>>215699>i thought the endings are usually like the protagonist escapes then go home or somethingsilent hill tells story of multiple characters, none of them really have happy ending.
the main character (the player) has multiple possible endings, there is going home ending, but it isnt happy ending either, because as i said there is no proper resolution for the problem he has.
>where there are a lot of influences, religions, and occultism all mixed upwell thats it indeed and people who write stories cant never be fully self-aware of their own influences, even if they are aware of some things they took inspiration from.
although, most fantasy stories are just a variation of hero's journey, even the stories in bible. they are inspired by these were old story structures.
im not sure if the cyclical nature of world is more western than eastern idea tbh.
with christianity you must also understand that there isnt that much originality in it, since its so much based on hellenistic thought and roman/egyptian mystery cults. im not saying there arent any originality though, but if we are talking about general mythological and philosophical structures it doesnt have much originality.
i would be interested to hear what you think is the greatest philosophical differences between west and the east. imo its not easy to define because these arent really so much monoliths as we are led to believe.