Alright, here's some surface observations as I'm watching through this: 1. nearly every every exit of the well has a "reset" of andrew's emotions, and almost every instance has him at the same tone as when the series first started. 2. blue roses symbolize secrecy, a recurrent theme of the series 3. the video calls attention to it, but both the mic quality and vocal tone have a drastic shift at 7:00 . its almost like a huge span of time happened in-between takes, and its gotta be significant somehow 4. 7:33 the lava has vanished. lighting has always played a role in the proximity of the shadow Theory: Andrew is not Andrew.
I just realized it. Since andrew started exploring these worlds trough the wells way back from episode 6 of his minecraft series, i noticed the weather always begun with rain when andrew joined the world for the first time (excluding the land of towers).
to add to the theory, you could say the subjects are maybe all andrew, but different hims, if that makes sense. maybe this has been going on in a cycle, but andrew doesn't realize it until it's too late. where are the other hims tho? no clue, maybe they're all kept somewhere when useless to whatever being is causing all this maybe this whole thing is about grief and/or nostalgia: "the closer you get, the further you stray", maybe it means that if he keeps looking for chris, the more lost andrew (metaphorically and literally) and he should move on to get better
observation 1: ( 15:49 ) "Andrew" also doesn't seem to remember how he got to the world he is in. at least not the correct way. "Andrew" seems to think he just came there to explore his old world. observation 2: ( 17:00 ) maybe this suggests that the Andrew isn't fake, just a different Andrew. maybe they are from different time lines resulted from the experiment. the first series he started was the first Andrew. When he came back (with his memory lost) to start a lets play survival documentary, that is the second Andrew. Now we have the third Andrew, hence the voice change and the sign seen in ( 17:00 ) ** I'm editing this as I watch the video, so theories stated earlier might not be relevant, but I will keep them there so my thought process is visible, onto observation 3... ** observation 3: ( 19:48 ) the sign in this clip, states that the 'first' is not a kind one. Though Andrew was kind in the first few videos, eliminating the possibility of observation 2 being true. i Believe the voice change could have been Chris (or the entity) rather than a different Andrew. The first Chris was really scary and mysterious (for lack of better words) and didn't hint who he was or what he was doing, could have been the "first" Chris (or "first" entity). Then there was a second Chris (entity) who gave more hints who he was and seemed to want Andrew to remember, until he got found again in a later episode, in which was called "Exploring my Old Minecraft Realm". !i continued my theories in another comment.!
That feeling we have as humans to get to the bottom of things? Keep going? That desperate need of “because you can, you have to?” That’s what makes us human, friend. Stay Determined. ❤
Ive been wondering if this arg is actually a metaphor for the nostalgia that we as a collective fan base for minecraft feel for the "old days" (old xbox/ps editions, friends who we used to play with who are no longer active, etc). the only thing that makes me think this is the sign in this world saying "the closer you get the farther you stray" which could mean the nostalgia and viewing/searching for the past which this series is based on is actually making us stray farther from the reality that those times are gone. i dont think theres any actual evidence for this but it just got me thinking.
i really like this interpretation, and something interesting to note in this video that andrew specifically mentions that he feels like this world is a "memory" as it doesn't feel like its changing. and he's right, memories will always stay the same, forever unchanged. theres an importance in realizing that you cant go back to the past, and that there is harm in straying too far away from reality and getting sucked into all the nostalgia, all the memories. the past will always just be the past... something thats already happened.
if theres one thing i have to give this series endless praise for, its the music. its absolutely gorgeous and replicates the minecraft style of music and the nostalgic feeling it brought, and it sells the series so much for me. it makes me want to cry every time it kicks in
@@Kappybara-m2eARG's are alternate reality games. They can be about almost anything if the right people are telling the story. This one for example is about a kid exploring his old minecraft world he played on with his friend, but something is off basically. You'd have to watch all of the videos to understand.
Maybe not underwater, but entering his subconscious? The common thread connecting all the worlds he's visited is that they existed before the present and area ones he has memories involving Chris. The tower/well world could be sort of a 'stage select' secret area like some of the older Mario games had. He doesn't speak in these sections because the subconscious has no control over his motor skills. He gasps because it's his conciousness returning to his body, kind of like how in movies when someone wakes up from a dream they commonly indicate so with a gasp.
@@geekzombie8795 Same!! I still have the most recent version of 360, and you can definitely see the resemblance between the tutorial in this one and the tutorial in my version! Vert nostalgic for me, sometimes i still go on there and even find new stuff sometimes!!
Honestly, just to take a second, some of the "Figure" appearances have not jump scared me, but even worse, they made me freeze, I would be calm and relaxed watching a masterpiece of an arg and BAM like a brick wall, I feel; Threatened, Uncomfortable, Scared, Intimidated and overall terrified in the best way (Because that's the point of these videos, it's a arg). It is beautiful, more "Horror Games" and, "Horror Movies" need to be like this series. I LOVE IT!!!
I saw someone said that Chris never used contractions. I think it's interesting the ones about him being too far gone are contracted, but the ones about the "first" being unkind are not.
