History Fridge / Paranatural

* In Chapter 4, Spender is warned by Lucifer that utilizing a technique known as "Spirit Fusion" makes Lucifer unable to contain the dangerous shadow spirit Spender is a medium to. This is showcased after the Ghost Train is pacified, with the shadow spirit coating Max and Isabel in its shadowy tendrils (and one of its powers is to turn any shadows into chasms). Later in Chapter 5, Isabel tells Max that Spender uses Spirit Fusion "all the time". She clarifies that she's never seen the shadow spirit before, but if Lucifer's warning is any indication, Spender has come close to accidentally releasing this extremely dangerous, implicitly malevolent spirit from himself ''multiple times, in front of the children he's supposed to be protecting.''

* Light is shed on Ed and his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} antics in the last two panels [[http://paranatural.net/index.php?id=190 here]]:

* In one page, Forge was about to take control of Johnny and make him attack Ed. The chapter events leading up to it have shown that someone possessed doesn't know what happens to them while under the control of a specter, so this presents several horrifying implications:

* In [[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-1-page-31 one early page]], Max fights through a crowd of kids only to later learn that they were all ghosts. Now, the nature of ghosts is that they don't last long; they hang around for a few years in most cases, though they will linger longer if their deaths were painful. Consider how many ghosts there were in those corridors. Thus, there are two possibilities: either a lot of kids died in Mayview ''very recently,'' or a bunch of kids died horrible, ''horrible'' deaths.

* We already know the Activity Club is full of children fighting against specters, but Boss Leader mentions that she's known Spender since he started puberty. It's very possible that [[AdultFear a lot of children have been fighting these dangerous specters]] (where it's known there's a risk of dying) for years, possibly decades.

** For ISAAC, it completely justifies Spender's secrecy around him.

* Light is shed on Ed and his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} antics in the last two panels [[http://paranatural.net/index.php?id=190 here]].

* TheReveal of [[spoiler: the relationship between Mr. Spender and Mr. Garcia]] is pretty astonishing, but signs of a relationship existing have been there since relatively early in the comic. Very, ''very'' subtle signs. [[spoiler: There's ''two'' glasses out next to the bottle in Spender's bedroom, Spender has company over after the ghost train debacle, ''someone'' drew a heart on his lunch bag, the two of them coordinate their work outfits, and (while specific to Garcia) there's a background exchange of a lunch lady telling Garcia she knows she's "not his type".]]

* In the first chapter, Max finds himself [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=40 drawn to a storage closet]], most likely the same one he later finds his tool in.

* Johnny may come off as a bully who does bully things for no particular reason at all. However, he does have his motives. It all begins with him meeting his "arch-nemesis" Max with some other dude who he's never seen before. He decides to be the bully and bully them. But then [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=116 Isaac jumps over the fence like it's no big deal]]. Obviously, this piques his curiosity, so he decides to keep pestering them. Then he sees [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=120 Max using his bat to somehow jump over a fence again]]. Of course, his curiosity is piqued even more now. So he decides to [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=125 steal Max's stuff]] and [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=129 try to get the bat to work or something]], which obviously doesn't get him anywhere. Those were the first [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=137 freaky sights]] he saw that day, and Isaac's weather powers were the cherry on top.

* In one early page, Max fights through a crowd of kids only to later learn that they were all ghosts. Now, the nature of ghosts is that they don't last long; they hang around for a few years in most cases, though they will linger longer if their deaths were painful. Consider how many ghosts there were in those corridors. Thus, there are two possibilities: either a lot of kids died in Mayview ''very recently,'' or a bunch of kids died horrible, ''horrible'' deaths.

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* Agent Day's tool is basically cupid's bow, causing LoveAtFirstSight in whoever gets shot. Agent Day is also blind. Perhaps a reference to the expression "blinded by love" or "love is blind"?

* In the first chapter, Max finds himself [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=40 drawn to a storage closet]], most likely the same one he finds his tool in.

** For ISAAC, it completely justifies Spender's secrecy around him.

* Agent Day's tool is basically cupid's bow, causing LoveAtFirstSight in whoever gets shot. Agent Day is also blind. Perhaps a reference to the expression "blinded by love"...?

** It's possible that the fact is such common knowledge that even someone like Isaac would know it, and in all likelihood it'd probably be a very big deal if Spender ever allowed a student to become that hurt, especially since the only reason Isaac doesn't know that much about the Activity Club is because he's possessed.

