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... that one of the last things Tessa did before her death, was trying to break out and save N. And he never knew this.

And if he ever find out about this, it would be only by cyn taunting him about it.

I mean, when J used her wings to shield herself and V from 30 mm autocannon is one thing. But in this scene N's wing was glanced by [null] sphere. This is mini black hole that can disintegrate anything in touch, yet second later his wings looked completely intact..

There is another oddity. Their wings simply too big to be contained within their bodies, no matter how you fold them. There not enough space. Thus, i have a theory. Their wings are not really retractable, but actually don't exist when not in use - they subconsciously use their limited solver powers to manifest their wings in reality. So, since their wings break laws of physics merely be existing, them being practically indestructible isn't hard to believe.

I mean, just three of them was able to restrain Kit. Same Kit who can send Gorethan (f**ng space marine!) flying with a punch, and throw Mayhem (bear sized robot) away.

So, thing is, i only found out Murder Drones existed after the final (i have excuse ^^'), so it was interesting digging through old theories and fanworks (and even more importantly comments to these fanworks) and noticed this - aside of short cameo in ep2, first time "Tessa" was introduced to audience is as employee of evil corporation, who killed random bystander for no reason, and was accompanied by known antagonist.

It was fanny to read how people at the time assumed that Tessa was really evil, even theorising that she treated drones as simple tools (J visible dislike to "Tessa" was a factor, viewers couldn't know that it was impostor). Quite ironic.

It was also fanny to read confused reactions of people after seeing real Tessa in ep 5. XD

That would be rare case of double tsunderes XD

To my surprise i yet to find any gifs or youtube shorts with this scene 0_0

Remember how james kill one of his drone servants just for putting “wrong” silverware on the table? From his lines here, it seems that he disliked “dumpster pets” just as much as his wife did. Look how carelessly he throws wineglass in this scene. I think he did this deliberately. He was asshole, but seemingly wasn’t willing to kill one of his daughter’s “pets” without reason. Probably he wanted N to make a mess, and give him a reason. I wouldn’t be surprised if both he and louisa did things like that regularly.

On the other hand, trio lived in this manor for at least over a year (Tessa had different body proportion in ep2, she grows quite a bit taller), probably more then that. So maybe she did good job protecting her friends. Also, N assumed that “Tessa” could, and would, help Uzi. Most lkelly real Tessa repaired them more than once after “minor” punishments.

So, it’s implied in ep3 that Teacher is Lizzy’s dad, and many believe that she and Thad are siblings. It’s just theories, but, while rewatching prom [link for exact moment] scene, I noticed something – while showing off, Thad smiles and point to the Teacher, who looked even more unimpressed than usual. There definitely was “disappointed dad” vibes XD

I was rewatching this scene when N and Uzi finally enter basement, And noticed that there not only decapitated body of N siting here, but also V’s, and J’s head (+couple hairless ones). Thing is, even with Uzi alterations, they shouldn’t be here at the time. Cyn didn’t take N from the swamp until later.

However, this kinda make sense – this was simulation based on memories of N and V, and they didn’t enter basement until after Gala Massacre. Perhaps this space was composed of their memories of seeing each other being operated on. Or, since cyn was connected to them by solver, it could be based on her memories.

So, we see in this oven at least 8 sealed cores. We see at least 5 big ovens, and one smaller. There could be up to around 40 cores in there. While we see only about 18 disabled murder drones, there could also be corrupted cores of her fellow test subjects. Now, what happened to these cores after final? There was some misinterpretations, some believed that these cores was destroyed by sentinels, or by (cyn)uzi [null], but after watching carefully, i can assure that neither happened.

After lab complex was wreaked by cyn powers, it's very likelly that these ovens was turned off. We don't know in what state most of them are, but there still plenty of possibilities for second seazon. If cyn lost control over DDs, they could regain memories of their former lifes. At least one of them was likelly friend of N/V/J from manor era. On the other hand, they could be hostile force. Or, they could join J...

