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0nighthawk0 wrote: 88.193.240.30 wrote: 0nighthawk0 wrote: 88.193.240.30 wrote: It seems like the conversation has shifted to the head transplantation stuff. I have my two cents to say to that, I'll tell why head transplantation could indeed be a thing in MGSV, but first, let's make one thing very clear: I'm 100% against the Gray Fox theory, it's ridiculous, idiotic, deluded, etc. I could go on and on. -Theory follows.- Too far reached IMO, the main reason why I don't think Big Boss is subject to the head transplant is.....if they did transplant the head, then why not the arm? A head transplantation is far more advanced then an arm transplantation. So if they can transplant a head, why not the arm as well? Are they going to tell me that there was no suitable arm? That's bullcrap cause I'm pretty damn sure there's plenty of arms available throughout 9 years of coma. And again, Big Boss lacks the obvious markings of where the seam between head and body would be.

And honeslty, it fits the Skulls a lot more, even in their name, it refers to the head, they are bio-mechanical beings, cyborgs, their head is the clearest thing we see of their actual body, the whole head transplantation fits more there then anywhere else. That's a good point. But then again I still see it as a possibility, couldn't they have transplanted an actual arm for Snake during the coma in the first place instead of a biomechanical arm? And while I do agree that it certainly could fit the "Skulls" better, there was a tweet that these "Skulls" are controlled by someone familiar, and the first one to come to mind is Skullface, so their name could simply refer to Skullface. Skullface has his own army of biomechanical soldiers called the Skulls. Anyway, can't know til' we play the game. I see the head transplantation theory as a possibility, because like I said, it would explain quite a few things, but then again it can all be explained simply by how psychologically damaged Big Boss, and I think it works just as well. But a Gray Fox body double framing Big Boss? No. About the arm bit....well no, because when we first see Big Boss, he has one of those fake claw arms applied in Hospitals when one looses an arm...so they clearly did not bother to transplant his arm. And in all honesty, and I know this may well be just me pulling stuff out of my ass, but the hospital just does not seem equiped for such, let alone a remote hospital in Cyrus.

But yes, we can agree on one thing, the body double is idiotic.

@Paranoid Donkey

I fully agree that, if this theory happened to be real (big if) it would certainly ruin the game for me because it is just so idiotic...not to mention, Kojima asured us that we would be playing as Big Boss and not someone else. Hmm... I dunno, but I like to think that if Big Boss got a head transplant, that would be like the first ever successful head transplant in history, because such thing hasn't been done yet in the real world. So if it happened in MGSV, I think Kojima would sort of recreate it from real life. But that's a theory, and whether or not it turns out to be true, I don't think it would be all that big deal. Just something to explain Big Boss' actions a little better with.

Going back to the main topic of this thread, I think all the dumbasses believing and supporting the Gray Fox theory and everyone interested about MGSV's story in general should read this: http://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=13708. Especially these words: "The reason the game has such a dark tone is because Kojima wants to tell the story of this transition as effectively as possible.". You simply cannot tell the story of that transition as effectively as possible with a body double. There's just no effing way. I'm excited about MGSV in very many ways, and one of the biggest reasons why I'm so excited is because I want to get to see and experience all those tragic events that ultimately shape Big Boss to who he becomes. A body double... that's an absolute no. No matter how you put it. It would be terrible. And I know Kojima is much better than that.