evesedenramblings

[evesedenramblings]

God I love art of the Among Us stream so much, thank you very dearly for this divine gift

Wolfgang’s amongus journey

[evesedenramblings]

hi! first off, i love your theories so much, ive been observing for so long and your theories honestly make me see another perspective within the eden gardensverse. I appreciate your contributions so much!!

next, do you have a twitter? if not, have you found any accounts that give good theories on the platform, and do you have a favorite personal theory?

Omg 🥺 you’re so sweet! Thank you so much!!! Words can’t express how happy I am to read your comment, I’m thrilled this blog is able to do that. Please feel free to observe as long as you’d like.

I do have a Twitter! My user is evehasramblings, but I’ll be the first to admit I am BAD at Twitter haha. It is not my preferred platform at all, and I hardly have any posts. I at least meant to cross-post my own material but then I never got around to it. Currently I just repost a lot of Project: Eden’s Garden fanart, but my Twitter isn’t strictly for p:eg.

As for the next question, I haven’t found any theorists I like on Twitter but I think that’s more Twitters fault. I‘ve found Twitter to be a bad platform for theorizing and analyzing. I could go into a whole rant about it but I don’t want to distract away from the original questions too much.

Regarding a favourite personal theory, I’m not sure if you’re asking about a theory of my own or the community’s but I’ll start with community so I don’t seem too egotistical haha. Honestly I love the fan theory with Wolfgang’s parents that his father killed his mother. I’m very curious to see where Wolfgang’s blackmail goes- its unsolved mystery haunts me day and night. Now, if you meant my own theories, I honestly really like my Tozu theory but it’s only like half-posted so I won’t count it. Instead I’ll answer with my Damon and Pythias theory. I’m really curious to see if it becomes true. Currently the game has that grim realistic tone that they really will let it get down to the last two students, so assuming we get that far I really want to know who those last students are going to be. If they kill off Damon I don’t know what I’ll do haha.

[evesedenramblings]

honestly i havent seen a character more undeniably autistic without being explicitly autistic in text than Damon Maitsu. the fourth fte with Eloise where he clumsily brings up that he earns prize money too and tries to connect over that, his stated struggles with keeping his thoughts and opinions on a situation to himself, his blunt way of speaking but extremely awkward demeanor around people who don't lead the conversation, and like. a ton of other things that i dont feel like making a formal list of. neurodivergent damon real.

[evesedenramblings]

Highlights of the “In-Character” portion of the Project Eden’s Garden AMONG US stream in no particular order:

Damon introducing himself as “the Ultimate Debater. A prodigy among prodigies. Someone who simply can’t be outmatched.” And everyone going dead silent before making fun of his egotistical ass

Eva hiding in the corner of the waiting room

Diana going to the corner of the waiting room with Eva to keep her company

Kai being the reason the stream started late because he couldn’t decide the perfect look for his Among Us character

All their little characters matching them so well; Wolfgang in a little suit, Grace with bunny ears, Wenona with bear ears, Tozu’s goat horns, etc, and Eva just having absolutely nothing on

Wolfgang and Jean not knowing how to play video games and just doing their best

How utterly excited Tozu is that everyone is playing a killing game and he gets to play too

Damon yelling OH GOD DAMMIT so bad the mic reverberated after Wolfgang killed him

Wolfgang being imposter, killing everyone, and going “that was fun! 🙂”, followed by Jean going “I didn’t know you had it in you!” and Wolfgang replying with “I didn’t know I had it in me either 🙂”

Ulysses mention that apparently in-world he was supposed to attend but overslept (possible explanation that is why Wenona attended)

Wolfgang doesn’t know what tiktok is

Kai and Damon sticking together and doing tasks and everyone going “yeah okay”

^^^ My personal favourite is Cassidy telling everyone to come look at them doing tasks together on the cameras and Jean going “oh so those two were off canoodling somewhere”

Cassidy being the kind of Among Us player who bets everything on “you’ll be sorry” or “do it then” and expects it to work and is shocked every time when it doesn’t

Tozu dying early on in every game

Damon catching an imposter in a lie by saying he couldn’t have been the killer, because he was with “Kai, his very good friend”

Jean saying “a princess has to look her best” when Cassidy makes fun of Kai taking too much time in customization menu and then adding “welcome back princess” when Kai finished

Wolfgang hitting Damon with “it’s just a game” when Damon was locked the fuck in on busting Wolfgang as imposter

Diana going for Tozu first as imposter and still being an absolutely terrible liar

Cassidy correct guessing Damon as the imposter begging him loudly not to kill her in voice proximity, so he actually can’t kill her anymore, so instead he scoffs and goes “wish” before trotting off

Damon being revealed as imposter last minute and Eva yelling about how she trusted him. Kai also being there.

