Nov 30, 2022
Otacon: You mean I'd only get in your way... (Feeling bitter about his helplessness)
Snake: Wrong. Only you can save those hostages. Got it?
Gripping Otacon by the shoulders, Snake reassures him. Smiling, Otacon nods his head.
#otasune#solid snake#otacon#hal emmerich#mgs2#mgs4#They make me. Insane.#mgs#metal gear solid#ada's screencaps#ada speaks#caption is from the script found in the document of metal gear solid 2#i NEEDED to compare these ok. it was making me fucking crazy#mgs2 spoilers#snake. giving otacon a Directive every time he notices him getting upset. because... that's how snake gets through life.#'that's your job right? to support me?' snake. i know you know what youre doing.#both times. he reassures otacon by affirming his importance to him#stresses that he cannot go on without his help and support#and it goes both ways#otacon gives snake purpose too#in the novel otacon says that snake has a 'tragic sense of responsibility' for raiden and meryl. but he suspects also extends to him#and it does#but despite everything... he chooses to carry this weight. he is directionless without a purpose#this is how snake keeps going#its why he took on responsibility for 50 huskies in alaska#its why he took it upon himself to make sure meryl got out of shadow moses alive 'for himself' and not for campbell#its why he joins otacon in atoning for their sins via philanthropy#and in these moments he reminds otacon that they have a job to do not because he is insensitive or uncaring#but because he himself functions this way. you can't change the past. but you can make a better future.
