#i didnt expect friendship to be such a core theme in call of duty of all things yet here we are

[s0fter-sin]

shepherd saying, “war isn’t about friends, it’s about enemies” when friendship is the main reason the 141 find all the missiles and take down hassan just scratches a lovely itch

laswell is able to find out hassan’s in mexico and working with the cartel bc of her friendship with price and gaz, who are already in amsterdam. they’re able to get the jump on him and find out about him shipping the missiles over the atlantic bc of her friendship with alejandro. price and gaz are able to fly to al mazrah in time to intercept aq bc of price’s friendship with nik and they’re able to get laswell back bc of their friendship with farah. soap makes it through las almas and eventually kills hassan in chicago bc he successfully befriended ghost, who stayed behind at his own risk and kept giving him advice he wasn’t required to give

the real treasure was literally the friendships they made along the way

#i didnt expect friendship to be such a core theme in call of duty of all things yet here we are #and its even a personal character arc for ghost #he goes from literally being alone in the games intro to having a team named after him #a team that he trusts with his face #from being so obviously unhappy at having to work with soap to opening up and letting himself get closer to him #and even to a lesser extent alejandro and graves #just to be betrayed by graves #his utter panic at seeing soap injured after being so annoyed by him in al mazrah just hits so hard #and going back to his old behaviour and leaving soap behind just to feel guilty and stay to help him get out is just 🤌🏻 #letting soap lead him through the cameras is an olive branch and apology all in one #just him going i trust you to get me through this alive just like you trusted me #like i shouldve trusted you in las almas #just dozens of tiny moments that all boil down to friendship and trust and shepherd only seeing enemies completely blinds him #and ultimately leads to his downfall #‘we dont bury each other do we’ thats the throughline of the entire campaign #even graves not trusting his shadows enough to tell them theyre transporting missiles #maybe if they knew that theydve been more cautious and not been caught off guard by the russians #and hassan never wouldve gotten his hands on them #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #call of duty #cod mw2 #simon ghost riley #ghost cod #ghost mw2 #soap mactavish #soap mw2 #soapghost #general shepherd #kate laswell #we’re a team. ghost team