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So I just had this Idea

Malleus, Idia and Che’nya fighting all out.

Ok, before anyone starts glazing on Malleus and saying he’d win: Put who their twisted from into perspective:

Maleficent was the most powerful fae.

Hades is a god. One of the big 3, to be precise.

The Cheshire Cat is canonically the second most powerful being in wonderland, second to only the literal human form of time.

They are all God Tier in their respective lore.

Most people know the other two’s abilities, but incase you may not know :

Cheshire Cats Abilities, include:

Shapeshifting and Vocal/Visual/Physical Manipulation, Invisibility, Long Range Image Projection, Long Distance Teleportation, Flight, Gravity Manipulation on self, Minor Reality Manipulation, Portal creation, Walking through walls, Body and Limb controlled detachment, etc.

Hades abilities include:

General God Abilities, Raising the Dead, Smoke control, access to cursed objects, high heat tolerance, physical size manipulation, pretty much alot of shit, more then I can name since, y’know, god.

Maleficents abilities include:

Plant, Flame, Weather and Lightning manipulation, secondary form (Dragon), fatal long term curses, long distance teleportation, animal communication, long distance location monitoring, flight, eternally serving cunt, etc.

Now, obviously, their twisted versions are different, so what are the twisted versions KNOWN capabilities?

Mal’s strong suit seems to be mostly nature based abilities, Lightning, Fire, Briars, etc and Sleepy time shenanigans. However, he is also capable of turning into a Dragon, which gives him a huge physical buff, but makes him much easier to hit. All fae share the same fatal weakness of Anti-Magic, as Magic is canonically their life source. Thats Idias forte. Che’nya also has a mindset and skillset similar to Lilias, minus the experience and training. He also has rapid fire teleportation and invisibility, plus cat senses, making him extremely hard to strike with lightning.

Out of these 3 however, he definitely has the most durability and Defense.

Idias strong suit is tech, which Mal is most definitely unfamiliar with, but also has access to extremely high tier ANTI MAGIC. Che’nya stands at an advantage of being able to go invisible, teleport, and likely having more creative and efficient methods of blocking vital sensors or heat signatures, but I unfortunately doubt Mal would think of that. Briar Valley is EXTREMELY low tech. Mal does have the intimidation factor on Idia, but if this situation somehow involves Ortho’s safety, that goes straight out the window, as seen in Book 7. We also nearly never see Idia use magic, so we don’t exactly have a good handle of what he’s capable of in that regard.

Unfortunately, Idia is a glass cannon due to his low physical abilities and stamina, leaving him likely needed a heavy defense system to not get tossed.

Che’nya is truly the wild card in this scenario, since unlike the other two, unless they bothered Trey or Riddle for information, the other two don’t know much about his abilities. Like Malleus, considering what we know (I wrote it somewhere on tumblr), he has extreme magical stamina and produces jack shit in blot (no magestone can be seen on his design too) while doing crazy ass shit, and as shown in the manga, since he was a kid too. Comparing that to Roros brother, and the bullshit Che’nya was pulling as a kid while still being alive, he’s most definitely some flavor of overpowered.

Given what we’ve seen and heard about him across the manga and game, this is a portion of what we can assume is in his skillset:

Rapid fire (and long distance) teleportation, Long term Invisibility, flexibility, flight, Gravity Manipulation (making himself near weightless without floating off into oblivion) Cat like senses, Limb and Body part controlled detachment, the ability to slip past NRC’s barrier like its an average Tuesday. The barrier that took several high powered shots from STYX to break. With little to no repercussions from what we’ve seen.

He’s also (likely) a creative and unpredictable fighter. I think mentioned/said somewhere by Riddle or someone else that they doesn’t believe invisibility is Chens UM.

Riddle, I love you babes, you were my first fully spell maxed card, but NO FUCKING SHIT DUDE.

Idias advantage is deadass: Cat knowledge. Is using partially genetic traits a low blow? Yea, but again, this is an All out 1v1 fight. Obviously not laser pointers or basic shit, but things like Sound Pitches. Theres also Heat Sensors and things like that to combat invisibility, but those can also be thwarted.

Mals advantage is experience with Lilia in terms of matching high speeds, and combating against tricks and sneak attacks, Dragon senses + his Defensive capabilities. However, as a more straight forward person, Mal may not think of the more creative strategies Chen (or Idia) may come up with. Even if he traps Chens leg or something in Briar, he could just pop his leg off and keep moving.

