#that wallis was probably in a metric ton of pain during the ordeal since wormholes are very likely to compress you

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GLOOMVERSE THEORY: Wallis Gloom’s Magic + What Really Happened at the Magic Show

Now this one is gonna be a bit more speculative, since there’s still so much up in the air (haha literally) about exactly WHAT he can do- it may end up being a fair bit shorter, too! (I just finished writing it. I lied. It’s my longest one yet.)  Anything said here is just a theory, and may or may not be canon, that’s up for the comic to reveal! Gloomverse belongs to @loverofpiggies​!

PLEASE NOTE.

For this theory I’m gonna be using THESE TWO REFERENCES: (x) (x)

I recommend at least skimming over them first to understand the basic laws of magic in Gloomverse, since I’ll be leaning on it pretty heavily and making references to it a lot! Summarizing it here wouldn’t be doing it justice.

Before diving into what Wallis’ magic actually is, I’ll outline some of his magical ‘abnormalities’!

1. YOUNG AGE.

Usually, a magician will reach Magical Maturity by the age of 12 or 13- Wallis clearly gained his incredibly early on, probably around 7 or 8. It was clear he was special from the moment he gained it.

2. ‘NO MAGICAL PERSONALITY’.

As stated here, magicians tend to have a certain type- Flowers, water, candy, instruments- These are all valid types of magic, each with their own unique expressions. However, Wallis doesn’t have this.

(Pg.190)

Wallis’ magic, however, is erratic and inexplicable.

3. INCREDIBLY HIGH MAGICAL POTENTIAL.

Wallis seems to be one of the very few that exceeds his parents’ power- of course, we don’t know the specifics of his dad’s magic, so this isn’t a completely reliable piece of evidence! But for the most part, it holds merit- Petunia’s magic is flower magic, so it’s safe to assume that Wallis’ magical potential is abnormal.

4. INABILITY TO AFFECT OTHER LIVING BEINGS.

It’s possible that Wallis has directly breached this law, trying to make Harold float and turning his limbs invisible- It appears that not even the natural failsafe could prevent this from happening.

5. CHANGING HIS APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARING.

This part is just. Yep. Self explanatory. The entire Vanishing Act chapter is a great testament to this. Go read it.

6. TELEPORTATION OF EXISTING OBJECTS.

The last on the list, but potentially the one that’s most interesting to me. In the ref, it says this:

Nowhere here does it mention the teleportation of pre-existing objects through the use of a hat. However:

(Pg.182)

(Pg.183)

Wallis quite clearly pulls the pot of soup out of his hat, from an existing location. It could be argued here that he simply CREATES another pot of soup, but...

(Pg.185)

...It’s the same pot of soup. This means that Wallis literally used his hat not to CREATE, but to MANIPULATE. But manipulate what, exactly? Well, he could have soup magic.

Or, he might have something along the lines of what I’m about to explain.

WALLIS’ MAGIC.

In the Vanishing Act chapter, Wallis’ magic goes into overdrive, and ends up sending him into this state-

(Pg.359)

His colours distort, and his magic goes haywire- The entire surrounding area seems to be affected too, with gravity becoming near non existent for, at the very least, the people around him.

{Pg.360)

Seaweed, who was right next to him, tells him she can’t breathe.

(Pg.360)

...And his appearance changes to be starry, and universe-like.

In fact, everything ABOUT Wallis points to the stars and the night sky- His wand, whilst being a traditional magician’s wand, is personalised to his own tastes.

And, if the cover image of the chapter is to be considered canon-

(Pg.337)

Wallis loves the stars.

A magician’s Magical Personality comes from an intense love, or primary interest- If his love of the stars came from when he was a child, then it’s possible his magical personality developed after it- And combined with his extraordinary Magical Potential, formed something unique.

