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- Jossed
- Jossed
- Jossed, on both accounts: the ship remains intact and... it's Lord Vyce, not Mechakara.
- Confirmed, though not for the listed reasons.
- That's fucking brilli- OH! Linkara mentioned that an upcoming arc would introduce Pollo's new design. Pollo, who was there with him before AT4W even began. Pollo, who is inevitably going to sacrifice himself to save many others. Pollo, who will be resurrected some-fucking-how, probably by uploading his consciousness into NIMUE and...well, he'll just need a new robot body. A trip to the junk shop should take care of that.
- Jossed: Instead he WAS Lord Vyce!
- Jossed: While she has stated what she woulda done had she followed the guidelines. She also mentioned a subroutine that in layman's terms that should an event like that put her in that situation, her answer in Linkara's words was "Screw them it's not my problem."
- Not jossed yet: She said that it would be a waist of her time and recourses to take over the world because her job is to run and maintain Comicron-1. However, she didn’t say what she’d do if Comicron-1 was threatened.
Her exact words when asked if she would take over the world were, “Such an action would be entirely illogical and ill-advised. This unit’s function is to maintain a spaceship; its programming carefully fine-tuned for that purpose. And, as such, assuming direct control over humanity would be a drain on that task since it would require micromanagement of the populous in addition to the deaths of people who would undoubtedly disobey and attempt to disrupt this unit’s work. As such the answer is to maintain orbit and allow humanity to do what it wishes.”
Linkara summarised by saying, “Screw them it's not my problem,” but threatening Comicron-1 would very much count as her problem.
- Ok now I’ll admit it’s Jossed.
His old body will be destroyed trying to re-balance the engines in a homage to Spock's death in Wrath of Khan.Confirmed
- Not quite. The old body was destroyed due to the radiation frying his circuits, but Pollo was able to download his conscience somewhere else. Moreover, take into account of the Search for Spock. Next part of the story arc is likely to be the team searching for Pollo and finally getting him his new body.
Neutro is big enough to house Pollo’s conscience and it has no mind of its own.
- Jossed: He was in Linkara’s model Tom Servo
- Jossed. Snowflame did appear.
- However, that doesn't mean Vyce won't show up again sometime in the future...
- Confirmed, as of the "Youngblood #4" review... in vocal form, at least.
The way I see it going down is this: Lord Vyce ends up trapped in Pluto's orbit, and is found by the Plutonians. Vyce is pleased that they don't know who he is, so decides to help them out: he tells them that their Neutro has been stolen and hijacked by Linkara, and gives them enough information so that they consider upgrading him a good idea. His new apperance is a more mechanical version of his Vyce shirt, but with some Neutro-esque looks and a hint as his nature as someone from a Pokemon game.
When Linkara comes looking, he'll find Vyce gone. The actual Vyce will be sending an invasion to Earth in order to distract him, so he can hack on the V-Ship again. During this, he'll scan the planet, to see where Linkara's "haughty claims" come from.
This will kick of a series of events where Linkara will come into conflict with Lord Vyce again at some point in the future. Vyce will push Linkara to the point where he has to take extreme steps to stop him continuing to enslave, conquer and destroy entire worlds. With no other option, Linkara will use technology stolen from Dr Insano to open a rift in Hypertime which he will throw Vyce into. After sealing the rift, Linkara will believe Vyce destroyed.
But due to Vyce now existing in data form he will survive, but not unscathed. Trapped for relative centuries or more outside of any real existance, Vyce will be damaged, ravaged, and corrupted, his mind broken and barely functioning. And then finally he will fall out of Hypertime into a world and time that he should find familiar from long ago in the past. But in his insane and amnesiac state, he won't remember the world, his reason for living, or anything except for one single phrase that defines him - "All that I see, I conquer". And he will continue his mission of conquest in the only way he can now, his reasons like his memories, his past, and his name... Missing...
- This would be pretty fitting. Lord Vyce, and his antagonist the Entity were depicted affecting things world-wide. What would show how far-reaching his threat is? Have him play a part of the Fourth Anniversary!
- Jossed.
- I'm sorry, but after the Entity arc, I don't think Lewis would do practically the exact same thing again.
- For the record is strictly a Devil's Advocate statment as I agree with the above troper. It could be that Linkara knows that people would assume he's not in 90's Kid because of the Entity storyline and BECAUSE of that did people would expect; put it in 90's Kid. Linkara has said that he likes playing around with expectations.
- Im not sure if I buy this- I'm getting the vibe that it's something else. I mean, Linkara's main beef with the Starscream and Thing sequel comics is that the Thing should've stayed in the background and waited for everyone to destroy themselves out of paranoia and fear, not draw attention to itself- and especially not give its enemies good ideas. If it did possess him, it would be put into a position where everyone was expecting him to know what to do- and while it could use this to its advantage by providing false information, it would still be drawing unwanted attention to itself. Better to choose someone like Harvey.
