I saw a theory floating around about Murphy being body snatched? Is there any reason for that one? I haven’t seen an explanation just like... fandom freaking out which is our specialty lol
Oh, that’s the theory I came up with. Are people freaking out about it?
I’m not freaking out. It’s just a theory. I’m not freaking out over any theory, mine or anyone’s.
Just because someone has a theory doesn’t mean that’s how the story is going to go. This theory is linked pretty tightly to a couple of OTHER theories I have, none of which are canon, but all of which do have narrative threads, possible easter eggs, and foreshadowing attached.
My theory is that Russell is giving Murphy a minddrive. So he needs to be made a nightblood. If he’s a nightblood, then that makes him a host, also, and Russell is not trustworthy.
This theory is also based on my theory that Sheidheda is Cadogan, and Sanctum is actually a part of the Second Dawn cult that Cadogan led. Some have speculated that Russell is Cadogan’s son. This could work, or he could be a follower. IF Russell finds a way to talk to Sheidheda, or Sheidheda finds a way to talk to Russell, and Russell finds out that Sheidheda is Cadogan (if he is, and if Russell is related to or a follower of cadogan,) then all of a sudden, Russell has an investment in bringing CadoganSheidheda back to life as a prime.
Raven needs to take Sheidheda out of Madi. The minddrive works to suck digital consciousnesses out of a human brain and store them on the minddrive when the human dies. So, maybe they use one of the spare minddrives to suck Sheidheda out of Mad’s brain. Maybe during this process, Sheidheda reveals his real identity and Russell hears it? So then, while Raven is intending to destroy sheidheda from the minddrive, Russell steals it and installs it into Murphy, instead of the empty minddrive, thereby tricking him and bodysnatching him so his daddy/cult leader can be brought back to life as a god.
This leads us into season 7 with our ultimate villain, Cadogan, back to life. IN MURPHY’S BODY. Richard would KILL that role. Our season 1 petty villain would become our season 7 super villain, after being redeemed and beloved in the intervening years and then falling to tragedy brought on by his own double crossing.
And if the time travel is really happening, Cadogan, in Murphy’s body would go back in time to try and stop our heroes from trying to stop the apocalypse because he’s the leader of a doomsday cult, and because the apocalypse brought about his own godhood, and scuse you, that’s what he wants.
Now you can freak out too. I am sadly starting to love this plot. But I might be a lot more hard hearted than the rest of fandom.