Claire
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Regnum Jul 19, 2014 @ 2:14pm
Story interpretations
I find the story quite interesting and I think it allows us, fans, to theorize about it. Like Silent Hill and other great games did. So, what are your interpretations of the story? I also find it quite intriguing the significance of the butterflies. I'd like to here your thoughts :)

PD: I really enjoyed the game. I think it's the best horror game so far this year. (and I played all of them, i'm a reviewer :3 )
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Mental Paradox Jul 20, 2014 @ 4:21am 
I'm still wondering why Claire needs redemption. What did she do? Did she cause her mother's vegetative state? Maybe an accident? Why does she appears to "vanish" and leave a butterfly flying away when she "dies"? So many questions!
Oreo Jul 20, 2014 @ 5:54am 
Originally posted by Mental Paradox:
I'm still wondering why Claire needs redemption. What did she do? Did she cause her mother's vegetative state? Maybe an accident? Why does she appears to "vanish" and leave a butterfly flying away when she "dies"? So many questions!

Massive spoilers, only read if you finished the game.

I'm assuming the redemption is actually to see if she deserves a second chance since she tried committing suicide like it's shown at the end when she finds her dead mother in the tub.

I'm assuming at the beginning of the game her mother was drowning Ethan and she was the next one, hence why she was getting grabbed while her mother said "Don't worry it's fine" or something along those lines.

But her dad saved her, the demons he mentions being the burden he put on his wife and family since he neglected them. He ends up dying and she ends up in a vegetative state while fighting somehow. Claire witnessing this gets amnesia to forget the trauma.

Then she feels responsible for all this since she kept taking the free time her father had instead of him using it on his wife. And it all escalated to what I said above.

PS: Just how I perceived the story, could be or could not be true.

But what puzzles me the most is that on the AAA ending, someone leaves flowers for you, someone that woke up from his coma and would be happy to hear you're awake. No clue who that could be, I mean, I doubt it's any of the redeemed but I'm assuming it's the kid. Or maybe Ethan somehow.
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Mental Paradox Jul 20, 2014 @ 5:58am 
Odd thinking. Only a (very cruel) Christian would believe suicide survivors deserve to roam a hellish version of reality, constantly hunted by bloodthirsty demons.
Mental Paradox Jul 20, 2014 @ 5:59am 
Also, why are the demons already haunting her while she's still a child, and she hasn't tried suicide yet?
Oreo Jul 20, 2014 @ 6:55am 
Originally posted by Mental Paradox:
Also, why are the demons already haunting her while she's still a child, and she hasn't tried suicide yet?

There's no demons when she's a child. If you're referring to the very beginning where someone pulls her in her parents room, I actually theorized something about that. (Her mother pulling her to murder her).

Also I think it's more like her soul is lost between life and death, when she meets her dad in the otherworld (At the very end of the school) she's about to die but is brought back by the doctors, so she can continue trying to wake from her coma during the apartments.

I think during the coma, the people she saves proves to her she's a good person and not a burden and she should cling on life and not give up, otherwise, I'm assuming she just gives up and dies.

Another thing I just thought of: Maybe the demons are actually her negative emotions towards herself and they end up eating her up slowly until she gives up on life.
Last edited by Oreo; Jul 20, 2014 @ 6:58am
For me, when you play as the Current Claire (that's how she's named in the trading cards), you are playing in Claire subconscious. The thing that makes me think that, is all the flashback she gets about her life and the "demons" are just a part of her subconscious trying to let her die when the hospital staff are trying to save her. In fact, I really believe you're playing as Claire trying to know if she deserves to survive or if she deserves to die. So the souls you can help by finding the item they need are just a way for her to find if she can get her second chance.

She's in hospital because she tried to suicide because her mother killed Ethan, her mother also died. So, since she almost dedicated all her life taking care of her mother, she lost all meaning for her life she found pathetic.
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Avsis Jul 20, 2014 @ 9:06pm 
The temptation... XD
Oreo Jul 20, 2014 @ 11:20pm 
Originally posted by Avsis:
The temptation... XD

Yeah :P There's probably a lot of things I'm wrong about, like I said they were just assumptions.
RoninSeraph Jul 21, 2014 @ 12:46am 
Originally posted by Oreo:
Originally posted by Avsis:
The temptation... XD

Yeah :P There's probably a lot of things I'm wrong about, like I said they were just assumptions.

Not really a right or wrong. Everyone sees it differently. Especially with a story like this.
Mental Paradox Jul 21, 2014 @ 4:21am 
I really need to play more... at this point all I know is Claire was taking care of her mother, and suddenly she's in a hellish version of reality. I don't really know where you guys have all that other information from.
Oreo Jul 21, 2014 @ 5:30am 
Originally posted by Mental Paradox:
I really need to play more... at this point all I know is Claire was taking care of her mother, and suddenly she's in a hellish version of reality. I don't really know where you guys have all that other information from.

Well I finished the game 5 times now and this is just what I'm assuming the story is about.
Hailstorm - Joshua  [developer] Jul 21, 2014 @ 5:46am 
Just an FYI, but the person that leaves flowers for you is the person who wrote all the notes. :) You only get flowers if you collect them all.
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Oreo Jul 21, 2014 @ 6:42am 
Originally posted by Hailstorm-Joshua:
Just an FYI, but the person that leaves flowers for you is the person who wrote all the notes. :) You only get flowers if you collect them all.

Isn't there 14 notes in total? The 14th one name is Claire, so I leave flowers for myself? Dear god.
Avsis Jul 21, 2014 @ 7:00am 

@Mental Paradox I don't think it has as much to do with Christianity as it is about Claire feeling whether she deserves to live or not. Whether she's done good or bad. She's a bit of a troublemaker. The endings have different outcomes to this question. In the F ending her soul is simply destroyed because she completely ignores the plight of others, will not reconcile with her father, and ignores her only friend, Anubis. In another ending she "moves on" and so forth.
ashwald Jul 21, 2014 @ 7:28am 
Originally posted by Avsis:
stuff
That 14th note Oreo mentioned, are we supposed to find it in one of the rooms, or is it added automatically to the notes list in the inventory when we've reached a certain point in the game? Trying to find out how I missed it on the first playthrough (have erased old saves since they were bugged)
Last edited by ashwald; Jul 21, 2014 @ 7:33am
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