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Do you also see a one-eyed creature wearing white clothes in this painting, which the boy dressed in white is wearing? What does this mean, or is it just a coincidence?

We all thought after the season 4 finale that this was a battle of good versus evil between the boy in White and the Man in Yellow, but what has confirmed this? In this conversation, I picked up that the boy in White's son said in a worried tone, "They have the bones!" The Man in Yellow said with a confident tone, "But the bottle trees are gone." Then the boy in White's son said, "You lose this time," and he replied, "I've always admired your optimism." This could really be a conversation between a servant and an entity.

What if the boy in White's son was actually warning that they were winning the game, and the Man in Yellow was saying with certainty, "Don't worry, this time too they will lose the game"? Why am I making this argument? Because I think the future of \*From\* is not like *Lost* a battle of good and evil; the writers themselves have confirmed that \*From\* will not be like *Lost*.

The boy in White's son, apart from Victor and Ethan who have a childlike innocence, has been seen in the eyes of people in the town as someone who was subdued by the place like Sara, Elgin, and Henry. He was the one who led Boyd into the dungeon and the one who knew Tabitha was in the tunnels. He clearly disappears suddenly and appears suddenly. Marielle confirmed that an ancient entity in this place feeds on pain and suffering. And why does the Man in White's son grow bigger and bigger as we get closer to the end, pain, and massacre, and then at the end shrink back into a little boy?

Also, Miranda's paintings of the one-eyed monster in white with a yellow tongue does that mean the Man in Yellow is in service to the boy in White's son? The boy in White's son pushes Tabitha out of the lighthouse to bring Henry into the town and be influenced by the Man in Yellow. Sara tells Boyd in the forest that she doesn't think he was just a little boy.

Also, at the end of the cycle, the boy in White's son was seen with a dog. The dog was the one that barked at Boyd after the ballerina music box was broken near the ruins, and that night the dog kept Boyd occupied so he wouldn't be with Abby. And very randomly, the Man in Yellow in episode 8 starts sniffing the saliva inside the glass is this just a coincidence? Does Sofia's painting of a boy in yellow and a dog point to a single entity?

Also, the Boy in White told them not to cut down the bottle tree, and I feel like this was out of fear because after they cut the bottle tree, that red thunder and lightning was the rage of the sacrificed children, and the Boy in White was clearly afraid of it.

This theory will be lengthy, so I appreciate your patience.

1. Dreamcatcher and the Spider Symbolism:

Early in Season 4, I posted on Reddit about Fatima's dreamcatchers, and now I'm posting about it again.

Dreamcatchers are tools used in Native American tribes, hung at the entrances of homes to prevent nightmares from entering.

The main story: The dreamcatcher goes back to an old legend in Native American (Ojibwe) tribe culture, in which a spider called "Spider Woman" or the spider symbol plays the role of protector and guide. The webs of a dreamcatcher are woven like spider silk to let good dreams pass through and trap nightmares.

The legend of the spider and the dreamcatcher:
- Spider Woman: In Ojibwe culture, the spider was a symbol of protection and peace.
- The magical web: According to legend, the Spider Mother wove these lucky webs to protect the tribe's children.
- Trapping the bad: The dreamcatcher's webs catch nightmares so they burn away in the morning sunlight, but good dreams pass through the hole in the center.

We also have the talisman stones the eight portal trees, symbolizing the spider's eight legs, along with Jade and Tabitha which, by hanging at the entrance, prevent monsters from entering.

Also, the spiders are definitely not the bad guys here. When Jade ate the magical mushrooms, spiders appeared along the entire path as guides, showing Jade the way.

2. The Man in Yellow and His Connection to the Sun and Crows:

The Man in Yellow is also inspired by Native American legends. This show draws a lot of inspiration from Native American culture. Coyote is an old Native trickster figure simultaneously cunning and instructive who collects teeth and competes with crows, and he is connected to the sun. This clearly aligns with the Man in Yellow's conversation after killing Elgin, when he said, "Oh, look, the sun's coming up!"

Coyote makes wicked deals with people to create instructive stories. This aligns with the whole deal-making theme for achieving immortality and transforming into monsters.

In the stories, crows are rivals to Coyote. In the series, we see crows appear when Sofia emerges and also when the Yellow Suit makes its appearance.

