Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.151.195.29-20150903211431/@comment-1672596-20151112220847

100.3.56.214 wrote: Happy ending in MG2? The ending implies that he's still traumatized by leaving after saying goodbye. Anyway forget about Raikov. He probably went back to Russia and got promoted (Regardless of whether Portable Ops is canon or not).

Anyway, I find it strange that Venom Snake is skeptical of ESP when Ocelot mentions Eli reading his mind despite encountering ESP (Elisa/Ursula and Gene) multiple times in Portable Ops. Unless the memory transfer stopped before he could remember it? Considering he specifically stated before fighting Big Boss that the only reason he was in Zanzibar Land was to get rid of his nightmares, AND he, when refusing to return to FOXHOUND, specifically said ""...The nightmares have stopped. I'm a free man now." which would mean he actually GOT what he wanted, it sounded like a happy ending (not to mention his leaving abruptly didn't seem to be treated like his being traumatized since Roy Campbell seemed casual about his leaving abruptly again and Holly White was more upset that he broke his promise than concerned about his state of mind). If he was still traumatized, why would he refuse Campbell's offer to rejoin FOXHOUND? He would have instead said "Might as well rejoin, since killing Big Boss didn't change anything...", and Roy Campbell and Holly White would have explicitly been depicted as concerned by Snake's actions.