Post by spearofhope on Feb 9, 2013 9:43:25 GMT
Okay, so I just got a bit of a notion. Here are two excerpts from the game.
Later, in ending B (Truth and Justice):
Okay, so people who have played the game (or, christ, watched the promotional material) Know that the place Sater has to be is the balcony over the Devil's Pit where he commits suicide. After escaping Silent Hill, Murphy repeats Sater's phrase, and it's never explained where he has to be.
Seems pretty clear. Is Murphy going to kill himself after the Truth and Justice Ending? (Am I stupid for never realizing this until now?) It would make sense with the way that story ends. He's free of the guilt, but he hasn't Learned anything. Nothing's changed, and his son is still dead, he's gotten his Revenge, he's still responsible for what happened to Frank. And he's become a Monster. Out of Necessity, he's become a brutal survivor, willing to do whatever it takes (I kind of like the subtle difference between Ending A and B - In A, Anne says he can go, sets him free, but in B, it never comes up, it's a Non Issue. She's not letting him go, he's just going. Seems like she knows She couldn't stop him if she tried). Why live with all that, now that his part is done?
It's an interesting notion. Did anyone else think about this already? What are everyone's thoughts?
J.P. Sater: Uh... if you head through the Caverns there's a Train. Can take you to Hillside.
...
Murphy: Why don't you show me?
Sater: Sorry. Someplace I gotta be.
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Murphy: Why don't you show me?
Sater: Sorry. Someplace I gotta be.
Later, in ending B (Truth and Justice):
Anne Cunningham: Wait! Where are you going?
Murphy: There's someplace I gotta be.
Murphy: There's someplace I gotta be.
Okay, so people who have played the game (or, christ, watched the promotional material) Know that the place Sater has to be is the balcony over the Devil's Pit where he commits suicide. After escaping Silent Hill, Murphy repeats Sater's phrase, and it's never explained where he has to be.
Seems pretty clear. Is Murphy going to kill himself after the Truth and Justice Ending? (Am I stupid for never realizing this until now?) It would make sense with the way that story ends. He's free of the guilt, but he hasn't Learned anything. Nothing's changed, and his son is still dead, he's gotten his Revenge, he's still responsible for what happened to Frank. And he's become a Monster. Out of Necessity, he's become a brutal survivor, willing to do whatever it takes (I kind of like the subtle difference between Ending A and B - In A, Anne says he can go, sets him free, but in B, it never comes up, it's a Non Issue. She's not letting him go, he's just going. Seems like she knows She couldn't stop him if she tried). Why live with all that, now that his part is done?
It's an interesting notion. Did anyone else think about this already? What are everyone's thoughts?
