The internet is thirsting over Modern Warfare 2 Ghost
The Modern Warfare 2 campaign is getting a lot of positive reviews, but now I'm thinking it's just because of Ghost.
A lot of gamers have emotional memories of Simon âGhostâ Riley from the original Modern Warfare campaign. The dark troubled skull mask-wearing special forces operator was there for the campaignâs dramatic twists, turns, and betrayals â and even the most hardened of slur-slinging kids couldnât help but shed a tear at Ghostâs death scene.
On top of that, Ghost was just cool. His cold demeaner and badass skull mask made him an edgy icon. So gamers were excited to see the return of Ghost in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2âs campaign. But the return of Ghost came with something that no millennial could predict: Ghost being hot.
The internet has been simping over Ghost since the campaignâs early release. On TikTok, one edit of Ghost has been played over 7.5 million times (although letâs be real, a lot of those views are probably from the same people watching over and over again). The comments include things like this:
- âHis accent *moan emoji*â
- âI need him so bad please ITâS THE MORNINGâ
- âGhost knows heâs fineâ
- âGhost was made for the girlies, I just know itâ
- âBro knows heâs attractiveâ
- âBroâs intro got me smiling in class *skull emoji*â
- âHis accept got me running laps, mannnnâ
- âThe reaction Dream wanted everyone to haveâ
- âTHE WAY SOAP SAYS âYES SIRâ *heart eyes emoji*â
As you can imagine, this wasnât a contained incident. The internet doesnât really allow for that kind of thing. Instead of people being satisfied with one video, fans begged for more. Compilations and edits can be found all over the internet of Ghost saying this iconic line.
But â and perhaps even more predictable â some gamers didnât like this. They didnât like this at all. OG Call of Duty bros didnât take kindly to people simping over the iconic character, especially once they caught wind that people dared to think that Ghost was smirking. Gamer boys emphatically took to social media and forums to declare that Ghost does not smile, and youâd know this if you played the original.
This, of course, inspired people to start meme-ing the f out of Ghost. TikToks began popping up of women flirtatiously smiling while repeating the âquite the oppositeâ line, even kicking their feet while laying in bed. Comments have begged this to become cannon and online artists decided to make it so.
Now the internet is at war. OG Call of Duty fan boys donât want to see one of their favorite video game characters from childhood being sluttified and objectified. They donât even want him to smile. But there is a growing mass of gamers that want to see Ghost do more than smile, if you catch my drift. So the fan edits and drawings keep rolling in.
So check on your friends. Make sure they are okay.