#so maybe we'll get a release date by then?? speculation

[rose-madder-gaze]

Dubbing has started on Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 4!

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

PRIDE MONTH PROMPTS 2024

They are here!!

Last year I released them in May, and I asked you when I should release it this year. You agreed I should release it early/mid april. And I think the perfect time is now! You have plenty of time to prepare your things for June!

So, here are 30 prompts, 1 prompt per day, for all of June! Use them for writing, or for art, or why not for something else creative you can come up with?

I will now write all the prompts in the list if it's hard to read, plus some explanations/suggestion what you can do for them.

Day 1. Actually, I'm not straight. Someone kicking off pride month by telling their nearest and dearest that they aren't straight, like everyone seems to think!

Day 2. Surprise! We're dating! A couple comes out to their friends ;)

Day 3. Early signs. Early signs someone was not straight, or not cis. Or both!

Day 4. Gender euphoria. Euphoooooriaaaaa forever to end of time /j Ok no but yeah, someone experiencing gender euphoria :) It's great :)

Day 5. Surprise! We're engaged! Surprise engagement! Did people even know they were dating?

Day 6. Proposal. You can choose to show the proposal for the couple at day 5... or a brand new couple! :D

Day 7. Pride flags. Are they making pride flags? Buying pride flags? Identifying pride flags? So much you can do! :)

Day 8. Prideful baking. A return from last year! Who's baking? Are they doing it with pride? Are they making rainbow cakes? This is also a way to make some ships be cute together as they bake.

Day 9. Wedding. To quote Sam from Glee: "YEAH! COME ON GUYS! GAY MARRIAGE GOOD!"

Day 10. Shenanigans at the Pride Parade. Time to let those characters run wild at the pride parade!

Day 11. Coming out as trans. Pretty self explanatory I think ;)

Day 12. Planning for a child. Two women, two men, maybe a trans couple... any not-cishet couple are planning for a child <3 Are they adopting? IVF? However they're doing it, they're gonna get that child :)

Day 13. Two moms. Two mommies thriving with their kiddos!

Day 14. Are they dating or not? People are speculating the relationship of some people.

Day 15. First crush. Aww, someone's first crush! Have they ever felt this before?

Day 16. Alternate universe. Go crazy with this! This could mean anything from "a universe in which this ship is canon" to "they live in a fantasy world". Do whatever!

Day 17. Realizing they're ace. Self explanatory ;)

Day 18. Two dads. Two daddies on request (Sorry I've watched too much of Papás por encargo (Daddies on request) to not make that joke). They'll do anything for the kids!

Day 19. I thought everyone liked both? What??? They don't?????

Day 20. Fruity sleepover. Anything and everything can happen at a sleepover!

Day 21. Pining. They pine so hard and yet... will their crush ever notice?

Day 22. Secret dating. Or are they as they secret as they think? How much chaos do they end up in to keep this?

Day 23. Dinner. Maybe just a normal dinner in a queer friendgroup. Or maybe someone coming out at dinner. Maybe the first dinner at their partner's house. Or maybe someone's making dinner for their loved one.

Day 24. Confession. Coming out confession? Confession to your crush? Just a confession about your favorite food in the middle of a pride parade? Yeah, you decide!

Day 25. Date. THEY'RE ON A DATE THE BABIES!!! Is it a good date? I hope so!

Day 26. Gender is a construct. Not everything is binary.

Day 27. Queer group meeting. You can toy around with this a lot. A group meeting with closeted gays? A group meeting with every character from your different fandoms that you headcanon as bi that you want to interact in the group meeting for disaster bi's? A group meeting for aces just vibing? Maybe we'll meet a lot of different groups!

Day 28. Accidental coming out. Oops!

Day 29. Alternate time period. You want to play out a little love story but instead they live in the 1950s? Or maybe they live in the future! Maybe they live in the medieval times! Woah!

Day 30. Growing old together. Look at them now. Who knew they'd find each other in the world and now they're here?

I hope I'm gonna see some of you in pride month! It's always a pleasure! Also, when the time comes in June, and you want to use one of these prompts, don't forget to tag me ;)

[jods-duplicitous-sluts]

Alecto the Ninth News

Part One

Alright friends. We are all chomping at the bit for any Alecto news at all. So here is what I've compiled from interviews, podcasts and AMAs. Sources are linked and screenshots have alt. text.

I've also included a little commentary or speculation on some points but ultimately that's not the focus of this collection.

Under the cut because I feel like it's going to get long.

So many screenshots, it turns out I'll have to split it into 3 posts.

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I'm making this post on mobile, so forgive any wonkiness. Also tumblr ate this post once already *screams into the void*

• The book starts with Harrow in Hell. A reference to the Harrowing of Hell. Based on the presence of a porn mag I'd guess it's her own little river bubble inside Alecto but still just speculation.

Source: Tamsyn reads to us! Video with written description

• There is a wedding of some sort. Possibly other excuses to dress up the characters in formal ware. Some people have expressed concern that this was referencing the N- and C- wedding in Nona, but nope. We have confirmation that it is in book 4.

Source: Twitter

The next series of screenshots are all from the same tor.com interview: TM on Lyctorhood and Genderfuckery.

• This first one again confirms allusions to the harrowing of hell/ the decent of Christ. For those out of the loop the tldr:

The harrowing of hell is an Old English and Middle English term referring to the period of time between the Crucifixion of Jesus and his��resurrection. In triumphant descent, Christ brought salvation to the souls held captive there since the beginning of the world.

A lot of speculation has gone on around about Harrow and her role in freeing the souls trapped in the river/reviving the river from whatever is poisoning it. [ *cough*JOD*cough*].

Also another reference towards formal outfits for the cast. So at least the wedding if not multiple formal functions.

• The question of Harrow and Gideon's souls will continue into Alecto. Looking forward to info on how enmeshed they've become and/or if they can be separated.

• I mean this quote is infamous by now. Which of our faves is it in reference to? All of them?

•I feel like we haven't seen enough about the differences between rebirth [a la Paul and Nona] vs Resurrection [Gideon/Harrow?! Someone else?] So while not a direct promise of anything in Alecto, I feel like the implication is there.

•The next two screenshots are about the Alecto cover, which is complete[the first from the above interview:]

•and the second is from an AMA from Aug. 5 2020

• The cover is definitely done since she was talking about it in 2020 and reaffirmed right before Nona’s release. I feel like they are waiting until they have a better idea of a publishing date before release. Maybe we'll get news in Q4 after the Nona paperback release and excitement dies down?

