ok guys. Big hear me out on this, but I promise it makes sense: Elizabeth.
For the sake of this, let’s just say that Zach is Ein’s biological father. It was put into the video, so I consider it canon. For perhaps the small handful that don’t have the full context of this, Ein was implied to be Zach’s son, but via posts from Jess and Jason, it was kinda called off. What with the Everything Wrong With MyStreet Season 6 video, I don’t know what to think anymore, but for this context? Cannon.
Next, in the “Michael cult,” we’ve got Zach and Elizabeth. Technically, for a while, Garté and Derek were also there, but they were lucky enough to get out. So it’s just the Demon Warlock and his two followers who’ve been friends since high school, and they’re, uh… they seem to be pretty close friends. I mean, if the way Elizabeth talks to Zach is anything to go by. “I’ve missed you,” she tells him, “It’s only been a few months,” he tells her. “That’s a long time for people who have been friends as long as we have.” Okay that’s kind of a weird way to put that (also don’t kill me, I’m quoting from memory but I think I got it pretty good? I know it’s in the episode Aphmau’s Family Secret from Starlight if you wanna quote check me or something idk). Throughout their interactions, Elizabeth will refer to him as “handsome,” like, instead of his name. And there’s just a whole bunch of other stuff that’s like “ok what the heck is happening here.” So hear me out, pretend you didn’t see the title of this post, Elizabeth is the woman Zach cheated on Sylvanna with. It makes sense! They’ve known each other a long time, they’re both in the same cult, the way she talks to him implies some intimate past… I don’t know guys. Seems like a lady in love.
Another reason why I think she’s the lady is because during the flashback where Derek is telling Michael that they can’t experiment on Aaron, Elizabeth offers to get more kids. Ok, so like, kidnapping? Or… birthing. Garté has three children (technically two), Zach has one, Derek has two, Terri has one, and Elizabeth… has a plethora of children. Katelyn, Casey, and all their other brothers. How many is it, five? Seventeen? I genuinely don’t know, but I know it’s quite a few (I’m an only child). Were all of those to “get more kids?” Hear me out on this, alright? Some of those had to be older than Katelyn, and maybe there’s a few younger than Kasey. Were all of them experimented on in some way or other? Or planned to at all?
I don’t know, maybe that’s irrelevant, but hear this: let's say that Michael took Elizabeth up on her offer to get more kids. Maybe Eric was getting more the wiser (maybe that’s why she kept having kids, bc he kept protecting them), or maybe they were just having marriage issues, and Eric didn’t want her around them a lot/alone. Or maybe they want more control over the child, with no excuses for them to leave (Like Aaron and Aphmau did). So Michael has her have a child with one of the other cult members. At this point in time, the options are Derek, Garté, and Zach. Well Derek’s off the table because he’s the Ultima. So the choice comes down to a human as the father, or a werewolf as the father. Hm. Hm. I wonder what he’d pick.
Ok. So skipping a head a little (I promise we’ll go back!), Ein’s born, and so is Aphmau, and Zach and Sylvanna are having relationship problems. And Elizabeth is in love with Zach. Elizabeth is also the mother of one of Zach’s children! During an episode in Starlight, and a trailer for When Angels Fall, Sylvanna explains that she found out about Zach’s affair via a text message sent by the woman he cheated with, accompanied by a picture of their child. Given all the above context, wouldn't it make sense for that to have been Elizabeth? It was the final push for Sylvanna, and Elizabeth did get Zach “all to herself” in a sense. Elizabeth cheating on Eric also could have played a part in her own divorce.
Ok, so with Zach’s, Sylvanna’s, and Elizabeth’s little love triangle (plus Eric so ig it’s a square…?), let's talk logistics. Elizabeth had a lot of kids with Eric: Katelyn, Kacey, and all their brothers. Ein (if I remember correctly) was Aphmau’s upperclassman back in high school. So a he’s a jr while she’s a sophomore? Hey, hang on… Katelyn’s in the grade above Aphmau too! So her and Ein are the same age? If Ein was Elizabeth’s son, that would mean that Ein and Katelyn would be twins. Which is a stretch. And how could they be? If Katelyn’s biological dad is Eric, and Ein’s is Zach? They can't be twins if they have different biological fathers, can they? Well, actually, they can! It’s a phenomenon called heteropaternal superfecundation, where a woman is pregnant with two babies each with a different dad. It’s rare, but very possible! This would save her the trouble of hiding her pregnancy or faking miscarriage.
During the lore dump that Derek gave Melissa, he explains that Zach and Elizabeth were/are both witch doctors. Elizabeth (to an extent) could monitor her own pregnancy, and have Zach do everything else. He could have been the doctor that helped with Ein and Katelyn’s delivery, and hidden Ein. They could’ve said that one of the twins didn’t make it (which isn’t unheard of), or they could have lied and not mentioned twins at all to Eric. And they would have taken Ein over Katelyn, not just because Ein is Zach’s child, but because Ein is a werewolf- and stronger or smt idk. That’s the whole reason they had Zach be the father in the first place. Think about it!
That would leave Ein to be raised by the members of Michael’s cult. Zach made it bluntly clear that he hates Ein, but cares for Aphmau. He could view Ein as the reason he and Sylvanna got divorced, and why he couldn’t see Aphmau. So, not the best relationship there. Then there’s Elizabeth. I suppose she could’ve been the “good parent,” but seeing as Ein hates all humans, and that Elizabeth is (needless to say) implied to not be the best of parents. So that leaves Michael himself, and seeing how Ein tries his best to work with him and be like him (Emerald Secret) and do his bidding and please him (When Angles Fall), despite the fact that he’s not a werewolf, it’s easy to see that Elizabeth and Zach may not have been the major part of his upbringing. Add another tally for the member count of the Michael cult.
So, in short, Zach cheated on Sylvanna with Elizabeth, and had Ein. Because Elizabeth cheated on Eric, they divorced. Elizabeth was the one who told Sylvanna about the affair, and caused their divorce to actually happen. And Ein and Katelyn are twins with heteropaternal superfecundation. Zach was an absent father (he refers to Ein as “the kid” all the time. He never even says his name, ever), and Elizabeth most likely wasn’t an amazing mother (the only time we see Elizabeth with Ein is the time where Ein is following her across the bridge). Yes, I’m aware of the forever potion Ein had placed on him and all that jazz, but let me know what you guys think!
This isn’t me standing up on a stage and telling you what’s right, I want to hear your thoughts! Comment and/or reblog and add to or debunk me! /gen
