May 23, 2025
been thinking a lot about the idea of narratives where the plot exists mainly in service of delivering the themes... like, the mechanical actions of story progression aren't nearly as important as what they mean. that's how i feel about Metal Gear Solid & why i love the writing in it so much. it doesn't honestly matter whether or not i fully understand the convoluted series of events bc it's about watching a group of characters trying to construct victory scenarios in their own manufactured unwinnable perma-war & that much i understand completely. god.
#txt#thinking (<- when am i not) abt what beautiful writing it is to introduce eli & mantis in mgsv the way they did#fighting the vengeance war from age 11 and you already KNOW where they end up because of it.#raised in a militarized environment it doesnt matter what path they take they arent gonna be able to escape the soldier's fate anyways!!#killer ...
