u/Old-Natural-852

Joker is (in)famous for hating Red Skull for being a nazi despite the fact Joker is a mass murderer himself.

Joker could only exist in the United States of America (kinda like how *Breaking Bad* would only make sense in the US). A more authortarian government like North Korea or Russia would have executed Joker quickly. A liberal welfare state like the Nordic countries would have provided enough mental health services to reform Joker. The US is that sweet spot of judicial mercy (ie not guilty by reason of insanity) and incompetent mental health services (he makes therpist into his sidekick...that's like, the opposite of the goal of therpy!) for someone like Joker to exist and operate for so long.

Mary's last name is Shepherd-Sunderland, meaning Shepherd is her maiden name. Since one of the big cult families in *Silent Hill Homecoming* is the Shepard family, there has been a lot of speculation Mary is connected to that family and the cult somehow.

The cult totally seems like the type of religious fundamentalists to be anti-vaccination...while typically children are the victims of anti-vax, maybe Mary contracted a disease as an adult or had complications like autoimmune disease or weakened immune system that lead to her disease in *Silent Hill 2*.

Unrelated...but the orginal voice actor of James in the orginal *Silent Hill 2* was a Covid conspiricy theorist, which kinda fits with Silent Hill somehow...

All of those boomer "wife/husband bad" just are not as relatable to generations who are not stuck married to their high school prom date.