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I watched the film again and the ending got me thinking. Is he truly descending back into his madness, or is he choosing to pretend that he's crazy so they'll lobotomize him so he doesn't have to live the guilt of killing his wife? His line 'Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?' confirms that he's choosing to die as the war hero Teddy Daniels  rather than live as Andrew Laddis.

 
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Doubt it
Seems like a weird thing for someone to do after being snapped out of their fictionalized reality

 
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I thought it was fairly obvious with his last quote, "is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?" that he consciously chose to be lobotomized.

 
 
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He is choosing. I remember this years ago. Yeah he's consciously choosing to do it.

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His eyebrows sparkling, his white beard hangs down to his chest. The thatched mats, spread outside his chise, spread softly, his splendid attos. He polishes, cross-legged, his makiri, with his eyes completely absorbed.

He is Ainu.

The god of Ainu Mosir, Ae-Oine Kamuy, descendant of Okiku-Rumi, He perishes, a living corpse. The summers day, the white sunlight, unabrushed, ends simply through his breath alone.
Quote from: Dissonance on May 14, 2016, 05:20:27 PM
Doubt it
Seems like a weird thing for someone to do after being snapped out of their fictionalized reality
He created the reality because of the guilt of being responsible for his wife's death. He would rather die than live with that for the rest of his life.

 
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Quote from: Prime Kruphix on May 14, 2016, 06:48:59 PM
Quote from: Dissonance on May 14, 2016, 05:20:27 PM
Doubt it
Seems like a weird thing for someone to do after being snapped out of their fictionalized reality
He created the reality because of the guilt of being responsible for his wife's death. He would rather die than live with that for the rest of his life.

Which is why it's more probable that he relapsed rather than lobotomizing himself 

 
 
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I always thought he was choosing to do so, that they finally snapped him out of it and he wanted to die.

 
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"Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?" makes me think he was fully aware of himself at that point instead of relapsing.