***I shall point out straight away that this will contain spoilers integral to the game's story so unless you have beaten the game, or do not care if you discover anything about the story then I suggest you do not read on.***
OK, so the theory that Andrew Ryan did not die in Bioshock has been thrown around the web a lot since the game was released, with many people claiming "There was a Vita-Chamber in the room so he could come back to life.".
I have a different theory as to why he could potentially still be alive. Bear in mind this is just a hypothesis, I am not claiming this is what happened, or even what I think happened, it's an idea.
First of all how he is still alive:
Quite simply, he force grew a child to act as him. The "clone" was ordered to use the phrase "Would you kindly" in order to be murdered (sounds crazy but read on).
How this is possible:
Being force grown is how the player came to be a full adult in just two years, so it's a possibility and there is nothing to say Ryan would not take advantage of this ability. Ryan used this technology as well as brain-washing (the same way the character was with "WYK") in order to control him (after all, who would ask somebody to kill them painfully if they are sane?).
We don't actually know what Ryan looks like. We see pictures of a man during film clips but who is to say that's what he actually looks like? He could easily be using his "clone" as a front.
Why he would do so/What made me come up with this idea:
Ryan truly believed in Rapture. He wouldn't want to throw his life away for no reason. He knew Jack would respond to "WYK" and he proved it by commanding him to run/sit/stand etc. So why didn't he order Jack to kill himself? That would eliminate the threat of Atlas surely?
The reason was that Ryan knew that Jack was close to killing him and realised that Atlas/Fontaine would not stop until he succeeded. He used the clone in order to make Atlas think he had won and so he could buy himself some time to fight back without worry of attack.
Thoughts?
OK, so the theory that Andrew Ryan did not die in Bioshock has been thrown around the web a lot since the game was released, with many people claiming "There was a Vita-Chamber in the room so he could come back to life.".
I have a different theory as to why he could potentially still be alive. Bear in mind this is just a hypothesis, I am not claiming this is what happened, or even what I think happened, it's an idea.
First of all how he is still alive:
Quite simply, he force grew a child to act as him. The "clone" was ordered to use the phrase "Would you kindly" in order to be murdered (sounds crazy but read on).
How this is possible:
Being force grown is how the player came to be a full adult in just two years, so it's a possibility and there is nothing to say Ryan would not take advantage of this ability. Ryan used this technology as well as brain-washing (the same way the character was with "WYK") in order to control him (after all, who would ask somebody to kill them painfully if they are sane?).
We don't actually know what Ryan looks like. We see pictures of a man during film clips but who is to say that's what he actually looks like? He could easily be using his "clone" as a front.
Why he would do so/What made me come up with this idea:
Ryan truly believed in Rapture. He wouldn't want to throw his life away for no reason. He knew Jack would respond to "WYK" and he proved it by commanding him to run/sit/stand etc. So why didn't he order Jack to kill himself? That would eliminate the threat of Atlas surely?
The reason was that Ryan knew that Jack was close to killing him and realised that Atlas/Fontaine would not stop until he succeeded. He used the clone in order to make Atlas think he had won and so he could buy himself some time to fight back without worry of attack.
Thoughts?
