Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-166.137.88.23-20130610185107/@comment-1504072-20130610225202

82.74.13.1 wrote:

The kid has blond hair, Liquid had brown hair just like Solid when he was a kid, his hair only gotten blond after his time in Iraq. Also Eli seems to have brown/hazel colored eyes where as Liquid's eyes are green.

Liquid's story, so far it's know, depicts him as having been send to the UK as a young boy, there he spend most his childhood and was one of the youngest to join SAS, part of the Brittish Airforce. Also his time in the UK is evident to the accent of his voice. He was about 18 when he participated in the first Gulf War which resulted into his capture in Iraq, and where his hair became blond.

I would ignore the whole hair color idea when it comes to identifying Liquid.

Liquid was rescued from Iraq in '94. Any bleached hair would have grown out by 2005, which could indicate that his hair is either naturally blond, or he actually dyes it in MGS1. In any case, the bleached hair story isn't even canon, it's an idea that Yoji Shinkawa supposedly floated in an interview (although I'm yet to see the actual source for this).

Also, minor correction, the Special Air Service are British Army.

75.59.201.70 wrote:

Accelerated ageing, all Sons of Big Boss have it. Solidus was only 28 when he became president but because of his accelerated ageing he looked significantly older then 35.

The Twin Snakes only started to noticeably age more rapidly when in their mid-thirties, as pointed out in MGS2.