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These are some random stuff I noticed and some extremely wild connections.

I'm like a second away from falling asleep but too restless to go cold without letting these out so I'm gonna hold that as an excuse if any of this sounds dumb later on.

Is Heather a caretaker? Kinda wild but the light switching off on its own reminded me of caretaker. The rules/rites might be different everywhere because if there's anything we've learned from the caretaker, it's that they don't stay consistent and bend themselves.

The AMOUNT of stuff I noticed between the man in my basement and we used to live here. I have been trying to search and see what people had to say about that but I haven't or couldn't find anyone talk about it so far.

The coat rack(minor)

Thomas 'rubbing his forehead with the back of his thumb'

This was kind of a consistency in the man in my basement. We see a couple of people do that including Brandon who eventually starts doing it too.

What's up with the thump/thud followed by a short scrape.

Just intrigued by the idea of 'mimics' referring to thomas's family in we used to live here. Since 'they're not what they look like'. It's been sometime but I think this was the similar idea in the man in my basement. Like weren't Brandon and mitch's father (i forgot his name) essentially replaced by some mimcs after dying in an accident.

The scene where 'it looks as though somebody else jumped inside Andrew's mind for a second, took a quick look around, then jumped back out.'

Literally from tmimb ---> the man in my basement (I'm not gonna write the full name anymore😭)

I think we know at this point that jumping into other people's pov is a thing. In tmimb we later came to know it was Brandon who'd jumped into mitch's father's mind for a second. I wonder who it was for Andrew.

Also Brandon was able to do it after he got into an accident kind of thing, so would it be the same in Andrew's case too? Was it his friend who's in a coma now?

The lone white hatchback when eve and Charlie pull up to a motel.

That's what Brandon sees a few times too.

The first time he moves into that house, and when he later changes houses.

I do know that Marcus has said that any similarities with any of his old short stories might be a coincidence and he doesn't want to get held for some similar stuff he wrote in the past with no purpose and a plan for this universe.

But he did say the man in my basement is the closest to his actual universe among them.

And another thing being the code language kinda thing in the hoax document.

I did see the solved post somewhere but I lost it(💀🙏)

So for me it turned out "At the red tree take 10 paces left then round boulder 3 go back to red tree knock 2 go back to boulder underground hatch"

And

"At the underground hatch descend take crosspose 5 seconds avoid violent host take 30 paces forward wait 3 days."

Now this could have some mistakes or typo, I could be very very late to the actual correct answer, the discussion might already be over and in that case I'm ultra late. Infinite scenarios.

But if in case no then, does that not sound like instructions for something?

I'm not sure what though, like the replacement ritual? To go into or come from one of the houses? Idkkk, I'd like to know what y'all think of that if you do know the answer.

Andddd that's it. My deepest apologies in case any of those sound dumb or baby questions because I am technically new to all this(kind of)

Also to hold my sleep deprived brain accountable in case any of those end up being nonsense.

Edit: i woke up and remembered another thing i forgot to mention lol The symbol on the underside of the banister railing when Thomas is showing his family around. "A circle divided by intersecting lines of varying lengths, all meeting in the middle" Tell me am I finally going crazy, or does this not sound similar to the circle symbol in WUTLH. I know it doesn't complete sound the same, since TC one looks a bit more complicated. But Marcus did say in one of his interviews that he'd changed it a little after seeing the cover of the book, and his sister at last did the final polished drawing. So I thought it was safe to assume that his symbol looked fairly simple originally.

i’m fairly new here; i read WUTLH a couple of months ago and read TC a couple of weeks ago.

i’ve been browsing the subreddit and would love to contribute. i’ve read all the documents, read all the PK-EU stories, perused the OHAs photos (though most of them go over my head,) and looked into the various websites (rare toys, etc.) i’ve looked into the “start here” threads pinned on this subreddit. i’ve also been listening to skye and sandy’s podcast.

i was wondering if anybody wanted there to be a publicly available tracker (like a google sheets) of something or wanted to investigate a certain route or something else entirely but didn’t have enough time to do it themselves. i’d love to contribute, but i’m not quite sure where to start even after reading all the information.

anybody have any suggestions or ideas? :D

I’ve been reading through the PK-EU and was wondering if others were aware of Marcus’ other stories on Reddit. Most predate we used to live here and fill in some gaps. I just finished the man in the basement takes one step closer and really enjoyed it. It explained several questions I had and of course left me with more questions and theories.

