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heroineswithbaggage: ….Because it’s just not possible that a female could be in a military situation without going bonkers over all of the beautiful, brilliant men? (Metal Gear Solid, Playstation One) no a running theme in the mgs series is the military’s use of science/technology to suppress and control in soldiers the things that make us human (emotions, impulses, pain, etc). meryl is meant to be an example of a successful product of these training tactics in order to provide the viewer with insight on how the military in snake’s world works, as this is important to understanding one of the greater meanings of the series. this detail doesn’t define her though, as she overcomes the conditioning and is later developed much more as a character.
“You were one of the best of the child soldiers that fought in that conflict. When you were barely ten years old you became the platoon leader of the Small Boy unit. At the time, your outstanding kill record earned you several nicknames, including ‘White Devil’ and ‘Jack the Ripper’.” The Army of the Devil was a military group led by the Les Enfant Terribles clone Solidus Snake during his youth. One of its units included the Small Boy Unit comprised of child soldiers. Under Solidus, Raiden became a killing machine. Armed with a gun at the age of six (he would later remember it as an AK rifle), he proved to be a superior soldier.
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