I'd say it's the entire series as a whole and not just the monsters. Fans have a noticeable tendency to overthink and overanalyze all aspects of all the games because many think that just because some parts of the game have subtle and/or symbolic meanings then EVERYTHING in Silent Hill either does or HAS to have some kind of hidden meaning to it.PyramidFace wrote:Here's the thing though - that was never true. Not even in the originals. You can compare 1 - 3 in "Lost Memories" and see things like "these bugs enemies are in SH2 because they were in SH1" While SOME creatures have significant psychological purpose tying them to the main characters, MANY do not. We just like the fact some do so we project that quality onto the entire series and every creature in it.clips wrote: Yeah i get that anything can happen in the SH universe, but there are some things that should be absolute,..like creatures staying in specific games and belonging to specific individuals..and i'm not just talking about PH etc..i mean all of the monsters.
When I see people forming in depth theories behind Eddie eating pizza at the bowling alley (that's not a joke by the way), I think it's time to back things up a little bit and reevaluate priorities. It can be a negative at times since Silent Hill's open endedness, symbolism, and habit of leaving things up for interpretation allows some people to think weird/dead/stupid theories suddenly have some standing.