#henry townsend

[blankfaerie]

SILENT HILL 4 (2004) "This is my dream and you don't even know my name?"

[kinghijinx22]

Why Silent Hill 3 is my big favorite- a terrifying horror game about woman's experiences and the fears that come from existing as a woman in a patriarchal society

Silent Hill 3 is probably my favorite Silent Hill game and one of my favorite games of all time, and it has a story and themes that I've always really vibed with. It tells a remarkably progressive story for it's time that handles some intense themes that are still relevant even today, about experiences that a lot of woman go through and the fears that come from existing as a woman in a patriarchal society, what it's like having your own agency and bodily autonomy taken away from you, forced pregnancy and sexual assault, how harmful patriarchal societies are and this game really getting into the religious flavor of patriarchy in particular.

It's an incredibly scary game that uses a feminine sort of horror to great effect, with the design of the other world being as bloody as it is and the monster designs being representative of this. I mean there is a type of creature that are literally supposed to look like fetuses that start getting bigger throughout the game as the birth of God draws near and the giant worm boss for lack of a better way of putting, literally being a giant penis. I think the main complaint that I hear from people about this game is how slow the story is in the first half of the game, but I think the whole getting home late at night as a young woman contributes a lot to what this game is saying. And I absolutely love how this game ends with Heather literally aborting God and fighting it as the final boss, symbolizing her fully taking control of her life and rejecting all of the harmful expectations that were forced onto her. Main antagonist Claudia is such a tragic character though, someone who was so brainwashed by town's religion into think that someone HAS to give birth to God so hard that she did it herself and she suffered for it.

Also while not as intentional considering when it was written and they probably couldn't even write about this stuff if they wanted to, something that I think is worth noting is that I've heard from a lot of trans people who relate to this game as well and I can really see it. Considering it's about people who Heather knows from a past life, coming back to remind her of that past life and forcing it onto her, and Claudia referring to Heather as Alessa could be interpreted as deadnaming Heather. But yeah I've always really loved and connected with this game for how well it handles it's themes about woman's experiences and I think it's really cool how many trans people have been able to relate to it with those specific experiences as well.

Another of my favorite things about Silent Hill 3 is the main character Heather, because she really is one of the coolest characters that I've always really related to. Her struggles are incredibly relatable, but she's also inspiring in how she overcomes them and is always so confident. In fact I appreciate how her and her father subvert societal gender roles in opposite directions, with Heather being as confident and extroverted as she is, probably more then any other Silent Hill protagonist and willing to stand up to all of the men in the story like Douglas in the beginning, Vincent and Leonard, along with all of the monsters she has to fight. And Harry being a single parent who is as gentle and caring as he is, with his one track mind of looking as his daughter, he's kind of both a father and a mother in that way, and also being as physically weak as he is and the opposite of a action hero. She also easily has the most personality of any Silent Hill protagonist, like this girl is overflowing with charisma and is even a little jokey. In fact another detail that I like is how much personality comes through in her examine dialogue, where you actually get to hear her thoughts on everything instead of just basic observation "this is a thing" that the other games in the series do. Heather has opinions on everything, but how she's feeling throughout the game is also conveyed. The dialogue of her observations in the first half of the game has a much more playful and hopeful tone to it, but after Harry dies she becomes much more pessimistic, can only see the negatives in everything and just doesn't seem to care anymore.

Heather is an incredibly well written and nuanced character, and I'll be honest that this is the game I least want to see be remade because I know that they would find a way to fuck up the writing of her character and handling of the themes of this game. Even after the Silent Hill 2 remake being as good as it is, one of Blooperteams biggest flaws is being incapable of handling anything to do with woman's experiences or perspective. SH2 used to be my fav, but I came to realize that it was mostly just because it was the popular one and that I vibe a lot more with SH3 and 4. Especially because SH2 tells a story about misogyny but makes it all about the perpetrator rather then the victim, unlike Silent Hill 3 which does actually tell the story of someone on the receiving end of that type of violence and objectification. SH3 and 4 are my personal favorites, 3 because Heather is best protagonist and I really appreciate it's themes which are handled perfectly, and SH4 because it has a really cool narrative and horror concepts. I know opinions on SH4 are really split, and while I think there are some gameplay things that are jank, I love it's story and premise so much.

[capricious-spider]

Look-- Look, I put them out of order because aesthetically, it was driving me crazy to have the two brown palettes on the same side.

Also sorry to all the Heather fans, myself included. I shrimply cannot draw females to save my LIFE.

Palettes Used || Harry || James || Vincent || Henry

[@palettekeen thank you guys for the awesome palette!]

[lingering-nymph]

The View of the Future

The Ghost of Henry Townshend (SH4 The Room)

[aphextwix]

My goat henry in paint was deleted :⁠-⁠(

[strawbunnyclown]

Merry Christmas @wishhouse-in-your-soul! Your roleswap AU is so fun, and so is putting Henry in Eileen’s unlocksble outfit!

[imaginesilenthill]

hello, i've been thinking about this recently, how do you think the protagonists would react to other characters yelling at them?

I mean, they get yelled at a lot in canon, but lets go!

Harry is probably the most calm about it. Doesn't take it too personally, he can talk through whatever they're yelling about.

James takes it super personally if it sticks even a little. If there's nothing of him in it, he can wait until that person is done and then talk to them. If there's even just a little bit of James that agrees with it, he thinks about it for days.

Heather's response to being yelled at is to yell louder than them. She might go have a cry about it later, but in the moment, she is going to win this argument, if not through perspective, then through volume.

Henry just kind of takes it. He doesn't think he's earned the yelling, exactly, but if its someone being frustrated, he can deal with it. But he's not the type to raise his voice regardless of whether someone is yelling at him.

Travis has problems being yelled at. He’s going to yell back, yell louder, and not pull punches. If he can’t win an win the argument through being right, he’ll win through volume.

Please don’t yell at Alex, holy shit. Alex shuts down and just goes on autopilot, which might be way more hurtful than what he originally meant to say.

Murphy is in the “Let’s just calm down” club, but he’s probably not very good at getting someone to that point with him. It’s the typical “You need to calm down” “DON’T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!” exchange.

[arkrys]

another ark animated series picture!