• From the same 2020 AMA. As this is pre-Nona, it could be possible that the heist mentioned deals with Gideon's body [either the Houses heisting it from BOE which happened off screen or the heist of Gideon's body from the barracks]. But I included it just in case that isn't what is being referenced.

• Same 2020 AMA: Again this could be covered in Nona as being what the John chapters were about, but also maybe not.

Source: TazMuir tumblr post from April 2020

• Another infamous quote at this point. Definitely feels like this is about the 'Third Most Toxic Polycule' of Harrow/Gideon/Ianthe and maybe Alecto is in this loop as well. With all the references to weddings and relationships I'm wondering who out of these four is marrying who...[maybe it's someone totally different, but my money is on someone in this situation]

Click to see part two!

[boinin]

Hadn't seen this anywhere, but the Japanese volume 30 confirms we can expect volume 31's release on 17 October.

Here's some speculation about the characters who haven't received a volume cover yet but are likely to:

Charles Chevalier - that's who I'm betting on for volume 31, since Kaiser, Ness and Lorenzo each got a cover illustration a volume or so following their introduction. The fact we already have a character profile for Charles supports this.

Igaguri - it's inevitable, especially if he actually does anything v PxG... Maybe for volume 32. I half suspect they're waiting on a volume number or date that's significant in Buddhism to drop his cover though.

Hirotoshi Buratsuta - the JFU tanuki. A likely future cover star, if the JFU becomes more story-relevant after the NEL arc. Ray Darke too.

Master coaches - Noa, Lavinho, Prince, Snuffy, Loki. I can only imagine all five appearing as vol covers if there's a lack of new characters being introduced. Five volumes = 55 chapters... so it's unlikely unless we get a 5+ year time skip post U20 WC. Maybe we'll just get Noa and Loki?

Otherwise, I'd expect new characters only, or post-time skip versions of the main characters (Egoist 4, Rin, Nagi, Reo, Barou imo).

[doshielasol]

BTS Theory — More than a "simple" Glitch

ARMY, I have a theory that through many of the contents released from 2021 to today in 2025, we ourselves are currently stuck in a Time Loop to prepare us for what's to come next. Just like how HYYH BU Jin time-travelled, we're travelling back to 2017 and then we'll move forward from there when all 7 BTS Members reunite in June.

Let me explain in this long post.

Disclaimers:

1. This post is my PERSONAL INTERPRETATION/ THEORY / SPECULATION based on MY OWN OBSERVATION. I am NOT, in any way, saying that these are canon to BTS’ (upcoming) plans and/ or the actual BTS Universe (BU).

2. You may NOT use any part of this post as a “Gotcha!” moment against BTS.

3. Contains BU Spoilers.

4. You may agree, or disagree. If it's the latter, you can make your own post of your own interpretation.

5. I’m emphasizing yet again that these theories are in relation to the FICTIONAL “BTS Universe“ story; not the real-life BTS Members.

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Notes:

1. PLEASE CLICK ALL THE LINKS AND WATCH/ READ ITS CONTENTS BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT WORD/ SENTENCE/ PART.

2. We'll use this definition of "regressor" from the manhwa community:

"A REGRESSOR is someone who returns to the past by turning back time often as a product of a mysterious magic incident. They'd regress to younger versions of themselves while keeping their memory of the future"

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At the time of posting this, 5 of the 7 BTS members are still doing their mandatory military service, so of course BH “has no choice” but to bring back or use old OT7 contents. BUT there are just way too many parallels and little, subtle changes for it to be called a “simple throwback” because those said “little, subtle changes” may have actually affected the space-time continuum, causing us to feel either a sense of déjà vu, or Mandela effect… or maybe even both.

My theory is that we have been going back to December 2017 then RE-LIVING 2018 to 2019. Just like how BU Jin keeps going back to the date April 11th, I say that we ARMY are being time-travelled back specifically to the month and year “December 2017” through the contents BECAUSE OF THE GLITCH.

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PART 1. Wait, what glitch?

We already saw TV screens showing White Noise STATIC as early as No More Dream MV. It's also in the MVs of I NEED U, DOPE, and EPILOGUE: Young Forever, to name a few. The Color Bar TV Static is even included in In The Seom Chapter 3 "DESERT Stage."

Initially, it was this SUBTLE static, however it developed into the following stages until it reached the OBVIOUS GLITCH:

STAGE 1:

In 2016.01.14 25th SMA’s VCR, “Unknown Signal Transmission” was seen before the glitches in the scenes of DOPE & RUN MVs were shown. I interpret those words as a Regressor from the future interfering with the current timeline.

STAGE 2:

2017.02.11 Not Today MV teaser: From 00:21, while there’s the TV static on-screen, the sound is just “straight line” which reminds me of the old school TVs when it doesn’t get any signal. Plus, at the end of the teaser, there’s a blank canvas which reminded me of the painted canvas in Jimin's WINGS Short Film… but a blank canvas may symbolize new beginning different from the WINGS Short Film / LY Highlight Reel.

2017.02.20 Not Today MV= there were minor glitches whenever “Not Today” was shown on screen. BTS were being chased by hooded figures & my interpretation of this is that the running members are Regressor BTS from the future and they’re fighting to change the timeline, which matches the lyrics as well. “A day may come when we lose but it is not today. Today we fight.” Coincidentally, if you slow down in those said lyrics on-screen in the MV, it’s like you’re being sucked in then out while the glitch/ static is present. I interpret that part as a “solid evidence” of a future version of BTS going back in time to change something from their past coz they’re fighting it here in “Not Today.” [thus "Unknown Signal Transmission" in Stage 1]

STAGE 3:

2017.02.22 6th Gaon VCR, from the gray TV static we've seen in the MVs before Stage 1, this time, the TV Static became the well-known Color Bar TV Static. After which, it was followed by the words “NO SIGNAL”. The words “NO SIGNAL” indicate that the display is temporarily not receiving a stable signal from the source, leading to the glitch (visual distortion). Therefore, seeing these words in February 2017 were just precedent to the more-noticeable / glaringly obvious glitches spread throughout most of the subsequent BTS contents, even today in 2025.

STAGE 4:

2018.04.02, many ARMY worldwide saw glitch & errors in BTS’ MVs, misspelling in BTS’ Blog saying “reversed” instead of “reserved” that resulted in the hashtag #BTSGlitchParty.

