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Dream commissioned Pandora's Box from Awesamdude in order to contain someone who is incredibly skilled and who Dream evidently sees as a threat to his control. Technoblade is acknowledged as equaling and even slightly edging out Dream in terms of PvP prowess, and despite being retired at the moment, he has stated that he's willing to go back to [[BombThrowingAnarchist violence and chaos]] if Philza were to call on him. So, the hyper prison complex is being built to prevent Techno helping Tommy fight against Dream so he can rejoin New L'Manberg. A side theory is that Techno will not be tricked or forced into the Box, but instead go into it willingly with [[AndYourLittleDogToo Philza being threatened as collateral]]. This is primarily dependent on whether or not [[WildCard Techno will stick on the same side until his imprisonment]], as Techno told Tommy during him and Tommy's sudden encounter with Dream that he ''can'' be bribed to betray Tommy if it fits Techno's interests.

[[folder:Season 1]]
[[WMG:At some point, Dream's support of Pogtopia will go public. If/when it does, George and perhaps Sapnap will decide to support them as well.]]
Let's be frank, there's no way one of the key players of the server will go unnoticed throughout this whole affair. As of now, George is supporting Jschlatt and Sapnap is neutral (albeit with bias against Pogtopia). However, it's entirely possible that George is only on Jschlatt's side because Dream wanted some extension of his rule within L'Manburg (notably, George wants to keep Jschlatt in check if his words to Quackity are any indication). I also get the indication that George and Sapnap are moreso acting in line with how they believe Dream wants them to (especially Sapnap, who has mentioned wanting to talk with Dream about things). With Dream now opposed to Jschlatt's ideals of expansion, if this ever goes public then that may be the push George and Sapnap need.
* Aaaand this seems to be jossed. Sapnap has made an alliance on his own terms, which directly clashed with Dream's, while George seems unfazed by Dream's revelations.

[[WMG:Tommy will turn against Wilbur and actively try to stop him from blowing up Manburg.]]
Tommy already disagrees with the whole idea, and says he'll only help Wilbur plant the bombs if he genuinely believes it will give Pogtopia the upper hand. Wilbur doesn't believe this, though, the only reason he wants to blow up Manburg is to ensure that [[IfICantHaveYou if he can't have it, nobody can]]. Tommy may call in help from Tubbo, Techno, Niki, or even Philza, but in the end he will not side with Wilbur.
* Jossed and flipped around actually, as Tommy himself actively tells Wilbur to blow it up as Schlatt ordered a public execution on Tubbo during the Festival. However, Wilbur couldn't find the button to detonate it.

[[WMG:At the very last moment, Wilbur will chicken out on blowing up Manburg, and says that he doesn’t want to destroy the land he and his friends worked so hard to work on. Then, Dream will be the one to push the button, cementing himself as the true villain of the Dream SMP.]]
* Jossed, as he couldn't find the button during the Festival, and Dream wasn't even online. However, he did keep it as a Plan B in Pogtopia's plot to kill Schlatt.

[[WMG:The button will be pushed, but not by Wilbur.]]
Wilbur seems to have put the plan on the backburner for now, and Tommy and Quackity are doing a pretty good job at distracting him from it. My guess is that either Techno pushes it, since he's pretty fixated on destroying Manburg, or Schlatt pushes it once he realizes his entire country has turned against him, or even just to spite Pogtopia.
* Jossed. Wilbur pushed the button when the meeting with Schlatt went wrong, only to find out the TNT had been removed.

[[WMG:The "friend" referred to in Nihachu's "[[https://youtu.be/e57S6UYv68o Dear Friend]]" video is Philza.]]
Wilbur, Tommy and Tubbo were mentioned by name so it can't be addressed to them, and the video is a recap of the server's events, which someone like Fundy or Eret wouldn't need since they're in the loop. Pretty much everyone, including Phil himself, has expressed interest in him joining the server, and Niki's video could be a good in-character motivation.

[[WMG:Dream's betrayal of Pogtopia was because Jschlatt gave him Manburg.]]
Dream's M.O. since day one was regaining control of L'Manburg/Manburg and securing his own power, no matter the cost. It would fit within Dream's motives, and also fits as something Jschlatt could give him but Pogtopia couldn't. It's also worth mentioning that it's ''Dream'' preparing Manburg for war, not Jschlatt -- it would be odd that the leader of Manburg isn't taking any initiative in preparing his nation for a war, even assuming he's incompetent at coming up with wartime strategies, unless ''he's no longer the leader''. Moreover, this has even been theorized in-universe, as Wilbur outright mentions this as a possibility. In short, Dream has [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the role of]] BigBad from Jschlatt, who is now acting as a mere PuppetKing to cover up Dream's role as the ultimate villain of the Dream SMP. It would also be a neat set of BookEnds -- the SMP's first major arc began with Wilbur, Tommy, Tubbo, and Fundy trying to take control of L'Manburg from Dream, and its second (and possibly last if the rumors of switching worlds for 1.17+ are true) arc would end with those same four (plus some new allies) trying to take control of Manburg from Dream.
* Jossed. On January 20th, 2021, Dream revealed the true reason he sided with Schlatt in the Manburg-Pogtopia War in an attempt to stop Tommy from taking his final life. The real thing Schlatt offered Dream was access to a book that could be used to bring players back to life, even after having lost all three of their Canon Lives.

!!Who's the Pogtopia traitor?

[[folder:Season 2]]
[[WMG:At some point, Wilbur will regain his memories. This will result in him either going back to being a villain, or send him spiraling into a guilt-ridden breakdown.]]
* Jossed.

[[WMG:Tommy will, for his canon death, will perform a HeroicSuicide.]]
Tommy knows that Dream has power over his friends due to having his disks. He'll confront Dream, with others watching, before making a speech along the lines of Technoblade. Pointing out that without him, Dream having the disks means nothing. He'll then die, resulting in Dream having no power over any of Tommy's loved ones anymore. This'll either lead to Dream having a VillainousBreakdown or even a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
* Jossed. Tommy's third canon death was a case of DisproportionateRetribution where Dream gave him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after expressing doubt that the revive book exists. Dream has since revived him using the book, proving its existence, but Tommy's current canon life count is left unknown.

[[WMG:Dream only ever had one life.]]
Philza only was given one life due to his previous Minecraft Hardcore series, where he was constantly playing on one life. Who else has a well-known series that revolves around the fact that they only have one life, while everyone else can repeatedly respawn? That's right, Dream does. It would be understandable for him to keep the fact secret, and Wilbur seems very intent on not letting us know how many lives he has and has lost.
* It's also worth mentioning that Dream (most likely) ''has yet to lose a single canon life onscreen''. The one instance of Dream dying that anyone could argue as "canon" is the Railway Skirmish, and even then it's in a minor, insignificant event as a whole (for comparison -- the Pet Wars were on a similar scale, yet Tommy's death to Sapnap at the end of the second Pet War doesn't seem to count).
* Jossed. On January 20th, 2021, it was revealed that Dream has three Cannon Lives just like all other players, and that he seemingly had not lost any yet, when Tommy took his first two lives in Dream's Secret Vault.

[[WMG:Schlatt and Wilbur will be revived to defeat Dream alongside SBI]]
The only two people who match Dream are Schlatt (with his Chessmaster tendencies and lust for power) and Wilbur (with his madness). Quackity has revealed his goal to revive Schlatt for his own gains, but what if after seeing the destruction Dream is causing, he revives Schlatt to counter Dream (EvilVersusEvil). Wilbur would also be revived, and with the two of them working together alongside Techno, Tommy, Philza, and the rest of New L'Manburg, they finally are able to beat Dream. The reason being is that individually, Dream trumps them in abilities and can manipulate them easily. While together they match Dream's ability (Techno meeting Dream's combat prowess, Schlatt matching his power-hungry nature, etc.), and compensate for each other's weaknesses (Philza helps to mediate Tommy's hotheadedness, Tubbo is the heart of the group, etc.). They can only defeat Dream by standing together against him.
* Mostly jossed, as SBI is no longer a canonical dynamic, and judging by the storylines, it is unlikely they will unite for such a reason, if at all. However, Wilbur's resurrection is '''confirmed''', and Schlatt's is possibly pending in light of the Las Nevadas storyline.

