I don't know what to think! The tattoo and bruise inconsistencies are the two biggest things for me in favor of it being two separate people. Lie detectors are infamous for being bullshit so I don't think that really helps(and the fact that she calls herself Hannah and it's wrong can work for both sides of the argument I think). Keep in mind, I don't know enough about multiple personality disorders to know if a situation like this is even possible.
Them being split personality makes the most sense to me though. For one some of the things they would have gotten away with their entire lives are insane. Eve's mother dying and her sneaking across the street into an attic? Then secretly living there for her entire life and even basically going halfsies on life with Hannah? The fact that no one would notice that is kind of absurd. That aside, there's one small detail I keep coming back to. When you choose to "finish" the game, you're asked "do you understand why your mother did what she did?" At this point, it's clear you're playing as Sarah, who is likely Eve's daughter. I'll come back to this in a bit though, but if Hannah is the murderer then that question doesn't make a ton of sense.
Here's the version of the story that for me makes the most sense at the moment. Hannah was born with a twin(potentially planned to be name Eve) at birth, but complications arose and Eve ended up dying. Hannah developed split personality at the age(7?) where Eve claims that Florence died and she escaped into Hannah's attic. Eventually, Hannah meets Simon and Eve becomes repressed around him. That is, until he runs into "Eve" in the wild. Simon not being able to recognize and identical twin of his wife is kind of crazy, so it's possible he in fact recognized this not as a twin, but as his wife, and decided to play along with this new secret he discovered. Hannah becomes pregnant by Simon at some point. This is partially where it breaks. Eve bemoans her inability to become pregnant despite sleeping an an apparently large number of men in attempt. If it were split personality, then you would think she would "become pregnant" after the first one. Unless of course by this point the pregnancy had already fallen through, however that conflicts with the idea that the miscarriage happened when "Eve" got an STD. The more I think about it the more the pregnancy lends credence to the idea that they were two separate people. Though I guess it's all a matter of the "real" timeline. Anyway, still operating under the assumption that split personality doesn't all fall apart there, as a little bonus, Hannah/Eve murdered her/their parents(as the father was an expert on mushrooms and both of the women could identify death caps). Reason unknown. Anyway, during the little game Simon for whatever reasons presents the same exact present to both Hannah and "Eve"(Hannah disguised as Eve) (even if they're two separate people I still don't think this makes a ton of sense, especially after Hannah proposed that Eve move in with them). Simon is then murdered and the interviews begin.
The one thing I didn't touch on is the Glasgow alibi. I find that to be something of a red herring. I may be remembering/interpreting incorrectly, but I remember Eve implying that Simon's watch had been manipulated to make the murder appear as though it happened during the incident in Glasgow. I believe in that same clip Eve mentions how she basically walked in on the murder.
Going back to the question "Do you understand why your mother did what she did?". I find this question to be the thing I'm thinking about the most recently. Here's the scenarios in which I can justify the answer "yes"
Assumptions: Two separate people. Hannah is the mother.
Why: Jealous rage, a feeling that Eve has destroyed her life when she was finally "free" of their bond(the interviews with Hannah make it pretty clear there is animosity there).
Assumptions: Split Personality
Why: Same answers as above, with mental illness thrown in.
Assumptions: Separate people, Eve is the mother, Eve is the actual murderer
Why: Eve murdered simon for tearing them apart and (attempted to) frame Hannah because of the pregnancy.
I can't imagine any of those being very satisfying for Sarah, or for the players(myself included). But I do have my newest theory brought about by someone mentioning that Eve maybe went down as an accessory. This is also my favorite, despite being mostly in camp split personality.
Assumptions: Different people, Eve is the mother, Hannah is the murderer.
Why: If those are true, it seems very likely from the interviews that Hannah is going to take the fall for it. Eve still reveals the whole plan and her involvement. It's also pretty clear that Eve is way more committed to the idea of the two of them being identical than Hannah. In fact, in the final interview there's a coldness from Eve and a resentment toward everything that ever made them different and an apparent longing to repair what once was. As such, being aware that Hannah was going to go prison for the murder, Eve wanted to ensure that she went to. Eve and Hannah would be forced back together(and in Eve's mind, she had to be wherever Hannah was) and they would continue their doppleganger lifestyle. So basically, she was crazy and being "one" with Hannah was more important than anything else in the world.
Despite spilling over this stuff time and time again in my head, I still don't know what to believe.
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