Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-25230536-20140915193009/@comment-64.33.250.214-20140919120019

Yes, and the theory was plausable based on available evidence.

It was plausible only in the loosest sense imaginable. From the beginning the theory was heavily flawed. Theorists claimed Chico and Quiet have the same physical traits. Which was untrue. Quiet's hair is darker and her eyes are lighter color than Chico's.

Even if one is willing to believe Chico had a sex change caused by sexual abuse, which is not how transexuality generally works, they'd be ignoring the fact that Chico never displayed any of the abilities Quiet has. The older trailers which didn't reveal the extent of her powers should have been a red flag. Metal Gear characters don't tend to suddenly just gain super powers in subsequent games. Unless they're cyborg ninjas...

That's what I feel you're lacking here; an open mind in general.

If one accepts something based on minute evidence, then one leaves themselves susceptible to believing anything. I have given these theories consideration, I have watched these videos several times, and I am simply skeptical. Skepticism is crucial in discerning fact from fiction.

I can tell you right now that Ishmael isn't Morpho.

That wasn't my point. I was saying Morpho's return and lack of physical appearance suggests that characters in the MG franchise don't always have to step out from the background and take on larger roles. There are other examples such as characters we haven't seen outside of Codec, aside from official art.

Whether you want to admit it or not, there's something significant about Medic, Ishmael and Snake all having the same voice.

I forgot to mention in my previous reply, there are several instances where VAs were "double-booked". In the Japanese version of MGS2, the VA for Solid Snake also voiced Solidus. The American version of MGS1 recycled VAs as well. Gray Fox's VA voiced Donald Anderson. The latter casting is less significant than the former.

but it's far more plausible than the Decoy Octopus/Gray Fox theories because it doesn't complicate the back stories of 3 different characters.

It might complicate Gray Fox's back story, but not Decoy's. We know nothing about Decoy's history, including his date of birth. We only know that he is a master of disguise and can change his voice. Not that I believe Decoy is Ishmael, but you said yourself to keep an open mind. Since there's a whale in the same trailer, and returning members of FOXHOUND (Mantis and Ocelot), someone could put two and two together (ocean creature + FOXHOUND) and say Octopus is Ishmael. Again, not that I believe it.

This issue, in the Metal Gear universe anyway, can't be dismissed with a simple "sometimes they re-use".

Again, they've re-used VAs before. Gray Fox's actor voiced Donald Anderson. Gray Fox was a major returning character, whereas Anderson/Sigint was a background character for two games. If Medic survived, whose to say that wont be the same case?

I still fail to see why a character can't be important for a single game (the majority of MGS1 FOXHOUND as an example)

Most of FOXHOUND has reappeared in sequels. Ocelot, Liquid, and Mantis have had several returning roles. We've seen nods to Wolf and Raven beyond MGS1, and we could see them in PP or possibly the sequel (if the franchise continues).

I wasn't suggesting that important MG characters CAN'T be confined to one, but that usually isn't the case. Especially when they are given a Biblical name. 9 times out of 10 those characters appear across multiple sequels.

Also I think Ishmael being a Biblical name is secondary to it being a reference to Moby Dick, but that's just me.

So you do see some truth in the parallels between PP and Moby Dick? The thing about Moby Dick is that Ishmael was important from the beginning of the narrative. He wasn't introduced like the Medic at the tail end of another story. The other possibility is Ishmael may have been a more prominent character in another MG, a big name we've seen before. Which may explain why he hides his face...