I Be screamin I be theorizing

I have no idea how this site works, but I want to type my funni theories so I can point and scream at them if I end up being right

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The Return

I've finally watched the new audiolog

I have four pages of notes

I feel the foul madness returning

I know their secrets I see their hidden truths

I will theorycraft again

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Hey, remember how I was really excited to post theories again and talk about a series I really love? Unfortunately grad school despises joy and happiness in all things, and has been kicking my ass recently. My apologies for my absence. Hopefully I can come back soon (before the next episode comes out), but I have no guarantees. Again, I am very sorry.

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For those awaiting my next Hunter theory, I apologize. I have been playing Space Marine 2, and finished the campaign last night in a fugue state. Generally great game, I really enjoyed the campaign, and what I've played of the co op has been really fun! If you like warhammer 40k, space marines, and somewhat challenging action games, it is definitely worth playing!

Spoilers under the cut, if I can figure out how to do that properly. But I want to say one major criticism

SPOILERS

Firstly the major criticism I have for the game is that they have us walk into a necron tomb complex, where the mechanicus are actively digging up machines and touching everything, and we don't fight a single necron? HUGE missed opportunity. My friends who play have said the devs mentioned adding more missions later, maybe there we will get some metal skellybois, one can only hope.

FURTHER SPOILERS SERIOUSLY DON'T CONTINUE IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GAME

I wish I had posted on here before I beat the campaign. But I knew that skeletal grin was hiding the smug face of that codex thumping goody two-shoes Leandros from the MOMENT the chaplain first mentioned trusting in the pages of the codex. It was a great moment getting to see it revealed, and I thought it worked great. But also, someone needs to punch Leandros in the mouth for STILL suspecting Titus after a century in the Deathwatch, and a personal commendation from Calgar.

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The Return

I've finally watched the new audiolog

I have four pages of notes

I feel the foul madness returning

I know their secrets I see their hidden truths

I will theorycraft again

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Quick aside from my regularly scheduled posts, but I just recently finished Shadow of the Erdtree. I just wanted to say that Thiollier and Ansbach are my close, personal friends, and I would do anything for either of them. The dlc is great, if you like Elden Ring, go play it.

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Htp Theory: A School on Who's the Ghoul 2 of 2

This is a second half of a theory about the ghoul, first half here. Spoilers for hunter the parenting

So Occam’s the ghoul

Think on this, wouldn’t the best person to ghoul if you want to control an organization be the top-dog of said organization? Further, with everyone relying on Occam as the head honcho it leaves him without suspicion. We know that D and family were booted from the Arcanum for doing a bunch of unsanctioned hunts, even though (according to the poppenang leaks posts) the Arcanum are actively working with a hunter organization. Maybe Occam saw D and fam getting a lil too close to his vampire master’s activities and tried to put a stop to it through banishment, conveniently Blacklaw was calling for this already so Occam had an easy way to wash his hands of the matter. Same idea with the destruction of Dfams contributions to the Arcanum, almost certainly there was some real useful hunter info in there, that Occam can just say “had to get rid of it, couldn’t keep info from exiled members, sorry. Blacklaw was the one who called for it”. Honestly maybe their marriage was a way to try and keep D in check, however we don’t know how long they’ve been married or how long there has been a ghoul.

Then there are Occam’s actions during episode 4. He is VERY quick to go along with the witch hunt, which probably contributed to the stress we see in some of the characters, drawing suspicion to them. Then he proposes the blood test, then sends everyone away. AND he sends them with the task of carrying the big metal BAWKS, a task he almost certainly knows they will fail spectacularly, resulting in more infighting and a big mess that needs time and energy to clean up. What about the choking? If he’s a ghoul he would have increased physical strength, he could have choked himself enough to look like he was attacked, again, while everyone was supposed to be leaving him alone. But also, what happened to those choke marks on his neck when we next see him. He also bounces back from being family guy ragdolled remarkably quickly. How did he get back so quick, without marks on his neck? I don’t think the doc is that good at her job, especially high. I think he was faking it, and now with Spit having popped Fatigue like a balloon, he’s got an EASY out to hang the albatross on.

Also as two jokey points, 1. Occam’s razor, as a concept, he would be the simplest answer because having the head of the arcanum under your sway is a good idea. 2. I saw someone on this site say that Occam looks more like a vampire than any of the vampires thus far. This series doesn’t do design choices without reason, think of the bloodied wolf after Spit’s fit or Remold’s clothes hinting to him being B*lgian. Maybe Occam looking like a vampire is because he is connected to vampires.

Now, the connections to my earlier theory, and why I REALLY suspect Occam. Occam was shown using magic, solar sorcery specifically. For a lil bit I was concerned with my theory because sunlight kills vamps, but Occam isn’t a vamp, he’s a mortal servant of a vamp, the ability to sit in the sun is explicitly a design goal of a ghoul. (also the fact he breathes deeply before each solar spell means he’s a hamon user, good choice). Now, solar sorcery is a form of “linear sorcery” this is a type of magic which exists in WoD that basically is lesser magic that can’t bend the very fabric of reality. It’s a type of magic you have to actively learn and practice, rather than mage magic which is just innate to the person. Now remember in part 2 where I mentioned vampire clans have certain preferences for who to turn/ghoul? As an example Pyotr was likely turned by a Nosferatu because he was pretty and the uglies like making more uglies, Shitbeard was turned by a brujah because the brujah like bikers. Well clan Tremere really likes turning/ghouling intelligent, studious people, ESPECIALLY if they practice linear sorcery. Because the magic clan likes having more magic at their disposal. Why didn’t they just turn Occam? Well maybe because having him as a ghoul is more useful (again, head of a rival faction in the area), maybe the fact he does solar sorcery makes him immune to being turned by virtue of having sun in the blood, who knows? Another thought, maybe Occam willingly became a ghoul. He was married to Big D, who we know does A LOT of drugs. Maybe D took all the good drugs in the divorce, and Occam needed a hit of something extra potent, and found his way to getting high on the cold red stuff. Back to the sorcery though, you know what else linear magic is REALLY good for? Summoning things from the depths of hell.

