#Steven Armstrong

[justabrick]

A model swap mod opened my eyes on how terrifyingly huge juiced up Armstrong really is

Goddamn. He's big enough to just pick Sundowner up by the scruff like a misbehaving puppy

Just thought I'd share this observation

[artzy-d]

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance from memory... and Big Boss for some reason

[nmoroder]

based on this

[its-to-the-death]

Glasses Swag Sequel Preliminary Round #14

Only one will make it into the bracket!

[steve-smackdown]

Bracket 4, Round 3

[ddladiva]

Smiling critters

[bonebridebanish-warcrimeedition]

Propaganda

"The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive — free to live as they see fit" — your classical fascist (in denial) American politician, who sponsored his own PMC Desperado in attempt to achieve his dream of "reborn our of ashes America". You may know him by one of two memes: either "Nanomachines, son!" or "My source is that I made it the fuck up!" (he didn't actually say that, but he definitely would say that). Born in Texas, raised in South Carolina. Played football in collage and is an ex-Navy, also an actual senator. Has enhanced himself with nanomachines that allow him to be stronger than a literal cyborg mercenary. If you haven't seen it, I can't recommend enough to watch his entire reveal as a character in the game.

[hatredmadeofgold]

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance — Final Chapter

[but-a-humble-goon]

Okay but literally the only actual difference between your average republican politician and Senator Armstrong is Armstrong's honesty, his charisma and his will. That and the fact that he actually gets what he deserves in the end.

[justabrick]

[guess who’s back, back again]

analysis of jetstream sam, maybe? i love him dearly and i like hearing people’s interpretations of his backstory!

you could write an entire novel of just yapping about him and i will gladly read all of it

Glad to have you back, back again

To be honest, I may be an outlier in the fandom due to not caring all too much for Sam, but I believe I may have a thought or two that hasn't already been discussed to death.

So, I believe Samuel is the only Desperado Armstrong actually respects and views as worthy of continuing to exist in his social Darwinist utopia. The main thing pointing to it is the fact that he isn't actually a Wind of Destruction or a Desperado employee at all. He bears the logo on his prosthetic arm, but otherwise he's unaffiliated.

In one of my long posts I've discussed how Desperado is doomed to be torn apart the moment Tecumseh goes live, it's the only possible outcome for them after an assassination attempt on the president. And the Winds, being the commanders of that PMC, would definitely get blended into fine paste as the result. But Sam?

Sam would be able to walk free, just like Armstrong. They're not connected to Desperado on paper, so they get to continue on while the Winds get thrown away like trash once they've outlived their usefulness.

Jetstream is the only one who actually fought for his own sake and faced Armstrong in battle, which is exactly the thing Senator respects.

Meanwhile I think Armstrong would fundamentally disrespect Sundowner, Monsoon and Mistral.

He's all about individualism, freedom, personal choice. And if you listen to both Monsoon and Sundowner, they're both denying personal responsibility, with the main difference being that one attributes human lack of freedom and inherent cruelty to memes and the other - to genes. "You have no choices to make, nothing to answer for..." Think of it. What would a man like Armstrong think of such a world view? And then there's Sundowner, the embodiment of pointless wars Armstrong wants to end. Everything is not as clear with Mistral, but I think her purposeless life prior to Desperado doesn't inspire much admiration in Steven either.

I have to wonder if Sam was actually kinda believing in Armstrong's ideals by the time we fought him. "Two years I've been working towards this, and on the last day Blondie has me doubting the whole thing." Obviously he's conflicted and doubting his identity, but since his on-screen behavior is out of character judging by Bladewolf's comments, it leads me to suspect that in the two years Sam spent in this whole mess he's come to delude himself into sort of believing in Armstrong's goal as a coping mechanism and Raiden bulldozing his way through World Marshal HQ despite all odds gave him a big reality check. Jack actually sticking to his ideals through everything would make Sam wonder whether he's gone insane himself, having joined the very thing he tried to destroy.

[sinister-shark]

couple of silly aggie.o Armstrong doodle shenanigans with acquaintances a few ago ft rabid hyena jackie

[paganminiskirt]

A year ago I started writing a fic where Armstrong topped Sundowner because I wanted to mess around with the idea of robogenitals and y’know power dynamics and allat but I stopped after a scene where Armstrong slapped his ass and took note of how it sounded like hitting an exercise ball

[zaddyazula]

literally 4 days late but happy 10th birthday to this masterpiece

tier ranking of the bosses as well

at least he uses renewable energy #terroristscarefortheenvironment

[spicy-boi-supreme]

Dawn of The Fifth Day:

5.1

I need to get on that Metal Gear Solid grindset. I wanna be a buff man with strong principles and a funny codename/gimmick.

[steve-smackdown]

Bracket 4, Round 1

[punk-63]