Iirc Liquid was all of BB's dominant genes and Solid was all of BB's recessive genes, while Solidus was the perfect combination of both. Just cuz. It's nonsense but it's fun and cool so it works.
irrc Liquid had the recessive genes and therefore thought he was the inferior clone, even though he was thought to be the superior by the ones conducting the experiment.Liquid had the dominant genes but was told he had the recessive genes.
irrc Liquid had the recessive genes and therefore thought he was the inferior clone, even though he was thought to be the superior by the ones conducting the experiment.Pretty sure he was lied to about being the inferior clone in order to fuel his desire to be stronger than Solid.
Maybe I'm misremembering it, but I think Big Boss is the one who told Liquid he was the inferior one. Cuz he's an asshole.*MGSV spoilers*
Liquid had the dominant genes but was told he had the recessive genes.
Where was this stated? I only played the numbered games, so might have missed it.In MGS1's post credit, Ocelot mentions that the "inferior one won after all."
In MGS1's post credit, Ocelot mentions that the "inferior one won after all."
Though me googling the question ITT had me learn that some people think that Liquid was actually the recessive clone, he just didn't consider the possibility that the recessive genes were the better ones.
Pretty sure he was lied to about being the inferior clone in order to fuel his desire to be stronger than Solid.
So in Metal Gear Solid, why did they...
Because Kojima writes what he thinks is cool, then does mental gymnastics to try and justify it narratively. He tackles like one big serious concept per game, then everything else is just rule of cool .Kojima is also a huge American movie fan, so a lot of the stuff in his games was in a movie at one time. Also, since Hollywood loves to make movies based on crazy conspiracy theories, his games reflect that. But since it's from a Japanese perspective, that craziness is pushed to the max.
Putting aside it not being how genes work, why did they intentionally make one inferior clone and one superior one? I don't remember anything saying they had to have an inferior one for a superior one. And why do it at all? You could just make proper clones like Solidus.The idea was to isolate all of the bad genes and put them in one clone, leaving all the superior genes for the other clone, making that second clone an even better soldier than Big Boss. It didn't work because Solid Snake's experience as a soldier was a much bigger factor than Liquid's genes. In other words, soldier memes > soldier genes.
The thing with Kojima is he makes a couple good predictions
The thing with Kojima's predictions is that they're not really predictions, he's just describing things that are already happening, but not many people know about them until 10 years later. Like MGS2's "predictions" for the internet are really just descriptions of the internet in the 90's. But the internet really wasn't that popular in the 90's, compared to now when everyone has smartphones.
Cause they shared a womb and for one to receive all of the superior genetics, one needed to receive the inferior genetics. But Big Boss has no inferior genetics but he does contain the unstoppable super soldier genetics. So both came out good anyways."my grandfather's genome HAS no pathetic genes, Kaiba"
"my grandfather's genome HAS no pathetic genes, Kaiba"Im glad someone caught that immediately lol
They didn't purposely try to make an inferior cloneThey did, though. The fact that Snake and Liquid are not 100% genetically identical to Big Boss is even a plot point in MGS4. It's even used to explain why FoxDie killed Liquid but not Snake. And then you have Solidus, who actually is supposed to be 100% identical.
But Big Boss has no inferior genetics but he does contain the unstoppable super soldier genetics. So both came out good anyways.Big Boss: "But I'm a genetic freak, and I'm not normal!"