Can you do one on Big Boss? Please do one on Big Boss. Long time Metal Gear fan and your videos on the subject are some of the best, if not the best on TH-cam.
"Haven't you got eyes in your head" is a bop. Surprised you used it here thought; I figure Necessary Discrepancy would work better, or maybe Diva of Despair.
And if anyone tried to give snake guff, he would probably respond "you telling me you wouldn't be scared if there was a cyborg ninja a couple yards away?" Or alternatively "you can get a handshake once you help me destroy one of the world's strongest wmd's"
@@HistoryandReviews Gotta admit though, I'd take 'essentially' over anyone overusing 'literally'. Never was bothered by the word essentially, then again, I don't exactly hang around very many people that use it.
@@NPC_GENERIC_ENEMY_INFANTRY Id use "essentially" because while you can accidentally make a statement/point more verbose then where you started in some use cases, it is still grammatically correct. The problem with "literally" is it being grammatically incorrect in using it as a stand in for the word "figuratively" which actually caused "literally" to gain a new definition by Marriam Webster. ("Literally" and its new definition - : in effect : VIRTUALLY -used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible.) Which irks the crap out off me because that's what "figuratively" means not "literally" but is accepted as a variable definition due to rampant misuse of the word...
Otacon is a damn hero. The bit in mgs2 where he watches his sister die but has to rescue hostages so he has to just swallow his pain for the good of the people on the shell is incredible. He has to hear Emma’s parrot say “I miss you Hal” over and over while he pilots a helicopter through bitter ugly tears. And he does it. Incredible
Loved that moment so much. Otacon says he'd hold Snake and Raiden back, and then Snake places both hands on Otacons' shoulders and tells him that only he is capable of saving those hostages makes MGS2 my favourite
Everything about him is like a perfect antithesis for his father. Huey sought to make the next big superweapon that would get him remembered, stealing the research and credit of his fellow scientists to make up for his own failings, and ultimately he failed to do so regardless. Hal sought to make a defensive weapon that would serve as the perfect countermeasure against the threat of nuclear annihilation without much care for credit, and instead was duped into making the next big, perhaps even perfect superweapon, all almost solely based on his own genius. Huey was a weasel, always attempting to worm his way out of a problem he created, always willing to lie and throw blame on others instead of taking responsibility... and he's a vengeful, spiteful bastard, having torturously murdered his own wife with his own hands after she rescued their _own son_ from being used as a test subject in the trial runs of his creations. Hal, by comparison, would be the first to admit an error and strive with every fiber of his being to correct it, not to mention being an exceedingly forgiving soul who wishes ill on nobody, even those who have wronged him immensely. Huey didn't care about the potentially unparalleled devastation his weaponry would cause, or who he was servicing such devices to; only that he would be credited for their creations in the history books. Hal is currently one of the greatest living champions of The Boss' ideals for pursuing a lasting world peace through peaceful methods. Huey is a virgin. Hal is a CHAD.
> Shows up in Metal Gear Solid 1, the uncontroversially best popular Metal Gear game > Accidentally creates the best Metal Gear of all time under the guise it was both a defensive measure and that it allowed him to produce mecha from anime > Stops Rex by helping Snake when he realized he made a weapon > Dedicates his life to stopping nuclear proliferation > Is strangely able to forgive Naomi Hunter, a person who has ruined Snake’s life because he is the exact opposite of Huey > Is always there for Snake, up to raising a child with him and comforting at his last moments > Explains far too much about anime or other stuff when called with the codec > Leaves > Gets the women anyway even though he is not looking for romantic or sexual relationships
I always thought strangelove diying that stupidly was one of the greatest fails of mgs5 and why it's a stain on metal gear canon Stil not canon in my head And still play it sometimes
@@kyubeycoobie3568 it is a stupid death but I think it’s like how Chico and Paz and Miller and gray fox die. Pointless casualties on the fringes of an ongoing conflict. Part of the whole “war is hell” theme. Good people die
True. The best scene that showcases their friendship is the aftermath of Emma death in MGS2, when Otacon was trying to not break from grief and Snake just tries to conform him in his own way. He doesn't say anything special but encourages Otacon as someone(and only one) capable of saving the civilians. That, and their salute. Sold.
@@MrTigracho There's an even better one from one novelization, don't remember which one. Snake was down bad, and he was about to kill himself. In the darkness of those moments he reached out to Otacon, the only true friend and only person he could trust.
Snake would 100% be dead if not for Otacon. They're not just great friend. They're the best team you ever did see. I wish we all could have friends like these.
