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i have so many thoughts but one killing me is simon. call me delulu but i refuse to believe he’s dead. i think it only makes sense that he and maddie are still separated, that’s the real tragedy of the show imo, but like… he’s my boy, he can’t be.

so what if he’s stuck in the spirit world, like, literally?? like not dead and needing his body, but stuck there body and all?? and maddie has to find a way to get him out while he helps the ghosts and xavier helps with maddie’s dad???

okay so i figured i would compile a list of theories i think could plausibly happen in the finale and kinda combine them with my own thoughts bc im losing sleep reading through reddit posts and i need to put this all down somewhere

1) maddie’s body is inhospitable

okay so im not sure how this would work, but i think it’s very likely maddie will not be able to return to her body (at least not for long). the reason i believe this is because if her body WAS inhospitable after returning to it and needed medical attention, it would bring her to the hospital where we know her dad’s spirit is. this would allow maddie to communicate with her father and the ghosts in the hospital, and bring back the xavier plot — it would be interesting if his near death experience allows him to see maddie in the hospital like simon sees her in the school, then he would become the source of communication next season (pls give us s3)

2) simon dies :(

i think most people are in agreement that something awful might happen to my best boy simon this season. asides from the obvious signs that he might not be well (seeing maddie, clutching his head, overwhelmed and stressed), i really do believe he would do anything for maddie, which makes him the obvious self-sacrifice. maybe it’s something pre existing, maybe mr martin injures him while he’s trying to attack maddie or janet, maybe he gets body snatched, or maybe he willingly gives it up because the ghosts and maddie need his help — im unsure, but his name on those essential oils in the mystery box makes me uneasy, and i also think it would add weight to the theory of maddie ending up in the hospitable. he would almost replace her in the school (making their separation even more tragic i miss them sm).

also, if xavier could see maddie due to his near death experience then there’s a chance he could see simon, especially since those two have gotten close, and it would create open communication between the ghosts in the school AND in the hospital

3) they break down the barrier

i think this is really likely, and it would be yet another way that the hospital could come into play. we know the ghosts all enter the scars together, so maybe fighting through them is enough to break the barrier altogether. this would mean maddie could have a plot with her dad if she stays a ghost because she can leave the school. it could also mean that they thin the veil and the living kids could see the ghosts, which i think would be pure chaos and would be a real learning curve for s3 (pls)

4) janet didn’t start the fire

no photo, no proof. since we didn’t see a flashback of janet starting the fire, then to me it’s not true. that’s just what she thinks happened. there are lots of theories on this one — maybe it was janet’s dad in his anger and disdain for mr martin and janet’s love of science, maybe it was mr martin/woman in the scar with an ulterior motive or anger for losing his job or an experiment gone wrong, or maybe it was eugene. i’m not sure of his motive, but there’ll be something in that storage locker and he DID say janet and mr martin wouldn’t have made that mistake. regardless, i really don’t think it was janet

5) ghost/s cross over

while i would be really sad about this, i feel it could happen. but personally if feel it’s more more likely that yuri or quinn could cross over rather than the main ghosts. this is mostly because their stories aren’t as developed, and i don’t think the show is ready to lose the main ghosts yet — audiences love them and they build up a lot of the plot, so i think they might hold onto them for as long as possible (permitted we get a season 3). i think quinn and yuri have tackled enough for them to cross over (no longer isolating themselves, finding connections, no longer looping) and we haven’t seen their scars yet, just like we didnt really see dawn’s. their names also weren’t on the essential oils, so…

if one of the main ghosts cross over, most people are speculating it’ll be rhonda or wally. wally DID have a bright light in front of him in the episode trailer, but im not sure. i feel like crying thinking about any of them crossing over

6) janet is the real ‘big bad’

idk how i feel about this one bc im lowkey a janet ride or die, but it could be really interesting if she’s triple bluffing and everyone’s blindsided. it would be a fun twist and would explain why in the teaser maddie and janet seem to be tussling in the pool (??). maybe this was all a bigger plan? maybe she refuses to give the body back? im unsure. this seems more likely to be maddie’s scar to me, like she and janet were grappling for control of her body when it was first snatched??