So, I think Occam was recruited by the regent of Yarmouth, a Tremere who is actively looking to become an infernalist. He is a prime candidate, he is in charge of a local sect of a rival organization, he fits desirable traits for the clan as a whole by virtue of being a magic practioner, and that same magic would be a big help for the regent’s secret project.

I would suspect, if I am right, that Occam would be closely tied to the regent, keeping a useful tool close at hand so to speak. This could be a great big problem for our protagonists, because we’ve seen a ghoul close to the regent have knowledge of the local operation, namely the manager ghoul recognized the name Kevin. And unfortunately, Big D is brandishing Kevin’s ID. It’s possible Occam missed it at the big table meeting because he glossed over D’s actions, but Remold is currently trying to use the id to make a case against D. If ghoul Occam recognizes Kevin on the id, sees it connected to Big D, there’s a real chance our intrepid heroes may be in trouble.

If you have read through all of this series of theories, thank you. I may have taken on the Malkavian gift/curse of seeing, and as such my predictions may have mistakes. But I had a lot of fun theorizing and I hope you enjoyed my ideas. Until we get more HtP I probably won’t post too too much, but I look forward to having more things to talk about when we next get some Hunter! Thank you again for reading.

As always, good evening.

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HtP Theory: A School on Who's the Ghoul 1 of 2

Spoilers for Hunter the Parenting

This is part 3 of a series of theories regarding D’s identity, and what it means for the story. Part 1 here, part 2 here

So the ghoul, the current major crisis which we eagerly await the next episode to learn more. Let me address a few other theories before I get to my big one.

Spit: Despite what just happened, Spit is not the ghoul. He ain’t human though. Spit is probably a werewolf undergoing his first change. He’s currently agitated and nervous, there’s a big full moon outside (even though I don’t think WoD werewolves necessarily change with the moon, they ARE associated), and oh, Fatigue just got gibbed. Some points here. Fatigue was an expert in Lycanthropy, others have called out that maybe he recognized what Spit was going through and wanted to help him. Spit is in a really stressful situation, the ghoul scare probably has him worried since he knows he isn’t acting normal, also we saw him take a rather severe beatdown to start the night, that could be cause for a defensive change. Spit mentions having two voices in his head, it’s not uncommon for Garou to feel like they are two beings, the human and the wolf, maybe spit was hearing his wolf wanting to break out. Relatedly, Garou children tend to be violent and a little anit-social (they do have a wild animal spirit in them), maybe this lead Spit to becoming a Br*tish hooligan? And lastly here, I think the massive blood splatter being on the stuffed wolf in the lounge was a big hint to us what just happened. Spit’s no ghoul, but maybe he could fight one.

Harry: He is so nice and innocent, he has some extra access by virtue of being a strong boi. Maybe his “I only use my muscles for lifting” mantra is because he is worried about being found out if he lets too much ghoul strength show. I think this is disproven a bit by him working out with Markus when I believe Occam gets attacked, though this might fit another theory down below.

Elise: She stole access keys, she’s goth and that’s pretty vampire like. Honestly I don’t think it’s Elise BY HERSELF, again, below.

Grimal: This one I begrudgingly acknowledge has some merit. She bites people all the time, so she might have gotten ghouled on accident by biting a vamp and tasting yummy vitae. She broke Spit’s tailbone with a single yaoi paddle swing (also funny, TAILbone on the guy becoming a furry). She’s also acting strange and panicky. Her arcanum interest is in a type of vampire (even though the Kuei Jin are VASTLY different vamps). Also she and Kitten bonded over mutual experience with the supernatural, and since Kitten’s (alleged, see my Kitten theory) first encounter with the supernatural was against a vampire, it’s possible Grimal has some hand’s on experience with blood suckers. All good thoughts, however counterpoint: I like Grimal and don’t want her to get executed, or turned into a minion of Big D, so I REALLY don’t want this to be true. Please Ogreat Poopybum, don’t turn her into the evil.

Multiple ghouls: Curveball idea, what if there ain’t only one ghoul? Maybe it’s ALL THREE of the Markus friend group, and they were working together to try and get out of the situation. Harry ran distraction against Markus, Elise stole access keys and maybe used the also-stolen cigs as a bribe for the cleaners to be “anywhere but here”, and Grimal caused a very public scene where she broke down at the end, so she could have a reasonable excuse to be snooping on her own. I am worried about this being a possibility also, as I like all three of these characters and I’d prefer them to stick around. The events described could also have happened without them being ghouls, and their just up to something else entirely.

Doctor lady: Not enough screentime to get a good gauge on what she’s up to. It is suspicious she had a bunch of scalpels (unless, was that a Jojo reference?), but also she was coked out of her mind most of the time. I did see somewhere that being on the cocaine might be a smokescreen against potential ghoul withdrawal symptoms. Having a doctor on retainer would be a good idea for a shady organization. Also she does have higher level access than other ghoul potentials.

