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== [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Catherine]] is a game based off [[Mind Screw|abstract]] [[Literal Metaphor|metaphor]] for [[Relationship Values|relationships]] from the [[Always Male|Male's P.O.V.]]. == |
== [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Catherine]] is a game based off [[Mind Screw|abstract]] [[Literal Metaphor|metaphor]] for [[Relationship Values|relationships]] from the [[Always Male|Male's P.O.V.]]. == |
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The [[Stock Video Game Puzzle|puzzles]] represent the [[Journey to the Center of the Mind|state of mind]] Men would have in [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|these type of situations]]. |
The [[Stock Video Game Puzzle|puzzles]] represent the [[Journey to the Center of the Mind|state of mind]] Men would have in [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|these type of situations]]. |
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== ''Catherine'' takes place in the same Universe as ''[[Black Swan]]'' == |
== ''Catherine'' takes place in the same Universe as ''[[Black Swan]]'' == |
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* Alternatively, Catherine is Katherine's Shadow, and wants Vincent to choose her instead. |
* Alternatively, Catherine is Katherine's Shadow, and wants Vincent to choose her instead. |
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== Catherine is a [[Blank Slate]] whose exact nature [[ |
== Catherine is a [[Blank Slate]] whose exact nature [[Schrödinger's Gun|is determined by the decisions of those who interact with her]]. == |
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This... ''being'' responds to the desires of its victims by changing its appearance to whatever the victim ''wants'' to see -- at its core, it is neither male or female; both symbols appearing is a subtle hint at this. Upon finding and infecting a host, it puts them through a series of psychological tests via the nightmares in order to determine the victim's strengths, weaknesses and [[Fatal Flaw|Fatal Flaws]]. Failure means death, or [[Fate Worse Than Death|an even worse fate]]... |
This... ''being'' responds to the desires of its victims by changing its appearance to whatever the victim ''wants'' to see -- at its core, it is neither male or female; both symbols appearing is a subtle hint at this. Upon finding and infecting a host, it puts them through a series of psychological tests via the nightmares in order to determine the victim's strengths, weaknesses and [[Fatal Flaw|Fatal Flaws]]. Failure means death, or [[Fate Worse Than Death|an even worse fate]]... |
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* One possible explanation is that this is, as speculated above, an artificial Persona -- specifically, one that is searching for a host. This may tie into the plot of [[Persona (video game)|Persona]] 5 or yet ''another'' [[Spin-Off]]. |
* One possible explanation is that this is, as speculated above, an artificial Persona -- specifically, one that is searching for a host. This may tie into the plot of [[Persona (video game)|Persona]] 5 or yet ''another'' [[Spin-Off]]. |
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* This may be true, given how some of the sheep closely resemble some of the people you meet at the bar. |
* This may be true, given how some of the sheep closely resemble some of the people you meet at the bar. |
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* It's also likely that they all see each other as sheep, and Vincent looks human because we're looking from his perspective. |
* It's also likely that they all see each other as sheep, and Vincent looks human because we're looking from his perspective. |
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* {{spoiler|Confirmed}}. |
* {{spoiler|Confirmed}}. |
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== Katherine has a [[Split Personality|Multiple Personality Disorder]]. == |
== Katherine has a [[Split Personality|Multiple Personality Disorder]]. == |
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== The worst ending involves [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|Vincent somehow causing the destruction of the entire universe.]] == |
== The worst ending involves [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|Vincent somehow causing the destruction of the entire universe.]] == |
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This is merely going by that one scene in the trailers where [[ |
This is merely going by that one scene in the trailers where [[Black Holes Suck|that giant black hole appears in front of Vincent right inside the bar]]. HOW exactly this happens probably relates to either a specific event in the game, involves doing and INCREDIBLY piss poor job at the Nightmare sections, or both. |
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* Jossed, there are 8 definite endings with a similar path to Chaos/Neutral/Order, with various degrees of good and bad. |
* Jossed, there are 8 definite endings with a similar path to Chaos/Neutral/Order, with various degrees of good and bad. |
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** And that "Black Hole" is {{spoiler|Catherine's father appearing}}. |
** And that "Black Hole" is {{spoiler|Catherine's father appearing}}. |
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== Erica {{spoiler|was put inside the nightmares because she refused to date the Boss.}} == |
== Erica {{spoiler|was put inside the nightmares because she refused to date the Boss.}} == |
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Erica makes it pretty clear during the game she had no intention of dating the Boss and {{spoiler|deities}} are known for not taking rejections very well. So {{spoiler|the Boss justified putting her into the nightmares using the valid reason that she was preventing Tobias from getting with women and having kids.}} |
Erica makes it pretty clear during the game she had no intention of dating the Boss and {{spoiler|deities}} are known for not taking rejections very well. So {{spoiler|the Boss justified putting her into the nightmares using the valid reason that she was preventing Tobias from getting with women and having kids.}} |
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* Alternatively, she was punished for {{spoiler|being transsexual, and thus not being able to reproduce.}} |
* Alternatively, she was punished for {{spoiler|being transsexual, and thus not being able to reproduce.}} |
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== If you see someone in a dream whom you've also seen in real life, they appear with their most memorable features as a sheep. == |
== If you see someone in a dream whom you've also seen in real life, they appear with their most memorable features as a sheep. == |
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