Only her legs and arms are cybernetic. Monsoon has everything but his head, Sundowner has his forearms and lower legs, Sam has his right arm and Armstrong has his heart and nanomachines. And also Kahmsin has his "legs".
Mistrals theme always stuck with me. Remaining distant from the world and not having a purpose. All of the winds of destruction are broken people puppeteered by Armstrong. Bladewolf was able to break free. Which makes him all the more special.
I wouldn't say Armstrong was puppeteering them. He was looking for monsters that he could use as an expendable force, and came across Desperado. Sundowner had delved so deeply into the nature of war and surrendered morals that he discovered a way to legally harvest children's brains and have them shipped to the US. Monsoon believed that humanity's greatest mistake was in perceiving itself as in any way better than animals. Khamsin was a fool who thought he was genuinely doing good by blindly following orders. Of these, Mistral and Sam were unique. Mistral was lured in by Armstrong's false message, falling in love with a man so charismatic that he could sell someone on an ideology he hated. Sam came to kill Armstrong but faltered and surrendered, proving himself too morally weak to join Armstrong's actual plan, and so was placed under Sundowner's command.
@@WhiteManOnCampus I wager Mistral knew the true ideal, and it gave her something to fight for. Absolute freedom, and a purpose beyond meaningless money and power.
In a way, Mistral's original character from the lyrics of the original track can be viewed as the direction they went for Raiden - a part of his character before battling Monsoon is that he wants to "protect the weak" and that his sword is "a tool of justice." Before and up to the point when facing Monsoon, Raiden constantly advertises himself as a savior that's pure of heart. But for those players who do know what his backstory is, he also constantly removes his current character from his past history, hiding it away within the dark corners of his mind so that he can be the savior that he advertises himself as. It's like he thinks he's above who he used to be, an angel of sorts. He may have a good conscience, but he's also deluding himself and fairly misleading others about what their expectations of him should be by leaving his past life unaddressed. Killing is a behavior so ingrained into Raiden since he was a child, it's a little hard to believe that he's beyond that part of his life when he expresses no remorse for the people he kills, such as when he states, "I'm not complaining. These people sowed their fate when they took this job." He says this without so much as a compassionate hand to understand how and why they got here, he probably rationalized a way to put himself on a morally grander pedestal and his opponents on an evil side of the conflict, even though both sides commit so much murder, and the reasons they do so are more morally dubious than reprehensive. Now just because Raiden at his truest is a murderer at heart, that doesn't mean that Raiden completely embraces the thought of murder as an objectively good moral. Surely, Raiden really doesn't want those brains of children to become as war-torn and murderous as he has become, as even after accepting his true nature, Raiden still charges forward to save those kids. He probably recognizes that while accepting his cruel nature is what's going to help him overcome his odds and make him better as an individual, that kind of nature still has its issues on an average child who isn't Raiden and leading into an adult life, and Raiden would rather those kids not have to discover a murderous side within their character in the first place. So there's a genuine side to his character that still cares about justice and protecting others. I think what Mistral (current character) saw in Raiden when he claimed he was protecting the weak, was a murderer who was a hypocrite, not because he's deluding himself into believing he's on some right side of *preparing children for warfare,* but because he's deluding himself into believing he's on some right side of *committing murder.* Anyone can even claim that Raiden at this point is a hypocrite due to the fact that he's been murdering the weak as well. While saving the brains of children is good and all, the cyborg PMC soldiers he's faced are all weaker than he is, but no one's saving them. This is far elaborated on when Sam helps Raiden gain some insight into the frightful subconsciouses of his enemies, showing that his enemies have been in circumstances prior to becoming a PMC soldier where they were as desperate and weak as the children that Raiden is trying to save, but they don't get a helping hand from Raiden for that. Monsoon even mocks Raiden on this when they first meet, stating "Who saves the weak, from the man who saves the weak?" Thus, I think the choice to change Mistral from a deceptive "savior" who thinks their murder helps others into a person who is more honest about herself being a murderer, a living weapon, is good. Her murder isn't the crux of her character since she's accepted that part of her long ago, whereas Raiden is still struggling with that part of who he is, and tries to remove himself from his war-torn past and hide his murderous nature away within his mind by advertising himself as a savior. Given the context of what Mistral's character was originally intended to be, the dichotomy between their sincerity towards themselves feels far more richer. To discover yet more reasons to love this game puts a smile on my face.
@@wafffel Raiden kills people because he likes killing people, and has a premade, morally just excuse that he claims afterwards, which was Mistrals original character before they changed her.
The seductive part of her character may also be inspired by Kunoichis, the female ninjas who were also masters of seduction. This can be yet another connection to the western-eastern trend that Sundowner and Sam follow.
@@anonymousapproximation8549 It would be ridiculous, "alright my fellow female ninjas todays class is how to make a man erect and thirsty as fast as possible." I just don't see it lol.
I feel like all 4 Winds of Destruction have a polar opposite within their group. Let me give a short description of what I’m talking about. Mistral’s polar opposite is Jetstream Sam. Their opposite is finding and losing their identity. Mistral was without a purpose and identity before joining Armstrongs cause, which gave her an identity. Sam had lost those when he had joined, as he knew he was not following the values he once believed in. Sundowner and Moonson are opposites. Their opposites are Nature vs Nurture. Sundowner thinks all humans have a natural urge for war. Moonson believes your upbringing and situation you were raised in shapes your ideals, not yourself. This is a classic case of nature vs nurture.
Most of the demo songs are just instrumental. The only ones with lyrics are "A stranger I remain", "Colective consciousness" (the lyrics are mostly the same) and "Rules of nature" (originally called "Locked and loaded" and had completely different lyrics"
Same, I see people combine both versions for an extended version but the demo lyrics and final lyrics characterize her so differently that I think they clash
Something I love abt her theme is that it's oddly relatable. I think everyone has had or maybe is in the processes of having a phase of their life where they feel like they have no purpose. Like they're being blown through life like a leaf in the wind. But in time, that wind will carry you somewhere, even if you came from nowhere. And you'll find what you were looking for, even if you didn't know it. For most of us this purposeless isn't only being a killer, and this purpose isn't an egotistical madman obsessed with enforcing his ideals on the world, but there still is a base level of relatability within the lyrics.
7:10 Dancing Adachi in the background while you talk about a nilhist with no morals is fucking hillarious. And the last lyrics being "A stranger I remain" sounds like she doesnt actually believe Armstrong, and still lacks a true purpose.
Also probably a reference to the fact that to Raiden, she is literally no one. Even her dying confession to Armstrong seems to be something the senitor either never heard or cared about. Also, unlike every other member of desperado she doesn’t share a cutscene or dialogue with any of them, which doubles down on her distance she maintains from her peers, even deliberately manipulating Blade Wolf to kill the desert wind. So we never really get a sense of who she really is around her own peers. Even Raiden when he goes full Jack has a support network and has people that he cares about and keeps him honest, which I feel is the fundamental difference between him and her, no one cares about her and she cares about no one, aside from maybe Armstrong’s ideals. That might be reading into it too much however.
One neat thing about Mistral is that women aren't allowed to fight for the French Foreign Legion, which means she must have been an incredible fighter for them to let her in anyway
the blood of a dying star above could mean that she could have been more related to sundowner in early versions of the game, maybe even idolizing him instead of armstrong
Most underrated character in this game. And i don't say this in order to take away from all other characters, Mistral is just often forgotten about, even with her sick-ass theme and design.
@@nore5888 most popular and second most popular are obviously "The Only Thing I Know For Real" and "Standing Here I Realize," with the Mon-sus battle bus theme being 3rd most popular. "Checked the internet lately?"
Either something new was awakened in you by Mistral or something new was awakened in you by Jetstream Sam. There is no in-between. I was gonna say Senator Armstrong, but remember what he says "Don't f""" with this senator."
