#Twist Theory

[twstfanblog]

You know, the more I think about, the less surprising it is that "7-8 students overbloted" and more "How has NRC gone decades without an overblot?"

From my understanding, blot is a measure of magic mixing emotional pressure. And overbloting is basically bottled-up emotions finally exploding, yes? Between: - NRC is a prestigious magical academy, therefore drawing lots of magical talent - the students having such big egos it's pulling teeth to get them to willingly together - various past/present traumas, pressures, stress, etc - NRC is a boarding school, so this likely the first time most students have lived away from home How is overblot so rare? Judging from what we've seen, one would think a kid would snap and overblot once every 5 years or something, bare minimum

Anyway, what do you think?

Okay, this is gonna actually be a decently long ramble. Buckle end

So...We got two choices. Either Overblots ARE super rare, which story-wise I'm not entirely sure about either since there are seemingly 10,000 phantoms on ice in STYX. If all of those containment boxes have a phantom in them then that is a FUCK TON of overblots happening around the world at a pretty decent pace.

OR

Overblots AREN'T super rare and plenty of mini-overblots happen that only have the phantoms being taken away with or without casualties.

It's kinda just storywise of the Twist boys just being very powerful teen mages who seem to have the most tragic backstories ever seen in the world and THAT'S why only now they're over-blotting. But even then, 7-8 seriously intense overblots like months apart on the same campus is still fucking weird...

But within my own canon (That I will really deep dive into in my Main story rewrite fic), is that the Overblots are being TRIGGERED BY CROWLEY.

We are a non-magical being, brought to NRC against our will with no idea how we actually got there or how to get home. Once we were rejected by the Dark Mirror and Crowley learns we're potentially not from this world at all, instead of like...handing us over to some type of authorities or even STYX...Crowley puts us in an abandoned, isolated building and tries to make us what is basically an indentured servant???

You can mainly just chalk that up to Crowley being an asshole. And you can even use that logic for the prologue and Book 1. But within my canon, Crowley is the mastermind triggering all these overblots for an end goal. Those were TESTS, to make sure that we can actually survive an overblot fight, and to make sure the chosen target can survive an overblot because OVERBLOTS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE FATAL.

Because from that point on, Crowley is the one throwing us at every issue that leads to an overblot. He puts us on the case for the Spelldrive accidents, he tells us to figure something out with Azul, (kind of a stretch) He has us feed the fire fairies in the cafeteria to be in Jamil's crosshairs, He just DECIDES we need to host the VDC team when literally anywhere else is better than Ramshackle (WE CANONICALLY DON'T HAVE RUNNING WATER AT THIS POINT????).

Book 6 didn't have much Crowley pushing us, but he was busy getting grilled by actual officials on WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING AT THIS SCHOOL????

Book 7...after literally having...no talk since the start of book 4 about us finding a way home...just comes out and says that he might of found us a way home??? Very...convenient since Malleus was on the verge of an emotional breakdown.

Plus just...how did Grim get into the school? Like Grim is a monster, that's a fact. NRC is on the top of an evil ass mountain, there's SOMETHING outside those gates and the school has some type of spell to keep whatever it is outside. But Grim manages to break in like twice? "Undetected?"

Even in the prologue, he had a mage stone collar PREPARED to accept Grim into the school as a student. He's like...weirdly prepared with a lot of shit.

Crowley is sus as fuck and he is the one causing all of these overblots

[egophiliac]

crossing my fingers and wishing upon every star that chapter 10 finally brings us the tweel cards 🤞🤞

[marisashinx]

"Why hasn't Silver woken up yet...?"

[bklily]

The difference between the TWST servers after this recent March update has been incredibly funny.

[ventique18]

🤔

Bye

[lavenderr-starrs]

This is probably just a silly litttle coincidence but I’m watching Cinderella three cause it’s a sweet movie that I thoroughly enjoy and wished it was the second cause it’s genuinely just great

But in the scene where fairy god mothers wand turned her into stone I went “Huh, looks like the statue of the seven”

And that got me thinking of a what if the statues are the ACTUAL seven petrified For their crimes but then maybe 100 of thousands years go by and people of twisted wonderland misinterpreted history when those statues were discovered

[wafflesex]

Floyd drops a terrifying lore bomb on us in the recent chapter, eluding to the old fan theory that the twins are perhaps the last surviving children from a larger clutch of identical siblings.

