Ok so I took some time and though about some things, and I came up with a new ending for origins that's RELEVANT to the story:
We know that samantha in richtofen's body is lost to argartha, we know the other 3 O4 characters are MIA, we know that in the richtofen easter egg maxis dies.
Now lets' sum this up:
In origins we see:
Tank
Nikolai
Takeo
Maxis's body, which arrives before maxis' consciousness
Samantha's consciousness
Richtofen
Then in the cutscene we see:
Fluffy
Samantha's body and voice that does NOT sound like hers
Richtofen
Maxis' VOICE only.
Now, take for a second and look at Mob of the Dead, I did a theory a bit back on THAT map, developed by the same "team" (alongside the zombies team of course let's not make this topic about THAT), and at the end of the day, I felt there was enough evidence to show that MOTD was infact hell, as there are many references to dante's "Infero" (Italian for "Hell")
Now, ponder a second the idea that ORIGINS, is hell.
"Well that's crazy mocking what proof is there?"
Well we KNOW origin's timeline does NOT match up with the regular timeline. Infact, by some means, there aren't even soposed to be ZOMBIES in this time possibly… BUT, looking back at MOTD, there weren't so posed to be zombies there either.
But mocking, the zombie's eyes aren't red: They are every color BUT red… Well I'll get to THAT part later.
NOW, for the most compelling coincidence I've found so far:
Maxis
Like the regular maxis, his body is constantly kept in a different place of his consciousness.
What's interesting is that We don't get to see maxis in his own body, we see his body enter, THEN his consciousness enter long after that with the quad rotor. Outside, maxis' body was dead and gone LONG before his consciousness was. Weird how that would happen in origins, just as it happened IRL…
Moving on, origins does share similar likeliness with "Inferno" again. One of the layers of hell depicts a beast that flies and breaths fire, another depicts discussing mud everywhere. Other chapters reveal bits on giant creatures that stalk and crush the subjects of hell. This isn't as direct as MOTD's connections, but I think that's still enough connection for me.
Now, next we're moving on to the cutscene.
I've already shown how the "aether" is the bedroom, where richtofen controls sam, who in turn controls the "game" of zombies.
Also, for anyone that thinks maxis saying "lock the windows" is weird, it isn't. During WW2 bombings, it was common for thieves to sneak in and steal your things while you hid in your shelter. Don't believe me? Go watch "Doctor who" Season 1: The Empty Child.
What is weird is that maxis SOUNDS like he's on an intercom system, but, if this is WW2 (given by the bombing siren and gramophone and style of the room), why and HOW is he talking via intercom? Sure they may have had things like that during WW2, but they were much clunkier and NOT installed in average houses.
I purpose that the maxis we hear is actually maxis's consciousness, in the quad rotor.
So here's the story of maxis so far:
He joined 935, he did all his shiz with WW2, betraying richtofen, bla bla bla. BURIED: Here we get the RICHTOFEN ending. This mean maxis is KILLED and sent to HELL for trying to destroy the earth and costing the lives of BILLIONS. His body has been in hell for a long time now, sitting and waiting. Only now does his consciousness come in. Eventually the O4 put this into the quad rotor and complete the easter egg. By sending maxis up into the light, we put him in the same position as weasel, who ascended INTO heaven/the aether. Once in the aether he "frees" samantha from richtofen's grip, bringing her into the basement.. Whatever that is.
The light the O4 see is likely the light of them returning to their physical-world bodies.
Now there is a big loop hole in this: Richtofen. He IS present in Origins.
Now here's my take on him: We see samantha's voice in argartha, but not her body. Her body is in the aether. Her mind, which was swapped with richtofen's mind/body was then killed with the other 3 of the O4.
The dead richtofen's body then regressed to his BASE Psyche: Meaning the richtofen that would be richtofen if he had never teleported that day. Resulting in the memories of pre-madness richtofen. It's likely due to THIS that THIS particular time was chosen. The 4 had been together for very long, but never with the ORIGINAL richtofen, they only met him, if ever, once in WW1: Origins.
We know that hell is capable of manipulating memory. So there's an explanation to why everyone thinks this is 1918.
The beings in the aether are controlling the "dolls" of argartha. This we know: Blue and Yellow eyes. However, this brings up my biggest question:
What is the Purple eye zombie's controller?
It's not the first time a 3rd "hidden" controller has been hinted either:
The voices in Die rise, what they say doesn't seem like it comes from Maxis or Richtofen. In the cutscene it's revealed that richtofen sometimes sounds like that, but again, these quotes REALLY don't sound like him.
There's something else IN the aether, and what it is… Isn't happy…
Anyway, that's my new favorite theory! Any appropriate response is appreciated!