Talk:John P. Sater

Religious?
Sounds kinda weird that JP Sater was a religious person, because if he really was a religious person, he would never commit a suicide. Dale Sunderland 21:25, June 13, 2012 (UTC)

-- Somarinoa 21:52, June 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, that just isn't true even in the least bit. My landlord's daughter's Sunday school teacher just committed suicide maybe two months ago and they were pretty religious. Everyone has their breaking point, and a huge number of people who would consider themselves religious commit suicide every year. Never commit suicide? Doubtful. For that matter, is it REALLY committing suicide in Silent Hill? I feel he just immediately woke back up upon impact with the ground or had an experience like when Officer Cunningham or, later, Murphy plummeted to what would have otherwise been their deaths. Technically there is not really direct evidence he truly perished though, for all intents and purposes it is the best answer we probably will ever have about that.


 * If I could throw my two cents into this. It is only implied he is religious due to the dialogue his character was given. There are religious people who commit suicide out there and the religious communities are starting to accept this as those who do commit suicide are not in the correct state of mind, many are in a deep depressive state. As for JP he would have been tortured by Silent Hill for his sin, the deaths of the children, and as we've seen from previous examples (namely Angela in Silent Hill 2) those who are too weak to overcome the punishment simply commit suicide to end it. Also if JP was deeply religious he would have believed he was going to Hell anyway as it is implied that he was a drug abuser and an alcoholic. HeatherMorris6806  22:15, June 13, 2012 (UTC)

If you commit suicide, you're supposed to burn in hell for eternity, having your soul ripped apart for 1000 years, so I hear. -- Murphy Pendleton  :D  03:22, July 4, 2012 (UTC)

This is mostly a Catholic belief and doesn't translate across all Christian denominations. IRMacGuyver (talk) 04:34, January 15, 2017 (UTC)

Name
Even though his full name is John Sater, he is never referred to as "John" in the game, right? Aside from some memos, maybe? And we have a rule on the wiki that their articles are going to be under their most referred to names. Like, Harry Mason's real name is Harrold. And Joey Bartlett's full name is Joseph... So I think his article should be named JP Sater. — LisaGarland ❤  19:11, January 1, 2013 (UTC)

His full name is John P. Sater though. It's only writen as John Sater once or twice. IRMacGuyver (talk) 04:37, January 15, 2017 (UTC)

William Sanderson
Maybe it's just me but the character seems to be based on William Sanderson's character, J. F. Sebastian, from Blade Runner. The voice and face seem very similar. If it's mentioned in a verifiable source from the developer it definitly deserves a mention at least in the trivia section. IRMacGuyver (talk) 04:41, January 15, 2017 (UTC)