#duskwood jake theories

[hacked-by-jake]

Hello, hello hjb 🐢

I just wanna to share a headcanon (or theory? I don't know) of Jake have photographic memory. It's a silly thing because in the first time I think about it I was looking more reasons of why Jake think so much in MC (and why him so completly in love), soooo.... hehe 😅

Well, the thing is: having a photographic memory, Jake's have the ability to recall pages of text, numbers, photos, or others, in great details. And this is pretty good for who has been on the run from goverment. Or at least, that's what Jake tought.

After all, when he meets MC, this change completly. His mind always come back to all of the conversations and the photos on MC's profile can to go out of his mind neither. And with more his feelings grow up for MC, more your mind becomes him own downfall.

Sometimes he can draw in his note paper some of the photos of MC or even whisper one of the messages when he's working (and Jake will doing all of these unintentionally 🤭)

So, that's it. Sorry if this is somehow confused, english isn't my first language. I still learning 😬

And I just wanna thank you for share your toughts about Jake, they're incredible nice and I feel very happy to read all of them 💙

Hey Ho, wonderful anon! 💚

Ohhh, this is a very, very interesting theory and a lovely headcanon.

I'm not much educated in this field so I can only use the cliché the media has shown us.

At first I thought "Hmm, does this fit? I mean, Jake definitely forget a loooot of things during the game. Or he misses points etc. It doesn't happen that open but a couple of times". And also, that it took him so long to remember why he felt like he was at the Hanson house before. But then you mentioned the thing with MC and this makes it very interesting.

Maybe it sounds strange to say it this way but I love the idea of his brain being completely shut down since he met MC. Like, as you said, he keeps remembering this about MC out of nowhere and even whispers some of their texts while working. It's sounds very much like MC became his calming mantra.

Out of topic and maybe not really fitting but my mind immediately went like: Imagine Jake is in a fight or someone is stressing and messing with him. Others would probably whisper to themselves "Keep calm, everything is okay, don't let them provoke you"

But Jake would be like "MC. Think about MC. Everything is okay. MC is close to me, right in my phone. Just one message and they're there. MC. MC. MC."

And everyone would be like "Wtf is he talking about?", but he wouldn't even realise it himself. Hehe.

And I like the idea of him maybe writing down in his notes etc some messages MC wrote to him. Like completely normal messages, not even flirting ones or everything. Maybe he would write down some of their jokes and compliments they made him.

Like "Who needs the police when you have a hacker"

I'm absolutely he sure after MC said this, he was the proudest person on earth. His heart probably exploded after that. 🤭

I really like this headcanon of your, dear Anon. And I thank you for sharing it with us. I think some people thought about this possibility as well.

And please don't worry about your ask or your English. It's absolutely okay and I can understand everything you say. Maybe you don't know but it might calm you or anything, English isn't my native language either so I'm pretty sure I make mistakes myself. 💚

And thank you so much for the lovely compliment. It's a huge honour for me that you enjoy reading my thoughts about Jake. It really means everything to me. And I have to thank you all for sharing your thoughts so I can share mine. I always enjoy it incredibly. 💚 I hope you're going to have a wonderful day/evening/night. Take care of yourself and stay healthy and safe. 💚

[lyon-amore]

When Jake says that he lost his home, his identity, the people in his life, that he preferred to become someone who preferred solitude and are there still people who believe that Jake was a lonely boy with no friends in his past life?

I can imagine him having at least a small circle of friends that he trusts, but out of fear of what happened, he thought they might tell on him.

But it will always be in my mind that Jake must have a best friend who is still desperately searching for him and he does everything possible to erase his traces from the Internet every time he publishes something about him, making him suffer even more from that loneliness and withdraw into himself.

If Jake says at the time of the video call with the group that he would feel out of place, it is not because he never had friends, but because he no longer knows how to have contact with people after being alone for a long time, only with MC now he begins to feel comfortable and have something to hold onto and feel like he has something to fight for.

Maybe he won't be able to have his previous life again, but hopefully one day, if he is free again, he will recover those friends he abandoned and see who really still missed him, seeing that despite everything, he had people who loved him.