My theory is that this was a deliberate move TO INCLUDE THE READER/ AUDIENCE, us BTS’ ARMY, IN THE STORY by letting us spot those "errors".

The glitch never really left us since it appeared, and to prove this, here's a list of one content with glitch per year starting from 2019 (since I already mentioned from 2013 to 2018 above) until today in 2025...

2019: MAMA VCR, 2020: Interlude: Shadow, 2021: CCTV Live (plus notice the subtle changes in the surroundings BEFORE and AFTER the members disappeared), 2022: We Are Bulletproof, 2023: D-DAY GLITCH film, and the D-DAY logo glitching after the concert ended, 2024: MONOCHROME trailer, 2025: Mona Lisa Teaser + in "HOPE ON THE STAGE TOUR" title, during "Dis-ease", the words, "No Signal" + the static TVs were seen!

BTW, in HotS Seoul, Hoseok made ARMY say “aniya~ (nope)” after he said “byeong? (dis-ease); and for me, this is HUGE coz for me, he's declaring that there is NO MORE DIS-EASE (discomfort) since they’ve DONE the MANDATORY double-edged sword M.S.; a HUGE difference than when they first released it (because they haven’t enlisted yet + there was a virus, a disease at that time).

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PART 2: So, how do these Glitches connect to the Time Loop?

What happens when there is a glitch? Glitches means that there's interference in the signal. BU Jin went back to April 11th every time there was a “Bad Ending” in that timeline. We also saw in the 2021.12.20 CCTV Live that when there was a glitch, the members disappeared from the current timeline.

So, just like what I implied in Part 1, what if all the glitches we’ve seen so far it’s because someone from the future is interfering with the current timeline; changing or erasing what previously happened to bring in a new timeline? 

Coz if you think about it, why else would they bring back old photos of significant events in BTS’ career from 2013-2023 in 2024, but in a SLIGHTLY different angle or pose, or maybe even an unreleased photo from that event, other than to mess with our brain and think “I’ve seen it before.” but no, we actually haven't seen them yet! It’s why I got to put this thread of Spot-The-Difference!

Other reasons how The Glitch is connected to the Time Loop:

1. BTS' 5th Anniversary Show in the 2018 FESTA (2018.06.13) is entitled “Re;view & Pre;view” with glitch on the 2018 FESTA logo. — Review means to look back to see what's already happened, and Preview means a sneak peek into the future. There's also the semicolon before “view” and a semi-colon's function is "to join two closely related independent clauses (complete sentences) into one, indicating a stronger connection than a comma but less separation than a period" . They literally said that you cannot move forward until you look at your past.

☆ In this FESTA show, after DDAENG, BT21 debuted through a VCR with the last scene was their backs before it glitches to show BTS wearing BT21 onesies to perform ANPANMAN. This is one of the evidences of "HERO theory" which could be connected to why the 6th ARMY Membership concept (July 2019- July 2020) was Super Hero.

2. It might be related to what Namjoon said in PTD Seoul, “IT'S BEEN 5 YEARS! The spring you've been waiting for is coming”

I already said my theories as to what the 5 YEARS might be on thread but I'll say it again here:

"The full sentence was, "It’s been 5 years; the spring you’ve been waiting for is coming" w/c could BOTH mean:

The 5 years from 2017 to 2022 = 2017 was the year when SPRING DAY was released, and 2022 was the year when PTD ON STAGE SEOUL happened where Joon said these words. 2022 is also plus, AND also the same year when BU!Jin stopped time traveling, and YEAR MAY 22 was SUPPOSED to be the last in the BU timeline, which I interpreted as the time that BTS’ activities resumes after their Military Service IF the pandemic didn't happen since Bang PD said that BTS already planned for their military service in early 2018, yet they still were supposed to have the MOTS Tour in 2020. And if all the members conscripted at the same time by December 2020 “after MOTS Tour”(assuming that their tour months would've been the same as WINGS Tour, spanning from April to December), then they all would've gotten out by May 2022 to continue the timeline. — This would probably happen if the pandemic and lockdown didn't happen in 2020. But since the pandemic DID happen in 2020, ruining their schedules, my other theory is..

The 5 years from 2020 to 2025 — BTS' INITIAL PLAN to enlist after BE album (released: November 2020), up to when all members FINISHES their Military in real life (June 2025). Coz, like what's said in Suchwita ep.21 with Jungkook, “2025: For our second "Most Beautiful Moment in Life" ”

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Part 3. So, why is December 2017 the starting point of ARMY’s Time Loop?

December 2017 to early 2018 was a delicate time period. Bang PD shared in this CNN interview that BTS was discussing doing the Military Service since early 2018, which explains why… 

1. In the 2017 MAMA (dated: December 1, 2017) VCR, the words “The Second Chapter” appeared and there were lots of GLITCHES on the members’ bodies, the scenes from LY Highlight Reel, and on the TV Screens. However before their performances, the TV screens exploded. It’s also in this same award show where the iconic RED Background on 7 silhouettes Mic Drop was born, and it’s parallel to when Hobi performed Mic Drop with red lights all over in Paris, France at Gala Des Pièces Jaunes

2. In THE WINGS TOUR THE FINAL (Dec. 8 to 10, 2017), BTS recounted their painful past thru the Opening VCR. Then ended the concert with the words “Special Thanks to our Chapter 1, ARMY.”

This is also parallel to Hobi’s Paris performance because Hobi performed with an orchestra on stage, and the last time BTS had any string ensemble on stage with them was during The WINGS Tour in 2017.

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Part 4. What older contents (mostly from 2017, 2018, 2019) are parallels to those that were released from 2021 up to now that proves we’ve been time-travelling with potential re-writing of the timeline?

1. Songs

• N.O. (2013) — ON (2021) • Boy in Luv (2013) — Boy with Luv (2021) • No More Dream (2013) — Dream (coming soon???)

