#šŸ¤”ļ½œtheories

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manic glade
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And, particularly at the time, that would mean Dale's last name should be Vanderboom, no?

night forge
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But it's Dale Vandermeer

manic glade
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Exactly

night forge
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Oh, right

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I misspoke

manic glade
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So he’d have to get the name from somewhere

night forge
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whoops

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holdup

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There we are

manic glade
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Ah

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That seems like a decent assumption

night forge
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Sorry about that

main patrol
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@tawny sandal oh shoot right, forgot about that lol. It’s been a while since I’ve played the games

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I think Mr Rabbjt spared Dale on purpose. Mr Owl was probably like ā€œkill any of them you like but don’t touch the boy that’s mine to tortureā€

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Heck, maybe Mr Owl told Mr Rabbit to purposely spare Dale, so that it would drive him to be a detective and make him severely traumatised so that Mr Owl could do his thing and everything else happens

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If the blue cube was only in Dale’s mind, then why was Mr Crow able to obtain it in The Lake?

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And I guess the blue cube is for time travelling shorter periods (years instead of decades) without going to the lake? I dunno

manic glade
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Interesting

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I didn’t think that the Rabbit was working for Mr. Owl

main patrol
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Dude’s probably got some weird debt to repay to Owl lmao

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But it’s just a theory

copper hawk
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@spare raft Mr. Rabbit doesn't kill Dale because he doesn't want to kill a child

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he even left a sorry note behind him

main patrol
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Was gonna say that too

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For whatever reason, he purposely spared Dale

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Or how would he read the note?

copper hawk
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Paradox is in Dale's mind, it's all symbolism, Dale didn't kill Laura

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Laura got killed by a soul that comes from herself, and is at multiple times seen herself with the knife, or killing people as a soul

main patrol
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That’s what I said lol

copper hawk
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so -> suicide

main patrol
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That makes sense

copper hawk
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I mean the end of Seasons literally means "I killed my self"

main patrol
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Wait actually, how can we verify that the corrupted souls were from the same guy?

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To make a guy corrupted all you have to do is like remove a bad memory or something right?

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So it could be anyone really

copper hawk
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Shadow-monster-man : Kills a woman
Player : Kills Harvey, imitating a woman's scream
Player : Looks into a mirror, is a shadow-monster-man "It's me"
end of the game, player : looks into the mirror, the shadow-monster-man becomes the woman killed "It's me"

You can't be more explicit than that

main patrol
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That’s just circumstantial evidence man

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But then again theories are mostly made of circumstantial evidence as well so what gives

copper hawk
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and btw, there are 2 types of shadow-monster-men

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there are the souls, that are just that... souls of dead people

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and there is the corruption, that is a mental problem starting to control the soul of a person while their alive, driving them insane and ending up killing themselves

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like Van Gogh and Laura (who was depressed)

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(and yes, I will keep saying "shadow-monster-man" until someone gets the reference)

main patrol
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(Sorry man, don’t get the reference)

copper hawk
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(too bad :/)

main patrol
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The corruption is a process, no? And the corrupted soul is the end product

copper hawk
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the corruption is the mental illness

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it's kind of the representation of that feeling of splitting inside you
where there is you, and your illness

main patrol
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I know, but while still undergoing that ā€˜corruption’, you wouldn’t be a corrupted soul yet, the way I see it

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Because in order to be a corrupted soul, you kinda need to be dead?

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Having some mental illnesses just gives you a higher predisposition to turn into a corrupted soul I think?

copper hawk
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when you're corrupted, your soul is corrupted, but not "you"

main patrol
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A corrupted soul had always been referred to an separate entity/physical manifestation though, no?

copper hawk
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yes

main patrol
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So then a 'corruption' wouldn't be classified as a 'corrupted soul'/shadow monster man because it's still in the process of being one/simply means there's a higher chance of being corrupted

copper hawk
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at this point it's just definitions

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the corruption is what makes your soul go mad

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once you're dead you're a soul, corrupted or not

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corruption can be either a mental illness or a bad memory, most of the time an unfinished business (the latest is only applicable for dead souls)

main patrol
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I know, it's just that you previously said that there were 2 types of corrupted souls, the corrupted souls and the corruption process. Just wanted to clarify that bit

copper hawk
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No, I said there are 2 types of shadows, one where you're dead, and one where you're alive

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Both are souls but in a different state

karmic crest
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y'all think van gogh is related to the Vanderbooms and eilanders?

copper hawk
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The only feasible way he would be included in the family tree is if Aldous is his grandfather

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It must be one of the 2 brothers because of timing
and William has no other heir than James

karmic crest
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it's a weird theory but it must be a reason there was a corrupted soul

copper hawk
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well, the original reason was that Rusty Lake was just a story about mental illness

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but nobody knows what the new plan is for Van Gogh

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now that we're set in a quest for the Philosopher Stone

karmic crest
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HM

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wait ho\

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no

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hm

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maybe he's a relative of Ida

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Is ida Dutch?

copper hawk
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Ida is more likely Romani

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I'll try to figure it out to be sure

karmic crest
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I had feelings that she was Hungarian for some reason

copper hawk
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just let me find her last name again

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I'm saying Romani (gypsy) because... well, she's a fortune teller

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but I'll check

karmic crest
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Reiziger on the wiki

copper hawk
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hn... it's Dutch for "Traveler"

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They love to give Dutch meaningful names to their characters

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Except for Bob

karmic crest
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poor Bobert

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it's a posibility

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possibility

copper hawk
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I mean, she's a "traveler" fortune teller

karmic crest
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ts true

copper hawk
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even if it's a Dutch name, it's really suggested that she's a gypsy

karmic crest
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she probably has Romanian roots

copper hawk
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Ida is a Greek name

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the Nymph Ida was cut on her breast by a raspberry bush, and her blood tainted the fruits, originally white, forever......

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huh...

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so remember kids, when eating raspberries, the juice actually is a nymph's boob blood

karmic crest
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šŸ‘€

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yikes

copper hawk
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wtf, Greek mythology ?

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Why can't you be normal ?

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Greek Mythology :
Screams in rapes and hybrid animals

thin elk
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I mean

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Dyou know how milky way got its name

copper hawk
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I do

karmic crest
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spilled milk

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jk

copper hawk
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from Hera's boob

thin elk
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Yep

karmic crest
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makes sense

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the starts are all here children

copper hawk
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when Heracles was drinking, making him a demi-god

karmic crest
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stars

thin elk
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I mean, greeks new how to make a mythology

karmic crest
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her

copper hawk
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no, him

karmic crest
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Hera was a him?

copper hawk
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Heracles = Hercules

thin elk
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Add boobs, sex, and hybrid animals resulted from ssid sex and you get yoself a nice mytholorgy

copper hawk
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Heracles means "glory to Hera"
Zeus chose the name to calm his wife he just cheated on...
strangely, it didn't work

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his wife/sister, btw

thin elk
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Yeah, he cheated numerous times, while heracles happened only once

copper hawk
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Greek Mythology, y u like dis ?

thin elk
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Also poseidon is a brony

karmic crest
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technically the truth

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wait

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WHAT

copper hawk
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Also Pegasus was born from the corpse of a rape victim that was killed because it was "her fault" for being abused

karmic crest
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Greece why?

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Why

copper hawk
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Greece : WHY NOT ?