3. Miranda's Painting of the Mysterious Creature:

Miranda's painting of a mysterious creature in white clothing with orange hands once again pushes me toward Coyote but with a difference. That ancient being is, in fact, the Boy in White himself. Remember, Marielle said that something ancient feeds on our pain and suffering. The Boy in White is someone who starts to grow as the cycle progresses. Could this growth eventually turn him into the giant monster that attacks the townspeople?

When the Boy in White speaks to the Man in Yellow, he tells him, "They have the bones!" I get the feeling that this line was said with a tone of concern he was speaking to his "servant" and warning that maybe *they* (the townspeople) could win the game!

Now we know that the Yellow Man is a very ancient and old character. This cycle has been in place since 1506, and I have taken this order into account. All these characters are visible in Miranda's paintings.

1506: The form used by the Yellow Man was the famous English writer William Paxton.
1609: The use of an English religious clergyman.
1672: The use of an English religious clergyman.
1752: The use of a Catholic religious woman.
1864: The use of a Catholic religious woman.
1888: The use of a Catholic religious woman.
1931: The use of a hula girl and a dancer girl.
1978: The use of an old man in yellow.
2022: The use of Sophia's body.

I also think that the opening title painting of a little boy in yellow and Sophia with a dog all three are forms of the same demonic entity.

My theory about the ending of the series is that the Yellow Suit Man character will be broken by red lightning.

In the first episode, Julie uses finger puppet dolls to break the yellow doll with the red doll.

The first episode has been introduced as one that is full of answers, so my interpretation of the ending is that the children were born in darkness and sacrificed in darkness. In the first episode, Sofia has a dialogue with Kenny about the spell stones, saying they are like light in darkness, and light shines in darkness and overcomes it a verse from the Bible.

This event happened right after the bottle tree was cut down. When the children's roots of hope were severed, sunlight entered the cave, and light came into the darkness. Then a red bolt of lightning shot out of that pit, which I believe released the spirits of the Ankou children, and this will be a battle between the freed spirits of the children and the Yellow Suit Man character, who promised their parents immortality. I also think the Yellow Suit Man is somewhat like a fallen angel a character full of violence against the human race and also completely masterful in the Scriptures.

So, was this cave painting related to the red lightning symbolizing the violence of the children after the sacrificial ceremony or is it related to an ancient being such as Cthulhu red?

We know that the first episode has a lot of details that's why when I was rewatching it, my eye caught the design of Father Katri's shawl: the right side has the symbol of the moon and darkness, and the left side has the symbol of the sun and light.

Sophia's dialogue in the first episode, where she said "the light shines in the darkness," or when the sun rose and she told Elgin, "The sun has returned!"

Even when Henry drank the man in yellow,s blood, all the walls were painted yellow, and there was a wall clock with a sun design on it. There was even the color purple, which in color theory is the contrast to yellow, and Sophia mentioned it's not her favorite color.

Now we've seen that at the end of the cycle, the phenomenon of the sun and moon got disrupted, and everything was destroyed altogether. We also saw the man in yellow playing with the boy in white and in that place, there is something ancient.

I think the relationship between the man in Yellow and boy in white is a father-son relationship. We know that children are born in darkness and sacrificed in darkness meaning each time, the moon and darkness are attributed as symbols to the children, and the sun as a symbol to the villainous character, meaning the man in yellow .

Even the opening theme of the series is about a father and son but this father and son are something ancient, meaning God and Satan.

I think MIY uses the body of a dancer (hula girl) to deceive people in previous cycles.
Hula Girl is a dancer who was present on trips to the islands with travelers in the 19th century and was a skilled dancer. In legends, the hula dance would stop the spirits of nature and the seas. I think this was the object that the man in yellow used and poisoned people's drinks with his own blood in the previous cycle. The picture of a woman holding a drink (clearly referring to what the man in yellow does and poisons the glasses with his own blood so that all people think that this is all a dream) ).

When Tabitha goes to the lighthouse in Season 2, the glass pane of the lighthouse shows a location with cliffs that is exactly like the photo behind the ballerina figurine in the storage room.
This location is a palace in Germany, built with swan inspired architecture, and it is connected to the story of Swan Lake and ballet dancing.
This palace is also referred to as the Fairy Palace.
Tabitha fell from the lighthouse and entered the real world we don't know if this has anything to do with the story. We saw a ballet performance, and there is a man in yellow who, like the Fae, loves collecting teeth and making deals with people.

