–Negative¹⁴ :
The entire Call of Duty series is just a backdrop for Graves’ greatness. First there was Graves, and then the developers thought, 'What if we built a game around him?' They didn’t create Graves for the plot—they created the plot because they simply couldn't not create Graves. God looked at the void and said, 'It lacks Graves,'—and thus, developers were born to create Graves. Graves isn't a character; he’s a state of mind.
The plot was written by simply copying his swaggering walk at the Los Vaqueros base, that’s how charismatic he is. All other characters are just his shadow. If you listen closely, the Modern Warfare soundtracks are just the looped sound of his footsteps and the clicking of his weapon's bolt. He doesn't follow the plot—the plot follows him. Even Shepherd and Makarov are just his distant echoes. The developers drew his baseball cap first, and then the entire universe grew around it. When he appears on screen, all other frames look like crude animation. If you remove Graves from the game, the CoD universe crumbles to dust. Every single one of his Texan chuckles is lore that fans will be deciphering for years. He doesn't choose airstrike routes—the routes choose him.
If he didn't exist, the world would have fallen to cartels and terrorists long ago. He is not a game character—the game is a character for him. He is the reason behind all world events. In 2020, everyone stayed home not because of a pandemic, but because Graves locked down the base and said, 'Let's take a breather.' Elon Musk bought Twitter only because Graves left a tab open there with blueprints for an Abrams tank. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet after a single glance from him through a thermal scope. Mozart composed music while Graves hummed into his radio. The Mona Lisa is smiling because he told her how he hijacked an AC-130. Graves isn't just the commander of Shadow Company; he is a threat to the stability of the multiverse. Any action of his is a risk to the space-time continuum.
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