- Confirmed. His explanation suggests that he's a good guy though...
- Jossed- Lewis said in his Electric Tale of Pikachu commentary that the Entiry really is dead, and barring a really good idea for a sequel, it won't ever come back.
- Confirmed at least as far as his Arsenal of Freedom is concerned.
- In a Q&A panel
, Linkara mentioned he wanted to show the origin of Linkara for Secret Origins Month, but the amount of work during October made him take a break from story lines for a while. We might get his origin next year though.
- Confirmed in the ending of Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham #2.
Holo!Linkara was made to perfectly mimic Linkara while he's on his quest to retrieve his magic. If Linkara is turning evil, then it stands to reason that Holo!Linkara will turn evil as well by mimicking him. The reason it's happening faster is that Holo!Linkara isn't the original and thus has no ultimately moral center to hold him back. He's simply following his programming. "Mimic Linkara and review comics." He threatened 90's kid because Linkara on some level wants to use force to make him go away. Because Holo!Linkara isn't bound by morality, just his programming, he sees no reason not to attack and threaten him. All he has done is do as Linkara would do. It all comes back to Linkara steadily growing more evil. In fact, without the Magic Gun's intervention (See above for that theory) it's possible Linkara would have done something similar in time.
Confirmed. Linkara did state that if it weren't for Margaret, he would be evil.
He just assumed that Linkara was because he uses a gun powered by the soul of a little girl and he was just trying to free her.
- Perhaps he's a Hero Antagonist and is trying to prevent the Magic Gun from falling into the wrong hands. He gives me a St. Germain of Castlevania fame vibe with that pocketwatch, too...
- confirmed
It has already been pointed out how the start of this arc concerning Linkara's ego and the gun turning off homaged "The Waters of Mars" (concerning the Doctor and the Time Lord Victorious). Considering how much of a Doctor Who fan Lewis is, this was most likely not accidental.
- Now we have an explanation of how the gun stopped working. However, giving the timing of it, I'm not sure this has been Jossed yet.
- Alternatively, magic could've been destroyed by the some enemy of the Gunslinger, who tried to stop him and destroy all the magic guns in existence.
- Jossed, the gun's magic is only being suppressed by an Anti Magic Field of some kind.
- Snowflame will use some cocaine metaphor about power to try and get Linkara to use cocaine. Linkara will instead realize he'd getting a bit power addicted and snap out of it.
- Snowflame will randomly spout good lessons learned form PSA comics and my My Little Pony, making Linkara realize that something can have An Aesop without sucking, and helping him be less cynical.
- Confirmed in the ending of Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham #2.
- Jossed
- You're probably right- When I heard that, I felt it was too simple and obvious an explanation for it to be purely Dr. Insnao's fault. However, I don't believe the Ultima storyline and AT4W storyline are connected.
- Confirmed
- The fourth year anniversary is comign up, and it involves sci-fi. Linkara's ship still works (mostly because it isn't magic), but all magic is being suppressed. In the Alternate ending to Suburban Knights, Mechakara finds Malachite's hand, giving him control over magic... Thus mechakara is responsible for the loss of the magic!
- From a outside story perspective, Linkara, because he has access to his ship in the anniversary, plus mechakara is a villain, means that all his story lines are active, which means consequently his weapons were too. To prevent him from being over powered compared to everyone else, magic became the source of all his gadgetry, and mechakara was given a way to nullify magic. Plus it leads into the fourth year anniversary.
- Linkara has stated on Twitter that this arc does not tie in to the Fourth Year anniversary, and the DVD ending of the 3rd anniversary is only related to the fourth year.
- Well if the Nostalgia Critic can accidentally kill Santachrist...
- That's Jossed, Linkara seemed pretty mad at himself about spilling those beans an episode later.
But consider how adamant Linkara was on doing this alone. This is because the Linkara who's walking the earth is another Holokara, and he's hiding this fact from his allies in case the Gunslinger finds out where he's going. The real Linkara will just hang out on his spaceship for the duration of the arc until the curse is broken or he otherwise gets his magic back. Lazy, sure, but Comicron One's the safest place he could be at the moment.
- Or worse, many things comic book and villain of the year alike that would have not been able to drive the real Linkara insane, are slowly doing that to Holokara, but since he is programmed to endure till Linkara returns, he comes under the impression that he is running the show. (Something Mechakara wouldn't do.) If Linkara comes back from his Journey he might have to fight Holo the same way Black Lantern Spoony fought Clone Spoony.
- Partially Jossed: Linkara's weapons were all originally toys enchanted by him (using a magic book) to become real. However, this does not get rid of the theory that they were watching him for a while (considering he has a Magic Gun)and were testing Linkara with the Gunslinger to see how he would react and if he would make a good member. Linkara failed after he started gloating. Realizing he was on the road to becoming more like his Mirror Universe counterpart, they cut him off from his magic to teach him a lesson in humility before this could happen.
