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imthe_shit) wrote2015-11-05 12:04 am
imthe_shit) wrote2015-11-05 12:04 am
Entry tags:
Old Snake's app (without the samples) Important notes added
Player
Name: Hebby
Personal Journal:hebbycakes
E-mail: citti_monroe@hotmail.com
AIM/MSN: AIM: hebbycakes
Timezone: UTC+09:00 Seoul (until mid January)
Character
Name: Solid Snake aka Old Snake aka David
Series: Metal Gear Solid
Timeline: Just after Act 3 of MGS4, Old Snake's face has been severely burned and his surrogate mother is dead. He's recuperating after all that's happened but is being sent to Shadow Moses once more in order to salvage Metal Gear Rex.
Canon Resource Links: http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Solid_Snake
Personality:
Solid Snake has had a hard life, as once described by Otacon. Every victory has been short-lived, and the way up to it has been littered with causalities and sadness. To understand the now, we have to start at the (almost) beginning.
In Metal Gear Solid, Snake has retired to Alaska in order to escape his life as a soldier. He has PTSD from his final encounter with Big Boss(his mentor), and how he had to kill his own best friends simply because they were on opposite sides. His friend, Colonel Roy Campbell, calls him back into action because of a terrorist organization that is planning to use a Metal Gear to start WW3. Snake has been the only man (since Big Boss) to take out two Metal Gears and live, and he was considered an expert. The Snake we see in this game is sarcastic, has a strange sense of humor, and is very interested in the opposite sex. Though he appears lighthearted, it's possible to catch glimpses of the darkness inside of him, such as when people call him a Hero, or when he's unable to protect Meryl (though that is not considered canon). He also meets his later-to-be best friend, Hal "Otacon" Emmerich, who starts as a huge nerd, but the two become dependent on one another and even have a special bond when speaking to each other.
After the events of Metal Gear Solid, Snake returns to Alaska with Meryl, Colonel Campbell's "niece". Things seem fine, but eventually Meryl and Snake grow apart, and she leaves him, resulting in Snake becoming an alcoholic.
In Metal Gear Solid 2, Otacon had gone to Alaska to retrieve his old friend, having started his own organization called "Philanthropy", a group that would protect mankind by disabling Metal Gears across the globe. Snake joined up with his friend and the two began their quest, although they were mostly seen as a terrorist group themselves because of their "vigilante terrorism." After trying to disable the Metal Gear Ray, Snake finds himself meeting Liquid Snake again, his enemy (and apparent brother) from the first game, except he's now possessed another character, Revolver Ocelot, through his arm. (Yeah.)
After the ensuing chaos, Snake is not seen for a great deal of time... And reappears under an alias, Iroquois Plisken, in order to keep watch over Raiden, the newest "FOXHOUND" agent, and also try to find out what the latest terrorist organization is up to. In this game, Snake is similar to his former self, except a bit more funny. His sense of humor hasn't really changed and he's pretty bossy, but the bond he shares with Otacon is quite prevalent, especially when he comforts his friend over the loss of his sister. By the end of the game, Snake is a bit close with Raiden, trying to give him direction in life after the confusing mess they just went through.
The next time we see Solid Snake, however, he's changed quite a bit. The year is 2014, and Snake is an old man. He is a clone, but he was created to have a limited life-span, to keep him from falling into the wrong hands. Though he's actually 42 years old, he resembles a man in his 80s. This incarnation of Snake is quite a bit more heavyhearted. He's old and he's bitter. He holds a lot of regrets, he carries deep burden... He still tries to guide those he's close to, wanting them to lead a life that isn't the one he's had to suffer. He and Otacon are raising Sunny, the child they were looking for at the end of MGS2, and her interactions with Snake show his more gentle side, even if he's pretty shitty with kids.
Snake suffers greatly in this game because he seems to want to live, and yet death would be a sweet release to his suffering. His body is barely holding together, apparently, but his sheer willpower is all that's keeping him going. In Act 3, Snake both meets his surrogate mother and watches her die, failing to protect her and feeling wholly responsible in the end.
