History WMG / TwelveOunceMouse

In one of the, most likely fake, flashbacks we see Mouse's daughter turn into a spider. This one was literal; Liquor has established that Shark was working on turning other creatures into spiders in Q109, and it was a handy way to remove an unwanted element while testing the experiment. His wife, on the other hand, was Roostre. Or more specifically, the male green spirit possessing/guiding Roostre. Midway in, we see the Woman first turn into a man after eating a strange flower in the desert, with Shark watching. She is able to change at will, but he removed that feature before using it on Fitz's wife. Afterwards she became disembodied in the same way as Archeus. Near the end, Amalockh picks a flower, and shark reacts in shock. Stating that if that flower finds the right person, it will destroy everything. For some reason, it is essential to the plan that Fitz's wife remain male, perhaps simply so that Fitz will never suspect it's her, and possibly for a more esoteric reason.

In one of the, most likely fake, flashbacks we see Mouse's daughter turn into Spider. This one was literal; Liquor has established that Shark was working on turning other creatures into spiders in Q109, and it was a handy way to remove an unwanted element while testing the experiment. His wife, on the other hand, was Roostre. Or more specifically, the male green spirit possessing/guiding Roostre. Midway in, we see the Woman first turn into a man after eating a strange flower in the desert, with Shark watching. She is able to change at will, but he removed that feature before using it on Fitz's wife. Afterwards she became disembodied in the same way as Archeus. Near the end, Amalockh picks a flower, and shark reacts in shock. Stating that if that flower finds the right person, it will destroy everything. For some reason, it is essential to the plan that Fitz's wife remain male, perhaps simply so that Fitz will never suspect it's her, and possibly for a more esoteric reason.

The series leaves a [[MindScrew lot of room for interpretation]], so a lot of this is my own guesses. The series begins when he meets [[NoNameGiven Shark]], but this isn't the first time they have meet. In fact [[ProtagonistWithoutAPast Fitz]] has been wandering around a [[LotusEaterMachine for an unknown length of time]], generally being an amoral pleasure seeker. How ever, this cycle Fitz begins [[BrokenMasquerade breaking the masquerade]]. Slowly, Fitz comes to care more about things and in the end [[Main/FamilyUnfriendlyAesop stops believing his probably illusionary wife and daughter]] and is more motivated by caring for his only constant companion, Skillet. This process destroys the control of the increasingly decadent Shark and Rectangular Business Man, who [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory represent the Military and Industrial complexes respectively]], which represents their inability to control the OlderAndWiser Fitz.

[[WMG: Shark genuinely loves Fritz and that's his motivation for keeping Fritz in the illusion.]]
He flat-out told Fritz that he loves him in that way ([[DepravedBisexual well, 50/50 at least.]]) It seems like a lot of what he does is to impress, enthrall and later on, imprison Fritz. He knows that Fritz has a family that he could return to if he breaks the illusion, but [[LoveMakesYouCrazy he wants Fritz all to himself, one way or the other.]] The fact that Fritz gets caught up in his evil plans only makes him crazier, and after a while his love warps into unbridled hatred.

[[WMG: Fritz's Wife and Daughter were there the entire time.]]
In one of the, most likely fake, flashbacks we see Mouse's daughter turn into Spider. This one was literal; Liquor has established that Shark was working on turning other creatures into spiders in Q109, and it was a handy way to remove an unwanted element while testing the experiment. His wife, on the other hand, was Roostre. Or more specifically, the male green spirit possessing/guiding Roostre. Midway in, we see the Woman first turn into a man after eating a strange flower in the desert, with Shark watching. She is able to change at will, but he removed that feature before using it on Fritz's wife. Afterwards she became disembodied in the same way as Archeus. Near the end, Amalockh picks a flower, and shark reacts in shock. Stating that if that flower finds the right person, it will destroy everything. For some reason, it is essential to the plan that Fritz's wife remain male, perhaps simply so that Fritz will never suspect it's her, and possibly for a more esoteric reason.

Shark talked about "owning" a specific chunk of time, and if he owned the entire simulation, then he'd own all the minutes. The "real world" is in fact simply a higher simulation which acts as a "lobby" between the different minute worlds. Time beginning to move may represent breaking that tiny little chunk free of the overall system control. Of course, being it's also a simulation, that may mean Shark and RBM are NotQuiteDead... again.

The series leaves a [[Main/MindScrew lot of room for interpretation]], so a lot of this is my own guesses. The series begins when he meets [[Main/NoNameGiven Shark]], but this isn't the first time they have meet. In fact [[Main/ProtagonistWithoutAPast Fitz]] has been wandering around a Main/LotusEaterMachine for an unknown length of time, generally being an amoral pleasure seeker. How ever, this cycle Fitz begins [[Main/BrokenMasquerade breaking the masquerade]]. Slowly, Fitz comes to care more about things and in the end [[Main/FamilyUnfriendlyAesop stops believing his probably illusionary wife and daughter]] and is more motivated by caring for his only constant compainion, Skillet. This process destroys the control of the increasingly decadent Shark and Rectangular Business Man, who [[Main/EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory represent the Military and Industrial complexes respectively]], which represents their inability to control the Main/OlderAndWiser Fitz.