Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-66.56.44.237-20130617084327/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150623165204

72.50.81.162 wrote: Lets set the record straight on the skin tone of latinos/ hispanics. We can be white, black or mestizo/moreno. Moreno is the stereotype some people here have of latinos. The demographic of each latin country is different. Some are more balanced, others are skewed towards one. It depends on their history.

That said, stop this non-sense of Chico being Solidus. Chico is the son of the Sadinista commander and the younger brother of Amanda. His personality doesn't match Solidus. Yeah, he is white but so is about 70% of Puerto Rico, 80% of Argentina, big portions of Brazil and Colombia. A lot of affluent white Cubans were forced out by Castro. Chico's family was probably well educated and in good shape financially (I'm not saying he was rich) before they were forced to leave the country. It seems I've accidently started a racial debate. Let me be clear, I didn't mean ALL Latinos are brown. But really, how common is it for a Latino to have both light skin with light hair?

You say some Latin countries are largely white, but is it not possible that those people are of European descent? The combination of fair skin and fair hair is more common in English-American/European people. I've seen Mexican-Americans with light skin, but never natural blonde hair. Same with a few Brazilians I've seen. If you Google image search Mexican or Nicaraguan people, the majority of images show people with dark complexions.

Ignoring whether there are white Latinos, there's the issue of sun exposure. Look at images of Chico in Peace Walker. He's extremely white for a person who has been living outdoors in a jungle environment. The same goes for Amanda. I've seen Caucasian people with darker tans from spending an hour at the beach. Chico appears slightly darker in Ground Zeroes for someone. I'm guessing it's because of the new graphics engine and light settings.

Compare images of Chico from Peace Walker alongside Iroquois Pliskin from MGS2. You can see that they both have green eyes and light brown hair. Solid's eye color was retconned in Twin Snakes. Solidus has blue eyes in MGS2 despite Liquid and Solid having had green eyes up to that point. Maybe they changed eye colors because blue eyes are recessive. Boss has blue eyes, while both Solidus and Solid have his recessive genes.

People's personalities tend to also change as they grow up. One thing Chico has in common with the clones is the desire to take matters into his own hands. Like when he leaked a photo of the Chrysalis in Peace Walker and went on a solo mission in Camp Omega.