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I correct myself

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she wasn't killed because of the rape

thin elk
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Also dyou remember the time when aphrodite started a war cuz of an apple?

karmic crest
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i don't know greek mythology

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it sounds like a train wreck

thin elk
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Scrub

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XD

copper hawk
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she was turned into a gorgon, called Medusa

thin elk
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It is

copper hawk
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and then killed for being a monster

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for being raped

karmic crest
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medusa was raped?

copper hawk
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she was when she was human

karmic crest
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medusa was Aphrodite?

copper hawk
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what ?

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no ?

karmic crest
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oh

copper hawk
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Medusa was human

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she got raped

karmic crest
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you said she was turned to a gorgon

copper hawk
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she got transformed into a monster because it was "her fault"

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and then she got decapitated because she was a monster

karmic crest
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oh i was thinking about pixelated's post

copper hawk
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and from her beheaded body, Pegasus was born

thin elk
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Which then also got scrubbed

karmic crest
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from the head

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or body

thin elk
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Body

copper hawk
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from the blood

karmic crest
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oj

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h

copper hawk
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also Chrysaor was born at the same time

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it's a winged boar

karmic crest
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gosh this changed to greek mythology

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should we go to the cabin?

copper hawk
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x)

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maybe

karmic crest
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heh ok

copper hawk
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which means Mr. Owl is always down to kill

solid elm
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Can anyone give me a summary of Laura’s complete life and what happened to her after her suicide ?

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@copper hawk perhaps ?

copper hawk
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uh

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wait I already wrote that

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After being born from Rose, they leave the home to live in another city close by
Rose being the daughter of a psychopath, is a sociopath, and doesn't give much love to Laura since she never received any, and so she becomes depressed
She gets Harvey as a pet, since (s)he was Emma's pet.
She starts dating Bob, which is trying his best to be a good boyfriend and help her in her mental state, but it's not enough.
She breaks up with him and goes to the Rusty Lake mental hospital, after seeing the add Aldous put in the journal for her to find.
She goes there, bringing Harvey with her in a box, and finds an abandoned cabin where she goes fishing to try and forget her problems.
She has a deep crisis that almost makes her kill herself, but Harvey is there to recomfort her.
She flees the cabin without taking the time to bring back the box, and return to her home soon after as the mental health institute seems to not work for her, given she almost attempted suicide.

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Once back home, her mental state doesn't get better. She is more and more depressed and almost paranoid.
She sees death everywhere around her, and finally, in fall 1971, she gives in and slit her own throat.
Dale is called immediately to investigate the scene, as nobody knows what happened.
But at the same time, Aldous, that kept an eye on her ever since she left the Hotel, teleports her corpse to the mill to extract her memories and feed them to the Lake.
But when extracting the memories of her suicide, it corrupts her soul, and she goes on a killing rage, stopped in time by Aldous just before she kills Harvey.
He then takes her to the room at the bottom of the lake to be plugged in the machine as they wait for Dale.
Once Dale plugged as well, the process start.
They both clean their mind of the corruption within them
Dale by going through therapy and accepting his past and his mistakes
And Laura, by revisiting her life and her death, and accepting that she is gone but can still be useful to the lake, helped by the words Aldous told her to calm her down.
And only after that can she balance her life in the cabin of her memory without being attacked by the manifestation of her suicide crisis (symbolised by the code you can only have if you played seasons).
This is my interpretation, it's not perfect, but I think it's the closest we have right now

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@solid elm

unkempt galleon
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but dale escaped the room with the extractor machine

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and ran away with the golden cube

solid elm
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@copper hawk thanks

copper hawk
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@unkempt galleon
And he escaped the Paradox room with the Golden Cube in the chapter 2 secret ending

solid elm
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@copper hawk do you mind summing up Dale’s life ( at least up to the latest cube escape game ) too ? I absolutely love your theories and interpretations

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Also, side question: what do you think happened to Laura after she was at peace with her suicide ?

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Did she just go to heaven ? Or something like that ?

copper hawk
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we don't know yet

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but she most likely got enlightened in some way

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Aldous is Elizabeth's son
He marries someone and has a child named James
He works in the Hotel, and gets the gun of his mother as auto-claimed inheritance
He passes of as dead to be clear of the wrath of his family's souls
Finds another woman
Has a baby girl
Finds the elixir
His girl marries
Give birth to Dale
at his 9th birthday, Mr. Rabbit come back to take the gun Aldous "stole" and kill everyone
(Aldous passes of as dead again but finds yet another woman, the one in the Mill)
Dale is the only survivor and gets sent away from his home town, the one Rose will eventually move to with Laura
He swears to avenge his parent's death by becoming a detective
He gets Case 23, the murder / suicide of a woman in his former home town
And then the rest is pretty self-explanatory

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also Dale went through years of therapy because of his trauma

solid elm
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@copper hawk 4806 how did Dale manage to survive the birthday massacre ?

copper hawk
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Mr. Rabbit didn't want to kill a child, and even left a "sorry" letter behind him

solid elm
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That’s darker than I expected

copper hawk
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OR MAYBE HE DID DIE AND RUSTY LAKE IS PURGATORY

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AAAAAAAAAAAH

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x)

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jk

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but that would be an interesting troll theory

solid elm
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So do the people at rusty lake have bad or good intentions ?

copper hawk
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neither

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they're selfish and will do whatever it takes to get what they want

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which includes associating and killing one another

tawny sandal
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man aldous is a ho

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so do the folks at rusty lake just want the golden cube or immortality or whatevs

copper hawk
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they want the philosopher stone, and its recipe includes the golden cube

tawny sandal
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how do we know this?

copper hawk
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they're searching for "the full elixir"

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there aren't many other known alchemic alternatives

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the elixir of life is a by product of the philosopher stone

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but the one they created is incomplete

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it's not perfect, since it uses the life of someone else to work

tawny sandal
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i see

copper hawk
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the full elixir doesn't need to kill anyone

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so no transmutation

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creation from nothing

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-> philosopher stone

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to be more exact, Primera Mater

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but the Philosopher stone is made out of Primera Mater

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so yeah

solid elm
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Dang. I feel like we can create an entire series based on this game

copper hawk
solid elm
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Either a live action or an Adult Swim cartoon

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It’s actually interesting that the cube escape series starts off as a horror game and ends up being a mystery game

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Seasons is depressing and scary as hell

copper hawk
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I'm gonna make a better version x)

thin elk
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Huh

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I definitely see how this might work

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It's got both the samsara wheel, a cube (or a square, whatever) and a triangle which is just always good to have.

tawny sandal
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i mean paradise was pretty freaky too

copper hawk
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I't actually a mix between the samsara wheel and the philosopher stone

thin elk
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Yeah, I figured

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There was something HarryPottery to it, ngl

solid elm
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@tawny sandal that too

copper hawk
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the wheel already represents the elixir so

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well, yeah, HP did take A HUGE inspiration from the philosopher stone symbol

solid elm
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Looks good

copper hawk
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well, yeah, HP did take A HUGE inspiration from the philosopher stone symbol

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for the PS, you either have the choice of making an equilateral triangle, or make it so the top of the little circle is in the centre of the big one

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idk, both look good

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this is no stone

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that's a load of shit

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x)

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I'm being harsh here but... that's not the right symbol

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It's like writing an inverted R, you know what it means, but that's just not right...

