History Heartwarming / SilentHill2

* It's meant to be awesome and triumphant in a dark way, but in another interpretation, the Pyramid Heads killing themselves as James proclaims he doesn't need them anymore is this for Silent Hill itself. Despite its demonic legacy and its "rules", James comes to terms with the guilt it had been bolstering and empowering -- and [[GracefulLoser it lets him go.]] Whether or not he learned his lesson is up to the ending you get, but if one takes Silent Hill as a sort of cognizant entity in its own right, it effectively PetTheDog, especially in the Leave ending by becoming one large psychiatric aid that broke James out of his suicidal intentions. Just compare and contrast [[SelfInflictedHell what it did to Angela.]].[[note]]That is, if you subscribe to the theory that Silent Hill's influence is anything other than malevolent; it's just as easy to read it as the town surrendering as a GracefulLoser, as James overcoming his guilt and shame left it with nothing else to weaponize against him.[[/note]]

* It's meant to be awesome and triumphant in a dark way, but in another interpretation, the Pyramid Heads killing themselves as James proclaims he doesn't need them anymore is this for Silent Hill itself. Despite its demonic legacy and its "rules", James comes to terms with the guilt it had been bolstering and empowering -- and [[GracefulLoser it lets him go.]] Whether or not he learned his lesson is up to the ending you get, but if one takes Silent Hill as a sort of cognizant entity in its own right, it effectively PetTheDog, especially in the Leave ending by becoming one large psychiatric aid that broke James out of his suicidal intentions. Just compare and contrast [[SelfInflictedHell what it did to Angela.]][[note:*]]That is, if you subscribe to the theory that Silent Hill's influence is anything other than malevolent; it's just as easy to read it as the town surrendering as a GracefulLoser, as James overcoming his guilt and shame left it with nothing else to weaponize against him.[[/note]]

* It's meant to be awesome and triumphant in a dark way, but in another interpretation, the Pyramid Heads killing themselves as James proclaims he doesn't need them anymore is this for Silent Hill itself. Despite its demonic legacy and its "rules", James comes to terms with the guilt it had been bolstering and empowering -- and [[GracefulLoser it lets him go.]] Whether or not he learned his lesson is up to the ending you get, but if one takes Silent Hill as a sort of cognizant entity in its own right, it effectively PetTheDog, especially in the Leave ending by becoming one large psychiatric aid that broke James out of his suicidal intentions. Just compare and contrast [[SelfInflictedHell what it did to Angela.]]

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''[[caption-width-right:350:[[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre James... If that were true, then why do you look so sad?]]]]''

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* The Maria Ending can be viewed as one. Maria may also fall under the same illness that Mary had, but there's a chance for redemption for James, for James to treat her in her dying moments than he did Mary.

* It's meant to be awesome and triumphant in a dark way, but in another interpretation, the Pyramid Heads killing themselves as James proclaims he doesn't need them anymore is this for Silent Hill itself. Despite its demonic legacy and its "rules", James comes to terms with the guilt it had been bolstering and empowering -- and [[GracefulLoser it lets him go.]] Whether or not he learned his lesson is up to the ending you get, but if one takes Silent Hill as a sort of cognizant entity in its own right, it effectively PetTheDog, especially in the Leave ending by becoming one large psychiatric aid that broke James out of his suicidal intentions.

* It's meant to be awesome and triumphant in a dark way, but in another interpretation, the Pyramid Heads killing themselves as James proclaims he doesn't need them anymore is this for Silent Hill itself. Despite its demonic legacy and its "rules", James comes to terms with the guilt it had been bolstering and empowering -- and [[GracefulLoser lets him go.]] Whether or not he learned his lesson is up to the ending you get, but if one takes Silent Hill as a sort of cognizant entity in its own right, it effectively PetTheDog, especially in the Leave ending by becoming one large psychiatric aid that broke James out of his suicidal intentions.