[[WMG:Color Theory.]]
* A number of threads in the current plotline support the idea that there's a sort of color theory going on, where things of certain colors counter things of other colors. Red counters green, green counters blue, and blue counters red.
* From what we can see, the egg (red) can control and spread all over the place, but cannot touch blue; the vines around Schlatt's grave, which are surrounded by ''blue fire'', died, and the egg has no control over Skeppy, whose skin is almost entirely shades of blue.
* We can also link this to the theory of the egg being connected to Dream's mysterious species, as over Tommy's exile, the blue in his eyes is slowly fading to a grey color, possibly due to continued exposure to Dream, who is entirely green.
* If this is true, or even just coincidentally links to the story, it explains why Dream would want Technoblade out of the picture with the Pandora's Box. Techno is one of the few people on the server whose color is primarily red, and thus counters Dream, the only other plot-relevant people being Bad and Eret.
* At the moment, however, Techno is wearing the colors of the Antarctic Empire to show his oath of nonviolence. Namely, he's currently wearing blue and is therefore countered by Dream. Alongside him is Philza, also wearing the Antarctic Empire colors instead of his normal green colors, meaning that he's no longer in a color stalemate with Dream, linking into the theory of Dream using Philza as collateral to force Techno into the Pandora's Box.

[[WMG:Dream knows what the egg is.]]
As has been said before, the egg possibly has some connection to Dream's mystery species. The egg's mind control has been sealed away by coating it in obsidian. Dream has also recently been focused on a large prison that is covered in obsidian, and his threat to L'Manberg was that he would box them in with obsidian. What if Dream knows what the egg is or has some sort of connection to it and is trying to block off its control?

[[WMG:Ranboo's other half is a ghast.]]
The white skin and red eye matches perfectly.
* Jossed. Ranboo has confirmed that the other half isn't a Ghast.


[[WMG:There is actually no spy at all and Dream is just lying.]]
Dream mentioned the presence of a spy in L'Manberg to Techno so that dissent would occur. Techno is the most powerful person Dream ''doesn't'' have control over, and can therefore pose a huge threat to his power. By providing Techno with valuable information, Dream is likely to get Techno's trust and make Techno consider him an ally. By being viewed as an ally, Dream is less likely to be considered a threat by Techno, making Techno basically under his control.\\
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Additionally, no one in L'Manberg has shown any signs of reason or motivation to divulge such information to someone like Dream. Contrast this to Pogtopia-era Wilbur, who has been alluding to the bombing of Manberg for months on end. It wouldn't make sense for someone to just share this type of information to Dream without any rhyme or reason.
* Jossed. Dream has stated that Ranboo was the spy, most likely while in his Enderwalk state.

[[WMG:When someone finds the ruins of Logstedshire, they will assume Tommy has died.]]
Tommy is on his last canon life, and has previously shown symptoms of depression and suicidal tendencies. When he left, Logstedshire was a massive crater in the ground, and the tower he was going to use to kill himself was still there. Tommy might have accidentally [[FakingTheDead faked his own death]], which will have ''massive'' repercussions for the server going forward.
* Confirmed. Tubbo found the ruins, and is now under the impression that Tommy committed suicide.

[[WMG:Philza's canon death will be to a baby zombie.]]
Philza is infamous for having died to one on his five-year long hardcore server, to the point of MemeticMutation. Plus, it would make Technoblade's jokes HilariousInHindsight.

[[WMG:Dream's secret weapon are the [[BotanicalAbomination Blood Vines]].]]
As Dream and Techno discuss regarding their plans to permanently destroy L'Manburg, Dream professes that he has an end-all weapon that would ensure their victory in the battle that he's keeping a secret. Given that the Blood Vines have rapidly grown in the days before the Green Festival, it's possible that it'll become uncontainable by the time the Doomsday War breaks out, breaching into the surface, which can contribute to L'Manburg's permanent destruction.
* Jossed. The end-all weapon Dream was referring to was an obsidian grid floating above L'Manberg equipped with multiple TNT cannons.

[[WMG:There is something in the End that Dream doesn't want anyone to see.]]
Ranboo, who is part Enderman, has said that he seeks redemption from "last time", and that the same thing is happening again, though this is the first time he's been in a situation like this. Dream also hunted him down mercilessly when he first joined the server. It's possible that there was a major war or other event in the End, and Ranboo was the only escapee -- maybe even the only survivor. Though the out of universe reason for the End being locked is that Dream doesn't want anyone to have shulker boxes or Elytras, the in-universe reason might be much more sinister...
* So far, the only thing a vanilla End dimension outside of end cities, chorus plants, and Endermen is an Ender Dragon.
* Ranboo and Techno have ''unfortunately'' found a stronghold, which contains an End portal.
* The Elytra Event is an upcoming competition in which one of the rewards is an [[TitleDrop Elytra]], a pair of wings that enable flight in Survival Mode. This being an event, it may be the only ''legitimate'' Elytra in the SMP, which may have a connection in-universe to the end being barred off by Dream.
* Possibly jossed, as it has been confirmed that the End is the domain of Dream''XD'', not regular Dream, though the reason XD bars access to the End is still unconfirmed.

[[WMG:Ranboo is being mentally controlled by Dream.]]
Ranboo has trouble recalling short term memory, and begins to think he has done bad things without realizing it due to Dream's manipulation. However, it's possible that he HAS done those things, though not of his own free will. Dream (the content creator, not the character) has mentioned that his character has not reached his lowest deed, and it's possible that controlling Ranboo could be this. Ranboo, along with Tommy, is a major threat to Dream, due to his realization that the true reason they can't beat Dream is because he continues to pit them against each other. Ranboo and Dream seem to be the only people who truly realize this, making them connected somehow.
Also, this wouldn't be the first instance of mind control we've seen in the Dream SMP. The Egg has trapped and taken control of Skeppy, turning him to a monotone, blank, red version of himself. It's entirely possible that Dream could somehow be mind controlling Ranboo through the Egg, and Ranboo cannot remember it once he is free, explaining his short term memory loss.
* [[FridgeHorror Dream and Ranboo have both sided with the Arctic Anarchist Commune]].

[[WMG:The Crimson is going to come into play at Ghostbur's resurrection.]]
Ghostbur's resurrection is supposed to take place at the edge of the L'Manburg Crater, which is currently full of sprouts. Considering how vulnerable Ghostbur is to manipulation, this might end up going very poorly for Alivebur and the people there for the revival.
* Jossed. It was Dream whose revival of Wilbur meant that Ghostbur disappeared, and Wilbur later claimed to have seen Ghostbur enter the Afterlife before being revived.

[[WMG:Someone is going to use a cactus to get rid of either Dream's or Technoblade's Netherite armor.]]
Cactus is the only object in the game that can destroy netherite armor in it's dropped item form, given that it's fireproof. This is assuming, of course, neither of them use one first.

[[WMG:Dream will force some people to ally with Fundy and force Niki to go against Fundy.]]
Dream has enacted a ZeroApprovalGambit to his advantage. However, Fundy has begun a ZeroApprovalGambit himself, with the intent of turning every faction and every player against him. This could possibly harm Dream's manipulation because of everyone that's willing to [[EnemyMine team up]] to go against Fundy may go against Dream after his evils have been made known, so Dream may get other people to join Fundy's faction (Drywaters), whilst simultaneously getting Niki to betray Fundy.
* Seemingly jossed.
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[[folder:Season 3]]
[[WMG:Technoblade's debt to Dream will be paid by helping him escape Pandora's Vault.]]
Despite his imprisonment, Dream still has his favor to cash in (he tried to use it during the battle that got him imprisoned, but Techno didn't show up). While it seems impossible to escape the prison, that's from the ''inside''. Technoblade might be able to get past the various traps in Pandora's Vault simply by virtue of not being someone who's imprisoned, and then allow Dream a way to escape.
* '''Confirmed.'''

[[WMG:Dream will NOT tolerate the Blood Vines going out of control.]]
Just because Dream helped permanently destroy L'Manburg, doesn't mean he'll let the Blood Vines go wild. After all, it was once ''his'' territory.

[[WMG:In the final battle against the Crimson Egg, Skeppy will pull a HeroicSacrifice to make Bad vulnerable.]]
Assuming Bad's life count remains tied to Skeppy's, Skeppy will eventually break free from his brainwashing and realize that his friend is lost to the Egg's control. With no way to directly harm Bad, Skeppy will let himself lose all of his canon lives to allow Bad to be killed.
* A twist that can arise from this theory is that the Egg has allowed Bad to retain invulnerability without Skeppy, with it being revealed that Skeppy [[SenselessSacrifice canonically died for nothing]].
* Jossed, Skeppy ended up killing Bad to free him from the Egg's influence.

[[WMG: Dream will ally himself with the Syndicate.]]
Having lost all his power, Dream has removed himself from being a potential target of the Syndicate's anarchistic efforts. And in fact, it might just be in Dream's best interests to ally with a group that's got a vendetta with his captors. Even if he doesn't escape from the Vault, it seems like the best move for him to try and get in Techno and Phil's good graces (assuming he's not already from their alliance from the Doomsday War).
* Jossed. Techno only helped Dream break out of prison because [[LeonineContract he owed him a favour]], and when that was all said and done, Techno does ''not'' care about Dream and orders him to leave the property after they regroup following the escape.

[[WMG:Philza was a BigBrotherMentor to child/teenage Technoblade after [[DeathByOriginStory his parents were killed by orphans]].]]

