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* '''[[https://curiouscat.me/bombsfall/post/61877427 Jossed]]'''.
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** They are also [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail featured prominently on the major promotional splash image]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler:they don't show an unusual interest in or alarm with Bruce being out behind the woods, nor an excessive haste to vote down the homeless shelter initiative (though they do), which would presumably put a big dent in their plans. The Pastor may also mention the vote taking place at the very end of the game, which wouldn't make sense if they died in the cave-in. It's possible that they're just supposed to be the mundane counterpart to the cultists, to avoid making it a complete SpaceWhaleAesop.]]
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** They are also [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail featured prominently on the major promotional splash image]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler:they don't show an unusual interest in or alarm with Bruce being out behind the woods, nor an excessive haste to vote down the homeless shelter initiative (though they do), which would presumably put a big dent in their plans. The Pastor may also mention the vote taking place at the very end of the game, which wouldn't make sense if they died in the cave-in. It's possible that they're just supposed to be the mundane counterpart to the cultists, to avoid making it a complete SpaceWhaleAesop.]] Likewise, [[spoiler:the cult dismisses them as missing the true point. This ''could'' mean that some of them are discontented with the way things are being run by the others, but there are only four, they all seem to be on the same page as to approach despite their bickering, and it's just [[OccamsRazor far less likely]].]]
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** She also doesn't appear anywhere during the epilogue, [[spoiler: at least until the Weird Autumn came out.]]
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** She also doesn't appear anywhere during the epilogue, [[spoiler: at least until the Weird Autumn update came out.]]
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** She also doesn't appear anywhere during the epilogue.
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** She also doesn't appear anywhere during the epilogue.epilogue, [[spoiler: at least until the Weird Autumn came out.]]
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[[WMG: Obligatory Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}-related theories.]]
* Mae is a Derse dreamer:
** The Black Goat and the creatures in Mae's dreams are actually Horrorterrors trying to communicate with her.
* Bea is a Prospit dreamer:
** She mentions at some point that she dreamed the world was ending, which is likely a vision she saw in Skaia's clouds as Prospit's moon passed through them.
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The events of Longest Night turn out to be a dream, and during Angus's investigation sequence, is it acknowledged that this means that the information about the constellations within may not actually be true. [[spoiler:The Ibon constellation, representing the goat who was the first singer, may not be an actual constellation, but rather, Mae's true initial discover of the Black Goat via supernatural means.]]
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The events of Longest Night turn out to be a dream, and during Angus's investigation sequence, is it acknowledged that this means that the information about the constellations within may not actually be true. [[spoiler:The Ibon constellation, representing the goat who was the first singer, may not be an actual constellation, but rather, Mae's true initial discover discovery of the Black Goat via supernatural means.]]
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[[WMG: The Ibon constellation does not actually exist.]]
The events of Longest Night turn out to be a dream, and during Angus's investigation sequence, is it acknowledged that this means that the information about the constellations within may not actually be true. [[spoiler:The Ibon constellation, representing the goat who was the first singer, may not be an actual constellation, but rather, Mae's true initial discover of the Black Goat via supernatural means.]]
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[[WMG: The Hole is actually [[woBestFriendsPlay the Woolie Hole]].]]
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[[WMG: The Hole is actually [[woBestFriendsPlay [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay the Woolie Hole]].]]
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[[WMG: The Hole is actually [[woBestFriendsPlay the Woolie Hole]].]]
Woolie The Liar is currently busy under it eating he's stolen pies and spreading lies.
* Casey and other victims who fell in the hole are actually alive, stuck and going through a Bites The Dust-level loops of Saturday Morning Scrublords and the amount of salt being created in the Hole is more than enough to turn the Mine into a Salt Mine.
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[[WMG: Casey was supposed to be Mae's true love/soul mate]]
Much like how everyone's family members are all the same species despite the wide variety available, Mae and Casey are both cats because they were supposed to get together around the time Mae was in college (according to the 'powers that be' of the universe they're in)(Angus and Gregg make a good couple because they're gay and won't have kids).