This is when I think that Eric is desperate to find Adam because he already lost another friend, which is Jake

*Flees*

[mwonie]

You think I'm quiet but you can't see what's going on in my mind.

I need answers!!!

My mind is full of this crazy question:

[krazy4ever]

A duskwood theory

what if..cleo was exaggerating what phil said about Hannah at his bar?? Cleo has a history of hiding stuff a lot and sometimes lying. She already was on Phil's ass and just exaggerated what Phil said to make us believe her suspicions?

Now he might have actually said something bad due to frustration which is still wrong; according to him she did ask him leading questions in front of his customers

When we ask him; we ask him briefly without going in detail as to what exactly cleo said: "Why did you talk about Hannah badly?" Which is vague imo.

Eg: phil: "I don't know anything about her and i dont care, she shouldn't have gone out at night alone and that she might have ran away because of her own boy problems" (referring to his assumption about Hannah trying to meet phil at his house)

What cleo told us: "he said sexist stuff and that Hannah was a hoe and that she deserve to get kidnapped cause she went out alone at night"

Just a theory. 🙂

[pjjlovesyou]

What are the chances that our Duskwood friends have cut off contact because of the police and FBI? We break many, many, MANY laws. Besides being "involved" with a criminal wanted by the FBI.

There is also the possibility of being threatened by someone...

[polgararose]

Hi Moonvale and Duskwood theory down below. I haven't finished chapter one so bare with me if there's conflicting information that I don't know about yet...

Spoilers for Duskwood and Moonvale below

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Okay. Adam right? Weird dude who seems to know us. Wanted to meet us. And give us a envelope. Black hair and blue eyes nudging from the video?? Gives me Jake vibes.

NOW I know Jake's name is Jake and Adam's name is Adam. But what if he lied to us?

What if he told us a different name? It would explain why Adam told us that "It was up to us now" that he's "Sorry" and that we're "on our own now". As Jake knows how much his help was a boon to us in regards to Hannah's case. Jake knows how much his help and comfort meant to us.

And then he vanished after Hannah was found. We don't know what happened to him. Whether he lived or died. For 2 weeks and no knowledge on ANYTHING.

It would still work with the story even as a standalone. You just never learn Adam's identity.

AND IT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN COME UP WITH THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE CAN ACCESS THE SECRET CHATS. That he set everything up for us to solve his disappearance if things ultimately go wrong. Like a fail safe or a back up plan.

I dunno. I'm just hoping.

[mishanym]

He is shocked cause something managed to get past his layer of security/protection undetected, concerning MC's phone.

He immediately tries to find the reasons why it happened. He wants to feel a bit pissed but can't cause his adversary is good and manage to elude his watchful eye.

He then admits that it impressed him. (Respect to someone who is good and know what they're doing).

He finally realizes he's divulging what he's feeling out loud into texts to MC and suddenly be too self conscious of himself and what he typed. (Like what you do when you blurted out things without being asked in front of your crush and then feels shy and too self-aware about it and then..)

He tries to cover it up by quickly saying sorry. (I'm sure he's blushing a little and he really hopes he doesn't text anything that is a turn off for MC). Jake seems to forget, that MC doesn't say they feel uncomfortable when he can be himself around them and even when he gets a little bit carried away. In fact many seem to like it.

So. Adorable.

Jake,

I could watch you for a lifetime - You're my favorite movie..

A thousand endings - You mean everything to me..

I never know what's coming - Forever fascinating..

Hope you don't stop running - To me 'cause I'll always be waiting.

You are my cinema - I could watch you forever.

Love you - Just the way you are.

My cinema - my cinema.

(song goes by the title "Cinema" by Gary Go)

[veyslastrelda]

GUYS! I HAVE A IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU!

Could that be Jake? Maybe he saved Richy and Hannah saw him in the end? I don't know how can be possible this but...

[duskwoodraven]

I feel moved to speak, sooner rather than later because I believe time is of the essence and this needs to be understood in order to keep Moonvale from crumbling to the ground completely.

