#THEORIES

[daily-bugle-ny]

Black Widow Cloned! (GONE WRONG)

A new theory in the hunt for Spider-Man's identity emerges! He is a CLONE of the Avenger, Black Widow. An experiment gone WRONG! He wears the mask to hide his LIES and spider face!

The proof is there! Similar costumes, a spider motif, and strange technology on their arms. Not to mention the red heads!

To whoever is behind this, put your failed experiment away. One spider out there was enough.

-JJJ

[bluuish-skies]

What if her ID number is more like a message instead of a code “Fake death, ability user.”

That’d be interesting considering that Xiaoshi and Lu Guang saw the numbers. Maybe they’re gonna will have to fake their deaths to ward off Vein.

OR!!

Perhaps.

Since Xia Fei IS theorized to die because of the death flags and foreshadowing, etc etc.

What if it’s alluding to his fate.

Idk just thinking and rambling but I don’t think I’m right 💀💀💀

Literally everything is a code, oh god.

[the-starlight-mistress]

Idk if anyone has done this already but I’m gonna analyze the fuck out of this shot now.

I’ve seen other people talk about the key in the middle of the book so I’m gonna skip that detail and go right into the symbols.

Going clockwise this is what I see:

- Top center is a small shiny sort of shape, most likely the hero symbol, Goldie’s sun. There isn’t a sun-like symbol elsewhere on the cover and this one is also directly opposite from the crescent key which we know is the villain (nox’s) symbol.

- next is a bell. I’m gonna be honestly this is one I didn’t really have an idea for. I feel like it’s such an interesting symbol to use but I have no idea what role it could correlate with

- a crown. For a while now I’ve had the thought that there might be a leader role, a king of the country sort of vibe.

- next is violet’s villainess diamond. which is interesting because her key is inserted where silvers symbol should be. Which I guess makes sense I just didn’t expect it.

- this is another symbol I’m not too sure about. Honestly I don’t even know what it’s supposed to be. It just looks like a shape rather than anything more specific. It is opposite to bronze’s helper apple so maybe it has something to do with that. Like maybe it is the villain’s helper which would be a minion/henchmen or something.

Next is a star. It’s opposite from the heart so my first thought was it might be some opposite to a romantic interest, however I feel like I saw punko say somewhere that there’s no romantic interest role. So I was wracking my brain trying to think of what the heart and by extension the star could be. It’s not a strong theory but this is what I landed on. The heart is the soulmate, whether that’s platonic, familial, or romantic. And the star is the unattainable idol. It’s a bit of a reach but I could see it happening.

- crescent moon. This is nox’s symbol. The villan key. The moon to Goldie’s sun. Not much to say about it that I haven’t already seen

- some sort of crossbow?? I’m not exactly sure if that’s what this shape is but that’s what it seemed like immediately. I saw a while ago someone conceptualize the idea of a thief key and even though that feels a bit too specific I kinda wonder if this key is something along those lines. This key is also opposite from the bell but idk what that would mean for either of them. Maybe the bell is the lawful good to the crossbow’s chaotic evil? However it doesn’t seem like every key has an “opposite” so their positioning might not mean everything

- next is a quill I think. My only guess for this would be a sort of narrator role. Like maybe this is the person who keeps the story in order. Given how season 1 ended I’m not sure how much the story needs that sort of role but it’s the only theory I could come up with.

- next is where silver’s heroine key should be if violet’s key wasn’t in the way.

- bronze’s helper apple is next. I honestly thought this was a pig with wings for the longest time. But it makes so much more sense as bronze’s apple

- finally is a heart. If the soulmate idea isn’t right i don’t really know what this one could be.

Idk just some thoughts. I’d love to hear some discussion because I’m so curious about what other people think of this.

[tategaminu]

Rayla will be pregnant in Arc 3 (trust me bro)

This whole thing is a mix of analysis and coping, while trying to be as self-indulgent as possible. It actually makes sense, I swear but take it as mostly me trying to gaslight you into believing Rayla will get paegant.

With the upcoming Arc 3, we’ll get to see our two blorbos at the fresh age of 24 and 25. This means that not only might they be married, but they could also become parents. While Rayla and Callum are both very parental people, but would they have children in a world that's about to be doomed when a certain giant purple man comes back from the sky?

Would Callum and Rayla follow their desire for a domestic life while preparing for Aaravos, or would they renounce it? Would they bring a child into this world knowing it may end? Would they have a kid, even knowing that Aaravos might kill them, leaving the child orphaned?

