#{theories}

[shaylogic]

yeah omg especially when you consider that Port Townsend is a pretty small town. if you know small towns, you don't need to do much investigation. you just know it's your neighbor's friend's husband's cousin that did that. there's no mystery to solve.

One thing I've seen mentioned a few times is how callous the officer in Episode 4 is, when Crystal and Niko turn to the police to report what they've seen. She immediately writes it off as a prank, failing to follow up or investigate further.

The boys, of course, attribute it to the living being poorly equipped to handle some of the stranger cases that come their way.

Initially, I did the same. But the more I thought about it, the more I think that Edwin and Charles are thinking the best of people, in a way that's overly optimistic in this situation. After all, in episode 8, we get a glimpse at how chummy Esther seems to be with members of the local police force.

How many little girls have gone missing in Port Townsend? How many strange occurrences have they overlooked, over the years? How many investigations have quietly gone cold, with no suspect ever found?

And now: how might an officer on a police force that's wrapped around a witch's little finger treat a peculiar disappearance in a town that's full of them?

She'd turn and walk away.

[shaylogic]

man season 1 retrospect hitting hard after that season 2 news huh

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

So how do you think Harry's kids got here? Do you think a surrogate was used? Do you think a donor egg and/or sperm was used?

I'm of the opinion a surrogate was used for both kids and that they might not be 100% their biological children. I know some people say Archie looks like August and Lili from her photo when she was one years old is supposed resemble the late Queen at that age. But people often see what they want when deciding who kids look like and kids can look like different people as their faces change.

You could go to any school in multiple countries and find a kid who looks just like Archie and we don't know what Lili looks like because whenever she's been "papped" the person apparently used the worse camera ever and their specially is blurry photos.

More importantly for me the question is why the BRF have played along is it just because they were afraid of being called racist if they said Archie isn't eligible to be in the line of succession? Do they not actually know whether a surrogate was used or do they simply not care?

For Harry and Meghan they should have been open about using a surrogate. They would have received so much support, there would be the conversation about whether people should use surrogates but the majority of the UK would've supported their decision to have a family. Funny thing is it would've made their kids special and got them the attention they wanted. Hiding all the details about the kids has resulted in no one caring about them or having any connection to them.

I would like the truth to be publicly known even it causes problems for the BRF. You won't generally find me defending members of the British aristocracy but if they have to adhere to the succession laws then so should members of the BRF.

I shared my thoughts on this several months ago (sometime between February - May 2024) but I haven't been able to dig that post up. I'll repeat what I said here but I will not be discussing this topic any futher after this gets posted.

What I said several months ago still remains true: Sometimes I think it was a gestational surrogate. Other times I think she really did carry Archie.

On the gestational surrogacy: Their story of Archie's birth, as told via Spare, gives me extraordinary pause because medically, none of what Harry says happened is/was possible. The lack of detail and/or sob story from Meghan also gives me pause. Consider the way she shouted from the mountaintops about her miscarriage in the New York Times. Now consider how silent she's been about her traumatic birth with Archie (according to Harry) or about how California's COVID protocols during her pregnancy with Lili may have affected her mental health. I specifically point out the latter because most of the women I know who were pregnant and/or gave birth between March 2020 - Summer 2021 talked a whole [fork] ton about the COVID protocols in place that made pregnancy an awfully lonely experience. Additionally, Meghan's desire for privacy on these experiences contradict her usual preference to compete with and/or one-up Kate. Since we know Kate had difficult pregnancies, we expect Meghan to either claim she had it worse (which Archie's traumatic birth as described by Harry in Spare definitely is, since KP's reports of the three Cambridge births were "textbook and uneventful") or her pregnancy was so easy, so straightforward, so textbook, so uneventful that she was literally a goddess of pregnancy. But yet Meghan has remained suspiciously silent, even when she's doing her "as the momest mom to ever mom" PR.

On the "Meghan really carried Archie" side: I have a cousin who's as thin as Meghan was pre-Archie, right down to the ankles that could snap. Like Meghan, my cousin's only weight gain during both of her pregnancies was in her belly/baby bump. So I know it's possible for some women to gain no weight but the baby bump. And second, Meghan did gain weight during her third trimester - she was noticeably fuller in her face at the Windsor presentation and had a noticeably fuller body at Trooping and Wimbledon and appeared to struggle losing the weight until spring 2022/Platinum Jubilee. We know that Meghan is incredibly vain to where she wouldn't have gained all that extra weight without good reason - after all, she made Trevor sign a pre-pregnancy contract listing her demands / requirements to get her body back should they have a baby.

Now to your questions:

is why the BRF have played along is it just because they were afraid of being called racist if they said Archie isn't eligible to be in the line of succession? Do they not actually know whether a surrogate was used or do they simply not care?

