Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150418023554

Adachi Did It wrote: Just so you know my comments have very little to do with realism, I agreed that considering this is MGS Kojima could probably explain the situation away. But even considering that, making a child no more than 2 fully capable of looking over BB would require so much explanation I'm wondering if it's worth it.

He'd have to explain how the accelerated aging works on Solidus, seeing as if Eli is Liquid he looks roughly as old as he should be. He'd have to explain why the Patriots thought letting a child look after one their most sought after assets would be a good idea.

Then if he does help BB against the Patriots he'd have to explain or leave part explanation why they'd allow Solidus to become President later. Considering everything else this game has explain, which I'm guessing we haven't seen half of yet, I just don't know if it's worth cluttering up the story just to shoe-horn a character that claimed in a later game that he'd never met BB. None of the paranormal stuff was given a deep scientific explanation. If Kojima were to explain Solidus aging to an adult within 10 years, he could say The Patriots genetically altered him to age 4 times faster. Once he's around Boss's age, he begins to age normally. The Patriots can't have him dying in office if they want him to be President. The reason they made him in the first place was because Boss didn't want to be their spokesperson. Neither did Solidus, as we found out in MGS2.

Solidus wouldn't technically be a child, depending how Kojima explained it. The Patriots aren't trying to kill Boss (AFAWK). We know Boss reluctantly rejoins them in the timeline. Psycho Mantis was working for the Russians around this timeline, so it's possible they are the ones who are after Boss at the hospital. Evidence suggests the fiery apparition encountered in the hospital is Volgin. If The Patriots want someone to protect BB, who better to do so than the perfect clone of the legend himself? Kojima isn't exactly known for creating simple to understand narratives, or keeping the cast small. See MGS4 as a prime example.

You know how Kojima is a big movie nerd? Well, I recently discovered on TV Tropes there's this trope called "Rapid Aging". There's a lot on that page, and I haven't read it all. But it brought up something interesting. The 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock featured accelerated aging. After Spock dies in Wrath of Khan, he is launched to planet Genesis. There he resurrects in the form of a child and quickly begins aging. In a matter of hours, Spock ages to his former adult form. Incidentally, the film contains Christian themes. Genesis is also a chapter of the Bible which mentions an Ishmael.