How did this thread come back. It makes my eyes bleed every time I see people say "its a possibility" "its possible".
It also possible that the Dare is Dutch's mistress. It is also possible that The Arbiter's illegitimate son was killed by Master Chief. Hell its even possible that Bungie could be throwing us all off and we will actually be fighting flying pigs in Tokyo.
#1. Names. John has always been John from when we met him at age 6 to where he is now at 42. Buck's name is Edward just like Romeo's is Kojo just as it is written in the field guide.
Example: Last, First
Buck, Edward
Kojo, Agu
Now ONI couldn't have intervened and changed Buck's name because he'd still need to be called John to fool the family. Thus Edward Buck is his real name.
#2. Appearance. Buck as blue eyes, John has brown eyes. If Buck is a CLONE wouldn't he have the same color eyes. I mean maybe its just me, but I think that would be pretty essential for a clone.
#3. Voice. Buck is voiced by Nathan Fillion and John is voiced by Steve Downes. The argument can be made that Johns voice would be different in he wasn't in his helmet HOWEVER Buck's doesn't change when in his so why would an all around better type of armor alter John's voice?
#4. Not fact just a statement/opinion from me. Why the hell does everyone have to special! why can't they all just be freakin soldiers my god. Its called ODST, you are supposed to feel human. Why does Buck or Dare have to be some how related (or actually...ridiculous) a spartan?!
#5. The flash clones died. You can say what if all you want, but the information we have now states that the flash clone "quickly died." What if Sergeant Johnson ended up escaping Halo a 2nd time? What if Jenkins actually lived? What if What if What if. You can go on for ever but the fact is we are led to believe Johnson is dead, Jenkins is dead and even though you don't want to admit it we are led to believe the Flash clones are dead as well.
Sure its possible, lots of things are, but its so unlikely and also such a dumb idea that I don't believe its worth discussing.