This is not completely spoiler heavy, but it will discuss the game. I should note that unfortunately I have not finished the episode because I am struggling with the mini games in making progress. So I do not know how the episode ends, but I need to say this in order for me to rest.

I am very angry and disappointed with this game, and even more than that, I hold a great deal of second hand embarrassment for Everbyte.

One of the greatest reasons I respected these developers during Duskwood is that the game never felt like a cash grab like so many games do these days. The option to make a one time payment for complete access to Duskwood was fantastic, an option they should have carried to here and that is the biggest grievance I have.

There is no reason a game should cost hundreds of dollars to experience and enjoy. There is no reason for the prices of gems to be as expensive as they are. This is unacceptable Everbyte, and you should feel ashamed of it, you should know better.

The beauty of Duskwood and what set it apart was its feel of realism and the fact that every question had a reasonable answer. Your use of AI art has cheapened the look of your game, not enhanced it, not to mention it’s insulting to use generated art when there are many artists who are already losing jobs to AI, artists who would have been happy to work with you if given the chance. If the cost of commission is too high, then use of stock photos you had before was just fine, and I believe you should have kept it, I can’t look at Ash and Charlie’s profiles without it striking me as goofy.

Furthermore, the story does not make sense, we were able to read chats because Jake made it possible for us, now it just feels like the return of a gimmick with no explanation, the same with the mini games, in the past we did mini games to “hack” into Hannah’s cloud, now we do it “just because”. It’s lost its feeling of meaning, not to mention most private chats are behind the gem paywall, which we never had to deal with before!

The characters seem more plain to me, or maybe they are loveable but I’ll never know because again, paywall. I can’t read the premium options and get to know them deeper because of it. There are also no profiles like before, which is awful because we can’t look back on past video calls and links and we can’t see what these characters are all about, their personality is gone.

Even MC’s answer options seem blander, more vanilla, repetitive or one directional.

I say this truthfully from my soul, if this was the style of of game you dropped but for Duskwood instead, I never would have played it.

I would have never fallen in love with it.

I would have never made this blog and would never have waited years for every episode and a new game.

I would have never made art and countless theories.

I would have deleted the game immediately.

So I’m asking you, begging you, please change this for our sakes, and especially for yours.

Because despite all my gripes and anger, and everything I’ve said, I know you guys have actually worked hard on this game because the evidence is there, hidden beneath it all.

I love the actual real life people you have for Adam and Eric, I was so moved to help Adam when he started to cry. I want to know why he knows us and wants our help. I laughed when Eric told us he had tripped, and I do want to get to know him. I even wished to lovingly twist Charlie’s neck! That is the game I remember loving, its writing and characters, I can see the potential here.

But you need to change something, otherwise I cannot support this game, I cannot force myself to play it. I will drop Moonvale.

Give the players a one time payment option for 100% complete access to the game, access to all premium options. That’s the least I feel anyone could ask of you and is biggest reason you are getting this backlash.

To my fellow players, if you agree with any of what I said then I ask you not to pay for anything until Everbyte changes to make their game more affordable. Don’t be quiet and please voice your opinions everywhere they can see it. That’s the only way something could change.

I am so sorry this is what we got… you all deserve better.

[thizchaos]

I noticed that Mc is already almost like a hacker. Record screen, hack, read other people's chat... And she talks like Jake. The theory that when a person is in love copies partner is true

And ...What if mc activated Nymos and deleted all chat with the group from the Duskwood. Our code could be proof that the protection is activated.

[hacked-by-jake]

do you think jake is a cigarette smoker?

This is a hard question. Because on the one hand I'm sure he's too rational for it. On the other hand he sometimes has a "fuck it" attitude. Not do forget his little, subtle "self destruction". So, I would say he doesn't smoke "in reality", but he could do it anyway.

I think it would most likely be a stress relief to him. If I remember correctly, I already talked about this once. And I think I said, if he smokes, definitely not inside. Not in a closed room or house. Only outside. Or at the fully opened window. But nothing else. I can't imagined him grabbing a cigarette while working at his computer or anything. I guess, if, he would only do it during little working breaks or something.

