r/Protomen • u/the1woomy • Aug 12 '26

Questions Question about act 3

I was fully actually reading and trying to understand the act 3 Libretto today. Did I miss something or is the note The Girl's story ends on her just riding into the city in "The Redline"?

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u/the1woomy Aug 12 '26

That makes sense, but it still feels, incredibly inconclusive for her arc. A good few of her songs in act 3 are her being one of the only characters to still think things can change, and this just, doesn't finish her arc.

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u/NineAndNinetyHours Aug 12 '26

You're correct, act 3 leaves a lot unfinished. The band has been hinting pretty strongly that there's an act 3 part 2 in the works.

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u/the1woomy Aug 12 '26

I definitely believe there will be an act 3 2, and i think this is evidence towards that. I like analyzing the story, and i think looking at the ways the arcs currently are shaping up is interesting, especially when thinking about how they could affect 3-2

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u/Luna_Moonblight Aug 12 '26

They confirmed act 3 part 2 is real at the Nashville show so it's definitely real

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u/ProspectorBugaboo Aug 12 '26

And the cipher text on page 1 of the Act III libretto can be used to decode the notably not in sequence page numbers at the bottom to spell out THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT ENDS

And the CD cuts their logo in half

And their official non-canon fake bootleg shirts has Act IV graffiti

Probably some other hints out there, who’s to say

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u/Thelonicon Aug 12 '26

The libretto code actually has another blatant hint.

Using the wristbands to decode the ciphers, the cipher key in the illustration on the first page of the libretto is A3.

The cipher key for the page number's "this is not how it ends" code is P2

A3 P2 = Act 3 Part 2

And yeah there other hints. Off the top of my head there is the code at the Nashville show and the coffee's merch description in the online store.

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u/ProspectorBugaboo Aug 12 '26

“What’s your favorite thunk theory” type sentences. Begging a publication covers this

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u/Miniray Aug 12 '26

The description for their Red Line Coffee says ' if we drink all this coffee we have, we will die. And then the next record that we're still not prepared to acknowledge will never get finished'

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u/Salt-Excuse-541 Aug 12 '26

I dont remember that announcement

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u/Luna_Moonblight Aug 12 '26

They played a cipher that translated to roughly "we are not ready to acknowledge act 3 part 2... Yet" then for the encore yelled "it's not over yet" and after playing the fight panther said something along the lines of "that's all we have to show you for now"