I’m leaning towards yes, even if it’s an oopsie, but let me lay out the different points here LET'S GOOOO

Implications for the future and meaning

I'm 50/50 on whether Rayla and Callum will decide to have children or not.

I think they will get married, but having children is a completely different matter. Aaravos will return in seven years, and even if they prepare, the threat of him truly dooming the world and killing them all still looms over them

If they decide to have children, it would be because they want to continue with their lives, even with Aaravos returning. If they choose not to, it may be because they don’t want to be 'selfish' — not wanting to bring a potential orphan into the world or a child who might die young. There’s so much at stake here, especially considering the trauma they both carry with their parents. Callum lost his dad and mom at a very young age, and his relationship with his stepdad was somewhat strained. Rayla was abandoned by her parents and later faced issues with her adoptive ones. These experiences could definitely influence their decision. Don’t get me wrong, they would be amazing parents, but these fears and past traumas could hold them back.

At the end of the day, just as Opeli says, their lives must go on. They can’t just wait forever for Aaravos to be gone for good, even if he returns in seven years. But the question is — will they even notice? Some sources say the time skip might be as much as 12 years. What if Aaravos spends five of those years planning to take them down? Will they wait that long?

Of course, Callum is still worried about all of this, because he’s deeply afraid of what the future holds — what Aaravos might do to him and his loved ones.

Whether the pregnancy they might have is planned or not, I think they would choose to go through with it. As I mentioned, they’re both very parental people and love each other so much, they would love the life they would create together so would they really renounce that life — a life they want — because of Aaravos? That would be unfair to them. It could also echo Janai's words in season 6:

With you. Callum and Rayla facing the dangerous times ahead, together.

And not putting off the good things (their baby and life together) for fear of the bad (Aaravos).

Miyana and the ten babies scene

It was a big surprise that we got a pregnant Miyana this season, and it seemed to be an oopsie pregnancy. They both had a secret relationship before, and after that, they were committing war crimes together—there’s no way they planned this. So, the creators not shying away from surprising pregnancies means that Rayllum having one isn’t impossible. Now, would they repeat themselves? sure, why not? after all, Miyana's pregnancy wasn't that present in the season.

Anyways, to get to the main point, I think Miyana's pregnancy served not only as a plot device but also for foreshadowing and parallelism.

Dear bad-taste-in-men Miyana talks about how she wants to love her child and have her child feel loved, how she wants their dream to come true—a quiet life, full of happiness and love for their kid.

Then Miyana asks him to fight, to stay alive for both of them. Karim ends up fighting... but not in the way she expected, and he loses his life. However, we could see this scenario playing out the same way, but turned around with you know who?

Exactly! Them.

Because right after Miyana and Karim's scene, we jump to these two.

Specifically, these two talking about having a quiet, nice life together—this time, the guy is the one expressing it to the girl, and she accepts.

In the same episode, we get Callum speaking fondly of his hypothetical children with Rayla, while Karim refers to his unborn child as an heir, never once calling them a baby. (There’s a lot of talk about having babies for a kids' show, lol.) It really shows that Callum is truly made of dad material, unlike Karim. And of course, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that these two scenes are in the same episode—it's clearly done for foreshadowing purposes.

Note that Callum isn’t surprised by the question at all—this guy has 100% thought about his kidos with Rayla before.

This scene could easily be a throwaway joke, but why would they include it if that’s the case? I think it’s more likely foreshadowing. I don’t think they’ll have ten kids, but Callum is very open about wanting to be a dad, and the way Rayla treats children and animals… yeah, these two are definitely going to be parents eventually.

Callum definitely wants to have babies with her—he doesn’t even deny it, which hints at some juicy things for the future.He also talks about how and elf/human baby would look, which is something great considering they were at war just two years ago.

I’ve said this before because I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but the series ending with Rayla and Callum surviving and bringing a new life into the world—a half-elf, half-human child—would not only show that they’ve made it through everything and have a bright future ahead, but it would also symbolize the full union and peaceful coexistence of humans and elves.

TTM

This is a bit of a stretch, but why not add it? This comic is after all, mostly about them. We get this iconic scene where our little muffins hold hands for the ceremony. Of course, this is part of the ritual, but Callum also does it to show his love.

This ritual is about the rebirth of Phoe-Phoe. Rayla, of course, is distraught about her parents after what Lujanne says, but her words are interesting.

