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Parent Post: Sold out theater
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goyim
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6/2/2026, 9:08:08 PM
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Well... She may have. In my view the deformed version on Mary was the backrooms attempt at creating a version of her from memory (like the dog analogy mentioned throughout) which would maybe explain the other deformed humanoids in the backrooms, people who have been there and escaped. Besides it was left pretty open, with her asking what will happen to her and the interviewer/researcher stating that 'thats not up to him'. But I saw the ending as her being allowed to leave, and in her place a sort of mindless memory of her remained
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6/2/2026, 9:14:12 PM
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And my other theory was that the backrooms is a construct of her mother's loss of sanity and basis in reality, which would explain the scene of her as a young girl and her mom telling her she can't look out the window. What if her mother's mental illnesses materialized a sort of false reality that a young Mary was forced to live inside of, and her home with the windows covered up was a room inside the backrooms. But her mother eventually was hospitalized, releasing Mary from her illness and the reality her illness created for her as a child. And maybe the return to the backrooms signifys Mary's own slip from reality, creating a physical construct that will trap everyone close to her inside of, explaining why clark was a victim of the reality, cos he was depending on her in a therapy since, and his reliance on her advice and beliefs created an opening into this alternate reality. Just an idea I came up with, probably wrong
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seraphima
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6/2/2026, 9:22:56 PM
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I agree with you! Your insight is totally understandable and legit. I hope that they make more exploring this existential dread and expand on what was said at the table. To me, what really did Clark in was his admission (I won’t say it in case anyone reading hasn’t seen it). The dude liked it. He craved the power of being set free in this alternate state of consciousness. He finally got to do whatever he wanted to whoever he wanted. He let his dark side win. Mary didn’t.
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6/2/2026, 9:18:21 PM
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Have you ever seen Annihilation? It reminded me of that (without seeing the web series, etc.). It’s like the entity that is the backrooms absorbs trauma and feeds off of it which expands it. So, while I appreciate your optimism and I hope future stories proves it true, one thing that is historically true about faceless corporations seeking to “understand” phenomena like this is that they can’t let someone leave. Phil gets to but his character seems like the kind of guy who is a really nice bootlicker. Mary, despite her quiet and unassuming demeanor, seems like the kind of female protagonist I’ve been waiting for to return to cinema since the OG Ellen Ripley. She could, imo, be the hero.
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