Che’nya is more of a high speed self sufficient DPS but with the right weakness targeting he could be taken down.

I didn’t put Leona or Lilia on here because Lilia… Lets be real : Lilia would most definitely whoop all of their asses unless he gets hit with Anti Magic too many times.

The other is I’m sorry Leona, you’re a total badass and an amazing fighter, but you might be a tad out of league on alot of mostly circumstantial situations.

Starting off : Che’nya : He’s also a Cat, and nobody knows your genetic weaknesses like your own kind, plus Sand Blinding is great until bro disappears too.

Considering Leona is a pretty kickass fighter and strategist, plus can actually somewhat hold his own against Malleus, it’s going to be a decently tough fight, but in the end, I think Che’nya might secure the win sheerly due to being able to overcome Leonas UM in a few ways, even from a point blank standpoint.

A limb being turned to sand? Detach that shit, can’t spread further if it’s not attached anymore. He could also fly upwards out of the sandstorm but that ain’t as fun.

I’m just imagining Leona whipping up a sandstorm and going in to ambush Che’nya only for that mf to be GONE. (He’s right behind him bout to FNAF jumpscare this)

Theres a slim chance he may also lose to Idia sheerly because if its an all out scenario (i’m being nice and giving them all whatever requirements if they need it for atleast one use of their UM so its fair) , Idia can quite literally open the gates to hell and unlike the other two, Leona cannot fly without a broom, so uh, enjoy the drop?

Without that though, I do actually fully believe Leona might win, but with an Anti Magic nerf possibility on the field, its not exactly set in stone.

I don’t think I need to explain Malleus. So therefore I won’t.

Again, this is mostly just my thoughts, nothing is canon here, just me wondering about the possibilities! If theres any information that I missed let me know :D

(Leona fans please don’t hurt me I don’t hate him I promise I’m just going of logic from what I know.)

Twisted Wonderland theory time: Did Dire Crowley Summon Yuu on purpose? Does Yuu have powers? What is his true intention?

Spoilers for the game below the cut!!! You’ve been warned~

In the very beginning of the game, you, the player, play a short snippet through the eyes of our favorite headmage, Crowley. Here, he speaks in a way more serious tone than his usual manner, and no one else is present but himself.

As you can see, he’s speaking towards the Dark Mirror, but he is not referring to it. He speaks of a benefactor. A flower of evil. Interesting choice of words, wouldn’t you think?

It’s like he knows the person he’s seeking after is just on the other side.

For those of you who don’t know, a benefactor is (literal definition) a person who gives money or other to help a person or cause. Basically someone who helps someone else out. And who could that person in need of help be?

Dire Crowley. Is it because he’s in dire circumstances? In need of someone’s help? Here’s a quote I found:

“For you, for me, for them, time is running out.”

Seems urgent or dire, doesn’t it? Also, the terminology he uses here caught my attention as well. He refers to the unknown party as “my proud flower of evil”. What does a flower need? Nurturing. Crowley’s known to use interesting nomenclature for his students, after all.

But now, who does Crowley need to dump all of his problems on, expose them to immense Overblot incidents in the meanwhile? Yuu.

Another piece of evidence I’d like to bring up.

This confirms that he wasn’t directly referring to the Dark Mirror before, but he was seeking someone out.

The word “visage” can mean the manifestation, image, or aspect of something. From this, my guess is that Crowley is seeking out some unknown party to conform to him, like the flower language used earlier.

I highly doubt the Mirror would bring anyone to NRC who had no magic inside them. Yuu was sent because (I think) Crowley specifically asked.

Grim, a creature (cat-weasel) with immense layers of 1000 year old curse magic, however, was also sent to NRC. But, why?

By this point, we all know about the time loop theory. My personal interpretation is that after each calamity that falls, the cycle repeats again. And again. And again. It’s basically pushed into our faces that Grim will overblot at some point, but his will be even stronger than all of the others’.

Crowley says this to Yuu before he realizes they’re not the typical student.

Alongside with the coffin/raven imagery, it doesn’t give too good of an idea. That’s why the school is called Night Raven College. Each student represents a bird, a raven. Ravens symbolize the path between the living and spirit realm. Not saying that everyone in TWST is dead, per se…but it’s an interesting concept.