They neglected, abused and chained her up, yet, she was willing to fight giant monster with weird powers to protect them. Tragically, even in the very end, they refused to appreciate her. They did not deserve such daughter.

P.s. another sad detail, while dying she called for her mother.

Since we never see other DD alive (even if they possibly not really dead, but sealed in Alice’ lair), we know very little about them. Cyn said to N “You know, you’re one of the main reasons I wanted your team to retain your personalities. You always surprised me”. Some people interpret this line as indication that all other DDs beside murder trio didn’t have personality at all, being mindless tools, or feral monsters.

But, just because they didn’t retain their original personalities, doesn’t necessary mean they had none. It’s possible that cyn reprogrammed them into obedient slaves, for convenience’s sake. After all, mindless automatons wouldn’t be interesting to her. Note that all of them, as far as we can see, had hair, with unique hairstyles. Only one of them definitely had hair before she became disassembler. It seam cyn takes cosplaying Tessa with dedication.. Why bother to give individual hairstyle to interchangeable minions?

More importantly, we see warning massages written on the walls and floor – “the light. Don’t look”. We don’t see any WDs remains here, and there wasn’t any escape routs in that area (team flew down here). And narratively it’s more logical that DDs left these massages. So they wasn’t mindless at least.  

There are many theories about what exactly V knew, only thing that can be said for certain is “more then she revealed”. Some believe that she knew all along that “Tessa” was cyn, some even claim that she didn’t even knew they was working for cyn this whole time (unlikely, as she clearly know who cyn is, cited their deal in ep4, and asked N to not look into all that mistery in ep3, while being visibly nervous). I already made post [link] that explain how it was possible for her to know they was cyn’s slaves while not being aware about Tessa death.

After thinking about this (and having a lot of debates) I found another thing that can be proof of this being the case. Remember how in ep6 she saved “Tessa” by catching bullet? Make perfect sense if she thought it really was Tessa, her childhood friend. If she knew it was cyn? Some try to explain it by claiming she was so afraid of cyn that she actively helped maintaining her cover. But then her next scene would make no sense – she was angry at J for working for cyn. Would be major hypocrisy if she actively helped cyn just few hours earlier.

In ep6 she periodically possess Uzi, using solver ans speeking through her. Yet, at the same time we see her walking around as “Tessa”. Interesting.

And it seem to really be simultaneous actions, Uzi started to use yellow solver on Alise’ controls at the same time “Tessa” tried to tame sentinel (Sparky).

Remember when Uzi tell Alice that killing V is bad idea due to eldritch transformation, Alice not only already know about this, but know how to stop transformation. So, clearly, at least one of DDs got turned eldritch after being munched by sentinels. But apparently it was neutrulised (and Alice retreaved and sealed cores of next ones). She is cunning (especially bu WDs standards, LOL), but doubtful that she could defeat eldritch drone. Did sentinels finished it? (and, could their flashes work on eldritch drone?)

I mean, think about it. Doll brutally murdered 5 classmates simply to facilitate her revenge plan. We see her having sadistic smirk while doing so. During prom fight she murdered another classmate simply for not leaving her way fast enough, and another one for no reason at all. And presumably she killed many more for oil.

Meanwhile, when Uzi entered her home and very noticeably started to notice suspicious stuff, Doll didn’t kill her immediately (which would be entirely in character), and seemingly just tried to lock her in… And when Uzi intervened in her attempt to kill V, Doll asked her about this, instead of simply attacking. Also notable that she is one of only two people in her class (other being Thad) who bothered to remember Uzi’s name.. Later, she simply restrained Khan instead of killing him, and agreed to left Uzi alone after getting Keybag. She even expressed her respect to Uzi. And while she tried to kill Uzi and others in the lab (notably, Uzi looked betrayed), after being critically wounded she encouraged Uzi to fight.

Considering that their mothers was best friends, it’s entirely possible that they used to be childhood friends (some even headcanon them to be honorary cousins).