They way that snake says "my real name is David, otacon" just sounds hilarious because It's just the most casual sounding thing I've every heard from snake lol
As someone whose never played a metal gear game, I have to admit the most fun part of this videos is hearing very weird stuff being talked about as if it were normal
after keeping up with enough of the lore, i became really numb to it until one video where he mentioned how liquid becomes "ghost memes" in MGS4. that was the point when i remembered how many zany chemicals the MGS writers were on
20:34 "She does this for... reasons. They're probably good ones." This really hits harder after you hear him go into all these details, behind the scenes info, piecing together things chronologically, only to be helplessly confronted with the fact that MGS4 is narratively incomprehensible.
I prefer to see it as more about the metanarrative of Kojima being forced to keep iterating on a series he wanted to end long before, so he just jumped to the inevitable end point of that dead horse being beaten to a loose pulp, and filling it with self loathing commentary on the state of the series, sort of like the rebuilds of Evangelion. All the bullshit more or less makes sense that way
I must say, even if otacon gave Rex that flaw just because he felt it ought to have one, it was actually a pretty sound decision. If you build a perfect weapon, there's nothing you can do if someone else gets their hands on it.
Hal is such an interesting character, he went to funny clumsy coward otaku with a tragic lineage backstory, being manipulated to create a weapon that surpassed every one in history, to an absolute chad that still keeps on trying to use his technology for the good of mankind even after losing so many loved ones through the journey.
I don’t know much about the metal gear series since I’ve only played the first game and that was like 12 years ago. But if there’s one character I always remember aside from snake it was Otacon and how much I loved watching him talk to snake and help him out. He even gives him information in smash bros which was a really cool Easter egg
He already was. I mean he's in a platonic brotherhood/bromance with the Series' biggest badass Solid Snake, raising a child that defeated the totalitarian AI Patriots. How chad can you be than that?
To be fair, we didn't see how much of a chad he was because the people around him were more chad than him It's like Krillin from Dragon Ball being surrounded by saiyans, cyborgs and alien gods. Yeah sure, he's not much but if he's on Earth, he's basically the strongest human alive lol
When i first came across Otacon i must've been around 10 years old. The first impressions he left on me weren't the best, what with him peeing himself at the sight of Gray Fox and actively *not helping* during the Sniper Wolf fight. But he pulls through, and proves himself to be a really good friend and person before the first game is even finished. By the time MGS2 came out i had rerun the tanker missions countless times. Just Snake and Otacon running around a boat taking stupid pictures and shooting the shit. Playing through Big Shell gave us an even more interesting view of Hal. In MGS1 and the tanker part he was *your* best friend. But in Big Shell he was your _buddy/acquaintence/mentor's_ best friend and you're just looking in MGS3 was lonely without him. The support crew was good but Otacon is your homie! Mgs4 was a _glorious_ return to the bromance of a lifetime. But the "supplementary" games.... Portable Ops, Peace Walker, Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain... I was so happy to see Huey when i didn't know any better, i thought Otacon's dad would be to Naked/Venom what Hal was to Dave, but *gaht daym if i wasn't wrong about that* The _only_ reason i didn't murk that little bitch of a Huey was because the time paradox would alive'n't Otacon and that would be too big a price to pay. Otacon is proof we're all gonna make it tho. As long as you got that one good friend, you can take on anything. So here's to Hal, one of gaming's biggest bros!
Couldn’t have said it better myself. We can also see the effects of his great parenting through Sunny in Rising Revengeance. The cherry on top is through his cameo (Idk what you’d actually call it since he’s only mentioned and doesn’t physically appear) in one of Sunny’s codecs with Raiden, in which we learns he is a giga chad (well, even more than he already was) but also just how much he cared for Solid Snake as a friend after he was gone (since if I recall, Rising takes place 4 years after MGS4, meaning Snake is unfortunately more than likely dead)
When that young it never occurred to me that being at the mercy of a cybernetic ninja would be very horrifying when you are an unarmed and squishy man.
Hal is my favorite character in metal gear series, because he is a human, with flaws, traumas and positive aspects He's not perfect, far from that, considering he suffered a lot of traumas, his mother (strangelove) death in early age, Huey',s suicide, his sister almost died drowning while he was being sexually abused by his stepmother, later when he engaged with someone, they've died tragically (Naomi and sniper wolf). And became a genius engineer/programmer graduated from MIT, build several technologies and helped his best friend save the world multiples times, he's a hero in his way, a uber nerd/otaku way, not by doing CQC and shooting guns, just by helping people with his intelligence
I hope one day Hal moves past his fears and settles down with someone Plus it could lead to Sunny getting a baby sister and I reckon that would be wholesome as hell
I love where this is going. A wholesome fanfiction it would be indeed. On the topic of wholesome (and also batshit crazy) there is a Yuru camp doujin with NAKED SNAKE! It's called Sunecamp or へやスネキャン□.