I think this season the show has tried really hard to show us that the Man in Yellow is some kind of spider like demon, or at least that he's being controlled by such an entity. When Boyd was stung by the spiders in Season 1, he started having hallucinations from that point on, and Sofia did the same thing by pouring her blood into Henry's glass. Boyd started seeing the ballerina woman, and Henry also sees a doctor who bears a strong resemblance to the ballerina I don't know if it's a coincidence or if the actors were deliberately cast to look alike. Also, when Jade ate the mushrooms again, after consuming the spider blood, the insides of the skull were bloody, and the Man in Yellow's eyes turned black. His transformation also looks a lot like a spider, from the inverted camera work to the long, stretched arms that are reaching out just like a spider does.

A new video from Boyd’s actor talked about Martin and the ballerina. He said that Martin’s name was not chosen randomly; it was chosen for a reason. He also said that the ballerina is, in a way, Martin himself, and that the ruins are connected to both of them. We will understand this connection in Season 5.
Now, if you look closely at Miranda’s painting, she actually drew Martin in the position of a ballerina dancer.
We already know that nightmares and dreams become real in this world. That is why I think the ballerina music box was an object that came from Martin’s dream and became reality.
Martin told Boyd: “You need to leave before the music stops, because they are coming.” I think “they are coming” referred to all the nightmares that had taken physical form in the town, such as the monsters, the dolls, and the cicadas.
The ballerina music box was a dream that, when it played, stopped all those nightmares. Why?
In Season 2 Episode 9, the ballerina’s music starts playing inside the RV while Julie is story-walking, and the monsters stop attacking.
When Julie was trapped by the ballerina music box and experienced story-walking, she was sent to that moment in the story where the ballerina music started playing and the monsters stopped. That is why Abby told Boyd that breaking the music box would only create more pain and suffering.
The song of the three chosen ones that entered the story in Season 2 represented Julie, Randall, and Marielle. Before them, Martin was also connected with two other people. I think gathering these three chosen ones is connected to Swan Lake and the story of ballet, and it may be related to the Castle of Swans.
Look at the background of the ballerina statue in the storage room; it seems to reference the Castle of Swans.
Also, I think Sophia’s (MIY’s) reaction happened because two forces are playing a game in this town:
Hope
Fear
The Boy in White represents the hope of the Anghkooey children, and that is why he continues to grow stronger.
The Man in Yellow represents fear — an entity that feeds on people’s pain and suffering.
That is why the dream of the ballerina music box, which could stop the town’s nightmares, caused Sophia’s reaction in the storage room. I think this is also why Sophia infected Martin with her blood in the ruins, and why Martin’s blood was able to have a magical power that could kill the monsters.

After the Man in Yellow met Tabitha, I theorized that the Man in Yellow was Tabitha's brother in a past life. He told Tabitha that she was like a friend he never had and in childhood, your first friend is definitely your sibling. In the opening title's initial drawing, there's a little boy in yellow and a little girl with a dog, or houses surrounded by spider legs.

This place was a village where an ancient spider-like entity existed, and the Man in Yellow was possessed by this entity.

The villagers around the lake and the cabin noticed this giant ancient creature, and they created totems. Remember that large bear trap near the colony that wounded Kristi's foot? That trap was meant for this giant ancient entity. When the Man in Yellow went into the deep forest as a child, he was possessed by this creature. In Victor's drawings, you can see this entity, which has a spider-like image. Also, those symbols aren't actually crosses they're totems. Have you noticed the background of the totems? Additionally, the Man in Yellow's expression became very frightening after seeing the totems because he is now the host of that entity, and the totems were built to attack this creature that's the reason for his fear. Also, when he spoke with Clara, his eyes turned completely black, which confirmed this. That's why he was afraid of the totems. When the entity entered the village, it fed on the fear of the people after their deaths and made them physically real. The totems were created to attack both the entity itself and the nightmares (the dolls) caused by it.

Now we know that the monsters were created through blood contamination by the Man in Yellow. This explains what happened first the Man in Yellow was possessed by that entity, his blood gained supernatural power, he went to the villagers and urged them to sacrifice children. The monsters became what they are by drinking the blood like Fatima but Tabitha and Jade initially realized this and didn't drink the blood. I'm also certain that a boy was saved from the ritual by these two.

