Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-25230536-20140915193009/@comment-64.33.250.214-20140918220526

And as for Yong's Chico = Quiet video, not once did he say it was the case, just analyising evidence in a theory

Yong didn't say he believed Quiet is Chico, but he did say the theory was plausible. Point is, he made a long video about the theory and was soon after debunked.

right now the only evidence we have to Ishmael's true identity is what you saw in that video--Medic's face mysteriously being obscured (which can be nothing other than deliberate) and Medic sharing a voice actor with Snake.

Perhaps the cause for obscuring Medic's face is simply to signify that he's a background character. He only appears at the very end of GZ. Furthermore, we haven't seen Morpho, and he's a returning character. Hiding a character's physical traits doesn't always coincide with a dramatic character reveal.

There's also the possibility Keifer was hired as the Medic because he famously played one in the film Flatliners. Kojima is a bit of a movie buff...

Never did I say they sounded exactly the same, just that they shared a voice actor. They're not the same pitch, no. Again, I never said that they were.

If you agree that Medic and Ishmael don't sound the same, then you must concede the evidence connecting the two is extremely scant. If you concede, then why is this the theory you find most plausible? Why not Ishmael is Decoy Fox or some such?

I'm not disagreeing that Ishmael is most likely important to the plot, but again, I fail to see why his reach needs to extend further than The Phantom Pain.

As stated before, characters with Bible-based names are seldom rarely reserved for one-off roles in MG games.

Examples:

Big Boss: John

Solid Snake: David

Liquid Snake: Eli

Ocelot: Adam

Eva: Eve

Zero: David

(???): Ishmael

If Ismael isn't the Medic, then what's your suggestion?

I have suspicions who Ishmael might be, but I'd rather not spoil anything if the hunch turned true. I can give one clue. Kojima mentioned a movie several times on his Twitter. He sometimes bases his plots and characters on movies. The movie in question is called "Enemy". That is as far down the rabbit hole as I'm willing to go.