'Death is frightening, birth can be as well — elf and human, each one is equally vulnerable in the beginning and in the end.'

Let that fact be humbling, let it bind us together- so also does life come from death. This is a cycle, not an ending.

II think having Rayla and Callum here, with those words, could suggest something for the future. They’re going to be in a situation filled with impending doom — and, of course, death. But who's to say there won’t also be rebirth? After all, it’s a cycle, and future life could be a beacon of hope in the darkness that’s about to come.

The child being born at the end could represent the cycle of death and life — new life after (or perhaps before) Aaravos’ defeat, symbolizing the balance between the two. It could mean that even in the face of death, there will be life.

Moment of Truth

In Moment of Truth, we see Viren's backstory with Lissa and his children. We know how relevant the parallels between Callum and Viren are—what if they also parallel each other as fathers?

Viren was shown to do anything for Soren when he was a child, and Callum has repeatedly shown he would do anything for Ezran and Rayla. If we see Callum as a father, we’ll likely see him doing anything for his child as well, further paralleling his character arc with Viren's.

What caught my attention in this episode is the contrast between Lissa and Rayla. We find out that Lissa abandoned Viren because he mistreated her, in the same episode where Callum is literally healed by his love for Rayla. In this episode, we also see Viren's way of parenting, but Callum and he can’t fully parallel in that regard... yet.

Sir Puff

Sir Puff and a Rayllum baby would be parallels, HEAR ME OUT.

Puff is technically the first 'elf/human' hybrid we see in the whole series. Of course, he’s not a full one—he’s a homunculus—but still, he’s born from a human and an elf.

Sir Puff was an artificial elf/human child created by two people who didn’t love each other, 'without consent,' and existing solely to be sacrificed to extend someone else’s life.

But Rayllum’s baby? That would be a child born the natural way, from two people who love each other deeply, and who wouldn’t be sacrificed. They would be loved and taken care of. Sir Puff and a Rayllum baby would be the same thing in completely opposite ways.

I’ve been thinking for a while—what if the reveal was something like this? Rayla saying 'our child,' but in a completely different context, of course.

At the same time, Viren and Sir Puff mirror some of the sacrifice themes that Rayllum faces. Rayla wanted Callum to sacrifice her if he ever had to choose between the greater good and her—she was willing to sacrifice Callum, which would also mean sacrificing herself. But what if Rayla was pregnant? That would complicate everything. Not only would she be sacrificed, but a child as well.

Callum has already admitted that he would do anything for her, even after 'promising' he would choose the greater good. But what about Rayla? Would she be less self-sacrificial if she were carrying a child? Would she still be willing to kill Callum if it meant their child would never meet him? Because one thing is sacrificing her happiness with him; another is taking the father away from their child.

Of course, Rayla doesn’t want to hurt Callum, but she was willing to respect his wishes in Nova. How much would that change after seven years and with a baby on the way? Maybe Rayla would feel even more motivated to save him. While I do believe she would still try to save him regardless, having a child might really strengthen her resolve.

Leola (and her last wish)

Of course, we get the sweet ending of Arc 2. It’s not just a regular episode or the season finale, but the end of an entire arc that’s leading into a new one.

And what do we get in the end? Callum and Rayla sharing a sweet moment, followed by a shot of Leola's Last Wish in the sky. Leola’s wish was for every child to know they are loved. Of course, this message isn’t just related to Rayllum—it’s for Leola, and for all the children in their universe. It’s a message for the audience, but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this star has been related to Rayllum, twice.

The first time we learned about Leola's Last Wish was also during a moment where Callum and Rayla shared something sweet. To me, that feels like foreshadowing of them having children and loving them, just as Leola wished. This star and her wish could have appeared in any other scene of the show, but it was shown alongside Rayllum.

Leola was a child who was different and killed unfairly. In the end, Rayllum’s future child(ren) will also be different, but their parents and everyone around them will love them, and hopefully, a tragedy like that won’t happen again. I think there could be some really interesting parallels between Leola and a potential Rayllum child, especially when considering the conflict between Callum and Aaravos. With Callum being a father too, it would definitely make things more… complicated? Or maybe more interesting? Aaravos would certainly find a way to use it to his advantage.

The reveal of Leola's Last Wish at the end is very similar to something, wanna know what? exactly,

Callum finding his one truth (his love for Rayla). Them both embracing and making light (AKA life).

