This Inconsistently Heinous was Headlined on February 2023.
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Nanomachines, son. They harden in response to physical trauma. You can't hurt me, Jack!
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~ Armstrong explaining his abilities to Raiden, and his most famous quote.
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You're right about one thing; I do need capital, and votes. Wanna know why? 'I have a dream.' [...] That one day, every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A land of the truly free, dammit! A nation of action, not words! Ruled by strength, not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual... not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free... to think... to act... for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats! Fuck this 24-hour Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! Fuck American pride! Fuck the media! FUCK. ALL OF IT! America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it. We need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new America will be born! Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged, and the strongest will thrive. Free to live as they see fit. They'll make America great again! [...] You still don't get it. I'm using war as a business to get elected... so I can end war as a business. In my new America, people will die, and kill, for what they believe! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars! So... what do ya think?
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~ Armstrong explaining his true motives.
Senator Steven Armstrong is the main antagonist of the 2013 action-adventure game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and its DLC, Jetstream.
The backer of the terrorist organisation Desperado, he uses them for his own ends; to use war as a business to get elected so that he can end the business of war and create a world where people fight for causes they believe in.
Wanted to ignite a second War on Terror by assassinating the US President in Pakistan, which would've probably killed thousands more than he is already responsible for.
As the backer of Desperado, he is by proxy responsible for everything they do, including Sundowner. This includes:
Murdering Prime Minister N'Mani.
Kidnapping orphan children and surgically removing their brains so they can host cyborg bodies and kill everyone they see.
Selling the organs of said children.
Descending Africa into war by attacking them with a Metal Gear RAY.
Fights and forcefully recruits Jetstream Sam into Desperado by brutally stabbing his arm.
His desire to make a world where people fight for their own wars and causes which would lead to a Darwinist society where the strong rule.
Severally beating Raiden around and attempts to kill him to prevent Raiden from exposing the truth before his defeat.
Kicks Blade Wolf brutally when he helps Raiden by throwing over to him Sam's swords
Posthumously manages to convert Raiden to his way of thinking, making him a Corrupting Influence.
While he does have a humorous side, it doesn't take away from the seriousness of his depiction or actions.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
He is too much of an extremist to qualify as Near Pure Evil as he genuinely believes that by starting another War on Terror, he will be able to create a better America where only the strongest will survive and be free to fight for what they believe in and to tear down the institutions holding the people back as well as ending war as a business. Even as he dies, he still attempts to convince Raiden of his ideology, showing how genuine he is in his beliefs. This also makes him an Anti-Villain as even Raiden acknowledges that he has a point.
He's genuinely affable to and greatly respects Raiden, trying multiple times to sway him to his side and acknowledging him as truly strong. While dying, he even congratulates him on besting him and tells him to live as he sees fit.
He is shown to have standards as he is disgusted by the Patriots' actions and hates war as a business even claim that he'll rid this world of pointless war at one point.
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Inconsistently Heinous