- That would make sense. He’s already done story lines that pay homage to Power Rangers, Silent Hill, Doctor Who, Pokémon and Star Trek. So I’m sure, this one will be a homage to something else. We can only hope that one day he’ll do a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic story line ;)
- Wait, he's a Brony?
- No, he isn't, according to the Animinneapolis 2012 panel.
- The Gunslinger is almost defiantly from Final Fantasy. After all Doctor Insano got the idea for the anti-magic field generator from Final Fantasy.
- I support this WMG, first time I saw the Gunslinger I thought he looked like something out of Kingdom Hearts.
- While it's possible that it could be Final Fantasy based, it could also be possible the that the story is inspired by anime and manga, with the two biggest inspirations being Fullmetal Alchemist, due to the Gunslinger resembling Edward Elric and Negima! Magister Negi Magi, as it's possible that the Gunslinger is like Chao and is travelling back in time to stop a major disaster (in this case, Linkara turning evil), with him using his pocketwatch to travel through time and space
- Adding to that, he is a manga reviewer. Just look at him.
- In addition, it was shown in the stinger of the Marville #3 Review that the Gunslinger worked with an AI that may be similar to Nimue, named Sierra.
- Sort of confirmed. Before he became the gunslinger we know, he was an online critic with access to magic and advanced technology. However, he reviewed music rather than comics and there's no real evidence that he's specifically Linkara's counterpart.
- Personally, I see evil as wishing to harm others, or otherwise lower the amount of joy/pleasure/health in the universe in some way. Linkara never seemed to be acting in that way, so I don't think it's possible that he's really turning evil.
- No, he is. Look at Linkara's history over the last two years: he's always had a problem with letting his pride (and victories) go to his head, thinking he's all high and mighty when he so clearly isn't as much of a saint as he thinks he is, and his cockiness has put himself and others in danger multiple times. If he hadn't lost his magic due to his Time Lord Victorious style rant, he probably would've gone on a path similar to that of Mirrorkara.
- Prideful =/= Evil. He's no saint, but he's clearly a force for good in the universe, having saved the world from evil forces several times, and his arsenal is only there to ensure that it is protected. Underestimating an enemy is not a sign of being evil, just prideful. IMHO, there does not seem to be any logical progression without outside intervention from where he currently is, an admittedly arrogant defender of the innocent, to one who harms them for his own personal pleasure/gain.
- Linkara was repeatedly hitting the Gunslinger even after he was down. If the Gunslinger haven't used his watch, he would have died. Linkara was showing signs of being touched by the dark side.
- Yeah, sorry. The C Go G #2 review reminded me of a few petty things that did nothing but hurt people that he did, which I had forgotten about, also there's hope that his "turning evil" can be prevented at this point.
- No, he is. Look at Linkara's history over the last two years: he's always had a problem with letting his pride (and victories) go to his head, thinking he's all high and mighty when he so clearly isn't as much of a saint as he thinks he is, and his cockiness has put himself and others in danger multiple times. If he hadn't lost his magic due to his Time Lord Victorious style rant, he probably would've gone on a path similar to that of Mirrorkara.
Although that does leave some options open- obviously Margret (as a sentient artifact) will remain useless to Linkara if he continues down this path, but now that he knows the problem, it should be relatively straightforeward for him to accept his faults and relearn how to cast his spells to adjust for his new mindset.
As a holographic backup, continuous runtime is taking its toll, and Holokara is becoming increasingly erratic. But what would normally be a typical nervous breakdown is now a major threat as Holokara is patterned directly off of Linkara himself, and thus is becoming more erratic down the path of evil the longer it remains operational.
Moreover, while Holokara is strictly a creation of technology and thus unable to use magic, as an intelligence patterned off of Linkara that was never meant to be run this long (nearly 3 months), everyone in the AT4W cast could be in big trouble. He could also be the reason Linkara lost contact with Comicron 1- Holokara has acess to all Linkara's codes due to being based off of him, and not due to the mineral deposits of southern Canada screwing with communications (although that's also a possibility).
To me, it didn't seem like the sort of assault that a serious attempt on Linkara's life would utilize, especially from another magic user.
He knew where Linkara was, when to attack him (when he was alone), and had a means of escaping if things went bad. But he didn't seem to do any major damage... so I'm of the opinion that he was probably acting either on his own accord or for some greater community to test Linkara- and see if he, as a veteran of many conflicts and a survivor of all the crap the universe throws at him, were still on the straight and narrow, or beginning the downward spiral that gave rise to so many of his foes.
It's a test which I suspect is still ongoing- simply losing his magic and beginning down the path to the dark side is not a "make it or break it" moment that forever dominates Linkara's destiny, but rather the beginning of a new chapter in his life. Where will he go from here, now that he has the knowledge he is slowly moving toward the darkness he so often fights? What will he do do correct it?
