#but that's just a theory

[saphthedarkangel]

The real reason Slenderman gets angrier as you collect the pages was because they were his keepsakes from all the cool artists he met, and when you collect them all, depending on the version, he bum rushes and kills you to get them back, or he gives up out of depression, for losing the memories of his friends.

[randopersonidk]

Why is young Reiji hitting the Matpat pose like??

Ain't no way 💀

POV: What Shuu sees every day

Reiji: Fufu…You…Good-for-nothing.

[cesiscribbles]

GO SPOILERS AHEAD (I mean... kinda spoilers?)

After all the set pics we saw over the last few days with David's and Michael's hair and overal appearance there were a lot of "Them turning human" theories going around.

I personally prefer both of them to stay Demon and Angel as they are but I also had an idea for a Human theory~

Some people are concerned about the "What happens when they die?" question because it would suggest that Azira and Crowley have to turn back to Heaven and Hell, so here is my theory:

What if, at the end of their adventure of the Finale, Azira and Crowley do something really big (big combined miracle maybe?) that turns every Angel and Demon in existence (including themselves) into humans? Changing the very core and structure of Heaven and Hell.

This way there would be no more your side - my side, black and white, good and evil. No more miracles.

Just humans.

This way they could make sure that there will be no more war between the two lots or apocalyptic plans that could endanger Earth and all the life on it.

It's like our universe and only God knows what will happen when we die, as the big mystery of life.

[blackkatdraws2]

Goodbye, Matpat. Thank you for looking after us.

[mephie404]

Hot take (literally)

So everyone always assumes Alastor is the one with the cold skin in this ship, but I humbly believe it’s the other way around.

Hear me out.

Vox is part machine. He’s got fans, vents, etc. If anything, he’s always cooling himself down so he doesn’t overheat mid designing Voxphone 16.

Meanwhile, Alastor is a deer demon and y'all, deer fur may not be that soft but it's warm and cozy. He probably has this short nice fur on him that keeps him all nice and toasty.

[its-kaede]

Squid Game 3 prediction!!!

The season starts with Inho's POV from his betrayal, and at some point after, we'll get this scene:

(I'm guessing this is just after he got back to his room to change into his frontman outfit and orders the guards to kill all the rebels.)

Up to after Jung-bae getting shot, where we'll have this scene happen:

And then we get the title card, or maybe they show the scene of Gihun being brought back to the dormitory in the black coffin and then we get the title card.

[llamaisllama777]

EAPS THEORY: Solar Flare and F.C. will kill Rusty/Ruin's Monty

Allow me to explain why I think this...

After today's episode of EAPS, it's clear that Rusty is a point of contention for everyone and with the reveal that the reason Charlie turned Eclipse into a baby was cause Ruin, (I assumed) asked her to turn Eclipse into a baby to buy himself more time to find a way to save Rusty practically dooming everyone else just to save one guy.

Look, I get that Ruin wants to save Rusty, I want him to save him too, but if they can't, they HAVE to put him down. They have to get rid of the virus. Eclipse's plan will work, but Ruin won't let them use it cause Rusty will die.

They maybe have two months before the virus completely takes over, maybe one in Eclipse's case, but everyone's lives are at stake!

And Ruin...

Doesn't care! Or he cares but is too blinded by love to think of the consequences.

So, we have

-A virus that will drive them all insane in two months

-Ruin sabotaging Eclipse practically dooming everyone

-Ruin's cure not working

-And Eclipse is so close to crashing out it's scary.

So, what are they to do?

Simple...

Kill Rusty.

If they get rid of Rusty, they can use Eclipse's cure without hurting Rusty cause he'll already be dead 😃

Solar Flare has already taken on Rusty and maybe would have won if not for Ruin getting in his way.

F.C. is hunting down Rusty.

The two should team up to take down Rusty behind Ruin and Eclipse's back. The team is torn and cannibalizing themselves cause of Rusty's presence.

(Heck, that's probably what Afton wants)

And Solar Flare is the most logical person on the team. He sees Rusty as a variable, and he's a variable that needs to be removed.

