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Just an Ubermench plotline that Solid Snake, Gray Fox, the Patriots, Ocelot and more have all followed. So not specific to Big Boss, especially since Raiden comes to a different conclusion / plan. Are there other elements that are specifcally like Big Boss?
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To be clear, Raiden does share more with Big Boss than either Snake or Gray Fox, who are his other obvious analogues.
The specifics that were glossed over help make it more apparent. The \\\"cycle of naivety, betrayal, disillusionment, becoming mercenaries\\\" is what is specific to both of them. Their first adventures (Sons of Liberty and Snake Eater) involve them being \\\'\\\'heavily\\\'\\\' manipulated and victimized, Raiden by the Patriots and Big Boss by Major Zero, into working for an agenda they consider villainous.
This was followed by them cutting ties to their governments and eventually creating/joining mercenary firms (Militaire Sans Frontier and Maverick). Their work with those firms climaxed with them furthering how seperated they were from the government and society--Big Boss turns the MSF into Outer Haven with his new BloodKnight focus, while Raiden cut ties with Maverick to become a super-hero or something.
These are not elements shared by other characters, and are extremely crucial to their character development. What\\\'s most important is the villainous descent. Both Snake and Gray Fox rejected what they saw as their predetermined traits and sought and found redemption; Big Boss and Raiden decided to embrace their sociopathic traits. Hence, foils.
Just an Ubermench plotline that Solid Snake, Gray Fox, the Patriots, Ocelot and more have all followed. So not specific to Big Boss, especially since Raiden comes to a different conclusion / plan. Are there other elements that are specifcally like Big Boss?
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To be clear, Raiden does share more with Big Boss than either Snake or Gray Fox, who are his other obvious analogues.
The specifics that were glossed over help make it more apparent. The \\\"cycle of naivety, betrayal, disillusionment, becoming mercenaries\\\" is what is specific to both of them. Their first adventures (Sons of Liberty and Snake Eater) involve them being \\\'\\\'heavily\\\'\\\' manipulated and victimized, Raiden by the Patriots and Big Boss by Major Zero, into working for an agenda they consider villainous.
This was followed by them cutting ties to their governments and eventually creating/joining mercenary firms (Militaire Sans Frontier and Maverick). Their work with those firms climaxed with them furthering how seperated they were from the government and society--Big Boss turns the MSF into Outer Haven with his new BloodKnight focus, while Raiden cut ties with Maverick to become a super-hero or something.
These are not elements shared by other characters, and are extremely crucial to their character development. What\\\'s most important is the villainous descent. Both Snake and Gray Fox rejected what they saw as their predetermined traits and sought and found redemption; Big Boss and Raiden decided to embrace their sociopathic traits. Hence, foils.
