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68.45.180.241 wrote: Hell, after Sigint turned out to be the DARPA Chief, anything is possible with Kojima. Seriously, am I the only person who saw that coming from the beginning? I mean, they made it painfully obvious by linking Sigint to ARPAnet in Snake Eater's epilogue.

The same way they made it painfully obvious that Naked Snake would turn out to become  Big Boss.

The same way they made it painfully obvious that Iroquois Pliskin was Solid Snake.

The same way they made it painfully obvious that the cowboy in the previous trailer was Ocelot, and that the masked kid is supposed to be (or at least referencing) Psycho Mantis.

The same way I think they're making it painfully obvious that they're planning to have Eli be Liquid. "A youth who curses his fate"? That's all Liquid ever talked about, wouldn't shut up about it in fact. Even Liquid Ocelot constantly yammered on about breaking free of his fate. Not to mention he shares Liquid's look, demeanor, and age? How much more could they spell it out?

Granted, it's not the most clever of writing techniques, there will probably be a little retcon here and there, and we don't know for certain until it gets confirmed, but come on. The character just screams Liquid.