Let’s shy away from this for a moment. Consider this next piece of evidence as well.

For a student with no magic, it’s a little ironic that Yuu has prophetic dreams of the past, isn’t it? Every time, roughly 3 days before an overblot occurs, they have a dream based off of the overblotee’s member of the Great 7.

Now, anyone who’s watched the Disney movies featuring the villains in TWST know their true story. Obviously. Those in TWST idolize the Great 7, believing them to be good historical figures. Yet, we see the truth. Through Yuu’s eyes.

Let’s take a look at something else.

Considering the connection between Mickey and Yuu (In Thru the Mirror and Ramshackle Dorm), their interactions are just a bit more than interesting. Yuu sees him in their dreams, and vice versa. I have a small guess that the world of TWST was created by the Mouse himself, tbh.

The name “Mickey” actually means “Who is like God”. My personal best guess is it’s some sort of deviation from Micheal or Mikhail. After all, Mickey IS the mascot of literally everything Disney…

This might sound stupid/outlandish, but that mouse has power. I’m so serious. The Mirrorverse is canon in the Disney universe, after all. My guess is that TWST is one of those worlds, but where the villains were victorious instead of our beloved heroes.

Yuu is the only one to have such prophetic dreams, that we know of thus far. They so happen to embody the ravens perfectly, as they symbolize prophecy and insight. Though Yuu has no magic, it does make me wonder…

Were they blessed by a higher being, to have such powers to reveal the truth?

With all of the context here, it’s clear that the history of Twisted Wonderland is inaccurate. Warped. The villains aren’t actually the heroes, like everyone else thinks. In reality, they’re the complete opposite.

This might be because of propaganda pushed forward by the Seven’s loyal followers, as a way to blot over their muddy images.

Let’s talk about overblots for a moment. With Yuu always being exposed to so many overblots, you’d think they’d eventually go through it themselves. But, they don’t have magic, do they? Or so everyone else thinks.

I have a hunch that Yuu in fact does have some kind of magic, buried deep inside them. It’s dormant, asleep. Needing to be awakened. Needing to be nurtured to show its true colors.

Also, when Yuu first arrived, one of the first individuals we meet is Crowley. He literally says, “There you are!”.

Like he’d been expecting Yuu. Planning for them to come to NRC.

Another thing, Crowley doesn’t seem like the type of person to care all too much if a student misses a ceremony. But, he escorted Yuu there himself. And, when he found out that Yuu had “no magic”, he let them stay instead of sending them home.

You’d think he’d be more eager to send them back to where they came from, right? But, no. He doesn’t seem all too bothered by letting Yuu stay. Like he knows they have some sort of purpose to serve.

But, he has to have a reason for all of this, doesn’t he? Well, it’s not made clear at this moment. Maybe we’ll find out in future books.

Before we wrap it up here, here’s some food for thought, and some of my own personal thoughts.

Dire Crowley knows something everything else doesn’t. And it’s bad. Catastrophic, even. He knew it was bad enough that it could potentially put his world in danger. Desperate times call for desperate measures, don’t they? And he needed to call for something. And what would be the thing to save his world?

His beautiful flower of evil.

But, that’s just a theory. :)

@nrc-asteryn-crew @night-raven-miscellany @nrc-ramshackle-prefect @glitchtricks94 @knightcoree come get your food >:)

Random TWST thought Pt II :: Yuu/MC is Mickey's TWST counterpart

Written on December 19, 2021

Summary: A shower thought regarding the prefect being the mouse's twsted counterpart. It came from a crack discussion with a dear friend and ever since then I felt like I was thrown in the matrix/lh

Think about it, only Yuu has ever been the constant factor across overblots, yes all of them, and understandable why- they are an oddity in the norm of twisted wonderland. Yet they get those dreams of those scenes from the movies that correlate with the OB victims. Mickey has only ever appeared in ramshackle so im concluding that ramshackle is where mickey would thrive- bare with me here.

Mickey is the mascot of disney. and disney was the one who made those movies and scenes yuu dreams of. As the creator or rather the reteller of these old myths and legends- you as the creator would know these stories. Now who else gets tidbits of stories regarding the twsted versions of these disney characters?

yuu in their dreams.

now hold that thought for a moment- going back to the OBs we have to remember that in every single OB they only happened because Yuu and Co. manages to push and open the traumas and pasts of the OB victims, and if we really look at it- everything that happens in their dreams mirror the OBs which is a given- since they are twsted off of these characters. but only Yuu has ever gotten these visions and they seem to be the only one to sense the blot as shown by the dropping sfx. what if the reason they are the only ones who see these dream tidbits is because they as mickey/disney would by default know how the story goes since mickey/disney made these stories they are based off of.

