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the man who sold the world
No... not even close.
He's looking at the reflection of himself
Listens to the tape
Now knows the truth, and smirks
He and Big Boss both are the same now
He flips the tape and puts it in the Data Recorder
Starts the tape (loading sequence)
Walks back to the mirror
See's the bloody version (demon) that he's become (metaphorically)
Smashes that illusion
The mirror breaks and we see 1/2 and 1/2.
A combination of BOTH Big Bosses
VS with his horn, and BB without the prosthetic arm.
They have both become one
The illusion is shattered.
VS, now fully invested in his role as Big Boss, commences Operation Intrude N313
This is the proper way to read the scene, IMHO.
Jason Blaustein has mentioned that he's full of himself. The dudes ego is ridiculous.
A shame, but:
1) you should never judge a product or piece of art based on the personality of who made it (they're two separate things entirely); it's always a good idea to not want to know about a creator's personal life, as that info should not have bearing on your enjoyment of a product
2) narcissism has been linked to creativity; genius and madness are often two sides of one coin
Well operation intrude N313 was the operation where Solid Snake goes to infiltrate OH, rescue Gray Fox and stop the leader.
Operation N312 was the operation where Gray Fox infiltrated OH.
Operation Intrude wasn't a thing until Gray Fox was captured so obviously Venom having the Operation Intrude N313 tape leads us to believe that N312 has already happened so the date would be 1995.
Yes, I thought this too.
However, are we 100% the tape said N313? IIRC, we can only see it saying "Operation Intrude N3...".