Helba IRL: Male or female?

jsears · Post by **jsears** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 4:33 pm

I've heard that Helba could be male. But is it true? I heard quotes like "No, that can't be, because of Helba's gender." So I'm assuming right now that she COULD be male IRL?

Post your thoughts here.

Rhyste · Post by **Rhyste** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:36 pm

I think she's a he IRL. -.-;; That's the cases on some MMORPG's. There's also the possibility that Helba is Ichirou.

CRtwenty · Post by **CRtwenty** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 6:24 pm

I kind of think that Helba is more then one person, sort of a collective avatar for a group of hackers, as opposed to one single person. But that's just a theory of mine...

It'd be cool if Helba was that one girl from Liminality 2, but I'm pretty sure that Helba's actually a guy in real life.

Xebexz · Post by **Xebexz** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 7:38 pm

I agree, I think Helba is just an alias for a group of hackers, and although she speaks as one person definitively in //SIGN, that doesn't all mean she is alone in this.

MeultimaSama · Post by **MeultimaSama** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 10:12 pm

Helba might be a single person.

[spoiler]In the Hack Encyclopedia, someone translated a line saying Helba is Harold's apprentice. Well, it appeared to refer to her as one person, anyway.[/spoiler]

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:25 pm

I heard that Helba was Harold's brother, who was/is quite jealouse of Harold. O.o;;

Spike Spiegal · Post by **Spike Spiegal** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:05 am

Or maybe Helba is Emily, and she never died, and it was all a conspiracy to make Harold to go crazy! Or not..

Cherry//CoRuPtIoN AnGeL · Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:25 am

She could be Emma, but that would be rightout dumb. Actually, I think Helba is a she. Maybe she was Emma's friend or something? I mean since she seems to know so much about The World... When she talks and you just hear her voice, she definately sounds like a woman though. I guess Helba is just another one of those 'mysterious' characters that there seems to be quite a lot of in .hack.

CRtwenty · Post by **CRtwenty** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:51 am

Maybe she was the Elementary school kid who was blamed for Pluto's Kiss, and now she's out for revenge...

Eggplant of the Twilight · Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:13 am

As far fetched as that is, it's an unsettling possibility...

But why would Kuro no Bito work for him/her if he/she was younger than him?

Hoadric · Post by **Hoadric** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:21 am

After seeing the third Liminality...I began to wonder about that as well.....I suspected Ichiro Soto to be Helba...I believe he was using the name Bith the Black as a cover up for him really being Helba....so i suppose its a bit of a mystery.

Robby-san · Post by **Robby-san** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:26 pm

Im really guessing Helba's a guy. Would many girls make their characters have such a skimpy dress and have such a.....um.....chest? Â¬_Â¬

Rogue_Noir · Post by **Rogue_Noir** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:47 pm

Robby-san wrote:Im really guessing Helba's a guy. Would many girls make their characters have such a skimpy dress and have such a.....um.....chest? Â¬_Â¬

Yeah.. look at Mimiru and Blackrose

Rhyste · Post by **Rhyste** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:05 pm

Mimiru and Blackrose's character skins are part of the actual game though; Helba's isn't.

CRtwenty · Post by **CRtwenty** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:21 pm

Well if Helba actually is the kid who was blamed for Pluto's Kiss, that'd make her(him) what, like 14 during the games? So I could see why she would call up one of her hacking friends to act as her "avatar" in the real world...

If she's as good of a hacker as she appears to be I could see why somebody like Kiro would be working for her (he's her padawan hacker :p).