#theory

[angstandhappiness]

Interesting

gaaa flipping knew this was something Blitz does

said this felt like a memory

[nutterzebutters]

Me when art process planning

The many ways BY 8 could go ......

[violetfeatherwind]

Wait...

[moodooivy]

This. This was the moment that made me believe Alastor likes Vox and not the other way around. Something about this smile seems bitter. Something feels fake. I simply don't get "UGH you rejected my affections so now I hate you!" from Vox. I get "I thought we were really good friends but then you rejected me when I wanted you to join my little group!". But Alastor? I get "I liked you, but I'm going to pretend I just like messing with you to hide how I don't like where our relationship is going". Alastor clearly has something against the Vees, but Vox? It doesn't seem like he hates him. I simply refuse he's not interested.

[angstandhappiness]

Interesting

So. Stolas is an alcoholic. That much is very clear at this point in the show and has been for a while now. He binge-drinks to cope with depression and with his life problems at large.

What's interesting is that he's far from the only character in Blitzø's life who is an alcoholic. In fact, substance abuse seems to be a recurring theme in the show. At least three other people Blitzø was or is really close with (potentially four, if we count his father) have struggled with substance abuse: Verosika, Barbie, and Fizz.

And the show has made a very clear point that both Verosika and Barbie have been in rehab. Not just that, but it's also emphasised that they're both still struggling with addiction (Verosika still drinks at her concerts, "clutches onto Beelzejuice bottles like they're the last cock in hell", and writes magazine articles about binge drinking being sexy; Barbie still peddles heroine, though not H8). Clearly, for both of them, this is an ongoing issue presently in the show.

So, with all of that being said, I recently saw someone theorise that, in a future season, Stolas is going to go to rehab, too.

I thought it was certainly a possibility, and one that I would personally love to see explored. So I've been thinking about it... and I remembered this:

The beginning of Unhappy Campers, and Blitzø breaking into rehab to go visit Barbie.

Now, I think a lot of people (myself included) felt surprised and a bit disappointed the first time we watched this episode, because our initial assumption was that Blitzø was trying to visit Stolas. It just made sense! Stolas was hospitalised right at the end of the previous episode and texted Blitzø that he could visit if he wanted to. (At this point, we also didn't know Blitzø had trauma surrounding visiting loved ones at hospitals). And suddenly they hit us with Blitzø seeking out Barbie out of the blue? So many of us were left wondering... why? Yeah, people have mentioned that maybe feeling like he could've lost Stolas prompted Blitzø to try to mend a different broken relationship, one that he felt he had more chances of fixing. But the timing, as well as the non-immediate revelation that it's Barbie he's looking for, is still... strikingly suspicious, isn't it?

And just now, after all this time, it hit me.

What if this is foreshadowing?

What if, all along, they were telling us Blitzø will visit Stolas at the hospital in the future... when Stolas is in rehab?

[oceanamethyst]

People say that Alastor isn't bothered by Vox.

But we need to remember that the moment they were first alone without anybody watching, Alastor said "I'm gonna make you wish that I stayed gone."

Basically he said, "I'm going to make you wish that I was dead."

And from the way Alastor refers to Vox ("Old Pal" in a sarcastic manner), I think it's safe to say that Alastor doesn't just see Vox as an insignificant bother.

I think Alastor genuinely LOATHES Vox.

Take this as you will.

[dharmafox]

Sitting here contemplating the notion of designing an entire set of 64 Sellers based on the hexagrams, and this has again raised the question of which hexagrams our known Medicine Sellers are. I think it depends on how the swords relate to the hexagrams, and in my mind there are five possible interpretations:

(1) The swords match the hexagrams. The first Medicine Seller, carrying the Ri sword (☲), is Ri/Ri, or Fire/Fire (䷝). The second Medicine Seller, carrying the Kun sword (☷), is Kun/Kun, or Earth/Earth (䷀). The swords are a component of the hexagrams and require a matching force to function.

(2) The hexagrams are made up of the sword and the opposing Trigram. The first Medicine Seller is either hexagram 63, Water/Fire (䷾), or hexagram 64, Fire/Water (䷿). The second Medicine Seller is either hexagram 11, Earth/Heaven (䷊), or hexagram 12, Heaven/Earth (䷋). The swords are a component of the hexagrams but require the opposing force to function.

(3) The hexagrams are made up of the sword and any other Trigram. The first Medicine Seller could be any hexagram containing Trigram Ri, and the second Medicine Seller could be any hexagram containing Trigram Kun. The swords are a component of the hexagrams but require any other force to function.

