to think that ten years ago to this very day, a wise man dared us to reconsider our preconceptions so poetically. perhaps enough time has passed that we can now move on, no longer so burdened by either our judgements nor actions, much like Quiet was unburdened by clothing, and instead we can simply acknowledge the tremendous courage to go all in on a statement like this when the plot twist would turn out to be "she photosynthesizes through her skin, for some reason." have I ever felt so courageous to commit so hard to the bit like this? have any of us? perhaps not. but even if I can't appreciate what it must have truly felt like to show this kind of courage, I can at least appreciate the courage of showing an insane amount of cleavage on Mother Base.
in reply to @love's post:
anyway I don't know why the fuck this was on my google calendar for today
My man Kojima just wanted some T&A and couldn't bring himself to admit it publicly!
I remember the speculation pre-release that Quiet was a post-transition Chico due to some visual similarities. I still wish that was the case because it would have made for a more interesting character and it would have certainly been novel.
hideo kojima has just been doing his thing for years and i respect him for it
i don't respect this particular thing, of course, but he can't win them all
The greatest to ever do it. I can only hope to get my fanbase as good as this.
I'll settle for tricking my favourite director into going on an afternoon-long date with me while wearing matching seasonal mid yuri tshirts.
I have never not been ashamed of my words and deeds and I want to thank Mr. Kojima for putting words to my problem
{Katie} I breathe through my skin! ... Because I'm a frog.
if he just said "because it's hot" the way yoko taro does there never would have been discourse. we didn't need this kojima, kojima you caused this kojima WHY DID YOU DO THIS KOJIMA
we need more writers realizing that "because it's hot" is actually a way more valid defense than post-hoc justifications with deeply considered lore points that necessitate their fetish they didn't need to write in the first place.
The most valid defense is a mixture of both. "I made all this lore to enable my kinks because I think it's hot"
My kink is characters having lore-based kinks, and I have this kink because of what happened when I was younger...
Also alternately, he can write a better lore justification then 'she breaths through her skin' when he tried that route too. Because holy shit it's so dumb.
I think what bugs me most about the justification is... It's a bad outfit for that purpose too? Wouldn't like a mesh top be better? Even if you wanted to up the horny wouldn't fishnets be better then tights?
When you have photosynthetic skin, tights are like sunglasses for your legs!
This honestly feels like the kind of logic metal gear solid would actually use.