Masahiro Ito, the original art director and monster designer of Silent Hill 2, has publicly criticized some fan theories that paint James as either a perpetrator or victim of sexual assault. He specifically objected to the aggressive manner in which some parts of the Silent Hill 2 fandom promote such claims, dismissing them as "ignorance."
Silent Hill 2 spoilers on the origin of Pyramid Head and one particular scene with it and the mannequins ahead.
The horror legacy of Silent Hill 2 owes a lot to the game's psychological storytelling, inviting players to parse the meaning of its environments and monsters. One scene in particular, where Pyramid Head violently handles two mannequin figures, has fueled a controversial fan theory claiming that the creature is sexually assaulting them. This was, in turn, used as a basis to speculate about James himself being either a victim or perpetrator of such an act.
While Silent Hill 2 art director Masahiro Ito has already dismissed these claims many times over the years, he has recently taken aim at the aggressive manner in which some fans are promoting them. "Their ignorance is still expanding like the Big Bang," Ito wrote on August 20 (via TheGamer),...
