#brba theory

[energysoda]

Breaking Bad Theory: How Walt Could've Gotten Away With It by Pretending to be Gay (Spoilers for the Entire Show)

Okay this has been on my mind for AWHILE. Since I was still watching season 5. Walter White could have potentially convinced (or at least given an alibi to) Hank that he wasn't Heisenberg by saying that he liked men. Particularly, Gale.

So, to set up the scene in Season 5 where Hank finds the Walt Whitman book and then connects all the dots to Walter. Walt goes and confronts him about the missing book, and Hank admits he figured out Walt is Heisenberg. Instead of going with it, Walt could have said this story:

He was bi. Or at least bicurious. Gale was one of his lovers. His whole life he had pushed down his attraction to men, but the cancer gave him a crisis because he believed that it was the end for him. So, thinking he was going to die soon, he started experimenting with this attraction with men. His whole "fugue state" was just another part of that crisis, he spent that time out of town talking to various different guys. Trying to figure himself out. This was always his reason for the two phones. And maybe he met Gale during his fugue state, or maybe it was a bit later. But either way, Walt could say they ended up getting involved.

He had absolutely no idea that Gale was involved in the meth business. He thought he was just a failed potential mind for science like himself. So when he found out that Gale was dead, and that they found those lab notes basically confessing to the crime-- he was shocked. It was hard to believe. He didn't say anything because he was ashamed of being gay. He was scared that Gale could have been shot as a hate crime, as well as if he told the truth that Hank would be homophobic to him: something he just couldn't handle since he was already experiencing so much in his life. He already lost a lover, he didn't want to lose his family too. Plus, it is already known that Walt has a huge ego and is extremely prideful, he could play into that if he thought to.

And the best part is, this would make a lot of sense. It would explain the fugue state, the second phone, his issues with Skyler-- Walt's weird behavior in general. Hank already thought he was having an affair, so why not go ahead and confirm it but with a twist Hank couldn't have expected? The time that Walt got drunk after Gale died could be explained as him grieving, and his saying that he didn't think Gale was Heisenberg could be explained off as denial that his lover could be the mastermind behind the Heisenberg case.

And Gale isn't exactly the text book example of a heterosexual man. Nah, he's gay as hell honestly. And that little note in his notes about W.W. being his shining star and perfect silence, could definitely be interpreted as a love note. And hey, the notes already had random stuff like doodles and brownie recipes so why not add other unrelated stuff like love notes in it?

His gift of the Walt Whitman book to Walter could also help support this. Walt Whitman was speculated to be homosexual or bisexual, particularly because of his poetry. Walter could totally explain the gift as a symbol of their relationship, especially with the note "to my other favorite W.W."

Anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk, I guess it was never meant to be though since Walter White's stupid ass pride would never allow him to go with this. But it's interesting how well it would have worked, and honestly I do think Gale did have some sort of feelings for him. Tbh. Because that Walt Whitman thing and the love note and just Gale being Gale in general is very compelling evidence to me.

But yeah, I guess this is just another example of how if Walter's ego and pride got in the way, and how he could have made a lot smarter moves and would have been able to keep himself going if he wasn't so stupid about that pride. Another example of how ego destroys intelligence.

[uhthatsodd]

the special love i have for you, my baby blue

[spacerockband]

sorry 4 drawing him smoking so much. take care of ur lungs. inhalers are in now.

[ravensvirginity]

i was just watching a youtube video that said gus breaking bad being gay is a popular theory like theory??? how else are we supposed to interpret any of that???

[sillygirldisease]

as a reminder, killing someone by poisoning them is relying on a classicist view of the "elegance" of death and consuming content that uses it as a murder method means you should shave your head in shame.

[prolibytherium]

My best friend keeps floating the concept of us moving in together and I'm like. Desperately trying to find a nice way to say "That will end in murder-suicide, probably"

[xyberangelzparadise]

Hating on Skyler White in 2024 is incredibly embarrassing in any situation but the worst is fanfic authors who add in random disclaimers in the notes of their fic about how much they hate Skyler. Like they write a genuine meaningful fic about how manipulative and abusive Walter is but then the end note will say "i still hate Skyler but when Walter did x abusive thing that was really fucked up 🤓☝️" like do yall hear yourselves????