But I can't see him starting to smoke. I don't know. I don't believe this man would just go to the next grocery shop and buy himself his first own pack of cigarettes our of nowhere. But I also can't see him accepting his first cigarette from someone who offers it to him.

I just can’t see him taking his first cigarette that would lead him to start with smoking.

If, I could imagine it would be a thing from his teenage years.

Or maybe in a situation where he met someone who got paid for getting Jake a new passport. I can't see him making new passports by himself. I would say he's the type of person who would buy it from others. So maybe he met with someone who gave him several new passports already and he was very stressed. So the dealer took out a cigarette for himself and then offered Jake one. And hacker man in his stressed mind would have accepted it without really realising.

Yeah, I'm not sure about it. In my eyes, it's as unlikely as it is likely. Doesn't make much sense but I'm sure you all know what I mean with it. Heh.

If anyone else wants to share their opinion, I would be very curious to hear about it.

But until then, thank you a lot for asking, dear Anon. I hope my answer is somehow interesting or similar. And I hope you will have a fantastic day/evening/night. Take care of yourself and stay healthy and safe. 💚

[lyon-amore]

AND IF JAKE DOESN'T JUST HATE PHIL BECAUSE OF THE THINGS HE SAID ABOUT HANNAH AND HOW HE FLIRTED WITH MC, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT REMINDED HIM OF HOW SOME PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY MEN TREATED HIS MOTHER!?!?

[pastryruffles]

I'm a big fan of Duskwood and of course I was wondering how Jake might look like!

The only thing we know from the game is his black hair which is surely not enough to create a portrait. But using my own theories and headcanons I created a face that, in my personal opinion, describes Jake pretty well.

I used some face features Donfort sisters have, combined it with few common masculine traits, made a black messy hair (because I don't really think he have time for a haircut) and of course blue eyes because this is my favourite thing, honestly.

I also tried to make his face visually tired but still serious so it would match his "creepy" side he shows online and made it a bit asymmetrical to show him more...human.

I still think he's quite handsome. This is my best portrait yet.

[krazy4ever]

I am watching Mr.Robot and Jake character fits so close to Elliot in terms of his closed personality, introverted hacker. I also think that just like how Elliot works for cyber security , Jake used to work like that too until the government expose thing.

Anyway watching all the hacking stuff in the series, made me attracted to Jake even more 😳 as it had the most accurate and realistic hacking scenes.

[slytherinlizzy]

I couldn't help but read through Everbyte's Moonvale meets Duskwood page again, and something made me theorize further.

Naturally you are already in your next case and your new friends are counting on you. On the other hand, worrying about your old friends doesn’t just let you go either. Has something happened to them?

Duskwood is not far from Redlog Pines. Should you ask your new friends for help? Or should you go and check out the situation in Duskwood yourself?

Suddenly you get a call from an unknown number …

Now, remember about one of Everbyte's posts? When they asked if they should invite Phil to Redlog Pines one day, so we could ask him ourselves how he and his sisters are doing?

Considering the fact that we, as Duskwood players, are given a side story, and only we start with "Suddenly, you get a call from an unknown number ...", I came to the next conclusion:

We'll get a call from Phil, who got released from jail, and wanted to infrom us/ask about us. Considering all of our friends' contacts are lost, this most likely could be possible.

What happens next, is an endless possibility.

Will he help us through the case? Will we find out the Hawkins siblings are actually from Redlog Pines (considering that Jessy mentioned she didn't grow up in Duskwood)? Is Phil somehow connected to Eric and Adam? Maybe the three are childhood friends, and now that one of them dissapeared, Phil wants to keep an eye on the case? He might even try to invite us to the Aurora again, reasoning with "We could visit Redlog Pines as well, and you could look around and do your detective things."

Everbyte left us with many shady, question filled blank pages. And what else could a fandom do with these papers than not to fill them with theories?

I have a feeling that we can't except many or any updates until May 24th, so we're left alone with the clues and hints they gave us.

Any theories and suggestions, my dear friends?