As a hero, he's acquired potent magics, powerful artifacts, and very advanced science and technologies- and as a villain all these things would be at his command to use against the very people he now seeks to protect. And they're all things that only Linkara is able to stop- who in the world would stand against him if he loses the ability or desire to distinguish between right and wrong?
Who would he trust to fight him when he becomes that which he most fears?
- This actually makes sense- why else would To Boldly Flee take place before Guns and Sorcery? Because he uses it in To Boldly Flee to help his fellow reviewers, and and in this arc the ship gets destroyed, so it wouldn't make sense for the ship to still exist!
He was probably on a mission to find cursed weapons and free their souls. The Gunslinger probably thought Linkara was evil since he was wielding a gun powered by a forsaken little girl.
"It's building up to a point where he could suddenly decide "you know what? Maybe I should use my big, powerful spaceship to make people do what I want."
If Holokara is based directly on Linkara and has no real moral compass besides his programming, it's not too far fetched to think that Holokara would eventually do this. During this supossed battle, Holokara eventually has Linkara on the ropes, his friends captured in front of him, and things are at their bleakest. Linkara- weak, powerless, and unable to think of any other option- will attempt to talk Holokara down from whatever scheme he's planning. Holokara won't listen, and will eventually - in an attempt to demoralize Linkara- claim that he and Linkara are not so different, that it's pointless to fight against his "true nature", and the only difference between them is that he's not saddled with the morals Linkara has.
Linkara will agree with this, stating that he (Linkara) was an asshole and jerk to everyone, not a saint, and not proud of his previous actions- however, he's changed for the better, will never be so full of himself again if he can help it, and will die to protect the Earth (and his friends) if necessary, as he just doesn't care about himself anymore. He'll say it's his fault for creating Holokara and making him do what should have been his own job, and no one else should have to pay for his(Linkara's) own wrongdoings, imploring Holokara to stop and that he doesn't want to have to destroy him if he can possibly avoid it. Holokara seems to be moved by this - but he's beyond caring about human morality any more, telling Linkara that he'll kill everyone Linkara loves to make him suffer- starting with 90's Kid. He reaches a holographic hand to stop his heart - but with a scream of "No!", Linkara jumps in the way, taking the blow himself. Holokara mocks Linkara for his attempt to save his friend, tosses him to the floor, and leaves him for dead. However, Linkara is Only Mostly Dead, and his honest statements before, coupled with his Heroic Sacrifice, will be enough for Margaret to know he's not going to become evil, that he committed a selfless act of his own free will. Linkara's magic will then be restored, healing him and allowing Linkara to defeat his double by destroying his mobile-emitter and the ship as he can see no other way to reason with or stop Holokara (but not before Nimue transfers herself into the Vigilant or something).
- Confirmed
- Considering we see him in his own base of operations after Marville #3, I'd say this is jossed.
- Jossed
As an extension of Linkara, Holokara could control the spaceship. He might use the spaceship to force the Editorial Staff of DC and Marvel comics to write the type of comics he wants.
Confirmed. He was planning to force Marvel Comics to retcon 'One More Day' and force the comics industry to write the type of stories he wants.
During the ''One More Day" review, Linkara says this:
"I want a good story. I want characters to look back on their past actions and grow from their experiences. I want them to change and evolve. There's nothing about the idea of growth that prevents good stories from being told.''
Also, 2 things Holokara said during Psychoman #1:
1: (in a sarcastic response to the comic saying supervillains are a "crutch"): "I mean, who would have a character act like an asshole with their powers?'''
2: (near the end): "I mean, who wants to follow a fictional story where the main character is just a doucebag who you can never relate to or sympathize with?"
This troper though about both things for a while and realized: "all of these things are describing AT4W up to this point.
Over the last 4 years of Atop the Fourth Wall, Linkara (despite all the things that have happened to him), hasn't really changed- he's a selfish, unsympathetic jerk (despite his label of "hero" and his good moments) who no one- save his immediate circle of friends- wants to follow or be around due to his off-putting actions and abusing his power- notice how in To Boldly Flee (set before this arc), not one of the other Channel Awesome reviewers follows his show enough to know he reviews comics instead of lamps (or about his own rogue's gallery), yet still know he has a spaceship? It's because he uses it to bully them to get his way. So it makes perfect sense why they wouldn't follow him - they think (rightfully) that he's a jerk.
And isn't it fitting that his major complaint with Peter in One More Day is that he never seems able to change and get out of his teenage selfish mentality despite the fact he's an adult, when Linkara himself displays the same tendencies? This comic wasn't chosen willy-nilly- both One More Day and Psychoman #1 were chosen to show why this arc was needed in a subtle manner, even if some people didn't initially realize it at first - Linkara was stuck in a never-ending cycle of gaining more and more power, beating everyone he faced either through pure luck, skill, or guile, and subsequently letting his pride get to his head, treating his friends like crap instead of realizing how much he needs them to help him in these confrontations and how important they are in keeping him from going to the dark side. So in response to this change was enacted, forcing Linkara to go on his quest and reflect on what he'd done, growing and evolving into a better person as a result.