@@P4R53C5 ive got a very good control of my libido but mistral absolutely oozes femininity and sex appeal. Everything from her sexy french voice and accent to even the way she walks. A woman who knows how to use her sex appeal and owns it so beautifully is definitely hard to not be aroused by to some degree for me. I envy anyone whos actually asexual, they get to be free of the monkey part of their brain
I always found it weird that mistral was in the bladewolf rather than Sam's dlc. Mistrals story is a perfect parallel to Sam, they both took revenge against the people who killed their family but moved onward with completely different ideals. Meanwhile Sam's dlc had monsoon who is defined by his memes and belief that "free will is a myth" which would have tied in much better than mistral being a doggy dom to bladewolf. While monsoon is there purely because he and Sam share a scene in the base game.
I see it, but I don't see that Mistral doesn't have a connection with Blade Wolf, looking at her and Khamsin, they represent two people trapped on their roles, Mistral is trapped as a wind of destruction because otherwise she doesn't feel like she belongs anywhere, while Khamsin is trapped there because his blindness and looking for a "title" and honor as a soldier makes him lose his free will. They are two versions of people that can't escape their situation, Mistral is without porpouse otherwise and Khamsin is blinded by the glory that can't see how he really is, this makes a good connection with Blade Wolf, someone who, not only wasn't blinded by the "porpouse" he was given, but specifically wants his porpouse to be freedom, what this two characters won't get.
Mistral's song is so good, like all the other songs in the game, it's also my favorite alongside the only thing I know for real and collective consciousness
fun fact: According to Doktor's observation on Mistral's cyborg body in a codec call with him, there's a 90% probability that only her head and chest region are biological, with her arms and legs being the only cyborg parts
Camus and the Stranger are not Nihilistic they are Absurdist. Absurdism is a different philosophy to Nihilism. Absurdism is to grossly simplify finding purpose/meaning in a world that you recognize has no meaning and being happy in spite of the meaningless of it all which echos Mistral as you mentioned. You usually surprise me by how well researched some of your videos so I'm kinda dissapointed that you got this wrong. It's an extremely prevelant theme in work such as NieR Automata, Hades, Bojack Horseman which may deepen your enjoyment on that media. I'd highly recommend reading some Sartre and Camus.
Props tho for recognizing the French part of the song echoing the part in the book where meursault guns the guy on the beach, never thought about the "come" repeating in here theme being part of her sexualization. Still a good video if I'm salty ya got her philosophy wrong.
Ah that makes sense, my mix up comes from my own unfamiliarity with absurdism and interpreting it more from a Nihilistic mindset given Meursault not believing anything in life matters. This is why I said it was a "strange but interesting" take on nihilism but I should have said "It seems like" instead of "it is" when discussing what the book was about. I'll be looking more into absurdist media in the future. Thank you for the heads up.
@@MetiNotTheBadGuy happy to be of help. A bonus little neat touch to Mistral and her tie to Camus is hidden in her unused/demo track. When the lyrics say " I know it's tempting to jump off the edge and die " seems to reference Camus as suicide for him was THE philosophical question. When confronted with the Absurd in life Camus argued one has three options, Suicide to escape the meaningless of it all, try to distract yourself from this fact over working yourself or letting systems like capitalism or Christianity do the thinking for you (Transcendence) or becoming the Absurdist Man/Hero like Meursault or Sisyphus. The lyrics show that Mistral when confronted with the Absurd contemplated suicide as to escape the Absurd however upon meeting Armstrong she found a purpose OR you could make the argument Mistral commits what Camus calls "philosophical suicide " by diveriting her anxieties in life and lack of purpose to Armstrong instead of religion which is what Camus usually blamed this on. It's been too long since I've played the game so I'm not sure if they are trying to say that Raiden is a true Absurdist hero and that is the reason why he and therefore his philosophy triumphs over Mistral but it's interesting to think about.
@@ethanhinton4549 if you wanna make is super simple then yes. Just know that that existentialism is a response to nihilism and that even Nietzsche is against nihilism. Afterall it's kinda hard to be an Übermensch when you act as if nothing matters and being above consequences.
A note on L'Etrenger: Meursault didn't just kill the Arab man for no reason. Earlier that same day, the Arab and a couple of his friends had assaulted Meursault and his friends with knives, stabbing one of them before being chased off with a revolver. After said friend had his wounds seen to, Meursault took the revolver and went on a walk along the beach, came across the Arab laying among some rocks who flashed his knife at Meursault, and Meursault shot him. The emotions involved are never made clear, except for an irritation at the blistering heat of the sun, but it's definitely more complex than simply killing because he felt like it.
I feel the "here I come" is more so that she finally feels emotion and purpose and thus is for the first time excited to do her job and she is "coming" at Raiden with full force. So here she comes at full force ready to fight for what she believes in and what believes in her, being the winds of destruction.
Holy heck, I literally finished MGR for the first time resterday and watched your 3 vids on the game so far earlier today, this couldnt have been better timed
She's in the game for like, a few minutes? And yet she's so memorable and such a compelling character.. I'm so impressed by the characters in this game.
The unused lyrics from the early "A Stranger I Remain" demo seem like they could still apply to the canon Mistral, just not the one we meet in the game. We never see her own journey of revengeance for her parents, but it's entirely likely she thought that the cause was a noble one, worth her integrity and the lives of others. "I've come here to save you" perhaps refers to the notion that her acts will save other lives. Except, of course, it doesn't. Once it's done, what then? "My true aesthetic's unwinding, and I'm about to come undone." Unlike Miller in Phantom Pain, who admits that he wanted revenge and nothing else, naïve righteousness empowers Mistral to avenge her parents. Once that goal is fulfilled, there's nothing left. "Don't let me become the one you love." Rather than continuing to play hero, she embraced reality: she is a killer, albeit a highly skilled one a world where that's an extremely marketable skill. Put another way: all that is the first verse of a song that does not end with revenge. The second verse, and the person at the center of that story, is what Raiden encounters in Abkhazia.
Personally, the demo is Mistral telling Raiden who she is, what she is, and why. She is naked in her bloodlust, nude in her deception; she specifically states not to "love" her, because she "will take your blood and use you up." The second verse, the canon song, is her VENTING to Raiden. She is unloading all of her frustrations, all her pain, onto the fight, and thus, onto Raiden. Because, to Mistral, Raiden is someone who would understand her.
Mistral is, hands down, my favourite character from the entire game. While Sundowner is way more over the top and explicit about his beliefs, Sam is so cool and ultimately a pretty neutral character overall, and Armstrong is just so much fun to hate, Mistral is just the one with the most style. She grabs you and doesn't let you go and I've always loved that in a villain.
Bladewolf is a good boy and Monsoon is a lovely nihilist thunder meme ninja. Biggest chad is Khamsin though. He appears out of nowhere, drops a sick OST, soldiers on, refuses to elaborate and dies.
I loved how in the intro, you put Ulysses because he is a character who does not know what his purpose is and why he fights. I want to see a deep dive video about him
Finally, I have wanted more MGR:R content from you since the last video. Thank you for this and I really hope that we don’t have to wait to long before the MEMES!
I had been wondering where remixes that contained the lines "Don't let me become the one you love" where coming from but this does explain a lot. What's interesting is you could easily write a good AU where Raiden could recruit mistal, monsoon, and sam to his cause as Even as raiden is embracing jack he doesn't lose sight of why he does it. Even at the end of Monsoons fight he immediately looks at his wound and recognizes that he wasn't lying when he said he was protecting the weak. The pain he felt, not just physical but emotional, he doesn't want others to have to deal with that. Both Mistral and Monsoon think he's completely full of it and that killing just is, But i think Sam and armstrong see that Raiden was trying to hard to escape his old self in trying to construct his new self. Sam's main first line is "you deny you're weapon it's purpose." What's notable is that raiden may be trying to protect the innocent but he's so desperate to no longer be jack the ripper that he's forgotten the point of all he's been through and why he does it. You do not own a sword to be used as a tool even a tool of justice, you use a sword to stab people. If raiden was more confident in his actions when he met Mistral and actually spoke that he was a defender of the people and those who get in his way be damned, You could honestly argue he could of turned her to his side, it was his lack of conviction that makes her not believe him.
