Ok so I have a theory about Ib that i briefly talked about in my twitter last year but I want to post it here with more information.
The theory is about the creation of the Fabricated World.
There's a bunch of random texts and books around the game that explains more about this place, but one book in the original game, (that for some reason didn't make to the Remake) called my attention.
There's a diary in a bookshelf in a trap with three mannequins, it says:
Based on the fact that this entry was written about an artist reflecting about his artworks and people's belief in the paranormal, I believe that this diary belongs to Guertena right before his death.
Guertena was in some kind of terminal state, and for a way to become "immortal", he decided to put his spirit in his creations.
And for that, he made the Fabricated World.
An enormous painting containing the majority of his paintings and sculptures. And, after he died, the Fabricated World became alive.
It was said ingame that Mary was Guertena final work, but I believe that Mary was his last published work. Because everyone that got in contact with the painting got sucked into the Fabricated World.
There are reports of other people that got into the Fabricated World and were trying to survive it.
Also, it's not the only evidence, even Mary implied that other people got into the Fabricated World, and most importantly, they never got out.
Which brings me to another theory of mine: The people who get stuck in the Fabricated World and die there, becomes one of Guertena's Work.
One spirit isn't enough to maintain the place living, so the Fabricated World kidnaps and takes the soul from the people from the outside.
They get there, their flowers (which represents the soul) gets torn off, and they lose their individuality for the gallery.
And this is why the works are so obssessed in taking the flower from the protagonist. It could be that, but also because they're in some kind of "zombie state" and desperately tries to claim the other soul/flower as their own.
The statues "Death of the Individual" could be a foreshadowing of this phenomenon, the loss of one's identity to become a piece of art.
It also happens with Garry in the ending "Forgotten Painting", where he dies in the Fabricated World and became part of the works of Guertena.
And that's it! It's probably obvious but I never see people really explicitly talk about it so yeah!! thanks for reading!!
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