#mgs ask game

[st-hedge]

People who like Metal Gear Solid(TM), can I ask a question?

[boyquiet]

i think that we need to get over the narrative that you can’t have gay villains because that’s a harmful stereotype because there’s a huge difference between “this character is gay and a bad person” and “this character was written specifically to equate being gay and being evil/depraved/degenerate”. it’s just such a narrow minded view of fiction that leads to people afraid to write queer characters as anything less than morally perfect and then to a bunch of palatable but bland and boring queer characters that are arguably worse representation than a gay villain because they are not allowed to do anything wrong. while it is important to write all types of gay characters a work isn’t instantly “problematic” because the villain is queer and the hero isn’t. I think this is also related to the idea of subtext vs text in gay media and how I see a lot of people get mad bc the homoerotic subtext isn’t made canon without considering the context of it at all—sometimes creators make artistic decisions for reasons other than that they didn’t want the gay people to kiss because they’re homophobic. well written queer subtext can be better than a canon gay couple with no personality or relevance and a queer villain can be a better queer character than a gay hero because the characters in-universe morality isn’t inherently tied to how much care they are written with and the quality of “queer representation” isn’t determined by the amount of times they kiss on screen.

[boobgoogler]

trucy i drew 2day............ i like her face in this so extra close up......... ignore if the proportions are off I didn't use any refs </333

also enjoy my jerma clipshow i made w my speed draw.... >:3

[zeeckz]

i am playing peace walker for the first time, never played another game with miller (except kind of mgs1 but it doesn't count). he took peace walker's nuclear missile to mother base while nobody was watching and then suggested snake to put it on a boat and send it into ocean where nobody finds it and nobody will know they have it, in case if snake doesn't want to keep it. that considered, if you still take sketch suggestions, would you like to draw kazuhira miller throwing car batteries into the ocean? >]

I know this isn't exactly what you asked, but as I was reading it my unruly brain decided they were gonna have a boat date

(Amanda probably heard him by accident and threatened to beat him up if he so even though of contaminating their beautiful waters [with car batteries], Boss & pretty much everyone else thought she had a point, and Kaz had to find an alternative)

(not that he's complaining about it)

[deadscell]

[faksyan]

kazi baby and maybe sunny on the side idk if she has enough in canon for an ask on her own

Oh you know it I want to talk about Kazuhira Miller. Of course I do.

(my favorite Sunny moments are all of mgrec and jomo am I allowed to answer that. Loved her there the writers did such a good job. I wish we were friends.)

First impression

Honestly, I don't think I took that much notice of him in his first appearance? I saw him in pw first, and in the beginning he is just a guy idk. The ending of peace walker and his tapes made me go a bit feral over him though. just a little.

Impression now

I'm in love with his anger issues. He's a scared animal backed into a corner that bites at the hand reaching for him even if it wants to feed and soothe him. I like thinking it gets better with age, but never quite leaves him to some extent, he did think about his revenge on bb for years (even though I think by the end it was less personal and more about. you know. not letting the world explode.)

I really really really like all of Kaz's designs. They're so expressive and tell so much about the mental space he's in. I love how resilient he is throughout all of the shit he deals with and how he passes it on to Dave. What else. There's so much more honesty I talk a bunch about Kaz in other asks, nothing else I haven't mentioned before comes to mind right now.

Favorite moment

Him almost killing himself and bb with a grenade. Showstopping. Brilliant. Never done before. All of first encounter honestly it does so much for him as a character. His tapes where he talks about his childhood too. Every Kaz moment is kind of my favorite I think. I like his lines as Master Miller where he tells Solid he should survive and about cheese fondue and stuff.

Idea for a story

I'm afraid I tie him to Ocelot too much because I love their dynamic. A big fic during the nine year gap where they do a bunch of dumb shit and make Diamond Dogs and kiss is the main one I guess. They go to a casino and beat the shit out of each other one (1) time and beat the shit out of other people many times. So much more bullshit happens but im not getting into that right now. I also have a story with the main focus on Paz in mind, but he's also there a lot, I just want them to be friends.

Unpopular opinion

He can be impulsive but he is a lot more rational than what people often portray/describe him as I think. Also, almost all interpretations of him in v I've seen feel kind of. wrong. Yes, he's traumatized and paranoid, but he is not a *mess*, not in a way he is often viewed. I already said about how I think Kaz's designs are very expressive, and there was this really cool post (don't really know where it's now unfortunately, don't think I reblogged it) about how his facial hair in tpp isn't him giving up on shaving, it's him having a fucking designer stubble that was a rising trend at the time. This, coupled with the fact that he wears so many layers (of also fancy clothes), carries a gun on him at all times, and orders people around as if it were his base (it is) and his soldiers (they are) is exactly the opposite of a man that gave up on his life. It isn't his low point. I headcanon the actual lowest low point in his life being somewhere during bb's coma, and by v he has gotten over it. It was a really long time, and they needed to move on to get things done, so he did. He didn't really need Snake by the time he gets back, I think. Not anymore. It was purely sentimenal by then, plus wanting revenge. And then not even that.

