Comments on: “Once Upon a Time” in Jennifer’s Own Words http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/ A spoiler-intensive RoR plot-theory blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:14:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: PokerNemesis http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-31480 PokerNemesis Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:19:10 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-31480 The Cheerful Prince wrote: <blockquote>My friend and I always joked that there’s probably a random rock in the Once Upon a Time… chapter which, if examined properly, will give the full story of the game, along with missing cutscenes and bonus features. Hehe. …Needless to say, we’re still looking for that rock.</blockquote> Grandpaf wrote: <blockquote>If there’s a debug room, i would say its located in the attic / aristocrats room…</blockquote> Hence my announced discovery: <a href="http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2009/04/01/mysteries/access-to-the-attic-in-the-once-upon-a-time-chapter-part-1/" rel="nofollow">Access to the Attic in the "Once Upon A Time" Chapter! (Part 1)</a> <a href="http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2009/04/02/humor/access-to-the-attic-in-the-once-upon-a-time-chapter-part-2/" rel="nofollow">Access to the Attic in the "Once Upon A Time" Chapter! (Part 2)</a> ~ The Cheerful Prince wrote:

My friend and I always joked that there’s probably a random rock in the Once Upon a Time… chapter which, if examined properly, will give the full story of the game, along with missing cutscenes and bonus features. Hehe.

…Needless to say, we’re still looking for that rock.

Grandpaf wrote:

If there’s a debug room, i would say its located in the attic / aristocrats room…

Hence my announced discovery:
Access to the Attic in the “Once Upon A Time” Chapter! (Part 1)
Access to the Attic in the “Once Upon A Time” Chapter! (Part 2)
~

]]> By: Grandpaf http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-31478 Grandpaf Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:03:49 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-31478 Or a cheat code to unlock all doors in each chapters ^^ If there's a debug room, i would say its located in the attic / aristocrats room... Or a cheat code to unlock all doors in each chapters ^^

If there’s a debug room, i would say its located in the attic / aristocrats room…

]]> By: The Cheerful Prince http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-31454 The Cheerful Prince Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:02:13 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-31454 My friend and I always joked that there's probably a random rock in the Once Upon a Time... chapter which, if examined properly, will give the full story of the game, along with missing cutscenes and bonus features. Hehe. ...Needless to say, we're still looking for that rock. My friend and I always joked that there’s probably a random rock in the Once Upon a Time… chapter which, if examined properly, will give the full story of the game, along with missing cutscenes and bonus features. Hehe.

…Needless to say, we’re still looking for that rock.

]]> By: Emriss http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-14528 Emriss Mon, 04 May 2009 04:13:27 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-14528 TRmaniac: Just clarification, here. If you look at the date for the Once Upon a Time chapter, you'll see it's back at the beginning of the same year, before all of that happened. So the game was pretty much one giant flashback, and we actually saw her as she was then during the scene where she strikes Wendy and in that final chapter. And I think her leaving the orphanage isn't her literally changing what is to happen. I think it's more metaphorical, showing how she moves on from her regrets on that part of her life, a theory that's enforced by how forgiving she is throughout Once Upon a Time. Maybe she wasn't always like that; maybe before she felt guilty, and mentally retaliated by blaming the others as she thinks they may have blamed her (seems to me that many things show that sort of cause-and-effect, if one takes to heat what Aya said: about how values of the parents and role models are passed on to the children. Also, there's the ending, which can be seen as a parallel of the relationship between Jeniffer and Wendy; Wendy wanting to keep Jeniffer on a tight leash/keep her all to herself, which Jeniffer literally does with Brown). But in the end, she forgives them, forgives herself, and is able to move on from the series of events that was previously eating away at her, unresolved in her psyche. TRmaniac: Just clarification, here. If you look at the date for the Once Upon a Time chapter, you’ll see it’s back at the beginning of the same year, before all of that happened. So the game was pretty much one giant flashback, and we actually saw her as she was then during the scene where she strikes Wendy and in that final chapter. And I think her leaving the orphanage isn’t her literally changing what is to happen. I think it’s more metaphorical, showing how she moves on from her regrets on that part of her life, a theory that’s enforced by how forgiving she is throughout Once Upon a Time. Maybe she wasn’t always like that; maybe before she felt guilty, and mentally retaliated by blaming the others as she thinks they may have blamed her (seems to me that many things show that sort of cause-and-effect, if one takes to heat what Aya said: about how values of the parents and role models are passed on to the children. Also, there’s the ending, which can be seen as a parallel of the relationship between Jeniffer and Wendy; Wendy wanting to keep Jeniffer on a tight leash/keep her all to herself, which Jeniffer literally does with Brown). But in the end, she forgives them, forgives herself, and is able to move on from the series of events that was previously eating away at her, unresolved in her psyche.

]]> By: PokerNemesis http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5379 PokerNemesis Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:09:42 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5379 WitchBaby asks: <blockquote>What was the precious thing that Jennifer kept in the rubbish bin that no one else suspected? Was it the picture of everyone that was taken the day she arrived?</blockquote> That makes sense. Jennifer says of that photo, in the "Once Upon A Time" chapter: (Hallway---Front Stairway balcony---At the empty picture frame) “There used to be a picture here, of everyone at the orphanage. It was a picture filled with hope, taken the day I was brought here. I was afraid someone would try to steal this precious memory from me…so I took the picture down and kept it safe.” WitchBaby asks:

What was the precious thing that Jennifer kept in the rubbish bin that no one else suspected? Was it the picture of everyone that was taken the day she arrived?

