Okay, so, since I garnered some attention from that NAQ post, I wanted to talk about a theory I had that involves this little image within the File Select screen in the Opening Cutscene video.
As you can see, it's Nebula behind bars. But why would she be jailed?
Let's start with something I'd like to show you all: A shot from the opening cinematic I found strangely out of place.
It's Nebula, bursting into a conference room. And the man in front of Nebula seemingly gives a look of "Oh, so NOW you decide to show up."
Weird thing with this, however, is that a certain someone in the audience isn't visible at that conference.
CELESTE. The lab girl. Why would she not be there? Then it hit me. Notice something in the above picture?
Nebula's. Helmet. Is. On. The. Shelf.
My theory is that Celeste may have a bit of an obsession with Quasar, and got Nebula jailed in order to get Quasar to herself.
Here's another weird thing about Celeste. In the shipping AMV uploaded onto the channel, Celeste does...well...
...this. Yeah, apparently, according to the clip in the AMV (which is also from something called "NAQ Toons"), her little hairclips are her actual eyes, and a giant nose is what's behind the hair.
And while a comment did say this was retconned...
...I have my doubts it was FULLY retconned. My bet is that they just got rid of the "nose-face thing" plasmapunk2001 mentioned and not the "hairclip eyes" thing.
Regardless, think about it. We've never seen official depictions of Nebula or Quasar without their helmets. Why would Celeste have Nebula's, and why wouldn't she be at that conference?
Simple. The conference is for something involving Nebula (which she was somehow late for, hence the man giving Nebula a strange look), and Celeste was the one did her in, which is why she's absent.
And the proof is on Celeste's shelf. She's obsessed with Quasar, and despite the two being siblings, she wants Nebula gone regardless.
And the best way to do that?
Frame her for a crime she didn't commit and make sure she's locked up for it.
Long story short: Celeste may be more sinister than we thought. Thank you for coming to my theory Ted Talk.