@@textoffender3410 it perfectly reflects how blind he is to his own delusions and his loyalty to a cause he doesn't fully understand, believing that just listening to orders makes him a good soldier of freedom
Have you ever thought about the chance that in A Stranger I Remain's beta version, the lyric "I know it's tempting to jump off the edge and die" might be "jump off the edge and fly"?
@@EripmavsDYraid In a dream, perhaps you can jump off a cliff and fly. In the real world, you'd just plummet to your doom. So false perception (this is not a dream) leads people to take accidentally self-destructive action. I have to be a bit obtuse because of YT's tyrannical filter nowadays.
When ever I kill Mistral, I always say "now you are worthy of your name". Because she is "the cold wind of France". Raiden kills her by freezing. She becomes a cold dead corpse
@@tdpuuhailee8222 Mistral: dies after being frozen, Monsoon: dies during rain, Sundowner: dies after being flung out an explosion, Jetstream Sam: dies in a desert
I think her character would be better represented by her design if she wasn't sexualised. I'm pretty sure the sexualisation of her design caused many people to just consider her an uninterresting character at first glance and prevented them from looking deeper into it.
I find it interesting that she never tried to convince Raiden his 'protecting the weak' thing was a lie because she knows how awful it is to live a life dedicated to violence and nothing else
She probably is slightly envious to it honestly, Raiden had a purpose, and sure he uses it as a shield which eventually does fade but he at the end, wants to protect the innocents aganist Armstrong and others like him, Unlike Mistral who has ZERO purpose other then "it's just my job"
Glad you pointed out how she resembles the BnB unit from MGS4. Considering how weak and flat they turned out in that game, I'm glad Mistral shows that the idea itself can still work. She's easily more of a beauty and a beast than all four of them put together.
when i played mgr for the first time i used that polearm so much because 1. perfectly fit my playstyle and 2. i honestly related to her in the way of not having an identity until someone helped me gain one. then he broke up with me over text and i realized that i didn't need him and i could be my own person for once
I wanted to make a point that she is the only member of Desparado not to make use of a mask in their fight with Raiden. With Monsoon, it was his red face covering. With Sundowner, it was a mask that had a secondary part to cover his eyes as well. With Sam, it was a bandit like mask that he wore in his final confrontation with Raiden. Mistral has none of this, which could be in reference to the fact that she has the most honesty for what she does. You could make the case for Sundowner but his love for war doesn't explain why he joins Armstrong, since Sundowner wants to keep wars going and keep senseless killing while Armstrong wants to end wars as a business and give meaning to war. Polar opposites in ideals. Meanwhile Mistral joins Armstrong because he gives her meaning and reason to fight. Hence why she doesn't wear a mask. It may also be in reference to her combat style. Sundowner, Monsoon, Sam and Raiden all use close ranged blades that would mean they need to be close to their enemies to fight effectively with them, thus meaning they may suffer damage to their face as a result. Mistral uses her Gekkos and long pole/whip to keep her opponents away. Focusing on that idea, another in narrative reason for the lack of a mask to for Mistral's beauty and sex appeal. The mask would make Mistral lose some of the eroticism that comes from her reactions and movements, in character it may be because Mistral believes the mask makes her ugly and it is very clear she prides herself on her attractiveness.
in one of her concept arts, she wears a gas mask and is overall similar in appearance to psycho mantis I wonder if she was planned to be similar in some traits as well?
i somewhat thought mistral's weapon was similar to a sort of a Glaive or a naginata or a spear, but never realized is a kind of a whip. It is still a pretty good weapon, i wonder if it just that what they thought of her weapon like, a whip and just that, or like a combination with one of the weapons i mentioned before.
I'm guessing with the winds being covered next on the chopping block is either monsoon (the wind that gave up the most of his body to the point only his head remains) or Armstrong the pseudo-leader (considering he was the one behind the scenes helping run things)? Edit:I'm curious if the original patriots (zero and the others) could be covered as well sometime in the future considering the fact they go through quite the shift from 3 onward.
Your Metal Gear Rising videos got me to subscribe. Can't wait for that Monsoon video. Btw, Castlevania, JoJo, Resident Evil... You sir have great taste.
Mistral is the perfect example that a female can be somewhat sexualized while still being badass and intriguing. after all if sexualisation=bad character than all Jojo males would be bad characters. most anime fail at this by making the sexualisation their entire character and doing it with all the females and none of the guys
@@colt9836 I probably meant to say female characters. and I said males onece as well. sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way. I didn't play Bayonetta but I saw her in a video about rival characters in video games with Vergil and Dante, Raiden and Sam, and Bayonetta and the rival from her games
Man i was literally thinking about when you gonna make this video just today after watching the sundowner one. Just wondering do you think you would ever make some character studies on Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight? I think it's a really interesting franchise to explore. I can totally picture the glory of Tendou Maya or the savagery of Daiba Nana. I really like your content btw.
Do a next one about khamsin, I know that there's not a lot that you can do with him but I believe that you can do it. He is literally the most underrated boss so he deserves some credit.
16:06 I've always heard "I know it's tempting to jump off the edge and fly" which makes sense considering the dream line and other context created by the verse
Looking through all the comments giving helpful insights that were missed or said wrong in the video, and here all I'm adding is that I find it funny how the pair of arms on the front seem to be there solely to be crossed at all times.
I feel like Mistral is so misunderstood as a character. Let’s get one thing out of the way first: her torso isn’t natural. The in-game model and spare body prove that. Doktor was only making a prediction; however, he literally ended the codec, saying “if it is indeed a cyborg chassis, it is the most advanced I’ve ever seen. Such technology would not come cheap. It would mean whoever is backing Desperado is likely quite wealthy.”
That is blatantly foreshadowing Armstrong’s and World Marshal’s ties with Desperado, which were only revealed in the next chapter. Worth mentioning, it was actually very common early-game. Even Armstrong's nanomachines and Raiden leaving Maverick were hinted at for example. Fair to say Doktor is wrong. Speaking of Armstrong, I do agree Mistral got her ideals from him, but you can’t forget he was lying to Desperado all along. In contrast, Sam was told the truth from the very beginning. “Organized violence, waging war as business - we’re gonna put an end to all that bs.” The important thing here is that Sam didn’t become an official member of the PMC. He was just a mercenary hired to work for Armstrong. If Mistral was on his side as well, then why was she a Wind of Destruction? Armstrong was literally planning to do away with Desperado. It makes no sense to have an ally of yours sink in the same boat as them. Her positioning implies that she knew nothing about Armstrong’s “new America” - not to mention, she doesn’t even live there, so why should she care? If that’s not enough, then look at the events of the Blade Wolf DLC. Mistral absolutely despised Khamsin, the guy who was obsessed with freedom. Of course, it goes without saying his ideas of it differ from Armstrong’s, but still, she literally said “This fight has NOTHING to do with freedom.” She also knew that Blade Wolf himself wanted to be free. If she believed in Armstrong’s true cause, then she would have been very sympathetic. That goes vice versa as well. Blade Wolf would totally get someone fighting for their ideals. He even praised Raiden for that exact thing when talking to Sunny at the end of the DLC - right after telling the story mind you. Instead, Mistral used him as a slave and said: “You see only logic and reason. You would never understand.” It’s almost like the cruel, sadistic, treacherous and seductive warmonger doesn’t care about the freedoms of other's. Like it or not, she’s in the same boat as Sundowner, getting deceived by Armstrong, who is “using war as a business to get elected, so he can end war as a business.” Tl;dr: Raiden’s intel is correct. Mistral is a full-body cyborg. She's also just a tool for Armstrong, like everyone else in Desperado, and knows nothing about his “land of the truly free.”