That makes sense. Jennifer says of that photo, in the “Once Upon A Time” chapter:

(Hallway—Front Stairway balcony—At the empty picture frame)

“There used to be a picture here, of everyone at the orphanage. It was a picture filled with hope, taken the day I was brought here. I was afraid someone would try to steal this precious memory from me…so I took the picture down and kept it safe.”

]]> By: WitchBaby http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5378 WitchBaby Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:54:10 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5378 In the once upon a time chapter, Jennifer says, “It’s the detested rubbish bin. No one ever suspected that something precious was hidden inside it. Nor did they know that it was the only place where I could keep my things safe.” What was the precious thing that Jennifer kept in the rubbish bin that no one else suspected? Was it the picture of everyone that was taken the day she arrived? In the once upon a time chapter, Jennifer says, “It’s the detested rubbish bin. No one ever suspected that something precious was hidden inside it. Nor did they know that it was the only place where I could keep my things safe.”

What was the precious thing that Jennifer kept in the rubbish bin that no one else suspected? Was it the picture of everyone that was taken the day she arrived?

]]> By: Masq http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5268 Masq Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:44:46 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5268 ^_^- You're very welcome. I'll continue to be vigilant. ^_^- ^_^- You’re very welcome. I’ll continue to be vigilant. ^_^-

]]> By: PokerNemesis http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5264 PokerNemesis Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:10:15 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5264 Masq wrote: <blockquote>PN I’m sorry I keep saying this but it seems to have gone unnoticed.</blockquote> No need to apologize. Thanks for persisting until I did, at last, notice. :D The correction is now in place. Masq wrote:

PN I’m sorry I keep saying this but it seems to have gone unnoticed.

No need to apologize. Thanks for persisting until I did, at last, notice. :D

The correction is now in place.

]]> By: Masq http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5262 Masq Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:42:57 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5262 PN I'm sorry I keep saying this but it seems to have gone unnoticed. Your comment in the classroom about "A crybaby, an elitist...ect," Is missing "An Introvert." Until it has that in it, it's not a direct quote. At least, that's what it says in my version. PN I’m sorry I keep saying this but it seems to have gone unnoticed.

Your comment in the classroom about “A crybaby, an elitist…ect,” Is missing “An Introvert.” Until it has that in it, it’s not a direct quote.

At least, that’s what it says in my version.

]]> By: PokerNemesis http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5258 PokerNemesis Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:48:27 +0000 http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/2007/10/12/clues/once-upon-a-time-in-jennifers-own-words/#comment-5258 I just now found a comment by Jennifer that I had previously missed. At drawing of spooky things (nearest the Closet Room): <blockquote>“The spooky things love to clean. That’s why they always carry mops and brooms. They’ll kidnap you if you don’t clean. At least, that’s what everyone says.” </blockquote> The complete set of Jennifer's comments on the floor drawings of this section of hallway now appears to consist of three comments. Hallway (ground floor, connecting Headmaster’s Room and Closet Room): <blockquote>At drawing on the floor of a big donut-shaped one-eyed person (near cabinet): “This sloppy drawing must be Thomas’s. See what happens when you give him chalk? The walls, the floors… To him, it’s one big canvas.” At drawing on floor of spooky things (nearest the Headmaster’s Room): “The spooky things… They swept away everything that’s dirty, including disobedient children. It was a scary story that started as a rumor and spread like wildfire.” At drawing of spooky things (nearest the Closet Room): “The spooky things love to clean. That’s why they always carry mops and brooms. They’ll kidnap you if you don’t clean. At least, that’s what everyone says.” </blockquote> I added the newly discovered comment into the blog-post above. Treasure hunters should feel encouraged to seek out more comments that may have escaped discovery. I just now found a comment by Jennifer that I had previously missed.

At drawing of spooky things (nearest the Closet Room):

“The spooky things love to clean. That’s why they always carry mops and brooms. They’ll kidnap you if you don’t clean. At least, that’s what everyone says.”

The complete set of Jennifer’s comments on the floor drawings of this section of hallway now appears to consist of three comments.

Hallway (ground floor, connecting Headmaster’s Room and Closet Room):

At drawing on the floor of a big donut-shaped one-eyed person (near cabinet):

“This sloppy drawing must be Thomas’s. See what happens when you give him chalk? The walls, the floors… To him, it’s one big canvas.”

At drawing on floor of spooky things (nearest the Headmaster’s Room):

“The spooky things… They swept away everything that’s dirty, including disobedient children. It was a scary story that started as a rumor and spread like wildfire.”

At drawing of spooky things (nearest the Closet Room):

“The spooky things love to clean. That’s why they always carry mops and brooms. They’ll kidnap you if you don’t clean. At least, that’s what everyone says.”

I added the newly discovered comment into the blog-post above.

Treasure hunters should feel encouraged to seek out more comments that may have escaped discovery.

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