Solar Flare knows how to fight.

F.C. probably does too.

Rusty is old and... rusty, he can't take them both.

Solar Flare and F.C. will kill Rusty to remove the variable so Eclipse can use his cure, and they'll all be saved.

Yes, it will hurt Ruin.

Yes, it's not a perfect solution.

But it's the only solution.

I can see Ruin yelling at Solar Flare saying, "Why?! Why did you do that?!"

And Solar Flare responding, "Your love for your Monty blinded you. You had Charlie turn Eclipse into a baby to buy time for your cure. We need one now. We couldn't have waited. Your love for your Monty would have doomed us."

Ruin, pushing past Solar Flare, "At least I know how to love! Unlike you... infernal machine."

Cue sadness.

No matter the outcome...

No one is gonna be happy here.

But hey, that's just a theory...

A EAPS THEORY!

Thanks for reading!

[aur07a]

maybe I'm just over thinking this but

[pansy-the-rabbit]

OKAY. THE NEW ALIEN STAGE COMIC. TIME TO TALK MY SHIT.

First, talking about Mizi's relationships to a few characters:

So at the beginning of the comic we see an interaction between Mizi and a male classmate talking, where her classmate admits to having feelings for Mizi and saying "males and females can't just be friends" because they will end up mating. When Mizi says that's gross, he slaps her and yells at her for "acting oblivious" and reveals to us that she has a bunch of other people circling around her, harboring crushes as well. He says it "must be nice", that it's easy when she has a pretty face, and calls her filthy and disgusting. Mizi apologizes but seems angry and says "what a shame". It is notable to say that this classmate holds a striking resemblance to Luka.

As a direct continuation, we see Sua and Mizi talking about the classmate. Apparently Sua had her suspicions about that classmate, while Mizi tries to vouch for him. Mizi says she's just happy to be with Sua and Sua expresses that she's "not sure [she] can say the same". Apparently Sua is feeling the tension of getting closer to debuting and has been depending on thoughts of Mizi to hold it together. The expression Mizi makes is half covered, but I'd say she looks somewhat upset or disappointed. Sua says that at least Mizi doesn't get dragged around like she does, and that it "must be nice". Immediately, Mizi slaps her, but there are tears in her eyes and she apologizes.

Later we get a scene between Mizi and Till where we find out that Mizi is aware Till's crush on her, and Till is aware that Mizi and Sua are in love. Mizi asks if it's hard not to like her and why does Till like her. When Till says "because you're pretty" she looks angry for a second before moving on and laughing.

Based on these interactions, I think we can say that Mizi was extremely aware of what other people thought of her. She knows that her male classmates are often attracted to her, and seems to deeply resent their romantic and sexual desires for her- specifically seeming upset that men find her "pretty". This could stem from her previous expression of disgust with male sexual advances, or perhaps she dislikes it because it's shallow.

I think it's easy to say that deep down, Mizi harboured some level of resentment towards Till for having a crush on her, specifically for her appearance and calling her "pretty" like a mirror to the classmate she was assaulted by. She likely acts oblivious because it's easier for her, and when she previously expressed her dislike for a male's advances, it ended with her getting hurt. This is an example of Mizi keeping up a good front to protect herself, keep that in mind. I think she does care about Till, but nonetheless, he's somewhat broken her trust by having feelings for her.

Another important character in this comic is Sua. Shockingly, we see Sua and Mizu have some sort of fight, the first we've ever seen. Sua seems to think that Mizi has an easy life because her guardian is sweet to her. I think this is a good mirror for the fandom, as many people seem to think Mizi is particularly fortunate for having Shine as an owner, while ignoring the fact that Mizi is still enslaved, like every other character. Though she loves Sua, she is angry that Sua thinks her life is easy.

In this comic, Sua and Till are representatives for each half of that specific classmate; the half that desires her physically (Till) and the half that desires her emotionally (Sua). Overall, I think most people have an idealized view of Mizi, seeing her as perfect and cheerful and "pure".

