#henry singleton

[random-brushstrokes]

Henry Singleton - Ariel on a Bat's Back (1819)

[prometheus-ghost]

So I think this is the only "Wake up" moment in 1899 where the "wakee's" pupils stay round the whole time (as opposed to going from triangles to normal or vice versa), right? This is from episode 5, about 33 minutes in (after Henry injects her with the black syringe and she wakes up back in her cabin).

I assume this is because Maura didn't experience a memory in that moment, but rather an actual thing that happened to her in real time during the sim. But she still needed the "Wake up" prompt, which is interesting...

I don't know--further thoughts, 1899 hive mind??

[oldsardens]

Henry Singleton - Minerva

[bramblrose]

“People are oblivious to reality. They only see what they want to see. Imprisoned by their mind’s restrictions. When all they have to do is shift their perspective to see the full scope of things.”

[theseventhveil1945]

1899 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.08

[the-girl-in-the-high-castle]

Inspired by some of the @prometheus-ghost earlier posts, one thought won't leave me alone, and I drilled it into my own mind.

Why does Henry seem to not acknowledge Eyk's existence at all?

I mean, I could be wrong, and I could have missed it over 67 times I've actually seen all the episodes, but I'm pretty sure I'm not.

Henry talks about everyone in general and to some of the characters he faces, but it's a completely different thing for him to not acknowledge, I don't know, Ling Yi for example, or any other character that doesn't directly have to do with him. But not once showing of being aware of Eyk's existence is very, very strange to me.

He's worried about the sim and its run, about the key, the shutdown, Maura waking up, everything. But all these things actually depend on one person, and that person is none other than Eyk. Because he's the strongest link in the sim. It's his decisions everything depends on, story wise and sim wise. Especially when we see Eyk's link to Maura and how much she's bound to him in every way possible, even though she doesn't know why.

I would really like someone else's insight. Maybe someone's noticed something I haven't. But it simply won't leave me alone, because it seems pretty important, and I wanna know the reason.

[rockturbot]

Some doodles

[someillplanetreigns]

Not sure who here is still having 1899 thoughts but I have a theory I'm chewing over

That triangle symbol that's everywhere... Dark taught us that Bo and Jantje like a good symbol with structural significance to the show. So I've been wondering what the triange could indicate, and here's my current proposal

(Spoilers for the series below!)

Three keys

You know how in Stranger Things s3 (stay with me) when Joyce and Hopper try and shut down the gate and they need to both turn keys in order to do so, because the system is designed so one person alone can't switch it off? What if the simulation is like that? Maura's key opened one section, but like a puzzle box it's only opened up a new puzzle to open?

I'm playing with the idea that there are two more keys the characters need to find and use to actually break free of the simulation. I just love the idea that to spite Henry's jibe that they keep failing because their emotions get in the way, that actually escape can only be possible with the characters working together.

[anxiouspotatorants]

I did a rewatch, here are a bunch of smaller things I feel like can be important in the future (cancellation? what cancellation?):

Ada’s ghost ship story. It’s about how the sea gets so angry when the passengers and crew of a ship kill a whale that it sends a storm their way and turns it into an actual ghost ship. Could be an allegory for what the passengers do to Elliot and the simulation subsequently killing them afterwards, or it could be part of an even larger narrative.

Franz has been part of Eyk’s crew for as long as Maura and Daniel have been married.

Several important characters have scarring and wounds on their faces or arms, and some of Franz’ are fresher even before we see him physically fight.

Anker literally means anchor. It’s probably just a characterisation detail for Anker but still an interesting name choice.

«Die Gedanken sin frei» is a song celebrating freedom of thought.

When Maura wakes up the first time it’s Henry’s voice telling her to do so but afterwards and for everyone else it’s Maura’s voice.

When Ramiro and Angel hook up in 1.02 the scene ends with a shot of a painting of a wolf and a sheep.

While the earth symbol is everywhere, only Ling Yi, Virginia Wilson and Clémence seem to have it on their clothes or accessories. It might be a stretch, but I also think the embroidered flower on Clémence’s collar looks like a bug.

Tove describes Iben’s religious conviction and the fact that she hears voices as creating her own world that the people around her have decided to follow. This could be a parallel to Maura creating the simulation and pulling everyone into it.

In 1.05 Maura tells Eyk that she remembers being a doctor and that her father must have changed her memory to make her a patient. This is probably her doing because of the Elliot reveal, but she also says she thinks she managed to remember the purpose of what was happening and was made to forget. Is this her projecting her deeds onto her father again, or did she actually manage to remember one time and get forced back into forgetting by someone else?

After exiting her first flashback into the shooting scene, Tove sees that she stands in front of room 2102. There’s a big visual focus on room numbers in general too.

Speaking of numbers, Maura’s room in the ship and the room in the mental hospital are both numbered 1011.

Virginia Wilson is confirmed to speak and understand English, French and Cantonese so far.

There are multiple closeups of Eyk’s family photo.

All of the photos on Daniel and Maura’s nightstand seem to be from the same day. One of the photos shows Elliot holding the bug, indicating that this day is the same as Elliot’s flashback. Also Maura and Elliot’s clothing in the photos seem similar to if not identical to their simulation outfits.

When Maura and Daniel kiss we see flashes of them together, the mental hospital, the wooden cross from the tomb, a brain and Maura walking down a corridor with a hammer.

Daniel says that if Maura doesn’t wake up, there will be nothing left to wake up for.

Elliot and Daniel’s simulation flashbacks both end with either of them holding Maura’s frock in the middle of the same faulty simulation that Henry is in.

Henry says Maura has fooled «all of us».

Ángel’s song (a version of La Tarara) mentions a finger that can’t be healed and a white dress. The finger could be Virginia and the white dress could be Maura in her hospital gown. The white dress verse claims La Tarara only wears it on Maundy Thursday, and the finger verse says no surgeon can cure it.

[huntseric]

"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, is multiply. Therein, let the strongest live, and the weakest die. Eventually, a species can become complacent. At that point, a de-evolution can occur. A spiral downwards, signaling an end for that lifeform."

Character list (in order of appearance):

- Eyk Larsen

- Maura Franklin

- Daniel Solace

- Maura Franklin

- Henry Singleton

- Elliot (The Boy)

- Ling Yi

- Lucien

- Jérôme

- Sebastian

- Tove

- Iben

- Ramiro

- Eyk Larsen

- Daniel Solace

- Maura Franklin

After a whole month, I can finally share this with everyone. I apologize if your favorite character is not here, I tried to include as many as possible but I wanted the lyrics to match the characters, so this is the result! I started working on this way before the cancellation was announced, so that was sad. I wanted to continue anyway, so I hope you guys will like it! I've worked so hard on this and I'm overall happy with it :)

[prometheus-ghost]

I've long had a somewhat convoluted theory that Elliot and Sebastian are the same person (the latter being in disguise within the sim), but this visual parallel with Dark just clicked and I...

Dammit, what if Sebastian, Elliot, AND Henry are all the same?? Is this already a theory I'm late to the party on?

[artschoolglasses]

Ariel on a Bat's Back, Henry Singleton, 1819

[hunterb666]

Yes, because Maura looks like she would even kill for her son in Elliott's memory TwT

I think others don't need explanation.

[theseventhveil1945]

1899 1.08 | "The Key"

[rabbitcruiser]

A large fire nearly burned St. Louis to the ground on May 16, 1849.

[quo-usque-tandem]

Ariel on a Bat's Back by Henry Singleton