User:Mary Shepherd-Sunderland

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Hello! I love, love, love the Silent Hill series. I appreciate the symbolism behind the monsters most of all, which I add to from time to time when the urge hits. The Mandarin, from Silent Hill 2, is my favorite monster simply because I feel it is the single most relevant monster to James, next to the Lying Figure.

I also have a keen interest in fan fiction and often write for several different fandoms in my spare time. I will continue to post updates to my first Silent Hill fic, There She Goes. I have a lot of fic ideas that I can't wait to post on here, but they will have to stay in the oven a little longer and grow some fingers and toes before I can do that.

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My favorite game is Silent Hill 2, and I don't appreciate any of the games in the series nearly as much as this one. It affects me on a level that I can safely say no other one has. As such, my favorite character is James Sunderland--simply because he reminds me a lot of myself: reserved, polite to others, but holding something in my heart that can leak out from time to time.

The soundtracks only add to my appreciation, and Akira Yamaoka is one of my favorite artists. For your listening pleasure, I highly recommend "Waiting For You" by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, a track featured on Silent Hill 4: The Room, but one that desperately belongs on the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack. A pity they hadn't come up with the idea for it until the fourth installment, but at least it exists at all.

Other favorites - "Tender Sugar" (SH4), "Overdose Delusion" (SH2), "I Want Love" (SH3), "Love Psalm" (SH2), and "Promise" (SH2), two of which feature Elizabeth McGlynn's soulful voice and a tortured, rip-through-your-heart guitar solo.