So this is a bit of a wild theory but bear with me. Also this theory goes along with the Board Invasion theory others on this sub have gone more in depth with as well as Jessie Dylan Faden. Spoilers ahead for control resonant, minor spoilers for Alan Wake 2.
Also we get pretty conspiracy theory here so eat some mold, praise Fred and strap in.
So in resonant in the ordinary sequence we get a good (if pixelated) look at the hand and it really struck me that these look remarkably similar to the Nail in the foundation and it led me down this theory.
Here’s the theory, the five pillars we see in Slidescape 36 are actually five nails like the one in the foundation and tether the board to a dimension.
So right off the bat let’s address the obvious, the nail in the foundation has a triangle chunk missing from it while the pillars in the hand don’t. I believe that this is because the board is not fully in our dimension yet, they can only communicate with people through the hotline and thus their black pyramid is not fully in our dimension, meaning it can’t fuse with the nail to become complete. This is why the nail like structure in the Gap does not have the missing triangle chunk or a black pyramid anywhere, both the board and the fragment of the nail are in the gap so they combine to make a cohesive pillar
With that out of the way let’s get into the meat and potatoes of the theory. When people talk about the nail it is most often compared to the tool the nail used to bind things together, but I think this is not the true understanding, because what else can nail mean? That’s right, finger nails. And what are fingernails used for? Digging into things and grabbing on to them. My biggest evidence for this is that the slidescape called “The Hand” has five of these nails, just like how a hand has five fingernails. My theory is that if the board is fully in a dimension and has multiple nails set up their they can burrow into the dimension and do whatever nefarious things they want to do.
This has some very interesting repercussions for Dylan considering that he now has a fully assembled nail inside his head/the gap.
Now for this next part per FBC regulations please don your black rock foil hats as we are going from theory to speculation. What if slidescape 36 is not another dimension, it’s the future.
What if slidescape 36 is a future where the Fadens fail to stop the board and what we are seeing is Earth. This would line up with Pope saying that Slidescape 36 might be the remains of a world where Hedrons and the Hiss fought, just like they are doing on our world. To get even crazier, what if the Hiss and Polaris/Hedron’s in general are not just entities, they are what Dylan and Jessie respectively come in this destroyed future.
This would explain how both entities seem to say things about the future and how Polaris can guide Jessie to exactly where she needs to be exactly when she needs to be there.
It also explains how Jessie is able to channel Polaris through her and how Dylan is able to control the Hiss. Furthermore, when Pope scans the Hedron and sees something that could be Jessie, it’s because the Hedron is a future Jessie.
Next, from a story point, I could see Control 3’s final scene where you gain ultimate power and cut down the enemies like butter (see the endings of Control 1 and Resonant) could be Jessie and Dylan not only fusing in the present but the versions of them that are the hiss and Hedron fusing as well to give them a crazy strong power that is a fusion of Polaris and hiss.
Finally, this would line up very well with Alan Wake 2’s it’s not a loop, it’s a spiral. Maybe the original loop had Jessie Dylan Faden not be split and that one person was not strong enough to stop the Board, leading to earth being devastated and becoming Slidescape 36. What makes the loop we play in the game different is that Jessie Dylan Faden have split, allowing them to get different life perspectives and different interactions with the paranatural that when fused back will make them super dangerous to the board, hence why the board doesn’t want them fused
Man I started this post with just the idea for the first couple paragraphs and then the crazy part just kinda flowed out of me. What are your thoughts?
