Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5085906-20130627191357/@comment-64.33.250.214-20141022132534

Misterbunnsy wrote: 64.33.250.214 wrote: Critics dismiss the Gray Fox "silouette" more because PythonSelkan are attached to it. If it were someone else with a better rep maybe it wouldn't be outright dismissed. Not that I support it, but it isn't something I'd put past Kojima. Kojima has cited Kubrick as an inspiration. Kubrick put stuff in his films that took decades for fans to find. Before VHS and DVD where you could pause at just the right moment.

It wouldn't be totally disregarded, but I would still consider it dubious. It's such a random event. I feel like, if Kojima was going to hide something in such a hard way to find, it would have to be something more substantial, something that gives more information.

It wouldn't be just a teaser like this is. I feel it would more blatantly hint at Gray Fox than just a random camera angle lining up Snake's e-cigar with his face while he just so happens to be wearing a sneaking suit that resembles the MGS1-style suits and exoskeletons, as well as being at just the right time of night to resemble the silhouette. It appears like a random event to us, but we don't know what the person controlling the camera was instructed, if anything. Regardless of whether or not it's random, it does look vaguely like Gray Fox.

Kojima isn't always straightforward. Let's not forget that Kojima has Tweeted links to dubious theories. What does he get from that, besides mild amusement? Even when the "Quiet is Chico" theory was dismissed, he let someone else (Stephanie Joosten) dismiss it. He could've easily flat out denied the connection. Sometimes Kojima just doesn't make things obvious.

For all we know Gray Fox is in the game, but Kojima's hiding that fact like he did with Raiden. For all we know. It could also very well just be fanboy projection, wanting Fox in the game so much fans delude themselves with these body double theories. Considering the franchise's track record with secret reveals, I'd rather play it safe and not lean one way or another.