Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-67.1.246.12-20130810173702/@comment-1672596-20140320122417

Well, regarding the actual topic, unless Solidus' werner syndrome applied since growth, it is extremely unlikely that he is Eli. We also cannot say that he's Liquid Snake, either, as nothing's been confirmed. Even Yoji Shinkawa's statement about his being forbidden to reveal anything isn't going to cut it, as it could just as easily mean he's the secret leader of XOF or a mole of Cipher or something. Similar to how Steven Armstrong's existence was largely kept secret, to such an extent that he didn't even appear on the game's website, or to a lesser extent Paz being the true enemy or even Cecile's characterization (I mentioned Cecile because the way they talked about her indicated she was just some French broad who met MSF during the mission, yet upon getting the game, she turned out to be the literal reason why MSF was in Costa Rica in the first place, due to her creating the quetzal tape).