by Becca-chan Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:52 pm
:: Nods, nods:: That's definately a possibility in Gregory's world;
Just about anything can happen there. XD
And it's true that the residents symbolize an everyday fear...I wonder if Roulette Boy's one is a fear of gambling or something along those lines.
Also, while I'm still on, I'll post another head canon that I want to post!
This time we have one based on Gregory.
Maybe this is just typical for him being the title character of the show...but there's an endless amount of theories behind this old mouse, despite the fact that the third series ( Last Train) of Gregory Horror Show had him as the true main character.
I've wrote an essay about hints to his past ( as in childhood) before, so instead I'll be discussing theories about his life in general.
Theories.
Gregory could of once been a human.
Now this is just a theory, but there is always the possibility that Gregory may of once been a human living in the real world.
This mainly just comes from the whole thing of him being aware of reality and knowing how 'cold' and 'harsh' it is out there; although this theory can easily be disapproved by saying that since he's an entity of dreams and desires, then of course he'd know how reality was; and what the person would want to get away from.
Although in the game, some of the interior of the hotel takes on an old-fashioned look ( mainly where the phone in the lobby resembles the kind of phone that you'd expect to see in the early 1900's) so Gregory must of at least experienced living through such a time; whether or not it was in the real world...although I don't think that purgatory has a specific timezone.
However, the manga eliminates this theory as it showed a glimpse at Gregory's childhood and he was indeed, still a mouse.
Did Gregory have a wife/ immediate family? ( This is a very long theory ^^; )
This is a question that actually came about when I had a think about the Gregory family.
There is one generation missing from the Gregory family ( what would be the parents of James) but in order to even get that far; it would have to of started with Gregory and a female, then of course a child would of been born from them; the child would of had to grow up and find a mate and then James would of eventually been born.
But in the series, there never seems to be any concrete proof that Gregory ever had children, let alone a wife... although he is friendly to children ( although gets annoyed if they're naughty...like James; although it's evident that he spoils that boy) and does seem rather hesistant ( at first) to let Gregory Mama eat the guest ( although it could be argued that he just didn't want Gregory Mama to eat the female guest yet; because her soul had only just started to wander and therefore wasn't 'ripe' enough)
He also states that he doesn't understand how a 'rose' feels...although you could also take that as a meaning that he doesn't understand a woman's feelings; nor does he seem to understand romantic relationships.
( At least that's what I'm guessing from Sleepy Sheep's episode in Second Guest; yet he could of meant about not knowing what Sleepy Sheep was dreaming about rather than not understanding about a person's lovelife; he does seem to downtalk himself quite a bit with that kind of thing though)
However with that said, he doesn't seem to like it when people choose themselves ( like say, something involving a career) over their loved ones and classes them as 'terrible' people.
Although it could be argued with the results from any judgement Gregory's ever had, he's not really that much different from those people either.
In Second Guest however, he also classes such a predicament involving money over love ( and having a relationship fall apart as a result of it) as sad.
Could the answer be that he could of once ( a long time ago) had a wife...and things fell apart between them because he chose his 'career' over her?
In the game, there is a photograph of a female mouse ( clad in a bikini) in the storageroom.
She has blonde hair, blue eyes and is quite a pretty little thing; yet it is not known who she is.
Although theories have ranged from the identity of the female mouse being a young Gregory Mama; to actually being the mouse form of the Second Guest from the second series...yet for the fact that it's a bikini photo, wouldn't that make the subject rather tricky ( Gregory Mama is Gregory's mother, the female guest became his adoptive sister) if it was those particular choices?
( The thought of Gregory incest is very disturbing. ^^;; )
And so the answer as to who the mouse lady is, has never been directly answered; so her identity canonically remains a mystery.
Yet there are some things within the game that have to make you wonder...
Also in the storage room ( among other things) is an old doll that may of once belonged to a little girl, although it's extremely dusty and obviously hasn't been played with in years.
