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Maria from Silent Hill 2 is one of the most complex and underrated characters I've seen in media. She has so many layers of complexity, intended or not.
Starting from her appearance:
She wears a red crop top followed by a pink leopard print skirt and black heels. This promiscuous woman also has pink nails and a pink leopard print choker to go with her skirt. Her appearance is literally identical to Mary if you put it side by side with any two images of them.
I think the reason as to why she has such a bold and salacious appearance is because of the fact she is a manifestation of James' desire and partly his own guilt when it came to killing his wife Mary. Maria was everything James was missing in his marriage with Mary. She's definitely more sexually appealing to him and her personality is a complete contrast to Mary's. It's implied she even works at Heaven's Night in the game, so she was born in Silent Hill from James' desire.
I think it's also more important how she is self aware of the role she plays in Silent Hill 2. In the DLC: Born From A Wish, she contemplates shooting herself since she gains slight awareness that her existence was only meant to be played. In a sense, I feel bad for Maria because before her awareness, she had been an actual person in her own mind and I assume, wanted no part in being with James. Ultimately, she just wanted to not be alone.
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samuel
That's the point with the city of silent hill: it's able to create life itself like Heather (yes, she is an reincarnation of two but still is a life itself).
And I personally think she isn't very underrated, especially now if you see the silent hill tiktok community, she is getting hyped. And her outfit is exactly one that Christina aguilera wore.
(Dress number two here: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/news/g5694/vintage-christina-aguilera/)
I always saw Maria as a deep character made to appeal flat on the surface to not see her suffering. For James, she is just a manifestation of what his wife was supossed to be for him (in his eyes) but wasn't. For us, she is a victim of her own creation, Suffering from the fact she is not able to choose or live for herself.
Great blog post you did btw.