EXCEPT FOR

Occam. I think Occam is the ghoul. Once more the posts must be split, Occam ghoul theory continued in the second half

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Ok so I just heard a much better theory then Marcus being a mage

Brock’s folding chair is enchanted

We know Brock’s family has been in the arcanum for generations, that the chair is a family heirloom, and not only was Marcus holding the chair when he cursed brick, brick was touching it when he overcame his drunkenness.

Thus is exactly the kind of stupid twist this writing team would come up with!

But have you considered that this idea doesn't negate the potential for Markus being a mage? If Marky is just now coming into his magic powers, maybe holding an item that is itself magic and connected to Brok was a big magical enhancement. Allowing Markus to drop such a strong hex comparative to his abilities.

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HtP Theory: Blue Man in a Pound Land 2 of 2

This is the second half of a theory, first half here Spoilers for Hunter the Parenting

Now there is a moment from the encounter I have neglected thus far: the final freaky “chief executive officer” moment. I think this supports my theory that both D and the Blue Man are members of the Fallen. D says that the face of the CEO which appears is slender and graceful, before he looks on in horror and says that the CEO is dead, fervently calling this out before big five night freddy jumpscare. I initially thought the CEO the Blue Man called forth was, ya know, the CEO of hell, the big man below, Lucifer. However, having done some WoD lore reading, Lucifer in the World of Darkness is… well he’s one of those mighty strange WoD characters, but I think in brief he is NOT stuck in hell and probably wouldn’t approve much of the nefarious deeds of the fallen. So I think instead the CEO was some demon lord, or other higher up evil figure which D would know from his own days in hell. A slender and graceful face could imply it is another fallen angel, they are known for being rather beautiful, and grace is a specifically divine quality. D says that the CEO should be dead, maybe because either he saw it die/get banished, or he knew it was supposed to still be in hell. Either way I think D recognizing the CEO was also not insignificant in figuring out what’s going on. There are a few other lines the Blue Man says which I think hint towards he and D being fallen, and the Blue Man recognizing D. There is the “do you have a membership?” interaction, which I think was the Blue Man implying early that he knew what D is, hence “Don’t be so sure” regarding D not having an account. Though it could have also been an attempt to get D to sign a pact, sneaky style (again, also a thing done by real world companies). And there is the more explicit “I. AM. YOU. OR MAYBE. SOMEONE ELSE.” Line, perhaps implying their connections as demons, or saying that D and the Blue Man are not so different. Maybe the Blue Man is the biblical Legion, not just one demon but many. This would fit with the idea of a soulless megacorp, would explain their desire to GROW (ie grow their numbers), and would give a reason for the CEO just showing up on the Blue Man’s face like that. Also, if D has been around for a long time, as a fallen seeking redemption maybe he hung around a certain carpenter and would have seen Legion cast out, thus giving a reason for “You’re dead”. However, I am not as sold on the Blue Man being Legion specifically, as much as I am him being some generic demon, because Legion did kinda ASK to be cast out from their host, and was cast out by the big JC, so I feel like they might not be around anymore.

So let’s talk about what is happening. Why is there a pit into potentially hell in the backroom of a 99p store. Well, I think the Blue Man’s mercantile nature helps to explain this. In WoD there are people who decide to summon up demons and make deals, these are infernalists. Infernalists need to have a knowledge of magic, which can be from many sources, to make the proper rituals to call up the forces of hell and talk to em. Basically every culture of creature in the world knows this is a bad idea and tries to prevent or weed out infernalists in their own ranks. Even the “survival of the fittest, ends justify the means, we should be on top” Sabbat heavily disapprove of summonin up some fiendish friends. But, the Clan Tremere has a real knack for ignoring social moors like that in favour of gaining power. The Tremere were not an original vampire clan, in fact they started as a bunch of wizards who sought immortality. I guess they decided alchemy was too hard so they chose to join the ranks of a group who explicitly call themselves cursed quite often. Great job guys. The way they did this involved eating an ancient vampire to gain his powers and forge a new magic-infused bloodline, this would be the diablerie of Salut that Big D calls out when talking to Kevin. Diablerie is ALSO a big nono in a lot of vampire societies. In brief, the Tremere will absolutely break rules if it means they can gain power. As a result a LOT of vampire infernalists are Tremere, and I think that’s what we’re seeing now. The regent is attempting to grow her power and influence by calling up the Blue Man and making deals, probably for better magic, or greater ability to influence other vamps. The Blue Man, and his CEO in turn, are using the Regent and her cronies to pull them out into our world, so they can wreak havoc and GROW. I believe the Tremere of Norfolk and Great Yarmouth are up to some real shady business, business which they do NOT know the full implications of, AND I think this points us to the next juicy morsel.

Ya see, the Tremere probably aren’t just using their own blood magic to talk with demons, they probably want some help. Perhaps some ghoulish help even. And a lil quirk about some vampire clans is that they have particular habits for who they will turn/ghoul. And with all these pieces together, I think I can tell you who the ghoul in the chapterhouse is.

Next time.

