Who else hate reading this off the rails burning train wreck of a series, because it is somehow less crazy than IRL rn?
List is gone. I had over 26 pages of titles, and now I have only 46 titles in total, and I manually added some of those back myself. Needless to say, not happy about any of this.
Ok, so first things I will point out that I definitely seemed to get correct.
Little A is a test subject.
Milton did agree to let the center run tests on Milo. (Milo was likely terminal before the treatments ever started, and this was likely Miltons last choice)
G is trying to help the hybrids for selfish reasons, and that was why he wanted complete control of the farm, and why he was so livid at the idea of Little A's being the Manager.
NPC definitely sent the letter to call Little A to, as a hostage, to force Mr. A to return. I can't be 100% sure why, but I think his genes could hold a potential key to the very clear breeding project that the Center has.
The Center is trying to breed more hybrids, and is trying to gather DNA samples from them, as well as attempt to impregnate them.
Goose guy tried to kill himself. We actually see evidence of it in Kendricks flashbacks where he explained why they go by letters.
Now, onto the theories. NPC is either an AI robot, or another failed experiment. I believe this is the case, because Q calls NPC an AI and NPC doesn't have red blood. And we know this isn't a censorship thing, because they show either Q himself or one of the failed test subjects with bloody intestines falling out of his body, and Milo also cover in red blood.
G is a hen! Notice how we have never seen Glenn's hands or his ears? And how Glenn blanked out and found himself in the clinic? Remember Q teaching Little A about tonic mobility, and how easy it had been for Little A to command Kendrick? I think that is also the reason why Glenn reacts so viscerally to Kendrick laying eggs.
Next, I think it is possible that K and G could be siblings. I think it's possible, considering how hurt Glenn seemed by K specifically say things were his fault. But that could also be just guilt in general.
G was doing experiments on children under the Centers orders, and K worked as one of the nurses there. Somehow, the controlled experiments on Milo and the other children, spread to the people there the exact day that we see in Kendricks memories. We know this due to the clothes being worn be Milton and Milo in the background of that panel are the same set of clothes worn when they are going to leave the hospital to let Milo die in peace at home. We also know the infection spread, because the Dr we see in the room of the dying child, the two kids who were running past Kendrick, and Kendrick himself, all seem to have ended up at the farm! How do I know, the panel from Kendricks memories where he arrived at the farm, we see Milton, Milo, and 3 other individuals, whose hair colors and heights all are the same as the 3 people I mentioned who were at the hospital!
This is a 50/50, but Milo may not be Miltons son. The couple with the dying child from Kendricks memories are later overheard talking about how they intend to collect on the insurance payout from the child's passing, and how they will apply for another child soon. I think these parents and the ones for all the children there, are promised payouts for adopting experiments. The Center likely erases the records of these people having adopted the kids, (remember, NPC describes the Center as being like big brother), so these people can continue adopted these test subjects legally. What's more, this didn't start recently, all our main guys are just the most recent victims.
As my theory on Little A being a test subject were shown to be correct, I wanna say that I still believe Mr. A to be Little A's father, or potentially his birther (though the latter is a bit shaky for evidence). I think Little A may have been being conditioned to not like animals, but love them. The goat we often see in his memories, in the very first instance we see it, chapter one, the lamb appears to be dead. We actually see the lamb again later, in his dream after helping Kendrick lay his first batch of eggs. In that scene, the lamb is alive, but disappears when Mr. A hugs Little A. As Little A gets closer to consciousness, Mr. A gets replaced by the person who isn't his uncle again. I think this could potentially support the idea that Mr. A is Little A's dad, as the Center would want to erase any memories of the farm and those he was attached to, to try and get him to better attach to his "parents".
What's more, the picture of Little A, Mr. A, and the woman, and the first therapist visit, were all on the same day as the "Incident" Little A refers to. As well as every childhood memory he has. How do I know? Little A is wearing the same clothes in every single memory. This either indicates that it all happened at the same time, which the incident and the picture most certainly did (woman in the car ride has the exact same clothes as well as she did in the picture), or that Little A's memories, past the day of the incident, had been altered.
What's more, I still think Little A could be Mr. As birthed child, which if he had been hiding from the Center, would actually explain why Little A was so familiar with the storage room. Maybe Mr. A hid him in there to protect him from those coming by? And, I do believe that the farm had always been a hybrid farm.