I forgot to say this. Mistral wasn’t even denied the opportunity to fight for her ideals; rather, she simply lacked a cause in the first place. His talk about fighting for what you believe in, would have no impact on her because she quite literally did not have anything to believe in. You could argue that he ignited the spark, but to me, the war economy makes far more sense.
no as she very clearly uses her sex appeal to get what she wants but she doesnt "love" anyone that way. The closest she MIGHT feel that emotion would be in relation to Armstrong who gave her life meaning and a purpose. But i think its more she idolizes him then romantically loves him.
(This totally a not serious lore theory) - Mistral said that she was in the french foreing legion but there is only one woman from that era - Doktor told Raiden in codex that there is 80% chance her breasts aren't cyborg but that leaves a 20% chance of "cyborg enhancements". - Also she's french, and france is one of the countries that have the best helthcare system in the world. So, the theory is that Mistral is a trans woman. She joined the french foreing legion and fought for free universal healthcare so she could transition (in France, the place where she could be). She actually just joined desperados for "aesthetic unwinding" tier of cyborg enhancements. Also, the parallels between her and Raiden, and when she call him "naive" isn't about repressed killing instincts but about denial. But about Raiden's militaristic moral compass and murder urges that seems to be a shield of denial, and a way for him to find an identity (which he can't achieve in a sane way because he refutes his own true identity). After all, according to a recent study, transgender people are twice as likely to serve in the military, which is most that any other demographic. So yes, raiden is actually a massive EGG. In the demo lyrics "I've come here to save you" is genuine and her bullet-kiss was just a high velocity pill of oestrogen. Also, all genderbent art of Raiden is canon.
"So, the theory is that Mistal is a trans woman" or she lives in the Metal Gear universe where events from our history happened differently??? no trans person is going to look that feminine
I have the admit I'm surprised with the fact she was supposed to be sexy, it totally flew over my mind. For some reason, I never saw her as sexy, I just thought she was standard for MGR, I guess she's not my type.
I really like the character, maybe cuz I like seing my country being used in a game hehe, the only thing I don’t like is about her design. In my opinion it’s really eh tempting.
Only her legs and arms are cybernetic. Monsoon has everything but his head, Sundowner has his forearms and lower legs, Sam has his right arm and Armstrong has his heart and nanomachines. And also Kahmsin has his "legs".
Doktor also did some * detailed image analysis * with the footage he got from the battle and concluded that her body is indeed natural.
Kahmsin seemed to lose his lower half then replace it with a mech. Don't know why he did it but he did it.
@@DrSelVonSands because giant unnecessary mechanical constructs are cool as hell
@@_Eternos Agreed. Especially when you have a giant ax that is a chainsaw and it is a HF weapon.
@@DrSelVonSands Khamsin and Khârn the Betrayer would be good friends
Mistrals theme always stuck with me. Remaining distant from the world and not having a purpose. All of the winds of destruction are broken people puppeteered by Armstrong. Bladewolf was able to break free. Which makes him all the more special.
Not sundowner, sundowner was always a fucking sicko
@@papaq3810 He’s just very in touch with his inner child.
I wouldn't say Armstrong was puppeteering them. He was looking for monsters that he could use as an expendable force, and came across Desperado. Sundowner had delved so deeply into the nature of war and surrendered morals that he discovered a way to legally harvest children's brains and have them shipped to the US. Monsoon believed that humanity's greatest mistake was in perceiving itself as in any way better than animals. Khamsin was a fool who thought he was genuinely doing good by blindly following orders.
Of these, Mistral and Sam were unique. Mistral was lured in by Armstrong's false message, falling in love with a man so charismatic that he could sell someone on an ideology he hated. Sam came to kill Armstrong but faltered and surrendered, proving himself too morally weak to join Armstrong's actual plan, and so was placed under Sundowner's command.
@@WhiteManOnCampus I wager Mistral knew the true ideal, and it gave her something to fight for. Absolute freedom, and a purpose beyond meaningless money and power.
@@papaq3810 He isn’t broken, he is fucking invencible
“Are you really gonna fight me unarmed?”
“Oh no no. I’m going to fight you ALL ARMED!”
Armed and dangerous
@@solidskullz5736 armed, dangerous, and *horny*
Arm armor
If I were to fight her, I'd do it with only one hand
@@VegaFic why not *BORROW*
Now, we only need Raiden, Moonsoon and Armstrong.
Yes
The memeful meaning of Monsoon
@@kalo_vera The Exquisite Memes of Monsoon
I think it would be really cool to have Armstrong and Raiden in the same video as Armstrong's theme is made to apply to both Raiden AND Armstrong
We need khamsin
In a way, Mistral's original character from the lyrics of the original track can be viewed as the direction they went for Raiden - a part of his character before battling Monsoon is that he wants to "protect the weak" and that his sword is "a tool of justice." Before and up to the point when facing Monsoon, Raiden constantly advertises himself as a savior that's pure of heart. But for those players who do know what his backstory is, he also constantly removes his current character from his past history, hiding it away within the dark corners of his mind so that he can be the savior that he advertises himself as. It's like he thinks he's above who he used to be, an angel of sorts. He may have a good conscience, but he's also deluding himself and fairly misleading others about what their expectations of him should be by leaving his past life unaddressed.
Killing is a behavior so ingrained into Raiden since he was a child, it's a little hard to believe that he's beyond that part of his life when he expresses no remorse for the people he kills, such as when he states, "I'm not complaining. These people sowed their fate when they took this job." He says this without so much as a compassionate hand to understand how and why they got here, he probably rationalized a way to put himself on a morally grander pedestal and his opponents on an evil side of the conflict, even though both sides commit so much murder, and the reasons they do so are more morally dubious than reprehensive.
Now just because Raiden at his truest is a murderer at heart, that doesn't mean that Raiden completely embraces the thought of murder as an objectively good moral. Surely, Raiden really doesn't want those brains of children to become as war-torn and murderous as he has become, as even after accepting his true nature, Raiden still charges forward to save those kids. He probably recognizes that while accepting his cruel nature is what's going to help him overcome his odds and make him better as an individual, that kind of nature still has its issues on an average child who isn't Raiden and leading into an adult life, and Raiden would rather those kids not have to discover a murderous side within their character in the first place. So there's a genuine side to his character that still cares about justice and protecting others.
I think what Mistral (current character) saw in Raiden when he claimed he was protecting the weak, was a murderer who was a hypocrite, not because he's deluding himself into believing he's on some right side of *preparing children for warfare,* but because he's deluding himself into believing he's on some right side of *committing murder.* Anyone can even claim that Raiden at this point is a hypocrite due to the fact that he's been murdering the weak as well. While saving the brains of children is good and all, the cyborg PMC soldiers he's faced are all weaker than he is, but no one's saving them. This is far elaborated on when Sam helps Raiden gain some insight into the frightful subconsciouses of his enemies, showing that his enemies have been in circumstances prior to becoming a PMC soldier where they were as desperate and weak as the children that Raiden is trying to save, but they don't get a helping hand from Raiden for that. Monsoon even mocks Raiden on this when they first meet, stating "Who saves the weak, from the man who saves the weak?"
Thus, I think the choice to change Mistral from a deceptive "savior" who thinks their murder helps others into a person who is more honest about herself being a murderer, a living weapon, is good. Her murder isn't the crux of her character since she's accepted that part of her long ago, whereas Raiden is still struggling with that part of who he is, and tries to remove himself from his war-torn past and hide his murderous nature away within his mind by advertising himself as a savior. Given the context of what Mistral's character was originally intended to be, the dichotomy between their sincerity towards themselves feels far more richer.
