New Theory: Charlotte and Clara are Actually Sisters
okay maybe I'm crazy but I had a thought on Clara's father... the incest theory always bugged me bc a) EW I just don't want it to be true lol and b) I don't think that Charlotte's first reaction to finding that out would be immediately going to write her out of the will. You hear about her compassion throughout the game and I would assume she would first try to offer some help to Clara, maybe counseling or something before immediately thinking of herself and her will.
SO what if Clara's father is....Charlotte's (and Harper's) father? You hear at multiple points in the game how in love Charlotte's parents were and how they had the perfect relationship. Maybe Clara's mom refused to say who the father was because she knew she would be completely ostracized from the family for sleeping with her sister's beloved husband.
I think this also would explain why Charlotte would be so adamant about changing her will - if Clara was actually her sister, she would have a much more legitimate claim to the Thornton fortune, and there would be urgency in changing the beneficiary to Harper. It would also explain why Clara would be so upset about it - in her mind she is the rightful recipient (she may even be older than Charlotte, the family tree lists them both being born in 1968), and Charlotte is undercutting her.
The HeR email giving additional context to the night specifically mentions that Clara was threatened by Charlotte's place in the family and "Charlotte had the family and childhood she wished she had. Her insecurity wasn't just a personal flaw, it was a response to her uneven upbringing." I think the juxtaposition between their childhoods is made even more intense if they actually shared a father. Charlotte got everything Clara wanted, even her own dad, and then tries to write Clara out of her will, alienating her once again.
If this all came out, I think it's a much bigger justification for starting the fire rather than discovering your grandpa is your dad. The latter would leave me absolutely destroyed and disgusted, not at Charlotte, but at Jackson. In this case, Charlotte is the direct beneficiary of the lies and coverups between Clara's parents, and is taking an action to continue that pattern - it makes a lot more sense why Clara would then direct her anger to Charlotte in that moment.
I know the incest theory is very popular and has been around since the game came out so I don't think I'll convince everyone, but this makes a lot more sense to me narratively and in the context of what HeR would put in a game meant for younger audiences. What do you think?
(also I'm sorry if anyone came to this conclusion before me and this is nothing new lol. If that is the case take this as my two cents in the ongoing conversation!)
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