Eddie Dombrowski R.I.P

[NotTomorrow98]

The story of Silent Hill 2 didn't delve too deeply into Eddie Dombrowski's past, or his story wasn't as emotional as James's story. All in all, he was just a lazy bum, a smartass, and well a little crazy in the head. (So were the other characters in the game.) But all contradictions aside, I kind of felt sorry for the big fellow when James killed him. He got dragged into Silent Hill just like James and Angela, but like Angela, (and James if you got something other than the Leaving Ending or the Maria Ending) he didn't have the will to survive or accept what happened, so he died.

My point is, I'd like to hear other Silent Hill fan opinions on Eddie Dombrowski. Did you feel sorry for him when he died? Did you hate him? Or just don't care?

I mean, not many people mention him when the subject of Silent Hill 2 comes up. You gotta feel a little bad for him, I mean, his first scene in the whole game is him puking into one of Silent Hill 2's infamous toilets.

[The Adversary]

He's an auxiliary character whose main purpose in the game is to further elucidate the ways in which Silent Hill operates. That's about as much as I've ever considered him.

[CerealKiller]

I kind of did feel sorry for him. He was mentally unstable and deserved more scenes in the game.

[Agent of God]

I didn't feel sorry for him, at all. He deserved what he got.
But don't get me wrong, as a character he was really interesting.

[Typographenia]

His voice actor made me love his character. The delivery of some of his lines were great, hahaha!
Other than that, I didn't really like or hate him.

[krakalackin]

Like Adversary said, he's just a secondary character. They didn't explain much about Laura either.

[Xev]

Eddie is one of those characters that might not necessarily have a whole lot explained about the background, but you can read into his personality a bit.

Sympathy might be directed towards his being picked on constantly and maybe he had a hard childhood but hey, millions of folks do and they do not kill people or animals.
Maybe his mom coddled him too much and therefore he was unprepared to meet the harsh world and its hurtful comments.

Maybe still he has a mental deficiency that made him a target and made him break down and go nuts. Either way his story was to end in Silent Hill. I cant fathom him receiving more knowledge than he already has about his situation like James does. I see his character as kind of static. I had heaps more sympathy for Angela, who is one of the most interesting characters in the whole series.

[Violent Corpse]

He gave me some good laughs. It'd have been mean of me, had I not felt bad for the poor fellow.

[Yoshata]

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[AuraTwilight]

Who cares? He was deliberately constructed as an unlikable jackass.

[Video Gamer]

I felt bad for him, nothing excuses his actions. It's too bad he couldn't redeem himself, but frankly, it doesn't seem like he'd be much of anything even if he had survived.

[CerealKiller]

Nah I hate him now, i just remembered he shot a dog. I can forgive him if he just shot humans. (Animal activist here )

[SilentWren]

Eddie and Angela served as a sort of side commentary for James in my mind. (Well, commentary for gender issues as well, but I'm not gonna delve into that in this thread.)

Liking or disliking either of them never occurred to me. They were just a part of James's story, and I thought they were the perfect minor characters for SH2.
Now that I'm thinking about, I can say that I only felt as bad for Eddie as he deserved. He was a disturbed and persecuted individual, but that didn't excuse his actions.

[Mephisto]

Sympathy might be directed towards his being picked on constantly and maybe he had a hard childhood but hey, millions of folks do and they do not kill people or animals.

Wise words.

Eddie lost his "honor" when he murdered the dog (if he had a problem with the person then why he didn't shot that damn person? The dog didn't had anything to do with his madness) and then became more and more "dishonored" when he started killing random people that had nothing to do with him. He had mental problems but eventually became a psycopath, he killed everyone but the ones that made him all nuts, what a chump.

That said, I don't feel sorry for him. Only to a small degree (before he started this whole mess, for example).

[Uyrikeustek]

Angela has just as much limited backstory as Eddie. They were just in the game to give the player a chance to see the town from others' points of view, even if just a little. If his or her backstory was revealed more, then they wouldn't really be supporting characters. They would just be other protagonists/antiheroes.

[clips]

Who cares? He was deliberately constructed as an unlikable jackass.

This!!.....eddie sounded like a big doofus from the jump.....he reminded me of this kid i knew back in high school that always asked for candy...one day we gave his a$$ a pack of ex-lax and watched him have the s**ts all day long.......a few of us got sent to the principle's office for that tho....

[pugiofidei]

Eddie is an instance of a failed human life. This, in my thinking, is the greatest tragedy that earth can produce. I felt sorry for him; he despaired in the face of his own broken pride and blind anger. What a horrible state to die in! I wish the game offered some means of pulling the supporting characters out of their respective nightmares; Angela and Eddie, it seemed to me, needed only for someone to be genuinely human towards them.

[jeremyjh]

Eddie Delivered a quick scare and a seance of eeriness in 2 parts of the game as you can tell they didn't give much about his character because he was EASY as hell to beat but to me he kinda symbolized James Sorrow because deep down he knew what he did at least that how I like to think of it.

[ss4gogeta0]

he reminds me of myself in a way..

[Secretions]

he reminds me of myself in a way..

Just don't kill anything furry and cute that isn't evil and trying to kill you. ^_^

(And no, cats don't count. :p)