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Have you seen Alternate Reality Walter? This thread was updated by sac.broyles Oct 25 2009, 9:35 PM EDT and has 8 replies.

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Swisspease

Alternate Reality Walter

Oct 25 2009, 9:35 PM EDT by sac.broyles

fat_rabbit_kemz

What if that lab fire was a BATTLE between Walter & Bell?

Sep 21 2009, 7:34 PM EDT by AiXeLsyD13

marymartyn

to all the real john noble fans

Sep 5 2009, 2:40 PM EDT by marymartyn

Mangena

Dr, Bishop is going to do something very impacting somewhere somehow

Aug 12 2009, 4:31 PM EDT by Mangena

dedead

Walter and his past

Jun 9 2009, 8:21 PM EDT by dedead

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I think that it is possible Walter went to another reality and brought Peter with him but it is also equally possible that this did not work out or that Walter became the Walter of that reality.
Although he could be faking it, the "memory problems " he has been experiencing could be because he does not have the memories or they were not entirely passed to him. He may have put the other Walter in a non functional state (for lack of more certain detail) and try to gain his memories similar to what happened with Olivia in the pilot. Because of the way he gained the memories, their access may be harder than if they were really his. It is likely that he would try to gain the memories so that other people from the reality he has made himself a part of would not notice that he killed the other Walter. To support that he does not have the memories or that they are not clear I shall refer to two scenes. The first scene that comes to mind is that of him typing on his type writer and figuring out that he wrote the manifesto. The second is him watching the tape where he finds a scared younger Olivia and the missing boy who could influence others to feel his emotions. He seems to be learning about what he did in the past or at least that is the way the creators are portraying it.
There may have been complications in bringing Peter to his reality. A result of these complications has led the Observer to save him and Peter from freezing and drowning in the river. As a result he decided to stay in that reality and replace the Walter in it.
Walter seems very disturbed by what he did. The other Walter haunting him in the institution reflects this. Judging by Walters current psychological state it is either that he could not have done those things as his personality, morals, and psychological make up would not have allowed it or that something changed in him since he went to the institution. Such a drastic change seems unlikely.

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RE: Walter and his past
By: dedead, Jun 9 2009, 8:21 PM EDT

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If one can imagine how evil and immoral the experiments he performed likely were it seems that the experience at the institution would not have changed him, it may have strengthened this personality. He could be faking it yes, but when he is alone learning of the terrible things he has done, there is no personality change rather there is sadness and guilt. One can argue that the institution is for mad scientists and that he was sent there to be controlled to reduce the threat he posed to the opposing party. Yet the mathematician is our only subject that could be used to support this argument. He may have been a threat, but why lock him up when he can be used the way he is said to have been used in 1.08 The Equation?
I find that it is likely that Bell framed Walter in order to have him institutionalized, maybe because the new Walter did not want to fallow Bell's immoral path. It seems to me that Bell was not exactly a partner to Walter, perhaps a supervisor or the leader of one party. Walter was a puppet. When Bell noticed that Walter was going to go against him because the experiments Bell did were immoral he likely decided to frame Walter and be rid of him. This is a result of Walter's sudden change in personality, which is really Walter replacing the original Walter of that reality.
Another discrepancy with this theory is that Walter visits Peter's grave stone. However, it is unclear which reality he is in and there may be other explanations for this. One that comes to mind is his transferring of the remains and grave stone to the reality he is not a part of for emotional purposes.
So I think that Walter replaced the Walter of this reality for his son.

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