I've already covered this here. I think you can find it under the surrogacy tag. So I won't go into too much here.

My theory for why the BRF played along is because they didn't know there was a surrogate until it was too late and by then, they were already trapped in the scheme so they had no choice but to go along. Presenting their schemes as faint accompli has been Sussex MO for a very long time, with no one developing a spine until they demanded to commercialize the monarchy.

My theory for why the BRF continues to play along is because Charles is somehow involved and/or implicated and that truth coming out would lead to a scandalously huge lapse in confidence that could only be reconciled by his abdication to William. Charles has waited too long to be top dog to let anything get in his way and I suspect that we'll only find out the truth (or even a partial truth) if Clarence House finds a way to untangle Charles from it.

As I said at the beginning of this post, I won't be discussing this anymore and will not be posting any asks resulting from this. You're free to discuss in comments or reblogs, though.

[shittyness]

heyo, im back!

just saw this post:

where it basically says Grian is becoming more and more in line with Fandom/Martyn watcher behavior? standards?

especially in secret life and now wild life

i also remember back in secret life, everyone was interpreting him as more watcher-y (ie more wings, or eyes, or purple)

so going off of that theory

slight spoilers for sessions 5 and 6 or wild life!

do we think grian seemingly beginning to live up to his role as a watcher, is the reason the Canary in a Coal mine curse was ended? (at least the part where Jimmy dies first, the rest is seemingly intact)

Jimmy is commonly seen as Grian’s brother (or otherwise family)

so do we think the watchers would take him as a way to punish Grian?

as a way to show their power

or how Grian will never truely be freed from their grasp?

that he will always be forced to simply watch

this may also explain why Grian’s closest allies were the first two out

and how Grian conveniently was there to watch both of them go

because they won’t let him go

but they let Jimmy go because Grian is being obey them again

[theroosterfairytaler]

What is Thomas Hewitt's disease?

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Here's a question that has been bothering me for way too long. Does anybody actually know what Thomas's disease is? It has been referred to as an unusual/rare disease by multiple people and websites, but there hasn't been a direct answer.

I do know that Thomas has necrosis, that's an obvious answer, but what specific disease is it? It's not exactly skin necrosis (gangrene), it's not an impossible likelihood since it is possible, but it is a rare and highly morbid neonatal condition with significant mortality.

Malacia, perhaps? It has been mentioned that Thomas was diagnosed with neurodegeneration at the age of twelve, but that dosen’t sound right either since it only affects the brain.

I thought of subcutaneous fat necrosis (SCFN) since it may take months to years for fat necrosis to complete its cycle and break down in a body. Newborns can get it as a rare case because they are being delivered under traumatic conditions. However, keep in mind that it is said to be harmless and usually goes away on its own. And if it bothers someone too much, then it could get removed by doing biopsy.

There's so many possibilities, and I'm not a professional, if anybody has any slightest idea. Please tell me in the comments, cause this is a difficult one.

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[nonbinarylesbianherb]

GUYS I think Jinx is still alive - the theories I've seen hold genuine potential / evidence. Arcane is over but we are so back

[polling-sonic-fans]

Would sonic characters go to the doctor or the vet?

Thanks for the poll anon!

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[p5x-theories]

It was just discovered that apparently SEGA registered a site with the persona5x.com url back in September!

Note that the Japanese site already uses a different url, as with the other regions where the game is live, so this is likely going to be the global one (though the site isn't actually live yet, so nothing can be found at that url).

[ask-jiro-kirisaki]

I like that idea A LOT. I'm not sure when he became a ghoul, but what if he had a strong desire for retribution? What if it wasn't illness that took the youngest Kirisaki? Even if it was, I'm sure he spent much of his time cursing the barriers for most to receive proper health care. He seems to be the type to want to handle things himself because others can't be trusted with the task - at least by the time he made his pact. I personally think it was the injection that caused his blood to wound his opponent, but I like the idea of "I want to hurt them as much as they hurt me" even more. That also adds another layer to his attachment to Yuri. With the rest of his family gone, there's only one person that has pulled through for him and continues to do so, no matter his intent. Yuri's intention makes the difference in their dynamic - whether it's a genuine and caring friendship/relationship or a Stockholm's Syndrome-esque one-sided adoration with a mutual amount of unhealthy attachment. The closeups with Jiro's face smattered with blood shows a side to him leaning toward violence - something I'm sure became more of a common occurrence after he became a ghoul (hence the restraint harness), but was easier for others to control after his coma. Imagine him getting angry at another student and flinging some of his own blood in their face after slicing his hand with a scalpel? Very Alexia Ashford vibes - just without the fire. Thank you for coming to another TDBTED Talk - featuring Jiro's Mun.

Big thanks to tkdb-confessions for inspiring this rabbit hole I've created.

