I GOTTA ASK THIS!!! What are your silent hill headcanons? :D
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Hehe, well, I'd say I don't have too many headcanons, or at least not any that are fully developed. I'm a baby fan and I'm just starting with SH1 and Homecoming after trying Downpour (and after finishing them I'll continue with the 1 and 3 (And if I'm lucky with my console, 4 and origins)😼 Shattered memories maybe i think i can also emulate that one in my ps3)
Hmmm, Let's just say I'm avoiding a lot of spoilers for the games, especially the first 3 BAHAHHAHZ it's so hard to be spoiler free 😭
But since I grew fond of Murphy very quickly and I'm enjoying the westerners dynamics, I might have a couple of funny headcanons about him.
Murphy has dark charcoal eyes! The lighting can be confusing, which is why I think many people choose to draw him as a blond and other times as a dark-haired man. And I see that the light never reaches his eyes, but they don't look exactly brown, but rather a deep deep greeyish tone (or is my stupid perception of colour).
And also because my headcanon is that the child in the monastery is a representation of his childhood, and the child's name in the 3D model files is "Kid Murphy". We know that many children with light eyes gradually develop darker eyes.
I think this detail is more noticeable in the 2010s trailer. I like to think that when he was young he looked like his beta version :3 also yeah ewww blonde man 🙄 /j
it looks ugly sorry WHY HE BLONDE
In many scenes where natural light hits his hair, it's not 100% dark brown, i think it's a dark ash blonde?
I like to think that after escaping from the town he had to change his appearance a bit; I think he would dye his hair a soft dark blonde again hehehe, Maybe he'd let it grow long or try to shave it, one of the two. In my AU, when he settled in one of the neighboring towns, he cut his hair very, very short and never cut it again or kept it that way AJSJSJ When the story of the AU begins, he tries to cut his hair, which was already long, but he decides to only trim the ends and looks just like when he first appeared in the town. Like an inevitable feeling that something related to the town is going to happen or will happen again, but it's just his paranoia (sure.)
Also part of my AU, he becomes a mechanic again, but mostly as an assistant there. He doesn't want to draw attention to himself and always does physical labor because he's never in a leadership role that would expose him. Even if he wanted to start his own business, he's afraid that if he's discovered, the first clue will be that he and this Murphy Pendleton guy look alike and they were both mechanics. (In this AU, he changed his name to Aaron L. Randle, reference to the book that inspired Murphy's name) Murphy can't make a big cosmetic change because he's in a relationship with his girlfriend Laramie, so he has to trust that no one will discover his secret.
In the westerner squad au he and Travis would get along so well considering they're both interested in something related to cars 😭 It would be funny if he were his mechanic and Murph always had to lower his prices; it annoys him, Travis can be a little stingy BAZBJSJS
I think Murph is a man who sometimes longs to start over, but he knows that's not healthy. He ended up internalizing certain things from his therapy, but obviously he would give anything to be a living father and a husband again. In my AU, this is a key aspect of his character, considering that his girlfriend is a single mother and the relationship with his stepson wants to flourish but is difficult, especially because Laramie wants Rain, her son, grow up thinking Murph is the father because they don't want him to find out what kind of man his biological father was.
Also, huhh, Murphy is a cheesy guy when it comes to romance. He doesn't realize it, then he becomes very hyper-aware of it and thinks he sounds like a silly teenager. He is sensitive in that sense, but prison hardened him even more in that regard. He never wants to think about romance; it's a part of him that remained buried deep inside. He took his marriage seriously, but we know his own extreme ambitions for revenge blinded him. He wants to be true to the legacy he had with Carol, but no one can control such feelings.
He no longer takes risks after his escape; he wants to live a quiet life free from conflicts that involve scrutiny. Sometimes he misses a little action in his life, and feels somewhat bad for looking back nostalgically on his troubled youth. Although the fact that he is adopted is ambiguous and not 100% confirmed, I like to think that he was raised by his grandparents. He was an only child, so having his own family was a whole different ballgame.
Let's just say I have a lot of headcanons about him, but they're related to the AU; many involve Laramie and Rain :P I'd have to make a separate post hmm
Anyway, if I can add other headcanons about the other characters:
Alex:
Travis:
NO NOT THAT ONE
hes too busy to think about his sexuality but he's kissing alex he dgaf🪑 goddamn boomer
Heather:
shes THE demiaroace characters
Harry:
and hes like lets go lesbians lets goo ahh
Henry is also unlabeled and Androgynous ^^
i fw the 60% of the MCs being under the asexual/arromantic spectrum
On my list of movies is The Room by Sion Sono; the plot is about an assassin who has to find an apartment in Tokyo and is never convinced until she finds one in a very dangerous neighborhood.
I made the connections AJSJSJSJ I know Henry is interested in photography; I'm not sure if it's his job or a hobby, but I think he would love Japanese cinema, especially Sion Sono (he's problematic i don't support him in any way augh btw)
i really want to play the games, i hope my PS3 doesn't explode..
AS I WRITE THIS, ARGENTINA HAS JUST SCORED A GOAL MY FUCKING GOD MURPHY PENDLETON IS ARGENTINE TRAVIS TOO ALSO ALEX AND HEATHER AND HER DAD AND AND JAMES IS HUJHJ CHILEAN 😭🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 i should draw the mcs as argentinians hmmm
I can’t quite put my finger on the exact reason why I have found myself obsessed with the story. Maybe it is because as I get older I find myself sympathizing more and more with Murphy for his reactions to the loss of a beautiful creature that is an innocent child to the hands of a monster; when more of my own child like innocence is killed off by life I see just how precious maintaining that happy wonder and excitement in children is crucial. Maybe it is because I know what it is like to lose myself in my own anger and self-loathing that I end up destroying the structures and relationships that I had built for my future. Maybe I know what it is like to have fallen prey to be used as a pawn in another’s machinations. Or maybe I just have the hots for Murphy and have completely missed the whole damn point. (Actually, it’s the Camaro. Camaros are sexy as all hell.) Either way, I contend that Downpour is one of the more under-appreciated entry in the Silent Hill series, and is highly worthy of having the title of Silent Hill.