Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-25017623-20140715144104/@comment-25090680-20140722135931

IMO everything in the hospital scene happens after BB has woken up, and other than the burning whale and Volgin-Phantom and very possibly Ishmael everything is real. Now whether those things are BBs own hallucinations or caused by Mantis-Child remains to be seen. As for my question of why they attack after he wakes up instead of while he's in a coma, who knows? i think maybe a spy in the hospital, so as soon as BB wakes up maybe SF is alerted, maybe SF doesn't want BB coming after him, maybe he wants his help taking down Cipher, either way as you said it looks like they definitely at least help each other out in some way.

As for why he was on the floor, i'm guessing some explosion happens, or some soldiers open fire on the hospital causing BB to fall/take cover, maybe he just tries to stand and his muscles can't take it, i mean he has been lying down for 9 years. Like you said that scene where he's looking at his prosthetic does open a hole, however if you're right, maybe Mantis-Child is trying to help BB, get him used to the prosthetic IRL by setting up a scenario in his mind, which while not as good as real life training, will let BB have somewhat a taste of what he's in for, trying to get him used to his new disability so to speak. Like i said though, i think this all happens after he's woken up, so i imagine he's just looking in shock at what was his arm and is now nothing more than a hook.

I imagine the 'Those who don't exist' will play a part in the game, whether a boss or not, impossible to say ATM, maybe they play a part like the Ocelot Unit in MGS3, where it's possible to kill a boss early but then you have to face them instead. I think any figure that was on fire in the trailer was just a hallucination, maybe BB is just remembering the things he's done, the people he's killed on anothers orders (one explanation for seeing Volgin). Maybe they're all just Mantis-Child's doing, seems a bit weird him picking Volgin out of all the people BB has killed though.

I think i read in another thread on this site that maybe 'Those who don't exist' are the precursors to the Genome Soldiers, trying to create the perfect soldiers, so that might explain them.

At the moment all we can do is guess.