#this parallel makes me want to jump in a lake. Btw

[lumaxramblings]

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ES Endgame thoughts dump

By no means is this actually a theory post. Like I said I’m bad at those bc I’m too impulsive with my thoughts to go through detailed checking three times and so on. I warn you, this is A MESS. Take it as a thoughts dump of certain eye catching details in ES that are still loose ends, and a handful of different crack theories as an attempt to be a theory person lol.

So theory people please definitely add/correct me. Help me put the pieces together :D

So something that’s been bugging me since book one is this phrase and the idea of the Alpha and the Omega. It’s thrown in here and there in little details. Like  this. You see Rourke here mentioning it in the bonus scene at the end of the recent chapter. He wants to remake the world by messing with time and space. Wants to be a God. 

*I copy pasted the entire part of Revelation that’s cited in this wiki at the end of this post, for anybody who might want to draw parallels. It’s interesting.

An interesting thing to note is that the dossiers of the ES gang all have them with clearance level Epsilon, with Jake at Gamma, then Estela at Alpha (beginning) and MC at Omega (end). I have no idea what those directly translate to in terms of clearance, but the fact that they differ from the rest shows their importance/threat to Rourke.

Things to note about Estela: 

A lot of her history is blacked out. Even her first and middle names, which now gives me this idea that Estela might not even be her birth name.

In light of the Estela is Rourke’s daughter theory, maybe Olivia renamed her once she got Estela off the island.

The assessment focuses a lot on her determination and skills. Noting them as “exceptional”. Rourke remarks in the bonus scene that his daughter is “strong” and “worthy.”

The fact so much of her past here is blacked out leads me to think it’s PB letting themselves have wiggle room to fuck it up in the finale by revealing a twist. Maybe Rourke IS her last family. Maybe Nicolas is a close friend to Olivia and not really her uncle, and was tasked to protect Estela from Rourke who would want her as an asset. 

Things to note about MC:

Rourke doesn’t really KNOW about them. He remarks in Book 2 that it’s interesting they exist. And it’s implied that MC is something that could/could not exist at this point in time. 

The fact that Rourke does not know who MC is... hello giant WHO IS S/HE???, puts points into the “MC is not Rourke’s child” theory.

So what?

What catches my eye is their clearance levels. On one hand it could totally mean nothing. Crack theory, it’s a subtle foreshadowing of their roles.

The Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Rourke references this idea twice in the recent bonus scene as he talks to Lundgren.

Estela and MC have always been connected somehow. They dream about each other. In book 1, MC sees Estela going after the crab, and Estela dreams about MC too. In all other instances of MC’s powers connecting with people, it’s usually just MC who experiences it (time resetting when they die, the idols their Endless version created). The others only share in MC’s experience during the Embers from Vaanu, but this may be because it’s from Vaanu and not something from MC. Point is, there’s something more to Estela given that she can experience weirdness on her own, not just take part in it.

@lovemesomesnark mentioned to me that in Book 2 when they go back through time to find the heart, that if MC messes up the timed choices, it’s Estela who fixes it. She did time voodoo. 

Conclusion: These two have an important role in the endgame. Either together or against each other.

Working crack theory: Estela is Rourke’s daughter, he plans to use her to help further Project Janus (could he program her like Mike somehow?) and therefore bringing about a new beginning (Alpha) in his crazy image. MC on the other hand could be the key to ending it (Omega) by helping Vaanu find the last piece. Which everyone thinks is MC. I’d buy it. Lots of angst.

This Janus nonsense:

Short thing about Janus in mythology: 

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (/ˈdʒeɪnəs/; Latin: IANVS (Iānus), pronounced [ˈjaː.nus]) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past.

Rourke tells Lundgren and IRIS that this is just the beginning and

Yeah he’s trying to remake the world to suit him, by messing with space and time. Smart plan, what could go wrong.

Uhh interesting thing, it seems like Rourke needs some sacrifice/missing piece to pull off this plan. Because IRIS says:

Cloning, having a subject sounds vital to the plan. So Aleister was the first draft, they had this second, new one in the works, but it looks like Rourke abandons both for his daughter (Estela?)

Crack theory time: I’m going to assume with all the time craziness on the island that this didn’t necessarily take place just before the wedding and Rourke appearing with a vortex above his head. This could be farther in the past as he plans to mess things up and go after the heart. I don’t know. I’m bad at this lol. 

But if it issss farther in the past, that second clone could either be 1. Yet another Aleister with new “Hostile DNA” as IRIS says, or 2. MC? A lot of the fandom sees the signs that MC was just an experiment or some other thing from the island because of their lack of memory of the past, and their file stating they were born on La Huerta. 

Probably overthinking but this crack theory exists because IRIS mentions that the second clone has Hostile DNA. Hostiles = the Vaanti? And MC has shown to share a lot of funky powers and similarities with the Vaanti that an old crack theory floating around was that MC is part Vaanti.

Maybe it’s this command to terminate this clone, or some other event we’ll soon see that results in Rourke succeeding or failing to destroy MC, is also why he comments to MC that “Oh, you exist.”

This time looping is not a new thing. It just happened in the last chapter, where we got to see the gang take the group selfie that led Rourke to go on this crazy mission in the first place.

Interesting thing if you’re a Final Fantasy nerd: this popped into my head when Rourke said “to be as we are now, forever”, when IRIS mentions disrupting spacetime when initiating Project Janus, and knowing that Janus is this god of time that is the duality of past and present, and travels through it. If you ever played Final Fantasy 8, this reminded me of that. The villain in that game basically tries to travel through time to make it into one single moment and live on forever, ruling it. What if Rourke wants to do something similar in his lust for power or to try to save his wife? 

