Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-5085906-20140619165117/@comment-64.33.250.214-20140802225245

0nighthawk0 wrote: 64.33.250.214 wrote: 0nighthawk0 wrote: Bluerock wrote:

64.33.250.214 wrote: Let's not forget the headphone jack in Chico's chest. If Quiet were Chico, she should have a scar. Speaking of which, was it ever explained why that existed? I doubt it was a functional jack, maybe it was just an act of self mutilation caused by his despair. From what I know it was never really explained, which is odd cause you'd think it would be something significant enough....I mean normal people do not have headphone jack;s in their chest.

As for any scaring...no, not really. It's a rather small wound so it would heal rather nicely without much notable scaring. I have scars from childhood that were caused by very minor wounds. Chico had a noticeable hole in his chest, big enough to plug headphones into. Realistically, that'd create a permanent blemish. One could argue Kojima wouldn't care about those details, but you can see in the trailers that Big Boss has some fresh facial scars. I have scars on my left forearm from when it crashed through a window during my childhood and I can barely see them unless I look close and they were pretty bad gashes too back then. Hency my comment on scaring not specifically having to be shown. You can still see your scars though. Whereas Quiet's skin is clearly smooth and clean. Scars can heal improperly if a wound isn't taken care of immediately. Chico had that open chest wound for who knows how long. From the screen shots, the area surrounding the wound looks visibly bruised and irritated. Which would further support scarring...

I'll admit it's possible for Kojima to overlook details. But aside from a few retcons here or there, he's usually attentive. Usually if a character was wounded in their backstory he acknowledges that. Gray Fox, Major Zero, The Boss, and Big Boss all have distinguishing scars. Chico had a hole big enough to plug electronics into, and it seems atypical by Kojima's standards not to acknowledge that.

Who knows, we could very well see Chico in Phantom Pain with the jack still in his chest.