From theory continued

Some points of interest. The phantom Father k and the phantom Tom. I believe it’s the LBW steering Boyd and Jade in the proper direction. Look what Tom says to Jade about seeing this differently.

   Phantom Father K tells Boyd not to torture Elgin. So now Boyd has killed his own wife here. He has shot and killed a resident here. During the cicada arc. He has hidden the fact Fatima killed Tilly. Protected Sara from going in the box. Pulled a rod out of Kellies head. She died. He lead Kenny’s mom to her death and was forced witness it. And abandoned Randall at the ambulance. They’re trying to make it so awful here for Boyd that he simply wants to leave.

    I think Boyd is being herded towards   the exit to circumvent the game because he is compromised by Martins blood.

But.

At the same time maybe Randall is being manipulated to betray team humanity.

   It also feels to me like the trailer for season 4’s tag line “Knowledge comes with a cost.” Is a direct nod to the viewers. It’s saying after you learn all of this you won’t be able to daydream your head cannon any longer.

  

   But isn’t it far better to have an actual plot to speculate on? Especially when it is a plot hidden in plain sight since season 1.

    Oh boy I think so…

   In my opinion the story I just explained has so many “what if” scenarios it’s even more interesting.

What if Jade betrayed humanity like Christopher because the man in yellow or kimono lady tempts him with the knowledge of this mystery. When he was originally meant to discover it for himself.

  

   I have a theory that Julie is the one who knocked on the dinner door while Randall was holding Kenny hostage at gun point the night of the bus arrival. Just like she threw Boyd the rope.

    I wonder what other shenanigans Julie has caused to happen. One of my biggest questions is about season 1 episode 1.

The scene on colony house porch the night the Mathew’s family arrives. The creature who addresses Julie says. “Julie don’t you remember me?”

    I want to know what event did Julie story walk into that took place before episode one?

   Because chronologically it’s a puzzle. Maybe even perhaps a boot strap paradox?

  

   As a story walker a future version of Julie must have interfered with events that predate the first episode. That much is now glaringly obvious.

Is it possible Julie will story walk back to to the night of Miranda’s death and save Eloise? Which means maybe an adult Victor and an aged Henry will reunited with a child Eloise.

   Are the talismans a game mechanic equating to territory markers. In the theme of (Chess/go) Which will give the cast a fighting chance to travel across the prison/game board. To the oppositions (goal post)?

  Let’s discuss the music box and nursery rhyme. They touch, they break, they steal, no one here is free.

   They touch is in reference to being infected with the cicada’s. Martin had to be within touching distance to infect Boyd.

   They break is in reference to this place trying to break characters like Boyd, Sara or Randall in preparation for stealing those characters from humanities team.

    “Nothing here is free” seems to have a duel meaning. “knowledge comes with a cost.” Is the tag line for season 4. Meaning knowledge isn’t free. It’s also what the man in yellow said to Jim seemingly about the radio tower.

    But it’s a bigger hint to the nature of this place being a prison.

    My theory is… it’s a prison which is host to a conflict. And so it’s been split into two sides. And the prisoners are the soldiers in that conflict.

   To another point of this being a game/conflict is Nathan’s theory. He told Sara if they push too hard for answers or tried to leave; this place would get angry.

    Sara also blamed Nathan for the theory that this place steals your fears and incorporates them into the forest.

   It’s just as likely that the voices who speak to Sara are the ones telling her these things and she is using Nathan as a plausible scapegoat.

   Don’t forget in a heads up game, against a single opponent. When you make a move, the opponent responds.

   The light house representing white players (pieces) in a chess type game and the star magic motel would represent the black (pieces) home base. Which would then emphasize another duality.

    The light house a beacon for safe harbor or pure souls.

  While the star magic motel would be the representation of all the dark seedy things in Americana.

    It’s the perfect reflection of a light house.

   Now that I think about it. I think the horn Boyd and Sara heard was a signal horn for the start of this round of the game. Or half-time. Maybe simply a signal that the stalemate Victor created had ended.

   The bottle tree and the music notes.

First when Boyd and Sara found the original bottle tree. The bottles were clinking together almost like musical notes. Foreshadowing Jade needing to play the song within them to unlock his and Tabatha’s memories.

    That act is signifying that Jade needs to “play” the right moves in this game to successfully decipher the true nature of this place.

   In season 2 episode 10 Boyd and Dona are in the church. Boyd tells Dona, “Sara says, Julie, Randall, and Mariel are dying and once they do, you can’t put the genie back in the bottle.” This is a direct line of dialogue referencing the truth. Once the entity gets out of its prison, there’s no putting it back in.

   Then Boyd tells Dona, “There’s gotta be rules Dona, there’s got to be something I can hold in my hands.” It’s a foreshadowing of them learning there are rules to this game, tangible rules.

    Then in a very pointed bit of dialogue, Dona tells Boyd. “the end of the world will still be here when the ceremony is done.”

   So if you have read all of this and still need convincing I simply don’t know what to tell y’all. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂

   

  Oh and Tabatha’s hospital room is number 2225 the 2’s each represent a root. And the 5 represents the number of the current round. BOOM.