2. blue and white school uniform

• 2017 Season’s Greetings concept • 2022 Us, Ourselves, and BTS concept

3. Glitch/ No Signal

• 2017 6th Gaon • 2022 Us, Ourselves, and BTS concept: No Signal • 2025 HotS — Disease VCR

4.  string ensemble / orchestra on stage with BTS

• WINGS Tour (April to December 2017 — with Jin, and Yoongi) • j-hope inParis (January 2025)

5. Baby Photos from the 5th Term ARMY Membership Concept (5th ARMY Term: June 2018 to June 2019)

• Big Hit used those Baby Photos for the 2024-2025 Birthday Greeting cycle • Namjoon changed his IG pfp to a new toddler pic, then  Hobi used his 5th Term baby photo as his tiktok pfp • In The Seom's 2025.04.03 Play Pass

6.  Prince, and Sailor Outfits of 5th Term ARMY Membership Concepts 2 & 3 (May 2018 to June 2019): 

• In The Seom: released those outfits in February 2024 and January 2025

7. The act of reminiscing / recounting the past BEFORE MOVING ON

• 2018 FESTA “Re;view & Pre;view” • 2019 MMA Montage of old songs (there's A LOT of glitch too) • RUN BTS ep. 155 (use of a comma (,) ) • PROOF Anthology album • Film strip in D-DAY Tour after “Life Goes On” • 2021 MUSTER: SOWOOZOO VCRs that recounted BTS’ journey in the industry, even including the songs Film Out and Moving On • PROOF Exhibition worldwide • BTS 7 Moments

8. “Memory Clouds”

• 4th MUSTER (2018.01.13-14) —4th MUSTER is the fanmeeting of the 4th ARMY Membership (Term May 2017 to May 2018) • 2024 Monochrome

9. Smeraldo

• Jimin’s track in MUSE “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” • 1 day before Hobi got released, the Smeraldo account on IG [that's usually inactive] posted a Story saying “Thank you for your purchase”.... on the next day, we saw Jin holding a bouquet of blue/ purple flowers and gave it to Hobi to welcome him back from getting discharged

10. Choose-Your-OWN-ADVENTURE (CYOA) Games

• BTS World • BTS World Season 2 • BTS Universe Story • Jin's Ending is a Happy Ending

11. Doors

• In every BTS Concert VCR • Proof Concept photo "Door ver."

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Part 5: Where do we go from here? What's next?

This time loop might result either in a change since one of HYYH’s song is ‘Butterfly’, and butterflies are symbols of transformation.

The Time Loop could (potentially) be stopped and the Timeline would only move forward AND CHANGE once all the members have reunited in June 2025 and then released their new OT7 album, showing us The Next Chapter.

For now, I think our biggest clue lies in the juxtaposition seen AND heard 2019 MAMA VCR wherein the voice said "Present Meets Future: Eternal Journey", however the words on the screen is different; it was "Future Meets Past: Eternal Journey".

In connection to the video above, here are my theories on what might happen next since there was a "Re;view" and a "Pre;view":

Continuation of Map Of The Soul as they found their true selves

The "preview" of what's to come can be seen in the Solo Albums that BTS released which are reflections of who they are, and because the spectrum of their music's style heard in their solo albums were so vast, it reminded me of the time when Namjoon said, “the SEVEN of us are on a boat, LOOKING in different directions, but GOING the same way.” Because their sense if self has been experienced thru their solo albums, we could see the continuation of Map Of The Soul, and the culmination of MOTS might possibly through an IN-PERSON concert in the future because as Namjoon said in the Love Yourself: Answer Press Conference:

"For a singer, [their work] is completed on stage. We have shown everything through our stage. That person’s music and the visuals they want to show are all shown through concerts and albums. All our members love music and we have strived to show that."

At the same time, we also heard Taehyung say, “what if they perform their solo songs in their reunion concert?” So, there’s that.

Additionally, in my opinion, Jin's "Running Wild" is a song for AND about BTS AND ARMY. It's a promise that after all these years of waiting, we will still be together and our journey together will be unrestricted as we run wild together.

Jimin's Rebirth from his MUSE album could also be linked here since that song is like an ode to keep on striving to be the best version of himself. Likewise, I'm also mentioning YOUNG FOREVER here in connection to HYYH / Youth series since if we are forever young, then we will always have the passion, drive, mentality, and desire to stay youthful in spirit, energy, and/or attitude in one's life; we'll be full of enthusiasm for our future, to CARRY ON even when things get hard.

2. Door Theory

In most of BTS’ concert VCRs even today in 2025 with HOPE ON THE STAGE tour, there are doors. SOPE's Solo Concert Tours could also be considered as Doors... and as I've said on my tweet here, perhaps, one day, BTS might be able to pass through their own doors, to be freely up on stage.

3. HERO + Dream Theory

• In the Save Me webtoon (HYYH Pt.0) , BU Taehyung said that "he’s been seeing dreams of the members". It was also Tae who first approached Jin in his home (signifying that Jin ALSO needs to be saved, and not just the 6 members whom BU Jin has been trying to save).  In January 2025, he released a photobook called “Reve” which translates to  “To dream” (active voice). 

• In 2018 MAMA in Hong Kong, we also saw these words "You gave me power You gave me love So now I'm a hero So now I'm a boy with love I'll show you the map of the soul I'll show you the dream" (glitch out) before performance of Intro: O!RUL8,2? to FAKE LOVE

3. ARMY Membership Concept Theory

So far, we’ve seen that the old ARMY Membership Concepts starting from the 5th term being brought to light again since January 2025, such as from 5th term: Childhood photos, to 6th Term: Hero concept, so what if what Joonie said on his 2025.02.01 post, “Act my age? I don't wanna.” is a subtle hint to not living in a fairytale? That would make this a hint either for the 7th Term concept (Fairy Tale) concept.

4. Starting anew / "DREAM ON"

Whether the goal of the time loop is "to erase the past", or "to find my own purpose", what remains is that the time loop in the BU is happening... and this is why I think the song 00:00 (Zero O'Clock) has great significance in these theories — because the song's lyrics go,

"And you gonna be happy. Like that snow that just settled on the ground, let’s breathe as if this is the beginning. And you gonna be happpy. Turn this all around [to] a time when everything is new, Zero O’Clock"

Plus, remember that it's the only B-side that has an MV, and the title even has the words "Dream On" in it.

5. The SEA / ETERNAL JOURNEY with ETERNAL YOUTH

The photocard holder inclusion in the MERCH BOX of their Solo Albums could be connected together to make the words “When we’re together, even the desert becomes the sea.”

Back in the lyrics of SEA [the hidden track /  CD-only track of LY: HER album (the first in the series)], RM said,

“Ocean, desert, the world Everything is the same thing (but with a ) different name. I see ocean, I see desert, I see the world Everything is the same thing but with different name. It's life again”

Plus, we also saw the SEA at the end of the MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E concert; which is different when we saw the desert at the start.

