The Last Word.

Well I did write both endings and I can say it didn't take much persuasion to make me, I was intending on writing them both and I am glad I did. Call me cruel whatever, but even though Snake is my favourite Metal Gear character, (Liquid follows a close second! ^-^) I enjoyed writing Liquid's ending and I guess I came under the same dilemma as him! I couldn't decide how I was going to finish Snake! I'm not obsessed with death or anything, but writing a death is tricky. I mean, you only die once and there's nobody around to tell you what it's like, but it's interesting too, trying to describe what the character is thinking, feeling everything.
So for my choice of death for Snake, well, I thought simply shooting him was very impersonal and detached. As you know the dispute between him and Liquid is deeply rooted right into the genes so an impersonal death would be no use. Plus I had Liquid reflect this point. Quote from fic Chapter 4; "Shooting him is too easy, bit impersonal I think..." I just thought that having Liquid kill Snake with a knife fitted Liquid's character better and I guess it gave me an excuse to drag out Snake's death and not make it easy for him or Meryl.
As for which ending is the true one, I think Snake's is the one. But I guess it depends on the reader and I don't mind how you perceived it, I know there are lots of Liquid fans out there and Snake fans, and I also wanted to have the best of both worlds.
I'm so happy that I managed to finish what is my longest fic to date. Oh and that... yes... that in chapter 1...near the end. The way I see it every writer thinks about writing them or actually writes love scenes. I say love scenes and will stress that word 'love'. I will admit that I was tempted to write more and add more detail but then any more would have ruined the effect I wanted and possibly have crossed the border into becoming too graphic. I meant to leave it at that. Why? I think that it emphasised that it was a private moment in Snake's life which then really isn't so private after Liquid says later on in the fic that he watched. Secondly and I think I dealt with this in the actual fic but in case I didn't make it clear, it happened because of love. To add more about what happened between the sheets would spoil it, simple as that. And if the reader wished, they could add more to it themselves in their imagination That freedom for the reader was also intended. I did read from a famous author, whom I can't remember, that suggestion is sometimes far sexier than revealing all.
As a last note, if you know me, music plays a big part in my life. I listen to music for most of my waking hours, and I'm a rock/metal singer in my university's band society and write my own songs too. (I'm not willing to put up the lyrics on my site or any other, since I'm worried about them being stolen.) I also listened to lots of music while writing this, so thanks to; Linkin Park, Muse, Papa Roach, Otep, Slipknot, Björk, American Head Charge, Mad Capsule Markets, Static-X, the sound track to MGS of course... the list goes on and I guess I could also thank the radio too and lots of less well known bands which are too numerous to list here. I've been known to sing when I get stuck which is fun too! I enjoy writing hugely and writing this fic was great and I'm so glad that many other people enjoyed reading it. I can't wait to write MGS2 fics, but that won't be until I get the game in February and have thoroughly dissected and devoured the plot and understand it. So again thanks so much!
• Silver Wolf •