we need to talk.
tumblr has a photo limit so i will put most of the photos on tiktok.
forget the tape. the tape isn’t important right now. what’s important is that THE RBH THEORY IS REAL.
for the longest time we have been going off of some proof here, some implication there and yapping so hard it was practically an au. but now we have something real. we have MULTIPLE things. and they all lead to one idea.
in the collection of monitors where the demo takes place, there are screens involving 2 babies, 2 shots of a playground, 3 angles of the break room and 1 shot of what seems to be an alley outside. i think it’s the same alley woolymanda went down, where wooly nervously glanced at the library before looking at us. in the actual game, the screens change a little and there seems to be a cut off shot of a room in the library.
those are small things but keep them in mind. now the important thing.
BIOEX0623 - "SHEPHERD"
LOG #23
SAMPLE TAKEN FROM MARCUS MOUTMAN PROVED SUCCESSFUL IN REPLICATION PROCESS WITH MINIMAL CASUALTIES. SUBJECT IS TO BE CONTAINED UNTIL LOCATION OF TAPES AND THE COLTON ANOMALY ARE CONFIRMED
"SHEPHERD" SHOULD ONLY BE HANDLED BY CONTAINMENT SPECIALISTS (Danny McQuiggin!!!) AS IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. HAMELN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES, TRAUMA, DISMEMBERMENT, OR DEATH AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO "SHEPHERD"
let’s look at this properly.
Marcus Moutman - WOOLY.
Shepherd - THE SHEEP ENTITY (woolys demon)
The Colton Anomaly - THE BONE ENTITY (amandas demon)
now i will translate this into basic text.
DNA/BLOOD TAKEN FROM MARCUS MOUTMAN WORKED WELL WHILE REPRODUCING THE SHEEP DEMON. THERE WAS LITTLE RESISTANCE FROM MARCUS. MARCUS WILL BE ISOLATED UNTIL WE FIND THE TAPES AND FIND THE BONEY DEMON.
THE SHEEP DEMON SHOULD ONLY BE TAMED BY CONTAINMENT SPECIALISTS BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. H*MELN DOESN’T GIVE A FUCK IF YOU GET HURT BY THE SHEEP DEMON.
no matter marcus’ identity, something can be deducted from this text. marcus has been involved in experiments (at least 23 times) where a “sample” (DNA/blood?) of him is taken to use in another experiment involving the shepherd, supposedly the creation and evolution/reproduction of the shepherd. (if we assume this is happening with every victim of H*meln, there could be HUNDREDS of demons. is that their goal?) it’s implied marcus barely resisted during the 23rd experiment or hasn’t resisted at all (once again pointing to wooly). marcus, at least since the 23rd experiment has been isolated. how do i know it’s marcus? they call him SUBJECT.
reading this over made me realise something else. this screen is shown at the halfway point of woolymandas entrapment. this could ACTUALLY mean that they are TO THIS DAY taking samples from marcus’ uninhabited body and “minimal casualties” means his body hasn’t reacted badly. they are containing marcus until the tapes and the anomaly are found. this could mean that blank (???) was not only recording tapes, but stealing them. this is of course at the time the anomaly was on the loose, so the kate incident must have happened in between the 10 year mark and now.
back to shepherd. there has been a lot of discussion on how it came to be and what the rats (H*meln staff) have been doing to it. it could be that it acts in favour of H*meln (as opposed to the anomaly who acts in favour of amanda) BUT it could even be the opposite. there’s been some talk on how since it’s a giant unnatural being it is being mistreated or abused by the rats, either because they simply don’t know it’s wants/needs or they are actively trying to provoke it to be more violent? whatever they did, or maybe it’s just its nature, the shepherd is VIOLENT, and will go against ANYTHING in its way. this is proven by the fact it ESCAPED from the H*meln facility.
this is a cage right outside the facility before riley enters. it has a giant hole in it. the METAL cage. yall fr stupid to think metal would hold it ngl. from this we can deduct that this is where they kept the shepherd, probably to run tests and experiments on it, and it was threatened and felt the need to break out of the cage to escape. (should point out now that a shepherd’s job is LITERALLY to care for sheep, once again pointing to how it works for H*meln but probably also works for wooly, which makes sense considering wooly ALSO acts in favour of H*meln.)
