Day 5 Of Dreveels 333 Follower Event

Day 5 of Dreveels 333 follower event

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I never reposted my theory here so here goes

I know it's nothing because this isn't how Airdorf styled him, but I often think about why John is blue when the other priests are grey. And I'm sure it's just a matter of making him distinct as the protagonist, but I couldn't help but think on it and such. Like colours are important for clerical dress.

And certain colours are only used in specific situations and for celebrations and such, and blue is the rarest colour, only ever used in one, called the "Feast of the Immaculate Conception", as blue represents the virgin Mary. And I'm like... ok...

Because we learn that John's mother's name was Meredith, which can often be shortened to "Mary". And as we've been given little information outside of this, we know nothing of John's father. And I'm like... This probably doesn't mean anything but WHAT IF???

Like, there is something about John specifically which makes him both a perfect vessel, and also favoured directly by God. And also possibly targeted and tricked by the devil himself. Also the line by Garcia that only he can enter the crucible.

There's one line I used in my fic, which was from one of Gary's notes, the one about "only those who reach the greatest heights can reach the lowest depths", and that stuck with me because like, that's a clear parallel to Lucifer, but can also be applied to John. Like if he is so favoured by God, why him specifically? There must be something about him that the big man himself has to intervene to stop the cult from having him, otherwise who knows what he might become?

And the thing about the final boss too. If we take it at face value, John receives direct intervention from God, which is obviously an almost unheard of thing. Then there's how he was almost certainly groomed to be a vessel as a child with whatever Miriam did to him and Lisa, which just makes me curious as to how he became a priest, because I'm figuring someone from the church must have found him, realised what he was being prepared for, and how important it was to absolutely not let that happen. A kind of like, nature vs nurture thing? Like, he's been prepared to be a vessel, and now they must do everything they can to turn him away from it. But, it's still under there.

So like, what if John is "the antichrist" that Gary mentions? What if he always was intended to be The Unspeakable's host?

Don't vent to Pinkie Pie

This too shall pass but like holy fuck