Stray Dog And Zepplin

[rorlovesuicide]

did anyone else look at the website for RoR? Heres a quote from it:

"1930's, England. The year that marked the start of the age of the great zepplins. a mysterious story is spreading among the children in one town. The park is dangerous after dark. youll be eaten by stray dogs. people who are eaten are confined to a zepplin in the sky and can never leave."

i have a strange theory. what if all the girls and boys from the orphanage were eaten by stray dog and thats how they ended up in the zepplin in the first place? it makes sense, kinda. the pictures all around the house mention stray dog, and jennifer was wandering around at night before the girls put her in the box to enter the zepplin. but then you see the mirrors in the bathroom have pictures of gregory and the orphanage, symbolizing that there is a way back. however, my theory also has to do with all the girls being stuck on the zepplin because of being eaten by stray dog, so maybe jennifer was dreaming about the orphanage before she woke up on the zepplin, making what she saw a dream. also, she is dreaming when she thinks she ends up in the orphanage again later on (during the cleaning) when she faces stray dog. the other girls clothes are on the lawn, thus symbolizing that they could have been eaten and thats why she saw them all stuck on the zepplin. it sounds wierd, but kinda logical. because the end seems like shes dreaming of older times.

[empressjess]

Yeah, that description on the site threw me off at first too.

The way I see it is, Gregors, as Stray Dog, went to the orphanage at Wendy's order to kill all the kids (I subscribe to the theory that he broke their necks/bit them/whatever) so that Wendy wouldn't be seen as some dirty little liar. I don't think Jennifer ever physically sets foot on an airship, it's just the backdrop for these horrifying memories. Why? Because she's rolling up all the tragedy of her life in one foul swoop, and her parents died in a zepplin crash.

The other theory I sort of went with for awhile was that Jennifer had died and had to come to terms with all this trauma before she could move on (bright light after final boss fight). In that sense, the kids really did go to some sort of airship purgatory after being "gobbled up" and Jennifer has joined them after dying.

The offical site words it strangely though, as the game hints strongly that Stray Dog is Wendy's creation, and this suggests that it was a common urban myth among the children.

[Carmichan]

I feel bad that poor Gregory is always made out to be a bad guy...

[PrincessJennifer]

I think Jen has got to still be alive. As for the Stray Dog rumors, I think that was just made up by the little kids in town when kids started getting kidnapped in the park, which is a common place to find stray dogs. The rumor found it's way to the orphanage, and Weny adopted the name. I think that's it, anyway.