Thank you for reading, as always let me know your thoughts and ideas And as always, good evening

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HtP Theory: Blue Man in a Pound Land 1 of 2

Spoilers for Hunter the Parenting This is part 2 of a series exploring the potential identity of Big D, and what we can do with that information. Part 1 here

The Blue Man. Who is he? Well, obviously HE IS THE BLUE MAN. And also an allegory for capitalism. As I understand it there are organizations in WoD who are big capitalist nightmare companies that are either ran by demons/devils or they try to shove demons into their products to get demons into the heads of their customers (maybe both at the same time!). So it would not be out of the realm of possibility for “Line must go up” Blue Man to be a demon of some variety. The whole interaction about GROWTH and inevitability is obvious capitalism satire, yes, but I think also points towards the Blue Man as being only part of a greater whole. Perhaps similar to a branch of a chain. Though in this case the corporation is some evil cabal of demons from hell. The suggestion to “invest” may have been a classic “join us and experience great power” villain trope. Similarly “We are coming soon” implies that this group of demons is planning to break out of hell soon.

“If he’s a demon doesn’t that mean he is a fallen angel like D? How come D needs to inhabit some frail old guy to be on earth? Didn’t you say that demons might need a bunch of magic users to call them up?” Great questions all, and ones that I think actually help the idea of him being some kind of fiendish being. If he is the same type of demon as what I theorize Big D is, a fallen angel, then he doesn’t have to be a good one like D. Some of the fallen decide to roll with the punches and just lean into being evil bastards, perhaps the Blue Man is one such high torment being. Or perhaps he’s another kind of malevolent entity that my unawakened mind calls “demon” because he fits a lot of criteria that I associate with those creatures, even if he is something else. One example here is the possession of a frail body/soul: On one hand, maybe the old, oxygen deprived body we see IS the host of the Blue Man, an aged and hypoxic man. On the other hand, and what I believe to be the case, maybe the Blue Man doesn’t need to be fully over the threshold and on earth to do whatever it is he wants to do, and that leads into who might be calling him. At the end of the audiolog we see the manager call up the Tremere regent and she informs her that D found the pit, which she calls the “entrance”. So if the Blue Man was called by a group of magic users, I think I know a certain bunch who would fit. However, let’s discuss that at the end of this theory.

I think it’s made clear to us by the end of D’s part in the audiolog that the encounter we witnessed was not happening in the flesh and blood real world. The distorted sound during the encounter, and the evidence D himself notes indicate it was some kind of mental/spiritual encounter. BUT D does get a physical blender, and a very nice one at that, so what does this mean? I think the Blue Man and the 99 pound shop represent a classic Faustian bargain. A deal with the devil where you get precisely what you want, and it might even seem like a good deal on the surface (a very expensive blender for only 99p!), but the REAL price is more than you thought you were bargaining for. In this case that may have been literal, D’s horror at being in a 99 POUND store instead of 99 pence, but I also suspect figuratively. There is no way D just gets that blender and walks away, there will likely be some devil-deal cost somewhere down the line. HOWEVER, D didn’t pay the full cost of the item. Giles spotted him a pence because he was one short. I don’t think this moment was put in as a throwaway. Either this means D has a way to wiggle out of the deal and associated cost on a technicality: He didn’t pay the full price and thus the deal didn’t actually happen. This would fit with some of D’s behaviour around legal dealings, such as not TECHNICALLY being divorced from Occam since D never signed the papers. Back to Giles though, there is also the potential that him chipping in to paying for the blender means he is now roped into whatever punishment is coming D’s way.

Have to split this post up again, too many words, second half here

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HtP theory D: Who is he really? 2 of 2

This is a continuation from a first post, Spoilers for Hunter the Parenting

Speaking of his age, a few characters have called out D as looking old, decrepit, frail, or sickly. Despite the fact that we see a golden god of a man who honestly looks younger than at least one of his purported children. I don’t think this is wholly wrong on both fronts. You see, there is a particular group in World of Darkness who can only hang around on the normal plane of existence by inhabiting the bodies of the frail, the sick, or the dying. Because I think the D in Big D stands for Demon.

In the World of Darkness, specifically the game Demon the Fallen, “demons” are angels who sided with Lucifer against God. They were cast down into hell, where their angelic forms where forever marred by the torment in the depths. Sometimes, they can make their way out of the pit and back into our world. As mentioned before, and would be the case for the average DtF character, many slip into the body of someone who has a weak grip on their soul and is close to death. From there the demon can either try to redeem themselves, and perhaps find a way back to heaven, or they can just embrace what they have become and be a complete menace on earth. Now in DtF, the ability for demons to come back to earth ON THEIR OWN is VERY recent. However, I think D is a demon who was called to earth by a group somewhat akin to the shaman of his previous life, put into the body of some frail person of a bygone age, and has been trying to reclaim his angelic nature by becoming a protector of mankind from the creatures of the World of Darkness.

Some notes around this:

-In his conversation with Kitten, D mentions hunting a methusala of the La Sombre vampire clan with his siblings. I’m of two minds here, this could mean the children of the shaman-like summoners (if he has a VERY close origin to Big E) or it could mean other fallen angels, who like D are seeking redemption through monster hunting. It would make a lot more sense for a group of former angels to kill an ancient vamp than a family of hunters. This would require though that these summoners pulled a few angels up from the pit, so not sure.

-As for why some see him as old or frail, I think sometimes either the mask slips (maybe because D is stressed, or his angelic nature is weakened) or some level of supernatural ability allows them to see past the angelic personage and into the frail human body beneath. Two of the people who have called him old have either been Tremere or Tremere ghouls, and as I understand some vampire blood magic allows one to see past illusions/veils (and sometimes ghouls get lil bits of power from their vampire blood supply). I looked this one up, it’s the vampire discipline of Auspex, which the Tremere clan does have access to.

