#richy is guilty

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i would love to see Richy during the ending maybe him staring at the lighter in his hand or him sitting down as the fire all around surrounds him

If I said I was sorry, would you believe me?

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I don’t know.

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Duskwood Episode 10 spoilers!!

When TMWAF took off his mask:

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Spoilers!! So now that I'm done crying about the ending. I'm restarting the game just to see what clues I might have missed about the true culprit. Do you recall anything off the top of your head?

Oh gosh I think I wrote a whole novel in the past year or so discussing my theories and observations on Richy being a suspect. I was relentless 😅

I think it would be easier to link the main posts that I could find that I wrote. Some things were off the mark, but many of them have the tip offs that pointed to him being the culprit all along.

It’s probably lengthier then you’d like, but I hope it’s a fun look back on what was assumed back then vs now.

Richy being guilty episode 5 theory

Richy being guilty episode 6 theory

Richy being guilty episode 7 theory

Richy being guilty episode 8 theory

Why does Richy help the investigation?

Signs Richy was lying in his interrogation with MC

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EPISODE 8 SPOILERS

Jessy: they only found Richy’s bloody hat...

In game Me: oh no richy noooooo!! 😨😭

Reality Me:

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Okay! 👏👏 I’d say it’s time for the long after episode MWAF theory/pick apart everything! Of course this will be littered with lots of spoilers so don’t read if you haven’t finished ep 8 yet!

Now as a sort of disclaimer, I know that some people are preparing to throw the Richy is the MWAF theory out the window, which I do not blame them for by this point. The game has screamed over and over again that Richy is gone yet I can’t help but hold on to my theory to the bitter end.😅 I hope everyone has an open mind to what I have to say on the matter. Maybe there will be some points or reminders to help you find your own take on the topic as I explain my own thoughts in the process.

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First of all, one of the things that has bothered me since the ending is that they still haven’t explained this very basic fact about the MWAF. How in the world did the MWAF know about the group’s investigations and MC’s involvement?

I touched upon this in my last couple theories where I pushed for Richy’s guiltiness by explaining that for the MWAF to know that Jessy would be out on a walk with us, or to know Richy wouldn’t be at Rogers Garage when he was marked, or even knowing we agreed to help this investigation at all, he would need access to the group chats. He would need to know basic information about the groups whereabouts and plan according to it. Not answering this basic fact would leave a gaping hole in the plot.

Micheal Hanson by what we know, left Duskwood more then a year ago, essentially a missing person in the eyes of Duskwood. The group apparently didn’t even know his name so none of them would have told him directly what they were up to. The only way he might be getting information about anything is from Phil, who was being told everything by Jessy herself. That might be plausible if you squint, but yet we know Jessy and Phil’s relationship was even worse in the beginning episodes, I highly doubt Jessy would tell Phil much about herself and the investigation and there is no saying if Phil would even think to move this information along to Michael if he was even in contact with the old bar owner at the time. Also we received a call from the MWAF the very first time we talked to Dan, waaaay in the beginning episodes, we didn’t even know who Phil was at that point, yet the MWAF knew who we were almost immediately.

Then I played with the idea that the MWAF was using an encryption like Alan was or using a spy mode like Jake is, to read everything secretly, but that idea was tossed out too. Michael was a bar owner not a hacker or police investigator, there is little reason to believe he’d know how to do something like that, nor would anyone in his life teach him how to do it either.

(Also as a bonus point for why the MWAF might be Richy, the MWAF didn’t seem to be aware that Jessy and Thomas were heading to the house at all, he still had his candles lit and “art” up so he couldn’t have prepared for their arrival and hide. He might have only noticed Thomas and Jessy where there when he saw the car. This took place after we removed Richy from the chat as well so...)

Secondly, the MWAF’s motivation, why would Michael wait 10 years to take revenge for his daughter and why is he mainly attacking the group over it? For benefit of the doubt, Michael is the few suspects who has a possible motive that makes some sort of sense, yet it’s such a drastic leap in logic for him to attack the group at all.

