History WMG / Paranatural

First of all, Agent Summers was a pyrokinetic, while Max's mom is named June and [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-8-page-2 died in a fire]]. The simplest explanation is that they're the same person, and June Summers was killed by her own spirit. Second, the sphinx's prophecy that "by summer's end, this town will be destroyed" could be deliberately miswritten, as Isaac [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-8-page-6 alluded to]]. It may have actually been "by Summers's end [the thing that killed Summers], this town will be destroyed." Third, Zoey clearly has some kind of hidden importance, given how much focus she's gotten and how many other "unimportant" characters have turned out to be holding dark secrets. So what likely happened is she ended up as the medium for her mother's pyrokinetic spirit, hence her fiery design, and will go on to be responsible for the town's prophecized destruction.

In every appearance she's had so far, the principal has seemed like an entirely useless pawn, controlled by [[TheManBehindTheMan the vice principal]] - except for [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-228 this page.]] When Isabel accuses her of having fooled everyone and of being in control the whole time, rather than reacting with her usual worried confusion she [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness enters a state of dangerous quiet and calm as she tries to convince Isabel that she's mistaken;]] when Isabel ''attacks'' her she [[FasterThanTheyLook reacts immediately]] and seems fully ready to get into a fight with a student right there and then. In any other comic, this could be safely written off as a RedHerring pointing towards her being Hijack, but Paranatural has a habit of hiding important information in innocuous details and jokes. It could well be foreshadowing her true nature. Maybe she really ''has'' been the real power at the school the whole time, and [[TheManInFrontOfTheMan has everyone, up to and including the witch, fooled.]]

** Given that Davy has the power to cut one spirit into several (and appears to have had that power [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-8-page-23 before he lost his hand]]), he probably just used that to cut Lefty off... although whether that happened before he became a vampire or after is hard to say.

* Adding to this, when we see Max's room in Boss Leader's dream hub in chapter four, in addition to the expected magnet symbols and hanging chains, it also has [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-4-page-116 hieroglyphics,]] [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-4-page-117 canopic jars, and inverted pyramid decorations,]] also fitting the egypt theme.
* With the [[spoiler: introduction of the other sphinxes in chapters six and eight, Doorman internally referring to them as "shards" of the power of a shattered "Great Sphinx," and Nim panicking that the "whole sphinx litter" probably knows where they are now, implicitly because of Max, it seems all but confirmed at this point that the sphinxes and the pieces of the Broken Evil Riddle God are one and the same.]]

* Well, it looks like at least Johnny was confirmed. [[spoiler:He's now a medium for Forge.]]

* Double-{{Jossed}}? While Mr. Spender [[spoiler: does have weird eyes, they're the complete opposite of glowy. In fact, they're pitch black]].
* Triple-jossed. His pupiles can become [[RedEyesTakeWarning alarming red]], whih is a manifestation of his status of being possessed by the freaky shadow spirit.

* Jossed. [[spoiler: Boss Leader is eventually revealed to be someone else.]]

Instead, he destroyed its body and [[spoiler: it possessed him in order to survive]]. Releasing it is too big of a risk, so he settled for keeping it contained. Bonus: the Activity Consortium either doesn't know about this or it's hush-hush and just between Boss Leader and Spender himself.
* This also explains ''how'' he defeated the strongest spirit despite his rather average skills. [[spoiler:The spirit possessing him is a living shadow, and Lucifer's power would have given him a natural advantage.]]

** [[spoiler: [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-256 Confirmed]]]].

Seriously, how does one seventh-grade class in what's implied to be a small school in a small town just happen to have [[spoiler: 5]] kids with powers? Seems like long odds to me.

It could be a supernatural thing, an accident, or some other weirdness, but Johnny's hair really looks like it might get lit on fire. [[spoiler:Possibly due to being Forge's medium]].

In every appearance she's had so far, the principal has seemed like an entirely useless pawn, controlled by the vice principal - except for [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-228 this page.]] When Isabel accuses her of having fooled everyone and of being in control the whole time, rather than reacting with her usual worried confusion she [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness enters a state of dangerous quiet and calm as she tries to convince Isabel that she's mistaken;]] when Isabel ''attacks'' her she [[FasterThanTheyLook reacts immediately]] and seems fully ready to get into a fight with a student right there and then. In any other comic, this could be safely written off as a RedHerring pointing towards her being Hijack, but Paranatural has a habit of hiding important information in innocuous details and jokes. It could well be foreshadowing her true nature. Maybe she really ''has'' been the real power at the school the whole time, and [[TheManInFrontOfTheMan has everyone, up to and including the witch, fooled.]]