Something Holokara said at the end of Psychoman #1 got me:
"Who wants to follow a fictional story where the main character is just a doucebag who you can never relate to or sympathize with?"
By this point, Holokara is caught up in Pride. As Steve said, Linkara's inherent selfishishness and egomania would've gotten to the point where he would "see no one but himself." However, Linkara is beginning to take the steps necessary to make himself a better person, while Holokara can't - he's a static being that was made from a brain scan at a particular point in Linkara's life and can't really be changed. Since Holokara essentially is Linkara, he'll think he's doing a better job of reviewing, the others are just annoyances bogging down what he perceives to be his show rather then then the friends they really are, and that all around- and most disturbingly- he's doing a better job at living Linkara's life. Therefore, he decides to get him out of the picture as he thinks Linkara fits the above quote, not realizing (in his It's All About Me - induced haze) that he's the real monster.
- A variation of this idea: given how the review after Psychoman #1 is going to be Marville #3, and having already being made to review a comic series that Linkara despises with the Silent Hill comics, Holokara is possibly heading to Canada to force Linkara into reviewing this issue as a means of torture.
After Linkara's slip of the tongue that his magic wasn't working, Insano realized Linkara's magical wards and defenses over his apartment were down. He then snuck in at night and used his tech to alter Holokara.
Together, they'll attempt to kill Linkara- Insano for obvious reasons, and the Gunslinger as he believes Linkara to be evil.
Holokara has pretty much turned evil at this point. When Linkara returns, he'll have to destroy Holokara, and this will also give him a demonstration of what could have happened to him if he went the same route.
- Thsi is pretty much expected, as it's the whole point: Holokara's supposed to represent what Linkara would've eventually become if Margaret hadn't disabled his magic after his Time Lord Victorious style rant- and what better finale to this arc about Linkara facing his dark side then for Linkara to fight himself?
- Possibly or perhaps the AT4W universe is just very different to the Gunslinger’s universe. Don’t forget each universe is different - Lord Vyce could walk in some unprotected, but the AT4W-verse was so different from his own that he needed his suit just to survive in it.
- Unlikely. From what we've seen of the Gunslinger's universe, its more of a traditional parallel universe via for-want-of-a-nail (they have internet critics and soul-guns like Linkara's universe).
- Perhaps the universe was normal for the Gunslinger, but became toxic after the Critic's Plot Hole merge. Any universe which has become unstable and merged with a living being isn't going to be tolerable for anyone else.
- Inverted. In the finale, Linkara volunteers to bring Gunslinger home to his dimension aboard Comicron 1.
Mechakara's spirit survived the explosion in To Boldly Flee but needs to find a mechanical host. He was a machine to begin with after all. The infection is a la the Psycho Ranger in Power Rangers in Space. In the TBF commerntaries, Linkara called Mechakara semi-retired in the same way Doug did for the Nostalgia Critic. Now the Nostalgia Critic is back full time, so why not bring back Mechakara?
- Jossed.
In the Star Trek III episode, when Linkara, Harvey and Nimue where entering the self-destruct code, we get this dialouge.
- Vyce: "Computer, over-ride priority V-0."Nimue: "That code... is not recognised"
- Lord Vyce did corrupt Nimue, but it was by downloading bits of himself into Nimue's hardware.
- Jossed.
- Which leads to the seperate WMG that the rulers of the Gunslingers world knew where he was all along; possibly the "ghost" was intended for his ship not COMICRON-1
- Jossed.
- Fact One: During one of the V Logs with Iron Liz, Linkara mentioned he wanted her back on the show at some point, to which she was agreeable.
- Fact Two: At the End of the Star Wars 3D review, when NIMUE glitches out and turns red, it sounds as if it is not the same voice. and actually has similarities to Liz's voice patterns.
- Fact Three: The last we saw of Judas Liz was aboard Comicron-1. Slinking off as Vyce listened to Linkara taunting him.
- Fact Four: Despite time moving FASTER on the ship, Vyce took an entire episode to beam down and respond to Linkara's taunts
- Fact Five: Vyce has the ability to turn himself into living data.
- Fact Six: Vyce was paranoid about needing to stay around to stop the Entity. He wouldn't use untested technology on himself.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- By the end of the Spider-man: Crossfire review, it seems Vyce is somehow responsible for Nimue going haywire.
- Jossed.
- Or maybe she'll take a page out of Majora and try to throw the Moon at the Earth.
- Jossed.
- Jossed
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Linkara?
