The Very First Time Ghost Calls Soap "Johnny" Is, Surprisingly, Not During That Alone Mission.

The very first time Ghost calls Soap "Johnny" is, surprisingly, not during that Alone mission.

And not even during Graves' betrayal, like I thought.

It was in the El Sin Nombre's house! When Soap got released after the interrogation and was trying to get to the penthouse of El Sin Nombre.

Specifically, Soap's stepping outside and Ghost informs him that he can see him. That's the moment.

And I looove what it tells about Ghost.

In the beginning Ghost didn't take Soap seriously, even though Soap was doing his best every step of the way. But when he volunteered to be the bait for the El Sin Nombre's mission - that was the turning point for Simon, I believe.

(Lieutenant Riley just couldn't fall for some sucker, right? It had to be a guy who's brave to the point of recklessness)

And when McTavish actually survived the suicidal task - that's when Ghost started warming up to him.

...Huh. Looks like it was Ghost who made the first move, after all.

Guys, do you remember Berta? The girl who kinda posed as Bert's "love interest"?

Well, as a sucker for details I am I just can't help comparing Bert&Berta's "Love song" with Bert&Ernie's "But I like you".

In "Love song" Bert sings about how much in common they have with Berta. Namely, pigeons, music, oatmeal, paper clips, and checkers.

It literally ends like this:

You play checkers.

I do, too.

You like me.

And I like you.

So, basically, the love confession is based on common interests.

What's funny is that Bert&Ernie's song goes completely opposite direction.

After Bert mentions liking paper clips, buttlecaps, and pigeons Ernie answers:

I don't really like any of those things,

But I like you.

And then Bert reacts in the same way to Ernie's interests.

Ain't it peculiar?

Having different interests with Ernie doesn't make them drift apart, so having common interests with Berta doesn't necessarily mean they are gonna be together, right?

Besides, it's worth mentioning that in "But I like you" song Bert and Ernie take their turns to sing "I like you" to each other, whereas in "Love song" it's Bert who sings "You like me and I like you". Berta doesn't say anything at all, only Bert sings!

Which makes me question if perhaps Bert's feelings for Berta were meant to be unrequited from the start??

I genuinely love it how good Bernie is at acknowledging emotions and how he is ready to reach out to someone both to get and provide support.

Had Roman died (and I'm so fvking glad it's confirmed in gta v he didn't), Bernie would have been the only person Niko could actually cry to.

Two Gods of death sacrificed their eternal lives for Misa.

And a human wannabe God felt nothing for her.

Huh

Okaaaaay, I've got so many questions about the moment when Price is apologizing to Kate for... For what, btfw??

What's the deal between Farah and Laswell anyway?

Is Farah Kate's wife's ex or something?..

Ken Rosenberg, a man of many talents

"My wall, my beautiful wall..."

What if Tommy gave Ken cart blanche when it came to the colour of the walls in that new house?

I mean, poor timing of bringing up the issue aside, it didn't really sound like Tommy actually cared, but Ken - Ken got so excited about changing the design. Until Tommy interrupted him, that is.

Just can't help but wonder. What if we got Ken Rosenberg doing his first interior project design thanks to Tommy's permission? What if we got a calmer and more peaceful Ken Rosenberg, what with all the (generally) soothing effect of doing something creative?

What if we got Ken Rosenberg willingly rejecting a position of Tommy's right hand man (still serving as his lawyer, though, ofc) and signing up for a design school instead?

What if we got Ken Rosenberg who got so emotionally involved in interior design that he actually stopped doing drugs just because he'd rather spend extra time and efforts on studying, checking on design guidelines, etc., which requires clear mind? Like, he would still be all fussy, but in a positive and productive way, out of eagerness for creating rather than out of helplessness and anxiety?

Tbh, I'm enthralled by this non-existent and much happier Ken Rosenberg