If Michael is the MWAF and he’s attacking people for revenge, then why would he take Hannah, who we know feels guilty over Jennifer’s death and seems to be working to find out the truth about the case, and kidnap her. She’s trying to bring justice to his daughter, so why would Jennifer’s own father try and interrupt that process? Even if Hannah somehow helped cause Jennifer’s death (reminder that Hannah would have been a child by this point) we know she wasn’t the true killer, it was a man who hit her with a car and took her body into the woods. If Michael really wanted further revenge, killing that man should have been on the top of his priorities, not Hannah.

The hostility he has towards the group is also strange, for a man who cares only for revenge, he seems oddly determined to wipe out everyone, that sounds more like a man who is afraid of being caught then a man who just wants to take down the people who hurt his daughter in the past. That doesn’t sound like the role of a grieving father to me.

And once again he has waited a long time to seek out this revenge anyway, this man was apparently a sheep herder of sorts according to Lily before he disappeared, why come back at all? A parent who lost their child will never lose the pain of that child’s absence, but you’d think the burning embers of revenge would simmer down after 10 years of time and reflection, what could have triggered him to come back? And why would he pick the most foolish spot to set up his base? He should know he was suspected in the past, setting up camp at his own house will easily connect him to the crime as Lilly had demonstrated by throwing out this theory at the end of the episode.

I think it’s more possible for someone else to use Michael Hanson’s house as a coverup to throw off suspicion of himself. Yet who knows? Maybe he is foolish enough to do that lol.

Thirdly, the inconsistency of the legend, the MWAF is not doing a good job at being consistent. He is not taking the people he marked at the first moon of the year and he is also killing them. The original book did not state the people who are taken will die, simply that they will disappear, yet the MWAF supposedly set out to kill Richy, but doesn’t kill Hannah.

And we now know Hannah is most likely alive at this moment because the MWAF stated so in the phone call he was going to kill her. I don’t think he’s lying because it would honestly benefit him more to kill Hannah and tell the group that he did to destroy the groups moral completely rather than keeping her alive.

With these inconsistencies, why should we trust the rules of the legend, they seem to be more like guidelines for the MWAF then actual facts.

Heck, when we talked to Darkness, he told us that the MWAF takes his victims to kill them, something not stated in the book at all.

From this, the book may very well be wrong and unreliable, perhaps the MWAF is following a different legend, a different version of the tale that Darkness might know about. Either way, it would be unwise to connect Micheal to the MWAF simply because of what the legend says until we know why these inconsistencies are taking place.

Basically what I am trying to say, the group is accepting Michael as guilty too fast for my taste, the only facts we have for Michael being the one who did it is that he’s 1. The father of Jennifer 2. The legend we first read was about a father taking revenge 3. We found the MWAF’s “art” inside Michaels old house. 4. Not many people know where Michael is.

That is enough evidence to have someone arrested and investigated, not to convict them of a crime.

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So do I still think Richy is guilty? Well... somewhat.

I still firmly believe Richy has the most evidence pointed to him and would have the ability to execute the actions we have seen the MWAF take, he would have had access to group chats, his body is still missing like I figured it would be, and he has the knowledge of Duskwood’s history and landscape. He truly is a perfect fit in many ways in my own opinion except for how he fits into this legend and what his motivation could possibly be. Plus the fact that his hat was bloody when it was found, I don’t know if Richy would be capable of harming himself on purpose to make everything more convincing.

All and all, questions still need to be answered and I don’t want to be too hasty in declaring who the MWAF truly is until we can rip the mask off of his face and get him behind bars for good 😌

I’ll be interested to hear your takes on this below, and I’ll probably expand on this conversation when I think of more relevant points or to explain my idea more in-depth if anyone is confused over this post, thanks for reading til the end! 💛

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Duskwood Episode 7 Spoilers!

I am so glad you finish it! I can finally talk someone about it! Episode 7 is like the only episode where I truly felt suspicious about Richy the other times I just brushed it off as trauma maybe. I’m probably going proven wrong later but I do think his attack seemed faked and the timing just seemed weird. Anyways I looking forward to hearing your theory on this. Have a good day!

