I find this thread very interesting. I hope it is true, but obviously without proof I won't believe it completely. I think it's a fine thing to believe in order to overcome the pain of losing Amy, as long as you don't bother her family. (Though granted given the horrible things that have been sent to poor Mitch about killing his daughter, this would probably be nothing, but still don't do it.)
If there is any celeb who would have reason to and could have faked their death it's Amy. John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson are all definitely dead, but with Amy? There's enough motive and suspicion that this could be legit.
(Incidentally I resent the idea she'd have had to have faked her death to be accepted after Belgrade. I know that the person who said it wasn't meaning to offend Amy, but I think fans can sometimes have too negative an attitude towards her life and always assume the worst, because she was treated appallingly. However remember that bad treatment wasn't the whole story. She was beloved when she was alive too, and I think had she lived or not faked her death, she'd have had a renaissance. Attitudes towards mental health have changed, and I think like Britney and Katie Waissel, people would have thought about Amy "yeah we were assholes to that chick." I'd have loved seeing people like Eminem and Frankie Boyle squirm when Amy brought up their disgusting misogynistic treatment of her when they were trying to reinvent themselves as virtue signalling feminists.)
Anyway arguments as to why Amy could have faked her death?
Motive: Amy hated fame more than most celebs. She openly said she would give away all her accomplishments and talent if she could walk down the street with nobody recognising her. She didn't make an album in the last 5 years of her life, and said she had done everything she wanted to do musically, she shunned the media at all cases, all her friends from the Scottish girl that lived with her, to Lily Allen said she became a recluse and hid in her flat for the last few years. Plus she regularly fled to little remote areas in life, from Ireland to St Lucia and was always happier and healthier in those places. It's very easy to imagine and hope that after the horrors of 2008, she thought "I need to get away from this or I'll be dead." And she started planning it from say 2010 on.
Means: Obviously she was rich and well travelled so she could certainly set up a comfortable little place somewhere. She wasn't exactly broke.
Practicality: A lot of people say "this couldn't work because people would recognise her, everybody has phones etc." I think that is short sighted. All Amy would have to do is remain low for say two years, which she could do easily. Move to some really remote place, even temporarily, take off the beehive, her make up etc. Then by say 2014 do you think if someone saw Amy walk down the street, with no beehive, no eyeliner they'd think "Amy faked her death I knew it!" At most if they took notice they'd think "She kind of looks a bit like Amy."
I'm not saying that Amy wasn't uniquely beautiful, but come on, there are LOT's of girls who look like Amy. Ferne McCann, Dana DeLorenzo etc. Human faces aren't that unique believe it or not. Lot's of people look alike. Check out Caro Emerald and Ingrid Oliver?
Furthermore as Amy got older this would be less of a problem. Again if Amy was walking down the street with say a touch of grey hair, sunglasses in 2021 would you automatically think that was Amy? Did you know that Lana Del Rey at the absolute peak of her fame in 2012 lived in my home town of Shawlands, a tiny, crappy little town in Scotland. She shopped at my local shop and nobody knew LOL, because she obviously looked different and nobody would think "I bet Lana Del Rey lives in Shawlands of all places" so even if they saw her they would have thought "she looks a bit like Lana." And she's alive!
Furthermore maybe Amy has multiple homes around the world and only stays in Brazil for a short while? Maybe she only moved to Brazil in say 2017, and lived in Hong Kong or Japan for the first few years where she wasn't as well known? It's easier than you think.
Iffy things around her death: Unlike Bruce Lee, Whitney Huston, or Elvis Presley, we never did see a body. There's that heartbreaking image of her body being taken away but it is covered up. Furthermore the coroner who carried out her autopsy was struck off for corruption. Then not long after she passes on, her family vanish to somewhere remote for a short while?
Now the arguments against it are that Amy obviously did have her troubles and she would have had to overcome them completely in 2009 and 10, with everything after being staged. Also do we think that Amy would want to upset her fans? I mean if she did I wouldn't judge her. It's not her fault if we get too attached, and given that the fans showed up to boo her at her lowest eb in Belgrade I can understand Amy thinking "fuck you". Still I'm not sure she'd want to do that?
Still like I said it's not the most ridiculous one and I just love the thought of Amy having a nice quiet, comfortable life like she always wanted for the past 14 years.