I hope this is his stigma because that'd be super interesting 🙏

[tanoraqui]

I’m so glad there are people in the Game Changer tag sufficiently obsessed with this show that they’re now building red string board conspiracy theories about how our beloved host Sam Reich might be possessed by the spirit of his (entirely fictional) evil ancestor Sam Dalton from the escape room episode. Normally I’d say that the evidence presented so far isn’t enough to beat the fact that they’ve never done some sort of “season arc” like that, much less a multi-season arc, and shown no sign of intending to do so—but on Game Changer, “they’ve never done something like that before and shown no sign of intending to do so” is EXACTLY why they would do something!

Incredible show. It’s mere existence is an ongoing experimental art performance. It’s also possible, of course, that instead of being possessed, Sam Reich has simply been replaced by his evil ancestor Sam Dalton, and is locked in a closet somewhere on set.

[whimsicallywiddershins]

So we found out from Palamedes and the Unwanted Guest that lyctorhood is not perfect and leaves a mark on the necromancer. The necromancer devours the cavalier's soul, and unintentionally gains something from it, mostly emotions or new urges or something like that. Like Ianthe getting Babs' hatred/distaste of Gideon.

John devoured Alecto. For a little while, John and Alecto were one, two souls intermingling like two pieces of flesh bleeding together. Then John created her a body and poured her soul back in, unintentionally creating a perfect lyctorhood.

John didn't really know what he was doing. He was running on guesswork and instinct. So I think he and Alecto shared and gained something from eachother.

Alecto is always described as angry. Which makes sense, considering the circumstances. But when John killed and devoured the earth, he was furious. He was raging. He hated.

What if Alecto got most of her anger and hatred and rage from John? Some of it was hers, yes. But hatred? A never ending anger? What if Alecto got what John was feeling when he ate her, made her?

And John. What did he get?

The thing is, we don't know what Alecto's personality was like. She was a planet, not exactly a person with feelings.

But we do know what Resurrection Beasts are like. They are relentless. They hunt and hunt and hunt John. Angry, yes. But mostly unstoppable and stuck in a never ending cycle of hunting John no matter the cost.

John won't forgive the Trillionaires. He doesnt even seem that angry anymore. But he won't stop hunting them, not for anything. Augestine begged him to stop. John doesn't let his lyctors tell him to stop. John doesn't care how many worlds he kills, how many people he displaced. He doesn't care about the cost to the Houses. He is relentless. He hunts and hunts and hunts.

John acts like a Resurrection Beast. And Alecto acts like John.

[out-here-trying]

Update

I would like to amend my theory, just a little.

I have seen the theory all over the place that Jinx is still alive because you can see a little blur escape the explosion, and I want to believe that theory with all my being.

Sooo....

In the other world, she is just powder, not Jinx. In the real world, Jinx is no longer conflicted about who she is, firmly landing on Jinx.

So, one could argue that the identity of Powder is dead "Powder.. fell down a well" and that is who we are seeing in the other world.

spoilers for arcane act 3

guys, we should have know jinx was gonna die

Hear me out

so yk the perfect universe the Ekko is in for ep7??? Weeeeellllll

literally every one he interacts with in that universe is dead

Silco, Vander, Milo, Clager(Idk how to spell his name), even Benso showed up. What do they all have in common?

they dead.

our final clue is when Himerdinger (no way in hell I spelled that right) dies doing science shit right before Ekko leaves. He is the only other person in that universe that isn’t dead in the main one, but arcane writers made sure to clear that up.

[shaylogic]

In the comics, Edwin's bones are originally hidden in a chest in the attic he was killed in. He stays in the attic. He returns to it from Hell.

In the show, he returns to the attic from Hell and meets Charles. He reads to him as he dies, sitting on what appears to be a chest?

I don't wanna get really morbid, but. . . uh. . . do you think. . .?!!

[ratvic]

!!!ARCANE SEASON TWO SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Here are some things i noticed about Isha from trailers and the new episodes, and some theories!!

1. Isha is reaching out to someone while being carried away by Sevika, they are presumably reaching out for Jinx during the final battle she has with Vi.

2. Isha means "One who protects.", this is shown by their need to protect Jinx, and how they rushed in to protect her when Vi was about to deliver a final blow.

(One thing about that scene is that i can't tell if Jinx was yelling "No!" at Vi, to stop incase she killed Isha, or at Isha, telling them not to shoot Vi.. So if u know.. Drop a comment 💙)

3. When Isha orginally drops their hat during their first meeting with jinx they go back to get it, but when they need to protect her, they dont even glance at it when it falls off. This might only be a nice detail to me, but i found it sweet.

DROP UR THEORIESS PLEAASEE!! I'd love to talk about themm!!

[yreez]