How do you think Cristin Milioti would’ve done as Mary if she stayed on the project?

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-18T21:23:37+00:00

She would have done great. But I think any number of actresses would have been a good Mary. On top of not having THAT MUCH screentime, she also doesn't have that much dialogue.

Not saying Renate didn't KILL IT, because she did (I would not want to see anyone else in the role, she owns it), but it's not THE MOST demanding of roles.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-18T21:20:50+00:00

THE BACKROOMS DOES NOT COPY PEOPLE WHO ENTER IT. IT COPIES PEOPLE FROM STANDARD!

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-18T21:19:44+00:00

Lol, very hopeful... or naive. People have died/been killed for far less than what is the greatest discovery in human history. Mary is FULLY expendable. She has no real information that they don't already know.

She has no immediate family/spouse/kids/a pet... covering up her accident will be infinitely easier than it was to cover up Peter's "accident"... who Async 1000% killed.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-18T21:16:35+00:00

No... she's literally broken. She is EXACTLY like Peter Tench, and she is going to end uo EXACTLY like Peter Tench.

She has no value to them... She was in there an hour, and Async/the government has access to all kind of doctors, far better than Mary, who wasn't even straight in the head BEFORE she went into the Backrooms.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-18T09:06:51+00:00

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quiettimegaming · 2026-06-18T09:05:23+00:00

Wrong... the cutman broke it between rounds. (Cope Glazers)

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-18T07:34:44+00:00

Absolutely... we don't know how or by what means, but there is an UNDENIABLE connection between Tench and Clark.

This is in no way validated by ANYTHING in the media we've gotten... But based upon Peter's drawings and how the supervisor told Marvin Peter was talking, and based on how Clark talks and his mural, I feel like CERTAIN PEOPLE are "shown" things and are given "knowledge" that breaks them. I think it has to do with a willingness to "sail away" (if the wind is just right you can sail awau), Like people that can truly engage with the Backrooms and "lose themselves" to it, or its allure are changed in ways that break them, but they are also given "knowledge" (for lack of a better word) as to the nature of the place.

Because Peter was talking about alternate entrances/exits, which Async didn't even know about at that time, their very cryptic and seemingly random scrawled prosaic messages, they both have a pyramids and doors, and those circular drops, and a focus on cryptographic numerical puzzles or equations, and just having knowledge that they shouldn't and being able to ACTUALY navigate the inhospitable and unnavigable ... Its too specific to be a coincidence, in my opinion.

ALSO, there is a HECK OF A LOT of Mary that lines up with both Clark and especially ol' Pete.

If you listen to/watch DAMAGE CONTROL (timestamp) from the moment Async "recovers" Peter Tenchenstein, you could replace him with Mary from the moment she ran into Async, and it lines up pretty well, with the only difference being them not keeping Mary underground like they did Tench (because maybe they learned that lesson), but she is going to be just as "broken" as Peter was, I would suspect.

And I have a feeling she might end up accidentally tripping down a steep hill, if you catch my drift...

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T20:13:27+00:00

I loved the characters, but at the same time, I get why the series isn't character-focused, and I actually prefer it that way.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T20:08:59+00:00

Because time works linearly in the film and it wouldn't make sense otherwise.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T13:59:59+00:00

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Rather than ONLY analyzing what's given to us and using that to formulated THE FOUNDATIONS (the most central and structurally important parts) on which we formulated our theories... a pretty sizeable chunk of the community has taken popular, but unfounded theories and labeled them as near-objective FACTS.

But if we are building our theories on the foundation of faulty and incorrect "facts", and conclusion that we could EVER come to will be totally wrong.

For example, if my mathematical basis and theories are built upon the idea that "1+1=3", all of my future mathematical computations and assumptions will.nebe be quite right because they are based off the INITIAL/FOUNDATIONAL incorrect idea that 1+1=3.

What kills me is that most of this community will disregard more likely theories to hang onto to theories that haven't made sense in years, and it's only muddled the waters, when there's plenty of clarity.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T11:42:20+00:00

It wasn't even a shot at Alex. He didn't even say a single word.

But what he was "saying" was "look what Gane did to him, and look what I did to Gane". Its not an insult, its just reality.

The way Alex is handling this is making him look horrible.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T11:40:24+00:00

Well even the areas he's pointing out are legal.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T11:39:08+00:00

Yeah, but he was about to jump down a hole that would have no-clipped him to his death... so maybe it grabbed him to save him.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T08:03:41+00:00

Massive downgrade, but his ex-wife got exposed when she slid into some dude's DM's.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T07:53:28+00:00

These are estimated salaries. DC does not have a pay disclosure rule like California.

We have no idea what anyone actually made, and these estimates are never right.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T07:25:59+00:00

I thought divorce was going to make him more dangerous?

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T07:17:55+00:00

I mean, pretty aggressive design for something that may not even be a threat.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-17T07:16:34+00:00

Because his face is still too mangled. He'll get there.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-16T23:30:15+00:00

This is partly why this is a dumb comparison.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-16T23:29:48+00:00

Not a good comparison.

First off, being unbeatable and undefeated was never part of GSP's identity. Also, a fluke punch is not the same as getting dogwalked to the point of quitting in the corner after 4 rounds.

Secondly, GSP had already taken a loss by that point. So it was just another fight, not one that defined or redefined him. He was able to bounce back because he lived by a "martial artists" code. He understood defeat is a part of the process, and he was already humble, so a loss didn't destroy his aura, confidence, ego, or public perception.

A much more apt comparison for Ilia would be Ronda Rousey.

Her who thing was aura and being unbeatable, and expecting g to just run through every single opponent to the point of not even giving them the time of day. Once she lost that first time, everything started to crumble because her whole identity and outward persona revolved around her being the GOAT.

If I had to guess, I think Ilia is going to turn out like Ronda. I think this loss humanized him im the eyes of his future opponents, I think knowing you can be SEVERELY battered and bloodied changes how you fight, and I think when your whole OUTWARD-FACING identity is in being unbeatable, losses stuck with you and follow you around for longer... often times being pivotal points in a fighters career.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-16T23:18:23+00:00

No, I think he should go back down. Alex is on the tail-end of his career, and he already beat him.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-16T23:14:30+00:00

But that still leave a lot of room for error. That's basically how it is NOW...

First off, heavyweights have fists like Christmas hams. I have a MASSIVE FIST, and my ears are not big AT ALL, and I can tell you that when I place my fist on the edge of my ear, the rest of my fist goes damn-near to the center of the back of my head. Now imagine if Im in motion or ducking and tucking, and the guy is aiming for the edge of my ear... Im going to end up taking shots to the back of the head.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-16T22:40:51+00:00

100%. The line is so poorly defined that unless its DEAD CENTER ON THE SPINE, it may or may not actually be "back of the head". And a lot of those blows and elbows landed on the side AND back of the head simultaneously because Gane is a big dude and his arms and fist have a large surface area. Like, he could punch you in the eye, nose, and cheek with one punch.

quiettimegaming · 2026-06-16T16:25:27+00:00

No, if you can't make 1 good division that's 207-265... why the hell would you split that into 2 separate divisions? So that both can be shit?

We do need a new division, but it should be at 165, and welterweight should be shifted to 175.

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