[krristee]

actually, hold on, this makes perfect sense!!!

if we consider the additive colour spectrum (RGB) then we'll have - Mr Red, Mr Green and Mr Blue, which joined together make the white colour, so essentially Mr White

however, there also exists a second reading - the subtractive colour spectrum (CMYK) and if we consider that we'll have - Mr Cyan, Mr Magenta and Mr Yellow, which joined together make the black colour, so Mr Black, if you would

now we have two polar readings, on the one hand, Mr White and on the other Mr Black, which represent Walter's two personalities

Mr White split into Mr Red, Mr Green and Mr Blue representing the light(er) side of Walter where red represents cancer(?), green envy for a better life and greed for more of life and lastly blue Skyler and family

whereas, Mr Black split into Mr Cyan, Mr Magenta and Mr Yellow representing the dark side of Walter - Heisenberg, always dressed in black, where cyan may represent the blue meth they're making, magenta his partnership with Jesse because pink is close to magenta and lastly yellow either the drug business they're in or the desert where they cook, or both

Breaking Bad could easily have an episode where Walter touches a crystal and it makes him seperate into multicolored different parts of his personality and Jesse has to try and put them back together

[vixonimus]

watching the stream like everybody else and i have the theory that the resonance cascade is just going to hit out of nowhere and it is the brba characters surviving half life 2

[seraphtrevs]

ok for the choose violence ask game, 1, 16, 21 for bcs/brba?

1 - the character everyone gets wrong

I already did howard over here - but here's another one. the character everyone gets wrong is...walter white

well, sort of. i was going to do the usual tap dance by going over his many crimes, but we all know what he did and we all agree that he's a terrible horrible no good very bad man who deserves to burn in hell for his many crimes and abuses

but like...i think people are watching the show wrong if they never at any point feel any sympathy or affection for walt. remember when tuco beat the shit out of jesse, and then walt used his science powers to blow up tuco's hideout as revenge for what he did to jesse and also to force him to pay what he owed them? were you (the rhetorical you) really sitting there, scowling, hoping walt would lose because you hated walt so much? No! you were cheering! or at least i was, anyway.

and also - i think hating walt as a character is like hating lestat for breaking every bone in louis's body, or hating hannibal for sticking a severed ear down will's throat to frame him for a series of killings in the hopes that it would drive him insane so he'd become a serial killer for real. like I GUESS that makes sense to hate a character for doing those horrible things, but i love lestat, and i love hannibal, and i love walt! It seems weird that characters doing hateful things doesn't stop people from still loving them, with the exception of walt. the hate is just so over the top - yes he's awful, but that's why he's great! (i have my theories why he's the exception, and if anyone is interested in an extended walt "defense", lmk)

16 you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

i've been thinking about this all day and am coming up blank 😅So I'll say that i don't understand the enduring popularity of hank in the fandom at large (although not here thank god). I HATE hank with the passion of 10000 suns - he's a monster and no one talks about it! they think he's an honorable cop! he's not, and there's no such thing!!!

21 - part of canon you think is overhyped

don't kill me, but i think el camino was only okay. i liked it just fine and i'm happy it exists - the flashback scenes alone make it worth it. but it felt kind of unnecessary and i've only watched it twice, as compared with the many times i've watched brba and bcs

choose violence ask game

[ghostboyhood]

What's you're favorite episode of Community???

oh my God.

okay id have to go through and rewatch all of seasons 1-3 to know for Sure but probably abeds uncontrollable christmas... which is probably so basic but WHATEVER

Its sosososo good, its one of the first ever times ive seen a situation like that portrayed like that in media.. i can relate Extremely well to it as well which is just like.. idk i love how they handled the episode and the animation style was incredible, the way they mix comedy and emotionally destroying episodes is incredible... i just... ugh its so great to see something i struggle with represented in media yk??

a lot of abed centered episodes i love because i think, at least for me, they did such a great job representing his like... mental health?? if that makes sense idk

again i need to go thru and rewatch the first seasons.. of COURSE i love remedial chaos theory im pretty sure thats a given.. epidemiology, ive found myself watching mixology certification a few times, cooperative calligraphy is amazing and the episode where theyre told it was all a shared delusion always makes me laugh when they say at the end "i want to see what happens if we take one of their pens", digital estate planning is fun and i loved seeing gus from brba,

thats all i can remember right now but i love seasons 1-3 sm ousghhh

[queeri00s]

can't stop thinking about nacho's flower. I have many thoughts but it's so hard to articulate

the main thing for me is the colour. all throughout the show, nacho wears mostly red or black. he drives a red car, and before that, a red van. the decor in his house is black and red.

but in the space where he lost his life, the flower is blue. and the delicate blue flower next to the shard of glass? blue isn't a colour associated with him. but going from the brba colour theory we know that blue sumbolizes purity. it symbolizes escape.