Would that make Blade Wolf part of the family (unofficially) as well since he is chilling with Sunny at Solis or at the very least the go-to babysitter?
That one scene with Hal crying did more emotionally than a thousand Disney movies or feelgood stories. That was a perfect combination of acting and music.
Seeing how much of a peace of crap his father Huey was in MGSV really makes me appreciate Hal's character even more throughout the games. The apple feel very far from that nasty tree. Wonder if his grandfather that worked on the Manhattan Project was also a dirtbag? 🤔
Nah I’m pretty sure it was mentioned that Hal’s grandfather was devastated when the Manhattan project (the nuke) blew up Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so I don’t think his grandfather was that much of a douche. Though, he did raise Huey so I’m not entirely certain….
21:54 That shot of the FROG commando holding her comrade always gave me chills. Gods forbid it ever happens, but if I'm forced to take up arms at some point in my life I hope I don't break under the pressure. Hell, I think I'd rather snap and turn into an evil, violent murdered than straight-up break.
Otacon the best friend anyone could ask for like Kaz Huey, the slimy person who joins the group somehow and you wanna punch every time he speaks. Something about Hal and David introducing themselves at the end really solidifies their relationship and how their fathers both knew each other but ended things on a sour note unlike their sons.
Thanks to your JoJo content, you got me really into your character studies, and when I realized how much Metal Gear content you made, I got into that too. I just finished playing Snake Eater, and I’ll watch every single one of these once I finish the series. Thank you for all of your work!
Which game you on now? Also check out both Ghost Babel and Portable ops. Policenauts and Snatcher are also great too. Heck. Even mg 1 and mg2: solid snake are worth it. They have great characters
>Father's a sociopath who killed his mom and tried to kill his sister, his mothers a lesbian, and his stepmother banged him. >became the best friends with the world's greatest soldier and helped him save the world Bromance solves all
The absolute chad hal who created the perfect weapon and also fitting within his own personal flair and also planned around being duped by intentionally giving it a flaw that could be exploited
Honestly... I love the complete difference between huey and hal, yeah hal worked on actual war machines... But it was unknown to him, and he still worked to destroy it willingly And even the part with vamp Loved that, hed rather not kill him because he knows its make him no better then his dad or even vamp
Hueh kinda had it rough when it came to women. Strangelove was more concerned about passing on her own genes and needed a sperm donor she could trust. She did love her son because he was her son. Then Hueh leaves her in the pod. Later, after he is exiled from Dimond Dogs, he finds his son, and finds new love. But that new love turns out to be far more interested in Hal than in him. Once more scorned, but opting to instead make her suffer for her choice, he went after the child daughter. Ironic, man had a whole ocean to drown himself in at any point, and instead he chose a swimming pool.
While I get a lot of people not liking the story of V, the little detail of otacon having almost the same upbringing as Sunny (born and raised in a military base of a shady paramilitary/shadow government organization) is a really sweet moment, and is another piece of contrast showing how much of a better person Hal is compared to his father Honestly I never know if its intentional or just shizo fan rambling but the way the story of all the games connect to the tiniest detail really helps make this crazy acid trip of a world feel real
otacon is one of the greatest characters in fiction in general. the fact that he serves as not only a driving force for the entire story, a physical representation of the series' themes, and also just a genuinely endearing and well written character. i love otacon solid snake kiss kiss gay love mlm snotacon muah
Excellent video. Otacon is definitely a top tier Metal Gear character, and you showed us exactly why. Thank you. I’ve been watching your Metal Gear related videos to learn more about the franchise that I unfortunately have been mostly a spectator to. The depth of the story Kojima weaved is impressive to say the least. There were a few specific characters I was hoping to learn more about. If there was a video in the future about any of the following: (Revolver Ocelot, Raiden, Sen. Steven Armstrong, Venom Snake), then I and hopefully others would be grateful.
Damn I literally just finished playing MGS1 for the first time, this timing is perfect lmao (though I'm still gonna wait until finishing 2-4 before coming back and watching this just in case 😅)
I hope you next do a video on Revolver Ocelot. Because of MGS4 & 5, there are two aspects about his character that have very mixed feelings about: 1) Ocelot's brotherly admiration/hero worship of Big Boss. 2) The relevancy/irrelevancy of being the son of The Boss. The latter is a strange open secret that is never directly stated/acknowledged in universe and I can't reconcile if it's meant to be important to Ocelot's role throughout the MGS history... if that makes any sense.