[[WMG:Going to prison was part of Dream's elaborate plan, and Punz is in on it.]]
In one of Punz's livestreams, Dream told Punz that he would be planning to do something that would cause the server to turn against him, and for Punz to pretend to leave his side so he wouldn't be killed. The audience was led to believe that he was talking about the staged murder of Bumpkin (Punz's horse), then the Doomsday War (another event where the server rallied against him and where Punz pretended to oppose Dream), but Dream's wording is also vague enough to bring to mind the Season 2 finale, where the exact same thing happened. Sure enough, after destroying L'Manburg and threatening to kill Tubbo, pretty much all the server went against Dream and put him in the prison. And who led the attack against Dream? ''Punz''. While it is unclear what exactly he is planning, it is almost certain that everything is going perfectly for Dream.
* Assuming this theory is true, it brings up a bit of FridgeHorror in that Dream is willing to lose ''two'' canon lives just to continue toying with Tommy. Given that Dream already cut off as many attachments as he saw just before his imprisonment, how much is he willing to lose to keep this game of his playing?
* Recent events seem to be lending this theory even more credence. We know that Ranboo's enderwalk mode is working with Dream, we also know that Ranboo was online when TNT trapped Tommy in the prison, allowing Dream to kill him for good. It's very likely that Dream used Enderwalk Ranboo to help him kill Tommy. But how would this benefit Dream? Well, assuming Dream does have the book, he could revive Tommy to prove he has the book, or he could use Tommy's popularity to essentially use his soul as a bargaining chip; he'll revive Tommy, but at a price.
* '''Confirmed''' at the final part of Punz's November 28th stream.

[[WMG:Assuming he doesn't escape beforehand, Dream will be freed from Pandora's Vault [[GodzillaThreshold as a last-ditch solution if the Crimson Egg gets too out of hand]].]]
In their fight with the Crimson Egg, the server will realize that only Dream can defeat the Egg (as for why Dream specifically, the Egg's defeat may be tied to a Dream-exclusive power like Creative Mode). Realizing that they have to choose between setting a sociopath free and letting the Crimson consume everything, the server reluctantly lets Dream go free. Of course, this assumes that Dream doesn't break out beforehand and that nobody else does so for him.
* Jossed. Dream ended up escaping on his own, and the Crimson had nothing to do with it.

[[WMG:The reason Tommy isn't affected by the Crimson is because he can already hear his chat.]]
The people that are affected by the Crimson all report hearing its voice in their heads, and are either enthralled by it or repulsed by it. However, Tommy isn't affected at all. This could be because, unlike everyone else who has been in contact with the Egg, Tommy already hears voices in his head in the form of his chat. Not only would the Egg's voice be drowned out by all of the others screaming "RUN", but Tommy would have experience with tuning out voices.
* This may apply to Techno too, since his chat canonically exists in-universe. Although this is ''heavily'' dependent on what Techno's chat would say when he gets close to any of the Crimson infestations, as Techno hasn't gotten close to any of those areas.
** Seemingly confirmed as of February 13th. Bad introduces Techno to the Egg and he hears the Egg, but he can't make out the words due to all the other voices, especially once they start chanting "[[BattleChant Blood for the Blood God]]".
* Jossed in Tommy's case, as while his stream chat has since been canonized, it is ''not'' in the form of HearingVoices like Techno.

[[WMG:Who voices the Crimson?]]
The voice of the Crimson has been heard, but due to the echo and distortion effects placed on the voice, and the fact that it was whispering the entire time, it's nearly impossible to identify. All we know is that it:
* Speaks with an American accent.[[note]]Ruling out those with British, (Tommy, Tubbo, Jack, Phil, Eret, George, Vik, Wilbur), Dutch (Fundy), German (Niki), Australian (Lazar), or South African (Ponk) accents. Quackity (Mexican) can pull off a convincing American accent, however.[[/note]]
* Has a masculine voice.[[note]]Ruling out Hannah, Puffy, Niki, and Alyssa.[[/note]]
* Does not have any audible speech impediments.[[note]]Ruling out Vik, who has a lisp.[[/note]]

The Crimson is voiced by [=VelvetIsCake=]:\\
It is theorized that the egg "voice" was acted out by [=VelvetIsCake=] since during his April 8th, 2021 stream, he replicated the egg whispers without the reverb or background voices.

[[WMG:Tommy will be revived using Jschlatt/Dream's necromancy book, but at a heavy price.]]
At this point it seems like a near-certainty that Tommy won't be gone for good, given just how significant he is to the server and how sudden his death was. However, even if it's not permanent, his death should have serious consequences given that it's meant to be his last canon life. Maybe the book requires a trade, and someone would have to make a HeroicSacrifice in order to bring him back. Or perhaps the ''book'' doesn't require anything, but in order to give up his knowledge in the first place Dream would bargain for his own release from Pandora's Vault, bringing back Tommy but setting the server's BigBad loose on the rest of the SMP once more.
* Alternatively/additionally, the book may inflict CameBackWrong on those it resurrects -- we don't know what it might do since (other than Jack Manifold's little escapades) we don't have any real precedent for resurrection on the server. This could end up giving Dream some measure of control over Tommy and by extension everyone else, either [[BrainwashedAndCrazy directly]] or by using whatever side effects come from resurrection as leverage.
* This appears to be jossed, as Dream was able to revive Tommy with no apparent downside (other than the trauma from being murdered and the [[EldritchLocation afterlife]] itself). That said, only time will tell if there ''remain'' no downsides.

[[WMG:Tubbo will go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and try to resurrect Tommy.]]
Everyone else seems to have pretty much accepted Tommy's death, paying their respects (or in the case of the Eggpire, their LastDisrespects), but Tubbo in particular has been looking for people to blame and generally refusing to accept it.
* Jossed. Dream revived Tommy himself and Tubbo had nothing to do with it.

[[WMG:The spirit that was exorcised from Dream's body (and later became [=DreamXD=]) wasn't the Dreamon as everyone thought, but Dream himself.]]
Admittedly there's less basis for this theory, but it is worth a mention that the Dreamon hunt marks a considerable change in Dream's personality. Before this point, he was a WellIntentionedExtremist who only fought a war because he genuinely believed L'Manburg was no better than a gang of rebels. After it, he became the sociopathic ManipulativeBastard he's now infamous for being. It's possible (unlikely, but possible) that this drastic change in personality was the result of a KillAndReplace (albeit botched, considering the exorcised spirit became [=DreamXD=] rather than dying)[[note]]Of course, the MundaneSolution (and frankly the most likely option) is that he was ''always'' a ManipulativeBastard and was only hiding behind a veneer of affability, or alternatively (but less likely) that Dream's mind was irreversibly corrupted by the Dreamon's presence[[/note]].

Another alternative theory is that the Dreamon ''isn't'' in possession of Dream's body, but that the exorcism split Dream himself into two beings. The first (Dream) contains his worst vices kicked up to eleven while the second ([=DreamXD=]) contains his more noble beliefs (also kicked up to eleven). Regardless, both theories (the [[KillAndReplace Dream equals]] [[GrandTheftMe Dreamon]] theory and the [[LiteralSplitPersonality split spirit theory]]) would turn the Dreamon hunt from a BigLippedAlligatorMoment into an InnocuouslyImportantEpisode.

[[WMG:Alternatively to the above, the Dreamon was the only thing inhibiting Dream from his worse actions.]]
Going off the previously-established basis that Dream's personality considerably changed, as well as [=DreamXD's=] status as a GateGuardian and presumed BigGood, it's entirely possible that the Dreamon was sent down from... ''somewhere''... in order to rein in Dream himself. The Dreamon's work seemed to be going well, as even Dream's worse actions were motivated by a sense of justice... [[NiceJobBreakingItHero until Tubbo, Sapnap, and Fundy decided to exorcise them, removing the only thing keeping Dream in check]]. After being separated from Dream, [=DreamXD=] later adopted the role of the End's gatekeeper [[TheAtoner as penance for its failure to protect the server from the worst villain it's ever had]].

[[WMG:When Jack Manifold died during Doomsday, he ended up in Glatt's gym.]]
Jack Manifold's immediate recognition of the place he went to when he died as Hell (implying fire and brimstone and all that) seems to conflict with Tommy's description of the afterlife, but there is a way it makes sense when you remember that Glatt's gym is accessible from the afterlife. Think about it: you die, you wake up in the afterlife. You find yourself in a gym with muscular Minecraft men on the walls. Glatt is there, drinking and trying to get you to lift weights with him. Where else could you be but Hell?

!!Who has the Snowchester Nuke?

!!What is the dream entity that Fundy saw?