If Mae had gotten with Casey, he would've encouraged her to get help with her disassociation disorder in the town the university was in (which would have something better than Possum Spring's Doctor), and she would've matured and be able to finish college. [[spoiler:When that didn't happen and Casey died instead, Mae was missing what she needed and became 'broken' or 'glitched'.]]
[[spoiler:Perhaps if anything other than the Black Goat (or some other deity) had tried to kill Casey, they would've failed because he was destined to be with Mae (this may have made him seem invincible or incredibly lucky and contributed to his implied reckless behavior). But being a god or whatever he is, the Black Goat was able to forcefully steal Casey's future from him.]]
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* So this means that Casey is technically still alive and is enjoying himself playing VideoGame/GoldenAxe with Fuck Box Jeff.
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* So this means that Casey is technically still alive and is enjoying himself playing VideoGame/GoldenAxe with Fuck Box Jeff.Geoff.
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[[WMG: The Black Goat is actually [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Mr. Popo]]/[[Characters/TeamFourStar Demon God Dumplin.]]
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[[WMG: The Black Goat is actually [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Mr. Popo]]/[[Characters/TeamFourStar Demon God Dumplin.]]]]]]
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[[WMG: The Black Goat is actually [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Mr. Popo]]/[[Characters/TeamFourStar Demon God Dumplin.]]
And the Hole in the Mines is actually a portal to The Fuck Box.
* So this means that Casey is technically still alive and is enjoying himself playing VideoGame/GoldenAxe with Fuck Box Jeff.
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[[WMG: The Janitor wanted Mae to find [[spoiler:the cult and take it down.]]]]
* It seems very odd that if [[spoiler:the world is uncaring and bleak, as the Cat-God thing tells Mae in her dreams, and if the Janitor is ''a'' god]], that the Janitor would care about a random stranger. But he gives her a few hints about the nature of things in the woods, [[spoiler:apparently heals her when she suffers a serious head injury]], and comforts her at the end of the game. It could be that [[spoiler:given the cultists operated on BlackAndWhiteInsanity that the Janitor, who is a slightly more loving and caring God than the Black Goat, wouldn't be able to reason with them. But Mae, who is stubborn and a survivor, would investigate and put the clues together. She also motivates her friends to go into the woods and find the "ghost" that was actually a cult member. It could even be LaserGuidedKarma; delinquent dropout Mae is given a second chance at life when she investigates missing children and refuses to accept the cultists' beliefs.]]
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* An interesting theory that doesn't contradict anything explicitly said within the game, but the game was originally going to have a lot more references to the species the characters are, but it was decided to tone it down.
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* [[spoiler: When Mae is falling in and out of consciousness at the church, the Janitor enters the room from a direction where there is no door. He tells the confused family and neighbors that he is there to "fix a door", and that Mae will be fine. Considering that he seemed to know the situation without having been told, isn't known by any of the locals, and is there to "fix a door" when the Hole at the Center of Everything told by the SpaceCatThing involves creatures from outside tearing their way the universe (creating shoddy doors, if you will) it certainly points to the Janitor having some kind of connection or knowledge that he isn't letting on.]]
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* [[spoiler: When Mae is falling in and out of consciousness at the church, the Janitor enters the room from a direction where there is no door. He tells the confused family and neighbors that he is there to "fix a door", and that Mae will be fine. Considering that he seemed to know the situation without having been told, isn't known by any of the locals, and is there to "fix a door" when the Hole at the Center of Everything told by the SpaceCatThing Space-Cat-Thing involves creatures from outside tearing their way the universe (creating shoddy doors, if you will) it certainly points to the Janitor having some kind of connection or knowledge that he isn't letting on.]]
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* [[NoodleIncident The guy that followed Germ home.]]