This was a beautiful video and made me look at otacon in a way I've never even thought about. Kinda tugged at my heart strings... but I enjoyed this a lot and really like these formats of videos, especially building a bastard
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Can you do one on Big Boss?
Please do one on Big Boss.
Long time Metal Gear fan and your videos on the subject are some of the best, if not the best on TH-cam.
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Guilty gear music in the background
*INSTANT LIKE*
"Haven't you got eyes in your head" is a bop. Surprised you used it here thought; I figure Necessary Discrepancy would work better, or maybe Diva of Despair.
Otacon, uber nerd and social reject: "Hey Snake, we need a super special secret handshake."
Snake, certified badass "Hell yeah we do!"
Chads at work
And then they decided to work on their Captain Falcon impressions.
Proceeds to do the Troy and Abed secret handshake
Nerd chad and badass chad conversation
And if anyone tried to give snake guff, he would probably respond "you telling me you wouldn't be scared if there was a cyborg ninja a couple yards away?"
Or alternatively "you can get a handshake once you help me destroy one of the world's strongest wmd's"
I really just love how 2 people that are essentially just polar opposites can a have a bond better than like 90% of romcom relationships
You nerds use the word essentially too much
@@HistoryandReviews Gotta admit though, I'd take 'essentially' over anyone overusing 'literally'.
Never was bothered by the word essentially, then again, I don't exactly hang around very many people that use it.
@@HistoryandReviews Is it gramitacally correct? Yes. Was it unnecessary? No.
@@NPC_GENERIC_ENEMY_INFANTRY Id use "essentially" because while you can accidentally make a statement/point more verbose then where you started in some use cases, it is still grammatically correct. The problem with "literally" is it being grammatically incorrect in using it as a stand in for the word "figuratively" which actually caused "literally" to gain a new definition by Marriam Webster.
("Literally" and its new definition - : in effect : VIRTUALLY -used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible.)
Which irks the crap out off me because that's what "figuratively" means not "literally" but is accepted as a variable definition due to rampant misuse of the word...
What's the problem? MGS IS the "Essential Collection" after all.
(Boy do I wish I never sold that bundle)
Otacon is a damn hero. The bit in mgs2 where he watches his sister die but has to rescue hostages so he has to just swallow his pain for the good of the people on the shell is incredible. He has to hear Emma’s parrot say “I miss you Hal” over and over while he pilots a helicopter through bitter ugly tears. And he does it. Incredible
Damn, I could already feel a tear coming up just reading this. Sometimes being a hero sucks imo.
That was a true badass move.
Always thought that was a real dick move by the parrot
Loved that moment so much. Otacon says he'd hold Snake and Raiden back, and then Snake places both hands on Otacons' shoulders and tells him that only he is capable of saving those hostages makes MGS2 my favourite
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The bird was trying to derail the operation
Everything about him is like a perfect antithesis for his father.
Huey sought to make the next big superweapon that would get him remembered, stealing the research and credit of his fellow scientists to make up for his own failings, and ultimately he failed to do so regardless. Hal sought to make a defensive weapon that would serve as the perfect countermeasure against the threat of nuclear annihilation without much care for credit, and instead was duped into making the next big, perhaps even perfect superweapon, all almost solely based on his own genius.
Huey was a weasel, always attempting to worm his way out of a problem he created, always willing to lie and throw blame on others instead of taking responsibility... and he's a vengeful, spiteful bastard, having torturously murdered his own wife with his own hands after she rescued their _own son_ from being used as a test subject in the trial runs of his creations. Hal, by comparison, would be the first to admit an error and strive with every fiber of his being to correct it, not to mention being an exceedingly forgiving soul who wishes ill on nobody, even those who have wronged him immensely.
Huey didn't care about the potentially unparalleled devastation his weaponry would cause, or who he was servicing such devices to; only that he would be credited for their creations in the history books. Hal is currently one of the greatest living champions of The Boss' ideals for pursuing a lasting world peace through peaceful methods.
Huey is a virgin. Hal is a CHAD.