Taking into consideration his possible love for stars, his manipulation of gravity, the fact that his magic removed oxygen from the immediate vicinity, and his altered appearance when his magic was at its fullest-

It’s entirely possible that Wallis has some variety of ‘Space Magic’.

The traits shown in the Vanishing Act chapter are well known conditions in space- zero gravity, and lack of oxygen.

Furthermore, if we take ‘space magic’ and apply it to my previous points, i seems that not only is it space, but the FABRIC of space ITSELF- Manipulating space to move objects around and use his hat as a portal, and the ability to apparently pull ANYTHING from his hat/manipulate ANY object, including (to a limited extent) other people. There’s a very real possibility Wallis has access to a ‘hammer space’, or pocket dimension, too.

so, my proposal, is the theory that Wallis Gloom has Space Magic, which includes the ability to manipulate the fabric of space itself.

I have a few more observations about the magic show, though, so stay tuned if you’d like to hear that!

Why did Wallis Disappear?

This part.... Is far, far, more speculative than the rest, and mostly backed up by my own observations.

Now. I. Kind of love space. A lot. And when I was younger, I researched it a shit ton, since I wanted to become an astronomer- Not a fan of math though, so I kinda gave up on it. But I know that CQ is very knowledgeable in the intricacies of space, so, it would make sense for what happened in comic to have some type of scientific merit.

I believe that Wallis Gloom somehow, with his ‘Space Magic’, created a ‘Wormhole’.

Wormholes are often used in fiction, to show time travel and other cool stuff- Unfortunately, the reality is that they're just a possibility. According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, he predicts their existence- But we’ve yet to actually find one. Even if we did, there are a fair few complications. I noticed that some of these things happen to line up quite nicely with the Vanishing Act.

1. Wormholes are unstable.

Thanks to this, they’re prone to erratic behaviour- Such as, suddenly collapsing in on themselves.

An interesting thing to note-

(Pg.361)

-...Considering what happened to Wallis.

2. Wormholes could be, hypothetically, used for travel.

Wallis went from point A to point B over the span of a few weeks+, not only breaching PHYSICAL travel but also what could be TIME travel. In the time he was gone, Wallis didn’t appear to starve or dehydrate, and he had no idea that any time had passed at all. However, his hair did get a bit longer- Whether that’s intentional or not, I’m not sure, but it still could be a form of time travel. At the very least, it’s a form of TRAVEL.

If he managed to turn himself into some kind of wormhole, or create one with his magic, then his disappearance and reappearance would have been a result of that.

3. Wormholes could hypothetically be joined to a ‘black hole’.

...Black holes are formed in the wake of a dying star. This is more... Word play, but an interesting note nonetheless.

4. Wormholes are speculated to not only allow people to travel between time and space, but between universes.

Which might explain, or at least, begin to make sense of, this unexplored plot point right here:

(Pg.462)

5. “Negative Mass” is a component of the theory on wormholes.

From the Wikipedia page:

“In theoretical physics, negative mass is matter whose mass is of opposite sign to the mass of normal matter, e.g. −2 kg. Such matter would violate one or more energy conditions and show some strange properties, stemming from the ambiguity as to whether attraction should refer to force or the oppositely oriented acceleration for negative mass. It is used in certain speculative theories, such as on the construction of wormholes.”

Very interesting to point out, because when you take this (or any) picture of show Wallis-

And you apply the ‘negative’ filter-

-It bears a striking resemblance-

-...To what I’m gonna refer to as ‘Wormhole Wallis’ from now on. it seems like Wallis himself literally becomes a ‘negative mass’.

IN CONCLUSION.

I believe that there’s overwhelming evidence to support the theory that not only does Wallis posses some form of ‘Space Magic’, but he also somehow managed to turn himself into a negative mass and create a wormhole, which allowed him to travel through spacetime, and maybe even across universes. This would explain his appearance, qualities, and abilities during the Vanishing Act, and how he ended up so close to the ruins- Which apparently play a very important role in the story.

...either that or soup magic, idk ://