Yes, mickey as well, because remember that mickey without a sorcerer's hat is inherently magicless, without that hat they cant tap into their conjuring magic. who else is magicless without a companion? Yuu.

Mickey has met all the villains in house of mouse according to my friend so yuu having met most of the OB victims and possible victims...do yall get where im getting at.? Mickey in house of mouse is special he is able to interact with almost everyone no matter what franchise.

Yuu is a prefect they are able to go about most of campus with their position. Their position is unique from the dorm leaders and vice- heck they might even be the one and only prefect at school pls correct me if im wrong

The main duty of prefects is to maintain an atmosphere of friendly cooperation, peace, discipline and unity in the School.

Yuu has to keep things orderly no matter the chaos.

Wasn't mickey technically also doing the same thing in house of mouse where he met and interacted with the villains? Not just to the villains alone but in every episode—

Each episode focuses on a story involving Mickey and his associates facing an issue during an evening's operation of the club, and their efforts to overcome it.

*Looks at the episodic format of the twst story line so far*

What if Mickey here in twst "failed" with keeping the unity hence why the seven are suddenly glorified figures when us the MC/yuu have visions of their much more "darker" stories aka the original movies. If we're really mickey/disney then of course we'd know the true course of the great seven's legends.

So what if nrc and twst itself is like a generational repeat —

hence why leona is based off of scar, vil from the evil queen, Riddle from the queen of hearts etc, but since mickey "failed" there's no next gen mouse to try and keep the peace and unity- so what if fate decided on calling someone from another world to be mickey's figure piece on the chess board- it wouldn't technically go against the rules since Mickey himself isn't trapped in a single franchise, as the mascot of the one who made said franchises.

But this is just a far off guess since even mickey in game looks confused.

The only reason I feel like he's in the same state as those visions of the great seven in their true series is because of the art styles. The dreams and mickey himself when shown in gane are in that disaturated simple 2d line work and minimal shading we're all familiar with in the OG movies. What if Mickey was also stuck in a dream limbo of some sorts.?

In the house of mouse series it's mickey who hosts the whole thing, in a way he's organizing the whole thing, he's the one who is able to server everyone in the dinner club and cater to them as needed.

This is the part where we mirror mickey, in Twisted Wonderland, it's us/yuu/MC the prefect that gets summoned/invited to the twsted characters, opposite to Mickey's situation where the characters go to him in the dinner club.

Mirroring the mouse might be a far stretch but hey we talk to him via mirror anyways uwhdidhdkdj

HEY HEY !! I saw your theory about Yuu being a twst version of mickey and we kinda have the same thoughts! Though, I wanna share a few bits of my theory to you as well! I hope you don't mind :] I actually agree with what you said for the most part! Although, for me, I actually think it is Crowley who is the first person to be Mickey's counterpart! I theorize that Crowley was the same as Prefect before. Crowley from a different world, was sent to TWST and has a task to fulfill, which is basically stopping overblots and he was the Prefect back then. But then, something happened. I still haven't thought of a possible event but I think Crowley Overblotted back then. He was taken to the S.T.Y.X Organization and they study blots and stuff, right? So I think it's safe to say that He OB at some point. Maybe the reason why He OB was because he was cursed or something and that curse made him OB. And then he failed his supposed mission. He quickly tried to make things work out again by becoming the Principal and stuff. So when he heard that Yuu was from another world, He catched on and thought that Yuu will be his replacement. That's why he makes us do tasks (the ones related to the OB stories) and he doesn't let us go home yet BECAUSE the Mission he failed to do needed to be completed. If you say that this is a bit of a stretch.. I agree LMAO. I think I stretched a bit too hard on this one as well, so please take it as a grain of salt! I just like talking about theories :]

Anon yes darling I welcome all hypothesis and thoughts this place is a safe space for testing out ideas. I don't mind anyone going in my inbox for this sort of thing it lightens up my mood truth be told dkjd

With that aside- *slams hands on table* THAT IS A REALLY COOL TAKE ON CROWLEY-

And the fact that- his last name kinda adds substance to the theory because

Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cruadhlaoich 'descendant of Cruadhlaoch', a personal name composed of the elements cruadh 'hardy' + laoch 'hero'. English: variant spelling of Crawley.