Confused?

Told you I wouldn’t make sense lol. But yeah, take all of this with a grain of salt. It’s crack theory and jumping to conclusions. Just listing down loose ends with no effort to tie them together. Yall can try because I do not have the brain cells to lol. But to conclude, I basically think all of these details point to

1. Estela/MC as endgame. Things are gonna get angsty.

2. Rourke needs something from one or both of them to put his plans in motion.

3. His plans to be a god in a new world are crazy. It needs the heart and a subject to complete. Which used to be Aleister but now could be Estela. Or MC. Or Estela and MC as the Heart/Vaanu and Cloned Subject combo needed.

4. Whatever the hell it is the finale is going to be wild and I’m going to cry over something/someone.

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Here’s that passage from the Bible btw: (Revelations 21:6 - 22:13, New International Version):

Some interesting parallels over one read: 

1. The Alpha and Omega stuff as mentioned. Rourke wants to be a god, make a new world etc.

2. 12 apostles, 12 gates to the Holy City. 12 is recurring theme in ES. 12 Catalysts, idols, embers, zodiacs etc.

3. John and the Angel remind me of the Endless and Uqzhaal idk

Revelation 21

6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadiac in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubitsd thick.e18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.f21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.

22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25 On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Revelation 22:

Eden Restored

1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

John and the Angel

6 The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”

7 “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”

8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!”

10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”

Epilogue: Invitation and Warning

12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

[ask-sanji]

//tag

What is your muse’s Pokemon team?

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this is heavily inspired by my own AU (that I didn’t publish anywhere but instead just kept on planning and do nothing about)  than simply “oh hey that pokemon looks fitting with sanji”. I kind of try to imagine the SH in the Pokemon world here, and not -playing- Pokemon. So it’s not really what the team would be like with their fav Pokemon. But I tried to make it fitting with them anyway.

so in this list we got

Gallade: I’d imagine this was Sanji’s first Pokemon and been together with him since he was a Ralts. The two are just similiar. There is also this -genteman- vibe coming from Gallade. The modesty of Ralts line just fits Sanji. And plus, the WEDDING THEME in the mega form. I think Ralts would be in Kirlia stage when Sanji first meet Luffy in Baratie. Also, the trip to Kamabakka almost made Kirlia turned into a male Gardevoir, don’t ever ask.

Roserade: From point of fittingness first- elegance, but not weak. That’s how Roserade is. Imagine your typical waitress walking around taking your order with a Roselia on his side, but apparently then he kicks ass- that surprised Fullbody. Oh, wait... he was the sous-chef? Sorry, sorry. Well, I imagine a Budew was trying to get some grub back in the Orbit and little Sanji ended up chasing them all over the ship, only to get stuck on the same rock with the Budew because said Budew was hiding in the food sack Zeff got. They kind of bonded ever since.

Blaziken: Gift from Zeff, who obviously the master of High Jump Kick. Been training together since a Torchic, since the beginning of Baratie.

Bruxish: Gift from Iva.

Silvally: Mainly inspired by this piece. I don’t really know how they probably meet in this story idea but Sanji probably mainly just stare at Type:Null that he knows how it felt and they just bond, without ever having to tell each other’s stories. btw gladion and aether is pretty similiar to sanji and germa 66, no joke i and my friends made that joke when we first player SM pfff

Aaaand that’s it.

Wait, just 5?

Well, tbh because I am mainly basing it from the AU I made I guess that’s all. They are more focusing on pursuing their dreams and adventure. I might get an idea for the last Pokemon or change one or two in the list.

But I’d consider Hitmonlee and Swanna for Sanji too if I am mainly comparing him to Pokemon that fits him.

also, bonus:

Zekrom: Not a party member, but I’d imagine Sanji came in contact with Zekrom at some point. IF there’s ever a Pokemon series with OP characters as the cast, Sanji would come in contact with a Zekrom in a White movie, and Zoro with a Reshiram in a Black movie XDDDD

Zekrom is a symbol for idealism, and Reshiram is the symbol for truth. The two themes parallels each other in the Pokemon series. Sanji is often seen to be a man who seeks for ideals, meanwhile Zoro is the man who just get along with what is real.

I’d imagine if there’s ever the movie about it, in the Black movie Zoro would be leaving the crew at some point and the crew had to look for him and apparently he stumbled upon Reshiram at some point and in the White movie the opposite goes for Sanji. As later on in the finale Luffy takes on the remaining Zekrom/Reshiram with him and saves the day =v=

I’d imagine the rest of Mugiwara stumble into contact with other legendaries too. Chopper with Jirachi especially. Weak Trio with Lake Trio (Nami/Uxie, Chopper/Mespirt, Usopp/Azelf), Elder Trio with Beast Trio (Robin/Entei, Franky/Raikou, Brook/Suicune), the tale of Robin uncovering the secrets of Unown and Franky with the Regigigas chamber, Luffy and Chopper bonding with Latias and Latios duo, Manaphy taken care of by the entire SH crew but especially Luffy/Usopp/Chopper trio, Law dealing with the Pokemon that brings death itself- Yvetal and Luffy with Xerneas, and finally Luffy with Victini as he pursue to keep going and be the Pirate King.

I have so many headcanons starting from Nami with Castform, Usopp and Plusle and Minun duo, until Robin taking signs of danger from Absol. Ace with Mega Charizard Y and Sabo with Mega Charizard X. This tag is supposed to be about Sanji and his team, but I ended up babbling too much. Sorry not sorry. You can always talk to me in toro if you wanted to listen to more of my stupid babblings of this AU xDDD