Additionally, it's also in MOTS ON:E where Namjoon said that "BTS is not just a story of 7 people. It's a story of you, me, and everyone." as seen on the first image at the very top of this post.

In "Yet To Come" (2022), BTS sang “my moment is yet to come” so I just believe that.

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1. Future version of BTS went back in time and fought in ‘Not Today’

2. They rebelled and made their lives better by singing “I’m so SICK of this FAKE LOVE” which helped them take off their dark, heavy cloaks by singing “You’ve shown me I have reasons I should love myself” which then led to the hands that kept grabbing them in the Fake Love MV to crumble down in PTD On Stage LA, and then be completely gone and replaced by a blooming flower during PTD On Stage Seoul & LV

3. They showed their love for themselves through their individuality in their solo albums = either 00:00 (Zero O'Clock) or Rebirth in Jimin’s MUSE album takes place = their best moment TOGETHER AS ONE GROUP IS YET TO COME since they’ve not made their reunion after individually searching for their true selves. But once they’ve reunited as a group, we’ll surely see the best versions of BTS.

Bottom line/ TL;DR: We ARMY are being time-travelled through the contents being released as a way to invite/ bring us ARMY into BTS' story, and the current timeline is as if we are back in late 2017/2018, and we'll move forward from there once all 7 reunites in June and when they eventually release a new album.

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MY OTHER THEORIES / ANALYSIS:

BTS' Sonata (A.K.A explaining Chapters 1, 2, and then 3)

SUGA | Agust D "D-DAY" tour

j-hope "HOPE ON THE STAGE" tour

8:28 of BTS 7 Moments

[nanihirunkits]

hello !! i'm so sorry if this question is annoying but i couldnt find any info on it so i thought i would ask ?! when is the heart killers coming out 🫣

hi!! we unfortunately don't know yet however jojo did tweet the other day that they've started editing the show and that we'll get to see it soon

@airenyah and i have been speculating about the release date and we landed on october 26th (or maybe november 2nd onward) based on future open slots and the show just giving a saturday slot vibe 🫣

[greatwyrmgold]

More Factorio speculation!

Vulcanus's metallurgic science introduces the Foundry, a sort of super-smelter that can make metal plates, gears, wire, etc with an inherent +50% production bonus and five module slots.

Fulgora's electromagnetic science introduces the Electromagnetic Plant, a sort of specialized assembler that can make circuits, electrical equipment, modules, etc with an inherent +50% production bonus and five module slots.

I expect that a building like that will be present on every planet in the Space Age expansion. So what's left?

The only big category of resources that isn't touched by either the electromagnetic plant or foundry is oil/chemical stuff; plastic, sulfur, lubricant, fuel, etc. So I feel confident that the third planet's special building will be some kind of enhanced chemical plant.

Which probably means we'll be getting a novel oil processing process on planet #3. Maybe the reverse of what Fulgora's oil sands have? Something that makes heavy oil important for more things than lubricant, some resource type that gives lots of petroleum gas, and a reverse cracking recipe?

If that's true, maybe planet #3 will be something like Titan, or like Titan crossed with Europa. A barren world, cold enough that ethylene condenses into pools on the surface.

But that's just a guess built on a foundation of more guesses. It could be something completely different, like a planet whose industry focuses on weapon stuff or uranium processing or something.

We'll find out eventually. We found out about Vulcanus three months ago, and Wube estimated a release date "about a year" after almost exactly six months from now. So I'm guessing we'll see a FFF about planet #3 some time around late May, and the final frontier either right before or right after the August release. Or at least, that's what I'm guessing Wube has scheduled; time will tell whether that works out!

While I'm here I'm guessing the final planet's Special Building is either some kind of super-rocket-silo, or a way to use science packs for purposes other than science. I think it would make sense for some of the last (non-infinite) technologies unlocked to be things that make linking planets together easier—a way to get resources from planetside to space platforms more easily, or upgrades for space platforms, or maybe something wild like interplanetary teleportation.

[angel-princess-anna]

APA Speculation Sunday

The first official outing of Spec Sunday for this go around~

Alastair implied his presence was in Yorkshire thanks to his Twitter post, which seemed that he was catching the train from York to Edinburgh after filming in Harrogate.

Joanne meanwhile was seeing Taylor Swift at London night 2 of the Eras Tour per her instagram, and then showing off her irl baby bump on Monday night (a sentence I never thought I'd be writing 🤣).

Thus... I think that Anna (and likely Bates) aren't at whatever event was being filmed at the Great Yorkshire Showground, although I do still suspect that other characters who didn't get snapped were there (she's also not likely in whatever was being filmed here in Thirsk).

(also how amazing it is that DA is finally being filmed where it's set i.e. Yorkshire lmao)

It's also possible that there another day of filming in Bampton after the day were we saw Anna/Joanne, but this pic could have also been posted just s day later.

I haven't poked around to see if it's confirmed elsewhere, but this tweet makes me think that DA M3 is being filmed at Ealing (although obviously they were recently on location). There is a studio there though with a DA plaque for the TV show, so I suppose it could be referring to that one [Ealing Studios is where the TV show was filmed for the scenes filmed in a studio vs. location. The first fim was not filmed there, but the second one was].

I do find it interesting that there is no subtitle yet for the film even though there's a release date, but we'll see. My guess is that whatever they have picked out does sound final, and they don't want to announce it's the final movie just yet (that said, I think we'll still be hearing rumor years later about sequels and reboots but hey).

Hugh's interview sounds good, but I mean at this point, why wouldn't it lol. All I can say is that I do hope that this genuinely is the best of the DA movies! His "it's a lovely coming together of people I care deeply about, and that's just the fictional characters," makes me think that he feels like the script does right by the characters, and I care deeply about that as well, it's what I'm here for.

I think that's it for now, although I have a draft of odds and ends that tell us nothing but I'll post anyway (maybe tomorrow) simply so that I have them just in case.

[self-spaghettification]

What do you think the S6 teaser will be?

Spoilers for mention of leaked screenshots and parts of S6E1.

My speculation: Teaser will be the full S6E1 start scene of crying Aaravos

Since we're probably getting S6 in late March 2024, (AE confirmed the gap will be similar to previous seasons) I feel like it won't contain any major information like a proper trailer, since those usually release 1 month before the season, so what will it contain?

Best case, since episode 1 has already been shown at a con maybe they'll release part of/all of episode 1? (fingers crossed)

Worst case, just the intro with Viren crumbling to dust.

