Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6747658-20130401084750/@comment-69.206.130.220-20130515050345

I honestly think we're dealing with a totally new character. I believe this guy may be some kind of rogue operative or contractor who specializes in running false flag operations to bring downs potential enemies of "Cipher." think less along the lines of him being a paralell for snake, and more along the lines of him being a more insidious, deceptive character.

also, as for the burning volgin apparition, and the child specter, and the other hellish hallucinations and impossible happenings....well, I believe that Big boss is held in a kind of primitive VR simulation for the time he is in the coma. the supposed "nine years" he's under may be some period of time following the collapse of MSF that he spent being probed psychologically by Cipher. the "Phantom Pain" viral videos, the hallucinations, big boss's own distorted image, with the horn and prosthetic hand...Guys, I think this might be a simulated reality plot.