Silent Hill Heaven

Really? I thought it was kinda sexy...

Shadow Dragon wrote:

Axel_98 wrote:So if we can rule out leprosy because it is curable... Then what does Mary have?

Facial Syphilis ?

It's generic disfiguring disease #3.

Yeah, I don't think we're supposed to know what it is.

I do find it interesting that it's only on her head and neck though. A few more pics (click for larger):









Promo art pics

That just made this game 10x sadder for me.

...or 10x more disgusting-er.

I think we should narrow this "disease" down since we now have new evidence

So what are our options?

Axel_98 wrote:I think we should narrow this "disease" down since we now have new evidence

So what are our options?

Where is the new evidence? The promo art clearly showed the skin ans has been around for many years (Art of Silent Hill DVD), and though there aren't any real closeups in the game, it's still pretty hard to say. Leprosy and syphilis are treatable, especially if you've had it that bad for three years. I think it's safe to say it's neither of those.

I don't think it's a real disease, and I don't think we're supposed to know. If we were supposed to know, I think the game would have told us.

I still think it's lupus.

Which sucks b/c a girl I know fairly well has it. She had a rough outbreak last year—wouldn't let anyone see her.

And do we really need three threads devoted to this topic. . . ?

nur_ein_tier wrote:

Shadow Dragon wrote:

Axel_98 wrote:So if we can rule out leprosy because it is curable... Then what does Mary have?

Facial Syphilis ?

It's generic disfiguring disease #3.

Yeah, I don't think we're supposed to know what it is.

I do find it interesting that it's only on her head and neck though. A few more pics (click for larger):

We can't say that for sure. All those pics prove is that it hasn't affected the skin on her hands and feet. Though it could have messed up her back, chest and stomache as wel as the head and neck.

Shadow Dragon wrote: We can't say that for sure. All those pics prove is that it hasn't affected the skin on her hands and feet. Though it could have messed up her back, chest and stomache as wel as the head and neck.

Except that it's a video game, and video games tend to show us these things, if these things are relevant. I mean that the developers purposely made it disfigure her face.

MMY wrote:I still think it's lupus.

Which sucks b/c a girl I know fairly well has it. She had a rough outbreak last year—wouldn't let anyone see her.

And do we really need three threads devoted to this topic. . . ?

I have it and have done the same. While I see why you'd think so, I don't think it is, only because if they wanted us to know, I think they would have told us.

It's like when people expect Pyramid Head to actually have something under his helmet, in the model files. He doesn't. They only model the parts they want us to see. And if they don't show us something, we probably aren't supposed to see it.

And no, we probably don't need multiple threads about it.

There is some more detailed discussion in this thread:
http://silenthillforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=20166

and also here:
http://silenthillforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=11948

I have always thought it was the town that did it. Both to mary and Mrs Mason.

>if they wanted us to know, I think they would have told us.
You mean like how if the developers wanted us to think Angela was sexually abused they would have told us, like, nine years ago? or how if Mary was hospitalized at Brookhaven Hospital they would have told us?

I disagree w/ that asseveration. While we can't know for sure what Mary suffered from, we can hypothesize based on her symptoms—just as we do w/ her hospitalization and Angela's abuse.

Axel_98 wrote:I think we should narrow this "disease" down since we now have new evidence

So what are our options?

It's not really new evidence, as it has been in the disc for around...9 years.

Eric-3 wrote:Kinda looks like leprosy to me (purely visually, I mean). I'm sure there'd be something even closer to it than that, but I don't know much about diseases at all.

There are a few more pictures here.
http://www.silenthillmemories.net/dvd_a ... ion_en.htm
http://www.silenthillmemories.net/dvd_l ... res_en.htm

Yes, it does look like leprosy to me. Besides, James referred to it simply as: "that damn disease", so it could have been anything.

Kerrigan wrote:Sure her face might look like complete hell and her hair's falling out, but those are some gorgeous eyelashes.

You go girl. Bat them lashes.

Gosh, you just made me LOL like an idiot...

MMY wrote:>if they wanted us to know, I think they would have told us.
You mean like how if the developers wanted us to think Angela was sexually abused they would have told us, like, nine years ago? or how if Mary was hospitalized at Brookhaven Hospital they would have told us?

I disagree w/ that asseveration. While we can't know for sure what Mary suffered from, we can hypothesize based on her symptoms—just as we do w/ her hospitalization and Angela's abuse.

Maybe not in general, regarding everything in the game, but I just think with something like that they'd tell us. I think it helps the storyline to make it more mysterious. It helps the player to focus less on "Gee whiz! Leprosy SUCKS!" than to think about how being sick has affected James and Mary's relationship. I think they were inspired by real diseases, but didn't name them for a reason.

Angela being abused is less important to the main storyline, and same with where Mary was hospitalized.

nur_ein_tier wrote:

MMY wrote:>if they wanted us to know, I think they would have told us.
You mean like how if the developers wanted us to think Angela was sexually abused they would have told us, like, nine years ago? or how if Mary was hospitalized at Brookhaven Hospital they would have told us?

I disagree w/ that asseveration. While we can't know for sure what Mary suffered from, we can hypothesize based on her symptoms—just as we do w/ her hospitalization and Angela's abuse.

Maybe not in general, regarding everything in the game, but I just think with something like that they'd tell us. I think it helps the storyline to make it more mysterious. It helps the player to focus less on "Gee whiz! Leprosy SUCKS!" than to think about how being sick has affected James and Mary's relationship.

I agree with that idea.

I think I'd be kinda surprised if they intended this to be a real disease (regardless of whether or not they ever had any intention of telling the player what it was). Real in the sense that they specifically picked an actual disease to use.

What's important isn't WHAT the disease is. It's what the disease did. I don't think it would add to the story to know what the disease was, so they probably didn't bother saying what it was.

It's not lupus [/House]

Poor Mary, that pic makes me understand the hard dilemma that James had... I mean, to see your loved one to deteriorate in that way... Damn; he still loving her but her appearance, her mistreat, his repressed feelings... The desire of just ran away but your love and responsibility forcing you to stay there besides her bad words...

Man... If I would be in james't position... I would end in the bottom of Toluca Lake... Poor Mr. and Mrs. Sunderland...

Every time I see this picture I always have mixed emotions. I want to laugh (I know that's terrible), cry, and am scared at the same time. God, that would suck to be her. I really want to know what she had.