But the caption of the promotional art they released on Twitter today—“Do stars weep, too?”—and Aaron's rt of art based off a leaked screenshot:

It makes me think that if we're getting any part of S6E1, we're most likely getting the scene of Aaravos crying at the start (+ the altered intro perhaps).

Also because the S5 teaser was the scene at the start of S5E1. 👀 So following that pattern, S6 teaser would be the scene at the start of S6E1. (+ the month of the release date.)

Or maybe if we're really lucky, we get the rest of S6E1 that they didn't show? since the episodes are usually around 23 minutes and only 18 minutes were shown at NYCC) Maybe it's the rest of the Aaravos scene was was cut and perhaps we'll get to see the reasons for his tears?

I’m curious to hear other’s thoughts as well. Please say any/all theories in replies/RBs

[pynkhues]

https://www.tumblr.com/pynkhues/776399610339000320/i-think-if-production-was-delayed-it-was-because?source=share

I don't totally know how all this works, but in the original LA breakdown looking for actors for the lead role in Talamasca, from June 2024, it said their start date was " September – December 2024". And the show started filming in early October, I believe, so it would seem that filming was on track there. So it doesn't seem like delays with Talamasca would have pushed back IWTV--so if IWTV was pushed back from the original date, it would have to be that their thinking about all the scheduling changed, which is possible.

I somehow thought that Talamasca was being talked about as a summer show, but was that just speculation? Because the only thing I've found a mention of is that they were planning it for late 2025, which would seem to indicate maybe early 2026 (probably Jan/Feb) for IWTV.

I do wish people (not you) would stop saying that it'll be two years between season though. If we're going from the end of s2 to a Jan 2026 beginning for season 3, that's 1.5 years.

Ah! I am so, so sorry for replying to this so late, anon, my inbox just keeps suddenly blowing up. I'm trying to get a bit better at answering older asks in topic blocks though, and so wanted to jump back on this one - but yes! From that, it doesn't sound like Talamasca was delayed.

I'm not sure if the summer 2025 release is a rumour, but it sounds like the late 2025 release could be / that it could be earlier? I just had a poke around, and found this article from late last year from TV Insider, who reached out to AMC for clarification:

There have been conflicting reports about when exactly the series will premiere. Deadline previously reported in June that The Talamasca would premiere in “late 2025,” but all releases from AMC regarding this series have just said it’s slated for a 2025 debut. More recently, various news outlets have said that it would premiere in 2025, others in late 2025. TV Insider has confirmed with AMC that 2025 is the only official premiere date detail. “Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (wt) is slated for a 2025 premiere on AMC and AMC+,” a series rep tells us.

So yeah, that leaves it pretty wide open. I imagine a lot of when they will release it will depend on how much they're doing with VFX and post-production? It's pretty hard to even use the other shows as a gauge given MW wrapped in April and premiered in January, but IWTV wrapped in late November for a May premiere, but if you base it on the latter, the summer release could make sense? I'd imagine that AMC would have it scheduled though, and the fact that they felt the need to move it away from the 'late 2025' window in their statement feels telling? Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[solifloris]

i'm keeping this under the cut because this is me not reacting very positively to what the announcement hints about the possible setup of the branch system, but don't mind me i'm still very happy to get zayne content soon 🥰🥰

skdsjds i speak a lot about it but i just genuinely Do Not want infold to fuck up the branch system, i really don't ...... but ;; something about the way this is going kind of? feels unsettling?

i do appreciate that they're properly closing off the prologue with "prologue to tomorrow" before unlocking the branches but also like;;;;

which... my god;;; that makes me so,,,, fearful of how things will turn out 😭 essentially we're kind of forced to go through each of the branches? there isn't really a sense to choose lest you miss out on rewards or something? like sure, it not being simultaneously released gives us time to go through each branch on its own (if you even want to go through all of them), so i get it. but.......

first of all, sylus' branch was never really announced even in july, so what we did get in july was part of the prologue...... second of all, there's still a "coming soon" in the LI selection panel, and speculations that we'll be getting caleb too... so the way i take it this likely, probably means that either each branch updates slowly like that from now on, a few chapters at a time, and then after a certain cycle of that, everything converges back to the main story.

(1) maybe what if you don't want to go through another branch until you finish the one you want to finish? [i know there are a lot of people out there who don't like some li's enough to be invested in their story, so this is kind of cruel to them...], (2) you're going to start seeing "oh mc is dating all of them at once lmao!" memes around, (3) if the main story really converges again at some point [which it probably will], there won't be any sort of confirmation of any relationship to anyone and things will be kept vague with all of them.......;;;; you know;;; to like, "keep up the image" because there isn't really a "route";;;;;;;;;;;;;;

just like. it makes me wonder how true "each branch is independent" really is going to be ;;; bc on god,,, i don't want another bout of mlqc's ambiguity. can we pleaseeeeeeeee not have that anymore infold 😭😭 infold don't disappoint me pretty please... i've been having so much faith in you.........

[radio-free-beth-sarim]

My Predictions for Caleb and Sophia

For the uninitiated: Caleb and Sophia are two characters that feature in short videos produced by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society intended to indoctrinate Jehovah's Witness children. They're two young children, siblings, raised as Jehovah's Witnesses and dealing with many of the problems growing up as one brings. For people raised as Jehovah's Witnesses, it brings back a flood of insane memories. I kind of can't help but like them. The kids go through things I went through myself, and as I watch I imagine what they're feeling in that moment. The things I would have felt. The thoughts and emotions I would have suppressed. If you're curious I recommend looking them up on youtube. Owen Morgan aka Telltale has a bunch of videos where he reacts to them and provides commentary. He's just one of many that cover the videos.

Whenever I watch a Caleb and Sophia video I always speculate how they end up. So here's my predictions.