"descendant of the hard hero" or "descendant of the hardy warrior", was anglicised to "Crowley" or "O'Crowley"

Hero.? Mickey pspsps-/lh

Baring with the thought that perhaps his eyes and ears are effects of his curse- ohohoho the plot thickens.

Even his design elements are somewhat in line with the thought! His sprite has 7 keys (4 chained to his hip and three on his hat) along with 4 mirrors (three and one respectively-) it may be just because he's a headmaster and therefore has control over the school's affairs hence the keys but-

What if those seven keys also represented his task of keeping the unity in that generation 👀. As a "prefecf" he'd of course have access to all seven dorms as opposed to merely one like the dormleaders/house wardens. That and the 4 mirrors, why would he need four.? There's an ongoing belief of him being based off of the crow from the evil queen hence the mirror connection- but why four specifically.? I don't have an answer for that myself but perhaps those mirrors can be contributed to a possible world jumping *nudge*.

And another part that semi supports the thought- this was something a good friend of mine pointed out

"If Crowley was already planning on expelling grim, yuu and the adeuce duo during the mine incident where he wrote the expulsion papers before they came back- how come he already had a ready made gem for grim in the form of a collar.?"

Even if he's an all powerful being- having something like that ready made seems a bit suspicious if you asked me dkdjdjhd unless he was indeed expecting Yuu to take up his failed task and he knew they were magicless so he prepped a gem- but what if he specifically prepped it for grim because he didn't want Yuu to end up failing like him who mag or may not have been cursed via blot.

I made a ramble before about how magicless students can overblot so I'm using that as a reason for now eheh-

Overall this is a really wild and fun take on him! I don't mind hearing more flung theories and thoughts on the lore (and if you do come in again, leave an emote for me to know it's you anon n.n)

Headmaster Speculation [Unfinished/Half-baked]

To be specific, this was an old thought ramble after a discord friend pointed something out regarding my Crowley rants from before. Again this is all pure speculation with a dash of imagination nothing more nothing less. I'm open for discussion about this (agreeing or disagreeing I'm fine with such) just please be respectful about it thank you ^ ^.

Reference posts used: [Crowley Rant] [Yuu is Twsted Mickey Mouse]

⚠️ Mentions of rebirth and (pixelated) picture of The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things

Headmaster Crowley through the lens of a Painting:

I remember posting about how Yuu can possibly be twst mickey. After that an anonymous ask was sent saying how they also theorized Crowley being a prefect at one point (yet he didn't get the job done as intended so now he's pushing yuu to do it.)

Then it occurred to me how Crowley had both keys and mirrors on his person, and how there were seven keys and four mirrors, I pointed the numerical count on the answer for the ask then another art friend of mine suggested that, what if it was a reference (or a similarly patterned narrative) to the painting of "The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things"

(Seven keys Seven sins four mirrors four last things)

At first I didn't really consider it since the number seven is a prominently symbolic number in literature "seven sins seven virtues seven days of a week seven colors in a rainbow etc." And the four might’ve just been an artistic design but then, I started reading into the paintings' wiki.

The paintings' composition made sense four corners four things death hell heaven and judgement. It light bulbed how often mirros tend to ride on the "rebirth renewal and truth" theme so I started considering the 4 aspect being important.

Then, I read more and you all remember how Crowley is the headmaster and the overseer of the school?

And how in the beginning of the game there was a line about "For me, For them, For you. We are all running out of time. No matter what, never let go of my hand." Etc.

In the middle of the painting, inscribed in Latin it says:

"For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them", above, and "O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!"

If the anon's take from that past post of mine was correct and Crowley was indeed supposed to have been the first "prefect" figure in rounding up the shackled seven of twst in this generation but failed then... what if that's why he keeps pushing Yuu to do the dirty work with the blot victims

Because they're "running out of time" since their "latter end" is near.

If my Yuu Mickey ramble was also correct, maybe the nation void of counsel is twisted wonderland itself with correlation to the Great Seven and their deeds/influence, "Neither is their understanding in them" may pertain to how the great seven are glorified when they're in reality villains of their myths. "O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!" Again, going back to the theory, what if they're aware of the generational repeat? What if they're aware that one day there will be another Mickey/Hero destined to overthrow the positive stasis of the current seven (now in the form of the Overblot Victims) and they're slowly succeeding but- something will inevitably happen along the way.