While eying his dummy copy, Floyd states “this isn’t anything new,” because he already was surrounded by a bunch of “guys” who looked just like him.

Ortho assumes he’s referring to Jade, but when Floyd says he and Jade “don’t look the same at all,” Idia quickly shuts the conversation down, saying it seems like Floyd’s about to delve in a scary story they shouldn’t sink any deeper into.

If you recall from Jade’s Halloween SSR vignette, he states he once held a long conversation with someone he believed to be Floyd, only to discover he was talking to a ghost. Further, in Floyd’s dorm SSR vignette, Jade says he’s glad he “chose” Floyd to be his partner for life. You could perhaps even theorize that the ghost who possessed Jade was once a Floyd-like individual in its lifetime.

I’m not saying it’s canon that Jade ate the rest of their siblings… but, you know. When you eat too much of a good thing, you just might grow to dislike it.

[koebi-channnn]

No matter what people say about Trey, Ace is The Most Normal Character. He plays basketball. He's good at card tricks. He likes eating hamburgers. He's used to getting a lot of attention because he's a youngest child. He teases everyone constantly but sometimes he can be nice. He's 5'8". He had a girlfriend in middle school and the relationship failed immediately. He could transfer to my school and I wouldn't blink an eye.

[ovenproofowl]

So... d'you think Cherry remembered the absolute batshit stuff Mrs Flood told her before they got dusted or we just sweeping that under the rug?

[clownowo]

Sisters :]

[somecoolpigeon]

If this theory turns out to be true, I hope the game allows Lilia to wring Crowley’s neck as a response alshfjdhsk

[egophiliac]

YOU MANIFESTED THE TWEEL CARDS CONGRATS

YOU'RE WELCOME EVERYBODY!

seriously though I was probably like. 60-80% thinking we'd get at least one tweel for chapter 10. but I was NOT expecting it so soon! both of 'em! in August! a shame we're not getting a Coral Sea event after all...but I guess I can be resigned to that and ALSO excited for getting shiny sparkly glowing(!!!!) mertwins along with Azul fighting his inner demons and going right for the eyes! AHHHH I CAN'T WAIT

(also heeeey I recognize that rowboat... 👀)

[marisashinx]

How long have they've been sleeping?

[ventique18]

🐉🍼 is drawing a family tree. He's drawn himself, mama, papa, Grim, his uncles, and...

🐉🍼: "Papa, is grandma Maleficia grandpa Lilia's wife?"

🐉, choking on his coffee: "What? Why would you think that?"

🐉🍼: "Because they're my grandpa and grandma?"

🐉: "Grandmother Maleficia is actually your 'great' grandmother. She is the mother of your direct grandmother, Meleanor."

🐉🍼: "Then grandma Meleanor is grandpa Lilia's wife?"

🐉: "No, your birth grandfather is actually--"

Suddenly, he remembers a particular buffoon of a bird and his mouth presses into a thin line.

🐉: "Actually, yes. Sure. Lilia and mother are married. Why not?"

🐉🍼: "Okay. I will draw grandpa Lilia and grandma Meleanor holding hands."

Somewhere in an island across the ocean...

🐦‍⬛: "Why do I suddenly feel an indescribable sadness..?"

🐦‍⬛: "Oh well, it's probably because lunch time is still an hour away."

[ashieeeesh]

GUYS I KNEW THE COSTUME LOOKS FAMILIAR ITS FROM DIAVAL FROM THE MOVIE MALIFICENT HSJDJNSBS

[rayroseu]

maleanor 🥀

making myself depressed by thinking that newer generation of briar valley doesnt recognize her (her castle is destroyed so almost all of her records was lost, shes implied to be remembered as a fairytale (based on lilias line about his wish for malleus when he didnt hatch yet)) and only long lived faes like Lilia sincerely remembers her (like shes not just a historical figure/icon but a person/princess who lived and was beloved by the faes yk 😭💔)

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