Someone pointed out to me that the fox statues get destroyed in the default ending for Silent Hill f. I get that it means Hinako's on a rampage and that her mind's falling apart, but I've also seen it interpreted as Hinako killing off Kotoyuki's family and beyond.
Given both worlds are kinda falling apart in the ending, kind of wondering if it means either the Water Dragon got unsealed and we're seeing the damage being done while teleporting, or Hinako's the one destroying the whole town like a monster gone loose.
ooo it could be a mix of both!
I always saw Ending 1 as having the most straightforward storyline, where it's Bride Hinako having a mental breakdown and fleeing the wedding out of desperation. She then killed off anyone who stood in her way, whether they were Tsuneki or her own friends and family.
But like you mentioned, the Water Dragon has been a threat lurking underneath Ebisugaoka the whole story.
The "Diary of Revenge" explains the history of Ebisugaoka's different religions best.
From what it says, the Water Dragon is THE most evil, malevolent force in the story and the original faith of Ebisugaoka, predating even the Divine Tree faith.
What's important to note is how the Water Dragon faith worked. The townsfolk did not worship the dragon out of reverance, but out of fear. There's nothing showing the dragon ever being benevolent to the townsfolk. It's always been linked to havoc and destruction, with its poison spreading only suffering. The townsfolk hoped by worshipping it, they could quell its anger and stop it from harming them but it doesn't seem to have ever worked.
This led to later factions using different means to contain the dragon, while gaining their own authority and utlilizing the human's power of belief to sustain them. Every faith in Ebisugaoka has its start by upsurping the previous one in some way.
The Divine Tree/Tsukumogami's method was the sacred sword, buried under the cedar tree. The sword originally belonged to the deceased leader of the Taira clan, the losing faction of the Genpei War. It was filled with the animosity of fallen warrior souls, making it extremely powerful, but also cursed and fueled by vengeful unrest.
The Divine Tree faith encouraged the townsfolk to worship the tree as a way to protect them from the dragon, but neglects to inform them that the source of its power is the animosity of equally wrathful spirits. Sakuko herself mentions the sword is cursed and steeped in evil energy in her diary, and can only be purified by specific means.
Since Hinako never obtains the sacred sword in the first run, Tsukumogami never gains control of the Water Dragon's wrath.
The Inari's method was both having "a sacrificial maiden every 8 years" and a sealing rock they named "Heaven's Benediction". The Inari faith essentially took on older traditions like the Divine Tree/Tsukumogami beliefs and recontextualized it as all originally being the deeds of the Inari. They thrived on altering history and taking others' achievement as solely belonging to them, and purging anyone who spoke otherwise.
The "sacrificial maiden every 8 years" most likely originates from the original myth of Yamata-no-Orochi, where the keywords of "maiden" and "eight" are repeated. The sealing stone possibly originates from the Tsukumogami faith using a physical object like the Divine Tree to act as a "seal of protection".
Since Hinako (presumably) kills the next head Kotoyuki and flees the wedding, "Heaven's Benediction" falls apart and the dragon is unleashed.
Tl;dr: In the first ending, both methods the Inari and Tsukumogami utilized to control or suppress the Water Dragon failed bc Hinako never interacts with them.
Considering Ending 1 is the path where Hinako "drowns in a bottomless pit of self-doubt", perhaps Hinako herself got possessed by the Water Dragon due to the red capsules/Kakura-makakura leaving her vulnerable to malevolent spirits.
Her last name "Shimizu" (深水) literally meaning "Deep Water" could also be a hint towards her connection to the dragon, but there's been no further evidence for this. (Maybe the manga will talk more about it?) The Water Dragon could also be a metaphorical representation of her fear and trauma taking hold of her. 🤔
So I think it's a huge possibility it was both Hinako and the Water Dragon who destroy everything in Ending 1. Hinako killed both her past and her future, falling into the depths of escapism. Both god factions lost control and the Water Dragon's wrath ensured everyone suffered once more. Ending 1 is where everyone loses, no one wins...
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Has just occurred to me that Sour Grapes got the cake for the cooking contest where Kiki Keylime is the judge DIRECTLY from her uncle. The cake she brings has Purple Pieman's symbol on it.
Ash: Guzma, take this only to mean that I love you, but my classmates and I all had a long, serious, hypothetical discussion about how far we could throw you/
Guzma:……………………..
Guzma: [tears of joy] Really?
Ash: Yeah, turns out it's pretty far! Lana says you're too soft to weigh much.
Theoretically, since the Ghostforce relies on ghost energy for their armors...
Think if one of them ever turned evil for a reason or another, they could replenish energy by simply terrorizing the citizens nearby?
Oh, that'd be really cool! And definitely possible with mind controlling ghosts. I wonder what kind of havoc evil!Fury would wreak (and imagine if evil!Myst put someone in a infinite loop with her portals, that'd be terrifying)
...Barodius being in Dan's head means Mag Mel can see whenever Anubias is making some poor attempt at impressing his crush rival hero. Am just imagining him just being all "...what." during the first days and facepalming at every botched attempt on Anubias' behalf.
"dad pls lemme have him"
"smh go back to work or get better, this rom-com is not my cup of tea."
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For some reason I imagine Lilith and Eda (separately) giving advice to Amity in Owlet AU on how to approach Luz. Lilith because she's helped teaching Luz, and Eda because she has way more relationship experience. Meanwhile, Luz does the same with Belos.
yup and that works!
(but Luz doesn’t know Belos has a crush on Eda, she wants Eda and the Emperor to get along)
"I could no more hate him than I could hate the first fruit of the harvest." So basically, if you took a metaphorical bite at Ben, you might end up regret it and have fruit juice all over your face?
“Perhaps not so metaphorical, if he is Wildvine at the time.”
uzfuzfhefez another ghost in the Bakers' house idea: Andy and Liv calming Mastaar down by letting him listen to their Jagged Stone CDs (Andy had the idea when he recalled that his Booster Mode looked like a guitar supervillain from Paris on the news)
