Talk:Big Boss/@comment-24499413-20160910220934/@comment-5795750-20160911013834

Essentially those two traits are now perhaps a common trope/staple of action-oriented pop culture. I mean there are definitely other heroes out there that have suffered trauma and been physically and psychologically hardened - Punisher comes to mind, as does John McClane, John Rambo, Deadpool, Deathstroke, Solid Snake himself, Jason Bourne, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Captain America, Iron Man, the list can go on.