Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150816153630

TheGentlemanGhost wrote: I never said I wholeheartedly believed the theory. But saying it can't happen because it ruins canon makes no sense whatsoever.

But the other "evidence" was making a connection with the guy in the hospital Kaz asks about. When Kojima was asked who was Kaz talking about, Kojima replied with "It's me". Along with the fact that previewers said it was customization within the story mode. I have no clue if it all really adds up. But for the most part, I was just baffled by how illogical it was to say that you can't add a custom character in because it ruins canon. Ishmael could very well be someone else entirely. I think there's a few connections here and there and if I'm going to just make a guess for now, I think he could be us, that's just my opinion unless something better pops up until release. I don't recall saying it can't happen, and if I did then that was silly of me. However, I do believe it would complicate canon. I'm not expecting you to have all the answers, but how would anyone be able to explain, in context of the story, how a character's face differs from game to game and has any name (if name customization were possible)? The only way I think character customization could work with canon is if the custom character was Decoy Octopus. If anyone else has an explanation that doesn't involve Octopus, then please submit it here.

I'm not ruling out the "Ishmael is Custom" theory, but the evidence for it is pretty weak. It's like Jim Houseman pointed out in his comment, people see bandages and remember the customization rumors, and that's the basis for this entire theory. Any theory should consider canon, or other details such as the voice actors.

If Kojima said that he was the character Kaz was asking about, then it sounds like he may have been referring to his character from Ground Zeroes.