Theory Master Post: Buckle Up
So in Moving On Part 2, thereâs a strange, out-of-place picture right after the intro. It lingers for three frames and has nothing to do with what theyâre talking about, whereas other pictures stay for one frame and relate to the topic. Here it is:
Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil. We all know that the dark sides are seen as evil, yes? Well in order of appearance, Deceit covers mouths and Remus has to do with the ear topic. So who will be covering eyes?
I know some of you are thinking âBut Remus didnât cover their ears!â How does he enter? The video goes quiet, and Thomas canât hear anything but Remus when he speaks to him. Other, less important ear things include: taking off his own ears, and when people are around him, they tend to cover their ears. So essentially, Remus is âhear no evilâ. Most of his power comes from listening. He canât do much physically.
To elaborate on that, Remus is a bit like a siren. During his song he drags them into his pitch-black realm of dark thoughts. Virgil even explicitly tells Thomas to stop him from singing. And how do you resist a siren? By covering your ears. Itâs fitting that his logo/animal is a kraken. If you donât listen to Remus, heâs powerless.
Some people have said that Virgil is âsee no evilâ. Maybe. Here is why people have thought that. Letâs go chronologically. In Embarrassing Phases heâs able to straight-up disappear before re-entering in a cloud of darkness. Shortly after, he makes the room go black. Now, heâs been revealed to have been with the dark sides in the past, and fear âblinds youâ. Also, Virgil tends to cover his eyes a lot, whether itâs with his hoodie, bangs, or even hands. Plus, he wears eyeshadow that affects the other sides when in his room.
However, I donât think this is the case. So far, all of the sides have continued to follow the rainbow color theme. Not the cartoon doodle rainbow with six colors, Iâm talking ROYGBIV. Red (Roman), orange (?), yellow (Deceit), green (Remus), blue (Patton), indigo (Logan), and violet (Virgil).
Thereâs one missing side. The orange one, who is likely dark. When Thomas learns about Deceit, he asks if there are any more sides. Roman and Virgil both reply to this by confirming there are more, or âthe dark sidesâ as Roman puts it. Note he says sides as in plural. So itâs not just Remus. Thereâs another one.
To even begin to figure out what this side is, we need to poke at the opposites theory which goes hand-in-hand with the color theory. First, letâs look at the first canonically opposite pair: Roman and Remus. Red and green are across from each other. Looking at Loganâs color, heâs across from yellow, while Patton is across from orange. Virgil does not have a clear opposite. Let me explain how this is perfect.
Most people think that Deceit is Pattonâs opposite simply because he impersonated him first and went against him in the court room. But, look closer. Logan loves his facts, but those facts are usually helpful. Deceit absolutely loves facts, information, and philosophy too, but his are usually dark. This is just like how Remus likes dark ideas, while Roman likes brighter ones. Another thing, like Remus and Roman, they dress similarly. The only sides to wear a tie/bow tie, but thatâs just a minor detail. Deceit also keeps Logan in the back seat for the courtroom video because he knows heâs his match. What does Remus do with Roman? Keep him in the backseat by knocking him unconscious. Do the dark sides fear their opposites, or are they just doing this to simply have more power? In summary, itâs facts vs. lies which are very opposite indeed.
Before I get to Patton, letâs talk about Virgil. âIf thereâs opposites, why doesnât he have a light side?â His whole character arch is about being unique. In the Fitting In video, he doesnât fit to a specific house. He is an exception to the rule, like most things. Anxiety is hard to understand, so it makes sense that he wasnât able to be split into a good and a bad part by Thomasâ mind. He got to choose like he chose his color.
Then thereâs Patton. Repressive, innocent Patton. Whoever could his dark side be? Thatâs not too hard to guess with all of this information put together. Remus is Thomasâ view of bad creativity, Deceit is Thomasâ view of bad information, so the final dark side will be orange and Thomasâ view of bad emotions or morals. The âsee no evilâ of the group. The one whoâs likely always been in the background, but never seen. With all the build up, probably the worst one yet. So how will his role come into play?
We all know the question Thomas has been asking for some time now. âAm I a good person?â It never got answered. Even after Remus. The first big video about it was Selfishness vs. Selflessness, which is a confirmed two-parter according to Joan. So why the video(s) between the next part? Well, we havenât met all the dark sides, now have we? In order to answer this question, Thomas needs to see every part of him, good and bad. So I bet you anything, that second part will be light vs. dark to answer the big question. The internal struggle most people have of finding your true self.
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