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anyway

solid elm
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HP took inspiration from a lot of European traditions/myths so I’m not surprised

copper hawk
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the best one so far

humble drift
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that is absolutely incredible

left stone
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How did u draw that?

copper hawk
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SolidWorks

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It's a 3d modeling program

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But I use it whenever I need precise drawings in 2d

red wave
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im sorry but

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what the hell is this

copper hawk
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It's a mix between a cube, symbolising Rusty Lake, the wheel of life, symbolising the elixir, and the symbol the Philosopher's Stone

red wave
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hmmm

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interesting

copper hawk
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And I made it as a symbol to represent the "full elixir"

red wave
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this could be oficial

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its so nice and minimalisti

copper hawk
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Fuck I made the wheel in the orientation

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Wrong orientation*

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I'll fix it later...
But the branch of the wheel should be horizontal and cross, not vertical and cross

left stone
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Huzzah, a kreacher of perfection

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Lol u make it in 3d modeling 🤣

copper hawk
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Yeah but the way the program is made, it let's you make really really precise drawings
It's a 3d modeler for actually printing out your models, or creating renders, after all

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I already made a real model that I printed, in it

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Yeah, it's that precise

red wave
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Red should be the third secret alchemist brother from Rl

onyx nacelle
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so what does it say

left stone
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😱 šŸ‘Œ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘

red wave
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@left stone ?????

left stone
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Its cool

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@red wave ?????

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/***/

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ok

unkempt galleon
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@copper hawk is that gallifreyan?

copper hawk
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yup

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at least the readable fan version

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I modeled it because when I was messing around with words

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I saw some that were making pictures of what they mean

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for example, on the first picture, it's written "time and space"

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"time" looks like a grandfather clock, and "space" like a comet in front of a solar system

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and the other one is "past present future"
the interesting part is that the 3 circles kinda interlock as if they were piled

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and "past" is under "present", which is itself under "future"

unkempt galleon
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pretty sure i have a gallifreyan symbol sheet somewhere

copper hawk
unkempt galleon
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yeah i definitely used the first one at some point

copper hawk
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the second is just for how to place the vowels relative to the consonants

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I think they're missing the single point...

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there

copper hawk
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looks much nicer

copper hawk
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yes, the central circle is actually somewhat pyramidal

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just like the cube

sudden minnow
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What the...

red wave
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you should send this to RL

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its so good

copper hawk
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When you realise the wheel of life is derivate from the seed of life...

copper hawk
left stone
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Wtf is that?

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My mind blow if i look all the conversation 🤣

vague imp
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oh god this hurts my eyes..XD

left stone
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That is isis logo

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I'm gunna download it and post to instagram

copper hawk
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what ?

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no

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it's the wheel of life (in red) inside the seed of life (in black)

left stone
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Idk dod i'm just gunna say that is isis logo

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So cool šŸ‘Œ

red wave
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RED recently left the server, but he is in another, so if you want to contact him 1-post here we will talk to him, 2-talk to me so I can add you on that other server

craggy panther
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what? why?

spice frigate
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in his own words, he's tired of being ""threatened"" to get kicked out/banned

craggy panther
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is there another RL server?

spice frigate
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not really a RL one, but just one for people from here or something ehhhhhhhh Idk how to name it???

vague imp
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i could inv if you want?

craggy panther
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i do, if you don't mind

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thanks

bold owl
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Yeah, it's totally me and RL's fault for enforcing the rules, not his for breaking them, being passive-aggressive, trying to shift the blame and "playing the victim card".

vague imp
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uhhh say not to be the guy to say this but..

spice frigate
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Lucid, I understand. at this point he left the server himself, and the "threats" were actually just... warnings, nothing more. But I think we shouldn't be talking about it.

vague imp
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shouldnt this been in #the cabin? ^ and well yeah that also

bold owl
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Just as a warning: These situations won't happen again. If someone breaks a rule, I will hand out one warning, and one warning only. After that they'll be kicked/timed out.

spice frigate
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hey man, if you wanna talk about this, you can always hit my DM's to vent it all out
I'm open for anyone so they can feel a little bit better

bold owl
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I'm not trying to vent? I'm stating that I will not let rule breakers pass by unpunished anymore.

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I try not to be cruel, but being too lax is clearly not working out.

red wave
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ok.......

spice frigate
copper hawk
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Before I leave for good, I just wanted to use my right to answer to what Lucid said about me, because those accusations are just ridiculous...
I never said it was his or RL's fault for me leaving
I never said I didn't break the rules
I never shifted the blame
I never played the victim

I want to be clear with you about all of this
I am a problem, I always was, and will always be as long as I'll stay on this server
I know it, Lucid knows it, the devs know it, everybody knows it
I'm a stupid mess of a moron human being
I'm only victim of my own actions
And I deserve everything that is happening and had happened to me regarding moderation
I even deserve worse

BUT
Even if I deserve it, I'm still tired of this
I'm tired of all the bullshit drama, and ban threats I receive
So all I want to do is just get out of here calmly, without making any more unnecessary mess
I want this server to be calm, I want my social life to be calm, I want everyone to be fucking happy

This is why I'm leaving
But as it was already said, you can still contact me on another server if you want to
Just ask @vague imp or @red wave

I hope you understand... And please, don't turn this into more drama, I'm really trying to get this out of the way as nicely as possible

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Thank you all for the good times I had, and sorry for trashing the place...

left stone
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I'll remember u

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šŸ™ 😭

craggy panther
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this channel will be empty without him....

vague imp
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Also saying this since i was tagged in this, please dont come to me asking what happened between Lucid and RED ((one of you did already)) i am only supposed to invite you to the server, not to tell what happened.

left stone
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@vague imp ye its me

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@craggy panther true

bold owl
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It's not Ban Threats, they're WARNINGS. If you break rules you'll get a warning before you get banned. We gave RED lots of second chances even though he continuously broke rules and started drama, this being just an example of what I said he was trying to do. I guess we should've banned him earlier, though. I apologize for this attempt of his of creating unnecessary drama, but this perfectly exemplifies exactly what I said about him. And @left stone, shame on you for biting into it.

To anyone wondering, nothing happened other than a rule breaker complaining about being punished as such after being given multiple chances to change their ways.

Any other attempts at starting unnecessary drama like this will be immediately deleted, followed by a ban. This is in direct violation of rules 2 and 3. Have a good rest of the day, people of the lake.

vague imp
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Damn. That was a lot
I respect you for that

red wave
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/:

sudden minnow
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šŸ‘€

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i think i missed something

jaunty crypt
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...

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okay so even being sad for someone is a shame? what the what dude?

spice frigate
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Okay, let's just close this case already please?
It's slowly tiring, both for people who doesn't want to hear it, and mods...

jaunty crypt
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sigh he's even been banned... Atray you're not that Lucid...

bold owl
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I'm a mod doing my work

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If you're not happy about that you can leave.

jaunty crypt
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I have indeed a problem with this type of moderation

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Lucid, I just wish we were going to you and me in MP so as not to polluze the channel advantage

bold owl
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Then DM me

left stone
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@bold owl ye i feel shame

bold owl
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It's funny that someone tried to take the one thing I said in jest to lighten up the mood out of context. What I meant with "shame on you" was you tried to find out what the drama was when there was none lol

left stone
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😐

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Okay idk wut to reply

vague imp
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T poses to assert dominance

left stone
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@left stone

night forge
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...And it continues. May have ended, may have not. We dunno.

left stone
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Wut

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@night forge the drama?

spare raft
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Yeah the drama

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Good morning everyone 😃

vague imp
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Sup

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How's everyones day goin

spare raft
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Good kinda tired tho

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So what has been happening lately

manic glade
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In terms of theories? I’ve been replaying the games lately and have been thinking about how benevolent or not Crow and Owl’s motivations are

spare raft
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For which game?