Here, I think it's important to compare MiziSua to the other canon ships in ALNST. HyunLuka and IvanTill are both "nastier" relationships, for lack of a better word. They're emotionally strained, and have some physical elements to them. IvanTill especially demonstrate physical desire with touching, kissing, licking and nuzzling; HyunLuka have less screentime to display this, but we still see Luka kiss Hyuna's poster and be very physical while mimicking romantic attraction in Round 5 and the finale. Both relationships are very complicated in their desire for each other.

MiziSua, in contrast, are shown as more "pure" with little physical contact beyond hugging and holding hands; their feelings are "uncomplicated" towards each other, only blind love and devotion. I think this is very intentionally done; perhaps part of the reason Mizi loves Sua is because there is no sexual/physical expectations put upon her, as with her other male classmates. I think part of the reason MiziSua comes off as so emotionally "pure" is that both parties are hiding darker parts of themselves and idolizing their partner. Mizi hides her resentment of Sua, and views her as "pure". Sua hides her self pity/loathing, and views Mizi as "pure" as well.

This can also explain why Mizi holds her friendship with Ivan so dearly, because he will never have romantic interest in her. She may also have sensed Ivan was also putting on a perfect and pure front to hide the dark parts of himself and felt a kinship. Though, based on Ivan's evaluation of Mizi, it's clear that he did not realize this of Mizi- following his habit of misjudging others.

I also want to talk about Round 5 again. I think it's no mistake that Mizi's male classmate from earlier resembled Luka. I think part of the reason Mizi retaliated against Luka so strongly was that he mirrored romantic/sexual advances towards her. We can see her flinching, her looks of disgust when Luka touches her or gets close to her. Maybe part of the reason she hated him mirroring Sua so much is that associating Sua with these advances she hates so much threatened to soil her memories of Sua; her final straw.

Now, onto Mizi's relationship with Alien Stage itself;

We open on the end of Weige, with Mizi knelt over Till. An apparition of Sua appears and mocks Mizi, asking if she "feels like a waste" and saying "how cunning you are". This line is repeated frequently, always in the light blue text used by "ghost Sua", keep this in mind. Then after her scene with Sua, again it says "how cunning you are" in light blue text. Again, we see her kneeling above Till with the light blue text saying "throwing me away wasn't enough... So you ditched all your other friends too." Towards the end, the light blue text says "you figured you'd use whatever you could, huh? Just so you could make it out alive on your own. What, am I wrong?" Now we see that the light blue text belongs to a vision of Mizi from Round 1. "Well, you did great, playing dumb so you could survive. I'm so proud of you." The vision of Mizi looks proud, then she looks cold, then turns and walks away.

Though very short, I think these scenes change everything about our perception of Mizi.

Obviously, these words are not coming from Sua's ghost or a past version of Mizi, they are coming from Mizi's conscience/guilt; so we can't take everything they say at face value, as they come from a skewed perspective, but they hold valuable information about Mizi's motives and thought process.

"How cunning you are" is extremely important in this comic. Mizi is not as naive as we thought. The various quotes above that Mizi knew full and well what would happen on Alien Stage, but pretended otherwise as a survival strategy.

I think that she knew that Sua would die in Round 1. I don't think she intentionally killed her, but I think she knew that one of them would die in the end, and that between the two of them, it would be Sua. She played along with their duet strategy, pretending to believe it would work, knowing that Sua would sacrifice herself for Mizi. She sees herself as having used Sua to survive, throwing her away to save her own life.

Not only that, but I think she would've done this for whomever she faced off against. I think part of her motive for remaining so well-liked amongst all her classmates, including Till, was so they would more easily give up during a round with her. If she was a friend to everyone, she would be an enemy to no one, aiding her survival and making her seem like less of a threat.