-Remold. Remold mentions that Big D’s family and his family have been enemies for generations. If my theory that D is an immortal goofster who has been around for a long time holds true, maybe it’s not so much that the Blacklaws have been at odds with D’s family, but instead against D himself, repeatedly antagonizing them as a living bloodline curse. This might explain his interest in Brok in the recent episode: D knows that once Remold has his Chekhov’s gun of a heart attack, Brok becomes the next Blacklaw that D will be fighting at all times. Why is D antagonizing this family? Well it could be an attempt to beef up some human hunters: If an entire family is constantly having to battle this one madman, and they know of the supernatural, they might become good soldiers against the darkness. Or maybe the Blacklaws have historically been opponents of hunters, Remold does seem to be against knowledge obtained through Big D’s hunts, Brok probably wouldn’t put a lot of time or effort into learning, if previous behaviour is to be believed. Maybe the Blacklaws are anti-intellectual in their history, and D wants to fight them so they can’t dismantle the arcanum or stop hunters by being ignorant. Now, there is a particular lil blue fella that I think bears mentioning, but I would like to discuss that in more detail in its own post, because I think there is a lot to dig into.

Also, quite a while ago I read someone suggest that D in Big D actually stood for Death, as in the rider of the apocalypse, since he does have a horse. This is a neat idea, but I do not know enough about WoD’s story of revelation to be able to discuss it. If this one turns out true, it’d be cool.

For now, thank you for reading this far. As always please let me know your thoughts, and if you are someone who was really engaged with WoD during the original runs, especially Demon the Fallen, please gimme your thoughts. I have a great interest in this setting, but it is very difficult to find info because it was in MANY old books.

As always, good evening.

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HtP theory D: Who is he really? 1 of 2

As always, spoilers for Hunter the Parenting, If the Emperor Had a Text-to-speech, and Warhammer 40k This part 1 of a series of theories around D’s identity, also I have to split this into two posts, link at the end.

Big D, Sir D, Dee Dee, what IS in a name? Well, I suspect a big clue is in a name, actually. Big D is kinda the protagonist of the series thus far? While it is an ensemble cast Big D certainly has an air of protagonism to him, what with being almost the PoV character for a majority of audiologs, and MAYBE being the “parent” which the series title implies might be doing actual parenting (though I suspect D is probably not a first choice candidate for this task). All that said, what exactly does the D in Big D stand for? Obligatory TTS time. Big D is obviously the analogue character of the Emperor, who is sometimes called Big E by the fandom. In TTS we got a very bitter and much more ass-holish emps because he was stuck in his chair. Also, as the name implies he spoke through a text to speech. I am VERY glad Big D is ambulatory and has a proper voice because SpeakerD is another one of those voice actors that really elevates this series. If SpeakerD ever reads this, thanks for your work on this series, also your Vect was excellent and made me somehow like an evil elf, well done. That’s all well and good, but doesn’t explain what the D means. Well, if E stood for emperor, and this is hunter the PARENTING, maybe he is Big Dad. Would fit, but my post is nowhere near long enough, so let’s explore another theory, by first examining the emperor. So Big E was an almost god-like being in TTS(and actual Warhammer), he had cool magic psyker powers, he created the primarchs, the custodes, the space marines. He conquered most of space before getting hyucked into his nice chair by a not-so-nice son of his. But his god-like powers weren’t just a product of luck, or because he was so handsome and cool. The Emperor was created by the efforts of a group of magic people, the shaman, performing a ritual to merge all their souls and powers into one lil fella. With all that cool magic juice imbued into his very being, the emperor grew into an (almost) immortal super human. The points I think carried over into D were his ancient origins (emps was created maybe around the time that humans discovered agriculture), the fact that he had to be created by a group of magic users, and his immense, almost divine powers.

Big D has a few notable quirks and hints towards him being not quite human. As an example, following the fight against Pyotr, Big D is RUFFED UP. He took a severe head wound, fell from a great height, and his jaw seems broken. Yet in the Guy Chapman audiolog, which happens that very same morning, he seems to instantly snap his jaw back into place and seems nigh unhurt. I don’t think this is just “RPG characters had time to rest so can restore injuries” because Markus is still, to the current episode (at time of writing) unable to walk due to his injuries. I think Big D has some unnatural healing abilities.

Big D knows a great many things, many of them things he probably shouldn’t know. For example, he knew the clan origin of the Tremere, something the Tremere do NOT talk openly about, if they even know about it at all, and that’s a big if. Honestly his whole conversation with Kitten regarding creatures of the World of Darkness really points towards D having WAY too much knowledge/experience for just being a normal human hunter. Also, he mentions possessing some really ancient items (called out when Boy SHOT THEM). As well he seeks to play the royal game of Ur, which if my knowledge of boardgames serves, is an ancient boardgame which we only pretty recently made a decent guess about what the rules even were (I don’t believe it is THE oldest boardgame, I think Quinns from SU&SD mentioned mancala(???) being the oldest game we know of but I really don’t remember). The point here is that I believe Big D is MUCH older than he looks. During his conversation with Kevin D mentions “deliriously obliterating fools like you since the 90s”, Kevin quips that D was referring to the 1890s, to which D smiles coyly. I think D actually meant the 90s, as in like 90BC. If he actually meant the 1990s, then he has had at most 16 years of knowledge collection (Markus mentions TF2 coming out ‘next year’, which would put us at 2006), and that is FAR too little time to have collected the knowledge and lore that he speaks on. Also Markus is another point towards “no way did Big D only start hunting in the 90s” because Markus mentions growing up learning about the supernatural and he is in his 30s. Ain’t no way Big D just started getting into the hobby of killing vamps when the kids were teens. All this to say, I believe D is VERY old, and this explains how he has gathered much of his knowledge. Continued in second post!