> Shows up in Metal Gear Solid 1, the uncontroversially best popular Metal Gear game
> Accidentally creates the best Metal Gear of all time under the guise it was both a defensive measure and that it allowed him to produce mecha from anime
> Stops Rex by helping Snake when he realized he made a weapon
> Dedicates his life to stopping nuclear proliferation
> Is strangely able to forgive Naomi Hunter, a person who has ruined Snake’s life because he is the exact opposite of Huey
> Is always there for Snake, up to raising a child with him and comforting at his last moments
> Explains far too much about anime or other stuff when called with the codec
> Leaves
> Gets the women anyway even though he is not looking for romantic or sexual relationships
I always thought strangelove diying that stupidly was one of the greatest fails of mgs5 and why it's a stain on metal gear canon
Stil not canon in my head
And still play it sometimes
@@kyubeycoobie3568 it is a stupid death but I think it’s like how Chico and Paz and Miller and gray fox die. Pointless casualties on the fringes of an ongoing conflict. Part of the whole “war is hell” theme. Good people die
Huey wants to build robot for fame.
Hal wants to build giant robot because of anime.
@@BlossomPathOnStage15, one was a scumbag of the highest degree. The other is a man of culture of the highest order.
Otacon: "An otaku is a guy like me who likes Japanimation."
*screen fades out.*
*footage of Sailor Moon begins playing*
Snake: "Japanimation?"
Footage?
Psycho Mantis?
You like Castlevania, don’t you?
*METAL GEAR?*
2nd floor basement?
Everyone needs a friend as good as hal in their life. Glad that snake had him.
True. The best scene that showcases their friendship is the aftermath of Emma death in MGS2, when Otacon was trying to not break from grief and Snake just tries to conform him in his own way. He doesn't say anything special but encourages Otacon as someone(and only one) capable of saving the civilians. That, and their salute. Sold.
@@MrTigracho There's an even better one from one novelization, don't remember which one. Snake was down bad, and he was about to kill himself. In the darkness of those moments he reached out to Otacon, the only true friend and only person he could trust.
Snake would 100% be dead if not for Otacon. They're not just great friend. They're the best team you ever did see.
I wish we all could have friends like these.
To have a friend like Hal you have to be a friend like Snake.
For real
They way that snake says "my real name is David, otacon" just sounds hilarious because It's just the most casual sounding thing I've every heard from snake lol
David Hayter’s acting in MGS1 is a lot more natural than the future games.
As someone whose never played a metal gear game, I have to admit the most fun part of this videos is hearing very weird stuff being talked about as if it were normal
after keeping up with enough of the lore, i became really numb to it until one video where he mentioned how liquid becomes "ghost memes" in MGS4. that was the point when i remembered how many zany chemicals the MGS writers were on
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Hearing Hal cry after E.E's parrot called him by his name is genuinely heartbreaking
Otacon is essentially Kojima's self-insert so he could interact with his own characters.
“He just like me fr”
And Rose is based of Kojima's wife apparently
You nerds use the word essentially too much
Kojima literally did insert himself into Metal Gear games.
@@HistoryandReviews "You nerds use the word essentially too much"
-🤓
The model swaps make Otacon into this unstoppable memelord. Revenge of the Otaku kek
Bout to comment about that, and was wondering if anyone else would. Gotta say, it makes me vary scared of him now....
Who wouldn't want a friend like Hal
a family that went from cringe to based in a single generation
Now that’s an achievement.
Must been Strangelove's genes!
Memes are stronger than genes
No matter how cringe-worthy you are, you'll never be worse than the people who use "cringe" as an adjective.
@@CoralCopperHead sounds like someone isn’t based
20:34 "She does this for... reasons. They're probably good ones."
This really hits harder after you hear him go into all these details, behind the scenes info, piecing together things chronologically, only to be helplessly confronted with the fact that MGS4 is narratively incomprehensible.
I prefer to see it as more about the metanarrative of Kojima being forced to keep iterating on a series he wanted to end long before, so he just jumped to the inevitable end point of that dead horse being beaten to a loose pulp, and filling it with self loathing commentary on the state of the series, sort of like the rebuilds of Evangelion. All the bullshit more or less makes sense that way
I must say, even if otacon gave Rex that flaw just because he felt it ought to have one, it was actually a pretty sound decision. If you build a perfect weapon, there's nothing you can do if someone else gets their hands on it.
Hal is such an interesting character, he went to funny clumsy coward otaku with a tragic lineage backstory, being manipulated to create a weapon that surpassed every one in history, to an absolute chad that still keeps on trying to use his technology for the good of mankind even after losing so many loved ones through the journey.
Homie channeled the power of god and anime
Both are good. Otacon is best boy in the franchise.
@@jartism and Hal became father of the year
And also dedicated his life to combat against metal gear variants so the world wouldn't face a nuclear catastrophe.
*Woman:* _loves Hal_
*Otacon:* "Oh boy. Here I go killing again!"