Greetings Old House Community,

The archivists do not have any new documents this week. However, they send their thanks for your help with the Grim's Diner Shortcut document. They have decoded and solved the writing and have asked us to share their latest post with you:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaO3ULulIKf/

There will be a new document to share next week, barring any unforeseen circumstances. As I am sure you are aware by now though, unforeseen circumstances seem to be the Archivists' bread and butter.

Until next week, don't forget which House you're in.

I just finished reading RED FLAGS in CT and something interesting jumped out at me.

On page 88, the light in the main room turns on by itself. When it does, it makes a sound:

"t-t-t-t-tick-bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

On page 89, Macy flicks the switch up and down multiple times before it finally goes dark.

"I flicked the switch up. No dice. Down. Nothing. Up. Down. Up. Down. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. The room went dark. "

I'm probably reaching, but the number of "t"s and "z"s stood out to me, so I decided to count them. Then I counted the flicks off the switch.

Ts = 5

Flicks down = 5

I thought I was on to something and remembered there were other instances of this, so I went back to count

Pg 85:

Ts = 6

Zs = 12

Flicks off = 1

Pg 77:

Ts = 5

Zs = 14

Pg 78:

Flicks off = 4

I don't know what any of this means, or if it means anything at all, but the variations in the amount of letters used in a repetitive phrase feels intentional somehow.

Bonjour à tous !
J’arrive un peu tard ici car en France nous avons eu la traduction du premier il y a quelques mois seulement, et le second n’est pas encore officiellement sorti.
Du coup j’aimerai accéder aux archives: j’ai trouvé les photos et transcriptions, mais pas les vidéos.
Savez vous où je peux les visionner ? 🙏🏻

(PS: si d’autres français sont passionnés par cet univers faites moi signe 👋🏻)

I just finished WUTLH. I’m sure that this has been brought up before but is it possible that Eve never left the cabin/old house in the woods and that everything that happened after she entered the old house was just the old house tricking her into staying and becoming trapped?

They had nothing to share this week. Please check back next Tuesday.

Until then, don't forget which House you're in.

Eu estou lendo TC agora, na página 140 para ser mais específica.

E eu queria saber se o Thomas também está nesse universo, se a casa de Grace também é uma versão da oldhouse. Eu sei que não é uma continuação de WUTLH mas queria saber se tem algum envolvimento.

Sério eu tô amando mas ainda bastante confusa, porque a casa de David e Grace em específico é tão assombrada? Porque Grace parece ser tão descrente? Tipo, ela deve ter feito algo errado alguma e ter dado alguma consequência assustadora para ela, certo? Ela desacredita de tudo mesmo quando tem estranhos batendo à porta dela? Ou ela só está tentando não assustar Macy?

URRGHH tantas perguntas

Not that it's really very relevant, but I like visualizing the characters and somehow I think it helps the fandom a lot because it creates a visual identity, and makes us feel more connected to them (???

I don't know, but I think it's pretty cool, so what's your fancast for the characters in this universe?

I personally imagine Eve/Emma as Taylor Russell, I think her role in Escape Room reinforces my vision even more. She manages to convey that air of being confused, terrified, investigative and withdrawn. As for Charlie, I don't know, I can imagine her characteristics but I can't put it all together and form a person. Maybe Courteney Eaton? She played Lottie in YellowJackets

As for Thomas, I simply imagine him as Jamie Campbell, I can't help it, I think of Thomas and Jamie automatically comes to mind. His role as Mr. Whatsit is exactly how I imagine Thomas acting, always so restrained and with a rehearsed serene face. A false gentleness. I don't know, I'm delirious. This book leaves me in a spiral.

(Also forgive my google translator english 😭😭)