Regarding the mirrors and the whole death hell heaven judgement aspect, what if Crowley took yuu's hand through the mirror in the sense that they'll be the new mantle to bring fourth long due judegement over the twsted seven. In reference to my yuu is mickey theory where I asusme yuu has a duty of making things right where mickey originally went wrong.

Just a Random Theory For Twst :)

Warning : english is not my native langunge okey :""")

Okey guys, I have a randon theory that, maybe... Malleus is intentionally to overblot. Because on Twisted promo art, Malleus walked toward the overblot pool? Or something? (Like yess... I still think that is overblot ink).

Like in this pict :

Like... MALLEUS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO WALK TOWARD THAT POOL!!!! And the others just stay still in there coffin. Well except Leona and Idia.

Im sure lot of you guys know the theory that Idia and Leona maybe team up (from yaoyaobae twitter) , because like yess... that sure make sense, because back from chapter 6, LEONA IS THE ONLY ONE WHO REALIZE THAT HE WAS IN THE VIRTUAL WORLDD!!!!

And Idia, back from chapter 7 part 3, he realize that something is wrong. Bruhhh plisss Twisted... I just need answer, I DONT NEED SLEEP!!! 😭😭😭

Ekhem... like I just have the feeling, remember what Idia said, that when you overblot you got a buff for your magic and whatever if I remember it correctly, because English is NOT may native languange and I just a random person who like Twisted and try to understand the whole big plot and history of this magicly world 🙃🙃🙃.

Anyway, maybe because of this, Malleus planned to wrap the whole Sage Island to dreamland :))) (Lol I just called that dreamland) just like in Sleeping Beauty movie.

Omg what have I just write... forget this random thinking of mine 😭😭😭

🙋there are some things I would like to add to this

I’m not going into super detail rn tho bc I’m sick and it’s almost midnight where I am so I need to go to bed soon lol

Also I can’t tell if this is from and event or Idia’s overblot chapter so I’m going with the later; Spoilers for anyone who hasn’t read Idia’s chapter yet

For starters, Grim is a dire beast. NRC has never had a dire beast as a student before and it’s hinted that they tend to be aggressive (as we see when Grim attacks MC when eating Vil’s overblot stone someone, I think Rook but I don’t remember and am too lazy to look rn, mentions it might’ve been bc he’s a dire beast) so it’s absolutely reasonable Crowley would be concerned about his magic levels and how dangerous he might be

Second, HE HAS BEEN EATING OVERBLOT STONES!?!!? I can’t recall rn who all knows about him eating the overblot stones but there is no way that’s good for him and I feel like it’s going to lead to something big, so if Crowley knows (wether we know that he knows or not, idk) it’s likely he would want to monitor this in case something big does happen

We, and all the cast, know that only the overblot victims were kidnapped. Except Grim, who was also kidnapped. That would raise a lot of questions, and despite how careless Crowley may get, it feels like he is always monitoring or keeping tabs on these things. Why was Grim kidnapped? He didn’t overblot? I don’t feel like Crowley is someone to look over something like that, even if he doesn’t directly say it

And going back to the whole ‘Grim is a dire beast’ thing, does Crowley know that Grim attacked MC? Bc Grim said he dosent remember having done that, if Crowley knows about this incident then he probably realizes how suspicious it is. That’s something worth keeping tabs on someone for

And lastly, Crowley knows WAY more than he is letting on and I feel it’s that way bc of something that’s going to happen towards the end of the game or at least later in the story. Some of the things he says just really feels suspicious and noteworthy (like what you mentioned in your post about Grim’s results)

Anyway I’m don’t for now, I’ll theorize more later. Goodnight <3

This point right here is a good example of Chekhov's Gun

The narrative took us to the side and said "pay close attention to this." The fact that grim points it out as weird is huge.

What was crowly worried about? That idia was able to dig through the layer of spells? That grim would fall apart with all the blot being tested?

Side note here but idia mentions "spell scripts" in the masquerade event

Could it be that idia can see magic like a coding language? Perhaps the layers of magic were like when coding language is changed halfway through development on a title? Eventually things get all jumbled and stop working on the most recent build of a project.