Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6431205-20130610173817/@comment-68.174.228.13-20130611030836

On the character of Eli...

I have a strong feeling that this is Liquid Snake. There are many things that are similar to the known background of Liquid Snake. Liquid did spend his childhood in the middle east, which gave him is darker skin and blonde hair. The British flag was also prominently featured in the original trailer, which is a country asscioated with Liquid Snake.

You also cannot ignore his arrogant demeanor as shown in the trailer. More importantly, the tagline "a youth who curses his fate" screams Liquid Snake.

Also, the timeline seems just about right. The boy looks about 12, which would be Liquid's age in this game.

Albeit, these clues call for a lot of speculation, and may not match perfectly with Liquid Snake's known backstory, but this would not be the first time Kojima retconned the MGS story (the loss of Big Boss's eye is a notable example). I think it's important to note that Big Boss in this game has a prosthetic hand. There is never any mention or reference to this in any Metal Gear game that takes place after this one. This is a another major retcon and shows how loose Kojima can be with the backstories of main characters. Everyone here who doubts this is Liquid snake is trying to take all the disjointed facts of Liquid's backstory as absolute truth set in canon stone

That being said, Kojima did express that he would dive into Liquid's backstory in Peacewalker, but that didn't really happen. This story seems like the perfect time do so. This game depicts Big Boss in a coma for 9 years in that "British" hospital. It's highly likely that the Les enfant terrible project was done while he was in that coma.

On the character of Quiet...

It is very possible that she is related to Sniper Wolf in some way. Whether she is a relative or her younger self, I don't know. We do know that Sniper Wolf was a Kurd, an ethnic group from the Middle East. We also know that Sniper Wolf and "Saladin" (Big Boss) interacted in some way in the Middle East.

All that being said, you never know with Kojima...