lynn, jessica and pregnancy [SPOILERS]

[uccisopascia]

how lynn got pregnant and most importantly, gave a birth in a one night? did i miss something? and in one of the last video footages where he and lynn were walking within the storm, blake was saying that "she got jess out" instead of lynn. was she jess or somebody else? and blake was dreaming about someone else who was pregnant instead of lynn? but in any case she should't be jessica as his flashbacks to the catholic school couldn't been seen in video records? i mean whenever this mysterious broadcast had an effect on blake he couldn't see what was happened afterwards... as i couldn't get all the notes and records i guess i might have missed something..

[Siren]

I think they did some voodo ♥♥♥♥ on lynn in order to get her pregnant because here's no actual way it was natural. Blake sometimes mistakes lynn for jess because of the psychological trip he goes through. That's the best reason I can think of

[smallpenpen]

Still trying to piece a lot of the stuff together, but I'm pretty sure a LOT of this game was hallucinations. I think those towers belonged to Murkoff (evil corporation from Outlast 1), and that's what was causing the "dreams" the christains talked about in the notes. This would also be what caused Blake to see the world suddenly turn into those flashback scenes in the school, and I think the pregnancy too. When Blake tries to show Lynn the baby she says "there's nothing there", implying it's a hallucination. Knoth also sees the child, but he may be hallucinating too. It's possible Lynn was hallucinating (explains why she thought she was pregnant) until the moment she died. This also explains a lot of the weird, apocalyptic stuff (blood rain, locust swarms, giant all-consuming fireball).

[uccisopascia]

Yeah broadcasting towers were certainly of Murkoff Corp. I also tended to believe it was a halluciation in first place but the sole thing that doubted me was Knoth's suicide. I forgot to write it down here, but yes a mass suicide might be the answer. I hope they will reveal more in some potential new titles.

[uccisopascia]

just before reaching the raft i guess. blake says something like "is this a radio antenna?" or something. and in the camp site where you get the raft you find a note in which writer says that dreams have become much more intense.

[Gutzy]

But doesn't she have a pregnant belly? Unless that is a hullucination as well?

[uccisopascia]

lol batman lady -aka martha- is another big question mark for me. btw i also wonder how did jessica die in reality? you know in one instance she got her neck broken where she was being chased by the teacher and in many instances she did hang herself. obviously blake's mind is pretty screwed.

[uccisopascia]

@nickjenne- that might be a hallucination as well, yea.

[nutcrackr]

It doesn't explain it clearly, which is fine I think from a perspective of trying to work things out. I figure there are 3 main options:

1. Murkoff signals somehow accelerate reproduction cycles.
2. Much more time passed than we think. This one is flimsy because we never see daylight.
3. The end scene wasn't "real". Maybe Lynn wasn't really Lynn, but somebody else. Maybe it was Lynn but Blake killed her instead of getting a baby.

[EliteSarge]

If you never found a collectible or two you'd never know about Murkoff and their mind controlling experiment/towers.

Lynn at the end says "Theres nothing there" after giving birth which seems to indicate that it wasn't real. As the game goes on, Blake slowly loses his mind and near the end, hes full on lost it. Talking about it snowing where it isn't. How its so cold, when it isn't. Calling Lynn, Jessica. Etc etc

Some guy already did a full explanation on the story/end but I'm too lazy to go find it.

[XenonMB]

Originally posted by uccisopascia:

lol batman lady -aka martha- is another big question mark for me. btw i also wonder how did jessica die in reality? you know in one instance she got her neck broken where she was being chased by the teacher and in many instances she did hang herself. obviously blake's mind is pretty screwed.

i assumed the falling down the stairs is what happened, and he/they may have covered it up/disguised it as a suicide by hanging her. that's why the event is haunting him, maybe?

[Bear Silk]

I know this is an old thread but...
Is there some reason that people don't consider that the baby is ACTUALLY the anti-Christ or something? I totally bought that it wouldn't take the same amount of time as a normal pregnancy

[Amokriin]

I know this thread has been dead for like a year and I'm necroposting, but whatever, and also in case anyone in the future is still wondering. I know that the game implies that father birthmark guy killed Jessica. Then if you reverse the audio recordings from the school, you get some secret messages, the last of which basically states that Jessica was murdered and it was covered up trying to make it look like suicide. Jessica is dead. And Lynn died on the stretch table thing. The only question is did she die from giving birth or did Blake murder her? With so many hallucinations, it's hard to tell. It's hinted at in game that the broadcasting towers are causing the hallucinations, and by extension the school levels. Additionally, it stands to reason that they're the reason why A, the inhabitants of the area were insane, and B, why early on in the game, the enemies would get mesmerized by these weird light waves, which presumably affect you too later in the game. Hence your hallucinations. In late game, Blake keeps confusing Lynn and Jessica, probably because the trauma in this area caused those repressed memories to resurface. It's also worth noting that the weird multilimbed monster chasing you around the school is Father Birthmark guy, noticeable by how they both have the same birthmark thing on their heads. Blake felt guilty because he knew Jessica was murdered and kept quiet about it. As for Lynn's pregnancy, it's hard to say how that happened or if it even happened without a further entry in the series to shed some answers. Especially since Lynn said there was nothing there when you tried to show her the baby, and Father Knoth clearly stated that he could see the baby. So, it's a difficult dilemma. That's about all I can answer here.