I don’t know much about the metal gear series since I’ve only played the first game and that was like 12 years ago. But if there’s one character I always remember aside from snake it was Otacon and how much I loved watching him talk to snake and help him out. He even gives him information in smash bros which was a really cool Easter egg
Metal Gear Solid is not first game in the series. It was Metal Gear from 1987
“your…the shit snake” - Otacon
I love how MGR made Hal a chad in the codex entries
He already was. I mean he's in a platonic brotherhood/bromance with the Series' biggest badass Solid Snake, raising a child that defeated the totalitarian AI Patriots. How chad can you be than that?
To be fair, we didn't see how much of a chad he was because the people around him were more chad than him
It's like Krillin from Dragon Ball being surrounded by saiyans, cyborgs and alien gods. Yeah sure, he's not much but if he's on Earth, he's basically the strongest human alive lol
And at the end he plays "Im My Own Master Now."
Perfection.
Come to think of it, I think Blade Wolf and Otacon would make really good friends.
The based man himself, Hal "Otaku Convention" Emmerich
When i first came across Otacon i must've been around 10 years old.
The first impressions he left on me weren't the best, what with him peeing himself at the sight of Gray Fox and actively *not helping* during the Sniper Wolf fight. But he pulls through, and proves himself to be a really good friend and person before the first game is even finished.
By the time MGS2 came out i had rerun the tanker missions countless times. Just Snake and Otacon running around a boat taking stupid pictures and shooting the shit. Playing through Big Shell gave us an even more interesting view of Hal. In MGS1 and the tanker part he was *your* best friend. But in Big Shell he was your _buddy/acquaintence/mentor's_ best friend and you're just looking in
MGS3 was lonely without him. The support crew was good but Otacon is your homie! Mgs4 was a _glorious_ return to the bromance of a lifetime.
But the "supplementary" games.... Portable Ops, Peace Walker, Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain...
I was so happy to see Huey when i didn't know any better, i thought Otacon's dad would be to Naked/Venom what Hal was to Dave, but *gaht daym if i wasn't wrong about that*
The _only_ reason i didn't murk that little bitch of a Huey was because the time paradox would alive'n't Otacon and that would be too big a price to pay.
Otacon is proof we're all gonna make it tho. As long as you got that one good friend, you can take on anything.
So here's to Hal, one of gaming's biggest bros!
Couldn’t have said it better myself. We can also see the effects of his great parenting through Sunny in Rising Revengeance. The cherry on top is through his cameo (Idk what you’d actually call it since he’s only mentioned and doesn’t physically appear) in one of Sunny’s codecs with Raiden, in which we learns he is a giga chad (well, even more than he already was) but also just how much he cared for Solid Snake as a friend after he was gone (since if I recall, Rising takes place 4 years after MGS4, meaning Snake is unfortunately more than likely dead)
*Im* going to *keep* typing like *this*
Well said
When that young it never occurred to me that being at the mercy of a cybernetic ninja would be very horrifying when you are an unarmed and squishy man.
"Hal! Hal~.."
-Emma's Parrot 🦜
Hal is my favorite character in metal gear series, because he is a human, with flaws, traumas and positive aspects
He's not perfect, far from that, considering he suffered a lot of traumas, his mother (strangelove) death in early age, Huey',s suicide, his sister almost died drowning while he was being sexually abused by his stepmother, later when he engaged with someone, they've died tragically (Naomi and sniper wolf).
And became a genius engineer/programmer graduated from MIT, build several technologies and helped his best friend save the world multiples times, he's a hero in his way, a uber nerd/otaku way, not by doing CQC and shooting guns, just by helping people with his intelligence
I hope one day Hal moves past his fears and settles down with someone
Plus it could lead to Sunny getting a baby sister and I reckon that would be wholesome as hell
I love where this is going. A wholesome fanfiction it would be indeed.
On the topic of wholesome (and also batshit crazy) there is a Yuru camp doujin with NAKED SNAKE! It's called Sunecamp or へやスネキャン□.
"settles down with someone" he's already raised a child with Snake, I think he's got it covered.
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funfact: in MGR, it's stated that Hal was hooking up with a LOT of gals. Literally a gigachad getting all the bitches
Would that make Blade Wolf part of the family (unofficially) as well since he is chilling with Sunny at Solis or at the very least the go-to babysitter?
That one scene with Hal crying did more emotionally than a thousand Disney movies or feelgood stories. That was a perfect combination of acting and music.
Dark. Otacon definitely been through in his life and shaped him to be a better man, thanks to Solid Snake having an impact on him
Otacon and Snake's bromance is the best bromance ever.