* In a recent page it's shown that Forge was about to take control of Johnny and make him attack Ed. The chapter events leading up to it have shown that someone possessed doesn't know what happens to them while under the control of a specter, so this presents several horrifying implications:

* We already know the Activity Club is full of children fighting against specters, but Boss Leader mentions that she's known Spender since he started puberty. It's very possible that [[AdultFear a lot of children have been fighting these dangerous specters]] (where it's known there's a risk of dying) for years, possibly decades.

** It's possible that the fact is such common knowledge that even someone like Isaac would know it, and in all likelihood it'd probably be a very big deal if Spender ever allowed a student to become that hurt, especially since the only reason Isaac doesn't know that much about the Activity Club is because he's possessed.

* The fact that Isaac knows someone who dies would leave a ghost strongly implies he's seen someone die before, especially when you keep in mind Spender's "teaching" style.

!FridgeBrilliance
Paranatural is filled to the brim with a ''lot'' of foreshadowing and hints that could very easily be missed during the first read-through. Things that seem passingly random or meaningless will almost certainly be revealed to have not-so-random reasons behind them.

!FridgeHorror
* [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=70#comment-676 Just read this comment.]]
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* [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=70#comment-676 Just read this comment.]]

* Johnny may come off as a bully who does bully things for no particular reason at all. However, he does have his motives. It all begins with him meeting his "arch-nemesis" Max with some other dude who he's never seen before. He decides to be the bully and bully them. But then [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-13/ Isaac jumps over the fence like it's no big deal]]. Obviously, this piques his curiosity, so he decides to keep pestering them. Then he sees [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-17/ Max using his bat to somehow jump over a fence again]]. Of course, his curiosity is piqued even more now. So he decides to [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-22/ steal Max's stuff]] and [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-26/ try to get the bat to work or something]], which obviously doesn't get him anywhere. Those were the first [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-34/ freaky sights]] he saw that day, and Isaac's weather powers were the cherry on top.

* [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-1-page-69/#comment-676 Just read this comment.]]

* Johnny may come off as a bully who does bully things for no particular reason at all. However, there's a reason behind everything he does. It all begins with him meeting his "arch-nemesis" Max with some other dude who he's never seen before. He decides to be the bully and bully them. But then [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-13/ Isaac jumps over the fence like it's no big deal]]. Obviously, this piques his curiosity, so he decides to keep pestering them. Then he sees [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-17/ Max using his bat to somehow jump over a fence again]]. Of course, his curiosity is piqued even more now. So he decides to [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-22/ steal Max's stuff]] and [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-26/ try to get the bat to work or something]], which obviously doesn't get him anywhere. Those were the first [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-34/ freaky sights]] he saw that day, and Isaac's weather powers were the cherry on top.

* [[http://paranatural.net/index.php?id=168 Here]], Cinnamon Stix says "Youz sure gotta lotta ''juicy hweeyermz'' for a ''caged boid''" to Spender. 70 or so pages [[http://paranatural.net/index.php?id=241 later]], Lucifer is introduced.

* In first reads Chapter 3, Johnny might seem like just this dumbass/crazy kid who does random stuff for no reason at all. However, if you pay close attention you can see there's a reason behind everything he does. It all begins with him meeting his "arch-nemesis" Max with some other dude who he's never seen. He decides to be the bully and bully them. But then [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-13/ Isaac jumps over the fence like it's no big deal]]. Obviously, this piques his curiosity, so he decides to keep pestering them. Then he sees [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-17/ Max using his bat to somehow jump over a fence again]]. Of course, his curiosity is piqued even more now. So he decides to [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-22/ steal Max's stuff]] and [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-26/ try to get the bat to work or something]], which obviously doesn't work. Those were the first [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-34/ freaky sights]] he saw that day, and Isaac's weather powers were the cherry on top.

* In first reads Chapter 3, Johnny might seem like just this dumbass/crazy kid who does random stuff for no reason at all. However, if you pay close attention you can see there's a reason behind everything he does. It all begins with him meeting his "arch-nemesis" Max with some other dude who he's never seen. He decides to be the bully and bully them. But then [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-13/ Isaac jumps over the fence like it's no big deal]]. Obviously, this piques his curiosity, so he decides to keep pestering them. Then he sees [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-17/ Max using his bat to somehow jump over a fence again]]. Of course, his curiosity is piqued even more now. So he decides to [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-22/ steal Max's stuff]] and [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-26/ try to get them to work or something]], which obviously doesn't work. Those were the first [[http://paranatural.net/chapter-3-page-34/ freaky sights]] he saw that day, and Isaac's weather powers were the cherry on top.