They Wouldn't Leave That Man Alone About His Characters' Smoking Habits And That's Why We Ended Up With

quick monsoon bc i think he's nice

raiden was annoying to me in mgs2 bc he is like subversion of player's expectation set by snake: bitching about difficulties from the very start, initially refusing to do stuff he wasn't trained to (deactivate bombs), has emotional conversations with his gf about their relationship etc. none of which is bad tbh but it is the opposite of what i expected after mgs1. but that's why he's a fun protagonist, teasing the player a bit. i am glad he's still annoying in rising (like bothering kevin with unsolicited marriage talk, the courtney codec calls if you don't save etc) and lowkey evokes cringe reaction from the voice he definitely does on purpose, the whole the "i get off to shredding dudes" ripper thing. they really integrated devs trying to make him more appealing to audience into his character development. but tbh to me, mgrr raiden is more cringe than mgs2 raiden (and that's a big part why rising is fun). in mgs4 there are fun moments which are definitely meta jokes (like the timing of the raiden in hospital scene, i am sure it was set up for player to expect seeing snake, or the voice) but it's serious so there's less room for fun. it's a shame tho that the devs seem to shy away from the mgs2 raiden, should've embraced him more and admit that players who hate on him just don't get it or aren't into it, he already was a well designed character.

and rosemary hate is wild, ofc it's bad to violate people's trust and their relationship is edgy and creepy but by mgs standards it's pretty wholesome and full of hope (except for raiden hitting her). idk what do they mean by ruining raiden's life, he literally brags about how much he loves his family in rising

i will say tho adding onto the post i reblogged before last like. raiden was also generally not well received on the launch of 2 for like multiple reasons but i imagine being annoying was one of them and i think its really only because of rising a good portion of people like him. yknow after they made him a cool robot with that deeper voice and other shit i havent played rising. rose still gets treated infinitely worst by fans tho for shit she didnt do

"ocelot, we must hijack a chopper 😏😘"

"been doing drugs again? i know just the way to take you even higher ;)" (implying hijacking the chopper ofc)

"if you're going to hover over me all day, might as well procure a dedicated vehicle (:"

false advertising* @/faksyan 's ocelhira wip and its chopper hijacking chapter in particular!

* false advertising as in they don't say any of those things. it's like a misleading mobile game ad. i am deliberately making up and spreading misinformation about a piece of media i like.

text and bonus pic (creepy faces) below

today's line of action. was slow, the fella has 1 leg lol. but i like the longest one

bonus pic: small face practice from earlier. i didn't intend to make them so eerie, i hope some day i will overcome this stage and will be able to draw normal faces, but i have fun even now. i need to figure out eyes size and placement though.

"spam like = blocked" if you spam like me i am going to cast 1000 protection spells on you so nothing bad happens to you ever

how to post a sketch:

1. draw it

2. take a picture

3. compare to the reference

4. find gajillion mistakes

5. try to fix it

6. unless too fed up with it, return to step 2

7. try to fix it with some details you don't really see on the reference but that would convey the thing

8. take a picture

9. congrats on noticing some parts are weird, fix it and return to step 8 unless it's no fun anymore

10. now you're less satisfied with it than you were before taking the first picture, but it looks a lot better

11. the picture angle is wrong btw or it's blurry, retake (:

12. gl cropping it lol

13. post it

14. fix some stuff, take another pic and edit your post

15. 2 minutes of high excitement

16. stop thinking about it forever

i feel vain doing all that just to post my doodles but it is worth it bc i'm glad i like them and would like to post good clean photos. also it's fun to compare the first and the last version

The last cards I finished up to for the VA’s at @mgscon ! Naomi, Meryl, Otacon, and Gray Fox! Hopefully this year I’ll actually be able to give Jennifer Hale hers 🖤

There have been a few more legendary VA’s that have been announced so I gotta get to work on theirs!

thanks!

p.s. it's enabled and sometimes i see it working but apparently these posts are not long enough. well, it is what it is, i should reblog less ig lol

i wish there was a way to put reblog under cut instead of having gajillion long ass mgs related text posts on my page

when snake takes miller's hand to get on the chopper in the end of ground zeroes, i wonder if he remembered the time he took the boss's hand on the bridge. back then, his world was crumbling because she was defecting, and he accepted the hand only to be broken (literally broken bones first and metaphorically in the operation snake eater in general). in ground zeroes, his world is probably crumbling again together with the oil rig, and a person who is close to him extends their hand to help him up. i wonder if he thought of it briefly before placing his trust in that person again, both times not having much choice anyway. i wonder, if he could go back in time, both to virtuous mission and ground zeroes, and if he had some other option, would he still accept the hand. both times he did it led to major changes in life and getting hurt.

ironically, the man who was a double agent stayed loyal to him in the next 9 years, and the woman who was immaculate kept her loyalties too but he felt betrayed.