Insane Cancer

[Silent Hill Fan 888]

I thought that the insane cancer was one of Heather's greatest fears, becoming fat!!! She has an obsession in which she doesn't want to gain any weight. Just a thought though, not the actual interpretation.

[cascade88]

^ At what point does she show even one sign of having a 'fear of getting fat'? And I don't think that her lack of appetite would count in that either, by the way. d:

[warfare315]

As a teenager, if she was afraid of gaining weight, perhaps she wouldn't have put down cigarettes. I've talked to so many people who say "I smoke cigarettes to get rid of constant hunger". It's an OK idea, better than mine, because I don't have one. I never put thought into what the Insane Cancers represented, just that they are the creepiest enemies in Silent Hill 3

[Arsonist]

I thought that the insane cancer was one of Heather's greatest fears, becoming fat!!! She has an obsession in which she doesn't want to gain any weight. Just a thought though, not the actual interpretation.

I thinks this is a joke, but if it's not, Heather expresses her love over sweets and junk food. So I doubt it.

[Mephisto]

^Wrong. She didn't wanted to drink the Otherworld's coke and eat the popcorn. Hell, she didn't even wanted to eat that fryed dog, c'mon I bet that it was tasty. . .

[Arsonist]

It's in the dream Amusement park, I think. In the candy store?

[The Fame]

I think Insane Cancers represent Heather's trauma of Harry gaining weight over the years from Health Drink withdrawal. He missed them so much, so he just ate and ate the need for them away


But he lost the weight afterwards obviously

[HereComesTheButcher]

Maybe they are a manifestaion of her fear of being sick.

[warfare315]

Maybe they are a manifestaion of her fear of being sick.

Or at least something close to that. I got the feeling Heather was at least slightly a health nut. Well not nut, but... something. She mentioned she quit cigarettes for good, that might have something to do with it.

[Robin]

Are the enemies in SH3 even representing anything? I mean, it's like, dogs, and weird dinosaur-things...

[cascade88]

Are the enemies in SH3 even representing anything? I mean, it's like, dogs, and weird dinosaur-things...

There is some creature commentary here if you're interested. Albeit, it's not exceptionally expansive, but it's interesting to look at.

[The Adversary]

>the fact that she meets up with the Insane Cancers before she learns that she's pregnant with the god or whatever<

I came here to explicitly say this. Heather didn’t really know she was pregnant until later, after she encounters the first Insane Cancer.

I like the interpretation stemming from the official novelization—that Harry was dying of late-stage liver cancer. Couple that with a lone Insane Cancer hiding in the Hilltop Center where Heather finds a thing of pork liver.

Seems like Silent Hill knew Harry was going to die.

[DinoNerd89]

Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread, but i always heard it was supposed to represent the liver disease or what not that Harry had?

[The Adversary]

Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread, but i always heard it was supposed to represent the liver disease or what not that Harry had?

That was introduced in this thread.

[DinoNerd89]

Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread, but i always heard it was supposed to represent the liver disease or what not that Harry had?

That was introduced in this thread.

Ah ok, thanks! Yeah, i was wondering where it originally came from, since it made sense to me.