Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-25366375-20141118073319

64.33.250.214 wrote: Mgsnerdswe wrote: Misterbunnsy wrote: Ishmael could've very well had Kiefer's voice as a placeholder before they announced Kiefer as Snake. That's when the trailer came out, so nobody knew about Snake's voice yet. Thats an interesting one, didnt think about that. But it doesnt explain why Sutherland voices the Medic (who also hidden the face) in the end of GZ, mysterious ;) In either case, basing a theory around the voice actor is presumptious at best. Many of these theories are absurd simply because they rely on the VA as if that is proof of something. It's the same for both the Medic being Ishmael and Ishmael being a hallucination. Neither theory would have gained much traction had it not been for knowledge of the VA. Imagine if we applied this logic to the first MGS. One would assume Donald Anderson was the Cyborg Ninja, since one VA voiced both characters.

I want to disagree with you. "That's wrong!" I want to say, "This is different!". But in reality I kind of can't. You've got a good point; Cyborg Ninja has his face obscured until the end of the game, and that'd be an argument for Ishmael.

What I can say is this; yes, Anderson and Gray Fox had the same voice actor. But the key difference is that it wasn't the main character that Fox shared a voice with. I think that may help you understand why people are taking the VA stance. David Hayter never voiced anyone other than Snake, so why would Kiefer? Well - we'll just have to wait to find out.

I can also say this; as much as I want to call major B.S. on the "Ishmael is Soldus" theory, and although I argued heavily against it before, it kind of has my vote. I know I keep changing my position on this whole thing, but I realised that despite the fact that biologically Solidus may be as young as 12 years old during TPP, he was in Liberia training child soldiers during the 80s. So, he must be a full adult despite his biological age. Same voice actor would make sense, as Solidus is a clone of Snake. I don't even know man, this thread asks the right question, Who is Ishmael?