To discover yet more reasons to love this game puts a smile on my face.
Dude this is definitely informative, but I ain't reading all that
@@wafffel Raiden kills people because he likes killing people, and has a premade, morally just excuse that he claims afterwards, which was Mistrals original character before they changed her.
🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
yeah cool but shes hot, your point disproved.
@@south69420 He was literally talking good about her...?
The seductive part of her character may also be inspired by Kunoichis, the female ninjas who were also masters of seduction. This can be yet another connection to the western-eastern trend that Sundowner and Sam follow.
i dont remember female ninjas having a school of training literally being giving us hard ons lol
@@thedoomslayer5863 I imagine that keeping that secret is kinda the point.
@@thedoomslayer5863 exactly
@@anonymousapproximation8549 It would be ridiculous, "alright my fellow female ninjas todays class is how to make a man erect and thirsty as fast as possible." I just don't see it lol.
@@thedoomslayer5863 Seduction is actually an extremely viable tool to gather information and distract a target.
Theoretically, could she link the arms enough with each other to become a cyborg-spider?
literally alice twilight
That's definitely in the good idea but to difficult box
Theoretically, how... Ahem... *Objects* can she fit in all those hands
*THE UNENLIGHTENED MASSES*
@@samtdl8639 *THEY CAN NOT MAKE THE JUDGEMENT CALL*
I feel like all 4 Winds of Destruction have a polar opposite within their group. Let me give a short description of what I’m talking about.
Mistral’s polar opposite is Jetstream Sam. Their opposite is finding and losing their identity. Mistral was without a purpose and identity before joining Armstrongs cause, which gave her an identity. Sam had lost those when he had joined, as he knew he was not following the values he once believed in.
Sundowner and Moonson are opposites. Their opposites are Nature vs Nurture. Sundowner thinks all humans have a natural urge for war. Moonson believes your upbringing and situation you were raised in shapes your ideals, not yourself. This is a classic case of nature vs nurture.
It's pretty cool he talks and breaks down the original song too. Though I forget which ones tell a completely different meaning like Mistral's?
Most of the demo songs are just instrumental. The only ones with lyrics are "A stranger I remain", "Colective consciousness" (the lyrics are mostly the same) and "Rules of nature" (originally called "Locked and loaded" and had completely different lyrics"
Same, I see people combine both versions for an extended version but the demo lyrics and final lyrics characterize her so differently that I think they clash
Something I love abt her theme is that it's oddly relatable. I think everyone has had or maybe is in the processes of having a phase of their life where they feel like they have no purpose. Like they're being blown through life like a leaf in the wind. But in time, that wind will carry you somewhere, even if you came from nowhere. And you'll find what you were looking for, even if you didn't know it. For most of us this purposeless isn't only being a killer, and this purpose isn't an egotistical madman obsessed with enforcing his ideals on the world, but there still is a base level of relatability within the lyrics.
very true
7:10 Dancing Adachi in the background while you talk about a nilhist with no morals is fucking hillarious.
And the last lyrics being "A stranger I remain" sounds like she doesnt actually believe Armstrong, and still lacks a true purpose.
Also probably a reference to the fact that to Raiden, she is literally no one. Even her dying confession to Armstrong seems to be something the senitor either never heard or cared about.
Also, unlike every other member of desperado she doesn’t share a cutscene or dialogue with any of them, which doubles down on her distance she maintains from her peers, even deliberately manipulating Blade Wolf to kill the desert wind. So we never really get a sense of who she really is around her own peers. Even Raiden when he goes full Jack has a support network and has people that he cares about and keeps him honest, which I feel is the fundamental difference between him and her, no one cares about her and she cares about no one, aside from maybe Armstrong’s ideals.
That might be reading into it too much however.
I can still fix her
One neat thing about Mistral is that women aren't allowed to fight for the French Foreign Legion, which means she must have been an incredible fighter for them to let her in anyway
BADASS
Or maybe she dressed as man, Mulan style.
@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051Just how did she do that
@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 This is Mistral. I mean seriously, that's not her style, nor would it even work.
the blood of a dying star above could mean that she could have been more related to sundowner in early versions of the game, maybe even idolizing him instead of armstrong
Red sun = blood star?
@@LostSoulSilver
The sun is a giant star and the red part relates to blood from battle/war, similar to Red Sun and Sundowner theme
Super crazy, if this may contribute to an Elden Ring theory
I want to say the the blood of the dying star above is the sun’s light because on an astronomical timescale, the sun’s about to die
Remember no ice jokes around Mistral. They always leave her in pieces
Oooo Burn
internal temperature rising huh?
Damn, don’t give her the cold shoulder now eh?
@@gulpin768 I have her shoulder is n my fridge if you want it
the end of the fight really made her *shiver* her timbers eh?
Most underrated character in this game. And i don't say this in order to take away from all other characters, Mistral is just often forgotten about, even with her sick-ass theme and design.
literally has like the second most popular theme from this game lol, maybe in a diff timeline
I actually forgot she existed before this video lol,
@@nore5888 that's a lie
Desperado? More like Trascurado!
@@nore5888 most popular and second most popular are obviously "The Only Thing I Know For Real" and "Standing Here I Realize," with the Mon-sus battle bus theme being 3rd most popular. "Checked the internet lately?"
Either something new was awakened in you by Mistral or something new was awakened in you by Jetstream Sam. There is no in-between. I was gonna say Senator Armstrong, but remember what he says "Don't f""" with this senator."
I will respect the Senator's wish. No horni
Unless is funky spiderlady, then maybe a small amount of horni
@@P4R53C5 ive got a very good control of my libido but mistral absolutely oozes femininity and sex appeal. Everything from her sexy french voice and accent to even the way she walks. A woman who knows how to use her sex appeal and owns it so beautifully is definitely hard to not be aroused by to some degree for me.
I envy anyone whos actually asexual, they get to be free of the monkey part of their brain
well then what the hell did monsoon awaken in me
@@dakotashadow1 MEMES
I always found it weird that mistral was in the bladewolf rather than Sam's dlc. Mistrals story is a perfect parallel to Sam, they both took revenge against the people who killed their family but moved onward with completely different ideals. Meanwhile Sam's dlc had monsoon who is defined by his memes and belief that "free will is a myth" which would have tied in much better than mistral being a doggy dom to bladewolf. While monsoon is there purely because he and Sam share a scene in the base game.
I see it, but I don't see that Mistral doesn't have a connection with Blade Wolf, looking at her and Khamsin, they represent two people trapped on their roles, Mistral is trapped as a wind of destruction because otherwise she doesn't feel like she belongs anywhere, while Khamsin is trapped there because his blindness and looking for a "title" and honor as a soldier makes him lose his free will. They are two versions of people that can't escape their situation, Mistral is without porpouse otherwise and Khamsin is blinded by the glory that can't see how he really is, this makes a good connection with Blade Wolf, someone who, not only wasn't blinded by the "porpouse" he was given, but specifically wants his porpouse to be freedom, what this two characters won't get.
That’s not the reason at all. Where’d you get that from?
@@codified_ It's pronounced "purpose".
@@vicrattlehead5614 unrelated note What Mgr character would be the best dog owner?,
Free will is a myth
Religion is a joke
[I FORGOR]
Memes. The dna of the soul.
They are our culture. Our clout.
To me Mistral’s alternate song sounds like a theme she would have if she had some kind of redemption arc.
I can fix her
I WISH
@@Zeraybifive "we have the technology, to have the dark skin tomboy GF you always wanted."-Max0r
Mistral's song is so good, like all the other songs in the game, it's also my favorite alongside the only thing I know for real and collective consciousness
fun fact: According to Doktor's observation on Mistral's cyborg body in a codec call with him, there's a 90% probability that only her head and chest region are biological, with her arms and legs being the only cyborg parts
doktor be actin real sus
@@fellowhuman2560 You mean Doktor was doing his research.
