Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1672596-20150821103958

Jim Logan wrote: You two do realize this shit(Solidus being Ishmael), having a TWO YEAR OLD watch over Big Boss then MAGICALLY turn into a 40 year old man in less than 9 years is something you see in a MARVEL(or DC) comic book, not in a Metal Gear game.

Also, if you paid attention to MGS2, Solidus never met Big Boss, he didn't even know what the guy looked like. Ocelot said "You look just like the Boss!" And Solidus replied, "Really? I guess I better thank that kid for taking out my eye."

If Solidus DIDN'T KNOW HE LOOKED LIKE BIG BOSS, how the hell could he have met the bastard? In all fairness, if the Make It Right trailers (which are most likely canon since Raiden references the events of those trailers in an option Codec conversation with Doktor) are to be believed, Solidus may have indeed looked like a teenager when he was actually preschool-age (since the trailers pretty obviously depicted Solidus as middle-aged even when he would have been a late teen, early young adult at best). That being said, it's pretty unlikely he'd be Ishmael, especially considering he has yet to join the CIA (since he was involved in Liberia as a CIA operative, based on one of Raiden's Codec call with Kevin).

I do find it unlikely he would not know what Big Boss looked like, since he tries to model himself after him, and besides, doesn't Big Boss have a case file according to the MGS briefing? I doubt he as commander in chief would not have at least taken a look at an image of Big Boss, especially when he is most likely going to go into office by that point.