#i wonder how game mc hasn't connected the dots yet

[missnight0wl]

Okay so I had a random thought while responding to your question on WIW's name. This is more of a conspiracy theory...but what if WIW and Victor Ketsueki are the same person? Maybe Jam City is going to pull a Time Turner into the plot and WIW is Victor from the future, or vice versa? Maybe that's why his name hasn't been introduced yet, because it'll be a spoiler?

I haven't gotten to his introduction in the game yet (I'm having a hard time stomaching Merula's behavior), so there may be something I'm missing. I'm sure they mention that he's been in the school the whole time as MC. So I imagine that if I'm right, then WIW is from the future.

Now, hold on…

All right, it’s definitely the territory of conspiracy theories, but… it’s worth consideration. Because I keep saying that Jam City will try to use time travel somehow; I bet they will – so, why not here?

First of all, you absolutely have a point that it’d be a good explanation as to why the WIW’s name wasn’t revealed yet. However, we have to remember that it should be known at least to some characters within the story. I imagine that Fudge would know it, and more importantly – Dumbledore would. So, you’d think that he’d connect the dots, like: “Hey, that convicted criminal has the exact same name as one of my students, and they’re pretty similar!”. That being said, Dumbledore absolutely knows more about the WIW than he’s letting on. Like, he was the one who basically told MC that the WIW was expelled from Mahoutokoro (Y6Ch4):

And honestly, I’m still bothered by this scene – although it is quite delightful to see MC’s brain cells actually working… But the thing is that there’s no freaking way that Dumbledore would make this connection based only on information about his white robes. I mean, sure, that’s kind of how the players figured it out back in Y5, but the earlier theories were also using the fact that the WIW was using strange incantations which Fletcher didn’t understand – hence, it might’ve been a different language. This wasn’t mentioned in this scene at all! To be fair, it might be the case of the writers simply screwing up, and the incantations were supposed to be mentioned… but still. It’s hella suspicious if you ask me. Like, dude… if you don’t want MC to investigate it, then don’t tell them about your “theory”. As simple as that.

Anyway, if Dumbledore indeed knows more about the WIW, then it’s understandable that he wouldn’t bring up the issue of the names to the public light. Perhaps he even covers it for the WIW.

Next, it’d also explain why the WIW came to Hogwarts. In the HP universe, time travels work based on the rule that things always happen the same way. Meaning that Victor would have to know that he has to come back to Hogwarts because he witnessed the WIW at some point. In the future, he’d realise that it was himself.

Unfortunately, it creates a problem at the same time. Because it’d mean that Victor, after graduating Hogwarts or shortly before that, moved to Japan to attend Mahoutokoro. Even if we assume that Mahoutokoro has a longer schooling period, it’s still not much time for Victor to transfer, get expelled, and get back to Britain. I mean, Victor we see is 17-18 years old already and he’s at Hogwarts – we can’t change it.

Of course, there’s also a possibility that his expulsion from Mahoutokoro is a lie. Then, we’re coming back to the idea that Dumbledore helps him (because Fudge also mentioned his expulsion, so he’d know about this from Dumbledore). Although I have to wonder then why such a lie is necessary. I mean, I still really don’t get why it’s so important that the WIW is from Mahoutokoro either way. Like, why they included it in his characteristic?

Because now that I’m thinking about it, it was probably the easiest way to indirectly let us know that the WIW was expelled, drawing a parallel to Jacob (which basically is the base of the Ketsueki brothers theory). I mean, Mahoutokoro has that unique thing about it that their uniform turns white after a student is expelled. Admittedly, we could’ve been simply told that he was expelled from any other school, but maybe the original writers wanted to make it more mysterious and intriguing, giving us a puzzle to solve (which later Jam City failed to execute).

However, if the expulsion is a lie, then it’d mean that Mahoutokoro is important as a place. I still have no idea why would it be relevant, but it definitely doesn’t debunk the theory.

Overall, I think that it actually could work. Heck, maybe it could even explain why the WIW/Victor got involved with R – they promised him to cure his vampirism. Like, imagine that. Victor graduates Hogwarts, he struggles in his adult life because he’s a vampire. Mind you, this is post-HPHM, so let’s assume that the Cursed Vaults are dealt with for good, and R is mostly gone. Still, there are a few members left. They decide to try with the Cursed Vaults again (like, they believe the treasure is still there or something), and they recruit Victor who becomes the WIW. Then something happens that makes Victor realise that he has to come back in time to let MC know something about Mahoutokoro. He has knowledge about future R, so perhaps he can even use it somehow against present R.

To be honest, I do think it’s a bit complicated. But hey, a lot of my theories are a little complicated, too. Still, I’m not sure if Jam City would want to make their time travel this convoluted. I mean, time travels tend to be problematic in general, to begin with. I also have a feeling that they might want MC to experience using a Time-Turner. So, personally, I expect rather a plot similar to the rescue of Buckbeak in Prisoner of Azkaban.

That being said, I wouldn’t mind something more complex like your idea at all!