I honestly don’t know what to think, the moment I saw Richy’s call I immediately thought “Was I wrong? Were we all jumping to conclusions?” but after thinking about it more, there still might be a chance.

Objectively, there is a 80% chance that Richy is dead or at the very best, gravely injured 😔. That would take some guts to fake something like that, he would have to seriously wound himself to make it seem realistic. We won’t know till episode 8 (god I’m dreading episode 8, what the hell are we going to tell the group??).

The only upside is that this proves without a doubt Phil must be innocent, there is no way Jessy would do this without her being the killer/kidnapper herself. No way for anyone to do this without being actually guilty. Hopefully Phil will be released shortly after this incident comes to attention.

In the case that Richy was actually attacked, that he was actually murdered, we don’t have many people left to suspect. Dan is in the hospital, everyone else is packing to go to this house Richy suggested, every other character we know of we have no evidence. Richy being dead leaves us back to square one in terms of suspects.

There may be some proof that Richy might be alive though, and that these things were self inflicted.

When Jessy was attacked, the man without a face deliberately showed his mask so we knew it was him, he wanted us to feel threatened and to fear him. But he never showed himself on Richy’s call, he had plenty of time to but not once did he loom over the camera. That is a difference in behavior, also how did the killer go from possibly assaulting/killing the woman Richy thought he heard, to suddenly spawning right up to Richy in a matter of seconds? We never saw or heard this woman but somehow the killer was able to catch up to Richy and take him by surprise without Richy noticing him, how is that possible?

Further more, I found it creepy how Richy turns the camera to make sure that we see the blood come out of his mouth, doesn’t say a word to ask for help, he just stares. Not exactly evidence, but a strange observation. We also don’t hear footsteps of someone walking away from Richy or approaching him.

Richy should also know that the forest is dangerous by now, yet he suggests for everyone to stay in a house in the middle of it and he blindly charges into the forest without a second thought.

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Now for theories on the slim possibility that Richy is alive, his motive for taking this action.

The group is under a lot of pressure and Richy might be feeling that things are slipping out of his control. Jessy is angry that someone gave evidence that Phil might be the culprit and she heavily expects it to be Richy, enough to quit her job. But strangely enough Richy doesn’t take it seriously? It’s like he’s ignoring the fact that Jessy has told him she is not joking.

We know that if Richy is following the legend closely enough, he would be marking the doors of people he believes have sinned. Perhaps he believes Jessy has sinned by betraying him and quitting even though he needs her support, we already know Rogers Garage is doing poorly financially and the thought of losing your one employee might be a stressing thought. Maybe he planned to mark her and kidnap her the same way he did for Hannah? Who knows, but it is odd how she was marked quickly after telling Richy she was quitting.

It also seems like a foolish idea to mark someone when you are trying to push the blame onto someone else, your kind of just ruining your chances of getting away with it. Maybe marking her was an emotional decision?

Plus, Jessy confirmed that the only ones who knew about her walk with us was Phil and Richy, but Phil is in custody and Richy is apparently dead so where does that leave us? Who could have possibly attacked her?

I also found it weird how Richy told Dan the accident was “all his fault”. It seems like a cold response for someone who nearly died in an accident, his apology also seemed odd with the “somehow” at the end. I wonder if we could get Dans car double checked with TT to see if Richy is lying.

It could be that Richy is starting to feel as if he had no options left, his plan to blame everything on Phil is not working like he hoped and he has to take things to the next level. He also might have realized that he was marked but nothing has happened to him for a long while, he doesn’t want people to question it so he makes an attack on himself. By faking his death/attack, he’ll immediately get rid of any suspicion. Even at the cost of making Phil look innocent, it would be worth it if he gets away with everything. Plus if people think he is dead, he could work freely in carrying out this “justice” against sinners.

His body could also disappear once police start looking for him, if it disappears... maybe Richy isn’t so dead after all.

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WHO KIDNAPPED HANNAH???

MOTHER LOVING RICHYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

probably...

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Holy crap you guys I gagged this morning! 😱

Looks like this episode is going to be all about Richy and I am so excited! This might just be the episode that will make or break my theory.