Talk:Stranger (Myst)

message: The color of the hand icon used as the mouse cursor in Myst may at least tell us the Stranger's skin tone. Didn't it have a light complexion, or was it just colorless? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.255.182.232 (talk • contribs) 
: No one in their right mind would honestly think that the skin tone of the cursor was an intentional clue.  Invest some thought into this and you'll come to the same conclusion. SFT | Talk 05:49, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

message: I discovered this quite by accident, while playing original Myst for a bit of nostalgia. At the end, go to meet Atrus but don't bring the green page with you. Atrus has a rarely seen tantrum because now you're both trapped in D'ni forever! Listen to his dialogue, for Atrus mutters to himself, "He didn't bring the page." (referring to the Stranger). Seems to me this indicates the Stranger is male (or a tomboy ;) Of course this is way back in original Myst, when many things weren't "worked out" yet. --Jquarry 00:45, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  One Clue to Stranger being Male 

message: I'm not sure if this has been covered or not, but isn't the falling person on the cover art of "Myst" the Stranger? I've always thought it to be yourself (before I realized that the character isn't you but "The Stranger"). If it isn't, who else would it be? Also, in the elevators on Myst III, the camera looks down at the floor, but no feet are seen. Maybe something should be mentioned about this? Thunderforge 20:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Initially I thought it was Atrus but maybe you are right. And don't wonder why he is invisible when you are near reflective surfaces. Have you noticed the glass walls in the compass room of Mechanical? Everything is crystal-clearly reflected, except you Pictureuploader 04:56, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The person falling is Atrus. The speech we hear during the intro is Atrus reading his journal entry describing what we see (which happened at the end of The Book of Atrus). He wrote it before he was trapped in D'ni by his sons, and thus before the Stranger entered Myst. -- kenb215 20:36, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The logo is seen in the other games where Atrus' fall in the fissure doesn't make sense. Also, Atrus wore a longcoat when he fell Pictureuploader 21:53, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Atrus's fall into the fissure makes sense in every Myst game, as Atrus has been in every Myst game. It's just a Myst logo that's being used for a Myst game.  There's not hidden meaning in everything.  Same goes for the coat. SFT | Talk 15:38, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Representations of the Stranger 

message: Today, I saw this on the page: On the other hand, Yeesha has time-traveling abilities, and it is possible that she brought the original stranger forward in time to 2005 in order to solve the problem of the Tablet. It seems to me that it's original research because (as far as I know) nobody with authority about the game has implied this and it isn't a common theory (in the same way that the Stranger is suspected to be a Spaniard or Amerindian). So that's my decision, any thoughts? Thunderforge 21:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that if the stranger could appear at myst1 the stranger could also appear at myst5 . The linking books, link to places. Maybe there have been no books introduced that link forward or backwards into time, but it's mysterious enough to make me think this is possible. --Logictheo 16:45, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Research? 

message: I put the line about Dr. Watson being the player character in Myst V back in. Watson has explicitly stated that he was the one gave the Tablet to the Bahro, giving them their freedom, and this is currently affecting the Uru storyline greatly. Here is a chatlog taken of the conversation where Dr. Watson admitted this. 129.177.202.53 10:42, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see.  So this is a recent development in Myst Online: Uru Live then?  The section was referring to the offline Uru (which is all I've played) taking place before Myst V so I thought that couldn't be a possibility.  I haven't played Myst V either, so I guess I wouldn't know anyway.  Would it be more accurate to say Dr. Watson is implied to be the player character, or is this the only possible conclusion?~ Dusk Knight 01:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Watson