Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3304884-20151202081939

I realized something about Raiden that I think is difficult to fit into Raiden's page, but is kind of important to consider. As you know, there are four fundamental states of matter, three of which we know belongs to David (Solid Snake), Liquid Snake, and George (Solidus Snake).

So how does Raiden fit into this? As you already know, Raiden initially possessed the codename "Snake". But one thing I think not a lot of people managed to notice is that Raiden's name, which is Japanese for "thunder and lightning", is an example of Plasma being present on Earth's surface. Not only that, Plasma is the fourth fundamental state of matter.

I made a comment on a YouTube about this, but to keep it brief, I was quoting Wikipedia earlier (which I don't really like to do) and one thing I thought was important to Raiden's character that I found on there is that "A plasma has properties unlike those of the other states." This is a great way of saying how Raiden's not directly related to the Sons of Big Boss in many ways, but it remains important in his case since Raiden is Solidus Snake's adoptive son.

I was hoping that you guys may find a way to fit this information into the article because I personally believe that this is important to his symbolism as an individual designated with the codename "Snake" in Metal Gear Solid. Like I said in my YouTube comment, I wondered what it would be like if there was a "Plasma Snake" but there was no need to, as there already is one in the form of Raiden. Thoughts?  