To summarize, Snake is a strong soldier, his will-power keeping him going through even the most dire of situations. He is not without humor, however, and even has a funny bone, though it is quite dry at times. He loves his friends, however few they are, and he has a hard time showing that he cares for the ones closest to him until it's too late. Old Snake worries about becoming close to others due to his accelerated aging, fearing that they'd be stricken with grief because of his passing. At the same time, however, he is embittered by his fate, and often behaves in ways that show he doesn't care about what happens to him (ie smoking).
Snake's friend, Gray Fox (Frank Jaeger), once told him "We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing I was good at, but at least I was fighting for what I believed in." Snake appears to take this quote to heart, even if it may seem that he always ends up a pawn in someone else's game.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Snake is a master of CQC, Close Quarters Combat. Even in his old age, he can catch a healthy person in peak condition and wrestle them into unconsciousness. He doesn't screw around, years of training turning him into the perfect soldier. Snake is also skilled at sneaking around without making a sound. When equipping a box or barrel, Snake can avoid detection quite easily and get through many tight spots. In MGS4, he's given Octo Camo, an upgraded suit that allows him to blend into his surroundings in order to better protect him, since boxes aren't very practical in outdoor locations. Snake is also extremely charismatic, even if he's a bit of a dork sometimes. He'll often say extremely inspirational things, managing to bring up (or motivate) his allies' spirits and carry on. And perhaps the one that's a bit downplayed is the fact that Snake is fluent in 6 languages, even in his old age! This man is prepared for really any situation, making him quite powerful.
But like any protagonist, he has some big weaknesses. Probably the biggest would be his accelerated aging; though in Route he won't have to worry about dying, he still suffers from Nanomachine Attacks-- these are like heart attacks that are induced by the nanomachines in his body and can only be soothed by injecting himself with a temporary cure-all that neutralizes the nanomachines inside his body temporarily. Nanomachines aside, Snake can sometimes be too much of a hard-ass, whether it's to Sunny about her inability to cook eggs properly, or even putting himself down when he's in a tough spot. He tries to comfort his friends, but he's not very good at coddling, and will often become frustrated when people mourn for too long.
Old Snake hates being referred to as old, and it will lower his "Psyche Gauge", or his self-esteem. When it gets too low, he's unable to properly fire his weapons or perform as he usually does. On top of feeling old, he gets all the symptoms of said label, such as bad pains, sore limbs, joint pain, etc. Decades of crawling around on your belly and crouch-walking can put the body into a world of hurt.
The one thing that Snake outright cannot do is kill his own. Even if it would be required of him to forget someone and move on without them, he can't do it. Even if it would put him in danger to try and rescue said person, he will not leave them behind, and will always try to save them. In MGS4, the only time he didn't do this was when leaving Naomi behind at the end of Act 4 due to the facility collapsing and the fact that Naomi was "a walking corpse", so to speak. If one of his own is threatened, he will stop at nothing to rescue them, even if means his own life is in danger.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Torkoal
Important notes:
Snake has his sneaking suit from MGS4, but it's been damaged enough that he can't get the Octo-Camo working on it. The suit looks out of place, and for some reason the Philanthropy symbol on the chest has changed to a Pokeball. No one knows why.
Snake's going to be a bit wary around boats for a bit, but only because of the mess that happened on the Volta in Act 3 of MGS4. He won't let that deter him if he has to take a boat anywhere, though.
Snake is wearing a bandage on the left side of his face when he arrives in New Bark Town. It's hanging in some places, though, so if you're close enough you can see the horrible scarring underneath when half his face was set on fire. It still stings when air, water or anything else touches it, especially people, so he's careful about not letting people get too close.
Snake is prone to having coughing fits, and they've gotten significantly worse after Act 3, for obvious reasons. Despite this, he still wants to smoke cigarettes, which worsen the fits.
Another thing to remember is that Snake is damn good at CQC, only beaten by Big Boss and Ocelot. Even in his old age he can throw you over his shoulder and disable you without a second thought. He's also really good at sneaking up on people with all kinds of methods... even using barrels and cardboard boxes.
