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oh SHIT something just occurred to me.

so eugene is in the thumbnail but not in the trailer itself which is of course very mysterious and makes me nervous. BUT. His eyes are fully blank. And this isn’t weird for Eugene (which is why it took me so long to realize this) but the only time his eyes are blank like that is WHEN HES SPIRIT CHANNELING.

so why is he channeling a spirit? Is he going to be channeling the victim for the entire season? Or was he possessed by a spirit that used his body to kill someone???? oughhhh Eugene what HAPPENED….

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I'm very normal about the Drawtectives season three trailer right now and I need to organize my thoughts about it or I will explode soooo putting that all into a tumblr post! This is less theorizing/analysis and more just me writing down things I noticed.

The beginning of the trailer is a slow zoom out on a box TV whose channels are being absent mindedley flicked through. I'm going to go through each of the broadcasts one by one

The first is an ad of some sort for a "Shimmer Park". The narrator for the ad is saying "Need a place to truly be yourself for awhile? Discover Shimmer Park!" This leads me to think that Shimmer Park is some sort of entertainment/play facility for children. Now it may just be my automatic distrust of any entertainment area geared towards kids that was spawned in me via reading Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif too many times but something about the phrasing of "A place to truly be yourself" feels somewhat disquieting to me idk.

Next up is what appears to be a news broadcast of a local rally by MAPN. MAPN's logo is their abbreviation set over a clock face nkt unlike that on the clock tower we see later. In the middle of the news overlay is the name "Thomas Cornette" possibly the name of the reporter(?). The protesters signs are mostly obscured but the ones I can make out I'm 90% sure say "Not in our community (w/ a drawing of a rat)" and "Save our community". The horned protester in the front is yelling into the microphone, "Corperate overlords will never take our city!". We can assume the "MA" part of MAPN stands for Midnight Alley I'm not quite sure about the rest of it but if I had to guess it might be "Public News" don't quote me on that. To me just the way the clips are set up almost makes it seem like this protest against risk to Midnight Alley community is related to Shimmer Park in some way. The only thing we really know about the protest is it is somehow against corporations and (maybe) rats. There may be a link here to Papa's Pizza which we see later.

After that is the much calmer channel "Knitting with Janice". The woman knitting, assumedly Janice, says "It takes all kinds of threads to make a beautiful colorful tableau!". There's also a cat in a catbed in the background (adorable). Taking the dialoge metaphorically it's something to the effect of "It takes all different kinds of people and ideas to make a good and beautiful community." Now the use of the word tableau here is odd beacuse unless there's some secret knitting terminology I'm not aware of tableau is not usually a term used in fibre arts. A tableau is a still image of people/figures used to represent a more complex story (art/drawing connection??). Now maybe Janice is just knitting a tableau or smthing but the word choice here is interesting to me! Also the cat in the background caught my eye because of the rat themeing of this season. Cats are a major predators of mice. Maybe something like Art and Community beats the rat race???(we see rat race later) Also I'm getting big Bob Ross vibes from this lady please tell me yall see it too

Next we have a film noir (oooo!!). A woman is crying and she has just slapped a man in thr foreground. She says "I've never met a snake like you Jimmy." Snakes! Another predator of rats. But of course snake is meant metaphorically here as someone who is depictful and manipulative. Uhhhh I got nothing else on this one yall. I would say possible connection to the last channel like I did w/ Shimmer Park & The Protest but I refuse to believe that old lady Janice (both "J" names though) is capable of snake-like depict.

Another news broadcast! This seems to be from a news station other than MAPN as they have different overlays. The woman on screen says "In other news Midnight Alley is soon to throw their annual Rat Race". There's a poster for the Rat Race on screen (love a Juilia poster) that shows two rats w/ the numbers "8" and "4" on each of them respectively. I'm gonna ignore the place and date listed on there because in season two those details on posters never really came into play. There's more text on the poster saying "For more information and sign up please visit the M.A. [Midnight Alley] information center" and the bellow that it reads "Hosted by the Parks Department of Spire City". Literal Rat Race, interesting! Ofc in metaphor a rat race is used to describe and struggle of people for money and power that ultimately grants them no reward often used to describe competition in company/work environments #The Hustle. Now this is definitely connected in some way to the protest whether it be litteraly or metaphorically or both is yet to say. Also the Rat Race being sponsored by the Parks Department kinda makes me think of Shimmer Park having something to do w/ this. No matter what I feel like the Rat Race being sponsored by the Parks Department is going to be important somehow.

