Theory Time
So here’s what we know so far.
- Sometime around 2000/2001 the Breach occurred and over 30 anomalous escaped - Amanda was born in 1993 (probably around the time that Blackwing was rounding up the anomalous if we're going off of 2000/2001 being the breach and that Dirk mentioned he had been there for years when he was younger) - Amanda and Todd took a trip to Orlando sometime around her 7th year (which would also be right around the time that the Breach occurred) - According to Wakti, Amanda is the one who is supposed to fix everything - According to Max Landis on Twitter “Certain events both in the distant past and in the first few episodes of season one and two did not go as the universe intended” and “The events of the first season of Dirk Gently are the universe and its tools working at about 80% efficiency to correct itself. Due to an unfortunate confluence of free will, random chance and cosmic destiny, in the second season we’re at about 50% and falling.”
So here’s part one of my theory. I made a post about this last night as well but I wanted to expand on it. What if the universe created Amanda to help fix itself due to lack of interaction with the anomalous? Like, the universe had all these fantastic anomalous people that were out doing things and then suddenly they’re holed up in this stupid government facility and the universe is like “well, crap, I need them to do stuff, like, they’re important” and so in response to the errors that were beginning to pop up (an absurd amount of unsolvable cases (dirk), lots of bad guys not dying (bart), perfectly normal things not getting demolished (rowdy 3)) the universe created Amanda, to try and work out the problems. So the universe set her on course (or at least the people around her on course) to get her as close to the anomalous as possible in an attempt to get everything back on track. Maybe when she and Todd were in Orlando, they were near to Blackwing and maybe her proximity to the Rowdy 3 kicked things up a notch. I know that it’s been said that Vogle was what really heated up the Rowdys but maybe it was both? (this last little bit is just wild speculation at this point)
But part two of my theory diverges away from Amanda. What if the universe wasn’t expecting Blackwing to be a thing? Like what Wakti said about fate and chance and free will, maybe the universe took a chance, hoped that the government would leave the anomalous alone, that backfired and started causing all these problems. If Blackwing hadn’t existed, or if it had been fully shut down after the breach then it would be quite possible that nobody would have followed Dirk to the Ridgley. A stray bullet wouldn’t have saved Farah. It’s possible that it would have taken longer for Dirk and Todd to solve the Patrick Spring case without Farah, but it might have been possible. If Bart had been just a little bit faster and killed Ken then she would have eventually found her way to Dirk, and the conversation that they had on the stairs to nowhere could have been completed. They might have teamed up to take out the MOM. There are a lot of if’s and maybes in this part of the theory but’s it’s interesting to think about.
I’d love to hear if anybody else has any ideas, or if there are any weird inconsistencies with my Amanda theory.