[[WMG:The Eggpire's members have started FightingFromTheInside.]]
On Quackity's April 12th stream when he attempted to blow up the Egg with TNT, the TNT by Punz started blinking a second before Quackity placed the redstone torch. While this could also easily be to preserve the atmosphere of the stream, Bad's threats towards Quackity during that time sounded as if they could easily be a WarningMistakenForThreat.
* Furthermore, Bad's April 18th stream showed him still caring for Skeppy over the egg, and calling it "just a stupid egg". While this could be a heat-of-the-moment remark, it is still possible that he and the other Eggpire members are FightingFromTheInside and don't want to be controlled by the egg.

[[WMG:One of the hooded figures alongside Quackity is Ranboo or his Enderwalk side.]]
During the Red Banquet, Ranboo watched the events while wearing a dark hood that hid his eyes, similar to that of the hooded figure in Fundy's dream and Quackity on his own stream. It's later implied that this wasn't Ranboo himself, but his [[EnemyWithin enderwalk state]]. Enderwalk Ranboo might side with Quackity, at least temporarily, while waiting for Dream to escape prison, potentially even manipulating Quackity into helping Dream free himself.
* Seemingly Jossed, as it is heavily implied the other two are Fundy and Foolish.

[[WMG:Enderwalk Ranboo knows the contents of Dream's book of necromancy.]]
It would make sense for Dream to teach an entity totally loyal to him how to raise the dead, especially something like the enderwalk state, as it does not speak and would not share the secret, and would be capable of reviving Dream should he ever be killed, whether it be dying in battle or being executed in the prison, as it is ''heavily'' implied that you cannot resurrect yourself (Schlatt was the original owner of the Book of Necromancy, and has not yet resurrected himself with it... though he's also shown numerous times that he doesn't actually ''want'' to be revived yet, so it's still unclear).
* To be fair, however, we don't know yet if enderstate Ranboo is in fact totally loyal to Dream, or if he has his own agenda.

[[WMG:Ranboo is dead, or at least partially undead.]]
Wilbur notes that Ghostbur is desaturated, and was hurt by his own tears, two things which Ranboo's other half shares traits with. If Ranboo was half enderman, one would ''think'' that he'd just be harmed by his tears on half of his face, but he's not. On top of that, both Ghostbur and Ranboo have memory issues, though Ranboo's are less severe than Ghostbur, likely because he ''wants'' to remember, or at least because he's more alive than Ghostbur. The first thing that happened when Ranboo joined the server was also him being killed ''multiple'' times by Dream, right after the Pogtopia vs Manburg war -- right after Dream first gained the revival book.\\\
I postulate that Ranboo was killed and revived as a test run by Dream, but Dream was only partially successful, which is why he spent time perfecting it by reviving pets. It could also explain the enderwalk state -- perhaps his full memory is breaking through, like how Wilbur temporarily appeared in the Overworld right after Dream was defeated in the finale of Season 2.

[[WMG:Sapnap is cooked into soup and served at the Red Banquet.]]
A user on Tumblr, manifoldhotel, came up with a theory that Bad [[OffingTheOffspring killed Sapnap]] and [[ImAHumanitarian used his body as an ingredient in the soup he serves]] at the Banquet. It has been confirmed that Sapnap was meant to appear at the banquet, and that he was absent intentionally. Something seems "off" about the soup Bad serves to the guests at the banquet. manifoldhotel suggests these two things are connected, and are a reference to the Greek myth of Tantalus, who killed his own son and fed his body to the gods during a dinner event without telling them.

It lines up a scary amount, given how often Dream SMP references Greek mythology, and the Egg's whole "gaining power from death" thing. It's also trapped people inside of itself before.

This theory is jokingly referred to by the nickname "Soupnap".

* Not directly related, but it is of note that BBH liked a tweet saying he was planning to kill his own son at the Banquet.
** Ultimately '''jossed'''. It was later confirmed by WordOfGod that Bad didn't invite Sapnap to the Banquet for his own protection.

[[WMG:The Egg is [=VelvetIsCake=], more commonly known as the "[=VelvetIsEgg=] theory".]]
A common, less dark theory about the Egg is that it is, or is connected to, Antfrost's boyfriend who has yet to join the SMP, [=VelvetIsCake=].
* The intro animation from [=BadBoyHalo=]'s Red Banquet stream seems to hint at this -- Bad is holding what appears to be a red velvet cake with chocolate icing.
* The seat next to Ponk had a cake on the table with reserved on it, referencing [=VelvetIsCake=].
* As of 7-8 June 2021, Ant has [[https://mellointheory.tumblr.com/post/653398819018588160/we-now-have-solid-confirmation-of-cants confirmed]] out-of-universe that Red exists/existed in the Dream SMP universe, and Ant's reasoning for joining the Eggpire was that he was promised Red. The cake at the Red Banquet is meant to be a nod to this. It is unknown if Dream will allow Red to join the SMP as of now, but the [=VelvetIsEgg=] theory is now either canon or supported by canon.

[[WMG:George will end up killing Eret in the future.]]
In the ''Tales of the SMP'' episode "The Lost City of Mizu", which takes place 100 years after the events of the SMP, it is said that George was killed by Eret. However, it's also said that [[ChronicPetKiller Sapnap]] loved animals and [[GoshDangItToHeck BadBoyHalo]] was known for his profilic cursing, and overall the descriptions are the opposite of what the characters actually are, probably due to the fact that most historians were descendants of [[ForgetfulJones Ranboo]]. Not to mention that the colors on Karl's hoodie were reversed, which could hint even more at the fact that the information here is the opposite of the truth. Conclusion? Since it's written that Eret killed George, it means that George killed Eret in reality.
* This would imply that George would take Eret's third canon life, at the very least, which begs the question of who are the ones to take his first and second canon lives.
** Quackity could potentially be one of the killers, considering it's all but outright stated he's the leader of the mysterious cloaked horsemen, and three of them, including the one riding the skeleton horse, are seen raiding Eret's castle at the start of the second "Las Nevadas" lore stream (the April 12th one). Moreover, Quackity openly dislikes Eret and the two have a very tense relationship with each other. At the same time, since Quackity's HiddenDepths are forgotten as seen in "The Lost City of Mizu", it would mean that he would not be suspected to be part of the ones behind Eret's downfall, as his darker side seems to have been lost to time altogether.
* However, it is not confirmed if the future of the SMP is set in stone, in the sense that we don't know if it's a world where YouCantFightFate and any attempt to do so leads to a SelfFulfillingProphecy, or if you can choose to ScrewDestiny and make new possibilities for the future. If the future of the SMP is still flexible, it's possible that the Lost City of Mizu may not exist in the future of the SMP in current time, or will have its contents changed.

[[WMG:Technoblade (as well as those he plays in Tales From the SMP) is a piglin, but his crown somehow prevents him from being zombified in the overworld.]]
All the unzombified pigfolk we've seen in the overworld have worn some sort of headgear. Technoblade has a golden crown, Sir Billiam has his half-golden mask (which one might assume he was just wearing for the ball, but he still has it on in his WantedPoster, suggesting a more permanent accessory), Sheriff Sherman has a vaguely crown-like headpiece that appears to be made of tarnished gold, Porkums has his hat, and King Porkius has a cybernetic eye/monocle. Notable is the fact that all of these seem to be at least partially made of gold, save Porkums' hat (which could have gold lining inside) and Porkius' eye (which seems to be made of a different metal, but could also contain gold in some capacity). Perhaps the reason piglins desire gold so much is that, when properly treated, it has the capacity to keep them from being zombified. (Depending on how literally we're interpreting skins, it might do this by making them more like standard livestock pigs.)

[[WMG:[=HBomb=] is Harpocrates.]]
Although it may seem like a joke or out-there theory, ItMakesSenseInContext.
* [=HBomb=] has connections to Nihachu, a member of the Syndicate.
* [=HBomb=] has a dislike for wars and conflicts spawned by the governments, and in the past he questioned L'Manberg and asked why he should give himself to a government that gave him nothing in the past.
* [=HBomb=] left to a secluded savannah, and that might be because he wanted to lay in hiding and cut any remaining ties to any government.
* [=HBomb=] moved to the savannah on January 19th - The Syndicate was formed just one day before that.
* [=HBomb=] wanted to stay out of conflicts, and the Syndicate gave him that by letting him keep his identity secret until he's ready.
* [=HBomb=] could stand for [=HarpocratesBomb=].
* [=HBomb=] has knowledge about the Syndicate's enemy due to working with it.

Conclusion? While Technoblade was busy recruiting Niki, Phil, the sneaky boi he is, approached H at the same time. Why Phil? Because H is close with Fundy, who is Phil's grandson.

