The holes involving Ethan's blackouts are better left unfilled.
The explanation is that Ethan formed a psychic link with the Origami Killer the day he was hit by that car. That makes sense, right?
edited 22nd Dec '10 11:22:39 PM by JotunofBoredom
Umbran Climax◊Regarding Ethan's blackouts: I'm under the impression that they were the result of stress and poor mental condition following Jason's death. Nothing odd about that. There's a reason a suspect cannot be convicted on confession alone: mystery killer cases like the Origami Killer that run on long enough result in the police becoming downright flooded with people claiming to be the murderer, many of whom actually do believe they are.
Ethan is much the same; a false self-identification. He's blacking out and waking up in places connected to the murders because some part of him wants it to be true. In his broken psychological state, there's a part of his subconscious that desperately wants to believe that he is the murderer, because there's a part of him that wants to be the police to arrest and send him to prison, to punish him for allowing Jason to die.
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yeah, but the Out of Universe reason is pretty much a Wallbanger. I mean a more obvious Red Herring I have not seen in my entire life. I kept saying that Ethan Mars couldn't be the killer and the fact that he was obviously a distraction made me wonder if the killer was a main character. I always said that it was Norman Jayden obviously that was wrong.
Nah, if it was Jayden it would have had more STYLE!
<.< I love Jayden. He's the hero of the piece as far as I'm concerned.
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You guys are looking too hard into the blackouts.
The explanation starts at 1:10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxpdGB6Gbac
Spoilers obviously.
Umbran Climax◊You know what I'm confused about? people who btich about Madison getting naked, like it's exclusive to her. If I remember correctly, Ethan gets nude at least as much as she does, or has the opprotunity to.
Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my petsProbably related to the fact that(thanks to yet more cut content) Madison has almost no impact on the story. It makes her seems like a lame attempt at sex appeal.
Umbran Climax◊@ Tobias: yeah, I really liked the guy. That's why I thoought they were going for the easy punch...and they sort of did.
as for Madison, It's pretty much the fact that her whole purpose seemed to be romantic interest that discovers a little bit of info and saves Ethan
It's not exactly naive. And it can happen. But it's tough. And definetly worthwhile.In retrospect, the identity of the killer struck me as very thematically appropriate.
Jayden spends most of his chapters following leads, doing the police thing. Ethan spends his struggling through the sadistic trials. What does Scott do? BE AWESOME is what. He starts out punching out a beefy asshole and either taking down or talking down a gunpoint robbery and just climbs from there, ending in a massive shootout with something in the area of 17 guys. Scott spends all his chapters establishing how tough he is, how he can kick any ass, win any fight, just generally, all around be completely and utterly unbeatable no matter what he's dealing with.
Then they turn around and go, "Alright. Now it's your turn to fight him."
edited 27th Dec '10 2:53:14 PM by TobiasDrake
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I'm not saying that it was wrong...it was the best possible choice. Genre Savvy players (the story is after all a Film Noir) would never suspect him. They normally suspect that the police is involved or are just going to be incompetent while the PI is discovering the case.
How many people here thought it was Blake? Be honest. *raises hand*
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This post has been powered by avenging fury and a balanced diet.The thing I liked about Blake is that he's a Cowboy Cop. He's the wild, reckless cop who inevitably lands in front of his boss being told "Turn in your badge!" but later goes on to solve the case anyway because he's just awesome like that.
Except instead of being awesome and heroic, he's just an obnoxious asshole. Cowboy Cop as seen not filtered through Protagonist Goggles.
edited 28th Dec '10 8:26:43 AM by TobiasDrake
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yeah, that was my problem with him...He tried to be this great cop, like Gene Hunt but he ended up being McNulty a reckless failure that causes to much trouble for the team instead of helping. He lived by intuition instead of logic. he was pretty much a deconstruction of The Mulder to Jayden's Scully

Ah yes, Heavy Rain.
It's kind of like Fahrenheit, only with more murder and plot holes, and less funky ESP telepathic necromancy shit. Also, it has wonderful
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Story? Well, you're this dude who's all happy and normal and stuff, until his son gets killed. And then his marriage falls apart, because that's what happens when you lose a child. It gets better though, because some time later his other son gets kidnapped, and the dude has to go around town and do evil stuff to rescue him.
Oh, but that's not all; you're also a whole bunch of other people who are after the kidnapper, who is some guy named the
JigsawOrigami Killer. Apparently he's a serial killer. Or something. He's into origami, at least. Well anyway, these people are after him, and they include:That, my friends, is Heavy Rain. And never forget: PRESS X TO JASON.
edited 22nd Dec '10 9:02:10 PM by RocketScience