Flight Log Theory [Pre-Turbulence Era]
Okay, you all ready to hear my theory? I wanted to write this all out before the trailer and whatnot dropped so I could see if my theory continues to be supported this comeback or if it completely crashes and burns. (eh? eh?) So here we go!
So, obviously, we start out with the guys all together, having fun, going on some sort of road trip. Everyone’s joking around and having a good time, without a care in the world. It’s reality because the timer on Jackson’s camera is running as he records, meaning that time is still going.
Eventually, Jinyoung falls asleep, making him (and in turn, the viewer), oblivious to what’s about to happen.
In both the comeback announcement teaser from Fly in Seoul and the Album Preview from today, we see wreckage. The one from today (last picture) clearly shows a car, making me think that the boys are going to be a car accident and not a plane accident. The car pictured, however, is NOT the van that the boys were in. Instead, it more resembles the car behind the van in the trailer.
Basically, all of them except Jinyoung die in the accident. All the water hints that we’ve seen (the aquatic background on the GOT7 website, the sailor GOTOONs at the last concert, etc) suggest that there’s something to do with water, making me think that the guys drown. Maybe the car accident results in the van going down into some sort of body of water (lake, river, etc), where they drown.
While Jinyoung is still unconscious, he remembers the last memory he had before the trip, which is everyone hanging out in his room. The time on Jackson’s camera isn’t rolling because it’s a memory, not real time, but it’s reality because the parakeet Jaebum is holding is still the same aqua-green color that it was in reality. This is similar to the concept of life “flashing before your eyes” when you’re on the edge of death.
Jinyoung then wakes up, most likely separated from his friends, and begins to wander around, lost and confused. Admittedly, the is the weakest part of my theory because, in the trailer, Jinyoung runs around without a scratch or any sort of sign of trauma which, if he got in an accident, he would have. However, I still think this part is him right after the accident, due to him being alone and clearly lost/confused/looking for someone.
He’s then transported to a hospital to get checked out, in the process learning about the accident and that his friends are all dead. When he falls asleep again, his dreams reflect his subconscious coping with the news, rather than looking back on memories.
The dream starts with all of the boys hanging out, presumably like they were going to before the accident. Again, the time on Jackson’s camera is frozen, signifying that it’s all a dream.
When Youngjae suddenly begins to levitate/fly, that signifies Jinyoung’s subconscious remembering that his friends are dead. As each of the six others start to realize their ability to fly, Jinyoung is left as the only one still stuck on the ground (aka still alive). Each of the members’ flight situations reflect their personalities as Jinyoung sees them. (Jackson is excluded from this, since he was sick during filming and therefore couldn’t go up on the wires for the flight sequences.)
Yugyeom running along the runway, arms out shows an innocent, childlike view. He’s a little kid, running down an airport tarmac wishing he could fly, only to find out at the end that he could.
BamBam using his flight to make a slam dunk shows his focus and determination. While he’s still using the new ability for something fun, he’s achieving his goal with newfound skills and abilities.
Mark levitating in front of the ferris wheel shows that, while calm and quiet, his personality is breathtaking in a very simplistic way. He’s not hyper or all over the place, but instead chooses to appreciate things (in this case, his new ability to fly) for what they are rather than using them just to accomplish another goal.
Youngjae flying over the rollercoaster shows his fun, joyous attitude. He likes a little bit of risk and to try new things, enjoying the feeling of accomplishment he gets when he succeeds at something new.
Jaebum levitating from the bed, however, is the most interesting and complex imagining of the five. The room is the same room that they all started in before the crash, making it the most recognizable and also most personal space of all the locations. Jaebum starting out not flying at all, but instead lying on the bed shows Jinyoung’s subconscious hope that Jaebum is still alive/hasn’t moved on.
This is backed up with the appearance of the aqua-green parakeet while Jaebum is still lying on the bed. However, when he starts to levitate, the parakeet escapes and loses it’s color, becoming all white. As he levitates higher, four other white parakeets appear, making it five total flying around him while he flies himself. This signifies Jaebum taking care of and taking responsibility for the other five dead members.
We get a glimpse of the six of them flying around (or, in Jackson’s case, implied flying) the stadium and Seoul, having fun and showing that they’re happy. Jinyoung’s subconscious is reflecting his sudden loneliness by showing his friends all together, having fun without him.
His dream then takes a very dark turn, placing Jinyoung, still in the clothes he had on during the accident, on the top edge of a skyscraper, looking down. It’s pretty obvious right from the start that Jinyoung is considering jumping. He wants to fly, just like all his friends, and so he’s going to the most extreme way to test himself.
As he’s falling, he sees his friends, flying along side him, smiling and having fun. However, as he gets closer to the ground, the others stop falling while he continues to drop. (Note: again, we only see five because Jackson was too sick to go on the wires.)Â
Jinyoung tries to join his friends, fighting to fly instead of fall back down to the ground. However, he fails and, in turn, sheds his first tear. This is him subconsciously coming to terms with the death of his friends. He’s still sad that he’s alone, but knows there’s nothing he can do to change the fact that they’re gone.
Before he can hit the ground, Jinyoung wakes up from his dream in the hospital, classically bright, fluorescent lights shining on him. (It’s not him waking up in his room, since the pillowcases are different. The bottom of the two images is him waking up in his room during his memory dream.)
Well there it is! With Jinyoung as the main character, the Flight Log story line basically shows his personal journey through losing his friends and then trying to cope with their deaths. I’m anticipating that Turbulence will give us more answers about the accident and how the other members died, hence the dark theme and lots of wreckage in the teasers so far.
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