- I'm flattered, but no, this is User:Terror Toad here. I do have further evidence of it being the, or at least part of, The Entity: The static lives inside your head, it's too late you're already dead, when it was cut, glitches are all it bled and all that's left is missing. Static, Glitches, Missing. All evidence so far is pointing towards it being back. Sweet dreams!
- Jossed.
The reason Pollo can't find anything wrong with the code is because the AI is doing exactly what it was programmed to do: Secretly taking over NIMUE. The AI is probably a surveillance program made by the government to watch for "copyright infringement" and it hates Linkara for being the opinionated, open reviewer he is, which is why it taunted him through the "Are you afraid of me?" question, since it works by intimidating dissidents into silence. It is possibly named MERLIN (and has a male identity) to keep with the theme naming of Arthurian/Celtic mythology. It attached itself to the Gunsligner's ship after the disastrous rebellion attempt, but since he knows what to watch for when a government AI begins taking over, it remained hidden until it could jump to NIMUE, since Linkara has no idea.
By the way, if I'm right about the gender, this also involves a very male AI gradually infesting and destroying a female one, enjoying it all the while-and for the love of God, I hope I am wrong. Depending on how evil Linkara wants to make the AI, "MERLIN" will understand the Unfortunate Implications and taunt Linkara and NIMUE about it, or reveal that he didn't understand them himself and become seriously nauseated. In the latter case, he'll have a Heel Realization and figure out that a government that creates a metaphorical rapist, let alone an AI meant to cannibalize other A.I.s, isn't something he should serve.
- Jossed.
- Perhaps something similar to this is what led to AU!Pollo becoming Mechakara.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Whether Lewis is actually going with this or not, there is a definite "mask" theme here!
- Confirmed.
- Obviously she did turn and Linkara only shut her off rather than reprogram her, so this is confirmed.
- Now that he's abandoned subtlety and has just ordered his new toy to bring Linkara to him, NIMUE is consciously aware the King has hacked her and is trying to work around the paranoid schizophrenia.exe he inserted in her-when she's whispering menacingly, it's actually the King's virus speaking directly, and her weird Talkative Loon messages are as close as she can get to helping-the King's Jester she references is the hidden file forcing her to work for him.
- Confirmed, except it's Vyce not the King of Worms.
- Every time Vyce has returned, it's always been after an arc he didn't appear in. Lewis is probably saving him for every other arc, and thus keeping him away from the limelight to avoid the character growing stale.
- Vyce has actually infected the Cybermats while they were distracting him and Linkara was busy reinitializing Nimue.
- Jossed, the King of Worms is behind the Cybermats.
- The King of Worms is an Eldritch Abomination that most likely wont be able to be beaten in the same manner as the Entity was. Vyce, even as decayed as he has become, still has the most experience in fighting and destroying these things. In order for them both to survive they may have no other choice but to work together for the time being.
- Jossed, but Vyce does say he could have killed it, and 90's Kid seems to have teamed up with him.
- This is also a slight, added hope here, but let me put this out there: Linkara has dealt with the realities of superheroing in a few ways already, he's had his morals called out, universal threats he had to face by himself, had his mental fortitude tested, and the ties of his friends with him tested.... But he hasn't dealt with something that every comic book character has had to deal with at some point, and that is to have some one you have fought beside die. Lewis himself has said that if a character has served it's ultimate purpose in the grand scheme of things, he can approve of killing them off if they go down in the right way. This kind of plot element could open up more then a few stories in the future, too. It doesn't have to make Linkara or AT4W darker, but it can give things an extra weight of "this stuff is actually pretty dangerous."
- He's dealt with the deaths of Spoony (who he ultimately cloned) and Ma-ti. Not actually on the show but both happened in the continuity of it. And he sort of dealt with the loss of Pollo and Nimue, granted the former ended up surviving and the latter has backups but he still acted like they were dead for a short time. As for characters who could be killed off and stay dead the only ones really expendable at this point are the Ninja Style Dancer and Boffo the Clown. 90's Kid is too relevant to the ongoing show, not to mention has his entire personality and backstory to yet be filled in, Harvey Finevoice has only just gone through a lot of character development so killing him off now would be a waste, and Dr. Linksano exists to provide SCIENCE! and give Spoony a break so Linkara doesn't have to keep asking him for cameos every other week.
- The King of Worms is the only character that dies in his arc.
- In 2012's Halloween storyline, he vehemently denied Harvey's accusations of being an idiot. Additionally, the end of the King Of Worms arc had him stealing the book of magic spells. Finally, Linkara has stated that he has a name and backstory for him planned out, but doesn't have any plans to reveal them, as of now. I think that he's going to be a Big Damn Hero at one point. And, he will die, based on the previous WMG.
- He seems to be planning something with Lord Vyce, so we'll see.
- Alternatively, he could just be possessed by the King of Worms like 90s Kid was by the Entity.
