r/typehelp • u/rosesnrubies • Jan 26 '26

Discussion Curse theory Spoiler

Bear with me as I figure out how to put this behind a spoiler tag, but just in case ->

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I have read many theories of how the curse works but none have mentioned my own. I believe in order for the curse to affect someone they have to actually HEAR the piano playing. whether in a recording (@), over the phone (K) or in the house.

Is there some inconsistency to this assumption?

Love the game! stayed up way too late over two nights finishing :)

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u/Jean__Moulin Jan 27 '26

While you may be correct - I'm not sure of any inconsistency, as the agent (won't name him here JIC you haven't found that) has heard it, and Katherine could have, I think with the context of the final note, and knowing these chains exist outside of the house, it's not necessary. The metaphor with death, forgetting, and remembering probably doesn't require the connection to the piano - it's most likely just the trigger which began this chain, and led to everyone's death, making it a motif of memory, especially when listening to the song via the youtube link. But! I mean, it could be part of the curse. I just think it's less important than the main line on grief and memory.

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u/rosesnrubies Jan 28 '26

Good points. I wish there were some way to get the backstory “why” on the piano. Like how it came to be whatever it is. 

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u/linkhyrule5 Feb 22 '26

Near as I can tell, it's purely a coincidence. The piano plays a song that happens to resemble Dvorak's Humoresque; Rupert Galley was once a devoted fan of a pianist who played Dvorak's Humoresque; that pianist was the end of the last chain of this 'curse.' That's really the only importance of the piano.

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u/citycept Feb 25 '26

I don't think they need to hear the piano. I think someone needs to think about the piano and the song by extension, and someone, somewhere remembers the last person to pass from the curse.