Papa's Pizza ad now! The guy w/ the Papa's Pizza uniform (owner?) is saying "Papa's Pizza has been here for generations, hand birthing high quality, cheaply priced slices for-". This is probably connected to the Corperation Protest we saw earlier. It seems like small business in Midnight Alley are probably being put at risk in sone way by larger corporations. Take note of how the Papa's Pizza guy's sentence cuts off here

A phone rings of screen in the static between channels.

This channel is a sitcom. A boy looks mischievously into the camera and says "RATS." before a laugh track plays. Someone off screen is holding a bowl of rats (?????) next to him. Now the way the last broadcast cuts off it makes it seem as if Pizza guy is saying "Papa's Pizza has been here for generations, hand birthing high quality, cheaply priced slices for rats." Its interesting how it makes it seem like Papa's Pizza guy - a person who's company would be effected by large corperation take over is in favor of rats - which are being used by the protesters to represent the corperations (kinda maybe?). This feels like it means Something but I can't peice together What.

All the TV programs are done now time to go over the rest of the trailer!

The TV is turned off now and we see Jancy's reflection in the black screen. Its an interesting shot makes it almost seemd like she's part of the programming. She answers the phone that is ringing, a rotary phone. Her tone drops as she revives news from the other end of the line and she tells them she'll send in the team (DRAWTECTIVES!!) right away.

Cut to black. "Children there's been a murder". (OUGH AAAAAAA IM GOING INSANE GOING RABID)

New design silhouettes!! I love them all already. I'm surprised by the lack of hat on Grandma (I like it!!) but other than that I don't really have any comments on them. York says "Do you think the house is capable of murder?". Grendan says "Unless... Murder Santa... I just write murder Santa down." These two might narrow down where at least part of this takes place somewhat. and finally Rosé says "Why are you so quiet daddy?"

Now we have what is most likely our setting, Midnight Alley! This season's logo appears on the background but I didn't grab a screen shot of that whoops. The clock tower here really stands out to me. Perhaps the spire of Spire City? Also this is just a very pleasing drawing!

The end scene of the trailer is of a rat jumping on to screen before menacing yellow eyes w/ slit pupils fade in behind it. I'm tempted to say cat for some reason.

Also Eugene is in the thumbnail but he isn't mentioned at all in the trailer. This might just be because the fans love Eugene and Julia couldn't figure out how to include him anywhere other than the thumbnail but it also makes me a little scared

I said I wasn't gonna therorize but I wanna put down my ideas about when this takes place and where this takes place.

Now Drawtectives is very time-nebulous in general but this season at least seems very 80s inspired to me. The box TV, rotary phone, neon aesthetic for the logo, upbeat disco-y theme music all seem to point towards us not being in the modern day at the very least. Ofc we're going to be in Midnight Alley but Midnight Alley also seems to be in Spire City from what the poster said. York and Grendan's lines also suggest we explore a house at some point, specifically w/ a chimney/fireplace being important.

Anywho that's it for my very nothingburger post about the Season three trailer hope that any of yall that read through alllll of that nonsense enjoyed :]

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Drawtectives: Midnight Alley has something to do with rats… the episode Artists Fuse Two WEIRD Stock Photos into ONE Drawing features a love story between two rats…… on Patreon Bonus Stream 09/20/24 they read Ace Attorney fanfiction about the two rats….

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I assumed he was speaking as an artisan, in hyperbole.

But you raise a valid point, this is a series where the butt candle turtle cake was canonized.

What, pray tell, would stop live birth pizzas from being cannon also.

hey is nobody gonna talk about the fact that that one guy says that papa's pizza is "hand-birthing" pizzas in the midnight alley trailer??? what did he mean by this

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Ok, I do not have much to contribute theory- wise, but I still wanna talk about some things. So, it's a Drawtectives Season 3 trailer visuals appreciation post!

First of all, holy shit, Julia, how much carpal tunnel did you order?!!?! This shot looks so fucking cool!!!! And the rendering???!?!?!?! Immaculate!!

Also, these character redesigns look like they're gonna be hot as hell and I cannot wait to see them!!

Also this was so beautiful, my jaw was on the floor!! The slow slide animation thing? Love that. I wish I could get a higher res version of this so I could use it as a desktop wallpaper!!

Also, the neon city 80s vapourwave aesthetic? That is so my jam!! Also the music fucking slapped! It was so fun and it matched the vibe so well!!