having a clear view of the shepherd has given a MASSIVE advantage to the theory that the entities are made from the corpses of rebecca/marcus. the anomaly just straight up looks like a naked monochrome slenderman rebecca. the shepherd looks more like a sheep, but we can see that it’s hands/fingers are outstretched and deformed. its anatomy is more recognisable as a human, with some deformities like the sheep head/eyes, random spots of wool and what seems to be hind legs. the legs look more to me like human legs that were snapped to resemble sheep hooves, but we can’t see them fully.
now that we know for a FACT some form of DNA from marcus was being used in the creation of the shepherd, it could be that the mixed DNA of marcus and possibly a collection of animals (sheep? pigs?)/culty bullshit has caused its appearance to loosely form around MARCUS’ appearance, hence the resemblance to a human body. same with the anomaly, its appearance is that of a human bone structure and could have been easily been made from extracted DNA of rebecca. the fact that H*meln are looking FOR the anomaly suggest it was a mistake or that it turned against them. either way the anomaly is a threat to H*meln, giving a high chance it will side with riley later on. (moot pointed out it could have actually been the anomaly who escaped from the cage, since we don’t know HOW strong they are, just that the anomaly is weaker than the shepherd.)
another important thing.
Overall appearance
› Eye integrity = 3
› Ear integrity = 4
› Oral integrity = 2
› Skin integrity = 3
> Respiratory integrity = 1
> Cardiovascular integrity = 3
…COULD THIS BE THE STATS OF MARCUS/REBECCA??? notice how respiratory integrity (aka BREATHING RATE aka RATE OF ALIVENESS) is at 1. ONE. THEY ARE SO GENUINELY COOKED-
now. the cracks in the walls.
of course it could just be from the building deteriorating over time. but I don’t suspect that’s the case. i think these may have resulted from multiple incidents in which the shepherd (or anomaly) was attacking and fucked up the walls. we KNOW the entity is strong as fuck because 1 it literally ripped joanne apart and 2 it makes the ENTIRE BUILDING SHAKE just from hitting the door that’s holding it back. holy shit what is that door made of. vibranium. anyway i checked the demo and the building was shaking even THEN, 10 years ago. this lines up with the shepherd being around at the time of that log, meaning this could have possibly been when the shepherd was trying to escape the cage, or was being rowdy during experiments.
i understand that this is a bit of a tangent to start with but it ALL SUPPORTS THE RBH THEORY. HOW? with THIS.
this singular piece of paper has changed EVERYTHING. it’s confirmed ALL of our suspicions. and not just that but MORE.
im gonna say it now to get it out of the way. H*meln is the BIGGEST piece of shit i have ever come across fictionally. i ofc want riley to get a gun and kill every motherfucker who has touched that cult but that isn’t enough. i want them to go through HELL. they are the bane of my existence i want them to MORE than suffer i want them to DETERIORATE. anyway
I’ve highlighted the key parts of this document. we can see that they have been harbouring children and seemingly running tests on them, including commands and activities such as putting them in front of a screen. they are sometimes threatened if they don’t uphold the IDEAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT BLEEEHHH.
the chart works this way ↓
CHILD CODE NUMBER
PERSONALITY
BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES (aka normal human traits, ESPECIALLY for children)
BEHAVIOURAL TREAT (aka food they like to make them shut up and obey)
the very first thing that became obvious to everyone is that 05 is LAUREN. LAUREN. FROM THE FIRST FUCKING GAME. i can’t believe it i never thought she would be relevant again. this leaves SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. if she wasn’t absorbed into the tv how the fuck did she go missing and end up in the hands of H*meln within 5 SECONDS??? FUCKING HOW. unless she WAS absorbed into the tv but then was REVERSE ABSORBED INTO THE BUILDING? I-
there is no way that 04 is NOT a neurodivergent kid. im sorry. its too. stereotypical? but like in a good way. they obviously wanted 04 to be represented as an ND kid from their description.
ATA discord had a huge debate on 08. depressed? refuses to eat meat? some options here could be that they have a specific dietary preference, they have a religious belief or the most popular one, that they have a condition such as anorexia. it could also be a bit of pressuring from the rats to work on their diet, but it’s seen as an issue to them so maybe not.
now we DID think that 04 and 01/08 could be jordan and marcus, but that can’t be the case because of the fact that the subjects line up with the PODS.
