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i thought you mean the boss and naked snake for a minute lol

date with paz is the worst possible character for female date mission in pw in terms of having an enjoyable date but a good date partner in terms of the bigger narrative. elaboration below:

the best would be amanda, in my personal opinion. snake is clearly not much invested in courting anyone much, he still hasn't let go of the boss (and never truly will, in a way) and has other msf related stuff to worry about. and so is amanda - she would earn the recognition as comandante by the time of the mission and would be occupied thinking about running her own little army. the fact that they'd be on the same page about being not much interested in dating and much interested in commanding a military force and warfare in general could allow them to have a good time together.

cecile would be morally ambiguous too since she doesn't really have a choice in staying on the mother base. but at least she complemented snake and called him sexy over codec which is as much of female sexual attention as he gets in pw.

strangelove would not be a good date plot wise but even that would be more interesting. she is struggling to understand the boss and feels betrayed by her, same as snake. they could bond over the woman both of them loved deeply to the point of it affecting their entire lives. besides, strangelove did look for a hookup or relationship to get distracted from her "breakup" with the boss and possibly follow the 70s sci-fi trend of being very interested in procreation; for both of which she canonically chose huey. it wouldn't make much sense if she chose snake instead bc i think she picked a person she lowkey despised (as he did himself) on purpose and dating a guy who had a close relationship with the boss and made her jealous wouldn't exactly help to get distracted or try to forget about her. but still, at least she has an important thing in common with snake.

date with paz was unappealing to me to even try until i completed most of the missions and late game boredom of gajillion mech battles and curiosity and wanting to experience the entire game got to me (as well as a false hope that snake would be able to wear the bikini top if i get the swimming trunks too, which was a huge letdown lol but well, it is what it is). same as date with kaz, it's a trophy date for completing a significant part of the game. but depending on when you play it (right after unlocking or after completing more main missions) it has the appeal of either a date with a minor who is confused and in distress (tbh i wouldn't complain at all if it wasn't called a date and there would be other ways to finish it than get into love box with her) or a date with a spy who kind of hates you - which is negative amount of appeal for me personally.

sure, considering paz diaries one could say that she has a tsundere crush on snake, so for the sake of being optimistic let's keep that in mind. but does it affect the gameplay of the date mission? doesn't seem so to me tbh. mb i am just doing it wrong, but i had to make several attempts to get an s rank and it looked like this: "good girl" "good job" "i like you" "peace" "praising you some more" - "thank you snake" "thanks" "peace" "aww snake thx, also i will start following you after some wooing and jump a little in a cute way and tilt my head as you say more compliments about nothing in particular" and then they get into the box and paz says it's awkward. very understandable lol, awkward for me as well! at least i can play some nice music and she likes it.

i had kind of high expectations for this mission bc i have played date with kaz first. everything i could try got a positive response from him and revealed some delightful reactions: many comm lines, cqc, camera, questioning him - and even more - things like zooming in on his private parts or knocking him out and laying on top of him, things that i doubt i would find on my own. it's a shame you can't feed him but most of the things you can do get you positive and diverse responses. while paz dislikes or is neutral towards it seems everything except music and praise (she will, luckily, meow back, but won't like it, same as miller), and trying to cqc her is not only discouraged but results in snake touching her inappropriately which is an unexpected twist but not really a welcome one. i don't dislike paz as a character - quite the opposite, i liked the fight with her and was relieved (for a short while :') ) to see her in mgsv. byt her date is boring to me, i have even googled the ways to s-rank it in case i just do it wrong but it seems it just is what it is.

that being said, i think that date with paz isn't a bad thing in the context of the game in general. it reminds the player that snake and miller are freaks who can't behave around a minor, commits to the bit of "kid named peace" narrative (zadornov even got several play dates of hide and seek) and might be interpreted as illustration of snake having no place in romantic dates with cheerful young ladies and becoming a stranger to a joyous possible side of life that a date with a young cheerful woman might represent, which is well combined with him looking like shit and becoming more grumpy and tired and less silly and prone to tomfoolery compared to mgs3. so maybe while being boring and possibly inappropriate, date with paz mission might be more fitting into the narrative than a potentially more entertaining date with any other major female pw character.

my fav part of the mgs fandom is that we all collectively ignore the fact that boss possibly (and willingly) slept with a 16 year old at the ripe old age of 40

