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Notice how many events occur that seem to defy even Silent Hill logic, such as Alex Shepherd passing out in the Rose Heights Cemetary and magically appearing in the town of Silent Hill to effect events that really happen there, Alex's outlandish trips to the Otherworld such as Hell Descent not being based upon any physical structure, and so forth. It also explains how at one point, Alex is able to take a power drill to the leg from Judge Holloway without dying of a severed artery and doesn't even have trouble walking after that.\\
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Notice how many events occur that seem to defy even Silent Hill logic, such as Alex Shepherd passing out in the Rose Heights Cemetary and magically appearing in the town of Silent Hill to effect events that really happen there, Alex's outlandish trips to the Otherworld such as Hell Descent not being based upon any physical structure, and so forth. It also explains how at one point, Alex is able to take a power drill to the leg from Judge Holloway without dying of a severed artery and doesn't even have trouble walking after that.\\that; Alex is going through a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind on himself!\\
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When Alex finally "wakes up" in the ending, it's interesting how what appears to be Wheeler and Adam are insisting that Alex accept responsibility even though Alex was shown accepting Joshua's AccidentalMurder earlier, leaving the question of what Alex isn't taking responsibility for. Perhaps like one the WMG entries above suggests, Alex really was on tour in the Military service and something went horribly wrong that he messed him up mentally, and Joshua being killed accidentally is one of his delusions to mask something else like Alex getting someone else killed. Alternatively, this would help to explain why nobody in the story ever bothers to explain to Alex that he got Josh killed; they're all part of Alex's mental world so why ''would'' they tell him if he's trying to repress this memory.
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When Alex finally "wakes up" in the ending, it's interesting how what appears to be Wheeler and Adam are insisting that Alex accept responsibility even though Alex was shown accepting Joshua's AccidentalMurder earlier, leaving the question of what Alex isn't taking responsibility for. Perhaps like one the WMG entries above suggests, Alex really was on tour in the Military service and something went horribly wrong that he messed him up mentally, and Joshua being killed accidentally is one of his delusions to mask something else like Alex getting someone else killed. Alternatively, this would help to explain why nobody in the story ever bothers to explain to Alex that he got Josh killed; they're all part of Alex's mental world or are aspects of Alex himself so why ''would'' they tell him if he's trying to repress this memory.
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When Alex finally "wakes up" in the ending, it's interesting how what appears to be Wheeler and Adam are insisting that Alex accept responsibility even though Alex was shown accepting Joshua's AccidentalMurder earlier, leaving the question of what Alex isn't taking responsibility for. Perhaps like one the WMG entries above suggests, Alex really was on tour in the Military service and something went horribly wrong that he messed him up mentally, and Joshua being killed accidentally is one of his delusions to mask something else like Alex getting someone else killed.
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When Alex finally "wakes up" in the ending, it's interesting how what appears to be Wheeler and Adam are insisting that Alex accept responsibility even though Alex was shown accepting Joshua's AccidentalMurder earlier, leaving the question of what Alex isn't taking responsibility for. Perhaps like one the WMG entries above suggests, Alex really was on tour in the Military service and something went horribly wrong that he messed him up mentally, and Joshua being killed accidentally is one of his delusions to mask something else like Alex getting someone else killed.
killed. Alternatively, this would help to explain why nobody in the story ever bothers to explain to Alex that he got Josh killed; they're all part of Alex's mental world so why ''would'' they tell him if he's trying to repress this memory.
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The buildings look normal enough, but the cars and some of the items hold seem a bit bigger than they should be compared to an adult of Alex's size. Everyone also talks down to Alex patronizingly, even Elle. The various nightmare creatures Alex sees also fits very well as a young teenager freaked out about puberty and the gradual awakening of his sexual instinct. And of course there's Alex's complete unfamiliarity with how serving in the army actually works and comes across more like a civilian playing dress-up.
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The buildings look normal enough, but the cars and some of the items hold he holds seem a bit bigger than they should be compared to an adult of Alex's size. Everyone also talks down to Alex patronizingly, even Elle. The various nightmare creatures Alex sees also fits very well as a young teenager freaked out about puberty and the gradual awakening of his sexual instinct. And of course there's Alex's complete unfamiliarity with how serving in the army actually works and comes across more like a civilian playing dress-up.
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The buildings look normal enough, but the cars and some of the items hold seem a bit bigger than they should be compared to an adult of Alex's size. Everyone also talks down to Alex patronizingly, even Elle. The various nightmare creatures Alex sees also fits very well as a young teenager freaked out about puberty and the gradual awakening of his sexual instinct. And of course there's Alex's complete unfamiliarity with how serving in the army actually works and comes across more like a civilian playing dress-up.
