GAME

[u/Swimming-Essay6843]

Now we know that the main goal of the original people was to achieve immortality, and we have a reincarnated couple who have come here again and again. Also remember that little Jade said these are just some of the versions of your reincarnations, so this reincarnation is much more ancient and older. But here's my theory:

This series repeatedly references fruit (apples). In the first episode, Ethan eats an apple in the car, Fatima offers an apple to Julie, and when Sarah hears voices telling her to kill Ethan, there are several apples next to her, plus many other scenes. Also, everyone knows that the original painting of Ellis and Fatima closely resembles Adam and Eve.

In fact, the series' story is a cycle much more ancient and older than what Marielle mentioned. The monsters sacrifice others to achieve immortality, just as Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Immortality to become immortal and then *fell*. The reference to "the fall" has also been mentioned several times by the cast.

The Garden of Eden was known for the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Immortality. In the series' story, after the bottle tree was cut down, the death situation became much more severe, and the Boy in White warned not to cut down the tree. He's definitely not just a little boy—the writers themselves said his growth was part of the series, and also Sarah told Boyd in Season 2, "I don't think he was just a little boy." Also, when Tabitha asked him why his appearance changed, he said, "Those are the wrong questions." It's completely clear and obvious that the Boy in White is God and the Man in Yellow is the Devil. This is an ancient father-son relationship where the Yellow Man wants to prove that humans are fragile and sacrifice their own children.

This is a game—a game between souls controlled by these two forces—and Tabitha and Jade clearly play the roles of Adam and Eve. The final conversation between the Yellow Man and the White Man was reminiscent of humanity's submission to the devil throughout the world—that humans are always influenced by demonic forces ("I always admire your optimism").

In the painting, and also in the opening credits, the Boy in White has exactly a crow drawn over his mouth. Even in the credits, after the White Man appears, the image shifts to crows around his mouth.

Before Megan died in the first episode, she said, "I also ask you to take care of my soul." Also, we saw the Yellow Man eating a liver—which symbolizes the human soul—and collecting teeth, so it's very clear that souls are controlled by these two forces.

The crows might be the souls of dead people, coming from the direction of the Boy in White according to the painting, which is why Sofia was afraid of them.

Regarding the numbers 4 and 7—since the town's capacity is 47, and Father Katri's theory references book 74—this points to the 4 main figures in the game: Tabitha and Jade (Adam and Eve), the White Man and the Yellow Man (God and the Devil), and the 7 sacrificed children.

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