Thoughts and Fiction

Theories

I started this website primarily because I have a lot of fan theories about a lot of shows, films and video games that no one in my day-to-day life is willing to listen to. Please enjoy.

  • What does The Penguin conclusion mean for The Batman Part 2?

    Spoilers for The Penguin The Penguin had its season finale a week ago and surpassed all my expectations. It was fantastic. Brutal, too. But the Matt Reeve Batman universe isn’t finished yet. It will continue, in 2026, with the Batman Part 2. A film that will likely have to deal with the consequences of Oswald’s…

  • Ultimate Zonai Theory Part 3

    The Zonai of the Depths Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 In part 2, a rough outline of Zonai history was sketched. They originated in the Depths and built the various fire-themed temples of Skyward Sword in the natural Depths-Surface trade hub of Eldin Volcano/ Death Mountain. They then experienced a societal rupture (probably involving…

  • Ultimate Zonai Theory Part 2

    Origins, habitation and population movements. Part 1 Part 3 In part 1, it was argued that the Zonai King Rauru, in the flashbacks of Tears of the Kingdom (TotK), founded Hyrule between the events of Skyward Sword and The Minish Cap. There’s nothing particularly out there or groundbreaking about this conclusion, but the timeline was…

  • Ultimate Zonai Theory Part 1

    Introduction and Timeline Placement Part 2 Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) has thrown a spanner into the Zelda theory community. The Zonai, introduced in that game, are an entirely new element of the Zelda timeline, which complicates many old theories and established narrative details. The term Zonai was first used during Breath of the Wild…

  • Mario Timeline: New Super Mario Bros.

    Over a series of posts, I have slowly and somewhat unintentionally begun to build my own Mario Timeline. But for a lot of Mario games (especially the side-scrollers), creating a timeline is more a practice in storytelling, world-building, and wild speculation than theorising. Many of the games don’t have much of a story to work…

  • Return of the Deku Scrubs (mini post)

    Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom looks awesome. I’m excited, I can’t wait to play it, and I can’t believe I haven’t talked about it yet. Alas, I’m in the middle of writing my MA dissertation, so this can only be a brief comment. I’ll probably make another, more substantial post about it in September…

  • Nintendo Switch: The Ultimate Zelda Console

    The Wii U was the ultimate Zelda console. Thanks chiefly to the eShop/Virtual Console, it could play an enormous library of Zelda games. It also had HD remasters of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess and the spinoff Hyrule Warriors. And whilst Breath of the Wild is a Switch game (the launch title, no less), it…

  • Realistic Superheroes

    Reflection on The Boys and the Realistic Superhero genre. In recent decades, a number of films, TV shows, and comic books have attempted to depict a Realistic Superhero story. There have been so many now that it could almost be called a genre – or at least a subgenre. Even conventional superhero stories are starting…

  • Warrior-Plumbers: The Mario Timeline Continued.

    A while ago, I wrote a blog post about the Mario Timeline. I didn’t actually make a timeline – I’ve not played enough of the games for that – but I had some thoughts on how to make one. And, now, I’ve had some more thoughts on the matter, so I thought it was worth…

  • Monstrous Hylians Treating Monsters in Monstrous Ways

    (A new, more coherent, version of this post is available here.) The Hylians/‘good guy’ factions in The Legend of Zelda are doing horrifying things to the monsters. When you kill a monster in a Zelda game, it explodes in a puff of evil smoke. Then, depending on the game, it drops an item. Sometimes it’s…

  • The Mushroom Kingdom: A Land of Tyranny and Stockholm Syndrome

    I may have gotten carried away on this one, maybe let my mind wander a little too freely. But Princess Peach is a tyrannical dictator and all the toads/mushroom people have Stockholm Syndrome. I refuse to elaborate! Okay, maybe I will. How did the Mushroom Kingdom survive before Mario showed up? The Mushroom Kingdom’s people,…

  • Fallout Falls In: Season 2 Predictions

    I don’t know what I mean by ‘Fallout falls in’, but I like how it sounds. Spoilers for season 1 of Fallout. The new Fallout show dropped on Amazon Prime a couple of weeks ago. I am a little late in discussing it – I had uni commitments – but I do want to talk…

  • Zelda: In Defence of The Downfall Timeline

    Ahh the Zelda Timeline, some hate it, some loathe it! I joke. But then there was a fair amount of disagreement when Nintendo, during Zelda’s 25th anniversary, published the official timeline (in the pages of Hyrule Historia). Fans had been theorising about it for years and so when the official chronology was revealed, some people…

  • Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 8 Theory

    Hi all, Just a short post this week. I was working on another post, but whilst watching the most recent episode of the Bad Batch, I had a theory that I wanted to share before the next episode airs on Wednesday. Spoilers ahead. As part of an ongoing effort by Star Wars showrunners to explain…

  • Star Wars: Why Walkers?

    The tactics and vehicles used in Star Wars ground battles often look cool but don’t really make a lot of sense. The AT-AT walkers in The Empire Strikes Back, most notably, defy all logic. It’s imposing to see them approach, and it’s a great scene, but why are they so slow? All it does is…