#aregect theory

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Moenella

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Anglerfish

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I LOVE seeing all the theories where Regect, unintentional or not, is helping the Eyes draw in more victims and giving them a false sense of security with how goofy and pathetic he usually acts. The Eyes also used Regect’s voice and likeness to lure in/trap both Micha and Ze…really, seeing how powerful and creative Regect is with his builds, the only thing stopping him from being a capable antagonist is his lack of cruelty and desire to cause pain. I’m so interested to see if Eyes & Regect are indeed one entity or if they have the boss/employee relationship some people are speculating on…

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Horrible thought that just came to me but wouldn’t it be fucked up if the reason Regect’s skin is missing a head/limb/body parts is because the Eyes ate them

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…I’m just saying, Moe and the QR code entity still have NOT been seen together…

Also living for the dynamic between Maturin and Ze I’m so glad they had each other during that wild chase sequence 😭

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So near the end of the new episode (S2 Part 2: Path Forward), we got a few seconds of Regect looking down the hole with the Eyes staring right back (which I'm absolutely EATING UP by the way HOLY MOLY) Something that stood out to me is the background audio.

Several theories mentioned that the entire Down Under could be the Eyes itself, and it's quite possible. From the hole we can hear something growling and bubbling. Continuing the idea of the Eyes being an entity that "feeds" on players, the entire underground structure of this ARG world could very much be alive and even be considered the "stomach" of this entity.

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This is the perfect time to mention one of my favorite A REGECT theories by twitter/X user Fester (@/TheWateris_Fine): aka the "Saturn Devouring His Son" theory or the "Project Z: Ze is Zeus" theory. This is a call back to the Francisco Goya black painting that appeared wayyyy back in Season 1 Part 4 in Regect's museum. There are several things of note: Ze said that it is one of his favorite paintings, Regect confirmed he didn't put the painting there/has never seen it before, and Regect went off looking for it after the painting ran away. But the duo was eventually distracted by pirates.

A quick summary of Fester's theory is the concept of the Eyes devouring players like how Kronos/Saturn, the titan, devoured his children, the first Olympian gods, out of fear of being overthrown. In this case, Ze, our ARG protagonist, would take the role of Zeus who eventually rises up to trick/poison Saturn and rescue the others. Fester theorizes this could be the end goal of "Project Z," a plan headed by Dr. Thatcher to use Ze as bait to get closer to the Eyes and kill the malevolent entity (hence Dr. T and the Eyes working against each other on opposite sides).

Although the medical record we previously got confirmed Micah's death, the Eyes said something very interesting at the end of the Valentines episode:

"He's still there. They all are. The Down Under is forever."

This statement contradicts the medical record, but a big possibility is that Micah, along with all of the Eyes' past victims, are indeed kept "alive," albeit only digitally for the sole purpose of keeping the entity fed. Without the Eyes, they will all finally perish and cease to exist.

Which brings me to an additional theory...we need to address the huge elephant in the room. Regect definitely knows more than he is letting on. It is then entirely possible that the Eyes struck a deal of some sort with Regect using Schrödinger's Micah as a bargaining chip. (It's also interesting that in many of the earlier parts of Season 1, Regect would keep bringing/luring Ze underground.) I can see this as an explanation for how the Eyes blackmail Regect, a much more pathetic (but still reasonably powerful) entity, into helping it acquire more victims (aka the ANGLERFISH Theory).

...I do have to say, visually looking at the Goya painting now, the figure of Saturn and his "son" do remind me of the Eyes and Regect respectively. You see how Saturn has a huge set of eyes & the son is missing his head, arm, and some body parts...? Now what could this mean...?

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QRed Moe Truther Nation How We Doing

LISTEN listen they technically interacted on screen but we only saw it from QRed’s POV right?? No one else was in the room? ZBB3 can still do something incredible here…

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Ok I’m OBSESSED with the anglerfish theory now and you know what? This is SO FUN because another tiny character trait I really adore is the fact that Ze LOVES fishing and we know from the tumblr asks that he works at a fish market irl. If anyone is going to outsmart the Eyes and net the entity I can’t think of a better candidate.

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A quick observation about the Eyes: we don’t know much about all the victims of the Down Under yet (there's a list of names now at least!!!) but...Micha and Ze have such a huge age difference?? Literally terrorizing a child vs. an adult who can fight back?? with guns???

If the Eyes is “feeding” on players like some theories are suggesting, then it’s pretty clear that this entity is getting hungrier. That or it’s gotten very, very cocky with its abilities to lure/trap and create fear & vulnerability in its targets. Posting the Valentines episode to directly taunt arg viewers about Micha's death is a sure sign of overconfidence.

Now, this could be a good thing. I can see this leading directly to its downfall. The Eyes is bound to slip up SOON, and it also made the mistake of targeting MOE. Targeting ZE and MOE at the same time is very different from isolating and finishing one job. Once the A REGECT trio get together and figure out what is going on it's all over for the entity.

Unless, you know, it has help on the inside.….