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** And in addition to all of the above, this theory being true would play into how Frank's intro episode "The Shreds Fell Like Snowflakes" is intended to parody the common "conspiracy" trope from cop shows.



If the show ever delved into it, they'd probably have Fillmore and Ingrid realize that Geary either supports Tony's reformation attempts but gives Santiago the stink eye, despite the latter doing more to prove his reformation, or that while he openly shows himself to be disdainful of Sonny, he expresses pity for Penny's "poor company" despite the fact that both characters openly and routinely made choices of a toxic nature of their own volition.

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If the show ever delved into it, they'd probably have Fillmore and Ingrid realize that Geary either supports Tony's reformation attempts but gives Santiago the stink eye, despite the latter doing more to prove his reformation, or that while he openly shows himself to be disdainful of Sonny, he expresses pity for Penny's "poor company" despite the fact that both characters openly and routinely made choices of a toxic nature of their own volition.volition.

[[WMG: The FandomRivalry in “The Unseen Reflection” isn't universal and is only present at X due to lack of understanding on both sides.]]
The primary criticisms we hear for Vampirita and Citizen Fang ("a vampire astronaut is ridiculous because of the sun" and "there's no way a werewolf could be a US senator because Congress holds sessions on full moons" respectively) sound like critiques of the premise of the series rather than commentary on the books themselves, in contrast to TQ's statement that the latest Vampirita novel is, quote, "wretched. Even by Vampirita standards." that seems to come from a person who actually gave the books a shot and found them not to his tastes.

If either side had bothered to look any further into their rivals' preferred book, they would have discovered that there are in-universe explanations for why the premises work (such as Vampirita having specific modifications to her space gear that protect her from sunlight or Citizen Fang being the first openly werewolf to hold a senator position). This could possibly occur post-episode as the fandoms' respective leaders, one of whom is the informed TQ, have a budding friendship and likely their respective clubs will follow their leads.

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Said policy change involves students in detention to study some kind of hobby and/or pastime to motivate them to reform after their time in detention is over; Santiago was among the test group for this change and one of its first success stories as his new path in life is clearly one he has no intention of abandoning to return to his old ways.

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Said policy change involves students in detention being allowed to study some kind of hobby and/or pastime to motivate them to reform after their time in detention is over; Santiago was among the test group for this change and one of its first success stories as his new path in life is clearly one he has no intention of abandoning to return to his old ways.



In Fillmore's case, given that he canonically has two cases where he's explicitly noted to be lashing out because the target wouldn't give him a chance to prove himself to be anything but his reputation (the rocket at the custard spill, of which he comments that he wanted to prove the teacher who insulted him right, and the golf team thefts) and showed himself to be a decent and even heroic young man once Wayne gave him the chance, it's quite possible that due to an unfortunate string of [[ToxicFriendInfluence poorly chosen friends who gave him poisonous influences and advice]] and teachers who kept calling him a good-for-nothing delinquent who would never be anything else, Fillmore took those comments as fact and lived down to those expectations. Taking Wayne's offer to trade helping on a case for skipping out of detention was at first only a means to an end but once Wayne proved his offer also included friendship and genuine care and concern, Fillmore turned over a new leaf, which stuck.

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In Fillmore's case, given that he canonically has two cases where he's explicitly noted to be lashing out because the target wouldn't give him a chance to prove himself to be anything but his reputation (the rocket at the custard spill, of which he comments that he wanted to prove the teacher who insulted him Geary right, and the golf team thefts) and showed himself to be a decent and even heroic young man once Wayne gave him the chance, it's quite possible that due to an unfortunate string of [[ToxicFriendInfluence poorly chosen friends who gave him poisonous influences and advice]] and teachers who kept calling him a good-for-nothing delinquent who would never be anything else, Fillmore took those comments as fact and lived down to those expectations. Taking Wayne's offer to trade helping on a case for skipping out of detention was at first only a means to an end but once Wayne proved his offer also included friendship and genuine care and concern, Fillmore turned over a new leaf, which stuck.



Parnassus being revealed to be an actual psychic of some caliber seems oddly like something the show would pull. Or for a more grounded outcome, it would make perfect sense as to why he'd have access to information concerning future events that nobody else would have access to.

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Parnassus being revealed to be an actual psychic of some caliber seems oddly like something the show would pull. Or for a more grounded outcome, it would make perfect sense as to why he'd have access to information concerning future events that nobody else would have access to.to.

