#glitch theory

[magnus-glitch-archive]

The Magnus Protocol Episode 30

Colin: “Yeah.” Responding to Alice’s suggestion that she’ll come by the next morning to talk.

Colin: “Sure.” Again in response to Alice’s suggestion.

Gwen: “Not at all.” When questioned if Lena made a scene before she left.

Trevor: “I’m sure you’ll do a fine job” After congratulating Gwen on getting Lena’s job.

[abitglitched]

> SYSTEM ONLINE… SYMPTOMS DETECTED

The Internet is sick. Or… is it changing?

A new Glitch Theory episode just dropped:

👾 "The Internet Is a Living Organism (And It Has a Cold)"

🦠 Glitchy metaphors, poetic paranoia, and stock footage fevers await.

🎥 https://youtu.be/87eyRjPYtHY

#aBitGlitched #GlitchTheory #DigitalLife #TheInternetSneezed #EerieContentVibes #TechnoBiology

[linatheweirdooo]

GASLIGHT DISTRICT THEORY

My theory is that Ken attempted to do the exact plan Mel made (break into heaven, steal the human egg, and kill it), but was there a bit too late and Mel had already hatched. He was then caught by the virtues, and that's how he got sent to the inferno

We know that he escaped, so I think that when he escaped, he took Mel in an attempt to still salvage his plan and try to kill her, but in the end couldn't bring himself to do it since she was a helpless baby at the time, and so he took her in as an adoptive daughter

And THAT was why he got sent to the inferno AND why he was so hesitant about Mel's plan at the start. Because he already tried it, and it made him have to conceal the fact Mel was human

[personwithatophat]

Gaslight District Code

been working on putting this together since premiere! hopefully someone can use it! -Tophat

[reunitedinterlude]

happy 15 years to the phex tape (1, 2)

[notjaxbutwhocares]

I've noticed that is kind of strange in TADC. So if you've watched the Pilot of TADC you might have remembered that around the 16 minute mark when Pomni is looking for Caine she looks in a room and finds a wooden mannequin (and then he has a very intense reaction to the situation). @gooseworx said on Twitter that his name is "Dr Football"

Then I was watching episodes 3 and 4 and looked at the background and saw Dr Football spying on the cast....

...he's not the easiest to spot but you can definitely see him if you look in the circles. Some could joke that he is looking to revenge on Pomni but I'm not sure about that. I'm wondering

Who is he?

Why is he spying on the cast?

Why is he allowed but not Gummigo?

What do you guys think is happening? Let me know your theorys!

(Edit: You guys did not disappoint with the theorys <3)

[melody-starlight]

Oh my god.... OH MY GOD!!!!

Gangle... GANGLE MY BELOVED!!!

I wanted to hug her so badly 🥺😭🩷❤️❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I mean... Look at her sad face...

I can't believe the devs made her look so relatable to us... I believe that back then then when she was a human, she most likely went to art school cause she wanted to become an artist who makes comics and stuff and pursue her dreams in the want she wants to!

But.. OF COURSE!! since the DAMN society never encourages artists to make a living of their career, Gangle had no choice but to end up working in a fast food restaurant.. (mostly likely McDonald's) and accepts her harsh reality as "you need to remember that they're completely unrealistic and you need to stop trying" (gosh... This line freaking hurts me...)

And Gangle, tried to be optimistic, but with the way the characters have treated Gangle at the restaurant (EVEN RAGATHA WAS UNHINGED LIKE BRUH) I am assuming that the co-workers were also bullying/not taking her seriously irl which made her feel hopeless and believing that no matter how hard she tried... She would always be.... A failure........

The more I learned about her, the more I loved her deeply more than anything else and I want to hug her tightly and give her multiple kisses in her cheeks

[radioactive-yuri]

i've seen a lot of people talk about the whole "glitches in the audio means someone's lying" theory, and one thing i find really interesting about that is that apparently there's been only one glitch when lena's talking? which means that there's only one thing she's been lying about, and that's about colin being able to resign.

now, to me, this makes sense. it seems like someone other than lena is in charge of colin's employment, or at least making sure he can't leave. we had both of these lines way back in episode 1:

so, if the glitch theory is true, the only intentional lie lena has told thus far is that colin can leave. which means

things lena kelley has NOT been lying about:

people (other than colin) are able to quit

she wasn't able to join the others at the bar

she's not particularly wealthy

she's been needing someone to step up to "the real job" for a while now

she does not watch television

the theatricality IS necessary

mr. bonzo is a valued asset

screaming helps (they usually like it)

basically everything she said about the oiar and its purpose in tmagp 13

[justpizzaisgood]

Someone once pointed out the similarities between these two promo arts, and i think that it could contain have some really good symbolism.

They could represent Pomni's and Ragatha's relationships with the other cast members as the show progresses.

Let's start with Pomni. When we're introduced to her, we see her as an outsider to the circus. She's lost, confused, and scared. But as the show progresses, we watch her forming deeper bonds with the rest of the cast, starting with Ragatha, then Kinger, then Gangle, and finally Jax. Jax is the most significant representation of this because we see him as an antagonist at the show's start from how he pushes around and bullies Pomni when she was still adjusting. Yet from the latest episode, it's kind of flipped and she seems to be the only one he trusts enough to have deepish conversations with.