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Or all of them together?

manic glade
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All of them, just in general

spare raft
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Oh I am not sure about that either

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Well GOoOOOOOOOOOOD MORNINGGGGGGGGGG

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I’m from Long Island, California

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And I am tired so let’s get this show on the road

manic glade
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I’m from Long Island, NY šŸ˜›

spare raft
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šŸ˜

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Okay 😃

bold owl
gilded solstice
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I’ve always believed their intentions, by itselves, are neither evil nor benevolent, per se

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Aldous wants to perfect the elixir, Jakob seems to be following the family legacy ... in a weird way

grizzled horizon
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Ohh man there's a theory channel

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rubs hands together

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So I have a theory, and idk if anyone has already said this, that Albert Vanderboom is Mr. Deer

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I also have a theory that in the timeline(? paradox is weird yall) where Dale gets enlightened, he becomes Harvey

hollow raptor
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HARVEY IS DALE

manic glade
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Albert Vanderboom as Mr. Deer? Interesting, how so?

grizzled horizon
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It’s mostly about that deer skull

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There’s also that weird backwards voice, presumably from a corrupted soul working for Misters Owl & Crow, that we hear in various cube escape games

manic glade
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At at least one point it’s Mr. Crow

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Specifically in Seasons/Case 23/The milk

grizzled horizon
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Like when

manic glade
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*The Mill

grizzled horizon
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Right but

manic glade
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In case 23 Dale calls that number on the phone and hears the voice, in The Mill we’re playing as Mr. Crow and we have the other side of that conversation

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And then later in the Mill Mr. Crow says all the lines Laura hears in seasons over the phone in that voice

grizzled horizon
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Then why does he have that voice

manic glade
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An excellent question šŸ˜›

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It’s been suggested that it’s because his mouth is sewn up at the time

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I have no idea

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I mean out of the game the voice is there because it’s a reference to twin peaks, certainly šŸ˜›

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And it might not be only Mr. Crow every time we hear it either

grizzled horizon
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There is also the fact that the voice & Albert share the line ā€œthere will be bloodā€

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Maybe that’s nothing but

manic glade
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As for Mr. Deer, what about when Mr. Deer and Mr. Crow are separate people in Hotel? And how does Nicholas Eilander fit into it?

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Er, sorry

grizzled horizon
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I dunno I feel like that Pepe Silvia meme rn

manic glade
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Forget the hotel thing, I was thinking Aldous, not Albert šŸ˜‚

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But yeah Nicholas probably fits into it somehow

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Also Mr. Deer is in Hotel, Albert is Alice before and after the events of Hotel

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He’s nearby, certainly

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*alive

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Hm

grizzled horizon
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brain šŸ¤”

humble drift
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harvey

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is

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dale

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oh rip my pfp

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it highkey still throws me off tbh

gilded solstice
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albert is related to mr. deer somehow (i mean, look at his shadow) but he is not mr. deer because like someone said above the events of hotel and roots were somewhat simultaneous

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so they were alive at the same time

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late for the talk but yeah djsjfjf

grizzled horizon
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Right

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I just lost track of the timeline

night forge
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Hmmm... Albert may still be alive, right? Dale takes out his brain and survives, Bob gets shot in the head and survives, why not Albert?

manic glade
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It depends on what is actually happening in reality and what isn’t

grizzled horizon
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Yeah it’s pretty well established that the brain thing is a metaphor

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But Albert surviving? Perhaps

gilded solstice
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but he was buried and everything, right?

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Rose even takes his bones for the ritual/sacrifice

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one might argue it could have not been albert, but considering the sacrifice was all of family members, i doubt it

spice frigate
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unless
1 - it was cover up and the "bone" was actually someone else's
2 - he faked his death and ran away (? wonder where)
3 - he somehow got out of his grave (Oh hell that's hard) and ran away

hollow raptor
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well, Abert is teased to appear in a new game, however, this game could take place during the time span of Roots, before his death

spice frigate
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Hm, right, I forgot about this possibility

hollow raptor
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I guess we will have to wait for answers until the game release šŸ™ˆ

manic jungle
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But isn't it accepted that the story (at least somewhat) revolves around Bob? Unless this is another game that plays over a long timeline like seasons or roots, it couldn't be albert

vague imp
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I know bobs va

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Irl

spice frigate
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@manic jungle We're talking about the other game that got Teaser Trailer (I think it was Teaser?) "Many happy returns" (not a title btw!)

manic jungle
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oh, ok. RustyLake, you need to stop putting out so many teaser trailers lol!

gilded solstice
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for the possibility about the bone being someone else’s, as i said, i don’t think so, because the sacrifices had to be within family

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i believe the ā€œmany happy returnsā€ teaser will be a game set during roots itself

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perhaps the years we haven’t seen of albert having to raise these two kids

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rose and leo

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i saw a white door screenshot that just made me question everything i could possibly know though lol

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but maybe i’m overanalysing

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we’ll see

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i get Very enthusiastic when it’s about roots, my bad

tawny sandal
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yeah ive always wondered abt what leo was doing until he was drafted

vague imp
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Yes it is the Scottish dude @vague imp
Aka my uncle

spice frigate
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@gilded solstice Same here dude, when I saw Albert I just SCREECHED because seeing him once again? I know the big storm is coming

gilded solstice
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oh me too actually, i yelled a bit fjfhg i felt bad for my friends who had to hear me yelling about it for the whole day

spice frigate
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I can yell about something for a day also, oh boy... when yesterday on E3 Nintendo showed Animal Crossing New Horizons... I just couldn't stop talking about it for whole day

red wave
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??

spice frigate
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Meanwhile me: Still wondering why Mary and Emma are doing devil horns

red wave
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i think they just use similar clothes

tight forum
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they clothes looking alike

red wave
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something more?

vague imp
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@spice frigate Because they are metal heads smh

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get with the times

spice frigate
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well @red wave
It's just re-using texture

red wave
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People, Red decided to stop answering theories on the other server, so it's no use sending messages to me or Gideon

jaunty crypt
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yee

floral cloak
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Other server?

vague imp
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this "problem" has solved itself

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dont bring it up ever again thanks.

floral cloak
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Ok?!?

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Sorry

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I didn't know

spice frigate
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We just don't want it to be brought up again, that's not what this server is just for.
Sorry that Gideon sounded rude, but just don't ask what happened etc. etc. it's literally "done"

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so on later page - don't ask

floral cloak
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Ok I understand

bold owl
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The other server was made by some members of this server as a more intimate gathering place. It's a multifandom community run server of which I am not a part of, while this one is the official server, created by the developers of the game.

There used to be an user here who had lots of theories about the games and the Rusty Lake universe in general, but unfortunately he was banned after breaking rules multiple times. He was still on the community run server, and people would go to him to discuss about theories. After a disagreement with both me and the devs, the person decided to stop making theories altogether.

This message is to clear things up as most of you don't care about server drama or don't know about the existence of the community run server or the banned user. I hope to put an end to this issue and answer some of your questions. I will not touch this subject again as it's been dragging for far too long and I want to put an end to this, both for the sake of the wellbeing of this community and my own.

jaunty crypt
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k

left stone
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Okay

floral cloak
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Ok

jaunty crypt
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okƩ

red wave
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ok

vague imp
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Ok

night forge
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I coulda DM'ed them...

night forge
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GASP! Theory!