I think it's safe to say that nacho saved himself. he's been redeemed.

he's out of the game. his father is safe (as promised by mike). and that's all he really wanted. and he went out on his own terms. a final "fuck you" to the man behind it.

anyway. the cinematography and the little details from this show are incredible. so subtle yet so effective.

[sciencefreak3000]

I saw what you posited about the idea of Jodio betraying the gang and I'd like to offer the idea of instead more losing them/pushing them away not through any specifically malicious intentions. The BrBa parallels are kind of what have me subscribed to this, but also just the way the lava rock works kind of only specifically benefits one person.

hi anon! i believe this was sent to the wrong blog but this is very funny to me

i have never posted about my jojolands theories in detail (which ill mention under the cut anyways for fun) and im assuming BrBa is short for breaking bad and i am. very curious as to who has a Jodio Betrayal Theory related to that......

my only theory related to jojolands is actually usagi betraying the gang. it might be cheap to analyze him in that way but i have a lot of fun thinking about it and this part's parallels to part 5. something something usagi doppio equivalent :-)

[housefreak]

i should rewatch brba now that im a different person.. could be good for me. would be huge for bald theory at the very least

[batemanofficial]

tagged by the incredible @gayassbenaffleck to post 10 characters!! (tysm!!! <3 <3 <3)

fox mulder

he's my right hand arm. man. my everything. my confidant. my silly rabbit. he's so me im so him i am he and he is me and we are all together i am the walrus. i have never found a character i relate to more and if the x files has no fans assume i am dead

2. ripley from alien

she's so. she's sooooooooo [REDACTED BY US GOVERNMENT]

3. princess bubblegum

finally. the unethical lesbians in stem representation we need

4. roman roy

[i bet on losing dogs by mitski plays faintly, as if from a great distance]

5. vriska

are you sensing a theme yet. perhaps she's not the unethical lesbian in stem representation we need, but the unethical lesbian in stem representation we deserve

6. oswald cobblepot

i just started this show recently but he's so silly i love him :^) putting him in a terrarium as we speak

7. jesse pinkman

the most important girl in the whole wide world <3 he is my everything i love him so much. rae has heard my brba color theory rant and he is sooooo central to that theory it's so fun

8. shiv roy

another succession character because it's brainrot time again and i miss it so much!! i'm such a shivgirl in spite of myself. love her 2 death

9. maddy ferguson

MADDY!!!! she's so cool yet so tragic. are we beating the self-fulfilling prophecy allegations today chat

10. DATA!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S DATA!!!!! light of my life <3

tagging: @bat-bestie @cherrycherryboomboom2 @toadscools @lawyerkitty @draanden @tetrissyndromes and anyone else who wants to <3 mwah

[minorcharactertournament]

Who is the Best Minor Character?

Here is the bracket for Best Minor Character, Round 1 begins Monday, February 20, 3pm EST.

Further information regarding character sources, matches, and schedules, is in the read more.

MATCHES AND SCHEDULE

ROUND 1 Left (1-8) / Monday, February 20, 3:30pm EST Match 1: Cabbage Merchant (ATLA) vs Hot Dog Vendor (Madness Combat) Match 2: Gorn Captain (Star Trek: TOS) vs Charlotte (JJBA) Match 3: Morshu (Zelda: CDI) vs Old Joe (BrBa) Match 4: Midori Ōmama (Nichijou) vs Shin Amon (Yakuza) Match 5: Franco (Professor Layton) vs Fred the Fish (Spongebob) Match 6: Steve (Owl House) vs Associate Crow Lord (Dragon Prince) Match 7: Araya Kagami (AI:TSF) vs Tangle (Splatoon) Match 8: Gashloog (Invader Zim) vs Addison(s) (Deltarune)

Right (9-16) / Tuesday, February 21, 3pm EST Match 9: Tad Strange (Gravity Falls) vs Supportive Shade (Hades) Match 10: Willow Hood (Star Wars) vs Padparadscha Sapphire (SU) Match 11: Stoop Kid (Hey Arnold!) vs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Hamlet) Match 12: Signal Lancer (Transformers) vs EnEn (Precure) Match 13: Natsuo Todoroki (BNHA) vs Noid (Disco Elysium) Match 14: Bucky the Chicken Devil (CSM) vs Makino (One Piece) Match 15: Barry the Chopper (FMA) vs String Theory (Worm) Match 16: Ron DeLite (Ace Attorney) vs Royal Guard 01 & 02 (Undertale) ...and again!