[[WMG:Technoblade's Will is going to have Philza free him using an Ender Pearl Stasis Chamber]]
The entire Syndicate has ender pearl stasis chambers in order to instantly call members to a meeting. Technoblade's will that he left to Philza before visiting the prison and getting locked in there with Dream could include instructions to activate his stasis chamber before doing anything else in order to call Techno back [[CrazyPrepared just in case Quackity and Awesamdude betrayed him and locked him in there with Dream]]. Techno could get the blueprints of the prison from Dream, have Philza pull him out, and then storm Pandora's Vault in order to free Dream and [[KilledOffForReal permakill]] Awesamdude and Quackity for double-crossing him.
* Confirmed; Philza teleported Technoblade out, and the two are now gearing up to obliterate the prison.

[[WMG:Sam (and by extension Quackity) effectively killed themselves by imprisoning Technoblade.]]
As if Techno being TheDreaded OneManArmy wasn't enough, it's been shown that if you piss him off, you're doomed. Just look at L'Manburg or Quackity's first life. And now, they pissed him off. Not to mention the implications Techno saw this coming, to the point that he might have even made a plan for Phil (and possibly others) to break him out. And once he breaks out, and he most likely will, he's going after Sam and Quackity. And not to mention the favor and the fact that Ranboo is the only Syndicate member that actually hates Dream's guts. So if they will break Dream out, then Sam and Quackity are in some big trouble.
* Confirmed in Sam's case, it lead to Dream's escapes and Sam's last ditch effort to stop Dream by killing Ranboo leading to his imprisonment and death at the hands of Dream. Quackity's war plans also indirectly resulted in Slimecicle's death, and Quackity's downfall and death.

[[WMG:Enderwalk Ranboo used to work with Dream, but is no longer doing so after Tommy's death in Pandora's Vault.]]
While Enderwalk Ranboo is likely the one who caused the TNT explosions that trapped Tommy in the prison, he probably only did so because Dream manipulated him into thinking it was a good idea. However, Enderwalk Ranboo ''is still Ranboo,'' just with a properly functioning memory, and he still cares about the same things that regular Ranboo does. It's entirely possible that he simply didn't know Dream's true motive for trapping Tommy in the prison, and the fact that his actions directly contributed to somebody dying — especially somebody that Ranboo explicitly considers a ''friend'' — was the last straw.

[[WMG:The book inside of the blueprints chest is the ''original'' revive-book.]]
[[TheChessmaster Dream]] has been shown to [[ConsummateLiar lie his ass off]] to fulfill his plans or save himself before, so it's entirely likely that he was lying ''again'' when he told everyone that he destroyed the original revive book. He's set up multiple [[XanatosGambit failsafe plans]] before, so keeping it in a location that only he and Technoblade, a close ally, would know of or care about, thereby making sure that, should Sam or Quackity ever tire of trying to get the secret to revival out of him, he would have at least one ally outside capable of bringing him back from the afterlife.
* Alternatively, if he's really too paranoid to give other people the secret to revival, it could be a single use of revival... ''specifically written for Dream''.

[[WMG:Dream will tell Awesamdude how to revive people.]]
While Quackity has been shown to be chaotic, unpredictable, and liable to be a threat to anyone who isn't a benefit to him, and shown Dream that he can never be told the secret directly since he would almost certainly immediately attempt to kill him due to not having a use anymore, Awesam has directly stated that Pandora's Vault is for ''imprisoning'' the people in it, not executing them. At some point, Dream might tell Sam the secret of revival in order to ensure that Sam's logical and lawful nature will prevent him from allowing Quackity to visit Dream; why risk a wild card killing someone he's trying to keep alive?
* This could also serve to drive a wedge between Sam and Quackity. Sam has shown that he wants to keep peace on the server and keep as many people alive as possible, with one person he is almost certain to not allow the revival of being Schlatt. Quackity, however, specifically desires Schlatt's revival and has plans to ensure peace through killing his enemies. If Awesam does know the secret to revival and refuses to let Quackity continue to torture Dream, it's likely that he ''won't'' share the technique with Quackity in order to ensure that Schlatt stays in the afterlife.
* Looks to be Jossed.

[[WMG:Quackity is a duck hybrid.]]
There's many theories on why Quackity had an Elytra during his May 22nd lore stream despite the fact the End is banned on the server and the only way to get one is a deal with one of the servers Gods. A [[Fanon/DreamSMP common theory]] is that Quackity is a WingedHumanoid or more specifically a duck hybrid. As on Purpled's stream, Purpled leaked a bit inside the casino and showed a poster in celebration of "Quackity's 88th birthday". Which initially seems like a random number to fuel [[VagueAge the continued confusing canonical ages of the Dream SMP cast]] until you realize 88 in "duck years" is roughly 21 in "human years", the age the content creator will be turning this December.

[[WMG:Tina knew Dream prior to the events of the SMP.]]
During Tina's first day Sapnap explains the entire history of the server. When he informs her that Dream was the cause of all problems in the server, and not Tommy she was incredibly shocked. To the point where she says, "Why would he do that though? That's unlike him. That's unlike him!" Which is intriguing considering it's her first day and she hasn't met Dream yet. So how would she know if it's unlike him to do such a thing? When Sapanp continues on he says that because of his crimes, Dream was sentenced to spend life in Pandora's Vault. Upon hearing this Tina tries to visit Dream but Karl and Sapnap dissuades her. Tina responds saying, "You guys are gonna just forget about him? You can't just leave him in there?" Compared to the other new members (Eryn and Boomer) who show curiosity towards Dream but move on. Tina is genuinely worried for Dream and constantly glances at the prison when she passes by it.

[[WMG:The Three Lives System might be dropped for later seasons.]]
With Slimecicle and Ranboo's deaths and now it comes off as their permanent death, it could be that they would be abolishing the Three Lives system altogether so as to increase some drama. What may contribute to this is if there's scenarios where characters would lose their second lives or have a case similar to Dream and Tommy, where they lost their lives one shortly after the other.
* Contested. It is unknown how many lives Slime/Charlie actually has because he's technically a mob (the mechanisms may be different), and while Ranboo himself is half-mob, it is implied on Twitter (via "Z") that Ranboo [[KilledOffscreen lost his first two canon lives offscreen]] due to unknown causes before the HostageSituation during the jailbreak.
* Technoblade revealed that he has one life, which lines up to this idea.

[[folder:Tales from the SMP]]
[[WMG:Who was the other time traveler?]]
While the most common fan theory was Ranboo, this has been deconfirmed by Ranboo in a Twitter space. The most likely candidate is actually Connor, which is something set up throughout Season 1, even before [=DreamXD=] confirmed the existence of two time travelers to the audience.
* In Season 1 of ''Tales'', in the episode "The Wild West", Connor plays a character that looks identical to his normal character and initially introduces himself by the same name before he quickly comes up with a different one.
* He also appears in "The Haunted Mansion" as himself, though this episode only takes place slightly into the future. However, in this episode, Karl recognizes him and greets them as if they were close friends, and Connor asks if coming to the cabin is "one of his things that he does".
* In a Tommy stream that Connor confirmed to take place a little before "The Haunted Mansion", we get to see his diary, which includes an entry that says "i know karl's secret".
* When ''Tales'' Season 2 was announced, Connor replied on Twitter with "New Connor lore incoming". He did not appear in the only Season 2 episode to be streamed, though that episode did, notably, confirm a second time traveler existing.
** "The Maze" also confirmed that [=DreamXD=] was connected to the time traveler, and later on, in Wilbur's stream "An Old Friend, a Friend, a God", when asked to help bait XD, Connor tells Wilbur it "wouldn't be the first time" he'd threatened a god.
* Connor allegedly was in Pandora's Vault for 6 months, but during that time period, he attends Karl's Friendsgiving festival in Kinoko Kingdom somehow.

[[WMG:The "friend" referred to in Nihachu's "[[https://youtu.be/e57S6UYv68o Dear Friend]]"-video is Philza.]]

Dream's M.O. since day one was regaining control of L'Manburg/Manburg and securing his own power, no matter the cost. It would fit within Dream's motives, and also fits as something Jschlatt could give him but Pogtopia couldn't. It's also worth mentioning that it's ''Dream'' preparing Manburg for war, not Jschlatt--it would be odd that the leader of Manburg isn't taking any initiative in preparing his nation for a war, even assuming he's incompetent at coming up with wartime strategies, unless ''he's no longer the leader''. Moreover, this has even been theorized in-universe, as Wilbur outright mentions this as a possibility. In short, Dream has [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the role of]] BigBad from Jschlatt, who is now acting as a mere PuppetKing to cover up Dream's role as the ultimate villain of the Dream SMP. It would also be a neat set of BookEnds--the SMP's first major arc began with Wilbur, Tommy, Tubbo, and Fundy trying to take control of L'Manburg from Dream, and its second (and possibly last if the rumors of switching worlds for 1.17+ are true) arc would end with those same four (plus some new allies) trying to take control of Manburg from Dream.

