(Chapter 5 spoilers) The Final Prophecy is the separation of worlds. (theory)
In chapter 5 we don't learn much about the prophecy like a lot of people once thought. But we learned so much about the charters which I think gives us info about what it could be.
First off the most common theory for what the ending of the prophecy is the death of one of the members of the fun gang or Noelle, and more recently the Roaring. I don't quite believe any of these.
First off, Susie and Noelle dying. It's impossible for Susie and Ralsei to tell its Noelle, Susie believes both girls mentioned by the Prophecy is her
and also, Susie's reaction is very aggressive. She smashes it and laughs at it. She fears it yes, but it also makes her angry, she laughs at the audacity of it.
"You're worried about that!? Seriously!? " "...This stupid prophecy?" "Like something like that would happen."
I don't think at this point in the story or Susie as a character would be laughing at her own death. Susie doesn't have the best mental state either judging by her knowledge of how to clean up the blood in Kris's room and her Piano speech Susie herself struggles with self-perception. Before meeting Kris, she presents herself in a way that makes everyone hate her. As much progression as she's made, those feelings are still likely there. I think Susie would accept her death, she's the hero and the prophecy effectively is her identity. Her reaction would be so aggressive.
She's rather confident afterwards too. She doesn't believe it will happen, that they would let it happen.
If you asked Susie to sacrifice herself to save the worlds, do you think she would say no?
Kris is easy to disprove; they directly have a say on it. If Kris were to die, that would likely include the soul, the only thing that could take away the darkness. Kris is likely a no go.
Ralsei would under no circumstances see their own death as a bad thing. Their self-worth is so low that they would probably want it to happen to be useful. He believes a happy ending is possible.
Then the Roaring perhaps? Well no for two big major reasons
one is for the panel "only then will the world be saved." and the roaring IS THE END OF THE WORLD How do you save a world when the ending has already begun?
(Chapter 5 spoilers) The Final Prophecy is the separation of worlds.
The other major one is that the prophecy is worshiped. The "bad ending" is the tragedy not the actual ending, because why the hell would everyone in their hometown worship a story that ends "then everyone dies and we enter eternal suffering." That's not how people work.
The prophecy has a "Happy end" as in everyone is safe, the tragedy is not the ending technically it's what happens so the actual ending can happen. Also, what would be the point of a story if the hero's failed in the end? That's not a story about a bunch of text that wastes your time.
So, what I think is the end of the prophecy, it's separating the two worlds, not closing the grand fountain but stopping the pass between the two worlds, cutting off the connection and stopping people from making more dark worlds.
The dark world exists with or without a fountain. Ralsei was in the dark world interacting with flowers despite the fountain existing no more than 2 minutes ago. He has a history with him in a similar way to Spamton which only makes sense if the two exist in some form outside of the dark worlds. I don't have many guesses as to how this all works right now besides head cannons. Ralsei, Tenna, and Queen all exist without the dark fountain. But they are manifested by them. Thus, the two can be separated.
it was my intimal guess, but the big piece of counter evidence was Susie's reaction. It wasn't a big enough deal for her reaction to be so aggressive and extreme. But now we know something,
She lives there. The dark world is her home, her friends, her comfort. We don't know how long she's been living there exactly, but perhaps as early as chapter 2. It's very likely by chapter 4 she was livening in the Dark World.
Susie would sacrifice herself for the world. For kris and for Noelle. But would she sacrifice her home?
She lives there. The dark world is her home, her friends, her comfort. We don't know how long she's been living there exactly, but perhaps as early as chapter 2. It's very likely by chapter 4 she was living in the Dark World.
Susie would sacrifice herself for the world. For Kris and for Noelle. But would she sacrifice her home?
As little self-worth as he has, as worthless as he sees himself, he doesn't want this. He wants to exist. He says it's impossible to break the prophecy, yet he wants to, just one thing. To continue to see Susie and Kris to continue to interact with the light world to exist in this sense. It's how he's selfish.
(he's also been hinting at Susie losing them)
My final point is in both Ralsei's and the actual prophecy the Roaring is starting.
"Then, her heart pounding...
The EARTH will draw her final breath.
Only then, shining with hope...
Three HEROES appear at WORLDS' edge." -Ralsei's Recount
"IF FOUNTAINS FREED, THE ROARING CRIES.
AND TITANS SHAPE FROM DARKENED EYES."
"THE LAST PROPHECY.
THE STORY'S END."
"AND THEN. WHEN ALL HOPE
IS LOST FOR THE TALE"
"THE FINAL TRAGEDY UNVEILS."
"TO SAVE THE WORLDS,
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY." - The prophecy
both describe the world ending, meaning the roaring is starting. But what would stop the Roaring? If dark fountains couldn't be made, if the access to them was halted, then how does the roaring continue?
When pipes are bursting in your basement the best thing to do is turn off the water.
but if all the darkeners are in castle town, if castle town has everything someone could want from a dark world, then there's no need for more, no need to create more. So maybe the castle town could stay, maybe Ralsei could still be their friend.
Let me know your thoughts about this, help out with stuff I missed, let me know stuff I haven't considered that disproves it.
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