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redraw of a comic from a few months ago, now about three times as long ^_^

i think that's part of the "live and die under your orders" thing. (more below bc long post)

he was willing to sacrifice his life to shield big boss, so it is possible to assume he would be willing to give the rest of his life to the cause of big boss, and being big boss himself is a reward of sorts. also it is not only for personal safety of ishmael but to raise the chances of him achieving his goals; i don't think he thought venom snake will be ok at all, but i think he thought it is worth it and that venom snake would agree. which is still a very questionable thing to do ofc.

it's funny that you see him as a villain only bc for me it's the opposite: i have to remind myself what's wrong with him to not just see him as a cool guy lol. i was looking closely while playing pw to see the hints of him becoming evil or smth, and there were very few. even in mgsv i was upset the game isn't finished bc among other things i hoped to finally get the explanation of how he became the evil guy (if ever). now i hope to get it in mgs4 but will see how it goes.

in peace walker and portable ops there were two "villainy" things i noticed: kidnapping people to his pmc (which i at first disregarded as limitation of gameplay mechanics but is more fun to take literally) and being really dedicated to his goals and putting them first (as in when chico feels bad for breaking, he comforts him in a way that will make chico join the msf). and the second part is rather likeable to me than a reason to think he's a villain ngl. people in real world (not everyone ofc but many) were happy to have an opportunity give their life and death to a cause. huey really highlights it in mgsv for me: in a way, dd is play pretend, but i don't think it's a delusion bc they make it real with their own effort: they do impact the world and even their big boss becomes real big boss via his accomplishments and struggle.

i think that the boss was so loved by her followers bc she gave it her all, and big boss tried to follow and surpass her in that, and that's the appeal and i can't really see him as a villain (especially since he's fictional and thus any of his wrongs can be forgivable). interesting to see a person with opposite opinion.

also earlier you've posted that ishmael, unlike ahab, didn't even cry for his dead staff or smth. that's creepy of you ngl :) as a person who doesn't always cry at funerals of people i cared about, kinda scary that it could be perceived as me being indifferent rather than expressing my feelings in a different way (or not expressing them at all). as for big boss, there is an entire scene in portable ops when a staff member dies. it is not a 100% proof of what snake thought and felt, but i assume the game should more or less reflect his pov, and he cared, just thought that whatever losses can't be prevented are acceptable for a worthy cause, among soldiers and military people who signed up for it at least.

Venom's arc explained in a picture from the player's perspective

Playing MGSV:TPP you have 2 choices:

You can be good or bad. You can kill, destroy, use and do everything in your power to be the worst person alive. You can be kind, you can save animals, kids, soldiers, grow a family and be a respectable man.

There's actually no choice. There's no two-tracks. The ending is the same. History will see you as a villain. You are a villain. You are, currently, the perfect depiction of the most wanted and most evil man alive, according to the world.

You have no lever. You cannot stop this from happening. Either close your eyes or watch, the ending will be the same. Your life will end in misery. The only relief? Boss will pat your shoulder and let you die with a false sense of accomplishment. Congrats. That's the panthom pain everybody talks about.

i only like the longest one, except for his private bits but i'm not interested in that much so don't really care. thought the 10 minute one will be decent too, but its shading doesn't convey where the darkest/lightest parts are. the smiling lady one is atrocious even though i had 5 minutes for it; drawing rotated people is cool bc as soon as a head is at 90° angle compared to the "normal" i fail to recognise the parts and proportions properly.

was searching stuff about saddam hussein on youtube and noticed that many videos are styled similar to the true crime videos my lady (and feminine presenting) friends enjoy.

f/m date idea: watching videos about war criminals together

personal notes (mood) to previous post under cut

i am awake for 27+ hours (willingly), had a good day at work and it's doing wonders to my mood despite a sad and lowkey bizarre event earlier today. might draw more or go to sleep, idk will see how it'll go. feels a bit wrong but except that one event the day is really nice and i am both willing and able to do more. it is usually a bit stressful to draw new stuff, especially character i like and would like to portray good, but this one was just fun. i wish all-nighters weren't bad for health and incompatible with normal schedule

new ultrakill death screen is fan service to both masculine fantasy of becoming your role and feminine fantasy of making the protagonist/favourite character suffer