* It's also worth mentioning that Dream (most likely) ''has yet to lose a single canon life onscreen''. The one instance of Dream dying that anyone could argue as "canon" is the Railway Skirmish, and even then it's in a minor, insignificant event as a whole (for comparison--the Pet Wars were on a similar scale, yet Tommy's death to Sapnap at the end of the second Pet War doesn't seem to count).

!Pandora's Vault

For reference, [[https://dreamteam.fandom.com/wiki/Pandora%27s_Vault Pandora's Vault]] was originally built by Sam after Dream commissioned him with ''64 Diamond Blocks''. Originally intended to inescapably imprison anyone that Dream couldn't canonically kill, Dream revealed to Punz in 17th December 2020 that it has ''enough capacity to imprison the entire server ''and that it will be used to imprison any member that opposes the Greater Dream SMP. It contains multiple layers of security measures, and Dream said that escaping the prison will cause the loss of 3 canonical lives, ''and a canonical life loss of a ghost.''

You can't exactly kill a ghost more than once, so the only real way to keep one from going where they'd like to is to seal them somewhere. It would make some sense for Dream to want to keep Ghostbur stuck somewhere, especially with Tommy's exile - Ghostbur is one of the few people who continually visits Tommy and cares about his wellbeing, as well as his friendship with Tubbo, and could potentially help Tommy wrestle out of Dream's steel grip of manipulation. The one problem with this theory is that Ghostbur is not a current threat to Dream's authority over the server as a whole, and is very ill-equipped to face him in combat.

As for his role on the SMP after his imprisonment, he'd either escape the Vault somehow (having commissioned the prison, he's the most likely of anyone besides Sam to be capable of exploiting any flaw in the Vault's design) or would continue his roleplaying from behind bars (in a role much like Hannibal Lecter from ''Silence of the Lambs''). He's too significant to the server to be KilledOffForReal long before the SMP's ending (unless his ghost comes back to manipulate things), but he's not active enough in other events like minigames and gatherings for imprisonment to be out of the window.\\\

As the main person responsible for constructing the prison and wiring the red stone, Sam is also theoretically the only person capable of escaping it, and Dream can’t have that. There’s also a metatextual reason - Pandora’s Vault is obviously a reference to Greek mythology, and other illusions to those myths have been increasingly common in the story. In Greek myth, after the inventor Daedelus constructed an extremely complex maze to house the Minotaur, he was imprisoned by the king who commissioned the maze so his knowledge of it could never be shared with the wider world. This is also highly possible since Sam imprisoned Technoblade and Dream, two of the most powerful players in the server that have a plan to break out, although Techno himself is unlikely to agree with imprisoning Sam, Dream certainly has no qualm to imprison Sam as revenge.

BBH planned/plans to take over the SMP, is unkillable unless you kill Skeppy, and BBH mentioned that his diet consists primarily on potatoes and the word potato shows up often in his vocabulary: He fits all three criteria. And as a bonus, the prison is close to Bad's house, which Dream could have done on purpose to have easier access to Bad.

[[WMG:Dream's secret weapon are the [[BotanicalAbomination Blood Vines.]] ]]
As Dream and Techno discuss regarding their plans to permanently destroy L'Manburg, Dream professes that he has an end-all weapon that would ensure their victory in the battle that he's keeping a secret. Given that the Blood Vines have rapidly grown in the days before the Green Festival, it's possible that it'll become uncontainable by the time the Doomsday War breaks out, breaching into the surface, which can contribute to L'Manburg's permanent destruction.
* Jossed. The end-all weapon Dream was referring to was an obsidian grid floating above L'Manberg equipped with multiple TNT cannons.

[[WMG:There is something in the End that Dream doesn't want anyone to see.]]
Ranboo, who is part Enderman, has said that he seeks redemption from "last time", and that the same thing is happening again, though this is the first time he's been in a situation like this. Dream also hunted him down mercilessly when he first joined the server. It's possible that there was a major war or other event in the End, and Ranboo was the only escapee - maybe even the only survivor. Though the out of universe reason for the End being locked is that Dream doesn't want anyone to have shulker boxes or Elytras, the in-universe reason might be much more sinister...
* So far, the only thing a vanilla End dimension outside of end cities, chorus plants, and Endermen is an Ender Dragon.
* Ranboo and Techno have ''unfortunately'' found a stronghold, which contains an End portal.
* The Elytra Event is an upcoming competition in which one of the rewards is an [[TitleDrop Elytra]], a pair of wings that enable flight in Survival Mode. This being an event, it may be the only ''legitimate'' Elytra in the SMP, which may have a connection in-universe to the end being barred off by Dream.

* Possibly jossed, as it has been confirmed that the End is the domain of Dream''XD'', not regular Dream, though the reason XD bars access to the End is still unconfirmed.

[[WMG:Ranboo is being mentally controlled by Dream.]]
Ranboo has trouble recalling short term memory, and begins to think he has done bad things without realizing it due to Dream's manipulation. However, it's possible that he HAS done those things, though not of his own free will. Dream (the content creator, not the character) has mentioned that his character has not reached his lowest deed, and it's possible that controlling Ranboo could be this. Ranboo, along with Tommy, is a major threat to Dream, due to his realization that the true reason they can't beat Dream is because he continues to pit them against each other. Ranboo and Dream seem to be the only people who truly realize this, making them connected somehow.
Also, this wouldn't be the first instance of mind control we've seen in the Dream SMP. The Egg has trapped and taken control of Skeppy, turning him to a monotone, blank, red version of himself. It's entirely possible that Dream could somehow be mind controlling Ranboo through the Egg, and Ranboo cannot remember it once he is free, explaining his short term memory loss.
* [[FridgeHorror Dream and Ranboo have both sided with the Arctic Anarchist Commune.]]

[[WMG:The Crimson is going to come into play at Ghostbur's resurrection]]
Ghostbur's resurrection is supposed to take place at the edge of the L'Manburg Crater, which is currently full of sprouts. Considering how vulnerable Ghostbur is to manipulation, this might end up going very poorly for Alivebur and the people there for the revival.
* Jossed. It was Dream whose revival of Wilbur meant that Ghostbur disappeared, and Wilbur later claimed to have seen Ghostbur enter the Afterlife before being revived.

[[WMG:Someone is going to use a cactus to get rid of either Dream's or Technoblade's Netherite armor]]
Cactus is the only object in the game that can destroy netherite armor in it's dropped item form, given that it's fireproof. This is assuming, of course, neither of them use one first.

[[WMG:Dream will force some people to ally with Fundy and force Niki to go against Fundy]]
Dream has enacted a ZeroApprovalGambit to his advantage. However, Fundy has begun a ZeroApprovalGambit himself, with the intent of turning every faction and every player against him. This could possibly harm Dream's manipulation because of everyone that's willing to [[EnemyMine team up]] to go against Fundy may go against Dream after his evils have been made known, so Dream may get other people to join Fundy's faction (Drywaters), whilst simultaneously getting Niki to betray Fundy.
* Seemingly jossed.

[[WMG:Technoblade's debt to Dream will be paid by helping him escape Pandora's Vault]]

[[WMG:Dream will NOT tolerate the Blood Vines going out of control]]

[[WMG:In the final battle against the Crimson Egg, Skeppy will pull a HeroicSacrifice to make Bad vulnerable]]

* A twist that can arise from this theory is that the Egg has allowed Bad to retain invulnerability without Skeppy, with it being revealed that Skeppy [[SenselessSacrifice canonically died for nothing]]

[[WMG: Dream will ally himself with the Syndicate]]

[[WMG:Philza was a BigBrotherMentor to child/teenage Technoblade after [[DeathByOriginStory his parents were killed by orphans.]]]]

[[WMG:Assuming he doesn't escape beforehand, Dream will be freed from Pandora's Vault [[GodzillaThreshold as a last-ditch solution if the Crimson Egg gets too out of hand]]]]

** Seemingly Confirmed as of February 13th. Bad introduces Techno to the Egg and he hears the Egg, but he can't make out the words due to all the other voices, especially once they start chanting [[BattleChant "Blood for the Blood God".]]

* Speaks with an American accent.[[note]]ruling out those with British, (Tommy, Tubbo, Jack, Phil, Eret, George, Vik, Wilbur), Dutch (Fundy), German (Niki), Australian (Lazar), or South African (Ponk) accents. Quackity (Mexican) can pull off a convincing American accent, however.[[/note]]
* Has a masculine voice.[[note]]ruling out Hannah, Puffy, Niki, and Alyssa.[[/note]]
* Does not have any audible speech impediments. [[note]]ruling out Vik, who has a lisp. [[/note]]

The Crimson is voiced by [=VelvetIsCake=]

[[WMG:Tommy will be revived using Jschlatt/Dream's necromancy book, but at a heavy price]]

* Alternatively/additionally, the book may inflict CameBackWrong on those it resurrects- we don't know what it might do since (other than Jack Manifold's little escapades) we don't have any real precedent for resurrection on the server. This could end up giving Dream some measure of control over Tommy and by extension everyone else, either [[BrainwashedAndCrazy directly]] or by using whatever side effects come from resurrection as leverage.

