okay so.. i know we’re all Tired and it feels like we’re just going around in circles without any end in sight, and i don’t expect anyone to care about this, but i’m making this post as a reference anyway. so. chronologically, here are all of the potentially significant (seemingly from an external source, in line with themes and the ARG theory) ciphers that tumblr users have been sent since thelostspecial started gaining attention + their decoded meanings + possible connections we’ve made with them. here we go.
this code, which we’re not 100% sure of, but two solutions i’ve seen so far are this and this. there’s been some talk of “w.h.” being a reference to oscar wilde (feb 7th.)
the pawns upon the chessboard move so slow (feb 9th. caesar, letter numbers, abash, vigenere key "norbury”)
this code, which, to my knowledge, no one has figured out yet (feb. 9th)
forty two days and forty two nights you wait (feb 9th. vigenere, key “iwanttobreakfree")
“jm” getting bored with us + acknowledging the February 26th hint given in the previous code (feb 10th. vigenere, key “stayinalive”)
doubt thou stars are fire (feb 10th. original code post here. vigenere, key “poshboy”. not sure if this leads anywhere but felt the need to mention it!)
could it really be writer’s block? (feb. 10th. gronsfeld, key “221b”. directly connects to this.)
sherlock’s show is dying (feb 10th. caesar. possibly reference to moriarty’s “it’s raining, it’s pouring” tune from hlv?)
life’s but a walking shadow (feb 11th. vigenere, key “candle”) which has now been confirmed as a non-mole, non-arg code
this code, which is still in the process of being figured out (feb 11th)
this code,  seems to be the same style as the code listed above, not yet solved (feb 12th)
i will tell you this right from the beginning (feb 12. caesar)
i’m still combing through archives to make sure i haven’t missed anything, so please, if you’re aware of any that i’ve left out, let me know so i can add them in!!