Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-5038094-20140921003704/@comment-25076948-20140927192534

Here's how this concept works. Quiet is a major character who from the sound of it might end up dead regardless. She's completely canon, but she has no effect on the future mgs plot. Inother words, she's a subplot to give the story more depth. However, taking away that bit of depth won't change the story. Kind of like poetry, there's an overall message with little details for entertainment only. And you're right characters like Eli and Mantis won't be subplot characters since we can infer that Eli is Liquid and the little kid is Psycho Mantis which are character who directly impact future events. Quiet will make up the circle that is the game but she doesn't affect the line within the circle. Please let me know if this helped at all.