James' missing ring

[The Adversary]

In the trailer, as James holds his hand up to his face, you can see an indentation where a ring has been worn on his ring finger.



While this would likely be a missing wedding ring, the problem with that is wedding rings are traditionally worn on the left hand. Engagement rings, meanwhile, are typically worn on the right. In the trailer, he doesn't specify that "his wife" died, so perhaps they're only engaged for SILENT HILL 2: REMAKE.

I've speculated that James was fully aware of his intentions once he picked Mary up from the hospital—that he would take her somewhere to, you know. This may further suggest that he knew so well enough that he took his engagement ring off prior to, you know.

Just an idea.

[Lifetolifeless]

I have a two friends who wear it on the right hand, but they're both tradesmen who wear it on their non-dominant hand, and they're both left-handed. I've heard similar things about watches, wearing it on your non-dominant hand to minimize likelihood of bonking it into things when workin' with tools in tight spaces. Def stretching there though. James is a right-handed clerk, no?

Unrelated: is this cursive writing on the mirror here? I can't make it out.

[Jonipoon]

In most countries in the Western world, people are wearing their wedding rings on the right hand. The US and the UK are the biggest exception to this rule, where it's tradition to wear it on the left hand.

In Poland (where Bloober Team is from) it's tradition to wear it on the right hand. This is honestly such a small minor detail that people generally don't think that much about, so I think the Polish people at Bloober Team just went forward with what they're used to.

[LittleNightma]

I am chalking this up to the devs merely wanting us to see the indentation of the missing ring as an extra detail even though it’s on his right hand. James raises his right hand in both versions, so they probably did it out of convenience. However, if they did put that much thought into a small detail like that as you theorize, props to them.

[MistahJ]

Saw it pointed out by someone that during the noose scene in the trailer he has the ring indent on his left hand. So either they messed up the mirror reflection or he has two missing rings.

[The Adversary]

So I just checked it after a mention on the Discord.

He has the indentation on his left hand during the noose sequence, though it's not at all apparent on his right hand, so it's definitely only on one hand. Looks like a mirroring and inconsistency issue, because James' hair part is always the same.

[MistahJ]

Yeah I saw someone speculate it could be because they just used a duplicate of James' model on the other side of the mirror like they did before in the original and other old games.

[jdnation]

Duplicating the model would be less taxing than raytracing, so that is probably the explanation, but still, that is an inconsistency.

[Agent of God]

Maybe James is Orthodox Christian.
Nah but seriously MistahJ and The Adversary are probably right and it's just a mistake by the team.
Now I feel dumb cause I didn't even notice the mark before reading this thread.

[jthomp1286]

I've heard similar things about watches, wearing it on your non-dominant hand to minimize likelihood of bonking it into things when workin' with tools in tight spaces.

Lefty here. I wear my watch on my right wrist for this very reason.

[The Adversary]

>Lefty here. I wear my watch on my right wrist for this very reason.<
Righty here. I wear my watch on my left ankle for this very reason.

But, no, for real. My watch is always on my left wrist because, as someone who's almost constantly pouring drinks or writing, the thought of brushing my watchband against paper or thunking the watch itself against glass or something is insulting to the watch.