Favorite relationship

Oh would you really make me choose. Ocelhira for all the reasons listed here and so many more. Him and bb for all the baggage they have. Him and V for all the baggage they don't have but think they do because Zero is insane what was that plan. Him and Solid even though they have almost no screentime together. Everyone who ever interacts with him is my favorite relationship because it's Kazuhira Miller. Sorry for being abnormal about him.

Favorite headcanon

Transfem Kaz maybe, but I don't write or think about him with it in mind a lot of the time. Also I think he lost the hand in Ground Zeroes, it makes sense with him bringing up losing limbs and the pain being a reminder of what was taken from him nine years ago in his helicopter speech.

Bonus

Okay, more seriously about Sunny. Everyone always draws her so cheerful and outgoing aka closer to how she's in Rising I assume, that I didn't really expect that she'd be essentially kind of a shut-in in 4. She's a scared anxious child who is also a prodigy, and they are so fucking mean to her there. Made me honestly pretty sad. Though a lot of it might have been the stress everyone was under. I haven't gotten to her in mgr yet, but it makes me happy that things get better for her, like everyone always wanted.

[sephirthoughts]

favorite character asks: vincent valentine/18 & raiden(MGS)/3 please!

ooooh thanks for the ask!!! (from this ask game)

18. Do you prefer to see this character suffer or know peace? Angst or comfort? Both?

poor Vincent I just want him to be happy!!!! but honestly, all his horrible trauma and guilt and the eternal torment of immortality that awaits him in the future are all part of what makes him a compelling character. if he was just some guy with a pretty ok life, there'd be no story. he'd still be pretty though.

3. What first drew you to this character?

oh, Raiden, i had such a complicated relationship with him 😂. when you first meet him in metal gear 2, he's this lame little tryhard Solid Snake fanboy who wants his codename to be Snake too, and they tell him NO which is just...fucking priceless. i was like who is this dweeb.

then you get deeper in and there's his absurdly melodramatic backstory as a child soldier who had to kill enemies on his birthday to prove he was worthy to live, on top of all his hyper-edgy "there was lightning on the night i was born" broodiness, which turns into the whole "I AM THE LIGHTNING" thing. fucking. i laughed till i cried over his edgelord theatrics. i already loved him so much for being an adorable loser but THEN

THEN

you're playing as old snake, in metal gear 4, who is literally dying, and at one point you're way out of your depth and he's exhausted and out of ammo and surrounded by enemies but…oh? what's that??

FUCKING RAIDEN DESCENDS FROM THE HEAVENS IN FULL ROBOT BONDAGE GEAR LIKE THE GOD OF CYBORG SLUTS AND KICKS ALL THE GIANT ROBOTS' ASSES IN HIS CYBERNETIC HIGH HEELS (which by the way he uses TO WIELD HIS SWORD WITH HIS FOOT)

after that he proceeds to have history's most homoerotic boss fight with Vamp, during which they both end up soaked in weird white fluid (not joking even a little bit)

AND THEN

and then there's Revengeance, in which they double, triple, and quadruple down on the gay theatrics, until the edgelord graduates to edge-emperor and cements his place in history and my heart forever.

pictured below: raiden serving so much cyborg cunt it's literally illegal

note that he's still wearing the high heels

thank you for the ask!!!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[kirkwallguy]

In the interest of weaning you onto horror: have you played Dishonored yet? Because if you made it through Bioshock, that's like... similar energy, but more stock horror by comparison. I scream at Minecraft jumpscares myself but managed to tolerate Dishonored for the story.

i REALLY want to enjoy dishonoured because so many people i know have mentioned they love its story but im literally so bad at it that i can't get far enough in to reach it 😭 it definitely does seem to be the level im at right now though... tension and creepy vibes without outright horror or jumpscares.

[hc-svnt-dracones95]

🍄 for your MGS girl ^^

"What is your and your f/o’s anthem?"

That's actually a nice question when it comes to the Commander, but first a little bit of context: after the events of the Big Shell Incident, Amanda learnt to be foxy to her own favor, and it includes manipulating people. She doesn't think with her heart anymore, seeing people only as opportunities.

So, she can charm you easily, she even doesn't have any problem if she must go to bed with you to get whatever she wants. That's what happened to Sundowner, who noticed she chose a politician over him, a simple warmonger... After flirting with him so much, filling his ears with vile promises and whispered sweet nothings to his heart. And that also includes the infamous "I dedicate this song to you, my love".

Yes Amanda is a bitch

[pe4cewalker]

OK. hal in southern snow and/or kaz in can't cheat karma 😘

70s kaz indulgence

[bexisanidiot]

Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech! Will they give one, and what about?

Do they empathize with non-sentient things (dolls, plants, books…)?

What would it take for them to break up with someone? What would be the last straw?

What would they do if they knew it would be forgiven?

Ask game!

She probably gives speeches to soldiers now and days as their leader. They're probably mostly motivational and revolutionary type of speeches.

Sometimes, it depends on the object. If it's her necklace or something that belonged to Mantis, she's careful with it, and all hell breaks loose if something happens to it.