** Germ, a loner with odd sensibilities who hangs out with bums, would be an ideal target for [[spoiler: the cult's human sacrifice.]] Its entirely possible that, once it became clear that Germ would be too difficult to capture, they gave up on him.
** Germ, a loner with odd sensibilities who hangs out with bums, would be an ideal target for [[spoiler: the cult's human sacrifice.]] Its entirely possible that, once it became clear that Germ would be too difficult to capture, they gave up on him.
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* Another way of seeing it: Molly tolerates the cult and their murders because it making her job much easier to do. Take Casey for instance, who's cooking meth and probably dealing other drugs on the side. Now imagine him either (a) dealing drugs to the local residents of Possum Springs and making things even worse for them or (b) if Casey pissed off the wrong bad people outside of Possum Springs and those same people decided to follow him back to Possum Spring. Picture the chaos that could happen. Since the cult members only killed the nobodies and bad influences of the town, offing people like Casey is a "huge" help for her. The only thing she has to do is fill out the missing person report and case close.
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[[WMG: Germ knows what birds and bird-people represent, and he doesn't like it.]]
His remark that birds are the worst may be hinting at something bigger. Birds and bird people in the game tend to represent the unknown and the mysterious, ranging from the random guy whose property Mae feels the need to trespass on to a plethora of religious and religion-related figures (possibly all the way up [[spoiler:the janitor]]). And, of course, in a piece of DummiedOut content we learn that [[spoiler: Germ's grandmother is literally psychic]]. Germ was born into this kind of role, and he doesn't like it at all. He tries to stand out as little as possible and be as low-key and generic as he can lest his identity have unintended consequences when he inevitably becomes spiritually significant to someone. When people assign traits to him, he's resigned to it; hence, Germ Warfare.
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** Unlikely, since everyone is that way even before she remembers the game exists. Also, she explicitly points out that the mascot for Fiascola is a fox, and also several features, such as beaks, get mentioned explicitly. The FurryDenial is strong with this one!
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* It was also foreshadowed by [[spoiler:Mr. Chazokov when stargazing with him where he mentions that gods from old legends were probably just stand-ins for people to explain the world around them. So it is possible that whatever good or bad the cult believes is the Black Goat's doing might have just been a series of coincidences that, combined with a desire to see their home prosper again and/or a shared delusion, ultimately convinced them that there is some eldritch being living in a hole in an old mine.]]
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Angus' parents were [[TheFundamentalist]]s. When their young son showed signs of being gay, their bigotry drove them to abuse and neglect him.
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Angus' parents were homophobic, and when their young son showed signs of being gay, their bigotry drove them to abuse and neglect him.
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Angus' parents were homophobic, and when TheFundamentalists. When their young son showed signs of being gay, their bigotry drove them to abuse and neglect him.
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[[WMG: Aunt Molly [[spoiler:isn't a cult member officially]], but [[spoiler:she is aware that they exist and tolerates their murders out of necessity]]]]
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[[WMG: Aunt Molly [[spoiler:isn't a cult member officially]], officially but [[spoiler:she she is aware that they exist and tolerates their murders out of necessity]]]]
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[[WMG: Aunt Molly [[spoiler:isn't a cult member officially]], but [[spoiler:she is aware that they exist and tolerates their murders out of necessity]]]]
Being the only police officer we see, it's possible Aunt Molly has to oversee all of Possum Springs. [[spoiler:The cult members have mentioned that they wouldn't hurt Mae and are horrified by the thought. Pragmatically, it could be IHaveYourWife: if they kill Mae, Aunt Molly would bring the entire police force down upon them. As long as Mae is in town and alive, however, it reminds Aunt Molly of what she could lose and thus she keeps Mae from investigating or wandering into the woods alone. When Mae was in college, she had a HopeSpot that Mae made it out, and thus she could open up an official investigation to atone for her complicity in Casey's murder. Then Mae returned, derailing those plans.]]
