I consider the whole ending sequence was just a Guybrush's dream.
There's a lot of things that point that. Dreams are usually a juxtaposition of things you lived lately and ideas you have.
Well, if Guybrush was in Dinky Island why the underground tunnels look like those under Ron Roger's house? Why the carnival seems to be in Booty Island? Why you can go to Melee Island's alley? Because it's a dream! You see your lost parents just like in GB previous dream when... he hit his head! Just the same that happened when he fell with Big Whoop on his hand!
Maybe Big Whoop is the portal do dreams' land, and Lechuck used that opportunity to get in Guybrush head and manipulate his ideas. But he is in no way his brother.
Interesting theory! Really, you have some good points there!
So, in CMI he wakes up from this horrible nightmare and finds himself at the Carnival of the Damned, which he escapes then? It would actually make a lot of sense, come to think of it!
Interesting theory! Really, you have some good points there!
So, in CMI he wakes up from this horrible nightmare and finds himself at the Carnival of the Damned, which he escapes then? It would actually make a lot of sense, come to think of it!
No it doesn't. Why would he dream about a carnival if he bumped his head and started dreaming BEFORE the Carnival? The theory works(though its horribly boring), but only if you exclude Curse.
Again, it works, but it's boring. Worse, it comes off like an explanation and not like an actual story. That's the main issue I have with Monkey Island 3. The second game's ending gave us a great ending with a lot of duality, it seemed like something big. The carnival doesn't have to be "real" to make me happy, I've seen a lot of fan theories that make it an "unreal world" that I've liked. The real problem with Curse's ending was that it took the ending of LeChuck's Revenge and explained it away rather than grew from it.
I like the idea that Guybrush is really a kid with LeChuck as his brother, but if the narrative behind him not being a kid was good I'd be happy as well. But it's not, and the majority of fan theories to explain the ending away feel like "explaining away" the ending or denying it rather than trying to continue the story in an organic way.
Really, though, LeChuck is not. Unless we somehow declare the last two games non-canon, we can't escape that the Guybrush/LeChuck connection and Big Whoop was all a fabrication, blandly explained away at the final game-ruining third or fourth of Curse.
Interesting theory! Really, you have some good points there!
So, in CMI he wakes up from this horrible nightmare and finds himself at the Carnival of the Damned, which he escapes then? It would actually make a lot of sense, come to think of it!
We must consider that Curse wasn't made by Ron Gilbert and they needed to continue the story somehow without knowing exactly what was going on. Maybe The Carnival was created by a SPELL made by the witch doctor that worked for Le Chuck. So after falling and having Big Whoop open, Le Chuck was free to torment Guybrush where it hurts the most: his mind.
Really, replay the ending sequence and you will notice it is just a dream. Even those guys that carried the box to Le Chuck's mansion reappear! As well as the dog you previously seen. Why are there so many elements reappearing? Because it is a dream!
We must consider that Curse wasn't made by Ron Gilbert and they needed to continue the story somehow without knowing exactly what was going on. Maybe The Carnival was created by a SPELL made by the witch doctor that worked for Le Chuck. So after falling and having Big Whoop open, Le Chuck was free to torment Guybrush where it hurts the most: his mind.
Really, replay the ending sequence and you will notice it is just a dream. Even those guys that carried the box to Le Chuck's mansion reappear! As well as the dog you previously seen. Why are there so many elements reappearing? Because it is a dream!
I always saw it as a bit of a Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court story myself. A story famous for recurring faces and elements in the real world and the fantasy world.
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So, in CMI he wakes up from this horrible nightmare and finds himself at the Carnival of the Damned, which he escapes then? It would actually make a lot of sense, come to think of it!
I like the idea that Guybrush is really a kid with LeChuck as his brother, but if the narrative behind him not being a kid was good I'd be happy as well. But it's not, and the majority of fan theories to explain the ending away feel like "explaining away" the ending or denying it rather than trying to continue the story in an organic way.
Really, though, LeChuck is not. Unless we somehow declare the last two games non-canon, we can't escape that the Guybrush/LeChuck connection and Big Whoop was all a fabrication, blandly explained away at the final game-ruining third or fourth of Curse.
We must consider that Curse wasn't made by Ron Gilbert and they needed to continue the story somehow without knowing exactly what was going on. Maybe The Carnival was created by a SPELL made by the witch doctor that worked for Le Chuck. So after falling and having Big Whoop open, Le Chuck was free to torment Guybrush where it hurts the most: his mind.
Really, replay the ending sequence and you will notice it is just a dream. Even those guys that carried the box to Le Chuck's mansion reappear! As well as the dog you previously seen. Why are there so many elements reappearing? Because it is a dream!
I always saw it as a bit of a Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court story myself. A story famous for recurring faces and elements in the real world and the fantasy world.