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Okay I need to put down specifically what I think happened in that whole clusterfuck or else I am just going to explode so here we go. All sorts of massive spoilers.
Hugo's parents, at some point when he was very young, split up. Hugo lived with his father, but because he was so young, he resented his father for keeping him away from his mother, when his mother wanted nothing to do with him. Hugo was convinced that eventually his mother would come and take him back. During this time, he grows ill. His father tries to help him with medicine, but Hugo only sees it as punishment. Hugo is given a comic to pass some time, and while he dislikes it, the concepts of the Boxxer and Ballman get into his head.
Eventually, his illness manifests itself as hallucinations. He creates the identities of Dedan, Japhet, and Enoch, who he imagines as his best friends who he will help make a better world with. The Guardians immediately set out to claim lands to create their utopia, which are all contained inside Hugo's imagination. Hugo, however, still considers himself trapped in his room, which is why he does not have his own land in the same sense even though he is also a guardian.
Eventually, Hugo's body and mind break down so much he slips into a coma. In the coma, he imagines his mother coming back for him, which manifests itself as The Queen. His subconscious also manifests a protector from his memories of the comic, as The Batter. The Queen and The Batter represent what Hugo wants the most, love and protection. The Queen and The Batter act as surrogate parents and guardians, protecting Hugo's mind by creating a world from it. Note that the game over music is "Stay In Your Coma", which implies that without The Batter, Hugo will suffer in his sleep forever.
However, The Queen and The Batter fail to actually protect Hugo's sanity and health. Hugo starts to quickly decline and begins a decent into madness and death, which creates spectres and corrupts Elsens. The Queen actively refuses to acknowledge this. Dedan, Japhet, and Enoch all react differently to the Elsens decline. Their weak servitude and unwillingness to protect themselves causes Dedan to grow into a permanent rage with the world. Japhet grows to hate their
permanent sadness and starts attacking them under the guise of Valerie. Enoch is the only one to not become actively hostile, but instead tries to help Hugo's mind through the Elsens, by feeding them Sugar, which he believes will prevent their madness.
The Batter realizes that Hugo is too far gone to be saved, and that now Hugo is trapped in a dying and horrible world. He goes to purify the zones, destroying the madness at the cost of destroying that part of Hugo's mind. He knows that the Guardians, being hostile, are only helping the madness along and blames them for the corruption of their zones. He kills each guardian, which purifies Hugo's mind more and more. Through the purified zones, you can hear Hugo yelling for help and pounding on the walls of the room he has trapped himself in.
Eventually, the Batter gets to The Room, and travels through Hugo's memories. He meets with The Queen, who is so entrenched in denial that she was unaware of The Batter's purification. The Batter kills The Queen, and then finds Hugo's interpretation of himself as a guardian. He kills the interpretation, finally destroying Hugo's mind completely, leaving it all a white nothing. The Batter then finds the switch, which will allow him to kill Hugo, so he will not suffer in madness nor in nothingness.
The Judge shows up, angry at the player for allowing The Batter to do this. The Judge is not truly angry at The Batter or the player for the purification, but for killing his brother. The Judge decides that even if the world will stay empty, and Hugo will stay mentally dead, it will be okay as long as The Batter does not finish the job and release Hugo.
The endings split from there. If the Judge wins, the world, and Hugo, is stuck in a limbo of nothing. If The Batter wins, he turns the switch off, and Hugo dies, eradicating everything he has imagined and allowing him to rest in peace.
geez this game
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^it's a tumblr link oh geez^
oh man is this a steam profile
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