>>139596269And that writer has been hired to do a very specific job for a show in which they use research on characters abilities, capabilities and personalities to determine who would be the most likely survivor of a fair fight to the death.
This limitation breeds creativity, as seen with Bill vs Discord's ending, according to their research, Bill kills Discord more often than the opposite happening, but in order to have an ending that's just as emotionally satisfying as it is intellectually satisfying, it's revealed that Discord exploited Bill's tunnel vision and was able to banish Bill back to his home dimension.
You don't have to chose between something being emotionally satisfying and something being intellectually satisfying, you can have both, Snake doesn't beat Sam because that's purely what the story needs to happen, Snake wins because he's better at combat and he can mitigate Sam's stealth advantage.
You can write a story where Sam wins, but he's less likely to than Snake is and having Sam win anyway would go against the point of the show.
No, he's not right, the writer needs to work with the other members on the story like the editors, the publishers, the producers, etc.