I also think hybrids were never really meant to produce anything, I think they may have been getting made as sex toys for those in power. That's why they would be so willing to dispose of Kendrick, even though he was the first hybrid to ever produce anything. Isn't it odd how perfectly set up the Center was for selling hybrids, when Kendrick was the first to produce anything at all? And given how little Milo has aged, maybe a year or 2, that means it was maybe a year and a half at max, that Kendrick showed that any of the hybrids could make products. So why were they selling and making so many hybrids, if not for sex? And given that we see Kendrick being raped with toys by the Centers Drs, well... we can assume what it was for.
And, what more, the Center on realizing how Kendrick and then Milton both started producing products after starting to feel safe, may be implementing the treatment they receive at Mr. A's Farm, to get more products going. Why do I think that? NPC delivered "samples" of milk to the bus drivers. Problem is, Milton alone would not make enough milk for the cost it would take the center to carton said milk to be profitable. Meaning Milton is no longer the only hybrid producing milk now.
Oh, and that milk? I suspect whatever makes hybrids is contagious to some extent, and that the Center could be intentionally testing how human bodies react to products made by the hybrids. This would explain why it was handed to people in the local area to the farm, where the center can keep their eyes on their new test subjects.
Anyways, that's all I have for now! Hope ya'll enjoy the details and theories! I am still stupidly stoked I picked up on Little A being a test subject! Lol, fucking called it!!!! Hahaha!
ON POINT!!! I KNOW THERE ARE AT 100 OF YOU PRECIOUS FUCKERS WHO READ MY THEORIES!!! I NEED PROPS!!! pls...
The foreshadowing implications are that 1, Mr A never sent for Little A. 2, Little A seems to think someone else entirely is his uncle, as the person he thinks of is older with a much larger body type, which suggests the Little A seems to have something wrong with his memory. 3, Mr A hauled ass back to the farm the moment he heard Little A was there. This suggests that there is something much more dangerous and darker happening than Little A knows.
With all that, Mr A returning and kicking Little A out, could be a desperate attempt to save him.
One of my theories, is that Little A was a prior test subject, which would actually explain his indifference, why we never see his parents faces, and why he seems to kinda have no attachments outside of the farm. Would also explain his memory issues as well, since the man he pictures as his Uncle, would be too old to be the man we know to be A. It would also explain why everytime Little A does recall his uncle, it is with him wearing the same exact uniform as the livestock. This detail plays into my 3rd theory.
Another is that the changes could happen when consuming things made by the "Livestock". Even though Little A's memory definitely has a different man as his uncle, even in Fluffys flashbacks, and Ks, Mr A didn't have the mutations. This suggests that he became that way, possibly from having sex with Fluffy. Could possibly spread that way.
If I toss my second theory out the window, then I have 2 left.
My third theory, is that A has always been one of the livestock, and that he isn't Little A's uncle at all, but his father or mother. Tin foil caps on? Here we go. Little A, and this detail has absolutely been rattling around in my head non stop. Little A doesn't know what his own uncle looks like. The man he pictures, without fail, is not Mr A. He's older and has a different body type. Now, you could say, oh, he was a kid when he last saw Mr A, and you would have a point, if just one thing wasn't true. Little A looks exactly like Mr A. You might be wondering, why does that matter? It matters , because seeing a face that is so insanely similar to his uncle's face every time he looked in the mirror, would fill in the blank space he has left for his uncle's face in his memory. But it doesn't. And I really think that could only happen, if the man he remembers isn't his uncle at all. It's possible he could be either his grandfather or just Mr A's handler.
Last theory, just cause, is that Little A could be a clone of Mr A. We already have the ability to clone sheep and stuff, so what if the corporations that use the human livestock, decided to try cloning? Maybe it was them trying to make someone who couldn't become livestock, but could breed with them? What if Little A was made for that purpose, using Mr A's DNA as a starting point? It actually would make sense for the corporations to want this, as it was established earlier in the series that the livestock can't produce children. Little A could have been prematurely judged to be a failure, and was scheduled for disposal and disection, leading Mr A to find a way for Little A to escape. It would even explain why Fluffy has mixed feelings about Little A, even though Fluffy should recognize Little A, since we see both of them in Little A's memory. Also explains how Little A and Mr A, very likely, have the same name. Why bother naming him any differently. Also, the freaky creature could be a failed clone experiment, which was kept alive since their most successful subject disappeared. Little A being a clone would also explain why he looks not just kinda like Mr A, but exactly like Mr A.
