Interesting little tidbits

Post by **phix95** » 01 Dec 2009

This may already be referenced but on a SH:H faq, there's a lot of cool info toward the bottom. Just search the document for "tvi" and also, somewhat below that info there's some other tidbits.
Enjoy.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin ... 2497/54329

Post by **sumcaker** » 13 Dec 2009

YouTube · Post by **ur-vile** » 13 Dec 2009

I already have a thread for this, but thanks anyways. Some of these haven't been mentioned.

Post by **GreyFox** » 13 Dec 2009

Very nice thank you!

Post by **TleilaxuEyes** » 13 Dec 2009

Interesting. The thing about a possible lobotomy is especially creepy. Thanks for posting this.

Post by **Mace63** » 14 Dec 2009

Thanks for posting this!

Post by **Sirea** » 15 Dec 2009

TleilaxuEyes wrote:Interesting. The thing about a possible lobotomy is especially creepy. Thanks for posting this.

I've heard that theory before, and I'm not sure why it hasn't died yet. I guess people just don't understand what a lobotomy actually does to a person? The frontal lobe is the part of the brain that is responsible for developing a person's personality. With it removed or severed, they're not more than a zombie that doesn't eat brains. We'd have no protagonist if he'd undergone a lobotomy before the game's events. (Besides, does Alex really seem "tame" or "docile" to anyone? >.>)

Also, if you really look hard at his character renders, the boy has scars all over his face. Probably jumped off of Curtis's tower one too many times as a kid.

Post by **phix95** » 15 Dec 2009

You're welcome.
And I love the fact that Alex ISN'T tame... he says fuck like 5 times.

Post by **Sirea** » 15 Dec 2009

I love that, too! He's absolutely my favorite SH character, hands down without question. I wouldn't want him any other way.

Post by **AuraTwilight** » 15 Dec 2009

Sirea wrote:
TleilaxuEyes wrote:Interesting. The thing about a possible lobotomy is especially creepy. Thanks for posting this.
I've heard that theory before, and I'm not sure why it hasn't died yet. I guess people just don't understand what a lobotomy actually does to a person? The frontal lobe is the part of the brain that is responsible for developing a person's personality. With it removed or severed, they're not more than a zombie that doesn't eat brains. We'd have no protagonist if he'd undergone a lobotomy before the game's events. (Besides, does Alex really seem "tame" or "docile" to anyone? >.>)

Also, if you really look hard at his character renders, the boy has scars all over his face. Probably jumped off of Curtis's tower one too many times as a kid.

TleilaxuEyes didn't say anything about a lobotomy having taken place, only that one was possible if Alex didn't escape.

Post by **Sirea** » 15 Dec 2009

AuraTwilight wrote:
Sirea wrote:
TleilaxuEyes wrote:Interesting. The thing about a possible lobotomy is especially creepy. Thanks for posting this.
I've heard that theory before, and I'm not sure why it hasn't died yet. I guess people just don't understand what a lobotomy actually does to a person? The frontal lobe is the part of the brain that is responsible for developing a person's personality. With it removed or severed, they're not more than a zombie that doesn't eat brains. We'd have no protagonist if he'd undergone a lobotomy before the game's events. (Besides, does Alex really seem "tame" or "docile" to anyone? >.>)

Also, if you really look hard at his character renders, the boy has scars all over his face. Probably jumped off of Curtis's tower one too many times as a kid.
TleilaxuEyes didn't say anything about a lobotomy having taken place, only that one was possible if Alex didn't escape.

In the actual link/walkthrough they talk about it happening beforehand, though. I just quoted TleilaxuEyes so it didn't look like I was talking out of nowhere.

Post by **Numb Body01** » 22 Dec 2009

Awesome, thanks the the link.

Post by **TleilaxuEyes** » 23 Dec 2009

I was wondering if Alex was supposed to have a failed or incorrectly-performed lobotomy. Kind of like that guy who had the railroad spike shot through his head in the 1800's. His personality changed, but he could still function. I'm pretty sure this isn't the case and it's just a crackpot theory, but it's interesting, anyway.
At any rate, Alex may have gotten a lobotomy if he hadn't escaped, or perhaps he was simply scared that he would get one, and his fears manifested in the Otherworld or in his Otherworld-like dream at the beginning.