[[WMG:Tubbo will go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and try to resurrect Tommy]]

[[WMG:The spirit that was exorcised from Dream's body (and later became [=DreamXD=]) wasn't the Dreamon as everyone thought, but Dream himself]]

[[WMG:Alternatively to the above, the Dreamon was the only thing inhibiting Dream from his worse actions]]

[[WMG:When Jack Manifold died during Doomsday, he ended up in Glatt's gym]]

[[WMG:The thief is Ranboo]]

[[WMG:The thief is Niki]]

[[WMG:The dream entity is a Dreamon]]

[[WMG:The dream entity is the In-Between]]

[[WMG:The dream entity is the Crimson]]

[[WMG:The dream entity is Quackity]]

* Confirmed, as during the April 12th stream he puts on the same concealing robe as the figure - we can tell it's him since he's riding the same horse - and the stream explores how Quackity [[WellIntentionedExtremist has good intentions, but is willing to do whatever it takes to bring about equality and freedom]].

[[WMG:The Eggpire's members have started FightingFromTheInside]]

[[WMG:One of the hooded figures alongside Quackity is Ranboo or his Enderwalk side]]

[[WMG:Enderwalk Ranboo knows the contents of Dream's book of necromancy]]

[[WMG:Ranboo is dead, or at least partially undead]]
Wilbur notes that Ghostbur is desaturated, and was hurt by his own tears, two things which Ranboo's other half shares traits with. If Ranboo was half enderman, one would ''think'' that he'd just be harmed by his tears on half of his face, but he's not. On top of that, both Ghostbur and Ranboo have memory issues, though Ranboo's are less severe than Ghostbur, likely because he ''wants'' to remember, or at least because he's more alive than Ghostbur. The first thing that happened when Ranboo joined the server was also him being killed ''multiple'' times by Dream, right after the Pogtopia vs Manburg war - right after Dream first gained the revival book.\\\

I postulate that Ranboo was killed and revived as a test run by Dream, but Dream was only partially successful, which is why he spent time perfecting it by reviving pets. It could also explain the enderwalk state - perhaps his full memory is breaking through, like how Wilbur temporarily appeared in the Overworld right after Dream was defeated in the finale of Season 2.

[[WMG:The Egg is [=VelvetIsCake=], more commonly known as the "[=VelvetIsEgg=] theory"]]

* Confirmed in Sam's case, it lead to Dream's escapes and Sam's last ditch effort to stop Dream by killing Ranboo leading to his imprisonment and death at the hands of Dream. Quakcity's war plans also indirectly resulted in Slimecicle's death, and Quackity's downfall and death.

[[WMG:The book inside of the blueprints chest is the ''original'' revive book.]]

[[WMG:Dream will tell Awesam how to revive people.]]

There's many theories on why Quackity had an Elytra during his May 22nd lore stream despite the fact the End is banned on the server and the only way to get one is a deal with one of the servers Gods. A [[Fanon/DreamSMP common theory]] is that Quackity is a WingedHumanoid or more specifically a duck hybrid. As on Purpled's stream, Purpled leaked a bit inside the casino and showed a poster in celebration of "Quackity's 88th birthday". Which initially seems like a random number to fuel [[VagueAge the continued confusing canonical ages of the Dream SMP Cast]] until you realize 88 in duck years is roughly 21 in human years, the age the content creator will be turning this December.

[[WMG:The Three Lives System might be dropped for later seasons]]

** [=Smajor95=]

* [=EpicSMP=] members, considering Quackity, Karl and Schlatt are part of it, and a lot of members there have relations to the members of the Dream SMP.

* The other {{WebVideo/Sidemen}} members, as Vikkstar is a full-fledged player in the Dream SMP (though he has become inactive after Doomsday), and KSI visited the Dream SMP as a guest, it's somewhat likely they might visit the Dream SMP.

* Jossed. On January 20th, 2021, Dream revealed the true reason he sided with [=JSchlatt=] in the Manburg-Pogtopia War in an attempt to stop Tommy from taking his final life. The real thing [=JSchlatt=] offered Dream was access to a book that could be used to bring players back to life, even after having lost all three of their Canon Lives.

While Phil is not technically a part of Pogtopia (or the server, for that matter), many people treat him like he is, and assume he's on Wilbur's side. However, Phil has said that he doesn't want Wilbur to blow up Manburg, and that Schlatt won the election fair and square. Phil is also not the wholesome father figure everyone seems to consider him to be - see Wilbur's recent 100 players-stream, as well as his entire stint in ''WebVideo/SMPEarth'' - and would be more than willing to join the fight against Wilbur if that meant he would stop trying to take Manburg back.\\

** "The Maze" also confirmed that [=DreamXD=] was connected to time traveler, and later on, in Wilbur's stream "An Old Friend, a Friend, a God", when asked to help bait XD, Connor tells Wilbur it "wouldn't be the first time" he'd threatened a god.
* Connor allegedly was in Pandora's Vault prison for 6 months, but during that time period, he attends Karl's Friendsgiving festival in Kinoko Kingdom somehow.
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* WebOriginal/MinecraftChampionship participants, as it has already served as a recruiting ground.

*** Confirmed on 16 May 2021, when he officially joins the server!

* Confirmed in Sam's case, in a last ditch effort to stop Dream he killed Ranboo leading to his imprisonment and death at the hands of Dream. Quakcity's war plans also indirectly resulted in Slimecicle's death, and Quackity's downfall and death.

* A twist that can arise from this theory is that the Egg has allowed Bad to retain invulnerability without Skeppy, with it being revealed that Skeppy [[SenselessSacrifice canonically died for nothing]].

* WebOriginal/SMPEarth members that had a connection to Tommy or the Antarctic Empire (Techno and Philza's faction).

While Phil is not technically a part of Pogtopia (or the server, for that matter), many people treat him like he is, and assume he's on Wilbur's side. However, Phil has said that he doesn't want Wilbur to blow up Manburg, and that Schlatt won the election fair and square. Phil is also not the wholesome father figure everyone seems to consider him to be - see Wilbur's recent 100 players-stream, as well as his entire stint in ''WebOriginal/SMPEarth'' - and would be more than willing to join the fight against Wilbur if that meant he would stop trying to take Manburg back.\\

Tommy already disagrees with the whole idea, and says he'll only help Wilbur plant the bombs if he genuinely believes it will give Pogtopia the upper hand. Wilbur doesn't believe this, though, the only reason he wants to blow up Manburg is to ensure that [[IfICantHaveYou if he can't have it, nobody can]]. Tommy may call in help from Tubbo, Techno, Niki, or even LetsPlay/{{Philza}}, but in the end he will not side with Wilbur.

All the unzombified pigfolk we've seen in the overworld have worn some sort of headgear. Technoblade has a golden crown, Sir Billiam has his half-golden mask (which one might assume he was just wearing for the ball, but he still has it on in his WantedPoster, suggesting a more permanent accessory), Sheriff Sherman has a vaguely crown-like headpiece that appears to be made of tarnished gold, Porkums has his NiceHat, and King Porkius has a cybernetic eye/monocle. Notable is the fact that all of these seem to be at least partially made of gold, save Porkums' hat (which could have gold lining inside) and Porkius' eye (which seems to be made of a different metal, but could also contain gold in some capacity). Perhaps the reason piglins desire gold so much is that, when properly treated, it has the capacity to keep them from being zombified. (Depending on how literally we're interpreting skins, it might do this by making them more like standard livestock pigs.)

Another alternative theory is that the Dreamon ''isn't'' in possession of Dream's body, but that the exorcism split Dream himself into two beings. The first (Dream) contains his worst vices kicked UpToEleven while the second ([=DreamXD=]) contains his more noble beliefs (also kicked UpToEleven). Regardless, both theories (the [[KillAndReplace Dream equals]] [[GrandTheftMe Dreamon]] theory and the [[LiteralSplitPersonality split spirit theory]]) would turn the Dreamon hunt from a BigLippedAlligatorMoment into an InnocuouslyImportantEpisode.

[[WMG Dream will ally himself with the Syndicate]]

During Tina's first day Sapnap explains the entire history of the server. When he informs her that Dream was the cause of all problems in the server, and not Tommy she was incredibly shocked. To the point where she says, "Why would he do that though? That's unlike him. That's unlike him!" Which is intriguing considering it's her first day and she hasn't met Dream yet. So how would she know if it's unlike him to do such a thing? When Sapanp continues on he says that because of his crimes, Dream was sentenced to spend life in Pandora's Vault. Upon hearing this Tina tries to visit Dream but Karl and Sapnap dissuades her. Tina responds saying, "You guys are gonna just forget about him? You can’t just leave him in there?" Compared to the other new members (Eryn and Boomer) who show curiosity towards Dream but move on. Tina is genuinely worried for Dream and constantly glances at the prison when she passes by it.

