Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5085906-20130627191357/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150830154722

42.98.59.197 wrote: 64.33.250.214 wrote: 42.98.59.197 wrote: Weedle McHairybug wrote: Yeah, and there are now screencaps that prove that Big Boss = Ishmael was indeed legit: I think the only thing left to be explained, which I don't mind to find out by myself, is howcome the medic would thought he is Big Boss simply because he got his face. I haven't watched all the gameplay footage, but from what I've read Medic went through hynotherapy like Ocelot did to become Liquid Ocelot.
 * http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1098935&page=138
 * http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1098935&page=139

Basically Kojima took twists from MGS2 and MGS4 and threw them in a blender, in order to explain a minor inconsistancy of how Big Boss survived in MG1. Okay hynotherapy is acceptable (although certainly not preferred), but still the MG1 Big Boss has no horn, which is still a minor inconsistancy to the game saga unless he sort of say that Ahab's horn got squeezed out through time.

To me, such story writing has cheapened the MGS4 ending, making the ending reconciliation much less touching and still left unanswered questions. I am still puzzled how real Big Boss regain control at FOXHOUND and why he sent Snake to hunt down the fake Big Boss who is fighting against Zero's cause... I apologize for the multiple posts. The reply button was lagging for me for some reason, and wouldn't send my message. When I refreshed the page, my comments didn't show, so I replied several times until one did.

The hypnotherapy explanation is problemic. As other fans have pointed on reddit, it cheapens the concept of Les Enfants Terribles and the Genome soldiers. If Zero could make a copy of Big Boss through memes, why even bother with genes? MGS2 explored this idea already with the S3 program, and it's success was left somewhat ambiguous. hypnotherapy seemed to work in the ten year interval between MGSV and MG1.

As for why Big Boss sent Snake to kill Venom, it's hinted at that Venom Snake may have gone rogue during the events of Outer Heaven. Either that, or Big Boss was trying to fake his death to go work on Zanzibar. But then Zero apparently knew all about the double so...

I'm still confused as to why Big Boss was okay with there being a body double at all, when were previously told that he didn't want to be cloned.