01 is a trashcan.
02 (rebellious kid) is a tree.
03 is an electric post.
04 (ND kid) is a dog. (THE STRAY DOG THAT RAN AWAY AFTER AMANDA TRIED TO PET THEM!!!)
05 (lauren) is a flower.
06 is a sock.
07 (aggressive kid) is a circle. (a moon? a sun? a ball? probably the sun, since it’s been added to the full game.)
08 (diet kid) is a door.
these are all of the kids in those pods, so they CANT be marcus or jordan, since they have to be in the same condition as rebecca to have the same set up as her.
I’m still gonna add this tho because it’s interesting to think about. the TREATS.
before i go into this i HAVE to point out that the sandwich is ROTTING (reference!). ofc a sandwich can rot in probably a few days but the building has HAD to be abandoned for probably 5-10 years. it depends. I’m suprised there isn’t any clear signs of rotting/staleness on the other food. aaand won’t you look at that. ALL THE TREATS ASSIGNED TO THE KIDS. AND MORE (MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP.) now the reason we thought some of them were jordan or marcus was because 04 is clearly some type of ND and i headcanon jordan as ND/non verbal, and FIRSTLY, the chocolate cake given to 01 is similar the chocolate cake that helped us discover marcus’ name and SECONDLY the description of 08 sounds like something marcus would do, as i headcanon him as naturally fat and he would probably be told to work on his diet or degrade himself into doing so. but again, it CANT be them.
and what do we find if we decide to be fucking stupid and try blend all the food together for shits and giggles? coughBERLEEZYcough THIS.
oh. MY god. it’s fucking lauren AGAIN and also A RANDOM ASS BLACK GIRL? LIKE OKAY DAMN
PLOT HOLE ALERT! laurens date of birth and date missing are MONTHS apart, but she dissapeared on her BIRTHDAY. how. anyway if we do some quick math here we find that lauren was 8 when she went missing and karla was… 4… yeah okay im done no yeah no i fucking hate this game (btw the NCMEC is the national centre for missing and exploited children. MMM.)
now this all begs the question. what EXACTLY is H*meln doing to these poor vulnerable children? that has already been debated many times but we can get a lot from what is canonically shown IN. THE. POSTERS.
Criticism is NECESSARY
Take it CAREFULLY
When You Listen You Learn
Hang In There
TIME KILLERS ARE GUILTY
Be good. (TWICE.)
TEAMWORK - A Team That Is Not Focused On Results… Fails
these posters CLEARLY show an environment that is emotionally manipulative, demanding, and shrouded in toxic positivity, not only to its subjects but its staff.
now I’m gonna list some quotes from the document. the children are examinees. a good subject is quiet and cooperative. use any means necessary to keep things under control. avoid giving the subjects too much sugar as that will heighten their behavioural issues. there is also an examinee overseer for when they don’t follow the rules.
MY take from all of this is that the children are being treated like guinea pigs, being forced to undergo tests and examinations for some reason, the reason possibly being to prepare them to go into the pods, or in some cases, surgery. but they are being made to believe that this abuse isn’t what it is and that they’re doing a good job by accepting their situation rather than questioning it. “any means necessary” extremely worries me as it implies they will stop at nothing to make sure the children stay quiet and cooperative and that probably includes physical abuse on top of the emotional side of it. as we can see there are some children who act fairly calm while others don’t go by the ideal working environment or actively go against it, like 02 and 07. in their cases, there is an examinee overseer to supposedly “straighten them out” but I’m worried about what that exactly entails.
a few final bits and pieces before i get more into it - there is CLEAR evidence of children being raised in that building as seen by the childish scribbles on the walls (AT A LOW LEVEL THAT ONLY CHILDREN CAN REACH.) and extremely childlike paintings that have been pinned to the board and the fridge (labeled Mackenzie and Rodney). (MOOT POINTED OUT THAT THE DRAWING DONE BY MACKENZIE COULD HAVE BEEN A RORSCHACH TEST (psychological test where you interperet ink blots to have an insight to your mind) TO POSSIBLY TEST AND ASSESS THEM. that or it’s just a flippity flippity painting but WHO KNOWS)
keep in mind the part about it being an extremely strict and demanding environment to EVERYONE in there. they can’t even have FAMILY PHOTOS up in that bitch. talk about YOU BELONG TO US, YOU SERVE US, YOUR FAMILY DOESNT MATTER, YOU DONT MATTER amirite. god this place sucks ANYWAY
what am i getting at here? this is all an example of MARCUS. a subtle build up to MARCUS. i say that because i suspect whatever those kids were going through marcus went through so much worse, ESPECIALLY with the whole taking his blood to summon a demon thing. HELLO.