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What if the games were all made by Van Gogh (ie. paintings, or something)

patent oxide
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Nah, this couldn’t be the case

night forge
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Why not? Everything is kinda his style

patent oxide
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Almost everything

night forge
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Like Arles looks like his painting.... "Arles"

manic glade
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I mean it’s based on it, yes. If you mean the art style I’m not sure I agree

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I mean

forest zealot
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What if white doors is a door to different pasts or whatever

grizzled horizon
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Then wouldn’t it be a blue door? Cuz blue cubes allow you to change the past

gilded solstice
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i think in this case white doors would just allow you to see them

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the white door seems, after all, to be about following a routine

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i think it’ll be about a loop again

vague imp
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its like a never-ending nightmare

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Cuando sale white Doors?

vague imp
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Ok

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Well Harvey appears in another RL game also may i remind

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both before hotel and roots even happened, but i wont spoil that

manic glade
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Yeah roots takes place from 1860 to 1935. Hotel is 1893

vague imp
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Ohh I forgot that! I've played all games, you can tell me.

manic glade
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So they’re concurrent

vague imp
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She/he appears in Paradise as an easter egg

manic glade
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I personally just think Harvey can turn back and forth from full parrot to human-parrot thing. And is very old

vague imp
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Ah

dapper valley
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I wonder if Harvey is the same type of immortal Mr Crow and Mr Owl are

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Slight tangent here but if Laura is an reincarnation of William and she was apparently murdered, then turned corrupted, did she really die

gilded solstice
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You can also tell Hotel and Roots happen at the same time because if I recall correctly, in one of the first stages, with James, if you look out the window with the telescope you see the guests in Hotel. It’s part of a puzzle, even.

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I think Laura is currently in some sort of limbo with her corrupted soul

vague imp
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Already mentioned i think they were confused about the wikia more

gilded solstice
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Yeah must have been edited incorrectly, unfortunately ):

manic glade
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Actually the wiki looks fine, from what I could see

gilded solstice
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Ah yes, now that I saw the screenshot I see it seems fine. But it does happen sometimes

dapper valley
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am i dumb for not realizing harvey was a female until i read that on the wiki?

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she lays eggs but i didn't even think about it lol

spice frigate
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Canonically, there is no answer to whether Harvey is Male or Female. It's all a mystery for now, but there is no problem with person calling them "she" as you said - they lied an egg in Theatre

dapper valley
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and in Seasons

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and a bunch of other games

spice frigate
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yeah, true

dapper valley
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I realized some time ago that the way each guest dies in Hotel is somewhat related to their occupation

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I was also a bit bothered by the fact that Ms. Pigeon is supposedly an electrical engineer yet she thinks it's a great idea to take a bath with an electrical device 2 feet away

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Perhaps she deserved that lol

night forge
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All the deaths are ironic

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Yet, I suppose, that their occupations are their weaknesses, since they use it so often, it's quite easy to turn them against it.

patent oxide
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This is not what you guys think, not a bubble bath at all

night forge
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I'm making a theory about the little white float y things

manic jungle
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Since we're talking about hotel are the five that Mr owl has killed, his family from paradise that he has killed in revenge for sacrificing him? Or are they merely an incredible coincidence that he searched out for and uses as a therapy to take revenge on what happened to him in paradise?

dapper valley
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was he even doing it for revenge at all?

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for reasons we don't quite know the lake has to be fed memories of people (or animal people I guess)

night forge
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Yeah, that might be it

manic jungle
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Yes, but it is interesting that the masks that they wore correspond to the paradise sacrifices. So, why is that? Did they transform after they saw that it worked in him and he decided to screw them over or...

dapper valley
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Well was he reluctant to be sacrificed?
That's a dumb question but he doesn't really say much about it

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But who knows if the masks are even related

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Or if they are how so

manic jungle
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The masks must be related, because those masks are the same animals that get sacrificed in paradise. The question is why

night forge
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Hmmm... I got a really weird idea. What if Emma Vanderboom's arm was amputated?

manic glade
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What do you mean?

night forge
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Her right arm, we never see it

manic glade
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Now that you mention it she’s always in the same position after she’s a baby/child

night forge
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I know it's probably just behind her, but-

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exactly

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Maybe Albert cut it off?

manic glade
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Meany

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šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø it’s possible

dapper valley
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made me think of that random arm that cuts itself off in the Cave

night forge
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Maybe it is?

manic glade
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There is an arm that just appear in several games

night forge
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Hmmm... interesting

manic glade
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*appears

night forge
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The events that happen in rusty lake can be taken literally or figuratively, so in this case, the arm being a literal arm has an explanation

manic glade
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I personally don’t think the arm is a metaphor. I like to think there’s literally a disembodied arm that goes around

spice frigate
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I think The arm not showing up, is because of perspective we look at

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I mean, I sometimes make joke that Mary and Emma make devil horns out of nowhere, probably to heavy metal band affiliation (that's a joke, not an actual theory from me)

night forge
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We see it in cave and birthday, anywhere else?

manic glade
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The hand?

night forge
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or the arm?

manic glade
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It’s in seasons, case 23, hotel, theatre

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Roots there’s a severed hand

night forge
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I don't think there's much of a difference

manic glade
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Though it doesn’t come out of the wall, it’s just nailed there as I recall

night forge
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What? Where's it in roots?

manic glade
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It’s nailed inside the cabinet where James gets the engagement ring

night forge
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Well, that one cannot be Emma's

manic glade
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Oh and it’s in paradise as well, as an Easter egg/achievement

night forge
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I don't think those are canon

manic glade
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Fair

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I’d say they are until given reason to think otherwise

karmic crest
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Bob is absolutely paralyzed

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in Theatre

karmic crest
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a shot to the side of the head

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is usually

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brain damage

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not death

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well instant death in this matter

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but still

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he probably struck some major nerves

dapper valley
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Yeah he still talks even after shooting himself in the head

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Then you can later find him in the bathroom

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But of course this is Rusty Lake
Weird shit can happen

karmic crest
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that's true

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i only just thought of this because

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hmm

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side shots

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he probably survived somehow?

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this was probably just a hallucination ig

dapper valley
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It's prob a more metaphorical thing

night forge
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@karmic crest He's gonna be in the new game, btw

karmic crest
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I forgot about that

dapper valley
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I forgot to mention, in theatre he turns corrupted when you check on him in the bathroom

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I forgot if the time he turned corrupted in case 23 was a separate timeline or not

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So I wonder where the white door will be in the timeline

tame sage
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Okay but real talk
I cannot help but like ... really want to see what animal 'Enlightened' Dale is going to turn into. If that's the path they go, make that one canon or at least seen, I feel like it'll be painfully obvious in hindsight,. But.

BUT I WANNA KNOW
sobs

dapper valley
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A fish is one possibility

tame sage
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That's what I was thinking, truthfully. First thought.
But how would he breathe

dapper valley
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He would be an immortal fish-man ruling over a lake that needs to be fed memories I think that's the least weirdest thing about all this

tame sage
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listen sometimes you have to grasp on the finer details in a world of weird

this whole scenario soudns .........................
Fishy

dapper valley
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It's p ironic that Dale has icthyophobia

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For his other symptoms it's p easy to assume they're rooted in his childhood but when/how did he develop a fear of fish?

tame sage
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I want to know that too. To be fair, I don't think we're going to see it - just that he has it.
we've already seen one quite traumatic childhood incident 8D;;;

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I mean if we do SICK yes please

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I just don't want to get my hopes up, weeps

dapper valley
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I doubt it's just there
It's probably actually important, we just don't know yet

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There's nothing in Birthday that related to fish
Interestingly enough, Rusty Lake is also noted to be a place for fishing

tame sage
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Hmm. Maybe an incident at Rusty Lake when he was smaller.