Although that doll could of belonged to anyone, the possibility arises that Gregory may of very well had a daughter; therefore making him a father (which isn't impossible as he has shown to be quite gentle with children) and naturally, he would of had a wife/ female lover too.
In the game, one of Judgement Boy's random judgements ( the other two are reminiscent of the series and the one that did sound a lot like this one had differences in the series) just so happens to be this ( although this is currently para-phrased until I play the game again and get the proper quote)
" You are a newly-wed male, your wife and your mother don't like one another and constantly argue.
Your mother is angry and your wife is upset, which one do you comfort?"
-Edit- Okay! I played the game last night ( December 18th) and now I know how the judgement goes; so I shall be putting the actual quote here.
" You're a newly married 29 year old man living with your mother!
Your wife and your mother just don't get along, in fact they're arguing for the 132nd time!
Your wife is crying...your mother is angry...
So, what will you do?"
- End Edit -
No matter what answer you choose, the true answer will always be that 'you' comforted the mother instead of the wife...and as a result, the wife got so angry at that; she went back to live with her parents.
- Second edit - ( and I'll put the judgement's result here for good measure too, just to prove it)
" In the end, you took your mother's side.
In response, your wife gets angry and moves back in with her parents!"
- End edit -
Although it's just a random judgement, with the choice that's made, as well as how the question was to begin with...you really do have to wonder if it was something to do with Gregory's past.
Even though the judgement isn't given to him personally, the decision is most likely something that he would of done.
Despite the fact that he would choose a bit of cheese over his own mother, or even choose to kill her when he could of just left her or helped her; working for his mother is his career and he always tries to stay on her good side, not only that but he's a mother's boy through and through.
So if Gregory Mama was to ever get angry at a said-wife, of course Gregory would comfort his mother instead of his wife; with the result most likely being the end of that judgement.
Or alternatively, if Gregory Mama wasn't above killing some of her own family members to get souls ( as a mouse-head shaped top on a bottled soul in one of the Second Guest episodes might suggest) Gregory could of been forced to side with either his wife ( who could of wanted to take him away from Gregory Mama) or his own mother in getting a soul...his wife's soul to be precise.
Although even if he did choose to get his wife's soul and give it to his mother, there's a chance that he may not of wanted to do it willingly.
Or it was a case of Gregory had found a lady friend ( and never actually married) and they both had a child together...Gregory Mama may of found out about that and not been too happy about it.
Eitherway you look at it, something very messy must of happened...
I'm unsure on what could of happened to the possible child that they had too, although whoever the child was; they lived long enough to have James.
What made Gregory stitch up Nekozombie...and possibly kill the members of the said-cat's family?
It's the most asked question with the most sought after answer within the Gregory Horror Show fandom.
There's no denying that Gregory was the one who did indeed make Nekozombie the way he is (the hints of evidence can be found in both the game and the anime) but the question is 'why did he do it?'
That's where the answers become various.
The answers you could get would most likely be based on how people see Gregory, how they see him would affect the way they view him morally.
From the most selfish reason of " Because Gregory was jealous of Nekozombie, the cat had something that he didn't...and so he decided to take it all away from him; or he just didn't like it that Nekozombie talked back to him"
To the more understandable ( but no less nasty) reason of, " Gregory could of done it ( the sewing up of Nekozombie) as an act of revenge.
It has actually been mentioned before that Gregory did what he did, as an act of revenge for something that Nekozombie did; but it's never been specifically said what happened.
Of course with Gregory being a mouse and Nekozombie being a cat, it's not such an impossible thought that Neko may of caused trouble for the Gregory family.
( One such theory is that Nekozombie actually murdered some members of Gregory's family; and Gregory retaliated) but we may never fully know.
The two do happen to hate one another with all their being though; and if the Gregory doing it out of revenge thing is true...then that would mean that Gregory and Nekozombie both lost families as a result of their actions.
And as a last note, when Nekozombie gets revenge; he gets revenge on both Gregory *and* Gregory Mama...he knew exactly where to go, and chose to start the fire from there.
So both Gregory and his mother may of had something to do with whatever happened.