[[WMG: Sean Geary treating Ingrid with respect isn't actually the PetTheDog it appears to be.]]
Rather he's only treating her that way because A) she's a top student and B) because she is either white or white-passing (the latter if there's any truth to the brief implication in "A Cold Day at X" that her father is of Asian descent to any degree). If she had brought Tehama along, she likely would have witnessed him ignoring the more obviously not-white forensics officer in favor of Ingrid herself.

So, if this guy is so racist, why is he still on staff? Simple; he only openly indulges in his racism against delinquents, giving him PlausibleDeniability in the sense that everyone assumes he's prejudiced against them for their delinquent antics rather than their ethnicity.

If the show ever delved into it, they'd probably have Fillmore and Ingrid realize that Geary either supports Tony's reformation attempts but gives Santiago the stink eye, despite the latter doing more to prove his reformation, or that while he openly shows himself to be disdainful of Sonny, he expresses pity for Penny's "poor company" despite the fact that both characters openly and routinely made choices of a toxic nature of their own volition.
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Ingrid actually has her reasons painted out in canon; being smart with interests that weren't common among her peers led to said peers isolating and mistreating her so Ingrid started lashing out as an attempt to fight back, which unfortunately just led to her being labeled a hopeless delinquent, which she ended up taking as an irrefutable fact and lived down to. Similarly to Fillmore, once someone who had no reason to reach out proved they cared about her, Ingrid was ready to leave her past behind.
Also adding into this could be that [[MissingMom her unseen mother passed away]] and she was lashing out in grief that [[ThereAreNoTherapists never got properly addressed]].

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Ingrid actually has her reasons painted out in canon; being smart with interests that weren't common among her peers led to said peers isolating and mistreating her so Ingrid started lashing out as an attempt to fight back, which unfortunately just led to her being labeled a hopeless delinquent, which she ended up taking as an irrefutable fact and lived down to. Similarly to Fillmore, once someone who had no reason to reach out proved they cared about her, Ingrid was ready to leave her past behind.
behind. Also adding into this could be that [[MissingMom her unseen mother passed away]] [[ParentalAbandonment or walked out]] and she was lashing out in grief that [[ThereAreNoTherapists never got properly addressed]].
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Parnassus being revealed to be an actual psychic of some caliber seems oddly like something the show would pull.

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Parnassus being revealed to be an actual psychic of some caliber seems oddly like something the show would pull. Or for a more grounded outcome, it would make perfect sense as to why he'd have access to information concerning future events that nobody else would have access to.
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Also, what's another word for a psychic? An ''Augu''r.

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Also, what's another word for a psychic? An ''Augu''r.''Augu''r.

[[WMG: Harrison was not the one to begin sending Alistair those emails, but he figured out where Alistair was getting his information from and took over in order to become editor-in-chief and to stop having to write about him.]]

Harrison's motivation for doing what he did does not make a lick of sense if you think about it. It's implied he was tired of writing about Alistair's predictions, but the show reveals that ''he'' was basically the one to get him to start predicting. If he was so tired of writing about Alistair, then why would he put himself through that trouble, even if he wanted to become editor-in-chief?

A lot of things also don't add up with him being the mastermind as well. How did Harrison know when corned beef and cabbage would be served? How did Harrison know where missing retainers would be found? Considering the show doesn't paint ''him'' as being a NotSoPhonyPsychic, it makes no sense as to how he would know or how he got his information.

Unless... he wasn't the one to send Alistair those emails at all.

What if someone else was sending him those emails and Harrison found out when trying to dig up some dirt on Alistair to stop having to report on him? From that, he hatches up a 'fool-proof' plan in order to kill two birds with one stone. By pretending to be the person sending Alistair those emails, he could cleverly manipulate Alistair into doing ''his'' bidding so he can become editor-in-chief ''and'' at the same time get away from the PhonyPsychic.

But if he didn't send Alistair those emails, who did?

Remember that one character with an AbortedArc whose last name starts with P? One who specifically states they would look forward to working against Fillmore and the patrol in the future?

Yeah.

Parnassus being revealed to be an actual psychic of some caliber seems oddly like something the show would pull.
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When Wayne is saying goodbye to Fillmore, he mentions his mother specifically but his father isn't mentioned. While the simple explanation is that his father wasn't relevant to the scene, having a working mother with no safety net could explain why Wayne didn't leave with Emily, pulling a "Set up the dominoes of Thrift's downfall" scheme with Emily's help on his way out, even beyond not wanting to abandon the innocent students who Thrift and his cohorts put at risk; Wayne would likely have felt unable to leave because it would have caused turmoil for his mother, who already would have had a lot on her plate, and there's also the possibility that Thrift could have made trouble for her with his illegal connections.

