Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-4913740-20140730101901

64.33.250.214 wrote: Weedle McHairybug wrote:

Theultimaterebol wrote: like I said earlier there's too many set in stone facts the disprove him being Ishmael and as my theory goes if I'm correct in my assumption that chico died during the helicopter crash which is definitely a possibility or after he got treated at the hospital he got sent to Amanda where he was supposed to go in the first place plus this is the second time he sold out big boss and the FSLN I doubt he'd want to stick around and wait for big boss to awaken even if he is solidus his mouth has got him in too much trouble to even want to look at big boss I don't know, Big Boss did forgive Miller for two betrayals (one is detailed in the Heiwa to Wahei no Blues radio dramas and the other was the second ending), so I'm pretty sure Big Boss is capable of forgiving a second offense from Chico, especially when its pretty obvious he squealed under torture, and considering what Skull Face stated, he most likely ended up reading the diary tapes as well.

And so far, we don't know Chico's status. Hope they reveal something soon, especially when the only confirmed surviving PW character casualty in Ground Zeroes is Paz (Strangelove is going to reappear in Phantom Pain based on a KP Alert, Cecile and Amanda weren't even on Mother Base when it was attacked, Huey, aside from appearing in The Phantom Pain, won't die until by his own hand, or rather, wheels in a pool thanks to his son sleeping with his second wife, and its pretty obvious Big Boss and Miller have until MGS4 and MGS to live). Heck, we don't even know if the chopper actually crashes, as the GameInformer issue has Kojima, when stating that Big Boss had only been in one coma and people will figure out how he got in the coma throughout the game, implied that it wasn't from the chopper. Let's put the "Chico is Solidus" theory on hold for a moment, as it's one of the more debatable theories out there.

Why set up Chico as a major character in two games, with heavy emphasis on his rescue in the last one, only to get killed off-screen? Yet we've seen neither hide nor hair of him in any of the Phantom Pain trailers. This brings us back to another theory... Chico is Ishmael.

Consider this: Ishmael says he's been watching over Big Boss for 9 years. Since the helicopter crash. If Chico were still alive, where would he be? Probably keeping eye on Big Boss, the man who saved his life despite spilling the beans to Skull Face.

In the trailers, Miller and Boss are shown being treated in the same hospital. Wouldn't Chico have been taken there as well, whether dead or alive? Again, Kojima shows us nothing of the character. He purposely omitted any of Chico's scenes to dissuade us from piecing together his fate.

Why would he do so to a major character? To keep us from learning his fate. That's when we see a patient, with bandages disguising his face, saying he's been looking after Boss the whole time...

I don't subscribe to the hallucination theory that Ishmael is a figment of Boss's imagination. Volgin may be the creation of Psycho Mantis reading Boss's mind, but Ishmael wouldn't be. Psycho Mantis is working for the enemy during Phantom Pain.

Why attack Boss with psychic hallucinations while simultaneously helping him? Doesn't much sense as far as motivations go. Or does Boss have psychic abilites now, able to physically conjure up imagination assistants? That doesn't jive with the whole Moby Dick theme. In the book, Ahab and Ishmael are two different characters. If Boss is an analogy for Ahab, then Ishmael is a separate character.

The fact still remains though; why wouldn't Chico just say "Hey, it's me, Chico!". Why hide his identity from his friend he's been watching for years?

Although I suppose it could be that Chico was worried BB wouldn't be happy to see him? Who knows.