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To be fair after some of the things Laura fished out in Lake I wouldn't blame the poor guy.

kind glen
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Hey guys, sorry to jump into this discussion so late lol but there actually is a fish in birthday!! It appears in the mousetrap and u feed it to the cat, basically just another puzzle and theres not a strong fish theme in birthday, but it's enough for dale to associate fish w the Darkest Day Of His Life

red wave
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Fish is Dale?

kind glen
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What

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Andjdjs thank u gwen

red wave
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jdhdjs sorry i didnt understood the text at first

kind glen
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That's ok I'm constantly incoherent

dapper valley
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Ah right

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I didn't remember the fish in Birthday

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It seemed minor but ya never know

kind glen
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It's really easy to forget I just don't played it yesterday lol. I get where ur coming from like, the fish are never in the spotlight really?? So it's hard to tell

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Yeah!! And about the thing someone said uhhh traumatic incident t At the lake. The fish is probably symbolic of what's under the lake, u know, memories and corrupted souls. cube. Dale's fear of fish is tied into that but I'm not certain how exactly

north pasture
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HEY I JUST REPLAYED THEATRE

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ā€˜his memories belong to the lake now’ I THOUGHT MR OWL WAS TALKING ABOUT DALE

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HES TALKING ABOUT BOB

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I ALWAYS FORGET HES A CORRUPTED SOUL NOW

bold owl
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Poor Bobert "Bob Ross" Hill

north pasture
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GOD I’m so exited for The White Door

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(grabby hands)GIMME THAT SWEET SWEET BOB CONTENT

kind glen
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Yall mind if I unload a bob hottake here

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"Robert hill-false accusations" is a book title found on the shelf in Paradox. The rest of the books come from Rusty lake characters - jakob, caroline, ida, and aldous i believe. But Robert Hill is a real person.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/nyregion/new-york-city-settles-three-brothers-wrongful-conviction-cases-for-17-million.html

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4428

Basically Robert Hill was falsely accused of murder and went to jail, but then was acquitted. I think an important part of this is the man who convicted him, homicide detective Scarcella. Scarcella has had 14 exonerations. Could he be connected to Dale somehow? And because there are so many Scarcella cases, why choose Hill's? He must be important. Is he connected to Bob, the nickname for Robert?

By BENJAMIN WEISER and STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

As part of a strategy to settle civil rights cases before they become lawsuits, the city comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, reached a deal on the cases, which all involved Louis Scarcella, a retired homicide detective.

north pasture
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šŸ‘€šŸ‘€šŸ‘€

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oh YOOOO

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and bobs name IS canonically ā€˜Robert ā€˜Bob’ Hill’ SO

manic glade
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The name ā€œBobā€ itself is likely a reference to Twin Peaks

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The rest of this may have come from that though

north pasture
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:0 o wait is there a twin peaks character named Bob?

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I STILL need to watch that show

manic glade
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Yes there is

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A pretty important one

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And I do highly recommend it, it’s my personal favorite, but it’s not for everyone

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But yes there’s a Dale, a Laura, and a Bob

kind glen
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Yeah I came up w this rite after paradox so it's like. True that this Is bob bc now hes got a confirmed full name, v interested to. see how this plays out. Im glad u thought it was interesting :}

loud rover
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So, a theoretical family tree.

wraith pecan
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so if they share the same family name

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maybe they are biologically related

loud rover
#

It was an attempt to explain. Someone suggested they imagine Dale and Laura are sort of 3rd cousins.

wraith pecan
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and you missed out the paradise 5

loud rover
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Paradise 5?

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Which plague was that again

manic glade
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The Eilander’s, I assume they mean

loud rover
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Oh

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Yeah, the point of the family tree was to explain how Dale and Laura could be related in any manner.

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There are a few unknown factors.

wraith pecan
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but maybe the Eilanders are related

loud rover
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I like the idea, (The similarity between the last names merely being a coincidence doesn't sit well with me.) So I wanted to make a chart that would somewhat explain that.

wraith pecan
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if not why in the paradox all things are in the file drawer

loud rover
#

The earliest point in which the family tree could branch off, (While still remaining mostly canon compliant,) is assuming James had at least one unknown sibling.

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One may go back further and suppose that William and Aldous had another sibling. But I would imagine they'd mention them, even if they didn't partake in alchemy.

wraith pecan
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Vander boom
Vander meer
any thoughts? maybe a change in family name?

loud rover
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And of course, I'm also taking the liberty to assume James is one, (if any,) of Aldous' offspring. And the reasoning to that is, I believe it's stated that in the beginning of Rusty Lake Roots that James is William's nephew. And as I previously stated, I don't believe it's likely for the alchemy brothers to have had another sibling, without them ever being mentioned. Therefore, the only option left through this line of reasoning is that James is Aldous' offspring.

manic glade
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William his James’ uncle, that much is certain

wraith pecan
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yes thats the fact

loud rover
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The change of the name, may be due to the potential unknown sibling just wishing to branch off?

wraith pecan
#

Paradox, that indicated something

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maybe all things may not be explained

loud rover
#

Away from the chaos of the lake

wraith pecan
#

they just tangled together in some way

loud rover
#

Paradox, was interesting.

wraith pecan
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with some explainable and some that don't

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such as the connection of Vanderboom and Vandermeer

loud rover
#

Paradox, basically revealed that Dale was going to be the new keeper of the lake? Or something akin?

wraith pecan
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with the golden cube, Dale knows all the things

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but he didn't get the exlir

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maybe the the green vial IS the exlir

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but he died due to the 1/2 chance and that untangle the killing circle and paradox

loud rover
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I know there's a new game upcoming.

manic glade
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A few, in fact

loud rover
#

Dale is trapped in a time loop, from what we understand, correct?

wraith pecan
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my instict is that the rusty lake is a life long series

manic glade
#

I would argue that in one of the endings he escaped it

wraith pecan
#

that will never have an official ending

loud rover
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I hope it is

manic glade
#

But potentially, yes

loud rover
#

I kinda love it.

wraith pecan
#

remember Samsara room?

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maybe that is the answer

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the cube is somehow connected and Dale is now a cube traveller

manic glade
#

I don’t think that game shares anything more than gameplay and loose thematic similarities

wraith pecan
#

but some theory put that as a prequeal

manic glade
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Sure but the developers very intentionally have separated it from all of the Rusty Lake games

wraith pecan
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okay acceptable reason

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I believe that Dale is the new ruler of the lake

#

but why would that urges him to kill Laura

manic glade
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Perhaps that was just his own subconscious torturing him with guilt for not being able to solve her case

wraith pecan
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paradox: he is the one who solve the case and the murderer

loud rover
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Heh, another thing about that family tree I made.

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I had no idea how to connect Laura with the family tree, so I just sort of put her separate.

wraith pecan
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now you should put it with rose

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and () with william

manic glade
#

Maybe some kind of line connecting her to William, yeah

loud rover
#

I thought Laura was William.

manic glade
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She is him reincarnated, yes

loud rover
#

Ohhhhh

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I get what you're saying now.

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I was thinking, maybe put grey lines behind the black ones, all connecting to Laura?

Rose can have a dashed line.

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And William

grizzled horizon
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Also, wouldn’t that mean Laura is technically a trans woman? Since in her past life she was William

loud rover
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They all make up a part of her.