We'll start with Caleb, since his story is one that easily could have been mine. Caleb is the Bart Simpson. He's a kind of rambunctious kid. He would like sports and video games if he was allowed, but he doesn't have those outlets available to him so it all becomes bible study and chores. He's given busy work at meetings and field service, and eventually he gets given "privileges" like working the soundboard and passing the microphones around at the Watchtower Magazine study or organizing and manning the literature counter. Eventually he'll make Ministerial Servant, which is the rank below Elder in the congregation and basically means he's being groomed for command. But thankfully he's never going to be an Elder. He's eventually going to be put in charge of the congregation's other rambunctious young boys, and will be responsible for studying with them and indoctrinating them into the Watchtower Society's beliefs. He's going to be seen as a role model and success story. His post high-school years will see him juggling his responsibilities with the congregation and working in a trade. Statistically window washing, but any given trade is likely. He'll apprentice under another Jehovah's Witness, possibly a relative, who is also likely an Elder who now holds his economic and social future in his hands. Now you'd think with all this going on, is Caleb happy? Well, that depends. He might genuinely be if he's kept too busy to really think about his life or what he wants from it and is too sheltered to experience anything more. But that's really difficult to do. Most JW young men get to experience just enough of the world to give them a taste, and everyone has a vice. Statistically it's porn and smoking. Chances are he'll get caught once, repent, lose his privileges, and then eventually make a slow return shortly after getting married. Caleb is getting married by 19 at the latest. He's full of so many hormones and urges if there's no release he's going to pop. So he'll marry literally the nearest non-related Jehovah's Witness girl roughly his age. If there are none nearby, he'll meet one at a convention or (scandalously) JWdate. Yes, that's real, and it's kind of an open secret because dating websites are not really what a JW should be about. Somewhere in the following years he's going to be working hard at his trade, trying to regain his status as a Ministerial Servant, and figuring out how to live with this stranger he rushed into marrying. Maybe they can make it work. Maybe they can't. I can't say. But kids will be happening soon. Eventually Caleb is going to hit a crisis moment where he needs to decide whether or not this is the life he wants. There's a roughly 66% chance he doesn't. He's got to make a choice. Does he stay in the life he has? Can he leave the Watchtower Society behind and still keep his family? That I can't say. I like to think his wife also has similar doubts, and through this their bond strengthens, they come to truly love each other deeper than they did when they first married, and leave together, sparing their children from the same life they were forced into. But doing that means they'll only ever have each other. Sometimes that's enough. Sometimes it isn't. His wife could divorce him, taking the kids and leaving him alone. He'll eventually find apostate material online and become fervently anti-JW, with only bitter memories among the ashes of a life that never had a chance to be anything but this.

Next we'll turn to Sophia. Some of my story for her is pure conjecture based on what I've seen from friends I grew up with. When I see Sophia, I see specific girls I knew growing up and I think of things they've told me about their lives. I don't have any experience being a girl in the Jehovah's Witnesses, but her story is one that I feel is honestly similar to mine just with her dealing with all of the added pressure of being a woman in a fucked up patriarchal clusterfuck like that. I'll have to make a part 2 for her, as Tumblr has a character count. I will reblog this post with that when I am done with it. Thank you for reading this far. I hope this provides some insight.

[silverchronicler]

Prime Report for TennoCon (July) 2024 - SPECIAL EDITION

hey what the fuck

Prime Access

SO some stuff happened at TennoCon. Let's talk about what it might mean for the future.

Currently in Prime Access is Protea Prime, along with Velox Prime and Okina Prime. As was revealed at TennoCon, she's slated to be replaced by Sevagoth Prime, alongside Epitaph Prime and Nautilus Prime in August, when they release with The Lotus Eaters, a planned August 2024 update coming to Warframe.

Protea Prime was released on May 1, 2024, making her guaranteed 90 day reign end just about August 1. They've almost all been slated to go a little longer than that though, so it's likely that the update will come out mid August. I'd bet it comes either August 14th or August 21st, but that's just throwing darts at a dart board. Maybe if they have all their ducks in a row we'll get it on the 7th. Most of these dates are less than a month away, so it's best to keep this in mind if you wanted to get her.

This is great. He looks great. But it does raise one question:

Where's Xaku Prime?

Speculation under the cut.

Sevagoth Prime being announced as the next one was a surprise. Mainly because, any way you slice it, he's way out of the order of expectation. Usually they follow a pattern that organizes the Prime warframes by gender, but then goes loosely in release order. Male-Male-Female-Female-Male-Male-etc, with frames being slotted into those slots according to the pattern they were released in loosely, with maybe two being switched around here or there.

Now, Xaku was always going to be an interesting case and exception (sort of) to this, because Xaku is pluriform as they are made up of the remnants of multiple warframes implied to be of multiple genders. But to me this means that they could fit into whatever slot they happen to match to, since they are, in a way, of both/all genders. Xaku was the first frame to come out after Protea, so it'd make sense that they'd be slotted right after her, which is what I've been expecting this whole time since I wrote about it in January.

Instead, Sevagoth is jumping two slots to take the slot after Protea, also jumping over Lavos, who is the next male warframe in line. I'd expect there'd need to be a pretty decent reason for this big of an upset in their pattern. They didn't give much of one, and in fact Xaku wasn't mentioned at all during TennoCon as far as I could tell. I had sort of hoped they'd at least say they were coming back to Xaku but DE made no mention of any other future primes or the frames around Sevagoth in any notable way.

Now, that's not a bad thing necessarily. These patterns have never been officially announced as far as I can tell, but they've been pretty closely followed for the general fairness of the prime process. Following close to a pattern means they aren't playing favorites choosing warframes to prime, and that no frame gets forgotten for getting a Prime. But there could be plenty of reasons for them deciding to or wanting to change it up. Maybe they wound up having a few in process at once and Sevagoth wound up being the one that was far enough in the process to do next, with Xaku and Lavos still needing their concepts refined, something like that.

I know there's been some anxiety in the past around Xaku getting a prime as their whole concept doesn't lend itself easily to the concept of a prime warframe in the same way that almost every other warframe does, but I definitely think if Xaku weren't going to get a prime at all, they would have already told us. They know people are looking forward to Xaku Prime, and with more and more weird and unique warframe concepts being introduced these days, there's no good reason why having a unique concept should keep Xaku from getting a prime. More likely something came up in the development process that caused some hiccups, and I could think of plenty of reasons for this, especially around TennoCon being the reveal of the next prime. We have no reason to think anything other than that Xaku is being pushed back a slot or two, and Lavos as well.

But either way, we have no current info from DE as far as I know, but if that changes then I'll update this somehow.

As for if they'll do something to rectify the gendered slot pattern, it's impossible to say.

Predictions for Future Prime Order: (Bold is already exists)

Grendel Gauss Protea (We are here) Sevagoth (Announced) Xaku Lavos Yareli Gyre Caliban Styanax

Or, if they have decided to eschew double gender order from now on:

Protea Sevagoth Xaku Lavos Yareli Caliban Gyre Styanax

I could also see them switching Xaku and Lavos on either of these lists if for some reason Xaku continues to be a problem. I personally wouldn't get worried about anything unless we get both Lavos and Yareli prime without hearing any news about Xaku prime. At that point I'd be asking some serious questions, but for now this is unexpected but fine. Sevagoth Prime is gonna be cool as hell, and we already know that.

