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oudeteron

The Information Density of Zero

Oct 21, 2011 19:05

Not a pun, of course. Or is it? Or...is it. Anyway, in celebration of that great MGS3 video collection that had been nuked from Youtube some time ago being restored, let's have some Zero meta because there's only so long I can keep all this in my head only. One cannot but conclude that everything about this character points to something else and ( Read more... )

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scintillulae October 22 2011, 06:36:21 UTC

Metal Gear Solid: We Did Start the Fire, Actually
sdkfjskdjf jesus christ here you are writing out this interesting, thoughtful meta and then you ruin it with that. I AM GRINNING LIKE A DORK RIGHT NOW, NO, STOP IT.

also I would totally read that fic. or play that game. or whatever it theoretically were turned into.

oudeteron October 22 2011, 13:34:09 UTC

Ahaha my apologies, but a tenuously relevant reference/pun is the most Metal Gear note to end it on. XD

I'm glad to hear you would, and not just because it was my idea. There's so much material for epic shit right there.

scintillulae October 23 2011, 06:47:58 UTC

True, it's very in-character, so to speak. xD

Why don't they give us what we waaaant, screw sequels or remakes or whatever. PREQUELS ALL THE WAY.

oudeteron October 24 2011, 17:57:24 UTC

I do what I can. XD

Well, I am biased and would always enjoy sequels that fall into the BB storyline at least a little. BUT NEEDS MOAR PREQUELS.

missmonkeh October 22 2011, 15:49:48 UTC

An interesting parallel with the Major Tom thing is that, both the Major Tom in the song and Zero find themselves at the mercy of their own 'brave new world'. I think it also plays into Zero's Bond complex - Major Tom is a hero, the papers want to know whose shirts he wears, if it weren't for the time paradox, he'd be the kind of legendary (fictional) hero Zero seems to aspire to. (Another interesting parallel is in the song 'Ashes to Ashes', in which Major Tom is no longer a hero but a 'junkie', hitting an 'all-time low', reflecting Zero's own fall from grace)

I always wondered whether Zero might have Chinese ancestry - 'Oh' is not a British name at all, unless it's either short for something, or an assumed name. I mean, obviously it's a play on '0' but CONTEXT.

BB: A big, swollen emptiness...just like outer space.

JUST LIKE MAJOR TOM. OHOHO.

oudeteron October 22 2011, 18:03:06 UTC

Yes, this! I see both of these as ultimately instances of bending reality (what's "real" by our standards in space/virtual reality for Zero). The Bond complex is an awesome point; it's a shame that the time paradox doesn't make it completely easy to integrate at the time of MGS3. (I love listening to the two songs back to back for that very reason. I do wish Kojima had gone ahead with the plan to put them in the credits, though I really like "Way to Fall" and think it fits BB's perspective, so it's probably better suited there. ALSO, it's interesting that even in "Ashes to Ashes", it still has the line "you better not mess with Major Tom". UM ( ... )