However, it is mentioned on the official Japanese profile of Nekozombie's; that he escaped from reality after he lost his owner in a dispute over succession and had roamed around the hotel as a zombie cat ever since.
( And that just makes it even more of a mystery than before, since where would the Gregory family come into that?!)
Is there a connection between the manager and the hotel?
As strange as it is, there have been times ( both in the series and game) where Gregory seems to have some kind of connection with the hotel.
Of course as far as the game is concerned, the best example of that would be where the hotel is rebuilding itself...and as it does that, Gregory appears to be regenerating too.
Although that scene was evident in Second Guest too...and even though it was the Gregory family who used their powers ( yes, all three of them have them!) to rebuild the hotel in the series; it's assumed that they did still regenerate with the hotel.
Then there's in the first series during Angel Dog's episode, when Gregory is trying to get the guest to go back to the guest room...the door to the guest room opens all by itself.
And even though there was a chance that Gregory possibly wanted to get away from the hotel in the third series, Last Train; there were hints that he (secretly) may of wanted to go back to the hotel afterall.
And going back to the game, I realised that I have said about a theory of this before, only it was in the game section.
Here's the original thing ( from September 15th) of what was said about evidence supporting this theory in the game; This is another theory regarding Gregory...only this time, it's to do with the old mouse and the hotel itself.
Although I would just like to point out that this theory was thought up by my sister, Bryony, so she deserves credit for all of this.
But there's been the possibility that Gregory and the hotel are in fact, one entity...or are linked to one another at least.
Whether they are or not, is a mystery in the anime; as there doesn't seem to be too much symbolism to show it.
Yet in the game, there's a lot of symbolism.
From the state of the hotel, where it's in need of repair in some places/ falling apart; but otherwise seems to be doing quite well for it's age.
( Much like the manager who runs it)
To when the hotel is burnt down...the state of Gregory being all burnt and partially zombified is a lot like the hotel being reduced to rafters and ashes; and of course when the hotel regenerates, so does Gregory, at exactly the same time.
( This also happens in the anime, although it's the Gregory family who put the house back together there...although Gregory *still* regenerates the same time as the hotel then, and it focuses on him rather than the other two despite the fact that they were regenerating too)
In the game, Gregory seems to know when a new guest has arrived; one of the in-game cutscenes being where he's just at the front desk reading a book...he then stops reading and says how he better get ready for the new guests; it's almost as if he knew from the very beginning...or if something told him.
Gregory also states at one point that he can't remember when the hotel was built...something that could possibly tie in with him not remembering when he was born; yet it's clear that he's been at the hotel for a very long time.
Also, if someone takes into account the outcome of Last Train from the anime series...if Mirror Man led Gregory and the train back to the hotel ( showing Gregory his reflection, and possibly the way forward) then it could be possible that Gregory is part of the hotel.
Even though Gregory had seemingly ran away from the hotel at the beginning of Last Train.
If the thing about the mirror's reflection is true, then it's likely that the hotel is part of Gregory's soul, his desire to find a place for the lost souls to stay being so strong, that it shaped the building that we're so familiar with when Gregory returned to it with the lost souls.
Gregory's duty then becoming dedicated to the guests that live there, as well as his mother.
And if they are linked, then Gregory and the hotel age alongside one another...and if Gregory was to die/ fade away forever, the hotel would do the same.
Of course there's no telling how long Gregory and the hotel could of been connected, he could of been connected to it after the events of Last Train...or he was connected to it from the moment he was born/ if he was born naturally.
If they are linked to each other however, it's possible that the hotel was brand new when Gregory was born...and it's state now shows how old he is, as well as the fact that he hardly seems to have enough time to take care of it because he's too busy looking after the other residents there.
The next question however is about the heir to the hotel, if it's possible for such a handover to happen.
If so, then that would mean that the next manager of the hotel would be James, who does actually (sometimes) seem to see it as his duty to do the work when his Grandfather rests.
Although it's a good possibility that the residents and James ( or maybe just James) are the only things that are still keeping Gregory going.