"How cunning you are" is right. She was cunning to make this plan, but she can't go through with it without guilt. Clearly it weighs on Mizi to have lost Sua, and even now that Till is gone, she seems to blame herself, despite having no hand in his death- because I think she knows that Till would've laid his life down for her too. Sure, she never asked for him to have feelings for her, but she would've used those feelings for survival nonetheless, and she can't shake that guilt. Potentially, she may know that Till could've escaped with Ivan, if not for his feelings for her. In Mizi's eyes, she had sealed Till's fate; first by being in the competition at all, and perhaps by showing up in the finale.

And she hates herself for it. Mizi is kind and loving, she loves her friends, even if she's jaded. She hates herself for not doing more to save them; for not giving herself up for Sua, for not saving Till, she stayed passive and let them die. That's why she ran out there in the first place, she couldn't stand by and watch another go without her trying to save them.

Then, in the end, the version of herself she hates the most- the Mizi from Round 1 -is there to tournament her. She's so proud of her for throwing away everyone she loved, just to keep going. Sitting high on her pile of bodies. But even that version of Mizi is still playing dumb, she can't be happy or proud. Smiling, then turning away in disgust.

I don't think Mizi is a bad person. I don't think any of the main characters are bad people. I think they're all just trying to survive, and if you'll notice, the ones that stepped on others to make it to the top survived the longest; Mizi, Luka, (arguably) Till. They all played dirty, and they're winning for it. Sua and Ivan, the only two who played as intended, died for those they loved. It's not a fault of the person, but one of the system that rewards foul players.

[thebardbullseye]

for wbn/www, most of the time, i try to untangle my gut reaction and do my best to assemble coherent, well-articulated thoughts usually accounting for nuance (and evidence) in an essay. If I feel strongly about something.

but i do have a couple absolutely batshit theories that I feel strongly (enough) about that have minimal to no evidence, that could also border on woeful misinterpretation of the narrative, especially if I missed something or am omitting something obvious. but they are fun, so:

• Soft is actually the Man in Black/King of Night or is possessed by him (This would make Suvi an actual true Princess of the Sky)

This one is entirely because of the pun. I'm not sorry. Minimal to no (and absolutely contradictory) evidence that this is the case, only that MiB (maybe) showed up at the cottage in the Children's Adventure, and Soft probably died around then. He was doing something with a sorcerer in Gaothmei (MiB is Rhuv-affiliated) to do with a sun guy and MiB is Night focused. Idk where this was going, probably just sun + night = stars = Suvi. It's just the pun or maybe there's something there.

• The language Yewola was speaking to Hakea is the ProtoIndoEuropean equivalent of the Lingua Arcana. On top of that, the reflexive indicative/axiom of proliferation is Tower of Babel-ing this language to the point of having detrimental effects on magic itself/spirits.

This one maybe holds some water but is mostly on vibes because there's a lot we don't know/ I can't confidently infer this (as of ep 43), except by walking through the logic. Yewola is the binding/connection between the Spirit and the Real. The lingua arcana is described as the language the universe uses to describe itself. Magic comes from the "greater binding," and wizards use the lingua arcana to cast magic. Suvi can't understand Yewola, but Eursulon can, so the languages aren't the same. You're telling me there's TWO languages involving magic and they're not related? C'mon. AND MiB/Mirara/Stone were all up in arms about something bad about wizard magic. I think it's the reflexive indicative and the axiom of proliferation Tower of Babel-ing the true nature of magic that is harming the Spirit and the greater binding, beyond just the compartmentalized nefarious actions of Citadel/Empire/Wizard Hubris.

[gwenie-clorrisan]

Thinking about Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (again) and I have a thought.

They need to make another spin-off series. Not on Knuckles, or on another main character... no. They need to make it on...

The Chaotix.

Have them pull a Lion King 1/2; have them save the world in some by total accident and no one cares/no one notices. Make them go on wild, crazy, stupid adventures. Have fun with it. Don't put them in the movies, but give them cameos. HAVE. FUN. WITH. IT. It's Chaotix for pete's sake. Just let them EXIST.

(It would also be fun to see a Shadow spin-off series after 3, with him have an edgy Shadow the Hedgehog 2000's moment in finding himself and what-not. This could give an opportunity to introduce Rouge and even Omega, instead of cramming their introductions into a movie already packed with new characters. And also, Black Doom. Yep.)