Also as a friend pointed out, it looks like an egg. AN EGG. AN E G G.

Maybe we will see this sweet scene once more, but with Rayla and Callum this time. Wouldn't that be sweet?

This is my speculation and weirdness, Aaron.

[moonsceptre]

It's funny when Charlie had her little meltdown her eyelid was drawn to look like a monocle; she has Alastor's smile, and laughs like Alastor with the radio filter on.

If that isn't foreshadowing, I don't know what is. 🤭

[itzkawaiiduh]

Montresor's second story he is based off of is William Wilson. The way he and Will interact in Nevermore remind me of the way William and his doppelgänger Wilson interact in the short story.

Daily Reminder

WE HAVE 3 DAYS TIL NEVERMORE IS BACK

Question: What's a theory about Nevermore that you believe?

My is that I 100% believe that Eulalie is a Japanese-American that was killed during WW2 because of the hate and prejudice toward Japanese people during the time

[ofmdaily]

feeling so completely and utterly normal about this 👍

[favatrice]

Y'ALL????

[justanotherrandomperson]

Just started 1899 last night and the ship is called KERBEROS??? AS IN THE COMPUTER AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL (THAT VERIFIES IDENTITIES)??? WHILE EVERYONE ON THE SHIP IS LYING ABOUT WHO THEY ARE????

[the-collector-blog]

Only just noticed that kid Philip had Caleb fake-caught in a rope trap, as Caleb was pretending to be a witch. ... Just like he later finally caught his inner demons in a rope trap.

[roninreverie]

Lou Jitsu Research (ROTTMNT)

Well, I am finally at that step in the fandom cycle.... obsessive researching...

Basically, I am trying to time out Splinter’s acting career, using what 9 movies we know about to plan. 

The only 2 dates we know for sure are:

Crouching Shrimp Hidden Tiger Prawn: in 1984

and...

Hot Soup Forever: around 03/30/1998

We also know that Yoshi started dating Big Mama in 1984, around the same time as the Tiger Prawn movie and it was their dating and his eventual proposal of her that got him snatched away to the Battle Nexus.

So I was wondering three things basically:

What was his last Lou Jitsu film?

How long did Splinter and Big Mama date?

How long was he fighting in the Battle Nexus?

...

WHAT WAS HIS LAST FILM?

Based on just looking at the wiki, I am guessing the order of his films go something like:

1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish – Dead Fish

Little Jacob's Ladder

Teriyaki Shakedown

Punch Chowder

Lou Jitsu Meets the Mummy Ninjas

Crouching Shrimp Hidden Tiger Prawn 

Bedtime for Bozos

Jitsu for Justice

Hot Soup Forever

While I’m mostly guessing on this order, I put 1 Fish 2 Fish, Jacob’s Ladder, and Teriyaki in the top 3 because of how old the footage looked or if it was imported/ had a dubbed voice over the acting... meaning he could have made one or all of these films while he still lived in Japan.

Also, 1 Fish 2 Fish was the one Splinter wanted to start with in the training marathon, so maybe that means it was one of the very first movies?

Punch Chowder sounds like it could go next, IDK why... just feel like a lot of people know that one, so it was probably one that highlighted his career more?

Then the Mummies because it sounds like a silly cash grab, perfect for his fifth movie. Need to give him plenty of time to go on all those yacht parties with supermodels and such.

The unseen terrible Jupiter Jim Christmas special can be somewhere around here, but that one doesn’t count! 😅

Then the Tiger Prawn one to cement that 1984 date and meeting Big Mama.

And just kind of guessing on the last ones based on how well known they are and how they’re at the DVD rental places, meaning they might be the later movies.

...

HOW LONG DID SPLINTER DATE BIG MAMA?

Ignoring this list completely, and if we go off the dates we ACTUALLY know, 1984-1998... that’s 14 years! Splinter and Big Mama could very well have dated for 14 long years! 

I’m wondering now what the public thought of Lou Jitsu’s disappearance and if a story was made up or if it would be just one of those unsolved celebrity mysteries for years to come. 

...

HOW LONG WAS HE TRAPPED IN THE BATTLE NEXUS?

Let’s assume Yoshi was 17-18 when he started acting.

In 2018, that would make him 55 years old.

In 1998 (around the time of his last-ish movie), he would have been 35. 

Then in 1984, when he started dating Big Mama, he would’ve been 21...

Putting his birthyear somewhere around 1963.