Name: Hebby
Personal Journal:
hebbycakesE-mail: citti_monroe@hotmail.com
AIM/MSN: AIM: hebbycakes
Timezone: UTC+09:00 Seoul (until mid January)
Character
Name: Solid Snake aka Old Snake aka David
Series: Metal Gear Solid
Timeline: Just after Act 3 of MGS4, Old Snake's face has been severely burned and his surrogate mother is dead. He's recuperating after all that's happened but is being sent to Shadow Moses once more in order to salvage Metal Gear Rex.
Canon Resource Links: http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Solid_Snake
Personality:
Solid Snake has had a hard life, as once described by Otacon. Every victory has been short-lived, and the way up to it has been littered with causalities and sadness. To understand the now, we have to start at the (almost) beginning.
In Metal Gear Solid, Snake has retired to Alaska in order to escape his life as a soldier. He has PTSD from his final encounter with Big Boss(his mentor), and how he had to kill his own best friends simply because they were on opposite sides. His friend, Colonel Roy Campbell, calls him back into action because of a terrorist organization that is planning to use a Metal Gear to start WW3. Snake has been the only man (since Big Boss) to take out two Metal Gears and live, and he was considered an expert. The Snake we see in this game is sarcastic, has a strange sense of humor, and is very interested in the opposite sex. Though he appears lighthearted, it's possible to catch glimpses of the darkness inside of him, such as when people call him a Hero, or when he's unable to protect Meryl (though that is not considered canon). He also meets his later-to-be best friend, Hal "Otacon" Emmerich, who starts as a huge nerd, but the two become dependent on one another and even have a special bond when speaking to each other.
After the events of Metal Gear Solid, Snake returns to Alaska with Meryl, Colonel Campbell's "niece". Things seem fine, but eventually Meryl and Snake grow apart, and she leaves him, resulting in Snake becoming an alcoholic.
In Metal Gear Solid 2, Otacon had gone to Alaska to retrieve his old friend, having started his own organization called "Philanthropy", a group that would protect mankind by disabling Metal Gears across the globe. Snake joined up with his friend and the two began their quest, although they were mostly seen as a terrorist group themselves because of their "vigilante terrorism." After trying to disable the Metal Gear Ray, Snake finds himself meeting Liquid Snake again, his enemy (and apparent brother) from the first game, except he's now possessed another character, Revolver Ocelot, through his arm. (Yeah.)
After the ensuing chaos, Snake is not seen for a great deal of time... And reappears under an alias, Iroquois Plisken, in order to keep watch over Raiden, the newest "FOXHOUND" agent, and also try to find out what the latest terrorist organization is up to. In this game, Snake is similar to his former self, except a bit more funny. His sense of humor hasn't really changed and he's pretty bossy, but the bond he shares with Otacon is quite prevalent, especially when he comforts his friend over the loss of his sister. By the end of the game, Snake is a bit close with Raiden, trying to give him direction in life after the confusing mess they just went through.
The next time we see Solid Snake, however, he's changed quite a bit. The year is 2014, and Snake is an old man. He is a clone, but he was created to have a limited life-span, to keep him from falling into the wrong hands. Though he's actually 42 years old, he resembles a man in his 80s. This incarnation of Snake is quite a bit more heavyhearted. He's old and he's bitter. He holds a lot of regrets, he carries deep burden... He still tries to guide those he's close to, wanting them to lead a life that isn't the one he's had to suffer. He and Otacon are raising Sunny, the child they were looking for at the end of MGS2, and her interactions with Snake show his more gentle side, even if he's pretty shitty with kids.
Snake suffers greatly in this game because he seems to want to live, and yet death would be a sweet release to his suffering. His body is barely holding together, apparently, but his sheer willpower is all that's keeping him going. In Act 3, Snake both meets his surrogate mother and watches her die, failing to protect her and feeling wholly responsible in the end.
