u/menotned

So idk if anyone has thought of this but I had a theory about the breaking bad universe. I thought of this while rewatching it a while ago and ive been scared to share it because Im scared its dumb but here it is.

Better Call Saul does not take place before breaking bad, it takes place after breaking bad, also the flashbacks in better call saul and el camino have the actors looking older and different because of subjective memory.

First, Todd is fat in El Camino because Jesse remembers him as bigger because of his trauma and ptsd so he imagines Todd as a big, intimidating man. The reason Walter has a big forehead is because Jesse remembers Walter as a super intelligent guy making him remember Walter with a massive forehead. The reason Jesse looks older in the flashbacks is because he is imagining his present self in his younger selfs place.

Second, Better Call Saul is a sequel to Breaking Bad and El Camino because Gene is actually just remembering his past and everything's in color because hes remembering a brighter past compared to a darker, more depressing present day. He imagines his older self and the other cast older because thats how he remembers them, not how they looked back then but by how they looked when he last saw them. Also Huell being skinner is the only plot hole ive found in this theory but maybe Huell lost a bunch of weight due to stress in the safe house or started working out and stuff and Gene saw Huell between the end of Breaking Bad and the start of Better Call Saul and he remembers him skinnier.

I believe this completely changes the structure of the universe, it goes from Breaking Bad to El Camino to Better Call Saul now and its not just a standard crime story (its not standard but you know what I mean) to a endless, tragic loop of human regret.

So idk if anyone has thought of this but I had a theory about the breaking bad universe. I thought of this while rewatching it a while ago and ive been scared to share it because Im scared its dumb but here it is.

Better Call Saul does not take place before breaking bad, it takes place after breaking bad, also the flashbacks in better call saul and el camino have the actors looking older and different because of subjective memory.

First, Todd is fat in El Camino because Jesse remembers him as bigger because of his trauma and ptsd so he imagines Todd as a big, intimidating man. The reason Walter has a big forehead is because Jesse remembers Walter as a super intelligent guy making him remember Walter with a massive forehead. The reason Jesse looks older in the flashbacks is because he is imagining his present self in his younger selfs place.

Second, Better Call Saul is a sequel to Breaking Bad and El Camino because Gene is actually just remembering his past and everything's in color because hes remembering a brighter past compared to a darker, more depressing present day. He imagines his older self and the other cast older because thats how he remembers them, not how they looked back then but by how they looked when he last saw them. Also Huell being skinner is the only plot hole ive found in this theory but maybe Huell lost a bunch of weight due to stress in the safe house or started working out and stuff and Gene saw Huell between the end of Breaking Bad and the start of Better Call Saul and he remembers him skinnier.

I believe this completely changes the structure of the universe, it goes from Breaking Bad to El Camino to Better Call Saul now and its not just a standard crime story (its not standard but you know what I mean) to a endless, tragic loop of human regret.