Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-24760016-20150816062347

Jim Houseman wrote: There have been multiple reports about the character editor and none of them said anything about your avatar being Ishmael. It's strange how people have latched on to it despite it having no evidence and contradicting what the reports said.

And if the evidence is 'he has bandages on his face from the surgery' then 'the player' is.. a character who has been surgically altered to look like the player? So not really the player in the first place. I never said I wholeheartedly believed the theory. But saying it can't happen because it ruins canon makes no sense whatsoever. But the other evidence was making a connection with the guy in the hospital Kaz asks about. When Kojima was asked who was Kaz talking about, Kojima replied with "It's me". Along with the fact that previewers said it was customization within the story mode. But I have no clue if it all really adds up, it was just how illogical it was to say that you can't add a custom character in because it ruins canon among a few other things. Ishmael could very well be someone else entirely. But I think there's a few connections here and there and if I'm going to just make a guess for now, I think he could be us, that's just my opinion unless something better pops up until release.