Grace and Wenona very clearly not knowing how the game works but refusing to admit it

Cassidy calling Wolfgang Grace’s boytoy

[evesedenramblings]

Should you ever need a left kidney simply call upon me in your hour of need. It still would not be enough as payment for this blessing.

I need to see this man smile more please

[evesedenramblings]

Im going to be the most insufferable person alive about the Project: Eden’s Garden livestream by the way. Do you know how many character moments I’ve taken from this? I’m shoving them into my cheeks like a starved chipmunk and I will use them for nourishment during the winter

[evesedenramblings]

What's the Tozu theory about him trying to bring the last two survivors into his organisation you mentioned in your Damon and Pythias analysis??

P.S. I really like all your posts.

First of- thank you so much!! I’m really happy to hear you like the posts!!!!

The very short version of the theory is that I believe Tozu runs a cult dedicated to redeeming/fixing Ultimates. I’m pretty sure his process is to 1) strip the students of their pride by making them murder each other, going from 16 students until only 2 remain (as the rules state). Then, 2) have them prove who’s worthy of actually being an Ultimate by forcing them into a free-for-all (as seen in Prologue Trial). Assuming Damon’s name symbolism comes into play, this particular game will be special and the last 2 survivors will refuse to kill each other and that’s just as charming to Tozu. It’s “Ultimate” to overcome the set challenge, and that’s what matters.

As for the reasoning behind it, it currently seems the world is overabundant with Ultimates, and a lot of useless ones at that who contribute nothing to society. To Tozu, it’s just getting rid of deadweight who can’t handle the pressure of being Ultimate, and then those who can are welcomed to the true Eden’s Garden Academy.

There could also be more behind Tozu’s motives- we know Ultimates are important via context clues, and a lot of them but other than that we don’t actually know a lot of about P:EG’s world-building yet given our setting. Given it’s a Fangonranpa, the motivation could just be that Ultimates are meant to be symbols of Hope, but Tozu thinks they’ve been seriously lacking. We only have one chapter so far so who knows!

This Q/A has sparked a LOT of actual notes from my brain to my notes app so you can expect a full proper post on this theory soon. Thanks again so much for asking!

[evesedenramblings]

Take my hand. Let’s go find lore in the official Project: Eden’s Garden AMONG US stream. Together.

[evesedenramblings]

Welcome to the fandom, and thank you for your contribution that has given me terrible flashbacks to the year 2014.

Just played Project: Eden’s Garden I am COPING!!!

[evesedenramblings]

Does anyone else think each Tozu Theater is about the different students?

I haven’t seen people talk about them much, and when they do it’s assuming they’re things Tozu himself thought, but I’ve noticed some interesting patterns. Here is who I think each one is about:

Tozu Theater #1 - Wolfgang Akire

I interpret this one to be about the concept of children unintentionally becoming exactly like their bad parents, something clearly alluded to with Wolfgang. And considering it’s theorized his father violently murdered his mother… isn’t it relevant that the lawyer unknowingly attacks a woman (Diana) in a similar way?

Tozu Theater #2 - Jean Delamer

When thinking about them in relations to the students, this was an easy connection to make. This Theater delves into an interesting background with him building a ship and his “cream-colored hair” friend doing the same, and it ends with…

Doesn’t this sound like the Tozu’s strategy of making some blackmails vague in order to make students “pester each other” for information? Which presumably happened to Jean when Wolfgang confronted him about his blackmail, becoming a plot point in the Class Trial?

Tozu Theater #3 - Eva Tsunaka

This one was tough. Initially, I could only vaguely connect its setting to Eva’s school-based talent. Until realizing I overlooked it almost immediately due to its silly presentation… which is the core of Eva’s issues with her talent. So, I dug deeper and… well. Just take a look:

[evesedenramblings]

I want to talk about the Greek Myth of Damon and Pythias and how I think it could tie into Project: Eden’s Garden. For those unfamiliar, the story of Damon and Pythias basically goes like this:

A man named Pythias is to be given the death penalty for his crimes of protesting tyrannical authority against a man named Dionysus (not the God, just named after him). However, Damon volunteers to take his place so Pythias can tend to his affairs (basically say final goodbyes). If Pythias does not return by a certain time, Damon shall be executed in his place. Pythias arrives in time and neither character dies, and Dionysus praises the two for their friendship and loyalty, and even asks to join the two in their friendship but is rejected.

It’s important to look at the framework of the story rather than the details. If we do that, I think there’s a lot to work with.

