lesbians and bi/pan women are so drawn to the cottagecore/naturecore/grandmacore aesthetic because in a society where women are expected to perform for men constantly and make themselves available to men, the fantasy of living with another woman in a home away from the patriarchal expectations and demands of normal society and a long break from the eyes of men who they’ve felt as slaves to their entire lives. in this essay i will
Metal Gear 2: Metal Gear 1, again, except the dad is real this time
Metal Gear Solid: Metal Gear 2, again, except with it’s his brother instead of his dad
Metal Gear Solid 2: Metal Gear Solid, again, except an internet creepypasta
Metal Gear Solid 3: Metal Gear 1, except Snake’s Dad kills Snake’s Dad’s Mom.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Snake is old and gay in a plane and also Snake’s dad isn’t dead
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker: Snake’s dad starts a gay anime club in the middle of the ocean and gets tricked by both a fake of his mom and also a fake little anime girl who was actually a little anime adult
Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes: Snake’s dad has an adventure in Gitmo while Hideo Kojima apologizes constantly
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain: Snake’s dad starts a gay anime club in the middle of the ocean but it’s actually not Snake’s dad but Snake’s dad’s boyfriend’s bootleg recreation of Snake’s dad
Some of these outfits are the raddest things I’ve ever seen.
Can we talk about the tights.
The existence of photos like these (and similar photos from the 70s and 80s and so on) makes me wonder yet again why current-day movies set in this time never seem to be able to get the hair and clothing right.