Why isn't Snake salty about Ocelot shooting his eye out?

[Panfilo]

In Metal Gear Solid 3, I remembered seeing a cutscene where Snake had gotten captured and tortured. It was revealed that it was a young Ocelot who shot out (burned? I dunno, Snake had a hood on) his eye, setting the stage for the iconic eyepatch from then on out.

But by Phantom Pain, they seem to be rather chummy. In fact, due to only knowing bits and pieces of the backstories, I'm a little confused with Ocelot's cowboy motif. In MGS3 he was a Russian officer that liked juggling guns. Where did the whole cowboy thing come from?

[Vyrex]

well it was accidently. So snake no mad.

[Kalsu]

My memory is faulty on the subject but wasnt it The Boss that shot his eye?

Nvm just checked the video >< I should replay the old mgs :P

[Valdyr]

It was 20 years ago, he's over it. They were on opposite sides at the time. Just like The Boss said, there's no such thing as an enemy in absolute terms, today's ally could be tomorrow's enemy, and vice versa.

As for his cowboy thing, it's just something he likes. As someone who's worked for both the NSA and the KGB, I'm sure he's been able to watch plenty of westerns.

[IanWPG]

Eye patches are cool

[Speel]

Well, is because... ugh, big spoiler.

[Valdyr]

Originally posted by Kalsue:

My memory is faulty on the subject but wasnt it The Boss that shot his eye?

Nah, the Boss shoots a tracking device into his torso and leaves the empty revolver in his cell.

[Isaac]

Originally posted by Kalsue:

My memory is faulty on the subject but wasnt it The Boss that shot his eye?

nah it was ocelot.

[Godfather Ferrando]

"This is the greatest handgun ever made. The Colt Single Action Army. Six bullets. More than enough to kill anything that moves."

[Sword O Mighty]

I think the portable ops answered this. Anyhow like The boss said, there is no inherintly bad person, the times dictate the villans and heroes at the time they where on opposing sides now thats not the case. Also Snake didn't resent the fact Eva stole the philipohers legacy, nor that boss broke his arm and throw him over a bridge xD. Its just a job man.

[Rithm]

You should replay MGS3 to really understand Ocelot as a character.

First of all, you can't really ask why Ocelot is influenced by cowboys, it's just a Kojima thing, a way to give a character unique, recognizable qualities.

Second, (if you played MGS3) you would understand that Ocelot never wanted to kill Naked Snake in the first place, he was a double agent for the CIA (technically he was a quadruple agent but I wont elaborate), and was trying to help Snake kill the Boss. Also, Ocelot clearly showed respect for Snake in a competitive rivalry stance.

*SPOILERS BELOW*

And finally, at the end of MGSV, there are cassette tapes that explain why Ocelot is working with Snake. Zero hires him, and they were both members of the original Patriots.

Hope I helped a bit, and if I confused you, replay MGS3.

[IanWPG]

Wait that brings up a good question, we know naked snake/big boss lost his eye in mgs3 but the spoilers alert other fake snake big boss medic guy had both his eyes in the hospitable when you created your avatar, did they poke out his eye while he was out to make him belive the illision? lol

[Valdyr]

Originally posted by Empty:

Wait that brings up a good question, we know naked snake/big boss lost his eye in mgs3 but the spoilers alert other fake snake big boss medic guy had both his eyes in the hospitable when you created your avatar, did they poke out his eye while he was out to make him belive the illision? lol

His bad eye looks white and blind. They never say if he just coincidentally got blinded in that eye by the helicopter crash/explosion, or if they deliberately blinded that eye to make him more like Jack.

[Archammer555]

Got a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ eye patch for free to go with his gravelly voice, part of the badass starter set.

[IanWPG]

Originally posted by Valdyr:

Originally posted by Empty:

Wait that brings up a good question, we know naked snake/big boss lost his eye in mgs3 but the spoilers alert other fake snake big boss medic guy had both his eyes in the hospitable when you created your avatar, did they poke out his eye while he was out to make him belive the illision? lol

His bad eye looks white and blind. They never say if he just coincidentally got blinded in that eye by the helicopter crash/explosion, or if they deliberately blinded that eye to make him more like Jack.

Guess it would make sense but they have freaken nanotechnogie and advanced tech they should be able to create an artifcal eye that works lol [/spolier]

[Sekkuar666]

because he is a soldier, not a schoolgirl