Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-166.137.88.23-20130610185107/@comment-1504072-20130621235120

80.75.99.120 wrote:

And finally there is one question that can't possibly be explained by mere act. Why did Ocelot die to the new Foxdie-virus pretty much immediately after Liquid's persona faded from him completely after brief talk to Snake after their final battle, but hadn't had any kind of effect during weeks before when Liquid's persona was controlling him, even though he and Snake met several times during that time, and still same virus was able to kill Eva in couple of hours and Big Boss in about half of one? That leads me to believe somehow being in Liquid-persona managed to change the very functioning of Liquid Ocelot's body so his heart didn't catch Foxdie, until Ocelot was his old self again. Certainly not possible if there was nothing but acting to it.

New FOXDIE may only have taken effect after target was injured or weakened, like Ocelot following the fight with Snake, the injured Big Mama, and Big Boss being recently reconstructed. All had quite prolonged exposure to it, during the heavy exposition cutscenes with Snake.