ROUND 2 + LOSERS R1 Left (1-4) / Wednesday, February 22, ~7pm EST Match 1: Cabbage Merchant (ATLA) vs Gorn Captain (Star Trek) Match 2: Morshu (Zelda) vs Midori Ōmama (Nichijou) Match 3: Fred the Fish (Spongebob) vs Steve (Owl House) Match 4: Tangle (Splatoon) vs Addison(s) (Deltarune) Left Losers (L1-L4) (I mislabeled them) Match 3: Hot Dog Vendor (MadCom) vs Charlotte (JJBA) Match 4: Old Joe (BrBa) vs Shin Amon (Yakuza) Match 1: Franco (Layton) vs Associate Crow Lord (Dragon Prince) Match 2: Araya Kagami (AITSF) vs Gashloog (Invader Zim)

Right (5-8) / Thursday, February 23, ~7pm EST Match 5: Tad Strange (Gravity Falls) vs Padparadscha Sapphire (SU) Match 6: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Hamlet) vs EnEn (Precure) Match 7: Noid (Disco Elysium) vs Bucky the Chicken Devil (CSM) Match 8: Barry the Chopper (FMA) vs Ron DeLite (Ace Attorney) vs Royal Guards 01 & 02

Right Losers (L5-L8) Match 7: Supportive Shade (Hades) vs Willrow Hood (Star Wars) Match 6: Stoop Kid (Hey Arnold!) vs Signal Lancer (Transformers) Match 5: Natsuo Todoroki (BNHA) vs Makino (One Piece) Match 8: String Theory (Worm) vs Northern Cardinal (Wingspan)

ROUND 3 + LOSERS R2 / Friday, February 24, ~8pm EST Left (1-2) Match 1: Cabbage Merchant (ATLA) vs Midori Ōmama (Nichijou) Match 2: Steve (Owl House) vs Tangle (Splatoon) Left Losers (1-2) Match 1: Charlotte (JJBA) vs Old Joe (Breaking Bad) Match 2: Franco (Professor Layton) vs Gashloog (Invader Zim)

Left (1-2) Match 3: Tad Strange (Gravity Falls) vs EnEn (Precure) Match 4: Noid (Disco Elysium) vs Ron DeLite (Ace Attorney) Right Losers (1-2) Match 4: Supportive Shade (Hades) vs Signal Lancer (Transformers) Match 3: Natsuo Todoroki (BNHA) vs Northern Cardinal (Wingspan)

ROUND 4 + LOSERS MERGE / Saturday, February 25, ~9pm EST Left (1-2) Match 1: Gashloog (Invader Zim) vs Cabbage Merchant (ATLA) Match 2: Steve (Owl House) vs Miss Charlotte (JJBA) Right (1-2) Match 3: Northern Cardinal (Wingspan) vs Tad Strange (Gravity Falls) Match 4: Noid (Disco Elysium) vs Supportive Shade (Hades)

ROUND 4 Results / Sunday, February 26, 9pm EST

SEMI-FINALS / Monday, February 27, 3pm EST R4M1 Winner vs R4M2 Winner R4M3 Winner vs R4M4 Winner

FINALS / Tuesday, February 28 ~7pm EST R5M1 Winner vs R5M2 Winner

RESULTS / Wednesday, March 1

Example of what final bracket should look like, I didn't include the losers bracket in the second image to not over-complicate.

ROSTER

(First image, from left to right, top to bottom)

Cabbage Merchant (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Hotdog Vendor (Madness Combat)

Franco (Professor Layton and the Curious Village)

Fred the Fish (Spongebob Squarepants)

Tad Strange (Gravity Falls)

Supportive Shade (Hades)

Natsuo Todoroki (Boku no Hero Academia)

Noid (Disco Elysium)

Gorn Captain (Star Trek: The Original Series)

Charlotte (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 6: Stone Ocean)

Steve (The Owl House)

Associate Crow Lord, formerly Crow Master (Dragon Prince)

Willrow Hood (Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)

Padparadscha Sapphire (Steven Universe)

Bucky the Chicken Devil (Chainsaw Man)

Makino (One Piece)

Morshu (Zelda CDI/Link: The Faces of Evil)

Old Joe/Junkyard Joe (Breaking Bad)

Araya Kagami (AI: The Somnium Files)

Tangle (Splatoon)

Stoop Kid (Hey Arnold!)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Hamlet)

Barry the Chopper (Fullmetal Alchemist)

String Theory (Worm)

Midori Ōomama (Nichijou)

Shin Amon (Yakuza/Judgement)

Gashloog (Invader Zim)

Addisons (Deltarune)

Signal Lancer (Transformers: Cybertron)

EnEn (Pretty Cure All Stars)

Ron DeLite (Ace Attorney)

Royal Guard 01 & Royal Guard 02 (Undertale)