I actually don't know. Her and Quiet have been together for so long I don't Bee would ever leave Quiet for anything because it would be a huge change, and Quiet is the last thing holding her together.

[rad-hound]

have you played ever metal gear game? Like the acids and mobiles and portables too?

I've played, so far, the entirety of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, (or to its fullest extent), and the entirety of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance multiple times over. (Proof below:)

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (try to ignore the header):

And Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain:

I've been meaning to either emulate the first four games in the Solid series, or buy them on Steam (though I've heard the ports are quite bad.) But I've been quite busy with school, and thus haven't had the time to. But I have familiarized myself with the games, so I'm not entirely out of the loop.

However, I have heard of Portable Ops and Metal Gear Acid, of which I might make posts about separately soon enough. To better gauge myself within their contents, so to speak.

[hyaesia]

what’s the snake art 👀

LOOK AT HIM....

[polarmary]

1 (GIVE ME THE SHOPPING LIST), 24, 26 :3

1.who is/are your comfort character(s)? Uhhhh ok so- Fuuta, Kotoko, Rahu (ptn), Mammon (OB!), Kamisato Ayaka, Childe (not a word mg), Maki Harukawa, Hawks (BNHA), Nakahara Chuuya, Killua (HxH)

24.if we were together on a rooftop, what would we be doing?

Goofing around about some random shit without a doubt. Or just coexisting in silence

Plus if it was at night, making kotoko references because haha moon

26.a scenario that you’ve replayed multiple times?

Negative? Being in agonising physical pain due to something outside of my control happening

Positive? Having a slumber party at my house

[faksyan]

OH I KNOW. Huey :]

Thank youuu you know me so well. I love him so much he's so awful.

First impression

I didn't really care much I think. Maybe I knew he's Otacon's dad, and that's kind of it.

Impression now

Oh I'm a bit unwell about this guy sorry. There's this one post about him I wrote (twirls hair) I think it was pretty good. I really like how he is the polar opposite of most of the other male characters in the series. Among the people a bunch of whom have various physical disabilities, only his gets used against him consistently and to such an extent. Kaz is a filthy hypocrite for treating him like he does in v, and I think it adds to his character and draws a lot of similarities between them (even if the narrative doesn't really openly acknowledge it). I like his photos on the AI pod and that he put his child in a fucking murder robot he built. I have many, many thoughts on him but as a sidenote why did they make him so fine in tpp. now looking back he always kind of was but I don't think it did anything for me because he wasn't on the floor shaking and crying. who said that. why did everyone leave. can anyone hear me.

Favorite moment

Hm I'm not sure honestly. I find his overall story really compelling, if I had to pick maybe the one where he yells at Diamond Dogs about how DD is not even a real dog, and they don't listen to him. I like when he shoots Skull Face and goes yess!!!! I did it!!!!! sure did buddy.

Idea for a story

He gets his ass kicked in my Paz au where she goes back in time and looks for another traitor with Kaz. Aside from that, I don't think I have anything Huey-related.

Unpopular opinion

I LOVE HIM. Awful terrible horrible guy who you tell to shut up once and then he kills himself in front of you five billion times and makes you feel bad. If the circumstances of his life had been different he could've been a brilliant scientist, acknowledged by the world and living a fulfilling and happy life, but they weren't.

Favorite relationship

Is his relationship with the world around him a viable answer. He's always the victim, everyone is always out to get him, and he is always sooo so innocent and has done nothing. I think maybe part of why I like him is that his paranoia and victim complex are kind of relatable? Not to such an extent, but I can definitely see the thought process there. Especially if you've been bullied in your life before, I think it's easy to kind of get used to that stuff, that's why some people spiral - it's loneliness and expectations to be treated badly, not taken seriously. He probably knows it's not true in many situations, somewhere deep down, but admitting it means taking responsibility and he's not about to do that. And, in the end of the day, in a lot of cases it is true, and he, to some extent, is a real victim. I like when the truth serum doesn't work on him and he just continues to lie (aka tell the truth that he so deeply believes). It's so good.

Favorite headcanon

I am so curious about what his relationship with Hal was like, I like thinking that he cared, but in such a fundamentally misguided way (as he usually does) that it fucked him up BIG TIME. my dearest son whom I love oh so much, no one loves you as much as I do, our home is the only safe place you will ever get. the rest of the world is an awful and horrible place, all of them hate you and you should be scared. Kind of Mother Gothel style where he brushes his hair and says don't leave but also goes to him with all of his adult problems that the child should absolutely not carry on his shoulders. He probably was pretty absent for a lot of it, but I do like thinking they did spend time together and talked, somewhat. It's interesting to think that it was part of the reason Hal shut the world and other people out for so long.

[coyotefather]

for the fic ask game: "On Thin Ice"

oooOOoohh this is so hard not to take in a literal direction.... i think it'd be a Dave/Hal post-mgs1 maybe canon-alternate mgs2-era fic where they're learning to kind of step in time with each other and potentially figure out living together. like mostly dramady/character study/mega-slowburn where Dave's expecting to be the hard-to-live-with-one and then Hal reveals himself to be equally poorly adjusted, just in a different direction