Bioshock Infinite Finale
(Alert, I wrote a lot…but it will help explain everything)
Finally. Let’s get started. As we are rushing to rescue Elizabeth we are seemingly jumping universes. In the one we finally reach her in, she had lost all hope and become the destructive force Comstock had always wanted her to be. However, she sends us back to the one we can still save, who hasn’t lost hope in Booker. Upon arrival we save her and seek revenge on Comstock. After more fighting (same old shenanigans) we reach the prophet. In a violent rage, Booker kills him. Now for those of you who didn’t pick up right away, Booker’s nose bleeds as soon as Comstock dies, this is because BOOKER IS COMSTOCK. Again, I repeat. BOOKER = COMSTOCK. Now how is this all possible? Well, after the battle of wounded knee, there are two options. Booker Dewitt is Booker Dewitt up until the baptism. Here is where things get freaky. Booker Dewitt will either reject the baptism and remain Booker Dewitt. BUT, because there are infinite universes, in at least one of them, Booker accepts the baptism and is reborn. As who you ask? Why non other than Zachary Hale Comstock. The prophet himself. Continuing on down, in one universe, the poor man is sterile, so no babies. This means there is no heir to his throne. Now, with the help of the Lutece “twins” (they aren’t twins, they’re actually the same person, mind blowing, but for now let’s just use twins) Comstock has the power to jump universes and pull things from each. So, what does a sterile cult leader do with this power? Well, he steals the offspring of one of his many fertile selves in one of infinite universes. The Booker Dewitt we all know and love, who is a drunk, and has gambled to his hearts extent, and owes a shit ton of debt wouldn’t be thinking straight. He goes to give his daughter, ANNA DEWITT to Robert Lutece as a promise that he will wipe away his debt. However, Booker has a “coming to Jesus” moment and realizes he’s giving away his freaking daughter and goes to get her back. As he struggles to get her back, Comstock closes the portal and as it does so, Anna’s finger doesn’t quite make it. This means that she exists in two universes at a single time. This is why she can open tears. Now renamed Elizabeth, Booker is unaware that she is his daughter until the finale.
Now the finale is a little…odd. This is where it is made clear that both Comstock and Booker are the same person. One accepting and one denying the baptism. All the Elizabeths from different universes come to end everything. This being that, they drown Booker. By drowning Booker DeWitt, before he could ever accept or deny the baptism, the chain is broken. So now, Booker DeWitt never remained Booker DeWitt, nor was he ever “reborn” as Zachary Hale Comstock. He is dead. Everything beyond that ceases to exist. That is why we see all the Elizabeths disappear one by one, as the never existed without Booker. I think that was about all I can muster right now, but god only knows I have been waiting to write this blog for a long time. For those of you who actually decided to read this, you’re welcome for possibly becoming more confused!
P.S. Section:
Roll Credits – We finally got to the scene with the dialogue from the very first seconds of gameplay
Jump Scare – Don’t even try to downplay it, that trumpet head dude thing scared the living hell out of me the first time when I turned around.
I don’t think any amount of explanation will truly make Bioshock Infinite understandable. When you start mixing both time and Dimension shifts, you are going to lose everyone because everything is theoretical and there are a thousand rules that can be applied or ignored depending on the listener. Since the way Bioshock Infinite set up the Infinite dimensions, there should be no way to destroy Comstock. For every dimension where they choose to go out and destroy Comstock, there is the alternative where they choose to leave him alone, heck, even try and save him. This is all just one mind trip that is making me feel as if I am going to get a bloody nose if I try and think about this too hard and logically because clearly nothing here is logical.