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I've always imagined Soldier to be 1 of those people who fakes stupidity so his enemies don't think he can pose a threat to them. Also, I imagine Apple Bloom to be the Engineer (mechanically inclined, short) & Zecora to be Sniper (wilderness). Finally, I imagine Spike to be The Civilian.
No. He's really not faking. He really, REALLY isn't. You're giving him *WAY* too much credit.
Read the comics. He does things that make no sense, he thinks he's on the moon right now, his 'super secret robot disguise' is a cardboard box... the Soldier is a LUNATIC. Even his backstory reflects off of this. There is nothing sane about the soldier, and to say he's faking it from some brilliance? That'd be like saying the Engineer was secretly stupid.
Read the comics. He does things that make no sense, he thinks he's on the moon right now, his 'super secret robot disguise' is a cardboard box... the Soldier is a LUNATIC. Even his backstory reflects off of this. There is nothing sane about the soldier, and to say he's faking it from some brilliance? That'd be like saying the Engineer was secretly stupid.
"He does things that make no sense" so does life itself, my good stallion.
"He thinks he's on the moon right now" Well, considering the crap he went through, do you blame him?
"Cardboard box robot disguise" Well, it fooled the Police of Teufort for 3 days (& Soldier was smart enough to know he wouldn't fool them forever)
He's not insane. Him & Engineer are going sane in an insane world. Besides, he was smart enough to realize that robots can't lie. Also, what do you think of my choices for Sniper, Engineer, & Civilian?
"He thinks he's on the moon right now" Well, considering the crap he went through, do you blame him?
"Cardboard box robot disguise" Well, it fooled the Police of Teufort for 3 days (& Soldier was smart enough to know he wouldn't fool them forever)
He's not insane. Him & Engineer are going sane in an insane world. Besides, he was smart enough to realize that robots can't lie. Also, what do you think of my choices for Sniper, Engineer, & Civilian?
Okay, your responses are silly and... I have no idea what else to say without being rude, so I'll just show you the soldier's backstory.
Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War 2, the Soldier was rejected by every branch of the military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself. His rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949.
He, literally, went on a killing spree because he was refused military position - likely because of his psychological issues. If that doesn't say crazy, I have no idea what does.
He buried a refrigerator in Merasmus' yard for Pete's sake and we don't even understand why, and let sour cream go bad because he 'would not dig up a refrigerator every time a raccoon wanted sour cream.'
Then he took a bunch of old ladies to non-existant forts and proclaimed them important historical landmarks despite the fact nothing was there. He then invaded a Celebrity's home to show them celebrities and killed him in front of said old ladies unprovoked.
In that same comic, he didn't even seem phased when the Pyro cut off his hand beyond acting like an annoyed kid.
The only merc nuttier than the Soldier is Pyro, and if you think otherwise you are probably just as crazy yourself.
Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War 2, the Soldier was rejected by every branch of the military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself. His rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949.
He, literally, went on a killing spree because he was refused military position - likely because of his psychological issues. If that doesn't say crazy, I have no idea what does.
He buried a refrigerator in Merasmus' yard for Pete's sake and we don't even understand why, and let sour cream go bad because he 'would not dig up a refrigerator every time a raccoon wanted sour cream.'
Then he took a bunch of old ladies to non-existant forts and proclaimed them important historical landmarks despite the fact nothing was there. He then invaded a Celebrity's home to show them celebrities and killed him in front of said old ladies unprovoked.
In that same comic, he didn't even seem phased when the Pyro cut off his hand beyond acting like an annoyed kid.
The only merc nuttier than the Soldier is Pyro, and if you think otherwise you are probably just as crazy yourself.
Actually, there's a reason why he killed the celebrity:
He was sad, Merasmus was happy, he killed his roommate.
Do you think he knew that that was his roommate?
I don't think the Soldier was implying he knew any such thing; I think he was simply stating the obvious by this point.
I don't think the Soldier was implying he knew any such thing; I think he was simply stating the obvious by this point.
I still stand by the fact that he at least recognized a flaw in 1 of his own plans even though it got completed without a hitch (that plan being the "fool the police into thinking he's a robot plan" from the webcomic's 2011 Halloween strip), as well as the fact that he probably KNEW of how poorly programmed these robots were (seeing as he points out that those robots can't lie).
How? How could he have known how poorly programmed the robots were? Nobody else knew that - not even the Engineer, and he's the machine expert.
The Soldier is not intelligent - he was lucky in that instance. He's insane. His entire schtick is that he is a loon. He camps with cardboard cutouts and mourns the death of gravity. He's bat shit crazy.
The Soldier is not intelligent - he was lucky in that instance. He's insane. His entire schtick is that he is a loon. He camps with cardboard cutouts and mourns the death of gravity. He's bat shit crazy.
Being batshit crazy has made him good at figuring that shit out. Besides, insanity makes being properly paranoid a hell of a lot easier. Anyway, who's to say he wasn't sane before the war & it simply turned him INSANE from some psychologically traumatizing event.
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Did you not read the backstory I copy-pasted?
He didn't FIGHT the war. He was rejected from every branch of the military. He bought a plane ticket, went to Europe, and went on a rampage, and didn't stop until he heard of the war ending in 1948.
This means he was insane well before any fighting took place - and, this was perhaps even the very reason he was rejected by every branch of the military.
Did you not read the backstory I copy-pasted?
He didn't FIGHT the war. He was rejected from every branch of the military. He bought a plane ticket, went to Europe, and went on a rampage, and didn't stop until he heard of the war ending in 1948.
This means he was insane well before any fighting took place - and, this was perhaps even the very reason he was rejected by every branch of the military.
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