(4) The hexagrams are totally random. The first and second Medicine Sellers could be any of the 64 hexagrams. The swords are external to the hexagrams and can be wielded by any other force.

(5) The hexagrams oppose the swords. The first Medicine Seller is hexagram Kan, or Water/Water (䷜), and the second Medicine Seller is hexagram Qian, or Heaven/Heaven (䷀). The swords are external to the hexagrams and require an opposing force to wield them.

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How probable I think these are (without too-lengthy explanations):

(1) The swords match the hexagrams. I think this is unlikely. The I Ching depends on the principle of yin and yang, and it describes hexagram Kun (100% yin) as totally passive without the influence of hexagram Qian (100% yang). If we were to see the Kun/Kun Medicine Seller, I would expect them to be working in tandem with the Qian/Qian Seller. (Which is an interesting notion in and of itself.)

(2) The hexagrams are made up of the sword and the opposing Trigram. I favor this theory. It makes sense in terms of the yin-yang principle, and I find it hard to believe, in light of how closely the Sellers, the alters, and their swords appear to be intertwined, that the swords are external to the hexagrams. The Sellers' character designs and personalities also seem to draw on both the swords' elements and their opposing ones.

(3) The hexagrams are made up of the sword and any other Trigram. This is.. possible. I think it requires the assumption that the Trigram swords can move around among the Sellers in its "group" as needed, unless one of the them just happens to always run into the most powerful mononoke.

(4) The hexagrams are totally random. I reject this idea entirely. The swords and the Sellers definitely have at least some connection to each other.

(5) The hexagrams oppose the swords. This is possible but, I think, improbable. It requires the assumption that the swords and Sellers influence each other but aren't really part of each other, and given the way Taoism looks at the world, I think it would consider any influencing force to also be a component force. However, since humans, the mononoke, and the Medicine Sellers also act upon each other but are treated as separate,* it's possible that the Sellers and their swords are meant to be interpreted as separate despite their interrelationship.

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I also think the humans and mononoke are components of the hexagrams though, but that's a whole other discussion.

[theglenaissance]

Chad Radwell my little diva 😂

A brief theory of Chad Radwell 😅

[veritaseruum]

…is he unsevered? Or does he believe that he is but isn’t?

[monsters-demons-and-ai-oh-my]

Viktor recognized his fatal flaw and almost saved the world from the existence of the Machine Herald by being willing to die rather than have the irresistible temptation of the hexcore continue to exist.

His mistake was not realizing he entrusted that destruction to Jayce, the one person whose fatal flaw was being unable to let Viktor go.

[cosmicanger]

“let us not forget that Sudan has been at war for 26 weeks as of now. half a year in war. half a year with no media coverage and no voice.

pray for Sudan the way you would pray for your own countries. don't forget Sudan.”

[arcturus-night-star]

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Heir to the House of Prince by @elph13 (elph13)

Illustration and Cover Design

This was such a fun one. Loved how it expanded the universe and took it into more high fantasy. Harry, Theo and Sahara were perfection and I just had to draw them.

[wyxxiee]

can i say something reaaaal crazy rn?

let me tell you something… LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING!!!

edit: It could be either Eve or Roo, I’m betting my sanity on this one 🤣

read my other theory: here !!

EDIT : okayyy, i know i haven’t been answering my inbox (my apologies, i’m really busy rn🥲) but might i just add about the concern about the eyes! PLS READ:)!!

[totallyottie99]

This lady’s a victim fr, we know early grey hair and erratic behavior is a side effect of the overuse of the memory gun. since Bud is a member of the society it’s likely he used that gun on her as much as he wanted to. It’s giving Stepford Wives levels of abuse

[rockrosethistle]

If you guys liked the whole "Stephs flannel matches Peter's suspenders and bow tie" thing then this costuming detail is in tgwdlm gonna fuck you up.

When we get our first scene with Paul and Emma, the two are dressed in their respective main outfits. These are the ones people tend to associate with them.

But throughout the show, as they get closer and bond, their outfits become more and more similar. Pretty soon Emma's lost the apron

Then at the professor's house, Paul loses the jacket

and by the time McNamara is infected, Paul has his sleeves rolled up and Emma's bow tie has come undone.

At this point, the two are at their most aesthetically similar, and also the closest they've been the entire show. This is moments before the helicopter crash and their failed kiss. They remain this way for a good chunk of time...until Paul comes back

It's like some fast-paced foreshadowing. Emma remains in her changed state, the same as her character, but Paul is back to square one. He's wearing the same outfit he was when they met, and they no longer align. She doesn't know who he is anymore.

I don't know if this was intentional (and if it was, no one explained it to Jon) but it plays out so damn well.