Anyways, that's all the theories I could type out with my migraine. I reread this, for the smut, last week, but I am going to reread it again, to see if I can come up with either more evidence for any of these, or come up with a new theory altogether.
Bruh, who that blonde guy, cause it for sure ain't Zigril. Did they change artists, or is their art changing?
Relationship, where every party gets what they actually want, but Kay got raped and baby trapped? The second relationship is actually healthy, because both parties know what the other wants and agreed to meet the terms of the other party. Like, I am actually happy that Schumans character wasn't sacrificed to make his side story, and it makes me feel like if that had actually been the main storyline and had been fleshed out, it could have been rather good.
Instead, we got a story where tons of corners were cut. How exactly did Zigril become the emperor? We don't actually know, because it happened off panel. What became of the town left behind? Idk.
Kays capabilities as a soldier/guard?, were completely undermined by how incredibly incapable he was of fighting. Note, that still may not have saved him from the rape, victims can go into shock during the rape, and no matter how capable a fighter they may have been, the shock could keep them frozen in place while they process. Also, the fact that during the delivery, Kay had not been crying til Zigril entered, is pretty fucking unrealistic.
Zigril is actually a fucking evil abuser. Like, there is nothing redeemable about him. He never cared about Kay, and is willing to manipulate Kay by threatening to kill multiple people, including, Kay, the baby, the ex, himself, and more. I am 100% convinced that Zigril can't love. Like literally. And because we get 0 backstory anywhere, we are left to speculate why he is the way he is, which makes him feel rather incomplete as a character.
The art was beautiful, until, at some point, Kay seemed to kinda randomly become more effeminate, I will reread to confirm this since it has been a while, but I think the art for him may have changed. Which, I hate when characters only get feminine after they are revealed as the bottom, or only during sex, because not every gay couple has one individual as an effeminate twink! Also, anatomy doesn't just randomly change during or after sex! If Kay had changed body shape after pregnancy, that would make sense, but that didn't happen either!
Basically, I don't recommend this series. The art is good, but the story is a mess, and consent only exists for Schuman and the random he is fucking, which is only the last 2 chapters of this whole series. Even the areas where there was some intrigue being built, fell apart with very little in the way of pay out or world building. Like, if they had only arrived there and gotten the flower, and then made there way back, I am convinced that Kay would still get raped with the intent to impregnate by Zigril, and that that would still be used to force Kay into a marriage, because none of the characters had any character building moments, outside of Kay being gaslit into believing that any of the rape he experienced, must have had some consent on his side, even though we the audience are shown that there was no consent given in the slightest.
0/10 do not recommend.
You gotta save these bitches when they in imminent danger, and then find the lawn chair to watch them flounder in bad relationships, while casually tossing a pool noodle at them when they surface. Cause if they don't take it, you can't force them to, much as it fucking sucks.
Also, from experience, trying to force your opinion without proper context of the situation, both makes you an ass, and makes the sibling or other person not trust you to open up to. Which then means that they will throw the pool noodle back at you, while purposefully inhaling water, out of spite and not wanting to be judged for their bad judgment.
Point is, be a good and supportive older sibling, and know when you need to ask hard questions, and when it is best to shut ya mouth. Also, in situations with domestic abuse, it is far more complicated, I have helped many a sibling, parent, and others with these kinda things. Also lot of it is empathizing with their struggles, and asking questions that encourage them to think and come to conclusions about their relationships on their own.
It's so very like him, as a cat, to really really want something to move, to then instinctively attack and grab it. Like, he got himself so excited by the hunt of, will touch hand, then dick, in that order, that he then couldn't control his reactions! Really cute.
Also, as a man who is 5'3" with a husband who is 6'2", the portrayal of the height difference has been incredibly accurate. I only come up to my man's shoulders, so if we side hug, I grab his waist, and he grabs my shoulders, cause that's where our arms just kinda naturally rest. So I love the fact that the artist is keeping so much size consistency. Especially on the staircase scene, where our short king was on a lower step than the tall ML.
