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The Tree Banshee theory

This is a theory predicting the role of Spooky Month's most enigmatic monster, one many fans might not even know about yet, so sit back and enjoy!

Watching HS for a second time, Gregor's pose here stuck out to me, so I went back to check my hunch...

Yep, he's in the same pose as the figure on the left wing of the gate. But what about the tree like figure on the right wing?

Well, for that, we turn to the movie theatre, many fans know about the demon priest poster that foreshadowed HS back in TT, well we see a very interesting poster for a second in episode 6

"The Forest Sight", huh?

Now for the clencher, we turn to an image from the arg

The same eye patterns, and a ghoulish being I've come to call the Tree Banshee, you might remember it for it's scream in TT or for an illustration of it in the book from the TT arg.

I believe this entity also somehow benefits from sacrifices made to Eyes and that it will be a/the major monster of a future episode, which lines up well with my idea of Roy's episode being about him chasing Skid and Pump into the woods, where they get lost.

The thing from episode 3 is definitely the tree banshee, and it's a stand in for the unused witch idea he had for UG

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SM 7 in October 2025 (probably)

How y'all feeling about that?

I'm personally 100% fine with it, apparently I have unnaturally good patience when it comes to this show so waiting 1.5 years really doesn't seem bad to me, that's almost the time we waited for SM 6 after all

Also with the fact that the people working on it definitely need a while to rest after creating that half-hour beast, and apparently Pelo's wanted to make this really bad since SM3, I'm happy with however long it takes to make the next episode as good as it can possibly be, it'd be horrible for anyone to be overworked

I'll be fine with the current food we've got for that long, I'm like the Beldam from Coraline, I can wait

And who knows, we might get another Spooky Short between now and October 2025!

This is a very real SM theory

What I've stumbled across this time is, I'll admit, completely batshit on the face of it. BUT, if you follow my flow of logic, I think you'll actually be more convinced than you'd expect

So, what is it that set my theorist mind off? Well, the character we knew we were meeting this episode, Aaron (which is apparently the name of Ross's dad in that model sheet)

We only see him twice (and no, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, his tattoo changes what arm it's on between scenes) and in those scenes, he's mostly silent and is notably not paying attention to Jaune, despite her talking with their obviously distressed shared friend in the first scene and is separated from Jaune by the cinematography in the second scene.

From what we've seen of Aaron, both in this episode and the TT photos, he isn't very expressive, but he still shows his feelings through movement, or rather, a position in the photos, something absent in his present self.

So, what, if anything, lead to this seeming slight rift between Aaron and Jaune?

Well, we could assume it was something after Ross's birth, but could we narrow it down further? Yes, yes we can, mainly due to the first bomb I'm about to drop on you.

Jaune is a cult spy

Yes, I'm dead fucking serious. Let's look over the way the cult operates, shall we? They carefully monitor anything related to their plans while other members are on stand by, should something go wrong. How does this tie to Jaune?

Simple, she's the one keeping tabs on Lila, Ignacio does live closer, but is so abrasive, he could never get close enough to someone for intimate spying. Jaune on the other hand, as Lila's best friend, could theoretically keep tabs on certain aspects of Lila's life.

The next obvious question is why. Why would Jaune spy on Lila for a cult? Well, she wouldn't. She would, however, keep a close eye on her friend if someone else close to said friend, like say, said friend's husband, expressed concern for her emotional well being.

I know I'm probably losing some of you now, but this is where we get to another insanely counter intuitive yet convincing claim.

Jaune isn't spying on Lila because Lila's husband asked her, she's spying on Lila because she doesn't want Lila to know that-

Jaune had an affair with Lila's husband

I KNOW, I KNOW, I sound like Dale from King of the Hill right now, but I swear to you, this will all click together by the end.

Picture this, Jaune, a heavy drinker, is over at her friend's house one night when Lila's husband starts coming onto her and you know what happens, this goes from a one off event, to a semi-regular ritual for the pair. Some time later, he tells Jaune that he's worried Lila might catch on, and encourages her to carefully pay attention to any sudden mood shifts and.... share them wit ha trusted associate of his.

So, now that I've established the logic of this happening and that it will likely come into focus at some point, but what does this have to do with Aaron's detachment and how could it come into play?

It's not just that Aaron knows Jaune cheated and will reveal it to Lila, no, it's so much worse.

