#sopmod

[gun-gallery]

M4A1 SOPMOD Block II - 5.56x45mm

[thafreedomwall]

[nocternalrandomness]

Colt MK12 SPR SOPMOD

[winetorp]

M4 Sopmod II

[haguruma-c]

DEATH STRANDING

[anomalouscodex]

Sopmoodboard

[osiflandia]

M for a 1

[rpk-16]

Alright, finally here, my favorite section of the whole game! And not just because it's all about Sopmod, but it really shines because it is all about her. The same sequence wouldn't matter as much with another character. All her questions before about why dolls feel emotions? They'll pay off here in Continuum Turbulence.

When the shit has hit the fan in the past, M4 did a BSOD and M16 and ST AR got real self-sacrificial. SOP here? She wakes up with half her limbs missing, M16 revealing she's with SF, and M4 in a neural cloud coma so she has to be left behind. Is she gonna give up and sit around being sad? Not a chance. No way in hell. She's gonna make it out and she's gonna drag someone with her, at least one member of her family. Even if it means tearing open her own chest to shove their core in.

It's interesting that we see Sop before this as a goofy character, one that likes to be violent and acts real fun and cute. She gets her more serious moments, like in CH9, but people generally remember her as the violent one. This is the first real time we see her alone in the story, and she's not destroying anything- she's determined to save someone, even just for the sake of some of their memories.

She's not thinking about herself, but in a different way than her teammates did. ST AR and M16 go to extremes for M4 because it's their directive to protect her, and they're sure that their way has to be the best way, so there's some selfishness in their sacrifices. Sop isn't willing to let go of anyone in front of her and she recognizes that she can do more alive than dead. It's like she's a Shonen protagonist, determined to save everyone. Instead of thinking so hard about what she can and cannot do or about what she's supposed to do, she just acts because she has to do something. She's so simple that she can't be stopped by overthinking things.

The opposite of the self-sacrificial attitudes of... Well, the whole rest of her team (except RO.) She really will make good on M16's parting gift.

It's not just for RO or M4 either. Remember back in 10E? With the Carcano sisters?

Griffin doesn't have access to all of their old servers anymore after the events of CT. That's where a lot of the backups were. Some of the dolls just aren't coming back the same. Even with a new body, it'd be like a factory reset- no memories and none of their previous growth or relationships.

Sop was there with them at their last moments. She fought with them, desperately held the line against Judge, and witnessed the terrible betrayal of the KCCO. It's not just RO that Sop carries with her. Her memories of the last, glorious hours of the Carcano sisters are there too. Who knows how many others she remembers because no one else was there to witness them. Or no one else cared to remember.

If any doll makes good use of their ability to feel emotions, it's M4 SOPMOD II, since she cares so damn much.