WTCHR Thoughts & Incentives
After watching the video 4 consecutive times in a row to REALLY take it all in, the following are my thoughts about the video and suggestions to fellow theorists who may be more skilled than myself!
Anti is probably a virus made of Antimatter, or hijacked the system because whatever he is has influence on technology.
Anti IS the WTCHR or something, or maybe powers it.
IRIS = Antimatter, which powers the WTCHR
Always There Always Watching. All his constant nods at the concept of being watched, lurking around us all the time, us “just sitting there,” in KJSE, “we just watched as [Say Goodbye] happened.” Overnight Watch. ALL OF IT. SOMETHING IS HERE AND I LACK THE DOTS TO CONNECT IT COHERENTLY.
And its worth noting that the glitches in the video footage follow the same pattern as always. Static, RGB (red, blue, green), or chromatic aberration (usually red/teal). These have been symbolic of Anti’s presence since the beginning.
ALSO
I think this “without charging or messy cables” can be connected to the way Anti seemingly doesn’t need any source of power? We previously thought it was attention or something, but what if its not? Or maybe it is since we don’t know who’s watching who. This also skirts around the whole watching theme too. Again, I SWEAR something is hidden in all of this but I’m lacking the brainpower to make sense of it all yet.
“Who watches the WTCHR?” This whole time we’ve been mostly unsure if WE’RE watching Anti or if Anti is watching us.
OR MAYBE Anti hijacked WTCHR the same way he hijacked Jack’s body during KJSE, and now he’s doing THIS as suggested by @tracobuttons?
I may make a list of every instance of watching/attention being brought up from 2016 to present day. Screenshots, old posts, and more obscure examples sent to my ask box or DMs (obscure as in something from a 3 Scary Games video or something. I already have Say Goodbye, the KJSE monologue, Overnight Watch & Quit the Game to Win in mind).
WTCHR detects emotion, monitors health, deals in MIND DECRYPTION??
Perfect set up for coma monitoring, am I right? It can detect Jack’s fear in the coma, monitors how he’s doing health-wise, and…. Perhaps is capable of decrypting a… virus he’s infected with, maybe?
Not only that but…
Is this how Chase communicated with Jack in Mayhem 2018? (”Jack, this is Chase, you need to wake up”). Can Henrik, or anyone else communicate with him in his coma through this?
Alternatively, if Anti is the WTCHR, this implies he’s monitoring Jack. He knows when he’s afraid, he knows how he’s doing (which might even give him a clue on when to stop hurting him to prevent it from being fatal, assuming he’s been doing anything like that all this time). Maybe that’s how he’s had control this whole time.
And something something Dark Silence, Chase’s Encounter With Anti, Chase Being Watched Recently [image below], We Think He’s Being Stalked By Anti Ever Since DS Happened *slaps theorist corkboard of red string and screenshots* UGH. THERE IS SOMETHING HERE I’M CONVINCED.
Or is having WTCHR in your home the norm in this universe? Is WTCHR in his home so Henrik, his friend who saved his life in 2017, can monitor him? If that’s so, then maybe Henrik was told Chase encountered Anti- which Henrik is definitely aware exists after KJSE -and as a precaution and concern for his friend, he installed WTCHR in his home so he can keep an eye on him?
IMAGINE THE ANGST OF HENRIK SEEING ANTI COME AFTER CHASE IN HIS HOME VIA THE WTCHR CAMERAS AND SPEAKING TO CHASE THROUGH HIS DEVICE AND TELLING CHASE ANTI IS BEHIND HIM OR TO RUN OR SOMETHING. LIKE. YO, HOLY SHIT.
Its been the best security service for 5 years in a row.
Assuming the in-canon year is 2022, that’d be since 2017. Since the year of KJSE. Did Henrik maybe create WTCHR after he failed Jack so brutally in KJSE? Is this another step towards our theory that Henrik created Anti?
Is this something Anti or maybe Henrik (to monitor Jack) or Marvin (because magic??) done?
And what exactly IS a Control Zone? How do they work? Is this something we’ll learn or need to know for future reference?
To Do List for Fellow Theorists:
Check each frame/moment the footage glitches. Look for hidden messages and images. I went frame-by-frame at the very end and saw nothing, but I didn’t look through the ones that happen during the duration of the actual infomercial.
Go back in time (using @isas-theory-wall, past videos, @fear-is-nameless‘s impeccable ability to find ancient JSE Fire-related posts, whatever you can think of!). Connect these things to details in the video. See if there’s pieces of the past we can fit or relate to the present.
I personally would like to know if there’s any significance to the city we see at the beginning. Is it just stock footage or is it a detail we should pay attention to? I’m assuming its simply stock, but you can never be too careful.
I want to know if this anomaly is something. We’ve had Anti’s face and such hidden in thumbnails before. Is that something or am I grasping at straws?
