Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-111.68.57.191-20150203142753/@comment-26715295-20150719083857

Well actually, one theory that makes sense to me about her marking was in a video done by YongYea, during his trailer anlysis, he went well into the marking on her face, and noted a few things.

In the Phantom Pain, there appears to be an ongoing theme of an "Infection" in the game (remember, all theory and not for fact, and hang on, this does go into Quiet's marking), with symptoms being loss of coloration in the eyes and even deformation of the skin, and the appearance of the eyes is one that looks the same as someone who is blind. People who seem to show symptoms of this so far are Kaz (yes, r.i.p good ol miller), Code Talker, and a few others whose names I'm forgetting, but guess who also has this "infection"? The Skulls (creepy fuckers from the trailer)

Now, this so called "infection" rather isn't much of an "infection" and is rather a process of sorts that turns whomever exhibits this "infection" into a Skull. Now this isn't fact as the game isnt out yet but just hold on a bit yknow.

What YongYea mentioned was that the marking Quiet has on her face seems strikingly similar to the ones that the Skulls have (the female ones atleast). Now while it's hard to see the marking on the Skulls, it's still there. (look for black mascera looking stuff around the eyes)



What does this mean exactly? Well, what Yong stated was that it is possible that considering the Skulls are obviously affiliated with Skull Face, that Quiet may have been in the process of being turned into a Skull but somehow managed to escape before she could be I guess, "skullified"? More evidence to support this is that when Quiet materializes, she does it in the exact same manner that the Skulls do (watch the trailer, notice how they both materialize from the ground up and also have their muscle appear first, then flesh), which would explain how she magically got these supernatural powers.

But why can't she talk? It's possible that during the process that the "skullification" disables said person from being able to speak. Know while there isn't much supporting this, what does support it is that in the trailer, a man is seen laying down on a table of sorts and experiences the sypmtoms of said "infection" (loss of coloration in the eyes, deformed skin). But what's most interesting is the earbud Snake pulls out of his throat, considering that Chico also had an a pair of earbuds in his body in some form (the weird headphone jack in his chest, refer to Ground Zeroes). And it's not surprise that the first time we see Chico with this headphone jack, is while he's in Skull Faces captivity. But going back to earbud throat guy, why was the earbud specifically in his throat, right where the human stuffs is that make humans do our voice stuffs? It's not exactly that much evidence, but is interesting nonetheless that both are related in some fashion.

Now, there still isn't much to support this so of crouse we just have to wait until release, but otherwise the theory of Quiet being part Skull is what's making most sense for me for the existence of her marking and why she can't speak.

and of course, who gon bash this theory into the ground?