[defcon]

Originally posted by Amokriin:

Especially since Lynn said there was nothing there when you tried to show her the baby, and Father Knoth clearly stated that he could see the baby.

I think, Lynn said that because she was facing death. It's "nothing there" on the other side, you know?

I don't think, Blake murdered Lynn. She just was completely physically exhausted or it was because something, the christians or heretics did to her.

I still wonder if Blake is the father or not. At one point in the game, he mentions that he and Lynn didn't have sex "for months". But he doesn't say, how many... and a pregnancy lasts 9 months, so there is still a possibility.

[Amokriin]

Originally posted by defcon:

Originally posted by Amokriin:

Especially since Lynn said there was nothing there when you tried to show her the baby, and Father Knoth clearly stated that he could see the baby.

I think, Lynn said that because she was facing death. It's "nothing there" on the other side, you know?

I don't think, Blake murdered Lynn. She just was completely physically exhausted or it was because something, the christians or heretics did to her.

I still wonder if Blake is the father or not. At one point in the game, he mentions that he and Lynn didn't have sex "for months". But he doesn't say, how many... and a pregnancy lasts 9 months, so there is still a possibility.

Perhaps. However, when the game started, we saw that she wasn't anywhere near that pregnant. My own headcannon (I don't think this will ever be cannon, but I find it amusing to think about) is that the Wallrider from the first game was secretly in the area. As we know in the first game, the Wallrider had an effect on female employees and patients that caused them to experience pregnancy, even without having sex. In the first game, it states that these employees would have their fake pregnancies, and usually die in the process of this fake birth. Which makes me wonder if in a future entry, the devs will be like "oh yeah, and the wallrider was there the whole time". As we know, Miles Upshure has the Wallrider connected to him, and we don't know where he went after he escaped. Going into this game, I was wondering if I'd hear more about the fate of Miles and where he went after Mt. Massive. From the Whistleblower DLC of the first game, we saw that he made it out and that the Wallrider acts slightly different with Miles as the host as he's able to create a huge cloud around Miles. So, it stands to reason that if Miles was secretly in the area that the Wallrider could have caused Lynn to experience that weird super sped up pregnancy. And if she really was pregnant from Blake (or someone else), then maybe the Wallrider being around could have sped up that process. Though, I doubt it will be cannon ever. I just think that would be an interesting twist. I also hope the devs find a way to tie the first and second game together, aside from the fact that the same corporation was involved in both.

[Amokriin]

Originally posted by vicious_monkey:

I know this is an old thread but...
Is there some reason that people don't consider that the baby is ACTUALLY the anti-Christ or something? I totally bought that it wouldn't take the same amount of time as a normal pregnancy

Well, yes actually, there is a reason why most of us don't accept that the baby could actually be the anti-Christ, which is game design and how the Outlast games have played things so far. You see, in the first game, they tried to make the Wallrider look like an actual demon, but when you get into the lore bits, you find out that the Wallrider is actually the products of a huge number of nanomachines that the Wallrider Project was attempting to prepare patients to create and control. The Wallrider itself is just a cloud of nanomachines controlled by the host, in the majority of the first game, that was a psychopath named Billy. However, in the DLC Whistleblower, we find out that Miles having become the new host clearly has control over the Wallrider, as he lets you take his car and go and kills the guy in charge. The second game's lore bits suggest that the hallucinations and why everyone is crazy is because the same company had broadcasting towers that broadcasted waves to induce hallucinations on the inhabitants of the area. Which is why everyone was crazy, why towards the beginning of the game, enemies were mesmerized by the waves, and why later on, Blake hallucinated the school without getting killed while he was doing so (because everyone else was hallucinating too. The point is, the games intentionally try to make things look cursed and mythical, but put lore bits to explain how they're not for those looking for them. Plus, the plot of the second game was really Blake struggling to save his wife through a mental breakdown induced by hallucinations and childhood trauma and guilt over not telling anyone that Jessica was murdered. To just insert the antichrist in the game would pull away from that theme. Plus, if it really was the antichrist, then where would they go for Outlast 3 if and when it comes out? Also, aside from the hallucination that the sun was crashing into the Earth (which by this point, Blake has lost his marbles), and the weird fact that this baby seemed to come from nowhere, there's not much evidence that the baby is actually the antichrist.