Not quite: Five was gone for 45 years not 56, returned to 2019 not 2017, and he most definitely knew about Ben's death from reading Viktor's book. We also have no proof that Ben was Five's favorite.
oh SHIT I got my years mixed up bc I think Five is 56 years old when he comes back? is that where I got that number from?
Also 2017 is just covid messing with my perception of years haha, I know that season one came out five years ago so in my brain that's still 2017 and not 2019 whoops.
I didn't think about the inclusion of the death in Viktor's book, but I suppose that does make sense. I think because the book is so rarely spoken about past the first few episodes of season one I kinda forgot about it
And I knew we don't have any solid proof, it was just a theory/headcanon that I thought would be sweet/sad since he said his name a few times. I wasn't saying everything had to be backed up with proof, it was just me coming up with ideas and theories :/