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When Wayne is saying goodbye to Fillmore, he mentions his mother specifically but his father isn't mentioned. While the simple explanation is that his father wasn't relevant to the scene, having a working mother with no safety net could explain why Wayne didn't leave with Emily, pulling a "Set up the dominoes of Thrift's downfall" scheme with Emily's help on his way out, even beyond not wanting to abandon the innocent students who Thrift and his cohorts put at risk; Wayne would likely have felt unable to leave because it would have caused turmoil for his mother, who already would have had a lot on her plate, and there's also the possibility that Thrift could have made trouble for her with his illegal connections.connections.

[[WMG: Alistair and Augie are cousins.]]

While seemingly unrelated at first, the characters share an uncanny amount of similarities when compared to other characters. Both are voiced by Kiel Holmes and have their names start with an A, both of which also match Arthur Stanley from 'Play On, Maestro, Play On', but they are also both guilty of being scammers and deceivers to some degree. Augie is a con artist upfront while Alistair is the modern equivalent of being a charlatan, a PhonyPsychic. Also, they look similar, having somewhat similar shades of brown hair and blue eyes, the differences between the two being explainable by the fact that most cousins do not look all that similar to one another due to how genes and DNA work.

Also, what's another word for a psychic? An ''Augu''r.
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Said policy change involves students in detention to study some kind of hobby and/or pastime to motivate them to reform after their time in detention is over; Santiago was among the test group for this change and one of its first success stories as his new path in life is clearly one he has no intention of abandoning to return to his old ways.

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Said policy change involves students in detention to study some kind of hobby and/or pastime to motivate them to reform after their time in detention is over; Santiago was among the test group for this change and one of its first success stories as his new path in life is clearly one he has no intention of abandoning to return to his old ways.ways.

[[WMG: Fillmore and Ingrid's delinquent backgrounds weren't actually ForTheEvulz but were motivated by legitimate reasons to lash out.]]
In Fillmore's case, given that he canonically has two cases where he's explicitly noted to be lashing out because the target wouldn't give him a chance to prove himself to be anything but his reputation (the rocket at the custard spill, of which he comments that he wanted to prove the teacher who insulted him right, and the golf team thefts) and showed himself to be a decent and even heroic young man once Wayne gave him the chance, it's quite possible that due to an unfortunate string of [[ToxicFriendInfluence poorly chosen friends who gave him poisonous influences and advice]] and teachers who kept calling him a good-for-nothing delinquent who would never be anything else, Fillmore took those comments as fact and lived down to those expectations. Taking Wayne's offer to trade helping on a case for skipping out of detention was at first only a means to an end but once Wayne proved his offer also included friendship and genuine care and concern, Fillmore turned over a new leaf, which stuck.

Ingrid actually has her reasons painted out in canon; being smart with interests that weren't common among her peers led to said peers isolating and mistreating her so Ingrid started lashing out as an attempt to fight back, which unfortunately just led to her being labeled a hopeless delinquent, which she ended up taking as an irrefutable fact and lived down to. Similarly to Fillmore, once someone who had no reason to reach out proved they cared about her, Ingrid was ready to leave her past behind.
Also adding into this could be that [[MissingMom her unseen mother passed away]] and she was lashing out in grief that [[ThereAreNoTherapists never got properly addressed]].

That's not to say that when they ''were'' delinquents, they didn't enjoy pulling stuff over on the people they saw as threats or potential tormentors; it just means that they had reasons for falling into delinquency.

[[WMG: The Liggett move to Tennessee was partly motivated by the recent passing of Wayne's father and part of the reason Wayne stayed when his new patrol turned corrupt was because he felt he didn't have the resources to transfer out.]]
When Wayne is saying goodbye to Fillmore, he mentions his mother specifically but his father isn't mentioned. While the simple explanation is that his father wasn't relevant to the scene, having a working mother with no safety net could explain why Wayne didn't leave with Emily, pulling a "Set up the dominoes of Thrift's downfall" scheme with Emily's help on his way out, even beyond not wanting to abandon the innocent students who Thrift and his cohorts put at risk; Wayne would likely have felt unable to leave because it would have caused turmoil for his mother, who already would have had a lot on her plate, and there's also the possibility that Thrift could have made trouble for her with his illegal connections.
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The most likely reason for that is that she's either claustrophobic (fear of small spaces) or merinthophobic (the fear of being bound or restrained) and being paper-mached with the toilet paper proved legitimately triggering, leaving her in the terrified state we see her in after being attacked.