think about it from a narrative standpoint. why would they give us all this, show us how these kids are suffering, showing us just how cruel H*meln is for it to NOT lead us to a major character? having it lead to a minor or new character is bullshit and having it lead to nothing is also bullshit. and we HAVE every characters backstory EXCEPT WOOLYS. and what have we been getting? HINTS OF WOOLYS PAST.
we know wooly is marcus from the cipher in the first game. wooly was ALWAYS set up to be marcus. and NOW marcus is CURRENTLY being set up to be A CHILD RAISED BY H*MELN.
how do i know? HIS BEHAVIOUR. woolys behaviour is the one thing you HAVE to pay attention to. let’s backtrack here.
a good subject is quiet and cooperative - WOOLY. all he’s been DOING is sucking up and being a good boy to H*meln. he allows this to happen. he lets amanda silence him yet he tries to force her to be as cooperative as him. PROJECTING ASS.
criticism is necessary. take it carefully. when you listen you learn - WOOLY. he lets amanda push him around because he thinks letting her walk all over him is a learning opportunity or some shit. yet when she DOES try to give him shit to think about he still can’t help himself from completely ignoring her because he’s TOO DAMN STUBBORN. he would rather shut up than stand his ground against her and it speaks volumes hunny IT TALKS.
hang in there - WOOLY. this is kinda irrelevant but still HES LITERALLY HANGING IN THERE. HES ONE STEP AWAY FROM LOSING IT IM TELLING YOU HES AT HIS BREAKING POINT.
time killers are guilty - i feel like this one is more directed towards the staff but also. notice how he’s always trying to stop amanda from diverging too much before it’s too late or whatever. but then just kinda gives up once she’s gone too far and made it clear she’s not listening to his BULLSHIT. just sayin pay attention now.
be good - WOOLY. WHO is always sucking up and being a good boy to H*meln, no matter what amanda does or thinks, no matter what it means for both of them? say it with me now. WOOLY.
use any means necessary to achieve the ideal working environment - WOOLY. he is constantly patronising amanda and trying to force her into it rather than being genuine even though she’s clearly fed up of it, and he SEES that but he doesn’t CARE because SHES NOT DOING WHAT HE NEEDS HER TO DO. shes not playing the part yet, so he’ll keep using any means necessary (this might relate to that “PRETEND you can go places” line cuz boy pissed me tf off when boy said that)
now what they don’t like is when subjects damage property, themselves, and each other. who does that? AMANDA. she rebels against H*meln by speaking her truth and telling riley whatever she can about H*meln (property) even though she can be reprimanded/hurt for that (herself). she constantly abuses wooly physically, emotionally and sometimes manipulates him. she makes the truth clear to both riley AND wooly and goes against his ideals and his suggestions. she DOESNT let him win because HE doesn’t let her have peace (each other). wooly hates this about her. why can’t she just be like him? why is is so hard?
all of this points to marcus being a H*meln child BECAUSE as someone who has probably spent his entire life in an environment filled with such toxic positivity and straight up BULLSHIT, he’s obviously going to inherit that lifestyle and attitude. wooly acts in H*melns favour so much because HE IS ALMOST QUITE LITERALLY THEM.
he tries to control/manipulate amanda because that’s how H*meln does it. he tries to distract her from her past because that’s how H*meln does it. he tries to cheer her up with a cliche happy story instead of a realistic sad one because that’s how H*meln does it. he ignores her feelings and wants because as important as she is to him, those are less important, at least not as much of a priority as achieving the ideal working environment. his only goal is to do what they’re supposed to do, PLAY THE GAME. but amanda isn’t doing that because she HATES the game. she doesn’t WANT to play the game, she WANTS her life back. but as long as wooly is around, he’s gonna keep pushing her because HE believes they’re supposed to shut up, man up, and BE A GOOD SUBJECT.