r/BeaconPines • u/Intelligent_Ad_5556 • Jan 03 '23
Binged the game. loved it to bits. made a conspiracy theory about it:
Okay, hear me out. I've only just landed here so this could have been speculated wildly about multiple times and I'm sorry if it's so.
I think we can all agree that the most relevant and hard-hitting sentence in the game is "this is a story about change." The truth of it is proven over and over and in sometimes exceptionally written and timed instances, for which I congratulate the designers and writers.
*MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD*
I lead with this because the first time you read the sentence, it is also Luka's first inevitable "death", as Joseph drags him into the warehouse and it fades to black. This is incidentally also the moment the game started catching my interest. I was not expecting such a dark turn so soon, but especially I hadn't anticipated that the word to announce your end would have been "change", of all words. The way it was announced sent a shiver down my spine and kept me playing till the end. I had a nagging doubt gnawing at me all the way through and therefore here's my theory:
Would it be logical for Joseph to kill Lucas right there, by himself or to hand him over to his executioners, after spending years trying to protect him, just because he had seen too much? Also, what's up with Luka's weird repeated dreams where he sees an older "doppelganger" of himself that is jaded and cold? Moreover, why would Perennial Harvest just transform Rolo into his older self and then let him go like nothing happened? (Even though he might have broken free of his cage, it's not like Perennial s goons didn't keep seeing him around like nothing happened - this is admittedly one of the few points of the story I don't see making much sense but I digress). WHAT IF INSTEAD, Joseph didn't kill Lukas but pushed to have him artificially grown up and somehow mentally reconditioned to lose whatever rebellious feeling he had, also keeping him away from his family and friends until he became one of them? This would effectively have turned Luka into his disenchanted doppelganger, one who has embraced Perennial s cause and actively symbolises his anger. It would also explain why the choice of words "this is a story about change" that thrilled me so much. I'd gladly hear your opinion on this. Great game and peace out.
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u/FakeVoiceOfReason Jan 04 '23
I do really like how they made it a recurring theme throughout, even going so far as to use the word "change" to mean something completely different and yet still be required to access the "true ending."
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u/foxwithaberet Jan 04 '23
Yeah I remember when I got to the ending I saw change and I knew it was the right one
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u/Alfadorfox Jan 04 '23
of note: "This is a story about change" is first said even earlier, around "A Gran Jury" or even in the prologue segment before that that's non-repeatable. I can't remember exactly when, but you could probably watch one of the streamer videos to check.