Poll of the Day > I beat MGSV a little while ago and I have some questions *MGS series spoilers*

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1. So why does the real Big Boss send Solid Snake to fight Venom Snake (posing as Big Boss)?

2. Why did Big Boss want to fight Solid Snake in the first place? I know Solid Snake is just following orders and all. It just seems they Kojima retconned Big Boss being the villain and all.

3. What was the point of Venom Snake? I understand that he's going to build up Diamond Dogs while Big Boss builds Outer Heaven but it just seems.... dumb as hell.

I'm confused and this is coming from a big Metal Gear fan. A lot of stuff doesn't make sense. Then again, I don't consider Solidus Snake a bad guy. Sure, he did a lot of bad things but his motives were to get rid of the Patriots.

Thanks.
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pipebomb_phil posted...

3. What was the point of Venom Snake? I understand that he's going to build up Diamond Dogs while Big Boss builds Outer Heaven but it just seems.... dumb as hell.

To explain MG.
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Nanomachines
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pipebomb_phil posted...

1. So why does the real Big Boss send Solid Snake to fight Venom Snake (posing as Big Boss)?

Solid Snake is a rookie in the original MG and was picked because Big Boss didn't think that he would complete the mission. Solid Snake was picked to fail the mission and most likely die.

2. Why did Big Boss want to fight Solid Snake in the first place? I know Solid Snake is just following orders and all. It just seems they Kojima retconned Big Boss being the villain and all.

To my knowledge, this is never really explained but I believe it was because Big Boss didn't like the idea of one of his trained clones running around. Les Enfants Terribles was the reason that Big Boss left the Patriots in the first place. In the unfinished chapter of MGSV, Venom basically leaves Eli to due after the Sahelanthropus is destroyed so BB probably assumes that Eli died. Sending in Solid Snake to die in the Outer Heaven Uprising just ties up some loose ends. I don't think he ever really wanted to fight him. He just didn't have a choice at the end of MG2. My personal take on it at least.

3. What was the point of Venom Snake? I understand that he's going to build up Diamond Dogs while Big Boss builds Outer Heaven but it just seems.... dumb as hell.

The idea of the two Big Bosses was actually Zero's idea although the purpose of it was never really explained either. I think it was meant to expand the legend of Big Boss. Venom and Diamond Dogs were meant to distract the world from Big Boss and the development of Outer Heaven.
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Oh ok. Thanks @Keebs05
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I agree with your third point.
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pipebomb_phil posted...

It just seems they Kojima retconned Big Boss being the villain and all.

The end of MGSV makes it very clear that Big Boss is actually a villain. He was perfectly okay with taking away the individuality and former personality of the Medic to create his phantom, all in the name of making it easier for him to create his own legacy in his own name.

Big Boss wasn't really much better of a person than Zero. Both of which had a very naive and misinformed interpretation of The Boss's will. Both didn't care about the lives of others in meeting that will.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

pipebomb_phil posted...

3. What was the point of Venom Snake? I understand that he's going to build up Diamond Dogs while Big Boss builds Outer Heaven but it just seems.... dumb as hell.

To explain MG.

An explanation nobody needed or asked for.
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Snake posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

pipebomb_phil posted...

3. What was the point of Venom Snake? I understand that he's going to build up Diamond Dogs while Big Boss builds Outer Heaven but it just seems.... dumb as hell.

To explain MG.

An explanation nobody needed or asked for.

Pre-release virtually everybody was asking for an explanation.
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