- Confirmed, he's been made into a servant for the King of Worms.
- Jossed
- If you can save someone from the mind control after they've been zapped, whether it's as simple as waking them up or not, it's 90s Kid who's going to figure it out, and that's how he'll save the day (and not die). He did take the Grimoire, after all, and he probably has strong feelings on the whole subject of Eldritch Abominations who control people...
- Confirmed
What terrifies the King of Worms so much in the end? The realization that he exists as nothing more than a thought. A thought inside of the head of some random human who likes to review comics online.
- In other words: After years and years of Atop The Fourth Wall, the one time Linkara is unable to actually defeat the arc's villain in any way.... The Fourth Wall is literally the one that defeats the villain.
Vyce and 90's Kid are aware of this. Vyce is annoyed that no one else has apparently realised this, and 90's Kid's comment that [[spoiler: "Hopefully they'll stand with us, not against us." refers to the hope that the others will side with them to fight against an Entity-possessed Linkara rather than be persuaded to fight alongside the Entity believing it to be their friend.
- He was never Hinted at before and would make no sense to have him be the final boss of this arc.
- Semi-confirmed. The Freddy that Linkara fought was a Lethal Joke Character, but the one who taunted afterwards turned out to be the Entity.
- His line at the end of Batman: Shadow of the Bat #58, "Time to move some pawns", along with the way he was acting, indicated that something is off with Linkara. There's a few ideas for what specifically is wrong with him, from been corrupted, mind-controlled, or worst of all, possessed by an elder god.
- Confirmed.
- Possibly Jossed. While a good chunk of the ship is still salvageable, most of the ship's operational systems are beyond repair. The current plan is to use the parts of Comicron 1 that can be salvaged to build Comicron 2.
- Confirmed. Vyce helps rebuild the ship and uses it against the Entity.
- Confirmed.
The King of Worms was scared to death because the Entity noticed him, and either had a powerful Brown Note on hand, is simply horrifying even by Elder God standards or has learned something even worse than itself. The reason why the Entity hasn't left is because it either hasn't been satisfied and is waiting to kill as many cosmic horrors and other enemies that it takes to sate its desire for meaning, or has decided it likes to lay low.
Being Linkara has a number of other benefits. As it seems weak and dead, no-one's going to come for it. It'll be under-estimated. Linkara, the only person in the multiverse to give it pause, can't do a thing against it. That being said, Linkara isn't been mind-controlled. After all, it was caught when simply "acting" like 90s Kid, so why not use a Manchurian Agent to cast off suspicion? No wonder Lord Vyce isn't believing Linkara's claims that the Entity is dead when the Entity is inside of him! 90s Kid joined him because he's had a similar problem.
Tl;dr, Linkara believed he could deconstruct the Cosmic Horror Story, but failed to realize it doesn't make him any less tiny.
- This is also why Nimue detected no Entity activity on Earth or when scanning outside the ship. The Entity wasn't outside the ship; it was inside, at the helm.
- Played with. The Entity did possess Linkara, but the protections it granted him were unintended. It also rejects becoming human later in the arc.
- 90's Kid did it because of his alliance with Vyce either to deprive Linkara of a useful asset or to kill the Entity which was secretly present on the ship.
- The Entity did it because the ship is arguably Linkara's greatest asset and could be the biggest threat it would face.
- Dr. Insano caused it because of Linkara being preoccupied with other matters and managed to covertly sabotage it.
- All Jossed. It was a rogue cybermat that took down Comicron-1.
- 90's Kid contacted him because he already knew what the note said, when the Entity does return the two will have a Big Damn Heroes moment.
- Semi-Confirmed. While we don't if the situation will indeed lead to a Heel–Face Turn for Lord Vyce (or if it's going to be an Enemy Mine situation), the 90's Kid reason for working with Vyce is due to him knowing about the Entity hiding inside of Linkara ever since his trip to the 2090's.
- And... Jossed by the finale. Vyce commits his most heinous action yet by attempting to destroy the universe in order to kill the Entity.
It would serve as both an interesting conclusion to Vyce's character and give an in-universe reason to the unanswered question people accept as "just part of the show"; namely, why is Linkara a Weirdness Magnet even among his fellow reviewers? Linkara's even acknowledged this, and has made it clear he's no chosen one. If this theory is true, the answer could be that he's the crux to one of the multiverse's largest ontological paradoxes; had he not isolated Vyce, he'd never to transform himself into pure data and slowly become the Entity. Combined with the illogic-spewing Plot Hole, and it's no wonder the Channel Awesome universe is such a den of oddness. That, and there could be something else lurking, possibly what caused the King of Worms to die of fright.
