Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-108.202.9.233-20130611091144

86.164.186.167 wrote: Doesnt Ishmael mean first Son some where?

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If thats the case its likely to be Liquid or Solidus. If I had to guess Solidus if only because he was a full clone of Big Boss. The name "Ishmael" gives us a few possible options:

Ishmael is a reference to Moby Dick.

The Moby Dick ruse was a red herring. Ishmael is a biblical reference. Ishmael and Isaac were the sons of Abraham.

Ishmael has double meaning. Moby Dick and Biblical.

He has the same voice as Big Boss, which may give us these options:

Solid Snake with accelerated aging in his youth (which may not be "programmed" into Eli, who may be Liquid)?

Solidus (who we know has accelerated aging).

Mere hallucination.