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Markus: Okay this one is obvious

Spoilers for Hunter the Parenting and If the Emperor Had a Text-to-speech Device

Easy theory today, why not. Following my own rules for Hunter fam theories, let’s look at who Markus was in the world before: Markus is the analogue for Magnus the Red. Magnus is THE magic primarch. Other primarchs had psyker powers, true, but Magnus was such a magical boy that most of his own sons got cool magic powers just for being his sons. Magnus was also able to alter the fabric of reality around himself pretty much on a whim (important for later). As an example: It is impossible to discuss the canon heights of the primarchs to find a definitive answer for “biggest primarch” because Magnus could at will change his size (smallest primarch was either Alpharius (so he could blend in amongst his legionnaires) or Angron (because it’s funny if he had manlet rage)). Magni magic also fell under the sway of Tzeentch, the very god of magic, because he was such a cool magic boi. So Markus is a mage, as in Mage: The Ascension, the World of Darkness game/setting. The biggest clue for this is his interaction with Brok at the bar. Markus spits a curse (and one with obscure and borderline non-sensical phrasing) at Brok, with the full intention of cursing him, while holding an object important to Brok (and seeing as Brok is clearly still sitting on said chair while on duty in the arcanum, I think we could call it ritualistically important to him). This is basically everything Marky needs to engage in a little witchcraft and put a hex on Brok. As Big D has told us in the primer episode, mages have the ability to warp reality around themselves with almost unlimited power. Say for example having a bacterial disease somehow survive inside a shipment of high alcohol content liquor, then have multiple switchblade mechanisms catastrophically fail, THEN have a policeman show up at preciously the right moment to prevent a maiming. Markus himself even recognizes the absurdity of the situation. I’m sure if he continues to grow into magic powers he will be furious with his father for withholding information that would have prevented Markus getting hurt or hurting others. Now as a quick note, I think Markus will actually suspect Guy Chapman as being the one responsible for the strange happenings, if he learns that Guy is a ghoul. As I will discuss at a later time, ghouls can inherit some talents from their vampire overlords. And seeing as Chapman was ghouled by a Tremere (the magic vampires), perhaps Markus will chalk the events up to Guy pulling some sneaky prestidigitation from the sidelines (this assumes Markus learns 1. Chapman is a ghoul, 2. Ghouls can gain vampire powers, 3. Chapman was ghouled by a vampire wizard. So don’t hold’ya breath).

This one isn’t really ground breaking, since it’s HYPER obvious, but still good to post an easy lay-up in case all my other theories fall apart around me.

As always, good evening.

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Boy and Door: You are NOT the Faeder

As always, spoilers for Hunter: The Parenting

Alright friends, this one I'm kinda shaky on and there's not much here at present, but I want to get my thoughts down.

TL;DR Door is not Boy's biological dad, and this might be a very important plot point.

As is my pattern, let's examine their TTS origins: Door was Rogal Dorn, primarch of the imperial fists, praetorian of terra, and Lord Adorable. Boy was a vox hailer serf with notoriously strong legs, and eventually the respect of some members of the adeptus custodes. Dorn became a father figure for Boy over the course of his appearance, mostly keeping him from being bullied by the custodes or Magnus. Also boy might have had latent psyker powers, we will return to this. As a side note: SuperAnchors and Nostalgia, the voices of Door/Dorn and Boy/Boy respectively are perhaps my favourite performances on TTS and H:TP. They are always a joy when they're on screen and I really appreciate their characters in both series. SuperAnchors gets a special mention for practically reshaping the perception of Rogal Dorn in the fanbase, and Nostalgia should be appreciated for turning a character litterally named "Boy" into one of the best characters in either series. Tts rant time done.

So. Boy. And Door. Look at these silly fellas, are you really going to tell me that Boy shares genetic heritage with Door? And where is his mother? I believe Door is not Boy's biological dad, and instead adopted him and has been raising him as his own. I think this is so easily accepted and never mentioned because I am honestly not convinced that Door and Markus are Big D's biological children either. I think their family is just super open to adopting anyone and everyone who comes along, and so Boy being adopted just means he's the youngest family member, no questions or qualms.

Now, this is where my REAL theory starts, and where my research into WoD kinda halted me a little bit. You see, in folklore a changeling is a child swapped with member of the fae in EARLY life. In the original WoD, changelings are... weirder... than that. I'm not sure. So I'm not a hundred percent on this one. But I think Boy is a folkloric changeling, a fae being in place of a child. I don't think Boy knows this fact, and frankly I don't think he would be able to access anything supernatural until recently. Recently being when he started experiencing "puberty disease" as listed in one cutaway card. That same cutaway card mentions it being "cured with meat". Now the fae have ofttimes been portrayed as dainty and nature loving and very "surface level fantasy" elf like. Reading about WoD fae made my head hurt so I don't know if that applies here, but MAYBE boy was starting to manifest his fae side, and eating a stable meat only (read: anti elf) diet staved it off for a time. I think those powers are now bubbling back up, despite the continued meat consumption.

