' and people referring to Naked Snake/Jack by anything other than his real name. These instances show the level of trust they have with each other. I also think it could be a reflection of their true selves. Does Big Boss ever truly return to his true self? I believe this also applies to Raiden—he was a child soldier raised to kill, and his real name is Jack. When people call him that, he gets upset. Jack (Raiden) admits in game that he likes killing, he is Jack the Ripper, but in the end, he prefers being called 'Raiden', someone who doesn't kill for the thrill of it. Kaz calling Big Boss 'Snake' is interesting to me as well because I feel like Big Boss respects Kaz more than Ocelot, yet not enough to be completely vulnerable with him. (This is more subjective.)

Anyway, nickname or not, there's a reason why Naked Snake did lie to Ocelot. It was a lie. Ocelot using Naked Snake's nickname/fake name makes me believe he genuinely thought Naked Snake was being honest. I think Naked Snake wanted to have fun and trick the trickster.

[rose-above-dark]

heyy I'd advise you not to get into mgs if you only care about yaoi. The first game for the playstation is widely considered to be one of the best games of All Time!!! and is popular among fans. if that other anon somehow finds it 'boring' because theres no gay ppl then they're not a fan of the series so idk why they're recommending it? All the games follow similar themes as in 1 and reference it so they're all boring then ig. Tbh the yaoi is always exaggerated by people who don't actually enjoy the core themes and motifs or they watch playthroughs and miss the context. Every canonically queer character is an antagonist so their sexuality is to make them appear to be extra pervy and creepy so there's no rep when you think about it, it's homophobia. And also every 'implication' is walked back with a different explanation so it's not exactly Gay gay if you get me. For example a male character might seem queer then only ever have romantic interest in women (I'm thinking abt Solid snake flirting). And the gay sex part is a non canon joke to make fun of the relationship of two guys. It's hard to explain if you're not a fan and I don't want to spoil it but fans who played the game know this. Homoerotic sure but the reason that person said rep doesn't feel forced is because it's not Actually There outside dated homophobic stereotypes and jokes you'd expect in old games like these. They even created a minor feminine twink based on another hated guy (raiden in mgs2 was 'too feminine ' for 2001 gamers if you wanna see him) specifically just to beat up. Sorry but that's the truth without a bias. theyre good games but a lot of ppl misconstrue the homophobia idk why. Omg and sorry for the length I didnt mean to go on and on I hope that's not annoying but I thought you should know a lot of people don't even understand what theyre talking about they just see two hot dudes make eye contact and proclaim true love. Ok byee and sorry again :c

I was. Joking about the yaoi. I don’t care about it?

Sure it’s nice but I wanted to get into it because of the stealth aspects and BANGER soundtrack. Also batshit insane story. I was asking about yaoi to just joke around, noticed how I also asked about yuri, further reinstating it.

[armed-saphire]

NOW ITS UR TURN WHO ARE YOUR MGS FAVS AND WHY!1!1?1!1?1!1?11!1! ٩( 'ω' )و

EHEHEEEE OK SO I'll say my fav from each game

Mgs1 is def Liquid he. He's so overdramatic it's really funny. He did so many backflips while explaining his tragic backstory 🥰 and then he just fucking died and turned into an arm which is the real tragedy (I have so many random HCs for him it's insane... I also rewrote his backstory a little...the recessive thing is so dumb)

Mgs2 I think it's a split between Raiden and Fortune. Raiden I really enjoyed playing as a character who is just... idk how to put it I just like that he's flawed and not some morally perfect charismatic guy. It feels like he's set up to be that way and then he whines about everything and is very dismissive at some points. It feels like he's a real person and not perfectly crafted to be the ultimate stereotypical good guy protagonist who can stay cool and collected in every situation. He has his moments where he lets emotion get the better of him and I like it a lot.

