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54. Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
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Alas, my finger must have slipped


I have never quite understood the Metal Gear Solid series. There are all these deep themes about war and humanity and nuclear proliferation and politics and love and all manner of stuff. But the plot and characters are often so goofy. I have to assume its an intentional dissonance on Kojimas part. Or maybe its not dissonant at all, Im not sure.

Anyway, Revolver Ocelot is one of the franchises most iconic characters, a quick-shooting cowboy who specializes in torture and handguns. Hes also a quadruple agent. Like, seriously. Hes always after some agenda or other, often only partially revealed through a cryptic post-credits phone call and only completely revealed at the end of the series.

I just cant take this guy seriously. He goes on Tarantino-esque tangents about guns, makes ridiculous hand gestures, and generally complicates the plot by several hundred degrees of magnitude. Thing is, Im not sure if Im supposed to take him seriously! This whole series straddles a line between deep commentary and batshit weirdness. So maybe Im approaching Ocelot wrong. Maybe hes pretty good after all.