Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-76.102.30.110-20130715013213/@comment-4519956-20150825153633

0nighthawk0 wrote: Hakametal wrote: 0nighthawk0 wrote: 60.53.48.162 wrote: it's Snake. he is Skull Face If you're referring to the Evolution trailer, that doesn't say much because Big Boss was burned to a crisp too. Also if you look closely, he really doesn't look like Skull Face there. If we're basing this entirely off the Evolution trailer (and even previous trailers), it would appear that Skull Face is indeed the phantom born from Snake's subconscious. He's not real, he's symbolic of Big Boss' evolution into a villain. But if he is not real, then why do we see him manhandling Huey? And what about his actions in GZ? That I cannot explain, and what I said could all be unture with regard to Skull Face not being physically real. But let's look all the way back to GZ, "From "FOX", two phantoms were born". We later then see Skull Face with the "XOF" emblem, a mirrored reflection of "FOX". To me, this symbolises the spectrum that Big Boss will explore, a completely changed man, the polar-opposite of what he originally was.

All speculation, but with everything that has been released (Skull Face vanishing in scenes), my belief is that Skull Face is nothing but symbolism of Big Boss' path to villainy.