#it also implies that Janus was trying to protect Roman in the courtroom

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Fun idea for y'all: Roman is the Ego, yes? And Janus is self-preservation, meaning he preserves the Self, in another words he preserves Thomas's identity as himself. And a Ego and a Self are directly and inherently connected.

So Janus should be Roman's protector.

Meaning: Knight Janus and Prince Roman; or Dragon Janus and Prince Roman; or Shadow Janus and Prince Roman.

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Sander Sides Theory: Whats on Janus's agenda (Spoilers)

Small heads up. This theory makes reference to the orange side and the ignorance theory. If you have not read the ignorance theory, some of these points may be deemed irrelevant.

Hey guys. Recently I made a point about Janus hiding something and overall, still having some master plan. I want to elaborate on that today if I can.

Lets start in DWITS. We know because of Remus' song, Janus sent Remus to bother the sides. We also know that Thomas's mental state was already low due to the stress about the wedding. It makes sense that Thomas was having intrusive thoughts, but in the context of Remus being sent to them, it possibly implies some sort of motive. (Its possible that motive could have just been to push Virgil into revealing himself as a dark side, as in the same episode, Remus stated he would never hide anything from Thomas while looking at Virgil )

Similarly, in the recent asides video, Thomas's mental health wasnt the best due to the state of his apartment and messages he sent to Nico. Remus shows up. Im grabbing at straws here, but I dont find it unreasonable to believe Janus may have sent him there again, but with an additional motive: to annoy the ever loving crap out of Logan.

Logan getting angry in this past episode felt so staged. It was a set up, and one I think was building up for a LONG while.

Its no secret that our favorite teacher man has had a lack of input for awhile now. Logan takes a lot of pride of being the voice of reason and having his fellow sides look to him for guidance. What has been happening is his absence from episodes, caused by outside factors (Janus benching him in the courtroom episode) or by his own will (Logans lowdown in the wedding episode, and Janus replacing him later)

I want to talk about both of these episodes, so lets start with the courtroom episode. As mention in my very first orange side theory, Janus was NOTICABLY giving all the attention to Roman. Stating how his fellow sides never listen to Roman, practically flirting with him on the witness stand, and giving ROMAN the final say. He was feeding into Roman's heroic nature and trying to guide him to choosing the callback instead of the wedding. Of course, Roman sided with Patton, and ended up being miserable for it. What exactly does this have to do with benching Logan?

I interpret it as Janus "scapegoating." A scapegoat is the person a party or group of people throw blame onto when something doesn't work out. By throwing the attention onto Roman, and giving Roman all this authority and power, Janus is actively isolating Logan and letting Logan's frustration build up.

Now to Logan's Lowdown in the wedding episode. When he first appeared in his pixelated box, he stated the reasoning being that he didn't want to be too invasive. He didn't want to be too involved because the topic was about emotional and moral issues. Roman stated his presence was optional, and Logan told them their options were to be informed or ignorant.

And then ROMAN LITERALLY CHOSE IGNORANCE, AND HE WAS THEN IGNORED FOR THE ENTIRE EPISODE. Even when Logan apologized to Patton for hitting him with the text box. Even when Patton ASKED for his input, he then IGNORED it. The yellow skip button appeared and Janus took Logans place. Im willing to bet that Janus put the button there to further isolate Logan.

Remus showing up this past episode was done to push Logans button. He's being ignorant to Logans advice and guidance, being the final trigger for Logans outburst. It can potentially lead to Logan ducking out and the orange side showing up to cause chaos, or alternatively, prove to Thomas he cannot stay blind to his own issues forever.

Finally, lets talk about the eyes.

Logans eyes glowing in WTIT really threw me off for one reason: while Logan being the orange side HAS a lot riding on it, the fact that Virgil stated Janus had "friends" (meaning, more than Remus) implies that there has to be a physical orange side. I already made several statements as to why I don't have much faith for the wrath theory, so lets review as to why I have faith in the ignorance theory.

-Logan giving them the option to be ignorant: Logan also gave them the option to be informed. In this context, being "informed" is the opposite of being "ignorant." Every side has its counterpart, (Deceit and Morality, Dark vs Light creativity) so its not wrong to assume that this would ALSO work for whatever Logans counterpart is.

-the color orange represents ignorance and Deceit

-Sort of my own head cannon BUT the orange side being named Icarus REALLY works with the trend of the dark side names ending with "-us"

-The orange side being ignorance makes a lot of sense because being ignorant CAN be a natural defense response for some people, as lying has become a defense for C!Thomas and his anxiety. These past 2 years has made me turn a blind eye to a lot of the horrible ugly things in the world to protect my own mental health. As no one side is "good" or "evil," and its up to each person to interpret their own actions as "good" or "evil," staying ignorant to some matters can be beneficial mental-health wise, and may not be such a bad thing.

(TL.DR.) In conclusion, there is evidence that suggest Janus may be isolating Logan from his fellow sides. Logan becoming angry and upset is a natural response to this happening. The orange side being ignorance makes a lot of sense.