People dont get that silent hill, at least in 2, manifests your personal issues. Maria wasn't a villain as she only exists due to James own problems.
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Born from a Wish actually indicates it's likely that she existed as a real person first, and James's fucked up misogynist perception of Maria was imprinted into her. She's another victim of him, not an illusion.
aug 31, 2025, 9:51 pm • 8 0 • view
I've never actually played Born From a Wish but I guess that checks out. Since she starts coughing like Mary in the one of the endings I always thought she was just an illusion brought to life by his desires. Oh Silent Hill 2... brings me back to literature class.
aug 31, 2025, 10:48 pm • 2 0 • view
Are you suggesting that misogynist men see women as interchangeable and disposable and freely project their own issues onto the women they interact with? I am shocked!
aug 31, 2025, 11:02 pm • 8 0 • view
💯So many people never seem to realize that James murdered two women, not just "mercy killed" one. Maria was a dancer at Heaven's Night, a woman who sells sexual fantasy for survival, and thus some people (and not just James or even men generally) easily assume the fantasy is all she ever was.
aug 31, 2025, 11:23 pm • 6 0 • view
Either way i love discussing SH2. Still crazy how much symbolism they crammed in that old game from the spitting monsters to the bobble head nurses. Granted they forgot that the nurses were there because of James in later games. Dude was horny
sep 1, 2025, 12:10 am • 3 0 • view
Like when you find out what the spitting beginning monsters represent... James... dude come on
sep 1, 2025, 1:36 am • 0 0 • view
You mean a previous Maria or the SH2 Maria? As in game shes identical to Mary for a variety of reasons. Also haven't heard that before. I always figured she was a monster created by silent hill to show what he really wanted. To show his true self
aug 31, 2025, 11:41 pm • 0 0 • view
I actually assumed from Born from a Wish that she was created by the town based on his perception, but that didn't make her any less of a victim of it
sep 1, 2025, 12:11 am • 3 0 • view