Prime Resurgence

Currently available from Varzia are Nekros Prime with Tigris Prime and Galantine Prime and Harrow Prime with Scourge Prime and Knell Prime, along with relics for their component parts and such. They are slated to stay there until August 1st, at which point they'll be replaced by Mesa Prime and Limbo Prime.

Also available from Varzia until October 24th are Ember Prime with Sicarus Prime and Glaive Prime, and Rhino Prime with Boltor Prime and Ankyros Prime. They and their relics are available to celebrate the Ember Heirloom Collection that launched the morning of TennoCon with DE's new system for Heirloom Collections. If you don't know about the new system, I suggest you look at the Heirloom Collection page on the warframe website to familiarize yourself with it. At TennoCon, they announced that Rhino Prime would be the next Heirloom Collection after Ember, thus why they get to share the space in Varzia's for now. Get them while the getting's good!

Ok I think that's everything! Gonna try to do shorter versions of these more often but when there's more to talk about I feel more motivated to write them so we'll see! Happy Prime Hunting!

[thekaijudude]

Taguchi's Interview + Blazar continuation?

So as yall have heard, Taguchi said that eps 1-25 are simply the "beginning", and he mentioned that he has plans for a prequel for Blazar as well. But he did mention a caveat that all these plans would depend on the support of the audiences. And he did not mention whether further installments would be live-action or maybe just in a manga or novel either so this whole thing may be neither nor there in the end.

But recall that the fact that Gento being a host wasn't revealed and Blazar has not left earth has people speculating that Arc may be a sequel to Blazar, in a way like Decker taking place on the same Earth as Trigger.

We have other hints about this scattered throughout as well, such as 2024 being Ginga S' 10th Anniversary, Blazar Movie having a theatre feel like Ginga's own theatre special, the unknown Ultra that was spotted decades before Blazar did in the series, Chronicle series being obviously vague as having a Blazar Chronicle right after the Blazar series itself would kinda be redundant (unlike Chronicle D, which at least had Dyna attached to it), also the lockdown on leaks by TsuPro, and of course Taguchi putting out all these sus statements etc

All of these may point towards Arc being a sequel to Blazar in some form.

Tbh I wouldn't mind at all since I'm really interested to see what TsuPro does as they move beyond the anniversary ultras. And even tho I really didn't like the Blazar series, if Arc does end up being a Blazar sequel, then we'll inevitably go deeper into the lore which I'm always a fan of.

Otherwise, perhaps it even may be like the 10-chapter Orb Chronicles, where Orb's journey was basically chronicled in a novel form. Or even in the series after Arc? Like how RB was related to Orb after Geed.

But regardless, another neat tidbit is that the Chinese side has confirmed that a "New Ultra" would be revealed in a NG Live stageshow on April 21st, which would most likely be Arc, and the date corresponds to the time last year when Blazar's trailer dropped. So most likely we'll get Arc's trailer around the same time as well. However, we should still get a silhouette teaser even earlier, but as of writing, it has passed Blazar's own teaser release that so I suppose its still reasonable to expect one dropping this month so stay tuned

[alarrytale]

Let’s be honest. The too early released daily mail article early December fucked up their plan and exposed it all. So they had to take a step back and pretend everything is fine, be seen a few times before they can drop the real BUA or trouble in paradise ones. All the articles are just copy paste. Only the headlines and pictures are different. She will need to go to South Korea at one point and allegedly non Asian actors start filming in January. Let’s see if and for how long she’ll stay there. Then she will have to go to nyc. The play starts on March 3rd. But there will be rehearsals beforehand. I don’t know how long. Let’s say she’s staying in Korea for 2-3 weeks, she will be back for stunting in London for his birthday and then will go to nyc around mid February earliest. He will go to nyc for a bit and obviously show up to the play there and pap walks. Maybe if she finally gets some real longterm work it will end but of not it’s gonna continue till he doesn’t need her anymore for hs4 promo, which could sadly be for another few years…

Hi, anon!

The blinds are saying they couldn’t make the extension/renewal of the contract work for them. We don’t know when the original one is up though, if it's on a specific date or it's tied to a number of apperances. Maybe the blinds pushed H and his team to extend it and give into TR's demands after all (as to not make too obvious). It could be over in a flash or it could just keep going. If they don't maintain it by being seen together i think people will forget they're even together. That's the risk of it being so low key. I think it's useless and unproductive to speculate when it will end. This stunt is harmless, so i'm just sitting back and observing where all this is going. We don’t know what 2024 looks like for H and what his plans are. We'll have to wait and see.

[cru5h-cascades]

Splatoon 3 Side Order Theory #5: THERE'S STILL HOPE IN 2023 (Release Date Speculation, Again)

Hey, everyone. I'm sure y'all are aware of the Splatoon 2 gear being delayed to Fresh Season 2024 and I'm sure y'all are thinking "oh come on we gotta wait until 2024 for Side Order?". Well, what if I told you that might not be the case?

So, judging off of the strands of code from a few months back, we have some code of bosses and level types, and naturally models for Side Order Inkopolis Square and mystery octoling have been made. We even have strands for Side Order's rewards. What am I getting at, exactly? Well, maybe the DLC could be almost finished and might be released next season (judging by the code). Remember everyone: Side Order is just a DLC, not the base game. It might not take as long to finish as Splatoon 3 in its entirety did.

"Okay, but what about the S2 gear? If the DLC is gonna release next season like you said why is the S2 gear being delayed until next year?" you might be asking. Well, I have a theory. Maybe Nintendo wants to launch the DLC first because of the story. From the looks of the teaser, the DLC could be about restoring the square, so maybe Nintendo is giving us time to finish the DLC so then the season after we can get the Splatoon 2 gear as sort of an extra prize for completing the DLC. Basically "restore the place you got this gear to begin with and then you can have that gear back again" could be the plan here when it comes to releasing the S2 gear.

Anyways, I still have hope that Side Order will come out this year. With strands of Side Order's code visible again, we'll at least be able to see the DLC and maybe as more strands show up, maybe we'll get a better idea of when the DLC will come out. Okay, I'm done here. Tell me what y'all think in da comments/reblogs!