To summarize, Snake is a strong soldier, his will-power keeping him going through even the most dire of situations. He is not without humor, however, and even has a funny bone, though it is quite dry at times. He loves his friends, however few they are, and he has a hard time showing that he cares for the ones closest to him until it's too late. Old Snake worries about becoming close to others due to his accelerated aging, fearing that they'd be stricken with grief because of his passing. At the same time, however, he is embittered by his fate, and often behaves in ways that show he doesn't care about what happens to him (ie smoking).
Snake's friend, Gray Fox (Frank Jaeger), once told him "We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing I was good at, but at least I was fighting for what I believed in." Snake appears to take this quote to heart, even if it may seem that he always ends up a pawn in someone else's game.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Snake is a master of CQC, Close Quarters Combat. Even in his old age, he can catch a healthy person in peak condition and wrestle them into unconsciousness. He doesn't screw around, years of training turning him into the perfect soldier. Snake is also skilled at sneaking around without making a sound. When equipping a box or barrel, Snake can avoid detection quite easily and get through many tight spots. In MGS4, he's given Octo Camo, an upgraded suit that allows him to blend into his surroundings in order to better protect him, since boxes aren't very practical in outdoor locations. Snake is also extremely charismatic, even if he's a bit of a dork sometimes. He'll often say extremely inspirational things, managing to bring up (or motivate) his allies' spirits and carry on. And perhaps the one that's a bit downplayed is the fact that Snake is fluent in 6 languages, even in his old age! This man is prepared for really any situation, making him quite powerful.
But like any protagonist, he has some big weaknesses. Probably the biggest would be his accelerated aging; though in Route he won't have to worry about dying, he still suffers from Nanomachine Attacks-- these are like heart attacks that are induced by the nanomachines in his body and can only be soothed by injecting himself with a temporary cure-all that neutralizes the nanomachines inside his body temporarily. Nanomachines aside, Snake can sometimes be too much of a hard-ass, whether it's to Sunny about her inability to cook eggs properly, or even putting himself down when he's in a tough spot. He tries to comfort his friends, but he's not very good at coddling, and will often become frustrated when people mourn for too long.
Old Snake hates being referred to as old, and it will lower his "Psyche Gauge", or his self-esteem. When it gets too low, he's unable to properly fire his weapons or perform as he usually does. On top of feeling old, he gets all the symptoms of said label, such as bad pains, sore limbs, joint pain, etc. Decades of crawling around on your belly and crouch-walking can put the body into a world of hurt.
The one thing that Snake outright cannot do is kill his own. Even if it would be required of him to forget someone and move on without them, he can't do it. Even if it would put him in danger to try and rescue said person, he will not leave them behind, and will always try to save them. In MGS4, the only time he didn't do this was when leaving Naomi behind at the end of Act 4 due to the facility collapsing and the fact that Naomi was "a walking corpse", so to speak. If one of his own is threatened, he will stop at nothing to rescue them, even if means his own life is in danger.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Torkoal
Important notes:
Snake has his sneaking suit from MGS4, but it's been damaged enough that he can't get the Octo-Camo working on it. The suit looks out of place, and for some reason the Philanthropy symbol on the chest has changed to a Pokeball. No one knows why.
Snake's going to be a bit wary around boats for a bit, but only because of the mess that happened on the Volta in Act 3 of MGS4. He won't let that deter him if he has to take a boat anywhere, though.
Snake is wearing a bandage on the left side of his face when he arrives in New Bark Town. It's hanging in some places, though, so if you're close enough you can see the horrible scarring underneath when half his face was set on fire. It still stings when air, water or anything else touches it, especially people, so he's careful about not letting people get too close.
Snake is prone to having coughing fits, and they've gotten significantly worse after Act 3, for obvious reasons. Despite this, he still wants to smoke cigarettes, which worsen the fits.
Another thing to remember is that Snake is damn good at CQC, only beaten by Big Boss and Ocelot. Even in his old age he can throw you over his shoulder and disable you without a second thought. He's also really good at sneaking up on people with all kinds of methods... even using barrels and cardboard boxes.