I love that the clothes on people look like how actual clothes look! Like, men tend to look more rectangular in clothes, so can women, and I think it's super important that more artist draw men's clothes like this.
Now if only we could get away from the dorito torso shapes!
Oh, if anyone knows of any titles that have hairy men or men with semi accurate proportions or men with colorful hair, please let me know! Also any cunt boy stories! I'm trans, and me and my husband enjoy those!
Jins brother could bend me over a table and make mashed potatoes out of my organs, and I would still love every moment of it.
Bro definitely murdered his friends wife. Also, placing my bets that he either wanted Caden to himself, or he makes it a habit to become friends with espers to kill their guides. Or both.
I reread this, and even took tons of notes just to try to make sure I was catching everything, and I learned some things.
First, I am still uncertain that the body there is Heos father. This is due to Heo being an untrustworthy narrator. That time skip between him walking outside with Lim and getting to his home indicates as much.
Second, Guwon isn't moral at all, but he hasn't been shown in any part of this, to lie. He states that he did not kill Heos father. He says he just didn't tell him everything. This is a really odd thing to say, if he had done so, and the evidence is right there. The only reason I could think of, that would make sense with Guwons character, is that the body isn't Heos father, or it is his body and he was a maggot.
Third, one question Heo asked point blank, was if Guwon killed his father. Guwon answered, and then Heo started to wonder why Guwon would know for certain that he hadn't. The answer actually lies in chapter 1. Guwon picks up a picture with a photo of Heo, his mother and his father. The glass over his father's face is shattered. Guwon would have all the knowledge to know if the person/thing he killed was anyone in the picture. Importantly, we never see Heos father's face in the picture, or the face of the dead body, so we can't verify if he actually was Heos father. We only have Heos memory, which is difficult, as he isn't a trustworthy narrator.
I don't have enough in the story for now, to figure out how Heo fits altogether. I thought before that Heo killed his father, then Guwon killed the maggot his father became. I still think it could be a possibility, but am not sure yet.
I now think there are several possibilities. Will start with the least likely.
Heo gets hit in the head, then treated by his father. His father leaves and never returns. Heo is discovered by a random person, who decides to give him a quick and painless death. Guwon kills that guy.
Heo gets hit in the head, then treated by his father, who goes out to get water. His father dies outside, then comes back home, possibly on auto pilot. Guwon kills him.
Another is the obvious possibility that Guwon just killed his dad, but believe it or not, that goes against Guwons character. Lims situation is how it would have played out. Guwon would try to figure out what skills he and his father have, before murdering anyone who wasn't good enough. So, why didn't he? Guwon has never been depicted killing anyone for no "reason". Every instance has been defensive, like Lim and maggots, or fucked logic based after info gathering.
A few more involve Heos memories. I wasn't joking when I said I took notes, so bare with me. Also, idk if any or this is particularly going to pan out, but a lot of it makes Heo suspicious to me. I still think there are indications of Heo being the more dangerous individual here.
Heo is shown over and over again to lack any memories with his father. There are several instances of him being completely alone in his home. He states that he enjoys watching violet kickboxing matches and films with main characters with super human strength defeating their enemies. He longed to be a strong solid person who could use their strength to protect others. He states that everyone around him always ended up sick and in the hospital. Everyone, except he and his father. His mother had bad legs and couldn't walk well. His father used to take her out for walks in the wheelchair.
Now, this is a stretch, but if I somehow end up right, that would make this one hell of a phycological horror.
Theory 1
I think it is possible that his father could have been domestically abusive to his wife. It would explain Heos longing to be one of the kickboxers or super humans. He could have lied about what happened to her, or the truth of it was too much. If Heos father made it so his mother couldn't walk anymore, it is possible Heo killed his father because of that. The guilt over doing so, caused him to erase the memory, and then later, to replace the reality of what was happening to fit new information he learned about Guwon, to shift the blame.
Theory 2 (not very likely)
Heo could have been the reason people around him kept ending up in the hospital. Not sure how, which is why this holds very little weight.
