#cod mw3 spoilers

[deadunderorbit]

nod nod nod

[grimmroach]

that ending was fuckin bullshit. anyways sad ghost

[yooo-lets-go]

Ey, just checking in. You okay?

Am I ?

spoilers ⬇️

He wasn’t even wearing socks 😭

[helenedraws]

see? they're alright and together always

[mitoad]

i know that everyone says this but the mw3 rm soap death was shit awful . looking back at it, logistically , it shouldn’t have happened .

so the first injury in this was soap being shot in the right shoulder (most likely in joint tendon region) . pretty painful , and if did hit in the area i believe it did , would hinder mobility in the upper right region of the body (neck, arm, some torso muscles .

HOWEVER !! soap has proven to be shot in similar or worse regions in other missions and has been able to carry through and complete objective alive .

what you are seeing is a move that should have killed makarov instantly . this is a stab performed to the external jugular vein (and due to soaps experience , possibly a carotid artery . i was taught this attack in weapons studies , my friends in the military were also taught that this region is one of the quickest ways to krill . (not giving murder advice just trying to prove a point please don’t ban me) not to mention this is immensely painful . realistically , mans should have dropped then and there . not to mention there were sas soldiers who should have opened fire the second they saw him anyways ??

now THIS is the part that pisses me off the most. see makarov’s lock ? that actively engages the trapezius and scalene muscles , which would be DIRECTLY affected from the stab would . combined with the fact that soap is (estimated) 80-90 kgs , he would not have been able to perform that lock let alone hold it .

and with soap being part of the fucking MILITARY , he should have been able to get out of that by a) breaking the locked arm and using the other hand to either disarm / kill makarov (which he should have been able to handle , especially judging by the fucking alone mission) or b) hitting the back of makarovs knee to send them both to the ground, slip under him to not break his arm and hit em w the buck+trap+flip to get a vantage, and then continue the fight from there, which should be very short anyways considering that makarov’s bleeding out faster than a fucking SNAKE STRIKE . and somehow with the majestic force of activision giving less than 2 fucks about all the characters and medical theory there , makarov manages to get a straight aim and shoot soap straight through the ear ??!! and then bolt past a fuck ton of bullets that should have BEEN FIRED ON HIM EARLIER and then hurl himself INTO A TRAIN . if you wanted to kill of one of the leads in the modern warfare series , do it in a way that is well written and thought out and accurate .

[ckjaos]

It's just a dream 😊

[silkinsketch]

Let the skulls be a reminder: Your time on the altar will come soon enough

[babygirl-riley]

Listen I know this is a part where I shouldn’t say this but

why does he look so pretty right here 👀🥲😅

no but seriously i’m crying from how his eyes really tell what he is feeling or not feeling even cause he is numb 😄

[thorougly-melted-brains]

Ghost won’t let go of Soap. There’s blood and gray matter in his hands and his mask and he can’t let go.

He picked him up, someone had to, the ground was too frozen to dig up. Besides, Soap had family back home.

Ghost was the wrong choice.

Sure he seems the obvious one, tall, broad. He’s weak, under all of it, because Soap is cold in his arms and all he can do it’s rest his forehead on his.

He must look sickly comical, all 6.34 feet of Ghost tangled and curled around a dead man. He needs to hold him tight, tighter than he did. Ghost let go of him and now he’ll smell death for days.

They get back, the ride was silent.

Ghost takes all but one step on to the tarmac and collapses. Carefully, he’s got something valuable in his hands. His knees take the brunt of it.

Gaz is there, he’s been there the entire time. He’s saying something to Ghost, grabbing his shoulder, trying to look him in the eyes. Ghost is only looking at Soap.

His face was still frost nipped, pale, a bit blotchy. The ever flowing wound on his temple is turning black, blood thickening with air. That’s one thing about dead men, their wounds don’t scab.

Ghost’s a dead man, has been for a long time.

Gaz has given up, he’s talking to someone. Price is there too, he and Nikolai stand side by side like pillars. Ghost hasn’t heard a word from him since the order to retrieve Soap. He wonders if he regrets it.

There’s a medic, or a coroner. They’re similar enough in their profession. It’s who Gaz was talking to. They have a gurney, for Soap. Ghost won’t let go.

He doesn’t stop them from taking him away, but he can’t put him on gurney himself. He knows he’s letting them take him, knows he could stop them if he wanted to. He doesn’t know why he doesn’t try.

Ghost knows perfectly well why he can’t put him on the gurney though. He can’t send Soap to his grave.

Not again.

[aidenlydia]

Cod MW3 (2023) spoilers below

Some of my thoughts on it.

All I really have to say about the new MW3 ending is this: Remember Price’s reaction to Soap’s death in the 09 games? Yeah :/

I’ll admit “Rest in peace, Johnny..” got me a tiny bit. It coming from Ghost specifically just hits different, but other than that? Eh.

If you really gotta kill the guy off at least make it more emotional? Price was more upset about Laswell potentially dying than actually seeing Soap die right in front of him lmao.

Not to mention Ghost was audibly distressed whenever he thought Soap might be dead in the last game. What happened to that? And don’t even get me started on Gaz. You’re telling me that wasn’t his best friend? Shut up.

Soap deserved better and they changed him so much that it was immediately clear he’s gonna be the one who bites the dust. He suddenly turned into a second Cpt.MacTavish (even in the flashback) when he did not talk and act like that before, no matter how hard shit hit the fan, so who is this stranger, why is he yellin all the damn time and most importantly: why should I care?