Putting all of this together, Alex has probably been indulging in the fantasy of "I'm actually a badass lone wolf who is a one man army and doesn't afraid of anything" since childhood, and completely gave himself into the delusion after Joshua's death (which may or may not have been his fault) to such a degree that his parents institutionalized him, but he managed to escape because everyone underestimated this skinny teen.
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The buildings look normal enough, but the cars and some of the items hold seem a bit bigger than they should be compared to an adult of Alex's size. Everyone also talks down to Alex patronizingly, even Elle. The various nightmare creatures Alex sees also fits very well as a young teenager freaked out about puberty and the gradual awakening of his sexual instinct. And of course there's Alex's complete unfamiliarity with how serving in the army actually works and comes across more like a civilian playing dress-up.
Putting all of this together, Alex has probably been indulging in the fantasy of "I'm actually a badass lone wolf who is a one man army and doesn't afraid of anything" since childhood, and completely gave himself into the delusion after Joshua's death (which may or may not have been his fault) to such a degree that his parents institutionalized him, but he managed to escape because everyone underestimated this skinny teen.
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It's notable that the Otherworld sequence that takes place in Alex's home is one the few place where the Otherworld emulates the layout of the real home (as with past games), which makes sense as Alex would know the layout of the place very well; this is just like how [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 Walter Sullivan]] has a very acute memory of his apartment room 302. Every other place in the Otherworld takes on a more labyrinthine, dreamlike appearance as Alex doesn't have any prior memories to go on so they become dreamlike in appearance.\\
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It's notable that the Otherworld sequence that takes place in Alex's home is one the few place where the Otherworld emulates the layout of the real home (as with past games), which makes sense as Alex would know the layout of the place very well; this is just like how [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 Walter Sullivan]] has a very acute memory of his apartment room 302. Every other place in the Otherworld takes on a more labyrinthine, dreamlike appearance as Alex doesn't have any prior memories to go on so they become dreamlike in appearance. Same concept with Silent Hill and Overlook Penitentiary, Alex gets maps of their Fog World layouts most likely because he's visited these locations on a tour of sorts, while The Order's Lair is a confusing maze-like secret base even in "reality".\\
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When Alex finally "wakes up" in the ending, it's interesting how what appears to be Wheeler and Adam are insisting that Alex accept responsibility even though Alex was shown accepting Joshua's AccidentalMurder earlier, leaving the question of what Alex isn't taking responsibility for. Perhaps like one the WMG entries above suggests, Alex really was on tour in the Military service and something went horribly wrong that he messed him up mentally, and Joshua being killed by him accidentally is one of his delusions.
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When Alex finally "wakes up" in the ending, it's interesting how what appears to be Wheeler and Adam are insisting that Alex accept responsibility even though Alex was shown accepting Joshua's AccidentalMurder earlier, leaving the question of what Alex isn't taking responsibility for. Perhaps like one the WMG entries above suggests, Alex really was on tour in the Military service and something went horribly wrong that he messed him up mentally, and Joshua being killed by him accidentally is one of his delusions.
delusions to mask something else like Alex getting someone else killed.
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When Alex finally "wakes up" in the ending, it's interesting how what appears to be Wheeler and Adam are insisting that Alex accept responsibility even though Alex was shown accepting Joshua's AccidentalMurder earlier, leaving the question of what Alex isn't taking responsibility for.
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When Alex finally "wakes up" in the ending, it's interesting how what appears to be Wheeler and Adam are insisting that Alex accept responsibility even though Alex was shown accepting Joshua's AccidentalMurder earlier, leaving the question of what Alex isn't taking responsibility for.
for. Perhaps like one the WMG entries above suggests, Alex really was on tour in the Military service and something went horribly wrong that he messed him up mentally, and Joshua being killed by him accidentally is one of his delusions.
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[[WMG: Alternatively, Alex Shepard is straight, but one of the reasons he was abused by his father simply because his father hates how Alex sympathizes with gay people.]]
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[[WMG: The disjointed narrative seems to point to the Intensive Care ending being the most likely scenario.]]
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It's notable that the Otherworld sequence that takes place in Alex's home is one the few place where the Otherworld emulates the layout of the real home (as with past games), which makes sense as Alex would know the layout of the place very well. Every other place in the Otherworld takes on a more labyrinthine, dreamlike appearance as Alex doesn't have any prior memories to go on so they become dreamlike in appearance.\\
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It's notable that the Otherworld sequence that takes place in Alex's home is one the few place where the Otherworld emulates the layout of the real home (as with past games), which makes sense as Alex would know the layout of the place very well.well; this is just like how [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 Walter Sullivan]] has a very acute memory of his apartment room 302. Every other place in the Otherworld takes on a more labyrinthine, dreamlike appearance as Alex doesn't have any prior memories to go on so they become dreamlike in appearance.\\