He was kidnapped and mutated in 2005, putting him at around 42 years old, and giving him 7 years of fighting in the Battle Nexus, swearing off fighting, and becoming a pacifist.

...

...

So that’s how far I’ve gotten on this research road. If anyone has any theories or better math skills to offer, I am all ears!

(EDIT: if anyone uses this info to write any fics about Splinter, I wanna read them! 🤩)

EDIT-EDIT:  I put this in a reply, but I wanted to add it in officially. Yoshi's “Kamen Rider” action figure was probably made around 1971, so he was (at minimum) 8 years old when his mom left. This is if we're assuming he was born in 63'. I’m not too familiar with Japanese 1970s elementary school uniforms, but I’m running with this assumption until proven otherwise.

[koschgay]

so I was watching the new episodes of Leverage: Redemption, and in the first like…thirty seconds of episode 1, this girl at the table with Hardison catches my eye because she’s really pretty

but I think nothing of it, because oh, maybe she’s just a particularly cool-looking extra to fill some space in the scene

except.

episode 3, in the final scenes at the tournament, HERE SHE IS AGAIN

who are you, gorgeous girl with the funky hair? are you a secret villain? friend of Hardison’s?

she’s definitely important, whoever she is, and I can’t wait to find out why

[kataa-floko]

Grian (on hermitcraft) finding a giant purple rift that causes some weird stuff around it and can pull things from other universes/dimensions

Lizzie (on empires) finding a purple rift just by spawn (with end rods inside), sending a fox villager through it, whatever the heck Sausage is doing with his past lives and travelling to different dimensions/universes (and making Pearl into a goddess), and Pix finding the rift too, and chucking eggs into it, spawning a chicken that can only be heard but not seen [Pix saying that they have some cool stuff planned for the next while]

Scar saying that the Charity stream will have every hermit, and some special guests (who are probably not hermits)

[drowningindango]

I have seen so many fics where Tobirama was depicted as the outcast of the clan and hated by his father just because he is an albino/has red eyes/white hair.

But based on their interactions in canon, he could have been very well Butsuma's favourite son.

- Butsuma was enraged but stopped his physical assault of Hashirama when Tobirama intervened and placated him with a simple reasoning

- It's unclear whether Butsuma instructed Tobirama to follow and spy on his brother, or if Tobirama himself discovered Hashirama's secret and told their father about it. In the first case Butsuma trusts his second son a lot more than his firstborn. In the other case Tobirama voluntarily tattled to his father, which would in consequence probably put him in his favour.

- Butsuma takes Tobirama as his backup to the river confrontation instead of another adult (which might have to do with him wanting to hide his son's shameful secret from the rest of the clan until he gets something useful out of it to make up for Hashirama's "mistake", but could also show that he sees Tobirama as a capable shinobi. A third explanation could be that he just didn't expect that Madara would be followed by his family as well, and assumed he himself was more than capable to keep one Uchiha child in check)

- At their young age, Tobirama is the one out of the three remaining kids who is the best at suppressing his feelings (on the outside). A trait that Butsuma sees as vital for a shinobi.

So judging from how Butsuma treats Tobirama and what virtues he values the most, it would make sense if Tobirama is the one who is the highest in his favour.

(not saying you have to write them that way, I just found it curious that so many writers decided to go into the same direction by making Tobirama the black sheep who has it the hardest to earn his place in the clan)

Now I kind of want to explore that...

Does Tobirama maybe also resemble their mother (Butsuma's wife) the most? (If we assume the hair colours split that way across the Senju children because the mother had white hair.) Does that make Butsuma hesitate to hit him?

Is he so hard on Hashirama because Butsuma sees himself when he looks at him?

[milkyway-sunshine]

Listen up! The first episode of the first season of st is called " The Vanishing of Will Byers". what if the title of the last episode of the finale is also associated with Will

[bella-haze]

After rewatching some scenes from ep9, I've come to realize that Aemond stated to be the next in line to inherit the iron throne. How come this could be possible if Aegon has his own heirs? Well, only on the account of Aegon actually having no heirs – no children, no offspring. Have we recently had confirmed our speculations about Aemond actually being the one to father Helaena's children? I think perhaps we have. Aemond tells sir Criston that "he (Aegon) has his own secrets and he's welcomed to them". What secrets is Aemond talking about? Am I reading too much into it? Anyways, I think we should still consider the a son for a son theory in regards of Helaena and Aemond. Please let me know what you think, I think this is an interesting line by Aemond.