I think H:TP is building up the awakening of many powers, when I get around to explaining the things we all know about Markus this will be relevant. But for Boy I think he is awakening some future telling fae abilities. I think Boy is keeping some of his hinted at seer powers from TTS, just in a different context. In the first arc we see a couple of hints to this: first episode Boy spots Pyotr while he's invisible (and you can too if you look very closely for his eyes), Boy doesn't know he has cool powers so he doesn't recognize fully his feat. But spotting an obscured vamp who can disappear even on camera is pretty above human. Next there is the final confrontation against Pyotr, some day I may type a long diatribe on why that scene in particular is great but not today. Boy manages to hit a shot on a target moving parallel to his position going LUDICROUS speed. I think he may have done this thanks to a lil bit of precognition. And finally there is the meeting with Horse.

Horse and what he IS will get another post one day, but for now let's talk a little about the vision. I think it's not coincidence that Horse calls Boy "oracle" and speaks of prophecy to him. I also don't think it coincidence that Boy sees shapes in the blood. I think Boy is a seer, and certain forms of divination uses blood and gore to make predictions (see Haruspex). Again, I will cover Horse's prophecy another time, but let's talk about the "Faeder" line. I don't think that word was chosen just cause it sounds olde. I think it's a hint and misdirection. Again, I suspect boy was not born into this family, but instead is a product of the faeries. This would mean he has a faerie father, or a fae father, or a faeder. I think Horse was telling Boy that his TRUE father will die. Buuuuuut WoD changelings are weird and Alfabusa has written important foreshadowing WAY too early before (Hello TTS Ghazkhull!), so I'm not sure. I will say to bolster this idea that it was weird for Horse to mention "milklings", another name for changelings, on the same level as other WoD big players. I think this was also a tip off to us the audience about our beloved family, aside from kindred I believe each group mentioned is represented in that role call.

Door. Door is simple, strong, and the only actual normal human hunter in the family (see my kitten theory, Markus and Big D theories pending). Based on the episode titles, and the show title itself, I think the "hunter" in question is Door, and "the parenting", refers to his relationship with Boy. Boy seems to be the writer of the episode titles (on the actual title cards) in arc 1. I hope we see Boy grow under Door's guidance, because I love these characters. And I really hope I'm right that Boy has a fae dad who will take the bullet of prophecy so we don't have to see Door desiccated on the rocks.

Let me know what you think, til next time

Good evening

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Kitten: Theory of a "Hunter"

Spoilers for Hunter The Parenting

So Kitten. He is our happy lil Br*tish hunter. He also is always wearing ski goggles, a sweater, and full face covering. Even in the one flashback image we have of him. As always we must acknowledge the DNA this series pulls from: Kitten was the Captain General in TTS, this is why he uses a spear with a gun and a stake at the end in HTP, it's a guardian spear by way of hunter. It was a running gag in TTS that his helmet was never removed, even all of his other garments were. Side tangent, 1. WHAT WAS SHE THINKING 2. I hope desperately Lockwarden and Santodes return in HTP, because both of those characters were immaculate and we didn't get enough of them. Side tangent complete.

TTS acknowledgement aside, let us consider what Kitten might be. In the audiolog between Kitten and Big D, kitten seems to question the existence of some supernatural creatures, like the witch. Yet two of them he is unphased by them being mentioned: The vampires, which makes sense as the family is hunting vamps and Kitten has fought a vamp (important later). And the werewolves. This is the sticking point to me: Kitten not only is unphased about the existence of werewolves, he in fact says "wait hang on you know about werewolves" to Big D. Now that's a might curious, why wouldn't Big D, master-hunter and well known supernaturalist know about werewolves, and even more so, why would Kitten know and Big D not?

My theory is that Kitten IS a were creature. But not a wolf. In World of Darkness there are a few species of shapechangers like the werewolves. The wolves are the most common, but the other kinds know of each other's existence as well. I propose that Kitten is a werecat. Not only this, I suspect Kitten is a specific kind of werecat, a metis (can someone who knows more about WoD tell me is this is pronounced Met-iss, a made up word, or May-tea, a real word for a real world group of people who this does not necessarily apply to). A metis (in world of darkness, not the real world ethno-cultural group) is a shapechanger born to two shapechanger parents. When they are born they come out in their warform, the half-human-half-animal "hollywood monster" form. These shapechangers often have malformations of some variety, and this can include very obvious animal features even in human form. Say for example, cat ears and fur. I think Kitten wears his ski stuff, and has ears on his hood because he is a lil catboy under that hood. As a werecat he would be familiar with the shapechanger culture and practices, he'd know about other shapechangers (notice in the black shuck story at one point he says "and it is [black shuck]" not "and it PROBABLY is", maybe because he actually knows who black shuck is?), and he'd be supernaturally strong. Perhaps even strong enough to overcome a vampire that just fed. Kitten describes his encounter with the vamp at college, with maybe a Ventrue or Torreador vamp (I think Ventrue because he was charismatic but had a need for a violent feeding), while these clans aren't the normal muscle for the vamps, they are stronger than humans. Yet Kitten managed to beat this vampire, even though he was hopped up on blood. I think our lil cat boy was using his own supernatural strength. Another thing mentioned around this story is the tragedy that befell Kitten's parents, which left him with the house. If they are shapechangers, there is the potential that Kitten killed them during his first change, a not uncommon occurence in Garou families. There's also the possibility that his parents were killed in the war that all Garou are fighting, or because they broke the litany (werewolf mascarade) by having a metis child.

Now. Problems. Both Grimal and Markus have cannonically "broken that boy". Now is Kitten a "sorry babe, the ski mask stays ON during sex" type gamer? Or do Grimal and Markus both know? Not sure! Grimal could probably be convinced he was just REALLY into cosplay, I bet. And Markus may have known about Kitten being a cat from their childhood, depending when they first met.

