Geralt From Rivia
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- Jun 15, 2022
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Maybe not everything is so dramatic. We know how the DPC likes to turn up the drama by raising the hype for future episodes, but it's where he defuses the situation. Maybe James is alive and they broke up because of some event. I myself am not exactly sure about the theory of hallucinations (this is DPC, you can’t be sure of anything). Maybe the Episode 9 intro is just one of Bella's haunting nightmares related to her traumatic breakup experience. Maybe at some point he will return and it will add drama to the Bella-MC relationship.This is what I think as well. I think James died and the death impacted Bella so severely that she developed some kind of schizotypal coping mechanism where she would have episodes of hallucinations. The EP8 prologue in the library was Bella having one of those episodes. That's why her boss sent her home and why the guy on the bench was staring at her. She was talking to thin air.
I think that's why she keeps that door locked at the present. Part of her still doesn't accept that he's gone even though she knows he is... so she recognizes the hallucinations as not real but they still come back periodically, and the locked door is how she's keeping it together. In reality, nothing is behind the locked door. But to Bella, James is locked away there. But that's how she's keeping some semblance of a normal life.
The only thing I'm sure of is that an important hint with Bella will happen in Season 3. This teaser animation was added for a reason.