Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-24677150-20140313040957

Hello, this is Zelda4dinner back! Anyway, this discussion is ONLY for those who a) have listened to Chico's cassette tapes in Ground Zeroes or b) Enjoy spoilers. Be warned!!

So, one of the most surprising twists of GZ for me was the revelation that Skull Face and Big Boss "go way back." How is this possible? Big Boss has only ever mentioned two friends in his whole life: Major Zero and Python, and Skull Face definitely isn't Python. Prior to joining Fox Big Boss fought in Korea and Vietnam. Now, also of interest, is Skull Face's backstory, which if you check his page you'll know. On what I believe is Chico's fourth or fifth tape, you hear Skull Face say something to someone in his foreign tongue, which I admit is alien to me. So, what could all of this add up to?

With the themes of race and revenge already having been elaborated on by Kojima himself, I submit the theory that Big Boss met Skull Face either as a teenager during the Korean War or during the Vietnam war (I argue for the Korean War as I believe Vietnam would necessitate Skull Face being much younger than I believe he is). Skull Face was a member of a village that secretly repaired North Korean weapons, and that village was bombed by US forces. Later, when foreigners invaded and tortured and interrogated Skull Face, a young Big Boss may have been among them. It's quite possible that a young Big Boss was even forced by his CO to torture Skull Face much the same way that Skull Face forced the young Chico to torture Paz.

I hope I don't get in trouble for this, especially since I think I gave fair warning. Anyway, hopefully you'll all enjoy ruminating over this if you've read! 