Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-6747658-20140811183937

Bluerock wrote:

0nighthawk0 wrote: And I know, people will point out the clip from Rising, but as I've said before, I still fully think the casting department made a mistake there and judged the character's appearance on how he appeared in MGS2 and not how he would actually appear since by that time, he isn't even an adult yet in terms of age. It's not the first time such casting mistakes have been made. I wouldn't say it was necessarily a mistake, I believe they just wanted to evoke Solidus's character by using an appearance that most people would be familiar with. All those clips are part of Raiden's scrambled memories anyway, but unfortunately, there are many folks who will just take everything presented to them at face value, without considering the possible context. I suppose that is a better explaination of things yes, personally I would see it as a mistake..more so in the line of claims of the whole accelerated aging stuff.

My point remains though, his appearance in Rising isn't enough to claim he is Ishmael and I still find it impossible.