[[WMG: The button will be pushed, but not by Wilbur.]]

[[WMG: The "friend" referred to in Nihachu's "[[https://youtu.be/e57S6UYv68o Dear Friend]]"-video is Philza.]]

[[WMG: Dream's betrayal of Pogtopia was because Jschlatt gave him Manburg.]]

[[WMG: It's Technoblade.]]

[[WMG: It's Philza.]]

[[WMG: There is no traitor.]]

[[WMG: Technoblade will betray Pogtopia even if he's ''not'' the supposed traitor.]]

[[WMG: At some point, Wilbur will regain his memories. This will result in him either going back to being a villain, or send him spiraling into a guilt-ridden breakdown.]]

[[WMG: Tommy will, for his canon death, will perform a HeroicSuicide.]]

[[WMG: Dream only ever had one life.]]

[[WMG: There is actually no spy at all and Dream is just lying.]]

!Potential Prisoners

* Confirmed. Sam and Quackity tricked Techno to visit Dream in a maximun security and locked Techno along with Dream inside.

[[WMG: Though obviously not its intended use, Pandora's Vault might be used for Dream himself should he ever be defeated in a war.]]

[[WMG: Sam will end up in the prison, possibly even in the maximum security vault.]]

[[WMG: Pandora's Vault was originally meant for [=BadBoyHalo=].]]

!How to escape the Vault

[[WMG: There is something in the End that Dream doesn't want anyone to see.]]

* Ranboo and Techno have ''unfortunately'' found an End Fortress.

[[WMG: Ranboo is being mentally controlled by Dream.]]
Ranboo has trouble recalling short term memory, and begins to think he has done bad things without realizing it due to Dream’s manipulation. However, it’s possible that he HAS done those things, though not of his own free will. Dream (the content creator, not the character) has mentioned that his character has not reached his lowest deed, and it’s possible that controlling Ranboo could be this. Ranboo, along with Tommy, is a major threat to Dream, due to his realization that the true reason they can’t beat Dream is because he continues to pit them against each other. Ranboo and Dream seem to be the only people who truly realize this, making them connected somehow.
Also, this wouldn’t be the first instance of mind control we’ve seen in the Dream SMP. The Egg has trapped and taken control of Skeppy, turning him to a monotone, blank, red version of himself. It’s entirely possible that Dream could somehow be mind controlling Ranboo through the Egg, and Ranboo cannot remember it once he is free, explaining his short term memory loss.

[[WMG: The Crimson is going to come into play at Ghostbur's resurrection]]

* Jossed. It was Dream who revival of Wilbur meant that Ghostbur disappeared, and Wilbur later claimed to have seen Ghostbur enter the Afterlife before being revived.

[[WMG: Someone is going to use a cactus to get rid of either Dream’s or Technoblade’s Netherite armor]]

[[WMG: Dream will force some people to ally with Fundy and force Niki to go against Fundy]]

[[WMG: Technoblade's debt to Dream will be paid by helping him escape Pandora's Vault]]

[[WMG: Dream will NOT tolerate the Blood Vines going out of control]]

[[WMG: In the final battle against the Crimson Egg, Skeppy will pull a HeroicSacrifice to make Bad vulnerable]]

[[WMG: Dream will ally himself with the Syndicate]]

* Jossed.

[[WMG: Philza was a BigBrotherMentor to child/teenage Technoblade after [[DeathByOriginStory his parents were killed by orphans.]]]]

[[WMG: Assuming he doesn't escape beforehand, Dream will be freed from Pandora's Vault [[GodzillaThreshold as a last-ditch solution if the Crimson Egg gets too out of hand]]]]

[[WMG: The reason Tommy isn't affected by the Crimson is because he can already hear his chat.]]

[[WMG: Who voices the Crimson?]]

[[WMG: Tommy will be revived using Jschlatt/Dream's necromancy book, but at a heavy price]]

[[WMG: Tubbo will go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and try to resurrect Tommy]]

[[WMG: Who is Harpocrates?]]

[[WMG: The spirit that was exorcised from Dream's body (and later became [=DreamXD=]) wasn't the Dreamon as everyone thought, but Dream himself]]

[[WMG: Alternatively to the above, the Dreamon was the only thing inhibiting Dream from his worse actions]]

[[WMG: When Jack Manifold died during Doomsday, he ended up in Glatt's gym]]

!Who has the Snowchester Nuke?

[[WMG: The thief is Ranboo]]
As pointed out by Jack, Ranboo knew about the nukes, and the presence of grass blocks inside of the area meant that he had to have been inside of the storage area at some point. If it is him, however, it begs the question of whether he did it as a ManchurianAgent for Dream, or whether he stole it for TheSyndicate.

[[WMG: The thief is Niki]]
Having served as the other half of the {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s that went after Tommy alongside Jack, Niki is well-informed about the possession, storage, and nature of the nuclear weapons that Jack now owns. Being another member of TheSyndicate and likely knowing about Tommy's revival, she has the means, method, and motive to steal the nuke.
!What is the dream entity that Fundy saw?

[[WMG: The dream entity is a Dreamon]]

[[WMG: The dream entity is the In-Between]]

[[WMG: The dream entity is the Crimson]]

[[WMG: The dream entity is Quackity]]

[[WMG: The Eggpire's members have started FightingFromTheInside]]

[[WMG: One of the hooded figures alongside Quackity is Ranboo or his Enderwalk side]]

[[WMG: Enderwalk Ranboo knows the contents of Dream's book of necromancy]]

[[WMG: Ranboo is dead, or at least partially undead]]

[[WMG: Sapnap is cooked into soup and served at the Red Banquet.]]

[[WMG: The Egg is [=VelvetIsCake=], more commonly known as the "[=VelvetIsEgg=] theory"]]

[[WMG: George will end up killing Eret in the future.]]

[[WMG: Technoblade (as well as those he plays in Tales From the SMP) is a piglin, but his crown somehow prevents him from being zombified in the overworld.]]
All the unzombified pigfolk we’ve seen in the overworld have worn some sort of headgear. Technoblade has a golden crown, Sir Billiam has his half-golden mask (which one might assume he was just wearing for the ball, but he still has it on in his WantedPoster, suggesting a more permanent accessory), Sheriff Sherman has a vaguely crown-like headpiece that appears to be made of tarnished gold, Porkums has his NiceHat, and King Porkius has a cybernetic eye/monocle. Notable is the fact that all of these seem to be at least partially made of gold, save Porkums’ hat (Which could have gold lining inside.) and Porkius’ eye (which seems to be made of a different metal, but could also contain gold in some capacity.) Perhaps the reason piglins desire gold so much is that, when properly treated, it has the capacity to keep them from being zombified. (Depending on how literally we’re interpreting skins, it might do this by making them more like standard livestock pigs.)

[[WMG: Technoblade's Will is going to have Philza free him using an Ender Pearl Stasis Chamber]]

[[WMG: Enderwalk Ranboo used to work with Dream, but is no longer doing so after Tommy's death in Pandora's Vault.]]

[[WMG: The book inside of the blueprints chest is the ''original'' revive book.]]

[[WMG: Dream will tell Awesam how to revive people.]]

[[WMG: Quackity is a duck hybrid.]]
There's many theories on why Quackity had an Elytra during his May 22nd lore stream despite the fact the End is banned on the server and the only way to get one is a deal with one of the servers Gods. A common theory is that Quackity is a [[WingedHumanoid Winged humanoid]] or more specifically a duck hybrid. As on Purpled's stream, Purpled leaked a bit inside the casino and showed a poster in celebration of "Quackity's 88th birthday". Which initially seems like a random number to fuel [[VagueAge the continued confusing canonical ages of the Dream SMP Cast]] until you realize 88 in duck years is roughly 21 in human years, the age the content creator will be turning this December.

[[WMG: Tina knew Dream prior to the events of the SMP.]]
During Tina's first day Sapnap explains the entire history of the server. When he informs her that Dream was the cause of all problems in the server, and not Tommy she was incredibly shocked. To the point where she says, "Why would he do that though? That’s unlike him. That’s unlike him!" Which is intriguing considering it's her first day and she hasn't met Dream yet. So how would she know if it's unlike him to do such a thing? When Sapanp continues on he says that because of his crimes, Dream was sentenced to spend life in Pandora's Vault. Upon hearing this Tina tries to visit Dream but Karl and Sapnap dissuades her. Tina responds saying, "You guys are gonna just forget about him? You can’t just leave him in there?" Compared to the other new members (Eryn and Boomer) who show curiosity towards Dream but move on. Tina is genuinely worried for Dream and constantly glances at the prison when she passes by it.

[[WMG: The Three Lives System might be dropped for later seasons]]