But first, I have to dispel some fanon for a moment, despite how popular the concept is, we have no in or out of series proof that Ross dyes his hair, the only photo of him we see is him and Aaron with Ross looking just as he does at present.

Why do I bring this up, oh my poor unsuspecting friends, it should be clear. If Ross has naturally black hair, that would mean-

Ross matches the genetic profile of Jaune and Skidad's biological child

And there you have it, the dark underbelly at back of the newest instalment in our beloved Halloween series.

And, if by some chance, you still don't believe this theory of Ross and Skid being half-brothers to be at the very least valid, well then, I have something that will blow your fucking mind.......

.........

And I'm not telling you cause it's 'Pril Fools Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm actually not sure Evermore is in the cult, mainly with them establishing his gun control thing while the episode makes a point of Ignacio having a gun.

I think Evermore is just a pretentious idiot and that the cult (possibly through Garcia) is basically running the town for him.

Wait

Did Father Gregor die?

I thought he was just being indoctrinated

We honestly don't know atm, it's pretty heavily implied he was sacrificed? But we don't see him die, and considering the last time we didn't see a character die he turned out to be alive (Streber), there's always a chance.

I hope he's not dead lol

I find it interesting that no one's pointed out this line from Moloch, we know Pelo is vey particular about the use of "everything" in SM, and here we have what is, to my knowledge, the first use of "nothing" in the franchise.

Now we have another word to keep an ear and eye out for. If you have any ideas, please share them in comments or RBs

More proof of the Tree Banshee theory

So, we know that the cult influenced the appearance for the church, with the diamond shaped window on the front door, so there's good odds they were responsible for this

A stained glass window depicting what appears to be a crucifixion as a person being turned into a tree, which further fits my idea of the banshee acting as a warden of sacrificed souls.

WAIT WAIT WAIT

The girl drew herself in a pink dress and with brown hair. Is that Hope (John's daughter)???

Because if so, holy shit that's a sad image in retrospect.

This image is so funny to me why did Patty let a kid in to see their dead mom

But she does have orange-ish-yellow ties in her hair, so there's that. The green might just be a patient gown. That or she regularly wore a lot of green like Ignacio and Mort and you know where this is going.

This image is so funny to me why did Patty let a kid in to see their dead mom

To be fair, I was strictly referring to these teen designs, keep in mind, the in universe gap between TT and HS is less than a month.

Skid is apparently 11 and Pump is 10, so Skid being relatively taller from here on out is understandable.

I think there's a good chance the rest of the series will take place over the course of 2014. We've had an episode in every season but spring, so it makes sense to do that with episode 7, which is all but confirmed to take place in the woods.

I'm glad they're talking about Pelo's VAing in SM 6 in the Spookycon (around 2 hours in) because I noticed immediately when watching how different Skid's voice sounded right at the end how it was lower and much more serious and emotional and apparently Pelo was crying himself during saying those lines and-

I KNOW WHAT THE NEXT SPOOKY SHORT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT

Okay, I know this is a bit of a clickbait-y title, but I'm writing this in a stroke of inspiration (courtesy of @crossover-enthusiast) and really think I'm onto something.

A while back, Pelo used this image to announce he was working on a second Spooky Short, one about Kevin's greatest fear/enemy, in his own words.

Since then, we've had a few hints on it's further contents and it's from those contents I believe I've cracked it's general plot.

This tiny image show's Kevin at work, nothing noteworthy there, if it wasn't for one of the updates on the short:

It's pretty obvious that Kevin is in casual attire. The best explanation for this, at least in my eyes, is that the short will open with Kevin finishing work and going home. The focus of the short will be on Kevin's personal life. But we can get even more specific in our prediction.

In this video (shoutout to @spooky-month-archive) we hear that Skid and Pump want to go trick or treating, and given when it's being recorded, it has to be for the short.

So now, with all this in hand, let's move onto THE PREDICTION

Kevin gets off work at the Candy Club and goes home (likely a small dingy apartment). He tries to relax, but Skid and Pump turn up at his door trick or treating, he initially tries to get rid off them, but then encounters the enemy alluded to earlier, who I'm guessing is either Kevin's landlord/lady or an ornery neighbor. Whoever they are, Kevin's enemy has a go at him, which provokes the spookees, who stand up for their "friend". The whole idea of the shot being that Kevin is more openly accepting of the spookees by the end.

We only have about 2 months before the short comes out, so we won't have to wait long to put this theory to the test