Fortune I have less to say about her but it doesn't mean I like her less. I think she's a really tragic character backstory wise but I also like how she sort of "plays into it" I guess? Ocelot points it out himself near the end of the game ("you couldn't get enough of the drama"). I thought the ending where she found out she could've died any time and she didn't have some magic ability was sad too and I lowkey wish she didn't die and was like redeemed somehow (imagine she comes back in mgs4 and has to go against Vamp or something that would've been so cool)..anyway I guess I didn't actually have less to say I like Fortune a lot blehhh😋

mgs3 AGH.. EVA ILY she is such a well written character and I love her so much I could write an essay on her if I wanted but I'll keep it more brief here. She's like a perfect subversion of the typical sexualized woman in video game thing...it's what she's doing as a spy for the mission and the best part is it doesn't even really work lol nice job snake. The game itself even adheres to whether Eva is in her Eva persona or her Tatyana one. It's....aghhhhghhh so great. (I have so many thoughts about her and Liquid btw)

Mgs4...difficult but probably Screaming Mantis. For real this time not a lot to say about her but I do like her a lot more since playing the game she went from my least fav B&B unit member to my fav one. She was really fun to watch in all her cutscenes and her boss fight was one of the best MGS boss fights I've ever done tbh. The callbacks and references to the first game were so good I won't lie I was giggling kicking my feet a lil bit. Screaming Mantis ily I have so many thoughts <333

Peace Walker ermmm Kaz and Paz equal I can't decide..also maybe Amanda. Yeah I like everyone a lot 😭 and Cécile....not Snake tho sorry lol. I haven't finished the game so I haven't gotten the full character arcs of everyone so it's hard to pinpoint exact explanations but you know I love Kaz forever and ever mwah mwah (I'm also a transfem Kaz truther and I'm RIGHT!!!). Amanda has a lot of really cool tapes explaining a lot of...not really exposition but it gives a lot of great context to her character. And her voice acting especially in cutscenes is some of the best voice acting I've seen in an mgs game so it adds a lot. Paz I need to learn more about her. I know basic plot points but not the inbetween stuff that really lets you get to know her. I do feel really sad for her though, Kojima decided he wanted shock value instead of a female character having a nice ending 🤷‍♀️ Sucks.

Mgsv QUIET!!!! QUIET ILY!!! she's soooooo OUGH. I'm glad a lot of the fandom has fixed her from her extremely flawed portrayal in the game because it shows what really could've been and I think I latch more onto that than the version of her in the game just a little. The foundation they were working with was still really good. The way they show her and venom building such a strong bond despite never having a single conversation is really well done and I like it a lot. Quiet ily my favourite creaturething killgirl my favourite ear biter offer...

[refrigeratorhouse]

[mgs stepbro au] Reference sheet for members of the Snake-Emmerich household, with a bonus Raiden. Process gifs for every character except John and Huey.

[transkholins]

it is absurd how many things in the mgs games are imitations of other things. like, first, all of the references to external works. snake is named after snake plissken from escape from new york, peace walker is constantly alluding to kubrick's dr. strangelove (in the obvious sense of the character named strangelove, and also the whole doomsday machine thing). mgs3 and mgs4 are weirdly obsessed with the bible and mapping in-game events onto a biblical narrative. the list goes on.

and then there's in-series callbacks: the big shell is textually an in-universe attempt to reenact the shadow moses incident. mgs4's return to shadow moses and all of the events that that entails. the mgs4 bosses following the same naming conventions as the mgs1 bosses. hell, all of mgs4, actually.

you also have characters imitating/playing at Broader Concepts And Ideals, i'm thinking specifically about the nuclear family, which is a post in its own right, the abstract concept of a Soldier and the ways in which that concept is embodied/taken on by characters, and also kind of ocelot's cowboy shtick (the dramatized version of the wild west that only existed in the movies, which is also i guess a form of imitation).

and THEN you have characters who are just straight-up impersonating other people: solidus "that is NOT solid snake" snake, liquid dressing up as miller in mgs1, gw using roy campbell's face in codec calls with raiden, the mammal pod being modeled after the boss and using her voice, even eva pretending to be big boss's contact in mgs3 and taking on their codename, and, um, the Everything about mgsv. everyone and everything is playing dress-up!!