#taz graduation theories

[yardsards]

clint mcelroy creating a dnd character: oh yeah, this bad boy can fit so much simple zest for life in him

[vvanite]

I had a long discussion with my boyfriend last night about the chaos theory because he has a physics interest and I brought up how I knew about it because I did research about it for the sole purpose to create a theory for the villain of Graduation. (he was very supportive and liked the idea of the villain based on the info I gave) He then gave me this image about the Edge of Chaos and it unlocked the graduation lore liker in me

I was really exhausted when we talked because I had to attend a 6am meeting and didnt sleep after that so I can't explain it like he did to me but knowing what happened towards the end of the story clicks so much with this image my lord

I'm going to paste what I wrote years ago about ep 28. I had to dig to find this:

"Nua currently is in a changing state of chaos and order that it comes to the point that there can be a neutral point for the both of them to live on the same plane or able to freely switch in and out for a small amount of time"

[littlestr]

Taz grad theory

Okay what if the Commodore is a part of the Unbroken Chain, and high up too, and what if it was the Unbroken Chain that killed Agro's mom/ordered her to be killed/made the decisions that led to her death And what if that means that either Argo's mom isn't as good as he thought or the Unbroken Chain isn't as good as they claim it to be

[theother9tenths]

Y’all we can’t do this it’s only the first episode

Griffin in Balance: all along, Taako, your umbrella had your long-lost sister trapped inside it

Griffin in Amnesty: for years, Aubrey, Sylvain was trapped in your Flamebright pendant until she eventually came to reside inside you, eventually becoming like a sister to you

Travis in Graduation: Higglemas acts extremely sketchy regarding his dog, and calls it either “Hero” or “Hiero,” the latter of which is a plausible shortening of his brother Hieronymous’s name

Me:

[ID: The Pepe Silvia meme. A man in a tie is frantically gesturing towards a wall covered in sheets of paper that have red lines and circles drawn all over them. end ID]

[youarebeingshaggedbyarareparrot]

Guys...? Guys, what if....

What if Jackal’s the traitor?

What if he’s selling them out to Grey in return for the ability to fly?

Episode 6, he told Argo of his dreams of flying, he’s routinely on that balcony railing...

He had Shebrie’s Unbroken Chain token, he said she gave it to him but, could he have been involved in her death? The Commodore is a racist, arrogant ass hat, but did Jackal influence and cultivate infighting and confusion in the Unbroken Chain?

And what’s he had Argo stealing for him?

[honeyed-beans]

I’m deadass speechless at Goodcastle being real. Like what the hell does this mean. I was completely convinced that Fitzroy’s character arc was about him relinquishing the goal of becoming a knight by facing the realities of morally grey heirs and villains, and the terrifying powers beyond that. With the fairytale land of Goodcastle being just a placeholder of the type of exaggerate lies that are common in Nua. But like it’s real now. Why wasn’t it on any maps? Why has no one heard of it? Why are they all dropping their shit to come out and help? Is Fitzroy gonna end the series as a legitimate knight? On that note why the fuck did they sponsor him in the first place when he hasn’t developed his powers yet??

[flamingfoxninja]

So I've been thinking a lot about Chaos and what their game is, and what I always circle back to is what they said when Fitzroy refused to kill the prisoner.

"You're no fun."

Think about it, they said that like a pouting child who didn't get their way. They were upset with what Fitzroy did yes, but I think it was more with the method that Fitzroy did it.

Basically, he didn't use his magic.

Since Chaos' introduction, they have obviously been trying to convince Fitzroy to use their magic. To be more free, to be unrestricted and unrestrained with anything. But why? What could they possibly gain with helping Fitzroy from a separate dimension with a problem not directly afflicting them?

Because Chaos is bored.

And it's all because of accounting.

Remember back in episode 2 with the accounting class? Finances became all the rage literally all over for kingdoms to be economically stable and contented lives. And straight straight from the owl's beak, "it was incredibly boring."

Chaos doesn't want that. They don't want order or constraint. You can't make accounting chaotic because the numbers can't lie or be disorderly in that type of math. It's not fun.

And the world agreed.

Bartholemus said this is where the hero/villain system came from, to spice up the lives of the citizens. But at the end of the day it's all an act. Villains aren't allowed to do too much evil, heroes can't divert from their heroism. There is literally a guild in charge to keep everyone in check! That's not chaos, the fights aren't chaotic, it's just an improvisional stuntshow at that point. If the whole world is staged, then the heroes and villains are but actors playing their parts.

So in comes Grey.

Grey fights Hieronymous. True battles of Good and Evil. Real. Dangerous. And Chaotic.

But it didn't go the way Chaos wanted it to. Like they said, Grey is short-sighted. All he cares about is war and victory, and then the story ends. If Grey does take over the material world, all he would do is turn it into hellfire and brimstone, a new hell, and that's it. You just got rid of one stagnant society of accounting with another stagnant society of hell-extention. Granted Hell is Hell, but you can't bounce back from that! You can't just reset the world after it turns to ash, and if you can it will take a Very Long Boring Time.

