THE “KAYNE IS ARTHUR FROM ANOTHER UNIVERSE” THEORY
Okay so me and @donutpenguins were listening to “Dream Sweet in Sea Major” and thinking about how Harlan said this song reminded him of Kayne, and thus reminded us about our theory of Kayne being Arthur but from another universe. Thus, we examined every lyric and spawned the most nonsensical, stretched theory of all time.
The Theory is that Kayne is Arthur from a different universe who lost his John and died after Coda with nobody to save him.
The following is an analysis of the song Dream Sweet in Sea Major to accompany the theory (: its such a stretch it might as well be an AU , might genuinely write smth on this.
“Alone at the edge of a universe humming a tune
For merely dreaming we were snow”
Kayne, alone, WITHOUT John. Hes dreaming he and John are back together.
“A siren sounds like the goddess who
Promises endless apologies of paradise
And only she can make it right
So things are different tonight
We'll go together in flight”
The call of the sirens is John, and the millions of voices in his head are the attempts to get John back. Only she can make it right, only His John can make it right. Things are different tonight is Kayne watching Arthur and John break the narrative and hoping he can break his. We’ll go together in flight is him following them around.
“It's now and never
A reverie endeavor
Awaits somnambulant directives
To take the helm”
A reverie endeavor means daydreaming about wanting to do something. It’s now that Kayne can do what he’s been dreaming to do; get his John back. This dream is in the hands of Arthur and John, who broke the narrative. Somnambulant directives is John and Arthur and their actions.
“Believe me, darling
The stars were made for falling”
The line Life is Loss seems to pop in our head here.
“Like melting obelisks
As tall as another realm”
Don’t know what “melting obelisks” mean but “tall as another realm” is a reference to the Dreamlands.
“Un ensemble d'enfants” (a group of children)
this is John and Arthur we know.
“La galaxie s'étend” (the galaxy extends)
The alternate universes.
“Jardin de l'imagination” (garden of imagination)
This connects back to the dreams and daydreams prominent in the story.
“Combler la lacune” (bridging the gap)
This is Kayne trying to figure out where his John went.
“Voler face à la lune” (skating past the moon)
Skating past whatever fate they had ?
“Vois comme nous évoluons” (watch as we evolve)
The process of Kayne becoming who he is now.
“It feels like flying
But maybe we're dying”
No idea
“A cosmic confluence of
Pyramids hologrammed”
cosmic confluence is the merging of Kayne into Arthur and Johns universe. Pyramids hologrammed is like the plot points weaved together, like Arthur, John, and Kayne’s stories weaving together. It can also mean the endeavors they cross are all part of a preordained narrative.
“She knows you heard her
Staging music murder
In line before the show began
To be where I am”
This is the scene where we first meet Kayne and he is playing the piano, Kayne waiting for them, arriving first before Arthur and John.
“Children born of one emotion”
In reference to Arthur and John, as stated earlier in relation to children next to Kayne. Emotion might be fear, leading them on their journey.
“Our devotion's deepest ocean
No division reasoned we'll be free”
Their devotion for each other is deep that by this point who knows if they even want to be separated anymore. I really enjoy the journey from “let’s get separated” to “i’m sorry for leaving you for so long.”
It can also be that nothing really seems to imply that they could even separate (happily without the King) in the first place, at least, not until Kayne joins the fray.
“To know
We are beyond a bow”
Bow represents a rainbow and rainbows represent happiness especially during a dark time. The rainbow is Arthur’s life before John.
“And lo, the hues arrange to show
It's perfectly clear”
Hues arranging is Arthur slowly revealing his past.
These can parallel also with Kayne and maybe his experiences with his John.
“You look quite divine tonight
Here among these vibrant lights
Pure delights surround us as we sail
Signed, yours truly, the whale”
“Joy mirage's kingdom come”
The Dreamworld ? Joy mirage is madness, a delusion. Kayne is imagining a world where he and his John are back together, his kingdom.
“No one left at stake”
This throws back to Arthur’s line saying “I cant lose another person.” In theory, Kayne would not have John, and therefore nobody is left for him. He might as well do whatever he wants.
“Now that existence is on the wake
Let's see what we can make”
If Kayne’s story ended at Coda, this is him in the process of becoming the seemingly immortal being he is now, interfering with Arthur and Johns universe to “see what he can make.”
“The part is wholly ending
A line in any final song
So long, so far”
This references Coda and that Kayne’s story is ending after so long. A line in any final song deals with the weight that music seems to hold in the entirety of Malevolent. His song ended with a goodbye and dying in the cold.
“We will be atoning
At last eternal through the past
Above a blinding star”
This is Kayne dreaming of he and his John making amends and being together again ?
“Bye, hi
Sigh, Hawaii
We never meant to part
Sublime, thy art”
“we never meant to part” is referencing Kayne and his John. “Sublime thy art” is perhaps Kayne thinking that what he’s doing is incredible, beautiful, reuniting him and his best friend.
“One light
Higher than the sun
Invisible to some
Until it's time”
The sun is the King in Yellow, and the one light is Kayne.
“Invisible to some Until it’s time” is the unknown fact that Kayne is just Arthur from another universe and it’s not known or even thought about by this universes John and Arthur and will only be seen when Kayne feels it’s time, whenever that may be.
Extra drabble:
-Kayne’s power comes from fucking around and finding out to find John. Kayne doesn’t have much impact until Coda. Here, Kayne’s story ended and he never got his John back, lying in the snow bleeding out. Kayne gives Arthur John back, likely completely messing up the narrative and changing the preordained destiny.
-If Kayne is trying to get his John back it makes sense that he would go to such lengths. Maybe he chipped away for eons at the King in Yellow and it drove him mad, making him how he is now with thousands of voices in his head and a manic aura about him.
-There’s also the fact that Arthur dies once before and is brought back by the wraith. The next time he is brought back from death is when Kayne himself revived him, which is after Coda and theoretically after he messed up the narrative.
-Kayne doesn’t even seem to be his real name, since when Arthur asked, he said something akin to “Kayne, let’s go with that,” as if it isn’t his actual name.