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[[WMG: The [[spoiler:Black Goat isn't even a powerful entity.]]]]
Mae has seen other [[spoiler:god-like creatures]] in her dreams, some of which (like the sky-cat) are apparently very powerful and knowledgeable, and consider living beings like may to be little creatures of little interest/worth. If the [[spoiler:Black Goat is really a deity, then it must be very weak to not only ''need'' human sacrifices at all, but also need to beguile and bribe humans to give them to him]]. It's also been noted that even with the [[spoiler:cultists performing their sacrifices,]] the town is still dying, implying that either It is trying to conserve its energy, or It is incapable of actually doing anything.
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[[WMG: Mae's disorder wasn't influenced by [[spoiler:the Black Goat]], but the only reason [[spoiler:it couldn't influence her]].]]
Mae has been shown to have [[spoiler:both disassociation and to have possibly spoken directly to the Black Goat, possibly twice]]. Though its hinted that her disorder was a result of past influence, what if she kept sane because [[spoiler:she had already seen nothing but meaningless shapes out of existence twice before, slightly numbing the effect, even if it wasn't completely effective]]. What if her disorder ''protected'' her because it was nothing new to her?
Mae has been shown to have [[spoiler:both disassociation and to have possibly spoken directly to the Black Goat, possibly twice]]. Though its hinted that her disorder was a result of past influence, what if she kept sane because [[spoiler:she had already seen nothing but meaningless shapes out of existence twice before, slightly numbing the effect, even if it wasn't completely effective]]. What if her disorder ''protected'' her because it was nothing new to her?
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[[WMG: Mae's disorder wasn't influenced by [[spoiler:the Black Goat]], outside forces, but the only reason [[spoiler:it couldn't influence her]].''protecting'' her.]]
Mae has been shown to have [[spoiler:both disassociation and to have possibly spoken directly to the Black Goat, possibly twice]]. Though its hinted that her disorder was a result of past influence, what if she kept sane because [[spoiler:she had already seen nothing but meaningless shapes out of existence twice before, slightly numbing the effect, even if it wasn't completely effective]]. What if her disorder ''protected'' her because it was nothing new to her?
Mae has been shown to have [[spoiler:both disassociation and to have possibly spoken directly to the Black Goat, possibly twice]]. Though its hinted that her disorder was a result of past influence, what if she kept sane because [[spoiler:she had already seen nothing but meaningless shapes out of existence twice before, slightly numbing the effect, even if it wasn't completely effective]].
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[[WMG: Mae's disorder wasn't influenced by [[spoiler:the Black Goat]], but the only reason [[spoiler:it couldn't influence her]].]]
Mae has been shown to have [[spoiler:both disassociation and to have possibly spoken directly to the Black Goat, possibly twice]]. Though its hinted that her disorder was a result of past influence, what if she kept sane because [[spoiler:she had already seen nothing but meaningless shapes out of existence twice before, slightly numbing the effect, even if it wasn't completely effective]]. What if her disorder ''protected'' her because it was nothing new to her?
* And on that note, what if her grandfather had the same disorder, but went unchecked due to lack of modern medicine, [[spoiler:possibly leading to him potentially joining the cult]]?
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* I don't think the animal jokes are supposed to 'canonize' the idea that they're animals, and from the way they speak there's more reason to believe they're simply people. Lori even mentions "the human spirit". My personal theory is that Mae (metaphorically) sees people as the animal people from DEMONTOWER, which is why the bird-people are people she doesn't know so well at first, or are intimidating to her.
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* I don't think the animal jokes are supposed to 'canonize' the idea that they're animals, and from the way they speak there's more reason to believe they're simply people. Lori even mentions "the human spirit". My personal theory is that Mae (metaphorically) sees people as the animal people from DEMONTOWER, which is why the bird-people are people she doesn't know so well at first, or are intimidating somewhat antagonistic to her.