The cave painting shows eight children on a boat, but when they reach the inside of the cave, they become seven. If you look at the Anghkooey children, they are 4 girls and 3 boys.

The talisman stone symbol shows 8 portal trees, indicating that there were 4 girls and 4 boys. The 4 girls were fully sacrificed, but the 4 boys remained incomplete that's why the monsters don't come out during the day. In mythology, night and the moon symbolize the girl, while day and the sun symbolize the boy.

That's why, at the end of each cycle, one boy remains.

Regarding how it ends, my theory involves a flood: when the bottle tree made from the children's hope was cut down, their anger was released as red lightning. After the ritual and the ceremony with the bones, this anger will turn into tears, causing a flood that will turn the town into the Lake of Tears. The people will find a boat, and Boyd will take the people on the boat toward the lighthouse. Ultimately, navigation will be done using a rainbow. After the flood and rain, a rainbow will appear as the symbol of the seven children, and the people will navigate toward the real world.

In the Season 5 poster, there's a drawing by Victor of navigation, featuring different colors and portal trees. Also, Ethan in Season 1 talked about his book's character, who was saved by following a rainbow-colored sky map.

After this flood, the giant spider will attack the people which matches Ethan's dream about the spider jumping down from the ceiling and screaming.

Regarding the rainbow, the Ferris wheel in the town also explains this after the 1978 cycle massacre, the boy in white was playing on the Ferris wheel.

My Theory About the Ending of the Series:
In Episode 6 (Book 74), Ethan talks to Tabitha about the Chromenocle rainbow map, which helps people find their way out of being lost by using the map of the rainbow sky.
Victor has several drawings of the portal trees, each associated with different colors of the spectrum.
In Miranda's drawings, the Anghkooey children are riding the town's rainbow-colored Ferris wheel. After the massacre of the 1978 cycle, Victor saw the Boy in White riding the rainbow Ferris wheel.
The seven colors of the rainbow represent the seven sacrificed children.
Victor has also drawn several pictures of floods and a lake with a giant spider. Acosta also mentioned that there was a massive flood in the state of Maine last year.
I believe the red lightning that appeared after the Bottle Tree was cut was caused by the children's anger over the tree being cut down. I also think the earthquake was caused by them.
After the ritual is performed and the children's spirits are finally released, they will turn into tears. The "Lake of Tears" is actually made from the children's tears, and those tears will eventually flood the town in the form of rain and water.
Boyd will be the savior who helps the people escape using his boat. After the rain and the flood, a rainbow will appear, symbolizing that the children's spirits have finally been freed. This could be connected to the rainbow drawing of the Chromenocle.
I also believe that, in the final moments, the Man in Yellow will lose the last remnants of his humanity and become completely consumed by the evil force. He will transform into a part of the giant spider itself. This could explain Ethan's dream, where the giant spider crawled down from the ceiling and entered the room.
In the end, I think the characters will be guided by the boat toward the lighthouse, following the light of the lantern and the rainbow. There is a painting of this exact image on the door of Victor's room: a bright light shining in the middle of the sea.

One of the photos that the series constantly zooms in on is the one of the hula girl and the airplane.
This photo is related to a trip that took place with a hula dancer.
What is a hula girl? She is a dancer who performs traditional dances among the Hawaiian people.
In some oral stories and poems (mele), it is said that during a hula performance, gods, spirits, or even nature itself would stop to watch the dance. This is a poetic description — meaning the dance is so sacred and beautiful that it feels as if everything becomes silent for a moment to witness it.
In Season 2, Episode 9, when the ballerina music box played, the monsters stopped. I think this was connected to the dream and belief of one of the people from the past, who also left behind a painting of the hula girl in the town. After that person’s death, the dream became real.
This town makes nightmares come true, but it also does the same with dreams.
Kenny’s mother (Tian-Chen) always wished that they could provide food without killing animals, and after her death, crops started growing.
The mechanism of the ballerina music box is connected to the dream of one of the people and the hula girl. I also think something similar will happen with Fatima’s golem: after Fatima’s complete death, the golem will become real (the idea of pouring hope into objects).
Just like the hope that the first children poured into the roots, which created the bottle tree.