Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5226356-20130618205352/@comment-189.122.4.162-20140331011528

I think Ishmael is a hallucination because of the effects of Psycho Mantis on the hospital. Hell, the whole hospital scene might be a halucination as far as we know. But, I digress. His voice is by Sutherland, and we never see his face. Our mind, specially on a situation like that, can't create voices or faces, unless they're based on our memory. Since it's Big Boss'es voice, we can assume his mind is just atributing his own actions and own voice to Ishmael, accentuating how helpless he feels after the coma, having lost Mother Base, his arm and 9 years, being alone and confused, his mind has projected a vision for him to follow and carry on, symbolising his survival instinct. Or..., some crazy, Decoy Octopus-like twist awaits us, which I really hope doesn't happen... Sorry for my english.