for years, i've gone back and forth on whether six becomes the lady, and i think i've finally come to an answer.
yes, she is.
the reason i've doubted before was the difference between them. six is survival bent, willing to do anything to survive and the lady seems very motherly. it seemed very unlikely that they are the same person. however, after some thinking, i've come to the realization that they're not.
one of my favorite theories is that the children of little nightmares all become their greatest fear in some way. this is seen with mono who grew up completely alone and seemingly isolated.
we see that the lady hates her reflection and wears a mask to cover her real face. that's not her being vain. it's her being scared. she has seen what the monsters of their world are like. in her eyes, becoming one would be the same as dying. unfortunately, she is. slowly and surely. her greatest fear, dying, is playing out in front of her.
i'm sure a lot of you are thinking "what about monster six?" that still fits into all of this. the lady isn't a monster (physically). she's becoming one, but isn't completely. monster six is when she would have finished changing. the reason why the lady changes so slowly is because of being so far away from the signal. vice versa, the reason why six changes into monster six so fast is because she is right where the signal was coming from.
now, the lady's motherly behavior. for a while, this one thing completely convinced me that she was not six. i have two possible ways to explain it. the first one is that her being motherly is the opposite of the mentality "every man for himself" that six has. in six's eyes, that would be her succumbing to weakness and probably dying from it. the second reason, which i like much better, is that she isn't being motherly. she is longing for her childhood. she misses when she wasn't on the Maw (i'll get to that in a bit) and was running around. if there was ever a point in her life where the world wasn't messed up, then she is definitely longing for that. either way, she wasn't being corrupted as a child like she is right now. six wasn't a monster, and she's terrified of what she's becoming now.
the timeline of this theory to clarify things:
she goes through little nightmares mobile game (tbh i know next to nothing about that) and game 2. when she is captured by the thin man, she finds out that he's mono. when mono frees her, she betrays him out of self preservation (she may have had ill intent or not. both work). then the hunger settles in as a side affect from being a monster previously. she goes to the Maw and through all of little nightmares. when she escapes the Maw, she realizes the one big flaw in her plan. ITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, SHE CANT LEAVE. so she makes a place for herself in the Maw with her powers, taking the role of the lady. now, in this theory, she's trapped in the Maw but tbh there isn't a real reason why. it does occasionally make stops and i assume that she can't just leave because of time or the other monsters will turn on her (which shouldn't be a problem because of her powers) but i have no idea. personally, i think it's because she doesn't know that mono kills the thin man and is worried he would find her. either way, she's stuck there and eventually, is killed by six.
i absolutely love this theory because of the parallels between six and mono. the both become/live their greatest fear. they both are trapped at some point, which is what leads to them becoming/living their worst fear. and, my favorite one, they both meet their end, because of themselves. it's this beautifully horrific loop.
I went to a library. The person at the front desk was unusually tall and thin like the guy from Little Nightmares 2. I asked them where I can find the books on anatomy. They stopped typing on a type-writer, lowered their glasses to look me over and then said, “God gave you two eyeballs. You can’t see your own, but you sure can see everybody else’s.”
Old animation you may remember, I posted an earlier WIP of this ages ago.
TW FOR FLASHING, EYES AND EYESTRAIN
I’ve still been trying to come up with stuff for the RK Animation, but I want to keep you all fed like that one elderly man on YouTube who feeds raccoons hotdogs by the dozen
Another old art. I also consider it one of my best artworks.
I love this game very much, I have completed both parts of the game. I did a lot of theories with a friend :)
By the way, the third part will be released soon. And soon the first part will be released on the phone. I can't wait to enjoy this great game again :D