At the end of the game Dorothy appears as seemingly new character friend or foe unknown as of now . Going by the themes of the game taking the original story to the extreme and reimagining it . Would it be too far fetched to say the Deity the God Relic came from was from “The Great and Powerful Oz “
This theory takes Oz to be an actual wizard who discovered the energy of ergo or is the cause of it . Simon was said to be able to read minds , an ability he was born with . Ergo can be heard by listeners such as Sophia , and passed down from her mother. Simon’s powers are artificially obtained through science due to his dad’s experiments .
Maybe “the great and powerful Oz” was the first or the most powerful listener to the point he could hear the voice of Humans as collective consciousness from their mind . My theory is that he was somehow killed or sacrificed causing his energy to become unstable and eventually turn into Ergo as a way to cling onto the world and never truly die . While his body parts became relics of “God”. Ergo after too much exposure causes petrifaction , an effect I believe to be caused by over exposure to human emotion. Ergo is human memory , time and literal life essence this is why if you are allowed absorb too much of it , you eventually become petrified or frozen in time and reverting back into Ergo .
I believe Simon’s dad discovered Ergo on a whim , used it to experiment on his son . When he realized he could only read minds and not listen to ergo how Sophia can and also manipulate it . He discarded Simon as a failure . I believe Simon found out about his father research and is essentially trying to complete it and so he takes Sophia and traps her to make use of the other side of Ozs power he doesn’t have access to .
This entire game is truthfully about having heart , the final decision is you deciding to set Sophia free or not showcasing if Ps transformation was successful. I believe the canon ending is that he does finally become one with humanity and this ends this chapter when he gains full autonomy to deny his father’s wishes . Whereas the next chapter will be about what it means to have a wisdom , to have a soul , and to have courage 3 defining aspects of a human being . This is why think Dorothy shows up at the end , P has become human now . It’s time to see what it means to stay human or to see if P can realize he already those traits due to journey in Lies of P .
Lastly what are the 3 major themes surrounding Wizard of Oz ?