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šŸ¤”

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Yes.

wraith pecan
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not really

manic glade
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I’m not getting into that šŸ˜‚

loud rover
#

The better question:
Is Laura MtF, or FtM?

wraith pecan
#

Imo william is dead and the ghost should be genderless

loud rover
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šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤”

grizzled horizon
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Laura is MTF because her past self was a man & now she’s a woman

thin elk
#

It... doesn't work that way?

loud rover
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It's complicated.

wraith pecan
#

I think ghost and sprites whould be genderless

loud rover
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Just like all things in Rusty Lake

thin elk
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It's not even that though

wraith pecan
#

Dale should be some legendary creature too

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he literally cut his head open and take his own brain out

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and insert someone else's brain

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three times

loud rover
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Rusty Lake is a bizzaro world.

thin elk
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William died, and since nothing has actually happened to his body, he's not a trans, even by technicality

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Reincarnation is just reincarnation lel

loud rover
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Let's drop the topic, it was mostly meant as a joke.

wraith pecan
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back to the family tree

thin elk
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Ah, yes

grizzled horizon
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Paradox is more of a metaphorical look into Dale’s psyche, really

thin elk
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There's a few things wrong with that

wraith pecan
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I think that if the family tree you made can be made similar to the one in Roots is so damn cool lol

grizzled horizon
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He didn’t literally pop his brain out

thin elk
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For one, neither aldous or william were ever specified to have a son.

loud rover
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But fish can literally appear randomly?

wraith pecan
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well you should catch fish with a rat trap

thin elk
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All's it say was that James's is William's nephew. Doesn't mean he's son of Aldous

loud rover
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Yeah, the family tree wasn't meant to be definite, it has a bunch of missing variables.

It was mostly meant to present an idea on how Laura and Dale could be related in any manner.

wraith pecan
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don't think that there is a third person at the Aldous gen

thin elk
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Oh, no

loud rover
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How Vandermeer and Vanderboom is so close.

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It's just mostly a thought exercise.

wraith pecan
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all of that are theories

manic glade
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Well ā€œVan Derā€ is a relatively common Dutch naming convention, to be fair

wraith pecan
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not necessarilly true

loud rover
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Good point.

manic glade
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Since it just means ā€œOf theā€ šŸ˜›

thin elk
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Vandermeer and Vanderboom are only connected through a trope translating somewhat loosely to "Speaking names"

wraith pecan
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Vincent Van gogh

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Gogh*

manic glade
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Er

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ā€œFrom theā€

wraith pecan
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I know it is not related

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but still a clue maybe

manic glade
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I always forget which one it is, many languages have something similar in their names

thin elk
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It's meant to signify a person's character in fiction, and in this case is VERY hard to imagine actually becoming into something useful

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You don't see two people, whose last name is Johnsen and Johnson saying they're related, now do you? ;)

loud rover
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I'd probably think it'd be an interesting coincidence.

wraith pecan
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but I think that there maybe a intended change in family name in order for him and her to avoid the fate but fail

manic glade
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(Van Gogh mean of/from Gogh, a town that’s on the border of Germany and the Netherlands)

thin elk
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Change name to literally "From the Lake"? Sounds like a daft idea if you want to escape the influence of the Lake

wraith pecan
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some family name is change intensionally in order to avoid chasing by enemy irl

manic glade
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(That’s unrelated to anything just a fun fact)

thin elk
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Besides, the Vandermeer family still got their bodies handed to them by a rabbit with a gun, so I don't think that was much successful

wraith pecan
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An adopted family which name is similar?

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sudden thought

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but really possible

loud rover
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There's unknown variables. But it's interesting.

wraith pecan
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you see, the face and hair of his parents is not THAT similar to Dale

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at least the eye

loud rover
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Also, another thing.

If they don't have correlation, why is Dale chosen as the new keeper of The Lake?

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Who is Dale to them?

thin elk
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Also, going back to the tree. I think it's safe to put Laura under the three vanderboom cousins and call her their science project

loud rover
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Why is it Dale?

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What was special about Dale?

thin elk
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Well, why is Owl so special?

loud rover
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His family

manic glade
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His mother really loved him

wraith pecan
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the theoratical tree should be pin in order for us to trace

manic glade
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Dale has a fabulous beard

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The lake has respect for mothers and beards

thin elk
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Eilanders were just a bunch of scrubs who got possessed, if anything Aldous should've taken the lead

wraith pecan
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cube represent memories

loud rover
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But weren't the Eilanders involved with the cubes for generations or something?

wraith pecan
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how if they insert cubes into their parents head to think that Dale is their son?

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his gradnpa knows something apparently

thin elk
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If they did, they were very rubbish at it

wraith pecan
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maybe the parents is the one who shouldn't belongs to the tree

loud rover
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Well, they did sacrifice people.

thin elk
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Also, Dale can't be adopted. He sounds exactly like his dad ;)

wraith pecan
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well sound could prove nothing

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two unrelated people can sound exactly the same

thin elk
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Two unrelated people can have exactly the same last name

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dab

loud rover
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Outside of family, how else could Dale be special to them?

thin elk
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Mic drop

wraith pecan
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but in this game, vaule sound and family name?

thin elk
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Well, Dale is the first person that got eaten by the lake only to survive like a champ

wraith pecan
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is he?

loud rover
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I wouldn't be very happy, if it's just a "Choosen One" scenario.

wraith pecan
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agree with Binetou

loud rover
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Some random mysterious power

thin elk
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Nah, it's not that

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He has his sheer will, childhood trauma and Laura's many pics guiding him

loud rover
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Rusty Lake is a bizarro world, but usually things have more correlation than that.

wraith pecan
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It is somewhere related but we still couldn't find out due to lack of information and prove

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actually we missed out Harvey

thin elk
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Yes, Harvey is Dale

loud rover
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What

thin elk
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Not bars hold

wraith pecan
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what?

hollow raptor
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Harvey is Dale 100%

wraith pecan
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Harvey is not Dale

thin elk
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I SUMMONED THEM

kind glen
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Kinda having a hard time following this conversation but uhhh do u think mr rabbit connecting jakob/mr owl and dale means anything

loud rover
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And the fish is Mr. Owl.

wraith pecan
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no way Harvey is Dale

thin elk
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It's an inside joke

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Relax

hollow raptor
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Harvey is everyone

thin elk
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Harvey isn't dale

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Yes, Harvey is everyone

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In fact

wraith pecan
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Harvey is everyone

loud rover
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The Rusty Lake Team would like to know your location.

thin elk
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There

loud rover
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The fish is God.

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A god.

wraith pecan
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maybe Bob is Dale

thin elk
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Nah, that would be Cthulhu

loud rover
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Who's Bob?

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Laura's ex?

manic glade
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Yeah

hollow raptor
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#justiceforbob

thin elk
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Essentially

wraith pecan
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bob is corrupted for no reason

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that is a point to doubt and investigate

thin elk
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Actually, there is a reason

loud rover
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He hit that science experiment, the science experiment hit back.

thin elk
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You know how corruption starts?

kind glen
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I wouldn't day no reason:/ white door will reveal more too

wraith pecan
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extraction of bad memories

thin elk
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You have too many bad memories and too few good ones

wraith pecan
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that corrupt people

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no

thin elk
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Yes

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The extractor can't handle too many bad memories, so it leaves some in the host

wraith pecan
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the instruction said extraction of bad memories causes the body to corrupt

kind glen
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Remember the mill like that's what happened to laura

thin elk
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The extraction of good memories causes the body to corrupt

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Anyway

kind glen
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Soooo do u think bob was given the Rusty Lake Treatment like that and that's how he was corrupted?? But like the hotel guys just died and went corrupt right??

wraith pecan
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what?

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the mill said bad

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we extract white cube and nothing happen

thin elk
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Corruption happens when bad memories overpower good inside one's body

wraith pecan
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we extract black cube and the body corrupted

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at mill

kind glen
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It's probably just memories in general idk if it has to do w good or bad ones.

