Of my own concerns (and/or theories) for what could happen next, is that, true, Buddy and Violet are mostly fucked without human intervention to help (ie Chase & co) it's not even a battle, not close. IF CHASE was determined to see the downfall of Buddy, he could, except he's no evil... Unless- (Spoiler warning??? I suppose, but nothing about the Fast pass episodes because I'm poor anyways).
And here is where the exterior forces come into place, IF WAVE discovers ANYTHING, and I really mean a SINGLE thing that could give the old man a way to find Chase (at least that's also a fake name since his legal name is Charlie lol) and his situation, you gonna bet he's gonna use it.
Punko is a very extraordinary writer so already that Buddy was a key threw kinda a lotta people off guard, so she can always get away with adding something new to the mix. Right now, from the information we've been given, I think that the old man is gonna pitch Chase against Buddy.
He's an old rich man that legally KIDNAPPED Wave and has him trapped in a legal loophole.
Imagine he encounters the Hollow's affairs (ie medical emergencies, potential connections on any important field through Deacon's parents)
He's going to get Chase's help through 1. Paying the treatment for his mother. The most sane, charitable, way to get him on his side, PLUS, the discovery that Buddy was stealing Narratonin to basically go back in time, which would trickle down into the future of him not even being able to save his mom in any way and never meeting Buddy- it's a whole can of worms with time stuff.
Or, okay, let's say Chase's morals are ABOVE the very wish he always wanted (helping his mom) let's say he's now in Buddy's side (because love?) and even with the offer of PAID TREATMENT, he feels that he can get the wish with Narratonin and maybe help the keys in the current time (not going to the past) which would piss off on Violet but probably works for everyone more or less. Then the old man has the 2nd option he's not really above 2. LEGALLY/FINANCIALLY DESTROYING THE HOLLOW FAMILY. Which as stated before with Wave, he ISN'T really above doing. Buying the Hollow's farm, ruining Deacon's parents connections on their field/their jobs, BRIBING MEDICAL STAFF. He is REALLY crazy and insane he wouldn't care to do everything in his power to get the keys back.
We neva know, of course this is a lightheaded/comedy comic, so, there's always going to be wild cards (and hopefully a happy ending) BUT imma be stressing like I was stressing over Stagtown lmao.
