Rolemodel & Theme Song

Good afternoon, comrades!

So you've finally decided on your rolemodel, eh?

Today I'm going to share with you just one of my rolemodels I've been looking up to lately. It could be anyone at any time but they all FIT you. And they all have the same quality.

My personal preference in my rolemodel is that it has to be a guy (of course!) and he has to be either rebellious or disciplined, but respectable. He can be a hero or a villain but he has to do something of a great cause. He is not about popularity as long as he does his job well.

Enter Soap McTavish of Modern Warefare 2



"Soap" begins his SAS career hours before the six-day global war begins. He starts out as a Sergeant, unusual in that newcomers to the SAS are usually demoted to Trooper so that they must learn from the ground up (Soap is likely a replacement for a recently deceased Sergeant and has transferred from another unit). He is given a quick training session in weapons and techniques by Gaz, before being introduced to Captain Price and the rest of Bravo Team.

MacTavish's final mission in the Russian civil war saw him infiltrating Russia as part of the joint task force of US Marines and SAS operators in order to eliminate Imran Zakhaev's nuclear capability.

A heavily wounded John Price slides Soap his M1911 pistol, which enables him to personally kill Imran Zakhaev and two of his bodyguards. Moments later, Loyalist forces flood the scene and Kamarov comes to Soap's aid by helping him onto a stretcher, assuring him that he will be alright. Soap passes out during the middle of extraction and is revealed to have survived as the events of Modern Warfare 2 begin.

After the events of the civil war, MacTavish is promoted to Captain and is a squad leader of Task Force 141 alongside Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley and Sergeant Gary "Roach" Sanderson.

But lets not get too in depth into the character's bio. Captain McTavish is a symbol, along with his mohawk hairstyle and a dying need to get their mission objectives done. His articulation of command under pressure from gunfire earns him his rank and respect. And the game's ending where once again, he was almost BEATEN when he was stabbed with a knife after straggling out of a collision at the mouth of a waterfall. But his fighting spirit kept him alive, as he took that knife out of him with unimaginable pain and threw it back to the enemy. A precise hit to the head.

A man with a lot of HEART.

A symbol that I've carved out from a videogame character at the back of my mind. As long as it works, you could use it as a rolemodel to motivate you to push harder in whatever things you want to do. It reminds you to not be afraid of discomfort or pain, and just keep pushing to improve.

I hope this gives you an idea of what a rolemodel's quality that you should be looking out for.

But what good is a rolemodel if you don't have his theme song? :)

I have chosen a theme song from the game's ending... which is composed by Hans Zimmer. He also composed the Gladiator movie soundtrack which I grew to like. The theme song brings out Captain McTavish's last golden moments very well. And I put it on during my night runs :)

Here is a youtube video from MW2's endings. If you're still completing the game, don't watch it yet cuz it contains spoilers. The rest of you... enjoy!