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The most likely reason for that is that she's either claustrophobic (fear of small spaces) or merinthophobic (the fear of being bound or restrained) and being paper-mached with the toilet paper proved legitimately triggering, leaving her in the terrified state we see her in after being attacked.attacked.

[[WMG: In "Foes Don't Forgive", Santiago learning stage magic while in detention isn't actually a PlotHole but the result of a policy change.]]
Said policy change involves students in detention to study some kind of hobby and/or pastime to motivate them to reform after their time in detention is over; Santiago was among the test group for this change and one of its first success stories as his new path in life is clearly one he has no intention of abandoning to return to his old ways.

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Frank's bitterness, anger and hurt derived from the fact that while he agreed with the fact that his actions needed consequences (since he triggered an allergic reaction, which could have been very serious and wasn't his intention), he was very upset and hurt that his team and partner dropped the case even after the heat died down, when a simple security feed check would have proven that while Frank intended to dump soup on the perp, the gazpacho spill was an accident.

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Frank's bitterness, anger and hurt derived from the fact that while he agreed with the fact that his actions needed consequences (since he triggered an allergic reaction, which could have been very serious and wasn't his intention), he was very upset and hurt that his team and partner dropped the case even after the heat died down, when a simple security feed check would have proven that while Frank intended to dump soup something on the perp, the gazpacho spill was an accident.



Eventually, he reached the point where he ''could'' become physical after gaining enough psychic energy, at the cost of losing his psychic powers. Everyone believes he's a descendant of some kind of the ''original'' Alistair Greystone, but he is actually ''the'' Alistair.

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Eventually, he reached the point where he ''could'' become physical after gaining enough psychic energy, at the cost of losing his psychic powers. Everyone believes he's a descendant of some kind of the ''original'' Alistair Greystone, but he is actually ''the'' Alistair.Alistair.

[[WMG: Rochelle in "A Dark Score Evened" had [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes a phobia]] triggered by the The Bully Get Back Crew's strike against her.]]
Her reaction to the attack on her seems to be more raw and authentic than the previous victims' more melodramatic responses to the attacks on them.
The most likely reason for that is that she's either claustrophobic (fear of small spaces) or merinthophobic (the fear of being bound or restrained) and being paper-mached with the toilet paper proved legitimately triggering, leaving her in the terrified state we see her in after being attacked.
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[[WMG: The official story and Vallejo's memories of the Gazpacho Incident aren't completely accurate and are in fact missing key factors, said factors being why Frank was so hurt and bitter.]]
While Frank ''did'' cause the perp he was chasing to get covered in gazpacho, it wasn't what he intended to use. Instead, he had intended to grab a different pot filled with what would have been a harmless, if messy, dowsing. However, before he got a good grip on the intended pot, the gazpacho got knocked loose and spilled, covering the perp and triggering the allergic reaction. The perp's furious parents then jumped to the conclusion that Frank intentionally and maliciously covered their son in his allergen and demanded Frank's dismissal; the school staff, faced with a PR nightmare, didn't bother to fact check due to the risk of legal trouble and forced Frank out of the Patrol.

So why, if that's true, did Vallejo remember Frank dumping the gazpacho on purpose? Well, between that being one of the more traumatic events of his life and [[MyGreatestFailure one of his greatest regrets]] and {{Gaslighting}} on the part of the adults around him, his memories eventually altered to fit the story he was fed.

Frank's bitterness, anger and hurt derived from the fact that while he agreed with the fact that his actions needed consequences (since he triggered an allergic reaction, which could have been very serious and wasn't his intention), he was very upset and hurt that his team and partner dropped the case even after the heat died down, when a simple security feed check would have proven that while Frank intended to dump soup on the perp, the gazpacho spill was an accident.

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Considering his use of VERY outdated phrases and his ensemble, it could be that he was one of the original students when X Middle School first founded, dying in some freak, undisclosed accident.

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Considering his use of VERY outdated phrases and his ensemble, it could be that he was one of the original students when X Middle School was first founded, dying in some freak, undisclosed accident.accident or something related to that era's issues, like typhoid or tuberculosis. He ended up haunting the school in silence and gaining access to his supposed psychic powers since he was a non-physical ghost.

