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Originally Posted by chounokoe
There is still a problem with that and it is almost the only problem that comes up and makes the Yasu theory actually problematic.
If Shannon is Yasu, how was she able to kill herself in a way that half her face was ripped off? The only people that could have believable killed themselves would be Kyrie and George, as both of them only have a bullet hole in their forehead.
Yet at least Kyrie was apparently killed some time before Battler met Beatrice on top of the balcony, which would imply that Yasu and therefore Shannon would still have to be alive. That would mean that Kyrie would have to be still alive to kill Shannon afterwards.
Concerning the weapon it's less of a problem. We know that Maria is unobserved for a certain amount of time. If Beatrice were to tell her, to be at a certain room at a certain time and hide a gun, I think she would do it ... she could even have been the one placing the stakes at the end, with the point of fulfilling the sacrifice and being able to call upon the Golden Land.
In the case of her death I vote for suicide, as her death was never explicitly questioned, she is implied to have died of poisining, she is lying on top of her mother. Many things imply that she simply served her purpose and went to the Golden Land. It wouldn't even be exceptionally cruel for a culprit to let her do that if the culprit is convinced that there is no way for Maria to survive.
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Regarding the bold, there's a plausible explanation:
1) Shannon/Yasu are the only survivors at the very end, aside from Battler.
2) "Beatrice" uses argument X to convince Maria that it's ok for them to die.
3) Having convinced Maria of X, Maria is then tasked with assisting "Beatrice" as Shannon and then poisoning herself.
4) Shannon uses a gun or other object capable of dealing an appreciable amount of force to destroy half her face. Maria places the stake and hides the gun, or whatever.
5) Maria goes back to the parlor, consumes the poison, and dies with Rosa right there.
Works perfectly.