(Spoilers for MGS: Peacewalker and MGSV: Ground Zeroes/Beginning of MGSV: The Phantom Pain)

Within the past few months, I've been getting into Metal Gear Solid, and have been going through all of the games. It wasn't until MGS5 that I realize how much my character Lalothi is strangely similar to Big Boss, before ever even really knowing who Big Boss was.

For context, Lalothi is a character of mine which I used to play through a heavily homebrewed version of D&D.

Calling out @Azeleon on her BS, look at this blatant bootleggery! /j

Visual Similarities

• Missing left arm replaced by a mechanical counterpart, especially after having their home of unlikely specialists attacked by unknown forces.
• Crystalline object protruding from forehead that also serves as some kind of symbolic piece (Lalothi's forehead crystal not shown in this image).
• Similar facial scar patterns, including nose scar and left eye scar.

At this point, I should just give Lalothi an eyepatch. Deadass, I considered it before, but now it feels like it'd be a blatant ripoff of Big Boss LMAO.

Story/Lore Similarities

• Was trained in unarmed combat by a mentor they care deeply for, but said mentor was tragically killed in one way or another.
• Built up a family of specialists of some sort, only for it to be destroyed, which also resulted in some of their scars/missing arm.
• Highly skilled in stealth, growing up in a situation where they were mostly alone and without known family, for the most part.

This is really more a lighthearted and silly post. My autistic obsession for character design often leads me to over-analyze characters and find similarities between them LOL.