Come on, I’m a plant and how did I notice this before you?
Quadruple amputee tag
@@fellowhuman2560 BROTHER
@@drneotech7254 so... what's next, you gonna kiss him?
Camus and the Stranger are not Nihilistic they are Absurdist. Absurdism is a different philosophy to Nihilism. Absurdism is to grossly simplify finding purpose/meaning in a world that you recognize has no meaning and being happy in spite of the meaningless of it all which echos Mistral as you mentioned. You usually surprise me by how well researched some of your videos so I'm kinda dissapointed that you got this wrong. It's an extremely prevelant theme in work such as NieR Automata, Hades, Bojack Horseman which may deepen your enjoyment on that media. I'd highly recommend reading some Sartre and Camus.
Props tho for recognizing the French part of the song echoing the part in the book where meursault guns the guy on the beach, never thought about the "come" repeating in here theme being part of her sexualization. Still a good video if I'm salty ya got her philosophy wrong.
Ah that makes sense, my mix up comes from my own unfamiliarity with absurdism and interpreting it more from a Nihilistic mindset given Meursault not believing anything in life matters. This is why I said it was a "strange but interesting" take on nihilism but I should have said "It seems like" instead of "it is" when discussing what the book was about. I'll be looking more into absurdist media in the future. Thank you for the heads up.
@@MetiNotTheBadGuy happy to be of help. A bonus little neat touch to Mistral and her tie to Camus is hidden in her unused/demo track. When the lyrics say " I know it's tempting to jump off the edge and die " seems to reference Camus as suicide for him was THE philosophical question. When confronted with the Absurd in life Camus argued one has three options, Suicide to escape the meaningless of it all, try to distract yourself from this fact over working yourself or letting systems like capitalism or Christianity do the thinking for you (Transcendence) or becoming the Absurdist Man/Hero like Meursault or Sisyphus. The lyrics show that Mistral when confronted with the Absurd contemplated suicide as to escape the Absurd however upon meeting Armstrong she found a purpose OR you could make the argument Mistral commits what Camus calls "philosophical suicide " by diveriting her anxieties in life and lack of purpose to Armstrong instead of religion which is what Camus usually blamed this on. It's been too long since I've played the game so I'm not sure if they are trying to say that Raiden is a true Absurdist hero and that is the reason why he and therefore his philosophy triumphs over Mistral but it's interesting to think about.
So basically nihilism plus optimism. Cool
@@ethanhinton4549 if you wanna make is super simple then yes. Just know that that existentialism is a response to nihilism and that even Nietzsche is against nihilism. Afterall it's kinda hard to be an Übermensch when you act as if nothing matters and being above consequences.
A note on L'Etrenger: Meursault didn't just kill the Arab man for no reason. Earlier that same day, the Arab and a couple of his friends had assaulted Meursault and his friends with knives, stabbing one of them before being chased off with a revolver. After said friend had his wounds seen to, Meursault took the revolver and went on a walk along the beach, came across the Arab laying among some rocks who flashed his knife at Meursault, and Meursault shot him. The emotions involved are never made clear, except for an irritation at the blistering heat of the sun, but it's definitely more complex than simply killing because he felt like it.
It is weird how man seems to be so desperate to paint nihilsts as sociopaths. It's not the same, not even a little.
I was waiting for you to make a video in Mistral! She was always my fave even though everyone preferred the other MGR characters
Well, and with this...we are missing one more wind of destruction
...and a very angry politician
MEMES THE DNA OF THE SOUL
and
NANOMACHINES SON
@@thedoomslayer5863 there is another…
I felt that the part saying "a stranger I remain" at the end actually implies that she still feels an emptiness inside.
I feel the "here I come" is more so that she finally feels emotion and purpose and thus is for the first time excited to do her job and she is "coming" at Raiden with full force. So here she comes at full force ready to fight for what she believes in and what believes in her, being the winds of destruction.
Heh, come
@@Tufflewithyourballs183 exactly what I expected moonsoon here you have an exquisite meme
OH GOD I'M
It could be a double entendre. Both yours and the more sexually-charged version can be true.
Ah yes "Coming" at Raiden at full force
So many arms, I bet she gives great hugs
Like a machamp🤪
Holy heck, I literally finished MGR for the first time resterday and watched your 3 vids on the game so far earlier today, this couldnt have been better timed
Knew this was going to be absolutely brilliant from the moment I clicked, but I still did not expect the little Tripod in the intro. Too cute! ;D
She's in the game for like, a few minutes?
And yet she's so memorable and such a compelling character.. I'm so impressed by the characters in this game.
Only female character with a side shave haircut that isn’t annoying.
Damn I never thought about that
And It's's not even a side shave It's tucked away and comes out on the last phases.
It's not really a side shave, just an excessive part.
Uhhh... Destiny's Ana Bray exists?
Edit: there's also Sombra from overwatch, but i guess she's annoying from a gameplay perspective... So, nevermind.
The unused lyrics from the early "A Stranger I Remain" demo seem like they could still apply to the canon Mistral, just not the one we meet in the game. We never see her own journey of revengeance for her parents, but it's entirely likely she thought that the cause was a noble one, worth her integrity and the lives of others. "I've come here to save you" perhaps refers to the notion that her acts will save other lives.
Except, of course, it doesn't. Once it's done, what then? "My true aesthetic's unwinding, and I'm about to come undone." Unlike Miller in Phantom Pain, who admits that he wanted revenge and nothing else, naïve righteousness empowers Mistral to avenge her parents. Once that goal is fulfilled, there's nothing left. "Don't let me become the one you love." Rather than continuing to play hero, she embraced reality: she is a killer, albeit a highly skilled one a world where that's an extremely marketable skill.
Put another way: all that is the first verse of a song that does not end with revenge. The second verse, and the person at the center of that story, is what Raiden encounters in Abkhazia.
Personally, the demo is Mistral telling Raiden who she is, what she is, and why. She is naked in her bloodlust, nude in her deception; she specifically states not to "love" her, because she "will take your blood and use you up."
The second verse, the canon song, is her VENTING to Raiden. She is unloading all of her frustrations, all her pain, onto the fight, and thus, onto Raiden. Because, to Mistral, Raiden is someone who would understand her.
Mistral is, hands down, my favourite character from the entire game. While Sundowner is way more over the top and explicit about his beliefs, Sam is so cool and ultimately a pretty neutral character overall, and Armstrong is just so much fun to hate, Mistral is just the one with the most style. She grabs you and doesn't let you go and I've always loved that in a villain.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU LET HER BECOME THE ONE YOU LOVE!
@@mushedups She’ll use his blood!!!
Bladewolf is a good boy and Monsoon is a lovely nihilist thunder meme ninja. Biggest chad is Khamsin though. He appears out of nowhere, drops a sick OST, soldiers on, refuses to elaborate and dies.
@@masterexploder9668 blade wolf is very good boi
I loved how in the intro, you put Ulysses because he is a character who does not know what his purpose is and why he fights. I want to see a deep dive video about him
As a fellow Fallout fan, I agree with you.
Finally, I have wanted more MGR:R content from you since the last video. Thank you for this and I really hope that we don’t have to wait to long before the MEMES!
I had been wondering where remixes that contained the lines "Don't let me become the one you love" where coming from but this does explain a lot.
What's interesting is you could easily write a good AU where Raiden could recruit mistal, monsoon, and sam to his cause as Even as raiden is embracing jack he doesn't lose sight of why he does it. Even at the end of Monsoons fight he immediately looks at his wound and recognizes that he wasn't lying when he said he was protecting the weak. The pain he felt, not just physical but emotional, he doesn't want others to have to deal with that.