But! This lets me talk more about garou society as evidence for Kitten being a cat. In shapechanger society, a metis is often hidden from the public until they can control their form, so as to not give the game away on werewolves being real. Maybe Kitten was isolated as a child, making it harder for him to interact with other kids when he did eventually get his form *more* under control. Maybe in the time before he was allowed in public, he became a true gamer. Maybe Markus was one of the few kids weird enough to hang out with him. Maybe those lack of social skills brought him closer to Grimal when they first met, two strange weirdos with similar experiences (please Alfabusa don't make Grimal the ghoul, I don't want her to get Arcanum'd)

Also! The werecats have some characteristics in their culture that might explain why our lil cat friend isn't just vibing with the other werecats. Some of the Bastet (Bastet means werecat, Keikaku means plan) are VERY curious lil fellas. They seek out hidden knowledge and talk to other garou clans to learn their secrets all the time. Maybe Kitten became a hunter because of his in-built desire to be a gatherer of lore. This would also explain how he knows all these stories, and finds secrets in games. He just HAS to know these things. This would further explain why he is SO upset about being blacklisted, he wants desperately to be able to study and learn, but has been cut off.

In brief, I believe Kitten is a werecat and his lil sweater ears are not just a fetish thing. He joined the arcanum/our hunters because it's a great way to sate his innate curiosity.

Now something to consider, as many of us know, curiosity does have a certain reputation regarding cats...

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The (Not-so-)Big four

Spoilers for the first arc of Hunter the Parenting

Right so: Hunter the Parenting was started after the end of If the Emperor had a text-to-speech device, a parody of Warhammer 40K. There is DNA from that 40K lineage in the show, namely in the D family which I will talk about in another post. But as any fan of Warhammer, upon seeing a group of four antagonists I must immediately question if they are the four Chaos gods. Now before getting into this it is important to note that the gods of Chaos are already a lil flexible in their definitions, so it could be real easy to mold anything you want to fit them. They fit well with the four horsemen of the apocalypse, for example However, I am still going to fit these funni bois into funni molds, because it's fun.

SO

Shitbeard: He is violent, quick to anger, one of the two oldest, and he was embraced in association with the "Bikers for Blood" donation drive. It's Khorne, he's Khorne. Now of course, vampires also have a thing for blood, but I feel calling it out specifically with shitbeard COULD be a nod to the good ole "blood for the blood god". Getting into some deep lore here: Clan Brujah used to be known as Warrior Scholars, before their clan devolved into violent rabble rousers. This actually fits with some depictions of Khorne worship, where they are noble and strong warriors who eventually slip into being raving madmen. Of note as well is which member of the group he dislikes the most fits with Khorne, becaaaaaaaause

Ape: Ape and Shitbeard don't get along. Ape is the youngest of the group. Ape is constantly mentioning his hunger and it's called out that he has been "overfeeding" which Ape retorts that there's no such thing. Ape is Slaanesh. Now it's missing a few hallmarks of The Prince of Pleasure, but I think that's partly because of time constraints and partly because of the tone they were going for (I am happy that Ape wasn't humping the walls or snorting coke every other scene). Also, Ape's weapon of choice was his claws, and that's very in line with Tabletop Slaanesh.

Kevin: He's a wizard, it's Tzeentch. But more than that, we saw Kevin had schemes and ambitions to overthrow both the regent and Pyotr, very fitting for him as schemey old Tzeentch. Also, Kevin's tendency to still try fitting in with regular society does match up with the insidious infiltration of society of Tzeentch. Relatedly, while Big D seems to want Kevin as his Sigilite (Malcador best bro), this might end up backfiring. As we saw in the ad break of episode 4, D is feeding Kevin. If Kevin still has ambition and treachery as his domains, there's a non-zero chance that Big D may be betrayed.

Now, finally, which member of the sabbat did Kevin have the most beef with?

Pyotr: Process of elimination here, Pyotr is stinking old Nurgle. Now, nurgle is often depicted as big and round, obviously RIDDLED with disease, and jolly. How can Pyotr fit those themes? I think it has more to do with his clan association. The Nosferatu are a clan of UGLY vamps, who use vermin as spies, and are shockingly resilient and strong for their appearance, all very nurgly. As well, one of the most common reasons a Nosferatu will embrace someone is because the target is really pretty, the Nosferatu resenting beauty and wanting to curse them with the same ugliness. In much the same way Nurgle loves corrupting the beautiful for the sake of corruption (see the garden, his kidnapping of Isha). Based on the photo of Pyotr, we can see he was a handsome kine, I think it fits that he was turned for being too pretty. As a final note on the pretty thing, the fact that Nosferatu start seeing their own ugliness as being attractive (see "you're a goddamn tease loverboy"), that fits with Nurgle's embracing of decay and rot. Now one thing Pyotr MIGHT fit as Nurgle on his own is his stealthing ability. It's not always mentioned, but it's not uncommon for Nurgle worshippers to have a miasma around them which they use to conceal themselves. As a final point, Pyotr's speech about inevitability and futility is pretty fitting for Nurgle's embracing of entropy.

The group as a whole: Woah Chaos undivided, woooooo. But really, as a group they do work as the Pantheon. They all hate each other and scheme against one another, but will work together for their collective goal. When Markus let them fight, and Pyotr ate the other two, this would match with a long standing concept in Warhammer that once one of the gods got the upper hand, it would spell disaster for humanity (here represented by the hunters). As well Kevin seems depressed and almost listless without the other three around, could be because as much as they hate each other, the gods do need their opponents to enjoy the Great Game.