Eventually, he reached the point where he ''could'' become physical after gaining enough psychic energy, at the cost of losing his psychic powers. Everyone believes he's a descendant of some kind of the ''original'' Alistair Greystone, but he is actually ''the'' Alistair.
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[[WMG: Alistair is a ghost and has been [[DeadAllAlong Dead All Along]]

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[[WMG: Alistair is a ghost and has been [[DeadAllAlong Dead All Along]]
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While the jury is still out on whether or not Alistair actually has the psychic powers he so boasts about in 'Cry The Beloved Mascot', it'd be interesting if he (given how light blue his eye color is) was actually blind, but able to see with the use of subconscious psychic powers. He doesn't even know he's blind and because 'psychic vision' is probably a little bit different from regular vision, doesn't know that what he's seeing is not what everyone else is seeing.

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While the jury is still out on whether or not Alistair actually has the psychic powers he so boasts about in 'Cry 'Cry, The Beloved Mascot', it'd be interesting if he (given how light blue his eye color is) was actually blind, but able to see with the use of subconscious psychic powers. He doesn't even know he's blind and because 'psychic vision' is probably a little bit different from regular vision, doesn't know that what he's seeing is not what everyone else is seeing.



His psychic powers before the sight-losing incident would also be confirmed to be completely fake and dumb luck. After the incident, however, he'd gain actual psychic powers in a twist of ironic fate, becoming a [[BlindSeer Blind Seer]] and an important ally for Fillmore and Ingrid to have for help in solving what could be the biggest case that X has ever seen.

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His psychic powers before the sight-losing incident would also be confirmed to be completely fake and dumb luck. After the incident, however, he'd gain actual psychic powers in a twist of ironic fate, becoming a [[BlindSeer Blind Seer]] and an important ally for Fillmore and Ingrid to have for help in solving what could be the biggest case that X has ever seen.seen.

[[WMG: Alistair is a ghost and has been [[DeadAllAlong Dead All Along]]

Considering his use of VERY outdated phrases and his ensemble, it could be that he was one of the original students when X Middle School first founded, dying in some freak, undisclosed accident.
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[[WMG: If Alistair had perfect vision, he'd lose it protecting Fillmore and Ingrid if the show did continue, becoming a [[AscendedExtra]] in the show's main cast.]]
His psychic powers before the sight-losing incident would also be confirmed to be completely fake and dumb luck. After the incident, however, he'd gain actual psychic powers in a twist of ironic fate, becoming a [[BlindSeer] and an important ally for Fillmore and Ingrid to have for help in solving what could be the biggest case that X has ever seen.

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[[WMG: If Alistair had perfect vision, he'd lose it protecting Fillmore and Ingrid if the show did continue, becoming a [[AscendedExtra]] [[AscendedExtra Ascended Extra]] in the show's main cast.]]
His psychic powers before the sight-losing incident would also be confirmed to be completely fake and dumb luck. After the incident, however, he'd gain actual psychic powers in a twist of ironic fate, becoming a [[BlindSeer] [[BlindSeer Blind Seer]] and an important ally for Fillmore and Ingrid to have for help in solving what could be the biggest case that X has ever seen.

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[[WMG: Alistair Greystone is blind and sees with psychic powers he doesn't know about]]
While the jury is still out on whether or not Alistair actually has the psychic powers he so boasts about in 'Cry The Beloved Mascot', it'd be interesting if he (given how light blue his eye color is) was actually blind, but able to see with the use of subconscious psychic powers. He doesn't even know he's blind and because 'psychic vision' is probably a little bit different from regular vision, doesn't know that what he's seeing is not what everyone else is seeing.

[[WMG: If Alistair had perfect vision, he'd lose it protecting Fillmore and Ingrid if the show did continue, becoming a [[AscendedExtra]] in the show's main cast.]]
His psychic powers before the sight-losing incident would also be confirmed to be completely fake and dumb luck. After the incident, however, he'd gain actual psychic powers in a twist of ironic fate, becoming a [[BlindSeer] and an important ally for Fillmore and Ingrid to have for help in solving what could be the biggest case that X has ever seen.
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[[WMG: Ingrid is a [[SpinOffBabies kid-friendly]] [[Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Lisbeth Salander]]]]

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[[WMG: Ingrid is a [[SpinOffBabies kid-friendly]] [[Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo [[Literature/MillenniumSeries Lisbeth Salander]]]]

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