Seeing how much of a peace of crap his father Huey was in MGSV really makes me appreciate Hal's character even more throughout the games. The apple feel very far from that nasty tree. Wonder if his grandfather that worked on the Manhattan Project was also a dirtbag? 🤔
Nah I’m pretty sure it was mentioned that Hal’s grandfather was devastated when the Manhattan project (the nuke) blew up Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so I don’t think his grandfather was that much of a douche. Though, he did raise Huey so I’m not entirely certain….
@@vak.o probably more of an absent father deal, and I think he died somewhat early in Huey's life due to radiation related cancer
I am glad for Otacon given how Sunny references Otacon to Raiden in Metal Gear Rising.
21:54 That shot of the FROG commando holding her comrade always gave me chills. Gods forbid it ever happens, but if I'm forced to take up arms at some point in my life I hope I don't break under the pressure. Hell, I think I'd rather snap and turn into an evil, violent murdered than straight-up break.
If MGR 2 ever comes out, we need Otacon to be a working with Doktor
There's a codec call in rising where Doktor expresses interest in meeting Hal some day, but Raiden states that they probably wouldn't get along
Since MGS1, Otacon became more and more awesome with each appearance. Also, REX holding RAY and violating it with its crotch laser never gets old.
Otacon the best friend anyone could ask for like Kaz
Huey, the slimy person who joins the group somehow and you wanna punch every time he speaks.
Something about Hal and David introducing themselves at the end really solidifies their relationship and how their fathers both knew each other but ended things on a sour note unlike their sons.
Thanks to your JoJo content, you got me really into your character studies, and when I realized how much Metal Gear content you made, I got into that too. I just finished playing Snake Eater, and I’ll watch every single one of these once I finish the series. Thank you for all of your work!
Which game you on now? Also check out both Ghost Babel and Portable ops.
Policenauts and Snatcher are also great too.
Heck. Even mg 1 and mg2: solid snake are worth it. They have great characters
Metal Gear Rex: TAKE THIS SNAKE, MY SUPER LASER PISS!!!
My favorite interaction is in Smash Brawl, when the see captain falcon and try imitating his falcon punch and kicks in the codec call.
Solidus Otacon is not real, he can't hurt you.
Solidus Otacon: 27:09
Hal is a genius and sweetheart, its impossible to dislike him (also the most important person in Snavid's life)
The Virgin Huey vs the Chad Hal
Otacon is truly lucky to meet a good friend like Snake. They're the embodiment of best bro
19:51 I like how he has a picture of Emma on his computer
>Father's a sociopath who killed his mom and tried to kill his sister, his mothers a lesbian, and his stepmother banged him.
>became the best friends with the world's greatest soldier and helped him save the world
Bromance solves all
Oh!!! Persona 4 Golden song during the Octacon & snake scene. Great choice of music there
Otacon is best girl, and no one can prove me wrong
The absolute chad hal who created the perfect weapon and also fitting within his own personal flair and also planned around being duped by intentionally giving it a flaw that could be exploited
the name of a action director known for explosive scenes also makes sense for the family name of a line of nuclear weapons engineers too
MGS4 never seems to fail at making me feel terribly sad.
Honestly... I love the complete difference between huey and hal, yeah hal worked on actual war machines... But it was unknown to him, and he still worked to destroy it willingly
And even the part with vamp
Loved that, hed rather not kill him because he knows its make him no better then his dad or even vamp
God I've always loved Otacon but I've never been able to put it into such well articulated words. I love content like yours for this reason.
The chad accepting responsibility vs the cringe shifting blame
Otacon is goodest and best boy, that’s it. That’s the whole thing.
Holy shit a video all about Hal from you, just like one of my favourite japanese animes !
Thank you Meti, you trully are not the bad guy
Animation swapped Otacon has full power Shaggy vibes.
It’s such a shame how Konami treated Kojima to lose him in such a way
You have many lovers.
>That's a win, how can this possibly bad?
Hal life:
10:50
Agreed
I've saved that fight separately just to play it
Hueh kinda had it rough when it came to women. Strangelove was more concerned about passing on her own genes and needed a sperm donor she could trust. She did love her son because he was her son. Then Hueh leaves her in the pod. Later, after he is exiled from Dimond Dogs, he finds his son, and finds new love. But that new love turns out to be far more interested in Hal than in him. Once more scorned, but opting to instead make her suffer for her choice, he went after the child daughter.
Ironic, man had a whole ocean to drown himself in at any point, and instead he chose a swimming pool.
