Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6747658-20130401084750/@comment-6747658-20130612073518

There was indeed speculation that V was Big Boss yes, but so far it's acknowledge by Kojima in one of the first interviews about The Phantom Pain, V stands for Victory, which could further mean V is Big Boss since he's called Vic Boss as well. But basically said V has come to mostly refers to that MGSV has finally been revealed.

Now, onto Joakim Mogren, Joakim is an anagram for Kojima, Mogren holds the word Ogre, referring to Kojima's Project Ogre.

That picture, that is not Mantis, it is in fact, Big Boss

From FOX Two Phantoms Were Born, frankly we're not sure yet what that means, but it could possible refer to Fox(hound) and XOF.

As for what's up with Moby Dick, well Mobdy Dick is a story about revenge, the captain looses his leg to the white whale and seeks to hunt it down. Big Boss looses an arm, so he is probably the Captain. Ishmael is also a name from Moby Dick, he served as the narrator of the story and was the only one to survive in the end.