The story ties very neatly into the idea that Tozu’s Killing Game “continues until there’s only two people”, those two people in this context being Damon and Pythias, especially considering Tozu has the ongoing theme of lying! The Killing Game would end, but then maybe only one person gets to leave, and then begins the free-for-all seen in the Prologue. But then if Damon is Damon, who is Pythias supposed to be? Who is Damon willing to go against his entire ideology for with the belief they won’t kill each other? Honestly it’s too early to say. But that’s not all we can take from the story.

I think Tozu is our Dionysus. Dionysus is a tyrannical ruler named after, but not actually, a God, which is interesting in terms of a power complex. His role in the story is to pit Damon and Pythias against each other, making them doubt and question their trust for each other. The key difference is obviously Tozu will be relying on them to kill each other- however, should the story follow beat-by-beat, they won’t kill each other, and Tozu will be so impressed, he may let the two of them go. Frankly, I have another theory pertaining to Tozu that I haven’t created it into a proper post yet, but I think Tozu may try to bring them into his organization, and the two reject.

It’s an interesting story that makes for a fascinating theory. Considering how often the myth comes up in the origin of the name Damon, I imagine it has to have some form of relevancy. Not to mention the story is just a little bit too perfect of a character arc for Damon and a kick in the nuts for Tozu.

Brief aside: thanks to @panomiels-box for inspiring this analysis! They reminded me my “Damon and Pythias” draft exists and did their own analysis on Damon and Pythias. Our theories are pretty different which is why I’m not reblogging off their post, I’d hate to take away from their theory. Make sure to read theirs too, they make a lot of interesting points!

[evesedenramblings]

You. Stop being funnier than me on my own post

Getting into Project: Eden’s Garden is funny because the protagonist hates pretty much everyone but also has undeniable chemistry with all of them. Wolfgang? His narratively opposite antagonist with that underlying appeal of “if we weren’t on opposing sides, we could be a power duo” due to their similar talents. Diana? An even more narratively opposite antagonist that he canonically has a soft spot for because she showed him kindness. Eva? The only person he trusted and he said she looked good when she smiled, and just internally gushed about in general.

You think that’s it?? Nope, not even the side characters are safe. Kai? The unexpected option who he becomes roommates with, and who he SHARES THE BED WITH and just so happens to oversleep for the first time in the game when they do?? Desmond, who Damon is so uncharacteristically flustered around it’s not even funny- I don’t think I’ve ever seen Damon give out so many casual compliments about someone.

Genuinely you could make a legit case for almost every student in this game to romance Damon and I’d just be like yeah bro cheers I see it good on ya.

[evesedenramblings]

Oh it’s like a trainwreck it’s so beautiful I love it. Great work OP!!!!

[ID: a digital drawing featuring Damon Maitsu and Diana Venicia from Project: Eden's Garden. They are drawn in each other's poses, with the referenced sprite at a lower opacity beside them. On the left, Damon is shown pointing demurely, then looking to the right and holding his arm in nervousness, then speaking in dread with tense shoulders and clenched fists. On the right, Diana is shown pointing confidently, then cupping her hands around her mouth and shouting, then looking at the viewer in startled horror. The artist's watermark is at the bottom. End ID]

I think it'd be awesome if they inherited each other's sprites. for the narrative foilisms. [crumples into paper and falls like a powerpoint transition]

[evesedenramblings]

If Damon and Diana swap dynamics by the end of the game where Damon openly expresses his concern for Diana and Diana doesn’t care/is rude to Damon I will have 10 vodka shots in a row on God because that is what I’ll need to cope.

me and who (possibly ooc late game interaction??? idk i think she should snap)

[evesedenramblings]

Getting into Project: Eden’s Garden is funny because the protagonist hates pretty much everyone but also has undeniable chemistry with all of them. Wolfgang? His narratively opposite antagonist with that underlying appeal of “if we weren’t on opposing sides, we could be a power duo” due to their similar talents. Diana? An even more narratively opposite antagonist that he canonically has a soft spot for because she showed him kindness. Eva? The only person he trusted and he said she looked good when she smiled, and just internally gushed about in general.

You think that’s it?? Nope, not even the side characters are safe. Kai? The unexpected option who he becomes roommates with, and who he SHARES THE BED WITH and just so happens to oversleep for the first time in the game when they do?? Desmond, who Damon is so uncharacteristically flustered around it’s not even funny- I don’t think I’ve ever seen Damon give out so many casual compliments about someone.

Genuinely you could make a legit case for almost every student in this game to romance Damon and I’d just be like yeah bro cheers I see it good on ya.

[evesedenramblings]

Despite what Damon Maitsu wants to think, he has been incredibly trusting and kind throughout the Killing Game thus far. His actions contradict a lot of his own inner thoughts. Even though he is often rude he’s also rather kind, and that’s important to recognize since he wants to believe he’s so de-attached from everyone.