Theory 3 (still not likely)
Every memory Heo has is made up. Some things are true, he had a mother and a father, but neither one was alive anymore. Heo could have known about this and dealt with it for a long time, which would explain why we don't see any memories involving his mother or father until after he learns about Guwons lack of basic morality. His brain then stitches together the person with him as if they were his father. This would explain why Guwon thinks Heo would be happy seeing this dead body. Lim wouldn't even be able to tell Heo he was wrong, Lim never saw the picture, so the only one to challenge Heo is Guwon. Problem is, Guwon genuinely thinks Heo understands that the corpse he is holding isn't his father, and that Heo would be happy to learn as much. He wouldn't anticipate Heos brain identifying a person who clearly wasn't his father as his father.
Obviously, lots of speculation on so many fronts, which is why I need more info, which we won't get for a bit, I'm sure. I will say, from a moral perspective, Guwon is a bad person. I think he is more complex, and that while he might have chosen the place for his town, he may not have decided all the rules. I hope we get more LORE in the next chapter and in season 2. Thanks if you actually read this monstrosity of an essay. I took almost 8 pages worth of notes on chapter 0-11, then had to stop writing cause my hand hurt.
This is my theory. I think Heo killed his father. In one of the previous chapters, Heo has head pains and a flashback when Guwon beats a zombie to death. In the flashback, we see arms beating either another person or a zombie. Importantly, the arms we see, are not Guwons arms, they are white.
I think Heo killed his father, and I suspect that the person hitting someone in his flashback was his father, and that his father could have been beating Heo, possibly over food or lack of resources. I think his father may have tried to kill him, and Heo killed him is self defense. Due to the traumatic nature of this event and the injury he sustained, his brain got rid of it. The memories being triggered by similar actions carried out by Guwon, is due to Heos guilty subconscious possibly linking him and Guwon as the same, even if the instances weren't.
This is further supported by the flashback from the last chapters showing Heos shillouet possibly strangling something.
I believe think it is feasible that Guwon didn't kill Heos father, and that it is possible that Guwon may have seen Heo kill his father. It would also explain some of Guwons favoritism to Heo as well, especially when we have the context of him treating the hounds well, due to their fighting prowess.
I do also think the reason Heo may have killed his father could be more fucked up than self defense, I'm actually certain it is, but the above theory is me giving Heo the benefit of the doubt.
This is actually a great concept for talking about STDs. The MC now has a responsibility to make sure his bodily fluids aren't ingested by another. He has to find a community of people who also suffer with his condition, to figure out why it happened and how to deal with this. He now has limited options in who he can intimately interact with, which may lead to him grasping at the only straw he has, which is the sick fuck who purposefully infected him.
The ML is the exact example of what not to do. No one in universe has made excuses for him. Everyone has acknowledged that he is fucked up and wrong, including himself. He doesn't feel bad about what he has done, because he wants the MC, and he didn't care about anything else. His backstory is tragic, because there are teens this happens to. There are teens who have STDs and don't know until it is too late for another person. Which makes his actions now that much worse. He targeted another person who loves food (MC actually loving food so much he has it as his phone background is adorable), because he knew that he could force that person to rely on him. He then took the opportunity to rape MC. ML is awful, and I don't think we are supposed to like him.
What I would like to see this series do, is break the, the first two dudes we see are the seme and uke trope. MC may have to deal with ML for a while, but I actually hope he finds someone else who can help him. I don't even mind if it is platonic, if it is straight (because we don't even know MCs sexuality), or if it comes in the form of a Dr or scientist. The ML, should not be the ML.
I don't actually want to have a series where we toss aside the ML either. I would like to see him have to suffer the consequences of his actions. He raped MC. He should be in jail. Like, I want him to go to jail. Intentionally giving people an STD is also jail worthy. Accidentally, I can accept, because you can't inform someone about something you don't know yourself.
Honestly, I have a bit of hope for this series. The fact that we already have 2 characters who are dating, with one being infected and the other not, shows that people can be in relationships even with STDs. My mom is actually one such person. Because she takes responsibility, making sure to never have sex with my stepfather during an outbreak (she is only infectious when she has symptoms) he has not gotten infected. They've been married 15 years.
I love this concept, I hope MC gets a non rapist person in his life to help him. ML can fuck off and go to jail.