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Bc its after both sets r gone

wraith pecan
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mill instruction is clear

thin elk
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Now, who, of all people inside the Rusty Lake franchise has been through the most shit?

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Bob

wraith pecan
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bob agree

manic glade
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I don’t know I think there are some Vanderbooms who have had it pretty bad.

thin elk
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Not only he had witnessed his gf/wife/whatever develop a mental illness that caused her to take prozac, he also lost her to some random-ass anomaly in the middle of nowhere

kind glen
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My money's not on bob like. What happened to him was uhhh his girlfriend broke up w him and died, he got arrested, committed mental suicide, and got corrupted. That's standard stuff

manic glade
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Frank and Leonard especially

kind glen
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FRANK lole yall think bob had it bad????

thin elk
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Yeah, but neither frank nor leo actually ever shot themselves, now did they?

kind glen
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Bob did not literally shoot himseld

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And if ur going w suicide: see emma

manic glade
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No though Leonard likely got shot, possibly a few times

kind glen
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Homegirl married a FLOWER

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The LONLINESS

loud rover
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Bob did shoot himself, because Rusty Lake is a bizzaro world where you don't question certain things.

kind glen
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It was the theater of Dale's mind it wasnt concrete events

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Not contradicting that rustylake is bizarro tho lol however if I dont question it I'll die

thin elk
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Shooting himself started a reaction inside of bob that unleashed all the bullshit that's been piling on him for the last who knows how long, and it expressed itself in form of bad memories overtaking the walking corpse without needing a machine to back that up

loud rover
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You don't question the fish.

kind glen
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Hmmm interesting take it sounds plausible

fiery dome
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i would think laura has it pretty bad

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her only lines are pretty much a horrified shriek and she gets her throat cut every other game

wraith pecan
kind glen
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Poor William like. U died and ur brother gets to be a hot crowman forever, and then u spend the next several decades harvesting ur families organs to bereincarnated, only to DIE HORRIBLY,

thin elk
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M8

wraith pecan
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reference of extraction of bad memories corrupts the soul

thin elk
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Laura literally got corrupted

loud rover
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Laura: "H-" Gets throat slit.

wraith pecan
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after dale extracts the black cube

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note that Laura corrupted in the mill at the second extraction which is the black cube

spice frigate
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everyone in rusty lake universe has it pretty bad

wraith pecan
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also time to cross reference, in the cave, the book said to say that black cube is to face your demon, so that is why the soul would be corrupted

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someone is not that bad

spice frigate
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You live there, you laugh, you pretty much die

kind glen
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Do u think that's why birthday happened ?? To lessen Dale's black cube count ??

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Bold of u to assume anyone's laughing in rustylake

spice frigate
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insert Albert laugh from Roots

loud rover
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When Mr. Owl/Jakob's head changes to the fish, what does it represent?

wraith pecan
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binetou you mean paradox chapter two the glass cube part;

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?*

loud rover
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Yeah

wraith pecan
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fish acted a very important part in the whole series

kind glen
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Ohhh it could literally be another face ur fears black cube thing

wraith pecan
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maybe related to william in diving suit?

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in the cave

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he is in diving suit

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old style one

kind glen
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Fish are more connected to dale than anyone else

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The diving suit was bc of thesubmarine, I dont think that's it,

loud rover
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He has a fear of fish.

wraith pecan
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need fish? rat trap can help you

kind glen
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Nice connection tho

loud rover
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But what has the fish done?

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Why doesn't he have a fear of rabbits?

wraith pecan
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but still his under water experience maybe make connection between william and fish

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bine wait he has a fear of fish?

kind glen
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Yes but it's not as important. The icthyophobia is mentioned in paradox and the only connection to it is the fish in the trap in birthday

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Jakob wants dale to be the next Mr owl type figure correct??

wraith pecan
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nah, aldous wants dale to be the next corw

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crow*

kind glen
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Ok so similar concept. I think dale has to get over the fear in order to ascend

wraith pecan
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yes

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jacob revive after conquer the fear of fire

fiery dome
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the real tea is that mr crow has it the worst bc he has dainty little hands and feet. how is he supposed to be intimidating and mysterious when hes got baby hands

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i mean look

kind glen
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ALDKFKLDKDKDLDKSKKSKSKSKKE

fiery dome
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so small

kind glen
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@fiery dome brain brain brain brain

wraith pecan
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crow becomes crow after the conqeur of death

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so to overcome fear maybe is the truth of all

kind glen
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Babby hands

fiery dome
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mr crow said uwu

kind glen
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That's the only thing I can think of anyway

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Mr crow is uwu and mr owl is owo

wraith pecan
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mr owl is a owo hiding behind a wall

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with one eye and his mouth on the outside

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but Dale's grandpa definitely know somthing

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who is he

kind glen
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Possible connection between Dale's grandpa and Mr crows fleshsuit?? Or is that just a stretch

wraith pecan
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why would he knows that Dale can do something like that

kind glen
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Ll old people look the same to me

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He didnt know dale turned time back, they didnt remember

wraith pecan
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no grandpa know

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give me the gun indicated something

dapper valley
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sorry to interrupt but that reminds me: does Mr. Crow have human hands and feet that are crow colored??

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anyways carry on

kind glen
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Yes

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Mr owls hands look more birdlife lemme find my collage

wraith pecan
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back to grandpa

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he is connected but we don't know

dapper valley
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also in Birthday since it's an altered memory grandpa might actually be Mr. Crow

fiery dome
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u just exposed urself for having a mr owl hands collection

wraith pecan
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maybe we need the official to explain someday

dapper valley
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he looks like him when he's in the form of an elderly man

kind glen
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I'm about to expose u bc it was for U

dapper valley
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we don't really know if Dale's grandpa actually looked like that at the time or even existed

kind glen
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Yes!! He does and theres othe old people so we know rustylake can do more diversified char design, so the similarities night really mean something

wraith pecan
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maybe grandpa is a Vanderboom instead of a Vandermeer

dapper valley
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because remember the whole game takes place as Dale viewing this memory through a cube

kind glen
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I dont rlly think theres a connection between vanderboom&vandermeer tbh, but if there is that could make sense

dapper valley
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and of course this memory gets altered

kind glen
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That's true!!

wraith pecan
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maybe the paradoxical connection point IS Dale's Grandpa

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maybe he's the one who connects and know the things

dapper valley
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I don't think we have any other info on him besides Birthday

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so who knows

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I still think he was artificially placed or changed by Mr. Crow

wraith pecan
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or maybe the first round of birthday is ordinary grandpa and the second round of birthday is crow possessed?

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too much theories that official won't explain of tell us correct or not lol

dapper valley
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I just remembered

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in Paradox we get a callback to Birthday in the past mind

kind glen
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Yeah I wouldn't take it too far, at some point it is too wild for rustylake

wraith pecan
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yep

dapper valley
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Grandpa doesn't show up at all

kind glen
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Yes and it was a little difdferent

wraith pecan
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oh damn

kind glen
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So u think he wasnt actially there ?? Its been a while since I paradoxed

dapper valley
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wait there's something I need to

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Remember that test Dale did with Mr. Crow where you had to match pictures with love, confusion, or fear?

wraith pecan
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who do you thiink is the hand in the red covering sheet in paradox ch 2?

dapper valley
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was there a picture of grandpa?

wraith pecan
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forgot

dapper valley
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i feel like there wasn't

kind glen
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I dont think so