Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-5085906-20140619165117/@comment-64.33.250.214-20140807181319

177.249.101.8 wrote: 64.33.250.214 wrote: 64.33.250.214 wrote: 0nighthawk0 wrote: 64.33.250.214 wrote: Everyone (myself included) seems to forget that Chico has a facial scar. You can see this in the character model, cutscenes, and artwork for Peace Walker. It's less noticeable in Ground Zeroes, but that's partly due to lighting. I was able to spot it in a few screenshots.

I did not see Chico's scar in the artwork, character model, or even the action figure for Quiet. Not to say Chico is Quiet, cause he's not....but on the whole scaring topic and them not being on Quiet. Were it so that Chico is Quiet, then they would have used plastic surgery, and thus they would also have masked/hidden any scaring. Would that really fit with the game's theme? Every character that we know of in this game has some sort of physical scar or missing limb. The whole theory was founded on the idea that Chico had a sex change to remember the betrayal he committed. In that context, wouldn't it make more sense for him to have kept his scars?

A defense I could see being made is that he/she needed to cover his/her scars to hide his/her identity. Don't know how the chest wound will heal, but the facial scar is barely noticeable that it's hardly worth removing.

Another argument you could make is that Quiet is wearing concealer. That just raises new questions. Like, why bother with makeup when you're spending so much time on the battlefield? Some militaries allow moderate use of makeup, but it'd be fairly useless under the desert sun. I suppose one may also say Chico had a sex change to forget what he did. But I'm pretty sure you can't simply forget something like that. It's called PTSD, and many soldiers/abuse victims suffer from it.

What will someone think of next to defend the theory? Chico had hyponotherapy?

Never underestimate the internet my friend Oh, I'm not. I'm imagining the next defense fans of this theory will make. I doubt they'd concede even if Kojima himself Tweeted the theory is false. They'd scrutinize his wording and say something like, "When Kojima said Chico isn't Quiet, what he meant was Chico legally changed his name."