Fuck ok I was driving and suddenly I had a thought - guys I had a lot of thoughts - and I was like do I need to pull over and write this down? I almost did then decided that's insane. ADHD moment.
Anyway so guys hear me out, what if Hank wasn't contacting House (the obvious red herring) or some unknown third party on the global communications in Season 2 Episode 1 "The Innovator?"
What if he was contacting Barb?
Potential spoilers below. Apologies if I'm parroting a theory that's already been discussed I haven't heard this one yet and I got excited just thinking about it.
What if she's at the Enclave? With Janey? And when Hank was saying:
"Your old stomping grounds actually..."
It's because it was Vault 38 where her and Janey were put into Cryo, and a vault where she helped to "manage" all the other vaults up to a point?
She's the one being named as the executive for putting certain vault experiments forward. She's the one House names as an "unknown" and is tied to FEV in the vaults and the creation of the deathclaws.
"You always spent so much time calculating how to survive all possible contingencies."
See the word used there would immediately point to House - as the human calculator - being the culprit. But who else was also planning for all contingencies so she could try and find a way for her family to survive? Specifically Janey? And not just that, but thrive? Barb.
Also I won't spoil it but I know something about House from the games that makes that comment seem redundant/incorrect. It never rang right in my head, some puzzle piece just wasn't fitting.
Guys I think it's Barb. I think it's all Barb. She's the other player.
She's already linked to Moldaver and the cold fusion, but what if she was Wilzigs boss? Wilzigs who knew everything about all the vaults, who was involved in FEV and the mind control devices in season 1. What if she's the head of the entire operation that both ended the world and is now mutating it forward?
I think those cryo pods are empty.
(The cryo pods seemed active when we saw them in episode 5, but it just feels so quick? Really? We find them already? I don't know guys somethings not adding up).
Hank was her assistant, if anyone's giving him a 219 years late promotion through puppeteering Vault-Tec it's her. She's his BOSS.
What if the mind control devices that House was trying to implement were taken by Barb in exchange for the cold fusion (which he never got) and furthered through the Vault 38 experiment which she oversaw. And Hank taking over it is carrying on her work.
But it's not just the mind control devices.
It's the 31, 32, 33 experiment too. It's the implementation of FEV. Hank isn't just carrying on with the 38 experiment, he's also put into motion what Barb created; phase 2 for Vaults 32 and 33. Her work, that's Hank's picked up, and wants to "bring it all home."
Mind control, and mutants, and the world without borders controlled by one entity... Vault-Tec? Or perhaps something else, something worse thats managing it all. Something Barb's affiliated with that even made House shit pant. Because War never changes, and Barb was pulling all the strings from the start. I think she still is.
If this is the case what a fucking insane character they've made. What a badass evil complex fucking goated spectacularly sadistic yet righteously sympathetic antagonist they've written. Who is connected to all our heroes in ways I can't even begin to write down. But especially Cooper like holy shit.
HOLY SHIT.
I think Ella said in an international interview something about her being "geographically lost" at the end of season 2. Take it with a big pinch of salt I need to find it. But what if that's because somehow by the end of the season she gets abducted and taken to the Enclave? What if that's where she meets Barb and Janey?
Barb kidnaps Lucy because Lucy is part of her experiment. What if the Enclave take Lucy because of something to do with 33 and the FEV and so Lucy is technically a specimen? Something they need to lock down and study.
And Cooper and Max end up having to go on a roadtrip of their own, one that leads them to the Enclave. To Lucy, Janey and Barb.
Oh the ANGST of it all, what will Cooper do huh? His ex-wife and his wasteland wife? And what will Lucy and Barbs conversation be like as two badass woman on the opposing ends of morality that blur through the middle. Oh god Lucy and Janey interacting my heart 🥺 I wonder if she's still a kid or all grown up if they are out of the pods.
I think I'm wrong, I'm probably wrong and it's gonna be so funny when I am.
Watch them just be in those pods and the reveal is something like "the other player was the friends me made along the way" lmao. But I would love it if I'm not. There was a shining glorious moment where all the dots connected in my head, and it's gone again.
I suppose we shall see.
Oh god what if Barbs tied to Cooper becoming a Ghoul? Usually it's just via radiation, but the US government were actively experimenting on humans and turning them into ghouls. This is crack at this point but it's fun thinking of all the potentialities. Guys I love Barb what the actual fuck of a character have they made she's so cool and I also agree with Goggins. If this is true, in many ways she is the devil.
i dont know if im supposed to have infinite love for wilzig but i DO because running away bc i stole something and a dog is something i would absolutely fucking do