Both Mistral and Monsoon think he's completely full of it and that killing just is, But i think Sam and armstrong see that Raiden was trying to hard to escape his old self in trying to construct his new self. Sam's main first line is "you deny you're weapon it's purpose." What's notable is that raiden may be trying to protect the innocent but he's so desperate to no longer be jack the ripper that he's forgotten the point of all he's been through and why he does it. You do not own a sword to be used as a tool even a tool of justice, you use a sword to stab people.
If raiden was more confident in his actions when he met Mistral and actually spoke that he was a defender of the people and those who get in his way be damned, You could honestly argue he could of turned her to his side, it was his lack of conviction that makes her not believe him.
"Why Khamsin's theme is the best one. A video essay"
The hot wind blowing, jagged lines across the sand.
"I am a wind of destruction" is just kind of a cringe line imo
@@textoffender3410 it perfectly reflects how blind he is to his own delusions and his loyalty to a cause he doesn't fully understand, believing that just listening to orders makes him a good soldier of freedom
@@l0sts0ul89 The crumbling buildings, in our minds are all that stand.
@@lawrencebenz1313 Just like the buffalo, blindly following the herd
Have you ever thought about the chance that in A Stranger I Remain's beta version, the lyric "I know it's tempting to jump off the edge and die" might be "jump off the edge and fly"?
Yeah. "Jump off the edge and fly, but this is not a dream," meaning that people can destroy themselves through false perception perhaps?
@@WhiteManOnCampus I barely understood any of that.
@@EripmavsDYraid In a dream, perhaps you can jump off a cliff and fly. In the real world, you'd just plummet to your doom. So false perception (this is not a dream) leads people to take accidentally self-destructive action.
I have to be a bit obtuse because of YT's tyrannical filter nowadays.
@@EripmavsDYraid In a dream, you'd fly, but because it's reality, you wouldn't.
@@anonymousapproximation8549 no shit, Sherlock.
When ever I kill Mistral, I always say "now you are worthy of your name". Because she is "the cold wind of France". Raiden kills her by freezing.
She becomes a cold dead corpse
The cold corpse of france
each of the winds of destruction’s deaths reflect their code name
@@Helios810 elaborate. Please
@@tdpuuhailee8222 Mistral: dies after being frozen, Monsoon: dies during rain, Sundowner: dies after being flung out an explosion, Jetstream Sam: dies in a desert
@@Helios810 what about Khamsin?
FINALLY A MISTRAL ANALYSIS VIDEO I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR AGES
If we get a G.R.A.D. Video before Monsoon I’m going to cry.
The beta Mistral song is fascinating. How would the character have been portrayed if she was never changed?
Another fan service character
@@danioking5369 so… exactly the same?
@@meloneatingwolf1882 Yes. She'll even get a nice song.
I think her character would be better represented by her design if she wasn't sexualised. I'm pretty sure the sexualisation of her design caused many people to just consider her an uninterresting character at first glance and prevented them from looking deeper into it.
But part of her character how she is sexualized. No reason to take it away, anybody who judges her as a character just off of that is a dumbass.
Nahh is all accident and mistaken not about the desigen you're wrong she alreday poor boring boss and all that omg love story bullshit
Me still wishing for a second game as today think of the PURE badass the quality would be
Loving these metal gear videos.
Please do Monsoon next!! He is my favourite but nobody talks about him outside of the memes (which are pretty exquisite by the way)
I find it interesting that she never tried to convince Raiden his 'protecting the weak' thing was a lie because she knows how awful it is to live a life dedicated to violence and nothing else
She probably is slightly envious to it honestly, Raiden had a purpose, and sure he uses it as a shield which eventually does fade but he at the end, wants to protect the innocents aganist Armstrong and others like him, Unlike Mistral who has ZERO purpose other then "it's just my job"
Glad you pointed out how she resembles the BnB unit from MGS4. Considering how weak and flat they turned out in that game, I'm glad Mistral shows that the idea itself can still work. She's easily more of a beauty and a beast than all four of them put together.
She looks like fortune from mgs2 than BNB unit tbh
Alright let's see..... You did Sam, Sundowner, Mistral, Blade Wolf........
*wonder where the other guy is*
This game is the bisexual panic Itself
Mistral, Sam, Raiden...
when i played mgr for the first time i used that polearm so much because 1. perfectly fit my playstyle and 2. i honestly related to her in the way of not having an identity until someone helped me gain one.
then he broke up with me over text and i realized that i didn't need him and i could be my own person for once
reading this was a bite sized roller coaster
@@vorpalweapon4814 Seconded
You finally found what you were looking for?
@@vorpalweapon4814 Thirded
@@bootleghollowknight It wasn't appropiate, but it's so goooood
I wanted to make a point that she is the only member of Desparado not to make use of a mask in their fight with Raiden. With Monsoon, it was his red face covering. With Sundowner, it was a mask that had a secondary part to cover his eyes as well. With Sam, it was a bandit like mask that he wore in his final confrontation with Raiden.
Mistral has none of this, which could be in reference to the fact that she has the most honesty for what she does. You could make the case for Sundowner but his love for war doesn't explain why he joins Armstrong, since Sundowner wants to keep wars going and keep senseless killing while Armstrong wants to end wars as a business and give meaning to war. Polar opposites in ideals. Meanwhile Mistral joins Armstrong because he gives her meaning and reason to fight.
Hence why she doesn't wear a mask. It may also be in reference to her combat style. Sundowner, Monsoon, Sam and Raiden all use close ranged blades that would mean they need to be close to their enemies to fight effectively with them, thus meaning they may suffer damage to their face as a result. Mistral uses her Gekkos and long pole/whip to keep her opponents away.
Focusing on that idea, another in narrative reason for the lack of a mask to for Mistral's beauty and sex appeal. The mask would make Mistral lose some of the eroticism that comes from her reactions and movements, in character it may be because Mistral believes the mask makes her ugly and it is very clear she prides herself on her attractiveness.
Very good theory
in one of her concept arts, she wears a gas mask and is overall similar in appearance to psycho mantis
I wonder if she was planned to be similar in some traits as well?
"her and crying wolf share a common backstory, with both of them sharing a nationality by being born in Africa" ah I forgot, Africa's a country lol
i somewhat thought mistral's weapon was similar to a sort of a Glaive or a naginata or a spear, but never realized is a kind of a whip.
It is still a pretty good weapon, i wonder if it just that what they thought of her weapon like, a whip and just that, or like a combination with one of the weapons i mentioned before.
The way Raiden uses is it is most like a Bo, but its design allows for use as a whip.
I'm guessing with the winds being covered next on the chopping block is either monsoon (the wind that gave up the most of his body to the point only his head remains) or Armstrong the pseudo-leader (considering he was the one behind the scenes helping run things)?
Edit:I'm curious if the original patriots (zero and the others) could be covered as well sometime in the future considering the fact they go through quite the shift from 3 onward.
memesoon
My dad was in french foreign legion in the 70s but he didnt turn out as femme fatale
19:00 "god I wish that was me"
If im being honest, i dont really like the sexual aspects of her character, but still, good character other then that
Perfect timing on this video, I've had A Stranger I Remain stuck in my head for the past few days.
Your Metal Gear Rising videos got me to subscribe. Can't wait for that Monsoon video.
Btw, Castlevania, JoJo, Resident Evil... You sir have great taste.
Mistral is the perfect example that a female can be somewhat sexualized while still being badass and intriguing. after all if sexualisation=bad character than all Jojo males would be bad characters. most anime fail at this by making the sexualisation their entire character and doing it with all the females and none of the guys
Why are you saying "females" but then say guys?
If you want to look at an actual good character that is sexualized, look at Bayonetta.
@@colt9836 I probably meant to say female characters. and I said males onece as well. sorry if that rubbed you the wrong way. I didn't play Bayonetta but I saw her in a video about rival characters in video games with Vergil and Dante, Raiden and Sam, and Bayonetta and the rival from her games
bro fr just said the reason mistral's theme says come so much is cuz of her errotic behaviour
he already passed the sexual line a while ago
I see knives at the end when will we get the Scott pilgrim videos
*talks about how l’étranger was an emotionless monster*
Background footage: 7:06
Love these character analysis videos and I hope you get around to the B&B unit at some point. Keep it up, good stuff.