[peachesnbees]

Well I’m glad we still get to see Neil. 😭

[fel0ny-01]

I can’t help but feel Ghost blames Soap for leaving him. Not in like a “it’s all your fault” but more, “you should never have gotten this close to me because now this hurts and I can’t do anything about it”.

In a “everybody moved on, but I stayed there, why can’t I just let you go? It’s your fault I’m feeling this way.” But not in a “Its your fault you’re dead,” but in a “it’s your fault I’m hurting this much and you’re not here to help me” and he hates it. He hates blaming Soap.

[gomzdrawfr]

mw 3 spoilers!! some doodles that I've been meaning to draw <3

Ghost: 0-7 in position with Kilo. Farah: Convoy approaching southeast, four vehicles.

Based on these:

bonus Farah side eye HAHAHAHA

[fefy--art]

Everything I love dies :(

[nrdmssgs]

Activision doesn't understand, how Russian language works

Spoilers to CoD MW3 below the cut.

@sofasoap @siilvan @cumikering @stag-beetle-wastaken @gamergirlbonestaskforce141riot be my guests.

First and most important: this rant is not aimed to 'make Russian culture great again'. I am not offended as a representative of some cultural or linguistic group. But as a member of gaming community, I feel, as if Activision... kinda didn't give a flying f about the gaming experience, that they are trying to sell me for 60 Euros. And I can't say, I like this feeling.

Second: I will be criticizing some approaches to language, that I will never criticize in fanfiction. Because you guys are doing it for free, for the sake of having fun. So I will be ok with you just straight using Google translate to write e.g. Nikolais lines in Russian. Because you never ask me to pay 60 Euros for the right to read your works. With that being mentioned, lets roll!

Activision doesn't pay attention to their own script, when it comes to Russian lines

Ok, this is a major issue. Because Activision sometimes gives completely different information in character line and in the subtitles. And it is not some minor information, we are talking about major plot details!

Let's just watch 20 seconds of a playthrough (time code 8:44)

Pay attention closely to how Makarov starts his monologue after Nolan says "Its an honor, commander". Makarovs subtitles say 'four years', when Makarov says something like 'shest let'. "four" in Russian is "chetyre", "six" is "shest`". These words sound nothing alike! And to check this, you literally need 5 seconds on google translate! Here, Activision, I did your work for you and I don't even ask for 60 freaking Euros! You learn these numbers on your second-third lesson of Russian 101!

There are ways to fix this scene. There are even ways to do it without reshooting Julian (because ok, I get it, maybe he costs so much, that all our 60 Euros purchases would never help Activision to economically recover...). All you need is to ask him to record TWO WORDS!

Activision doesn't care for wording even in the simplest proverbs

You remember a saying "enemy of my enemy is my friend"? I mean, of course you do, even John Price remembers it! And you know, who forgot this saying? Activision did! Because honest to god, I was very happy with our new Yuri, until he produced this ominous linguistic construction... (time code 56:10)

And if you think, it sounds just a tad off in English... Well, in Russian this sounds, as if a Colonel, a man, who spent tenths of years constantly communicating with soldiers, superiors, officials, started learning Russian... a month ago.

This is an international proverb, it exists in many languages! Now this is a safe case to use an automatic translator! It gives you a very simple answer.

But for some mysterious reason, Activision writes their strange line, translate to russian and find a poor-working synonym so that Yuri doesn't say 'opponent' twice... And in the end it kinda still makes sense, but this whole phrase sounds so off!! You never choose this sick long, overloaded wording for a proverb, that you literally learn at school. They just make it look like zarin is already there and it affects Yuri heavily.

This is just one example, but in reality, almost every Makarovs monologue sounds very strangely formulated. I just got you one example, but believe me, this is a systematic issue here. And the strangest thing is that all their errors are so easy to fix, but they never bothered!

Activision doesn't care for how Russian sounds

Ok, this is not a rant against Julian Kostov. The guy does his wor absolutely gorgeous! He steals every scene, where he appears, and I have nothing, but respect for him. However... Russian is a complicated language. For real. It is full of long words, with many unfamiliar for European ear sounds. It is not only difficult to understand it - it is complicated even to imitate it.

Now apparently Julian knows Russian to some extent just because of his origin and age. But that doesn't save him from swallowing some letters, syllables, sometimes even big parts of words. And when it happens in almost every line of his character - it becomes an issue. An issue, when even Russian-speaker has to read subtitles to understand, what is going on in a scene with two Russian characters!

This whole scene is a nightmare (time code 1:42:54). Replaced letters, disappearance of parts of words, strange accents - they collected a bingo on this one.

And I dont blame actors here! Because on every shooting there is a director - a guy, who is responsible for how overall scene will look and sound in the end. There is always a possibility to find someone, who actually speaks the language and make them sit and listen! And if there are many issues with pronunciation revealed - you just come to your actors and say 'guys, you did amazing jobs, we are so happy to work with you. Now can we please do another shot and pay attention to these lines of yours?'.

And believe me, it is ok to have multiple shots for ingame cutscenes! Actors are ok with that! I don't ask for a perfect pronunciation, I just ask Activision to make sure, their characters don't sound as if they are speaking gibberish!

The most strange part here is that there are super-clean lines in game as well! Milena spoke with accent too, but she sounded clear! Some NPCs sounded perfect!

So Im sorry, but at the end of the day - this your most accurate Russian character by Activision. Because he chose to speak English.

[loadedberetta]

I'm sure Ghost didn't mean THAT when he said he wanted to hold Johnny 💀