I think the first thing that comes to mind is the first trial’s Pathos route, where Damon decides to defend Diana based on his gut feeling despite all the clear evidence- or, trusting Diana’s character to be true over his own deductions. The second thing is when he realizes his trust of Eva is built on nothing. What both of these things have in common is how mad Damon is about it. Damon doesn’t want to defend Diana, he gets incredibly mad at himself when he realizes he’s sympathetic to her crying and wants to trust in her. The same goes for Eva, but his trust is lost instead. Damon gets angry when he realizes the only reason he trusted Eva was because he fell into the “Us vs Them” mentality, and he automatically grouped Eva in with himself, but Eva didn’t do the same thing. At the core of the issue, Damon is mad because without even realizing it, he is a hypocrite. He claims the students shouldn’t be able to so easily trust each other, then went and easily trusted just the same- and chose the worst person to acknowledge he trusted.

I say Damon acknowledges he trusted Eva because I think Damon trusts the other students more than he realizes. He is easily able to engage in Free Time Events with every student, except Grace. The fact there’s no Grace FTE’s, or to be Meta an exception to “hang out with your favourites!” rule, makes it feel in-character that Damon trusts the other students enough with his safety, but not Grace. Also, a lot of what happens in those FTE’s like Jean picking up Damon by his ankles has to mean they’re at least some sort of comfort with each other. The other students do seem comfortable with Damon, even the youngest student Toshiko knows she can call Damon a cutesy name like Mochi- he’s unhappy about it but ultimately does nothing. Ingrid asks him to help with the laundry and he agrees- grumbles about it later to himself but doesn’t actually protest to Ingrid’s face, and does his share. There’s also the fact that Damon doesn’t protest the roommate rule, and then how immediately comfortable he gets with said roommate. He even prefers to sleep in Kai’s room at a certain point, as sleeping alone in his own room makes him too anxious as opposed to sleeping along with someone else. For someone who claims to be untrusting, Damon spends a lot of time with other people one-on-one and in group settings, and being kind to them as well.

The only time I can think Damon doesn’t cooperate with the group is when Eva shows him the Tozu Equation and he says they should keep it secret. However, even then, Damon means *he and Eva* should keep it secret. He still means to work with Eva, as their own private team. He doesn’t go work on it on his own at any point, and asks her about it later if she had made any progress. When she says no, Damon assures her that he hadn’t expected her to with all the ongoing issues. He believes her at face value and doesn’t go to check on it, and was kind to her about the issue.

Still, there is an obvious elephant in the room: Damon is still an outsider. He’s not part of the group, there’s no equal exchange of first. The obvious solution, and one Damon comments on himself multiple times, is that he’s cooperating with them only to gain their trust, *not* because he trusts them. However, I think Damon is lying to himself, or is just unaware of how much trust he puts into his actions. For a comparison, I want us to look at Eva. Eva only spends time individually with Damon, who she “trusts”. Other than that, the only time we see her with others is to gather information or purposefully be seen while plotting her murder. We don’t have much insight on her rooming situation but Diana’s comments imply Eva was often absent from their room. Eva tends to lurk in the boiler room alone, specifically because nobody wants to go down there. She has no interest in her classmates and doesn’t trust any of them, and only takes interest in them when she needs them. Now this could just be a difference of strategy (Eva wanting to gain trust when the time was right, and Damon wanting to gain trust in advance) but frankly, it didn’t work. Damon spent more time cooperating with the class, and yet in the trial they hesitate to believe him over Eva based on his character. The only reason they choose to believe him is because they take a moment to reassess everything Damon has been saying, and draw a logical conclusion. Damon has still gained no real trust from their group, so what was the point of everything he’s done if it amounted to nothing?

Damon, whose situation is extremely close to Eva’s, is willing to share his living space with another person, to the point he shares the bed with them (his idea btw), not even swapping the bed every night. Eva feels more safe alone with her own mind and intelligence, but Damon has always reached out to other people for security. After Tozu threatened him, Damon went to Kai despite his belief Kai might kill him. When Wolfgang turned the group against him, Damon automatically latched onto the one other outcast, Eva without even realizing it. He’d already latched onto her from the moment they awoke in the boiler room together.

I definitely missed some stuff, like how Damon was the only one willing to grab Kai’s ring in the FTE- just say no if you don’t want to do it Damon. It’s going to be important to remember how kind he is in these earlier chapters since that kindness and trust he employed has now been thrown back in his own face and spit on (thanks Eva), so I’m not sure we’re ever going to see Damon be this unintentionally kind again.

[evesedenramblings]

I am looking RESPECTFULLY at Wolfgang and Grace, OP you draw so good thank you for this delicious art

twt requests