03-06-2025, 01:00 PM
Was there ever an agreed upon retcon as to how she is back in MGS4? Or did it just imply Meryl ending is canon? I don't really remember the consensus.
I understand the points about not wanting to think of Snake as the kind of person who would throw in the towel but at the same time would Snake leave Otacon behind? I feel like Snake is a shell of a man at the start of MGS1-a hidden away misanthrope who thinks very lowly of himself-and the events of that game are character development that lead him to being the wise mentor he is in MGS2. His failing Merly who admired him in the same way Raiden does informs his character massively. In the same way that him eventually crawling through the microwave in MGS4 would show growth if he'd not endured in MGS1 and had carried that shame.
I understand the points about not wanting to think of Snake as the kind of person who would throw in the towel but at the same time would Snake leave Otacon behind? I feel like Snake is a shell of a man at the start of MGS1-a hidden away misanthrope who thinks very lowly of himself-and the events of that game are character development that lead him to being the wise mentor he is in MGS2. His failing Merly who admired him in the same way Raiden does informs his character massively. In the same way that him eventually crawling through the microwave in MGS4 would show growth if he'd not endured in MGS1 and had carried that shame.
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