#theory file

𝙻𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐…

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗'𝚜 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚔?

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗'𝚜 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎’𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗'𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜!

𝙰𝚂 𝙰𝙻𝚆𝙰𝚈𝚂, 𝚂𝙿𝙾𝙸𝙻𝙴𝚁 𝚆𝙰𝚁𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚂𝙴 𝚆𝙷𝙾 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴𝙽’𝚃 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙾𝚁 𝙰𝚁𝙴 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝙲𝙰𝚄𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝚄𝙿! 𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝙸 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝-𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚗.

𝙻𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎…

Hello all, and welcome back to the theory hole! It’s time for the breakdown of episode 1 of Lalin’s Curse. This episode starts off with David running home after a night of stargazing and UFO hunting. Once he gets home, his mom asks him if he realized how late it was going.

Okay, let’s pause here. This theory is building and discussing a theory by @Hi¡ Ya! on Amino. (You can go read their theory here https://aminoapps.com/c/lalins-curse/page/blog/lalins-cursed-files-davids-mother/7VGN_8phPua20ekvoe7a4xvmW1mk2ggVew)

The theory is that David’s mother has a curfew in place for David, which is why she keeps checking up on him and seems quite nervous when he gets home so late at night. (Spoiler alert for ep. 20 and Delete!) We know in Delete that David was suicidal, and tried to end his life by jumping off a bridge. (Gosh that one panel in Ep. 20 really pulled my heartstrings super hard agh-) Naturally, this is a huge cause for concern for David’s parents. I think the theory that David’s mother always checks up on him late at night to make sure he’s okay makes a lot of sense, and her motherly concern may also explain her initial reaction to David’s bruises in Ep. 10.

Alright, we’ve got that little thing checked off, let’s move on. Here Cuarta Dimensions is introduced as well as David’s fear of ghosts and spooky paranormal stories. If you didn’t know already, Cuarta Dimensions is a reference to a Spanish TV show called Cuarta Milenio that discusses paranormal topics like ghosts and Ufology. It’s not a theory, but a cool thing worth mentioning.

Several flashbacks in Ep. 15 reinforce the idea that David is afraid of paranormal activity. (Runs crying to his mother, is quite spooked when he comes in saying things about lights in the backyard.) I find it quite interesting that even though David fears the supernatural, he is still passionate about it and pursues it to prove that he’s not imagining things.

Another thing to note about David’s character, is that he seems quite organized! When we first get a look at his room, the first thing I notice is that all his books are organized, and nothing is really messy at all. It’s been stated before that Tobi, even though he has glasses, is not the cliche ‘nerd with glasses who is the smart one of the group.’ It’s not hard to imagine that David is the intellectual of the friend group. He clearly puts a lot of effort into his research on ufology, has created a video game before, and can be seen helping Tobias with some schoolwork in Ep. 3.

Upon further inspection of his room, I spotted something. A blue butterfly is visible on a green poster in the top right corner of his room. At first I doubted if it was really a blue butterfly, but if you scroll further in the comic that’s clearly what it is. This blue butterfly follows David around quite a bit during the comic, so let’s talk about that.

Blue butterflies are said to symbolize happiness and joy. (which is great because everyone just wants David to be happy. Please give him many blue butterflies.) They are also said to represent a spirit or soul undergoing a period of change or growth. Overall, blue butterflies have a very positive connotation. Sometimes they can be linked to sadness due to their blue colors, but overall are related to happiness.

David’s butterfly is also seen in his dream world, but since that’s in a later episode we can talk about that then. For now, let’s just remember the basics of blue butterflies.

Felix asks David about what kind of stuff he’s been drawing. We see a flying saucer, a couple of orange aliens, and a sketch of Valor from Delete. There’s also some writing up top, which I have gone ahead and translated.

Translation: Aliens change color when coming into contact with earth’s oxygen.

This is a nice opportunity to touch on why Greys (grey aliens that hail from near the star Zeta Reticuli) may change color. Well first off, these aliens are grey. Like iron. What happens when iron oxidizes? It turns reddish orange. My theory (without doing any research, I'm theorizing on the fly) is that iron is a major component of the Grey’s epidermal (outer skin) or some sort of dermal layer that oxidizes easily in earth’s atmosphere. This may be because of compounds that absorb or bond easily with oxygen in the skin of a Grey, or because they have sensitive and absorbent skin. (Similar to amphibians like salamanders?)