Is Mr House alive and will we actually see him? (Speculation/Theory)

THIS IS NOT CONFIRMED, JUST SPECULATION. FEEL FREE TO ADD TO/DISPUTE ANYTHING HERE.

Who exactly do we see in the Lucky 38? Is it really Mr House? Is House alive? Is it Yes Man impersonating as him?

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During the climax of the Independent ending, Yes Man states the following

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Based on this, other people have already pointed out and theorized that Yes Man simply stole House's personality. But that doesn't really make sense. This theory would

A) Rectify statements about no ending (choice) being canon. Yes Man ending up in control of the Lucky 38 would rule out Mr House's ending.

Sure, you can retcon a few things here and there, but the endings themselves are major plot points for the fans of the games.

B) It would not explain why Victor is somehow still operational.

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When you actually kill Mr House in the game, out of all the securitrons, only Victor's screen goes blank. What this really means, is that securitrons that spy and keep tabs for Mr House no longer recieve directives, therefore they no longer have a purpose. The only reasonable explanation, is that Yes Man found use for them (House died) or that House didn't die and captured Hoover Dam. These explanations only work if you canonize certain endings in the game.

So what explanation wouldn't throw a stick into the established lore?

The idea that those databanks actually stored a digital copy of House's neural pathways, a digital copy of his mind essentially.

The code Yes Man found were probably snippets of AI House. This means that Mr House's contingency for himself was to create a sort of "imprint" of his mind (something similar to Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077 iykyk). This also aligns with the legend of 'The House Always Wins', there's a contingency for everything. Being able to upload his own mind pretty much means he's immortal. It's also a nice way to capitalize on all the hype AI has created. AI is a much more mainstream concept nowadays and can provide an easily understandable explanation to the average viewer as to why House is alive.

Since according to this, he could upload his own mind, I wouldn't be surprised if he can actually also transfer his mind back to another human. This would also line up with why House is so invested in the mind-control devices and the literal fact that he has a body double.

So if there actually is an imprint of House's mind in the databases, it could mean a lot of different things.

1) The real House was actually in his pod. The AI acted as a contingency.

1.1) House then cloned himself and imprinted his mind onto his new body?

2) House handed control to his databank AI version (along with his double) for the initial centuries following the war. House went into cryo sleep.

3) House used the databanks of his mind to imprint a literal copy of himself to his double. That double had control for the initial centuries following the war. House went into cryo sleep

So why is any of this important?

If some of it is true, then Mr House might be 'alive'. We also might actually see Mr House himself in flesh and blood, sharing a scene with The Ghoul, Lucy, Hank, etc. The latter also means we might see him in the next season with more of his backstory.

TLDR: Mr House might be immortal thanks to uploading his own mind.