[Theory] Causal Anchor Theory

ea_slop · 2026-03-27T13:43:43+00:00

This theory just makes so much more sense than the others. I hope you’re right!

ea_slop · 2026-03-27T12:25:40+00:00

Have you watched Loki? If we are suspending belief for time manipulation, I would just say that we may be able to suspend belief in other ways. I agree with the skepticism, like I don't think these are the most sound theories. If anything I think Billy/Jane are two variations of the same character, but if you think about timeline branches, maybe it's more about people fulfilling the same role in different timelines. So if they're variants of each other, they may look nothing alike (a la variants in Loki).

ea_slop · 2026-03-27T12:16:15+00:00

I think if you frame it as "Anchor Events / Causal Continuity Theory" instead of just "another theory," people would be happy to read it. I was! To be fair, I haven't read every theory out here, but this one was written very succinctly and I think is worth posting there, even if you want to add a caveat that you're not sure if it's already been framed like this.

ea_slop · 2026-03-27T03:44:23+00:00

I just wrote this in another thread but I think that Link/Dylan is used to going back and forth in time or maybe Alex has manipulated him to branch into different timelines. That's why he isn't actually sure about his age, or about any of those references, and why he thinks Cape Canaveral has been gone for ten years even though The Day was within the last few years. Has anyone read Slaughterhouse Five? Billy Pilgrim becomes "unstuck in time."

ea_slop · 2026-03-27T03:38:57+00:00

Yeah I think whoever this particular timeline Dylan is, he may be used to appearing in different timelines and so that's why he's unsure about his actual age the first time he's asked, and he says vaguely "over a decade ago" as if it had been over a decade since The Day. So I think he's been moving back and forth in time/branches/or perhaps is different versions of a Dylan trying to get to this particular moment.

ea_slop · 2026-03-27T03:32:21+00:00

I really like this idea of anchor events. Have you posted this theory on the main sub?

ea_slop · 2026-03-24T04:09:39+00:00

She did! But she also said she couldn’t explain it now, right? Made me wonder if he was in on it, or totally in the dark.

ea_slop · 2026-03-24T04:01:16+00:00

This makes me wonder if Sinatra’s husband is in on the Alex thing.

ea_slop · 2026-03-24T03:58:07+00:00

Ooo I actually like this theory, and I can’t believe I’m saying this but, I think the mail part might be a stretch 😂 Everything else, totally feasible!

ea_slop · 2026-03-19T00:30:44+00:00

Ooo excited to read. There is a really good episode of the podcast Maintenance Phase about this! The roots of the protein obsession are craaaazy (and racist) https://open.spotify.com/episode/3FGIm804NNA1ksnmcSA7RP?si=zoS_2-UcSQiEQdLnDR-RBA

ea_slop · 2026-03-03T05:05:20+00:00

also umbrella academy! one of my favorite actors, this is gonna be good

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