Max's spirit is said to be a piece of a broken god, and Spender's spirit is shown to be what looks to be a fractured mask. It's possible that the reason that the shadow spirit is totally taciturn and seemingly mindless is that it's only the main body of the spirit, lacking any part of its mind, which Max's spirit could be a part of. Partially adding to this theory is the shadow spirit immediately attempting to attack Max, which could be its attempt at reclaiming a piece of itself, though given that it also attacked Isabel, it might have just been lashing out.

* There's nothing saying humans can't become spirits, though. Plus, concrete details about supernatural entities have been pretty sparse, so there isn't much definite proof against this theory, either.

* Max joked about Spender erasing people's memories with bright light. Perhaps he really ''can'' do that, for all we know.

* Unless she can clone herself, this is Jossed, as in the Ghost Train chapter Johnny's gang, R.J. included, passes by Suzy's house while she's inside talking to her flunkies.

** Almost definitely {{Jossed}}. There's no evidence that humans can reincarnate or turn into spirits. Also, Scrapdragon is canonically a spirit. Scrapdragon's real form is likely just a much smaller snake, as grudge forms are seemingly never too far-off from their original state. Compare the bat spirits normal form to its grudge form. Therefore, it is logical to assume that Scrapdragon's normal form is simply a smaller and less scary version of itself.

[[WMG: Scrap Dragon is Max's mom]]

Boss Leader explains that Scrap Dragon is a grudge and specifically states that its snakelike appearance isn't its real form. In the same chapter, Max's mom was shown in the past working on art made from ''metal scraps''. While a ghost and a spirit are two different things, maybe it's possible that a ghost could become a grudge, or Max's mom isn't quite human.
** Almost definitely {{Jossed}}. There's no evidence that humans can reincarnate or turn into spirits.

Boss Leader explains that Scrap Dragon is a grudge and specifically states that its snakelike appearance isn't its real form. In the same chapter, Max's mom was shown in the past working on art made from ''metal scraps''. While a ghost and a spirit are two different things, maybe it's possible that a ghost could become a grudge, or Max's mom isn't quite human.

PJ mentions he's permanently stuck wearing the pajamas he died in, and while Mr. Guerra's outfit kid of looks like a martial arts uniform, it's oddly fuzzy along the hem, collar and on the belt while also being extremely long for a gi. Thus, it's probably a bathrobe and he could have died when he was about to take a shower or something.

Lefty shares Davy's spectral color, is specifically stated to be the ghost of a human's hand rather than a spirit, and is the same hand Davy just so happens to be missing, so it doesn't seem like a stretch to say that Lefty was originally Davy's hand. Going off of that, it would seem strange for someone like Davy to hang around, much less fiercely protect, some random dead kid - unless he knew him personally. It's also worth mentioning that P.J. shares a striking resemblance to Cody and Davy, being one of the only other characters to sport pale skin and black hair aside from Lisa. Thus what likely happened was Davy, P.J., and perhaps any other family members were killed in a freak accident early one morning during breakfast, possibly the house collapsing or catching fire. Most of Davy's body was recovered and reanimated for as of now unknown reasons, while P.J. became a ghost, along with his father's left hand. The now undead Davy went on to have a second, half-vampire son, Cody, who may or may not be aware of having an "older" brother.

It could be a supernatural thing, an accident, or some other weirdness, but Johnny's hair really looks like it might get lit on fire. [[spoiler:Possibly due to being Forge's medium]].

* This is probably a very lose theory, but it's worth a shot. The first piece of evidence I have is [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-153 here]]. [[ThisIsReality Now as we all know]], WaterIsBlue. So the fly dying in the cup of water translates to its BattleAura being blue. I have a few other pieces as well, such as the reason why Eightfold has red energy is because she [[KillItWithFire died in a fire]]. Her location of death was probably a library or near one which was probably her home as well. Some dumb kids [[SpidersAreScary probably did it as a prank]]. Muse probably [[DyingRace died in the wild]] and Scrapdragon might have been a snake caught in a [[DownInTheDumps junkyard]]. This could also explain [[AGodIAmNot King C's weather powers]], who might've been a [[HollywoodDrowning a cub who drowned]] à la Disney/TheLionKing.

* Implied, if [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-153 this page]] where the ghost of a recently deceased fly about to be eaten by a fish spirit indicates.