6:59 Now that was a smooth TF2 reference.
Mistral: The real spiderwoman
Her theme song is in my top 3, i like it so much.
9:33 Raiden is the smartest character in this game. *Change my mind.*
Man i was literally thinking about when you gonna make this video just today after watching the sundowner one.
Just wondering do you think you would ever make some character studies on Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight? I think it's a really interesting franchise to explore.
I can totally picture the glory of Tendou Maya or the savagery of Daiba Nana.
I really like your content btw.
I would have loved and armstrong DLC that would have been amazing
Apparently an early version of Mistral was actually jacks wife, rosemary.
WAIT WHAT
Do a next one about khamsin, I know that there's not a lot that you can do with him but I believe that you can do it.
He is literally the most underrated boss so he deserves some credit.
16:06
I've always heard "I know it's tempting to jump off the edge and fly" which makes sense considering the dream line and other context created by the verse
Everybody thirsting after Mistral, but ffs guys, she's french. Sam's a way better option
I like her song, also the lyrics is touching
My favorite character is Mistral ❤ Thank you for this video!
Same!
I"ve been looking forward to this.
Bro I love all your vidios my favourite is the perfection of kira and I hope that you could make a vidio on armstrong soon keep up the good work
Looking through all the comments giving helpful insights that were missed or said wrong in the video, and here all I'm adding is that I find it funny how the pair of arms on the front seem to be there solely to be crossed at all times.
I'm so happy that their in French in the song but I'm sad their no Portuguese in "the only thing i know for real"
If you like mistral's theme, I recommend the band Jinjer. The vocalist has a similar vibe
I swear no way the "come" repeating in a stranger I remain was intended for sexual purposes
I feel like Mistral is so misunderstood as a character.
Let’s get one thing out of the way first: her torso isn’t natural. The in-game model and spare body prove that. Doktor was only making a prediction; however, he literally ended the codec, saying “if it is indeed a cyborg chassis, it is the most advanced I’ve ever seen. Such technology would not come cheap. It would mean whoever is backing Desperado is likely quite wealthy.”
That is blatantly foreshadowing Armstrong’s and World Marshal’s ties with Desperado, which were only revealed in the next chapter. Worth mentioning, it was actually very common early-game. Even Armstrong's nanomachines and Raiden leaving Maverick were hinted at for example. Fair to say Doktor is wrong.
Speaking of Armstrong, I do agree Mistral got her ideals from him, but you can’t forget he was lying to Desperado all along. In contrast, Sam was told the truth from the very beginning. “Organized violence, waging war as business - we’re gonna put an end to all that bs.” The important thing here is that Sam didn’t become an official member of the PMC. He was just a mercenary hired to work for Armstrong.
If Mistral was on his side as well, then why was she a Wind of Destruction? Armstrong was literally planning to do away with Desperado. It makes no sense to have an ally of yours sink in the same boat as them. Her positioning implies that she knew nothing about Armstrong’s “new America” - not to mention, she doesn’t even live there, so why should she care?
If that’s not enough, then look at the events of the Blade Wolf DLC. Mistral absolutely despised Khamsin, the guy who was obsessed with freedom. Of course, it goes without saying his ideas of it differ from Armstrong’s, but still, she literally said “This fight has NOTHING to do with freedom.”
She also knew that Blade Wolf himself wanted to be free. If she believed in Armstrong’s true cause, then she would have been very sympathetic. That goes vice versa as well. Blade Wolf would totally get someone fighting for their ideals. He even praised Raiden for that exact thing when talking to Sunny at the end of the DLC - right after telling the story mind you.
Instead, Mistral used him as a slave and said: “You see only logic and reason. You would never understand.” It’s almost like the cruel, sadistic, treacherous and seductive warmonger doesn’t care about the freedoms of other's.
Like it or not, she’s in the same boat as Sundowner, getting deceived by Armstrong, who is “using war as a business to get elected, so he can end war as a business.”
Tl;dr: Raiden’s intel is correct. Mistral is a full-body cyborg. She's also just a tool for Armstrong, like everyone else in Desperado, and knows nothing about his “land of the truly free.”
I forgot to say this. Mistral wasn’t even denied the opportunity to fight for her ideals; rather, she simply lacked a cause in the first place. His talk about fighting for what you believe in, would have no impact on her because she quite literally did not have anything to believe in. You could argue that he ignited the spark, but to me, the war economy makes far more sense.
The TF2 reference was really unexpected to hear from you.
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I mean, sure, I guess...it could just be a cool bit
Internet goblins: No no no she is definitely talking about zerking off
I can imagine every mgr boss getting in a studio and singing there boss music
A wise Keanu Reeves once said: "Why do you Come?"
Mistral is an absolute waifu and has probably my second favourite theme in the entire game.
Could Mistral be considered a Yandere from a nihilistic perspective.
no as she very clearly uses her sex appeal to get what she wants but she doesnt "love" anyone that way. The closest she MIGHT feel that emotion would be in relation to Armstrong who gave her life meaning and a purpose. But i think its more she idolizes him then romantically loves him.
Raiden and Mistral they could have made a perfect partner together both of them have similarity I just wish Raiden wouldn't kill her her
Raiden was married
(This totally a not serious lore theory)
- Mistral said that she was in the french foreing legion but there is only one woman from that era
- Doktor told Raiden in codex that there is 80% chance her breasts aren't cyborg but that leaves a 20% chance of "cyborg enhancements".
- Also she's french, and france is one of the countries that have the best helthcare system in the world.
So, the theory is that Mistral is a trans woman. She joined the french foreing legion and fought for free universal healthcare so she could transition (in France, the place where she could be). She actually just joined desperados for "aesthetic unwinding" tier of cyborg enhancements. Also, the parallels between her and Raiden, and when she call him "naive" isn't about repressed killing instincts but about denial. But about Raiden's militaristic moral compass and murder urges that seems to be a shield of denial, and a way for him to find an identity (which he can't achieve in a sane way because he refutes his own true identity). After all, according to a recent study, transgender people are twice as likely to serve in the military, which is most that any other demographic. So yes, raiden is actually a massive EGG.
In the demo lyrics "I've come here to save you" is genuine and her bullet-kiss was just a high velocity pill of oestrogen. Also, all genderbent art of Raiden is canon.
"So, the theory is that Mistal is a trans woman"
or she lives in the Metal Gear universe where events from our history happened differently???
no trans person is going to look that feminine
@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan Have you ever heard of the musician Kim Petras?
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>musician
they have infinite money anyways, they could make themselves look like a fucking tree if they wanted to
This theory doesnt make sense any way you look at it, sorry to say.
Soon... SOON. !!! My HYPE for MGR is GROWING
Wasn’t expecting a reference to tf2, but I’m happy seeing one from one of my favorite RUclipsrs in my favorite series of his.
I have the admit I'm surprised with the fact she was supposed to be sexy, it totally flew over my mind. For some reason, I never saw her as sexy, I just thought she was standard for MGR, I guess she's not my type.
Nahh women in mgr is just accident mistake and i know that one the devs are among them crying for a "character" and all that omg love story bullshit
I really like the character, maybe cuz I like seing my country being used in a game hehe, the only thing I don’t like is about her design. In my opinion it’s really eh tempting.
Please do Armstrong next!
mistral definitely influenced my attraction to both tentacles, and four-armed monster girls/boys
mfer got an HOURS pfp
represent
I need a version of "A Stranger I Remain" with the original lyrics and the ones used in the game
Are you gonna make a video of how the bosses and situations of Metal Gear Rising mirror the ones in Metal Gear Solid 2?