Ragatha on the other hand, is introduced as sort of the mom of the group. She tries to comfort Pomni and gives her a tour. She helps her adjust to the adventures and tries to stop Jax from antagonising her and Gangle. She partipates in group activities a lot: the adventures, Pomni's breath-holding experiment, softball practice with Gangle and Jax. Based on all this, we think, she must be the most established person in the cast right? She should have some connection with the rest, since she acts like the leader/mom of the group.

Unfortunately, the opposite is slowly being revealed. First, Zooble hints that she's too nice to criticize Caine's adventures. Then Gangle admits that Ragatha doesn't always seem genuine. Then Jax reveals that her being too nice and happy makes him feel like she's trying to take advantage of him. We slowly realize that she isn't as connected to the others as she first seems. It turns out, she doesnt seem to have deep connections with anyone in the group, save for Pomni and maybe Kinger. It also feels like Ragatha sees herself as slowly losing connections with everyone. The end of episode 5 visually stresses this:

How does this tie in with the promo art?

Let's assume Pomni is watching the sun RISE. Sunrises represent a new day, with new opportunities, and therefore change. Even thoughshe seems to start the day alone, she has the chance to change that. And it shows. As the day (the show) progresses, Pomni makes friends and is adapting to the wackiness of the circus.

As for Ragatha, she's sitting alone at night. Nighttime can be seen as a time of rest, contemplation, and even as a moment to spend time with loved ones or friends after a busy day. Yet Ragatha spends it alone. Even the moon isnt present in Ragatha's promo art, while it seems like the sun is greeting Pomni. Both in the episode's end and in the promo, Ragatha seems to be contemplating the reality of her relationships with others. At the end of the day, Ragatha is all alone (literally in episode 5 lol), even though the during the day it doesn't seem like so.

So yeah that's what i got from it: the promo art represents the two's developping relationships with the cast members, and how they're going in opposite directions.

Could be just a theory and the two promo arts are just promo art. But who knows.

[sskatmar]

I’m calling it right now.

The worst thing that Jax will do is going to be a flashback of him making his friend (frog guy) abstract.

Jax is becoming a good friend to Pomni and less of a jerk to everyone else. I don’t think it’d make sense for him to become horrible again.

[magnus-glitch-archive]

The Magnus Protocol Episode 26

Helen: "Sorry to keep you waiting." Apologizing for keeping Celia and Sam waiting.

Helen: "Pleasure." In regards to meeting Sam and Celia.

Celia: "I'm fine." In response to Sam trying to get her attention.

Sam: "We're making a documentary." Cover story to explain why they're asking about the Magnus Institute.

Celia: "BBC." Cover story of who the documentary is for.

Celia: "We're just in the early research phase at the moment." Continuation of the cover story.

Helen: "I have NO idea where your production team could possibly have got those files." Assuring them she won't tell anyone that she gave them the real estate listings she provided to the Magnus Institute.

Celia: "Deal." Agreeing that they'll put Helen in the documentary.

[star-shaped-froot-loops]

How much more fictional can you get

than fiction?

how much darker can you get

than da̴̤̋͌̋͒̎̄̍̽͠ŗ̴̞̭͙̤̽͂͑̑́ͅk̶̢̛͓̲̙̈̈̔̏̚͜k̴̞̤͙̻͚͔̥̘̠̃̈́̅͂̇̑̆̚̚k̵̙̃̐̄̚͠k̶͈̭̬̥͕̮̲̐͒̓͌̅̏́̚ǩ̶̝̟͋̀̽͒͂͋̆ḳ̵̱͍̝̖̣̈́͠?̷͎̘̪̯̭̤̼̯͐ͅ?̴̘̣̎̎̆?̵͎̩̹̭̬̗̱̠̩̉̓̉̀͊̽̋͘?̴̠̺̮̪̞̯̻̫͉̽͋͋̓̎̉̈́͝ͅ

Soooo I finished listening to all of the Device Theory by mollystars on YouTube and ohhhhh my gooooooooooooood it’s so interesting it itches my brain thank you for opening my Deltarune brain again molly :]

[atlas-hyperfixes]

zooming in on that last bit we see of everyone during the outro pan out gives us a lot of insight on their reactions- especially breadhead's and mud's which we don't see during the hatching scene.

based on body posture and the expression I can make out, Mud's obviously PISSED; we'll have to wait and see to what extent. really hard to tell which direction it'll go with him either becoming suspicious or just pissed that it didn't go to plan- possibly not caring about the fake human egg, just that he wasn't in on the lie.

breadhead just looks timid and scared. I know it's already a common hc that he already Knows so his reaction of fear makes sense.

ken is really interesting. he just looks so.. sad and resigned. it'll be really interesting to see how he handles all of this.

all in all intriguing as fuck and I can't wait to see how this plays out.

p.s. I hope Mel keeps the angel hatchling as a little pet that thing is so cute.

[personwithatophat]

the scripture of the black hand - gaslight district

throwing in the translation for anyone who doesnt know it yet This shows up a few times during the pilot :) -Tophat

[violetfeatherwind]

Wait...

[reunitedinterlude]

phil’s sci-fi project forever in my heart (1, 2)