As the key to this Stable Time Loop, it means that he takes the brunt of the Weirdness Magnet. Any Plot Armor is causality trying to not collapse in on itself. Hell, this might even be where the infamous Plot Hole really came from; the universe wasn't able to take this and tore. Also of note, it's possible that the Entity as Linkara knows is still alive. If so, it has discovered the truth of its existence. "I remember my death?" That could be the Entity, remembering it was Lord Vyce, realizing everything. "Pretenders sit on my throne"? Written before it learned the truth. Transformed once again. And unlike last time, there's no existential crisis to exploit.
- Unless Vyce survived his trip into the pocket dimension, this looks Jossed.
- Not quite. Assuming Vyce didn't suffer a Cessation of Existence, he could be reincarnated as the Entity.
- Jossed
- In light of his appearance in the Clone Saga arc, probably Jossed.
- Building on that, the final match will be between Linkara and Vyce... and Vyce will win. However this version of Vyce hasn't yet crossed the moral event horizon so when he gets the Infinity Guantlet he surprises everyone (except maybe 90's Kid) by turning it over to Linkara, recognising him as someone who can be trusted not to misuse such power. He will then be granted the title of 'Lord' as recognition of his victory, revealing a deeper meaning behind calling himself such beyond self-aggrandisement (for the time being).
- Jossed.
- Confirmed, as this not only applies to the Infinity Gauntlet, but to every prize awarded at the end of every Contest. The entire reason contestants aren't allowed to participate after winning a previous tournament is to keep this a secret.
- Jossed, Linkara wins the final round.
- We know Pilo, Empira and Destrugalga are already winning their stuff, and narrative wise, it would make sense to have Linkara fight one of the champions mentioned in the first briefing. My guess is that it'll be Courgey, since The Bandit Chief would be more of a narrative climax due to his connection with Jaeris as well. And what they'll do? An Ace Attorney contest. After all, thinking of Marvel vs. Capcom, this is a chance to see how deadly a lawyer can be as a Lethal Joke Character.
- Jossed. His first enemy is a fallen king.
- Jossed, the Temlins don't seem to bother with the victor's home universe after they win.
- Round of 16: Linkara vs. The Blue Knight of Titan. Linkara uses his Zeonizer to overcome the Knight's Powered Armor.
- Quarterfinals: Linkara vs. Destrogalga. He already mentioned preparing Neutro to deal with the Kaiju.
- Unexpectedly Jossed. Destrogalga gets defeated by Sphynx Yonder in a surprise victory that throws Linkara off guard, forcing him to change his plans. She's supposed to be his next opponent, but due to outside circumstances, Billy Tor is technically the next opponent.
- Semifinals: Linkara vs. The Bandit Chief. Linkara may try to take advantage of the Bandit's obsession with survival by choosing a contest around something peaceful and pedestrian. Like, say, comic books.
- Finals: Linkara vs. Pilo. Linkara will probably lose here, in the grand Pokemon tradition.
- Jossed. Pilo is defeated by Billy Tor, who becomes Linkara's next opponent.
- With all this in mind, Linkara probably won't face Empira again. She'll probably get eliminated by the Bandit Chief in the upcoming two rounds.
- Confirmed. Empira gets eliminated by the Bandit Chief shortly after Linkara and Sphynx Yonder agreed to their next contest rules.
- Jossed, the Blue Knight does not appear again, and the Bandit Chief is Linkara's final opponent.
- He could intentionally do something that would get the Blue Knight to act on his belief in exterminating evil no matter what, in order to get him into trouble with the Temlins. This would be a direct parallel to Linkara's own studying of his first opponent, Lavidian Scarn, and exploiting that to get him to lose, except with far more ruthless and darker intentions.
- If he loses, he could turn the Blue Knight of Titan against Linkara by revealing his checkered history and past evil inclinations due to letting his ego get inflated, and him being influenced and possessed by the Entity during the Sleepwalker Arc, thus making Tyler question if Linkara is more evil than he appeared. Combined with the Blue Knight's tendency towards ruthlessly exterminating evil no matter what, and it could lead to him going for extremely ruthless methods that could get him and Linkara in serious trouble with the Temlins, while the Bandit Chief finds a means to steal his prize. Either way, he wins.
- Jossed, the way the Bandit Chief defeats the Blue Knight of Titan is to Break Them by Talking during their round together. Since the challenge was weighing their hearts, the Bandit Chief was able to get the Blue Knight to doubt himself and his cause over his past actions, leaving the Bandit Chief the winner.
- Confirmed.
- Jossed.
- Jossed. All of the prior events are still canon, Lewis still seems on good terms with most of them, and Mirrorkara brings the event up, though not directly stating it. Word of God even confirmed that the real-life events were the same as the in-universe ones...which does carry a bit of Fridge Horror concerning certain revelations and the like, but his world is still basically the same as before.
- Semi-Confirmed. While the comic is indeed from the Clone Saga, it's actually the Smoke and Mirrors arc (which includes Linkara revisiting the comic that served as the subject of the very first episode of the show).
