Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-146.90.86.5-20150917130942/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150919071920

Weedle McHairybug wrote:

Nuhr wrote: [...] EDIT: there are actually a lot of female characters whom Kojima treats respectfully

- Nastasha

- Naomi

- Olga

- Emma

- Para-Medic

- Rose (MGS2)

- Heck, I'm sure Kojima gave Fortune her mental problems simply to destroy her sex-appeal In all fairness, we really don't see Nastasha Romanenko at all, Olga was somewhat butch in the game, so there's not exactly much point making her fanservicey, Emma from her design wasn't exactly meant to be fanservicey, either, and both Naomi and Rose were actually given a LOT of fanservice in MGS4 (the former had her being without a bra of any sort, and the latter was subject to the infamous PS4 gainaxing easter egg), not to mention the latter we really didn't see until the end of MGS2 and even then it was revealed she was pregnant during that time so not much point in her being subject to fanservice anyhow. That really leaves Para-Medic as being the only one with no fanservice elements at all even when she is perfectly allowed to have it under Kojima's watch. Even then, she was given the kind of body figure you would expect from the Dead or Alive series or even Barbie for whatever reason in Portable Ops (though in all fairness, Kojima barely had any involvement in that game even though it's canon). Para-Medic and Natasha don't count, as they are mainly codec assistance.

Emma got fridged rather quickly, so we barely had any time with her. There were easter eggs where Emma talked about Raiden holding her hand and him being easy on the eyes. Several characters comment on her being attractive. The game even mentions her playing husband and wife with Otacon.

I didn't know about the easter egg with Rose until Weedle mentioned it. You get to control her breast jiggle like you were Psycho Mantis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDYKgHv7BWc

If that wasn't enough, Rose is first and foremost a love interest. Her romance with Raiden makes up much of her character motivation.

The only character you mentioned who was able to break free of Kojima's tropes was Olga. She's basically a female Frank Jaegar though. Kojima made her less feminine so that she could play the role of Cyborg Ninja.