You will become the thing you hate the most. (SPOILERS!)

[Lobsel Vith]

Note: Posting this here for now because this theory does contain spoilers for SHHC.

Well after watching the Bogeyman ending of SHHC there was something I realized. Double Helix is actually carrying on another type of ending, one that was first seen in Silent Hill 3. Starting at Silent Hill 3, continuing with Silent Hill Origins, and done again with Silent Hill Homecoming there are endings in which the protagonists become some sort of other entity.

In Silent Hill 3's "Possessed Ending" Heather either awakens as the God, or as her "true self."

In Origins's Travis becomes the Butcher, in the "Butcher Ending"

and In SHHC, Alex Shepherd becomes another Pyramid Head.


Amazingly each of these endings contains some similar themes.

1. Heather, Travis, and Alex are trapped in the nightmare world when their transformation happens. Heather's a lot more subtle, but the blood stained hands, and the fact that she killed Douglas are a dead give away.

2. The entities that they become represent the very things they were trying to repress. Heather was trying to repress her memories of being Alessa, and I believe that when certain conditions are met she awakens as Alessa. Possessed Heather = Heather's repressed memories of Alessa/ Heather awakened as Alessa.

Travis was also repressing his memories of his childhood, and was repressing his feelings of rage and anger towards his parents. However, by killing 100-200 monsters, Travis' rage has come out.

The Butcher (at the end of SH0) = Travis's rage, anger, and hatred towards the world.

And now Alex. Alex, who was repressing the death of his brother, also repressed the memory that he was supposed to be the sacrifice. By condemning his mother to die by the torture device, and not forgiving his father, Alex becomes in a sense a judge and executioner.

Alex as the Third Pyramid Head = Alex's judgment and condemnation for his parents.


Anyways I thought that was neat, and something I found interesting. Also makes the Bogeyman ending a lot easier to swallow.

[fygar]

I haven't played the game yet, but now that I know what happens to Alex it makes the game so much more interesting. Now I really want to play it!

[Lobsel Vith]

Well, that's just one of the endings.

[fygar]

I know... but the fact that that's one possible ending is pretty cool in my book.

What would be even cooler? You get to BE Pyramid Head for awhile.

[Datenshi92]

Being a PH? It would be nice for a short time but not the whole game, or at least in a different part of the game, separated from the plot, like in the character's dream/nightmare or something.

Its more interesting being the sinner than actually the executer. All PH does is judging people and making them pay for their sins. The victim/protagonist, have much more to do and to discover than actually to hunt down people, if you understand what I mean...the story it self surrounds the mysteries of human nature and dark corners of society/religion, it would be damn boring if all Silent Hill games would be cutting people at half, there would be no plot!(Well... some killing is good too xD)

What i mean is, we do our job and PH does his, we are different natures that do not get along very well if combined, at least not in my opinion, but like I said, if it was for a short time of the game, then yea, I would't mind.