* It's meant to be awesome and triumphant in a dark way, but in another interpretation, the Pyramid Heads killing themselves as James proclaims he doesn't need them anymore is this for Silent Hill itself. Despite its demonic legacy and its "rules", James effectively comes to terms with the guilt it had been bolstering and empowering -- and [[GracefulLoser lets him go.]] Whether or not he learned his lesson is up to the ending you get, but if one takes Silent Hill as a sort of cognizant entity in its own right, it effectively PetTheDog, especially in the Leave ending by becoming one large psychiatric aid that broke James out of his suicidal intentions.

* In the Dog ending, the dog at the controls licks James' face to try and cheer him up after he discovers she's been behind everything.

--->'''James:''' The truth is... I hated you. I wanted you out of the way; I wanted my ''life'' back!
--->'''Mary:''' If that were true, then [[ArmorPiercingQuestion why do you look so sad?]]
** Something to note about this ending is how... ''sincere'' everything is. James's guilt-ridden confession about why he did it is so passionate and real, you really believe it. And Mary's response essentially saying that, despite his feelings and actions, [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre James is still a good person who deserves happiness.]]

** Something to note about this ending is how... ''Sincere'' everything is. James's guilt-ridden confession about why he did it is so passionate and real, you really believe it. And Mary's response essentially saying that, despite his feelings and actions, [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre James is still a good person who deserves happiness.]]

** The fact that Laura ''traveled to Silent Hill'' in the sense of seeing Mary again. This girl is eight years old, probably has no family to her name, but she made the trek to this deadly place in the hopes of seeing her mother figure again. And if the "Leave" ending is canon, she is able to make peace with James and have a family of her own.

* The Leave ending. From the fact that Mary forgives James, apologizes for all the pain she caused him by trying to avoid accepting her illness, and tells him to live his own life. Then you see him and Laura walking out together, with the implication that he's honoring Mary's wish to adopt and care for the little girl she loved.

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* The "Leave" ending. From the fact that Mary forgives James, apologizes for all the pain she caused him by trying to avoid accepting her illness, and tells him to live his own life. Then you see him and Laura walking out together, with the implication that he's honoring Mary's wish to adopt and care for the little girl she loved.

--->'''James:''' "The truth is... I hated you. I wanted you out of the way; I wanted my ''life'' back!"
--->'''Mary:''' "If that were true, then [[ArmorPiercingQuestion why do you look so sad?]]"

* In the Dog Ending, the dog at the controls licks James' face to try and cheer him up after he discovers she's been behind everything.

* The "Leave" ending. From the fact that Mary forgives James, apologizes for all the pain she caused him by trying to avoid accepting her illness, and tells him to live his own life. Then you see him and Laura walking out together, with the implication that he's honoring Mary's wish to adopt and care for the little girl she loved. It's just... awwww.

* In a really warped sense, Maria's concern for Laura. Her existence may just be Silent Hill's way of tormenting James, but that she actually has all of Mary's feelings, down to her love for Laura is really touching on some level.

* The "Leave" ending. [[spoiler:From the fact that Mary forgives James, apologizes for all the pain she caused him by trying to avoid accepting her illness, and tells him to live his own life. Then you see him and Laura walking out together, with the implication that he's honoring Mary's wish to adopt and care for the little girl she loved. It's just... awwww.]]

* Mary's letter to Laura, also a TearJerker. She tells Laura that she loved her like a daughter, and would have hoped to adopt her.

* Mary's letter to Laura.

* The "Leave" ending. From the fact that Mary forgives James, apologizes for all the pain she caused him by trying to avoid accepting her illness, and tells him to live his own life. Then you see him and Laura walking out together, with the implication that he's honoring Mary's wish to adopt and care for the little girl she loved. It's just... awwww.
-->"James... You made me happy."

-->"James...You made me happy."

* The "Leave" ending. From the fact that Mary forgives James, apologizes for all the pain she caused him by trying to avoid accepting her illness, and tells him to live his own life. Then you see him and Laura walking out together, it's just... awwww.

* Personally, the "Leave" ending for this troper. From the fact that Mary forgives James and tells him to live his own life, and then you see him and Laura walking out together, it's just... awwww.