Also also, the thumbnail art looks so fucking cool!! But, it does strike me that Eugene(?) is in the thumbnail but not in the trailer. I wonder why?

In the art, he's eyeless and cast in red and there is a murder again....

So, I had a thought that maybe it was Eugene that was murdered? But that can't be right, because from the voice clips we heard, the crew didn't seemed too phased. I feel like of Eugene were dead, they'd have a grave-er reaction.

Also, Julia wouldn't do that to us! Right? I'm...I'm scared

Anyway, can't wait!!

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Wow guys Drawtectives season 3 in three weeks. Hahaha are you exited for season 3 in three weeks? I just think it's kinda cool we have Drawtectives season 3 in three weeks. Can you believe that Drawtectives season 3 is in three weeks? Wow we get Drawtectives season 3 in three weeks. *Shaking so hard that it makes a sound and hyperventilating like I just ran a mile*

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Interesting theory op, i hadn't actually considered the Rat King angle, if i may be so bold as to combine this with my own theory:

May I suggest The Rat King is the class traitor who sold out Midnight Alley to Corporate interests?

Dtawtectives Season 3 observations and theme theories

Okay Okay so based on the commission Julia did a few months back and the trailer that just dropped, we very obviously have a rat theme going on. At first (after watching the trailer) I was thinking that it could be a pied piper sort of tale/theme as that feels like a very Julia story line(/pos) but in the commission the rat has a crown so semi obviously rat king. In real life rat kings are a group of rats that have been tangled together due to their tails and they're I think almost always found dead (because the rats panic and can't function to the needed succession to survive). In media the most famous rat king I can think of is the one in the Nut cracker who wants to kill the nut cracker and usually marry the human protagonist. Our rat king in Julia's drawing seems to be closer to the later as it's a single rat, however it does appear to be tangled up in some sort of pendant potentially symbolic of the natural rat king being tangled in tails? there's also apparently a video of a rat stealing a necklace from a store in real life so although I doubt it I REALLY hope there will be mention of that lol but other than that I couldn't find any other connection of the 2 online. Maybe a character can transform into the rat king using the pendant? and as a humanoid they're the pied piper??? No clue but let me know what y'all think

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SO

Bit early for any theorizing, but I can't help that the trailer slapped so godsdammed hard.

We seem to be having what I would call a vapour wave noir kinda season, which I am very much here for.

✨ RATS ✨

So we already had rat imagery in the sneak peak art, and continually throughout the trailer. We can safely assume that the very on the nose "rat race" can be taken both literally and metaphorically, knowing the protesters (who's signs I have yet to closely inspect) are protesting corporations, and the pizza man's statement also confirms the idea of small businesses being pushed out by large corporations.

I would assume then, that the rats, of the rat race, are the workers, as is usual, and therefore the snakes are the corporations/corporate interests/CEO's.

I would say that if the one protester to the far left side's sign reads "Rats in our community" somewhat obfuscates that, but let's be real, class traitors are always gonna be a thing.

Plus as the aesthetic is distinctly pointing us to the 80's.

I therefore conclude that the villain of this season is GENTRIFICATION.

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3RD OF DECEMBER LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Pissboy classic under the cut

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Updated the bingo because my subconscious still hates me

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i feel like everyones gonna be posting these screenshots separately so heres my contribution instead

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:') (eugene!)

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Drawtectives Season 3’s release date will be announced in exactly two weeks!

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EXPLODES!!!!!!!

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Current season 3 info!

Release Info

There have been 5 episodes recorded over the past 1.5 years (June 2023-September 2024)

There is a tentative date set that will go through as long as it is reasonable to animate the first episode quick enough

It WILL release in 2024 no matter what!

The size of the season’s files is over 78GB not including two of the large episodes

Content Info

Grandma, York, and Rosé return!

These are the hosts’ favourite designs for them

Eugene will not be part of the season (though references to S2 are likely bound to happen)

There will be an orc witness that Julia was determined to include (possibly Grayson Map, possibly a new character)

There will be a main theme made by People Need Goals just like S2

There will be a guest in S3E03

Previews

(All posted on Julia’s Twitter)

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If there are Drawfee fans out there who don’t watch secret sleepover society streams: Julia did a bonus stream (playing Satisfactory!) and gave us some Drawtectives updates!

- they have 5 episodes recorded!

- they have a date in mind!

- animation and editing is in the works, and if all goes well Julia will announce the date on her socials!

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Adding mine to the pile (⁠ﾉ⁠´⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