And so we get Fitzroy.

The half-elf barbarian who was judged and mocked and wasn't able to produce a lick of magic. The perfect canidate for Chaos. Someone who would have validation and desire to use their power. Someone who will cause waves and make a scene wherever he goes. But most of all, someone to make the world back to what it once was.

Chaotic.

Why do you think Fitzroy's dream is him being king? Because of Fitzroy's personality. But why set it where he is is dealing with insurgents? Chaos said it themself, Fitzroy won the civil war. He is victorious. So things should be fine now and forever with him in command. But it's not. Because it never will be. There will always be discontent. There will always be insurgents and rival fractions and revolutions and everything else that can go against an empire. And THAT is what Chaos is after. They need the cycle to continue. Rise and Fall, Build and Rebuild over and over again.

"Kingdoms rose and fell in the span of decades" back before the Age of Accounting.

Back before they were Bored.

[mcnuggyy]

I like to imagine that each of the boys are different kinds of leftists so even though they’re brothers in arms as the Thundermen they fall into the classic petty leftist infighting trap all the time but they would absolutely throw hands for one another <3

[tony-the-tigers-juicy-nutsack]

The scary intense music is starting to play more frequently for fitzroy and I'm scared he's gonna end up genuinely evil like I can completely see and understand the path where fitzroy thinks he's good but has gone mad with power and that's scary

[underscore-jude]

broke: Lup and Barry are Rainier’s parents

woke: Fitzroy is Angus’ grandfather

bespoke: Argo and Davenport are former sailing acquaintances

[sam-i-am-27]

So I’ve developed a theory about TAZ Grad

Chaos has chosen Fitzroy as their champion. What if Gray has already or will choose Argo as his champion and then Order chooses the Fierbolg as their champion.

I mean it makes sense. Fitzroy is the unbridled, unruly chaos. Argo is the one who wants for things to be the way they were and fair. The Fierbolg is a pacifist (for the most part) and only wants order among living things.

I might try pumping out a fanart of my own theory.

[little-birdie-told-me]

“Socialism- The Best Way to Piss Off God” By the Thundermen L.L.C., an Anarchist organization

[littlestr]

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT

Gray really does think Fitzroy is the most special boy and wants him on his team and are interested in his “righteous guns”! For context, in episode 7 when Fitzroy has a student teacher talk with Higglemas, Higglemas asks Fitzroy why “””his brother”” let Fitzroy change to the villain track, something which has never been done and it went like this

Higglemas “And here‘s the thing – I don't know if you know this, but in this school‘s 250 year history, no one has ever been moved from the sidekick and henchperson track to the villain and hero track. So what is it about you that my brother is so interested in?”

Fitzroy: “I mean… these guns? Pshew pshew. I mean, what do you —these— my— I'm a very good…´adventurer? I'll be a pretty, um…”

Higglemas: “Tell me what he said to you.”

Fitzroy: “He said something about my righteous guns! Pchoo pchoo pchoo! These. My arms. I'm pointing at my arms. Honestly, from the moment he said that I was going to move up to a larger suite with its own personal bathroom, uh, I sort of stopped… the rest was kind of static. Um, the rest was just sort of a faint buzzing. He said—he just said I was very special, and the most special boy at the school, were his exact words.” And now that’s confirmed with Gray admitting he was grooming Fitzroy into joining his team, perhaps not because of the exact reasons Fitzroy said (PROBABLY more that his magic comes from Chaos and that he’s Chaos most special boy) but still! Fitz was right! HE IS THE MOST SPECIAL BOY! 

[anistarrose]

okay, I think I’ve finally got a hot take about why Order is older than Chaos: 

our universe (so why not also Nua’s universe?) was in a highly ordered, low-entropy state in the earliest moments after its creation. now, “entropy” and “chaos” aren’t exactly synonyms, and I don’t think the changes that Order and Chaos shepherd in modern times have anything to do with entropy — because entropy increases constantly in our universe, while chaos and order are a cycle on Nua.

however, I do think Order came into being at the very beginning of the universe, long before Chaos did. I think Order’s first purpose was to initiate that first shift from an ordered system towards a less ordered one, in which complexity and life could arise, and Chaos appeared eons later in this era of disorder to usher in the first-ever era of society and laws, from which the cycle we now know began.

[lethal-effect]

so i’m assuming everyone who was on the “Barry Bluejeans is Rainer’s dad” train have now jumped to “Gordy’s parents are Lup and Barry” correct?

[the-antichrists-plus-one]

Rainer’s dad as Barry Bluejeans is OUT. Gordy’s parents as Barry and Lup is IN. They ARE his parents on the other plane. This is CANNON.

No you CANNOT change my mind.