The Z Fan

What was the connection between this and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End?

Nathan, Sam and Rafe. We don’t have Jesus in the plot of Uncharted 4 but we have an extra asshole thief to make up for it.

Nathan Drake was the repenter thief. The other two were the asshole thief who went to hell.

After Nate’s mercy counterbalanced Sam’s severity and caused Nate to fall off the cliff and Nadine to live, a loving, forgiving Elena Drake appeared above a whoozy Nathan Drake shortly afterwards. Nate was saved.

Elena’s appearance was too convenient – many said so.

This all happened soon after Drake arrived at the ancient city, which is usually where Uncharted does its supernatural twist. But this time Uncharted just had Christ blessing Nate with a deus ex machina which saved his life and rebuilt his broken marriage. Nate earned it because of his repentance – rejecting Mad Sam, risking his life to spare Nadine. Jesus approved.

Nate’s “feelings” here had a thematic connection to the sea. The game opened on a stormy sea (Nate regretted going with Sam a lot at this point), then it went to a flashback which ended with Nathan leaping into the sea (abandoning Sam), the story focused on sea-fairing pirates and even ended with Drake living peacefully by the sea. Sea dog that he is. But then the mercenary company you fought was called “Shoreline,” (see!) and its leader Nadine… check out her crucifix-arms in the screenshot of that pivotal moment where Nate earns Elena back.

But surely Nadine can’t be a stand-in for Christ. She doesn’t acknowledge or appreciate Nate’s mercy/repentance (or even just the fact he saved her life). She abandons the thieves at the end, they’re all equally fucked, in her eyes. Nate isn’t special to her…

Nadine is a feminine given name. It is the French variant of the name “Nadia” itself being the diminutive of Russian name Nadezhda.^[1] It is also commonly used amongst Arabic communities and in Arabic may mean نادين “Admonitory/Messenger,” “Showerer of blessings.”

Uh?

And Sam – Samael? The one who caused the events that tore down Nathan’s life but enabled it to be rebuilt into something nicer in the end… in the end, Nate has nothing to really hold against his brother, does he? His brother actually did him a favor by fucking it all up. That, after all, is how Nathan got blessed and ended up living in paradise.

You shouldn’t have your cake and eat it, too, Nathan. Not that you can’t…