While I get a lot of people not liking the story of V, the little detail of otacon having almost the same upbringing as Sunny (born and raised in a military base of a shady paramilitary/shadow government organization) is a really sweet moment, and is another piece of contrast showing how much of a better person Hal is compared to his father
Honestly I never know if its intentional or just shizo fan rambling but the way the story of all the games connect to the tiniest detail really helps make this crazy acid trip of a world feel real
otacon is one of the greatest characters in fiction in general. the fact that he serves as not only a driving force for the entire story, a physical representation of the series' themes, and also just a genuinely endearing and well written character. i love otacon solid snake kiss kiss gay love mlm snotacon muah
the last sentence was truly a jumpscare
That's enough crying, pull yourself together.
that last sentence was truly horrifying
@@theweedeater1842 THEY RAISED A CHILD TOGETHER
@@c0ffinfl0p snotacon is not the best name for a ship ngl
After the dialogue from sunny I imagine kid otacon like the nerd emoji while really old otacon is the 🗿 emoji
Otacon is a role model
This is possibly my favorite character in the entire franchise
27:23 "W-what am I fighting Foooorrrrrrrr-uh?!"
Excellent video. Otacon is definitely a top tier Metal Gear character, and you showed us exactly why. Thank you. I’ve been watching your Metal Gear related videos to learn more about the franchise that I unfortunately have been mostly a spectator to. The depth of the story Kojima weaved is impressive to say the least. There were a few specific characters I was hoping to learn more about. If there was a video in the future about any of the following: (Revolver Ocelot, Raiden, Sen. Steven Armstrong, Venom Snake), then I and hopefully others would be grateful.
To be honest what would snake be like if he never met otacon
He would be much like Big Boss.
Otacon really is James Bond
hearing jack-a-dandy in an MGS video was one hell of a pleasant surprise
Damn I literally just finished playing MGS1 for the first time, this timing is perfect lmao (though I'm still gonna wait until finishing 2-4 before coming back and watching this just in case 😅)
10:49 YES YES I AGREE I WOULD BUY A GAME LIKE THAT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK
boi got his giant mechs AND a cute step sis. livin the true anime protag life.
"So it can PISS LASER."
Meti Not The Bad Guy, 2022
Layer cake playing in the background ia actually beautiful. Legit adds another mastahpeece point to your vid.
Pretty Solid video, it cleared up some things that I didn't get. I really love Otacon and the amazing relationship he had with Dave.
2:03 Sunny commented that Hal was busy dating a lot of ladies in MGR
18:12 Now that's a pretty meme! Exquisite!
Would really love to see more MGS/MGR videos
Otacon's life is just: infinite pain simulator
Finally a video on the true chad in mgs. Thanks
we not gonna mention these MGS2 secret theater scenes LOL? seeing Otacon as Solidus or Raiden AND Solidus... is hilarious.
Oh my God you quoted Moltke in this “plans never survive first contact with the enemy” nice lol, last place I expected to hear that quoted
I may be a year late in watching this, but this is an excellent video. It’s great to see Hal getting the recognition he deserves.
I hope you next do a video on Revolver Ocelot. Because of MGS4 & 5, there are two aspects about his character that have very mixed feelings about: 1) Ocelot's brotherly admiration/hero worship of Big Boss. 2) The relevancy/irrelevancy of being the son of The Boss. The latter is a strange open secret that is never directly stated/acknowledged in universe and I can't reconcile if it's meant to be important to Ocelot's role throughout the MGS history... if that makes any sense.
Before I start watching, I already agree, him and snake are the biggest example of love blooming on the battlefield (100% true)
My lord he’s so silly D:
This was a beautiful video and made me look at otacon in a way I've never even thought about. Kinda tugged at my heart strings... but I enjoyed this a lot and really like these formats of videos, especially building a bastard
Great series of videos. Hope we get more of these games some day…
Snake: "I raised that boy."
11:44 hence the struggle btwn. Meme and Gene...
First video btw and I gotta say, you did an incredible job, insta-sub. Keep up the great work👍
Dude the parrot part was too much
Great video mate. Otacon is really cool
he is one of my favorite characters in gaming period! i loves him!
Found your channel recently and it’s a real treat! I hope to see where you go, and maybe a Raiden video in the future?
Otacon's ancestor is probably the creator of the trebuchet.
Of course the episode revolved around the biggest weeb of gaming history is the one with a Japanese Sponsor
Iblive that him being the test pilot for Sahelanthropus as a child explains why Rex looks the way it does.
That "character flaw" would be very obvious to any engineer and I can't imagine how Hal would keep it secret from the rest of the dev team.
21:55 never notice that Frog(?) peting another on the head.
i really forgot the part where heuy had no legs so he kinda just died instead of committing suicide. like, he killed himself... but unintentionally.
It's just like my Filipino Flip-O-Rama's!