Talk:Eddie Dombrowski

Holes...
So, in his Appearance section, there's a blurb about a hole being drawn on his shirt, which resembles the Halo of the Sun...correct me if I'm wrong, but the Halo didn't make its first appearance until 3, right? -- 18:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's right, but I really don't think it was meant to resemble the Halo... also, I finally got the poll working! It turns out that if you press "Preview", it looks messed up for some reason (at least I got it up before the spotlight) AlexShepherd 20:07, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Eddie the Kid Killer
The more I hear about Eddie, the more I think his final design was inspired by the Columbine High School massacre of 1999. In-game clues point at him being a self-conscious, judging man, who is this way because he always feels people are insulting him; he's what the press were stereotyping Eric and Dylan as after the shooting. His inspiration from Eddie Murphy was probably in the very earliest stages of the game, before 20-4-1999. His personality was changed to match what the developers believe was the problem of school shooters, it's just that Eddie was spineless; he needed a supernatural impetus and victim, which was the town. Just wondering if anyone else see's this, or any flaws in my reasoning. Robert Orville Berkshire 02:03, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

Weird Glitch
I was playing Silent Hill 2 for the Xbox on Xbox 360. When i was fighting Eddie I notice something was wrong with his face. I saw very pale skin with a brown spot wich looked like a patch of hard wood floor on his face. I guess this because it was an older engine. It was rather funny.


 * Haha. Mourning wood. Robert Orville Berkshire 20:50, August 23, 2010 (UTC)

Actual Centralia Resident
I am currently watching a documentary on Chiller called Real Fear: The Truth Behind, and they mentioned a 12-year-old boy who lived in Centralia, Pennsylvania (one of the major inspirations for Silent Hill) and he was sucked into a sink hole in-town and only saved himself by grabbing a tree branch. They then showed a documentary-within-a-documentary (it seemed like it had been filmed in the 1980s or maybe even 70s) and the kid's name was revealed on screen as Todd Dombowski! Anyone else think this very similar last name might not be a coincidence, considering that he was in an old documentary on the location? — Somarinoa 08:30, July 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * Only the 2006 film version of the town was based on Centralia, making the connection unlikely. Plus Eddie's last name is BROW, not BOW. The current Trivia section gives a possible reason: a character in Twin Peaks has the last name of Domrowski. — Alex Shepherd   ツ  10:09, July 8, 2012 (UTC)


 * ...Really? I could have sworn I've known about Centralia for quite a while now and I only ever learned of it because of Silent Hill.  Maybe the movie's been out longer than I think it has been (6 years?  Felt like I've known about the town longer than that, but guess not).  Outside of that though, the "one letter difference" would have meant jack squat.  Wouldn't have known about any Twin Peaks characters however, but even in the 80s I found that series really boring, lol.  Only cool things I remember is the accidental crew member view in a mirror that turned into a main character and the dream dude walking and speaking backwards.  Still a particularly interesting coincidence, however — at least, to me.  — Somarinoa 22:22, July 8, 2012 (UTC)

Is Eddie homosexual?
Reading Eddie's page, a few details stuck out to me... 1) Eddie is shown as being hypersensitive to how James percieves his body but seems to be oddly complacent when Laura calls him a gutless fatso. 2) The room accross from where James meets Eddie for the first time has football posters on the walls, one of which has "physical beauty" written on it. 3) The novelization suggests that Eddie doesn't care so much about what women think of him, and 4) All of the corpses left behind by Eddie are male. So how does this suggest Eddie is gay? Well, starting with the football poster... If we assume that it was Eddie that wrote that, then it suggests he felt a great deal of envy for the football player who bullied him over his physical appearance. But beyond that, I think it is telling that he would pick a male as an example of physical beauty. Secondly, the carte blanche Eddie gives Laura over calling him fat. She does it at least twice, and Eddie only weakly protests. Granted, this could be for any number of reasons (Laura is a child, or he happened to be in an apathetic mood at the time, or the fact that he was eating at the time) but the Novelization suggests that Eddie doesn't care at all how women think of him. This is supported in the game as well by the corpses left in Eddie's wake. It's safe to assume that none of the people Eddie kills in Silent Hill were actually out to get him. This reinforces the fact that Eddie is strongly preoccupied with how other men percieve him. If Eddie was concerned with how women thought of him, you would expect a lot more anger against women (No woman will ever pay attention to me! Women are so shallow! etc.) So at every turn with Eddie, it's about how males should look, how males look at him, what males think of him, etc. The idea that Eddie simultaneously lusted after the football player who bullied him says a lot about the sort of torment he was going through. PD711 (talk) 21:27, February 8, 2015 (UTC)PD711


 * I doubt it. The novelization says "He didn’t mind that girls wouldn’t give him the time of day.", which implies Eddie is heterosexual. — Alex Shepherd   ツ 


 * I don't follow your logic. That implies the opposite. PD711 (talk) 23:05, February 9, 2015 (UTC)PD711


 * Not necessarily. If Eddie was gay, then it would be "He didn’t mind that guys wouldn’t give him the time of day." In context, Eddie is saying that girls being attracted to him doesn't matter, it's just the bullying he can't stand. The fact that he even mentions girls in the first place implies Eddie is heterosexual.
 * Also, when Laura insults Eddie, he says, "What did you have to say that for!?", meaning being called a "gutless fatso" DOES bother him.
 * If there is a gay character in Silent Hill, it would probably be Henry Townshend or Alex Shepherd, not Eddie. — Alex Shepherd   ツ  00:31, February 10, 2015 (UTC)