No, wait, talk about it! What??? I think what really mystifies me here is the 'retroactively'.
Weelllll (and spoilers definitely follow, heads up) in Fatal Frame you play as Miku, a sixteen-ish year old high school girl. She and her elder (early 20s) brother, Mafuyu, can "see things other people can't see" (i.e: ghosts and spookums.) Their mother commit suicide due to being overwhelmed by her power when Miku was a child, leaving Mafuyu to raise his sister. Miku's very insular, and her world seems to revolve around her brother as her sole support system.
In the game's prologue, Mafuyu goes to the alledgely cursed Himuro Mansion where a famous author-- and Mafuyu's mentor-- recently went missing. Unfortunately, Mafuyu also goes missing, so the game proper has the player take Miku through the mansion, chasing after the specter of her brother. Their relationship, to me, read kind of odd, but they seemed to be brother/sister and that was it. Probably. The game ends with Mafuyu, who's still alive, choosing to willingly die to be with the Onryo of a shrine maiden whow as wronged in life, and who's suffering binds a Hellmouth from opening and a calamity from occuring. Miku is left completely alone, broken and traumitized from the event. Roll credits!
Miku returns in Fatal Frame 3, now around 18-19, and has moved in with a slightly older gal named Rei. Rei's deceased fiancee was friends with Mafuyu, so they took in Miku when she had no where else to go. This game involved Rei and Miku going to the "Manor of Sleep" in their dreams, a place where the bereaved are summoned when they no longer have the will to live. Miku's parts involve her chasing the spectre of her brother (again) in the dream manor to reunite with him. She's also super sapphic with Rei (we stan) and in the end, Rei saves them both and they resolve to find the will to live... together.
Except psych, because Fatal Frame 5 takes place years later and we learn that Mafuyu's spirit came to Miku in the dream manor to give her inspiration to live, and by inspiration to live I mean- and I really don't know how to put this delicately- some ghost dick. So Miku ends up pregnant (!) with her brother's (!!) ghost baby (!!!) which drains a bunch of her life force, so she gives birth and then dissapears to go get ghost married (!!!!) in a ceremony to her brother (!!!!!) who's sorta-technically promised to the suffering shrine maiden from the first game (I'm outta exclamation points).
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Weelllll (and spoilers definitely follow, heads up) in Fatal Frame you play as Miku, a sixteen-ish year old high school girl. She and her elder (early 20s) brother, Mafuyu, can "see things other people can't see" (i.e: ghosts and spookums.) Their mother commit suicide due to being overwhelmed by her power when Miku was a child, leaving Mafuyu to raise his sister. Miku's very insular, and her world seems to revolve around her brother as her sole support system.
In the game's prologue, Mafuyu goes to the alledgely cursed Himuro Mansion where a famous author-- and Mafuyu's mentor-- recently went missing. Unfortunately, Mafuyu also goes missing, so the game proper has the player take Miku through the mansion, chasing after the specter of her brother. Their relationship, to me, read kind of odd, but they seemed to be brother/sister and that was it. Probably. The game ends with Mafuyu, who's still alive, choosing to willingly die to be with the Onryo of a shrine maiden whow as wronged in life, and who's suffering binds a Hellmouth from opening and a calamity from occuring. Miku is left completely alone, broken and traumitized from the event. Roll credits!
Miku returns in Fatal Frame 3, now around 18-19, and has moved in with a slightly older gal named Rei. Rei's deceased fiancee was friends with Mafuyu, so they took in Miku when she had no where else to go. This game involved Rei and Miku going to the "Manor of Sleep" in their dreams, a place where the bereaved are summoned when they no longer have the will to live. Miku's parts involve her chasing the spectre of her brother (again) in the dream manor to reunite with him. She's also super sapphic with Rei (we stan) and in the end, Rei saves them both and they resolve to find the will to live... together.
Except psych, because Fatal Frame 5 takes place years later and we learn that Mafuyu's spirit came to Miku in the dream manor to give her inspiration to live, and by inspiration to live I mean- and I really don't know how to put this delicately- some ghost dick. So Miku ends up pregnant (!) with her brother's (!!) ghost baby (!!!) which drains a bunch of her life force, so she gives birth and then dissapears to go get ghost married (!!!!) in a ceremony to her brother (!!!!!) who's sorta-technically promised to the suffering shrine maiden from the first game (I'm outta exclamation points).
So, yeah. Retroactive incest.