Thank you for coming to my tedtalk. Goodnight.

[just-some-random-anxious-bitch]

I believe that the Narrator from slay the princess was an evolved crow/raven when he was alive and his appearance in the construct matches his real body and here's why

Huge huge spoilers for slay the princess ahead

We don't know much about the Narrators world (and even less about his personal life) but he says something along the lines of "the bones of the universe are old" and "my world is on the cusp of it's dying breath" and the star we see in the new and unending dawn ending looks to be dying, just about to supernova

If his world is the same as ours then it would be millions of years in the future, so it's plausible that corvids were able to evolve to equal or even surpass humans in that time

corvids are extremely intelligent even now, infact, some scientists believe that if crows could grow their brains to the same size as humans brains then they could be more intelligent than us

This leads me to believe that the Narrator was never human, the black bird we see in the mirror at the end of the game is a somewhat accurate representation of his true appearance during his life, the Narrator was part of this super evolved, super intelligent species of human-sized crows which, in my opinion, makes him figuring out how to use the advanced technology of his time to do something as drastic as tear the cycle of life and death itself into two and trap the newly born gods into a construct a little more likely

this doesn't mean that humans are extinct at this point, he never comments on the princess appearing human, not even once, the only comment on her appearance being "maybe you needed her to be beautiful" when you ask him why she's a princess, which leads me to believe that this corvid species and humans are both existing on the planet at the same time, maybe in harmony, maybe not, there isn't any way of really knowing that and it probably isn't very important at this point anyway, with the end of the world approaching and all

I don't really know how to end this, feel free to comment or repost with any thoughts or additions

[thesillierant]

Sodapop being like his mother... Dallas being close to Mrs. Curtis..

there is so much angst potential for that because what if soda really tried to be there for him like his mother? but obviously dallas wouldn't let them happen. soda didnt have time to help him before he died, to give him the hope that his mother gave and it eats him alive. soda could help everyone but dallas, but he told himself maybe he could if he tried harder, if he did more. but he did help, just not enough.

[mephie404]

I sometimes wonder if Alastor and Vox split because Alastor felt exploited.

With Alastor choosing to stay behind the scenes, it’s possible that he was the one coming up with all the ideas while Vox enjoyed the spotlight.

And even if you love what you're doing, not being credited for your work can really build up resentment, and maybe Vox only realized *cought* or cared *cought* when Alastor finally snapped.

And, well, Vox wasn’t exactly thrilled about the idea of losing everything he’d worked for.

[smogsnuts]

Guys be patient with me i'm theorizing about the silly little parkour game show-

So in our apartment at the end of the game there's a piece of paper taped to our desktop. It has seasons 41-57 jotted down underneath "Everything changes" much like the paper we find in the CEO's room that reads "Apartment done, everything changes." Underneath all that there's a code but idk what the code means so I'm not gonna build on it for now. Regardless, it's clear the player's been watching the game show. This means the player's been watching each season from 41-56, buying Frankie's cereal, in hopes of getting a tape in one of them. The player's literally bought 700 something boxes of the cereal trying to get one of the tapes. Why did they want to be on the show so bad? We're getting to that! SEGWAY-

Right above the computer with the paper on it, we see camera screens like the ones other Frankie was looking at when we meet him. And below it reads "welcome back S" AND FLOATING NEXT TO THAT WE SEE AN ARTICLE READING "Frankie's CEO under FIRE." What's the CEO's name? Stan Ellie. What does the monitor say? "Welcome back S." Are WE Stan Ellie? Are WE the CEO of Frankie's cereal company? And possibly the founder of the game show? Is that WHY we survived? Because we mapped out the obstacles ourself? Or at the very least had SOMETHING to do with the ideas for them? Is that why we decided to stay for another season rather than take the money and dip?

Anyway, that's my theory and probably the same conclusion other people have come to. I'm just late to the party, 😭

Lore better be dropped in the next game. I'm going feral, GNAWING at the iron bars of my enclosure-