Ya know, there's a couple of things I thought of while watching this one. First of all the "you are the third" part. It occurs to me, the shadow character who has been appearing constantly over the course of the series is actually NOT the only other character we've seen. That guy is completely blank, no face. We got a good look at him in the cavern video. But in one of the earliest videos... #4, I think? There's a scene at the end where you get a quick yet close view of a different character, using a skin that just has this weird smiling face. We only see that once, but it was there. Granted, maybe that one is the same one and just changed skins to that shadow appearance. Certainly possible. But still, it stood out. Also, there's one thing that hasnt been talked about here in the last couple of videos since the realization, which is the extra videos that appeared, clearly without Andrew having put them there. Like that weird one that's just pictures of towers, or the "Lethe" one. Considering that one is very heavily implied to be connected to the memory loss, I'm surprised it hasnt been mentioned.
maybe one of them was the one in "lethe protocol". perhaps one with the shadow appeareance is the scientist guy from lethe and the other one is another person
I’m guessing they went so far into it that they went into the place of no return the point when they somehow got trapped minecraft with what chris figured out written in the journals and another also figured what chris did and the same thing happened but that doesn’t explain there skins but I’m guessing they are trying to stop chris from the same thing happening
I believe that the reason that the ''Lethe Protocol'' hasn't been mentioned is becuase he cannot see it. As he said before the couldn't read some of the comments after the protocol, so i am guessing the same goes for the protocol, and only after he find the truth, he might be able to see the video.
The score on these is incredible (especially the music starting when Andrew realizes what world he entered, and then the droning starting just as the basement comes into view)
So Andrew said that Chris made a horror map... Why does all of this feel like Andrew is playing it and does not have any clue about that? those two were close friends and i bet Chris knew thing or two about Andrew and it lead to creating whatever this is. Both players' worlds binded together. Question is, how did Chris managed to mangle all this together
I am curious too. From some of what Andrew is saying, maybe the wells serve as like, wormhole apertures between worlds on different devices or something? How that was wrangled together I have no idea, but if true, then this whole situation has more inter-world wormholes going on than in all of the rest of the Gigaverse combined, which is interesting...
I have a big theory where the sign that says, “I was the second. You will be the third,” was placed by Chris saying that there are multiple shadow figures and he was the second. I think that the second sign, “but the first is not so kind,” means that the first shadow figure lured Chris into a trap that turned Chris into the second shadow figure or something else bad. I think Chris is the one placing the signs telling Andrew to stop digging deeper because if he does, he will become the third shadow figure and the first one is doing the same thing he did to Chris, lure Andrew in to become another shadow figure, aka the third.
The you will be the third is phrased more of a statement rather than a warning less of “if you continue you will be the third” and more of “you are going to be the third”
I really don’t think that Chris is putting down those signs. Someone else said Chris spells in an I’m, I’ll, I’ve kind of way but those signs write out full sentence words. It makes no sense but in a way that shadow figure feels different than the ones we’ve seen before. Almost like it’s trying to trap him in a loop. Idk.
@@gachagirlgamer1777 idrc enough to contribute to theory making, id rather jus watch others create them, but i will say that u got ur memory a bit backwards lol chris is the one who DOESNT write with contractions such as I'm, I'll, I've the reason this is weird cuz the shadow figure initiating the lethe protocol used those contractions, hinting that it was not chris
@@meiilla3690 lol I thought I got something wrong. It didn’t make sense to me after I made the comment. Thank you for correcting me!!😊 I’m really into this series now and am very excited for the next!😁
My theory now is that either Chris killed himself.. or.. something killed Chris and what it was killed before, or someone else killed themselves, and I think Chris may be trying to warn Andrew that this force will either kill him or he will kill himself and I personally understand Andrew having his own mindset in his situation, I am not really a ghost believer myself either, but I pray at the end of this Chris and Andrew don't have the same fate, also I hope Chris' eternal, spiritual life is in heaven, not hell.
Hes definitely morphing into something similar to Chris. The distortion in audio at 20:55 was super similar to what the shadow creature (presumably Chris) sounded like when it erased Andrew’s memories. Definitely some loss of self/control there. Andrew also says he starts to get excited when he sees the wells, and something tells me thats not good at all.
Glad to hear you're still exploring, but if you need a break to deal with real life or give your spark a chance to grow again there's no shame in that.
the closer you get the further you stray is really deep cause your first goal was just to reddescover an old world but now you have a new goal find what is going on but the closer you get to finding out the further you get from your first goal
I can't quite wrap my head around all of this. Its crazy and scary all at once. It's almost... huh, nevermind. I'm really enjoying this so far please continue the series!
"I keep thinking of quitting(...)but it feels like I'm kinda being PULLED back" "I guess I feel obligated to get to the BOTTOM of this" Man, the foreshadowing. Chef's kiss.
My Personal theory on this... So, Andrew played and toured his world with chris, Chris being gone, I presume the figure is chris, Or someone else, But ill call it just... The figure, he finds a well, And allso other structures, Weird occerences, And many weird stuff, Then he jumps into a well, Gets told to leave by what i presume is chris, andrew doesnt listen, And goes on, Then does some stuff, But in the video "Lethe protocal" Theres text stating "Subject_Number", Perhaps this is experimenting stuff? Perhaps chris has gone through the same thing? Because he knows that Andrew will remember again, So he probably went through the same proccess, The later series are all just andrew forgetting, But later he remembers, And goes in the well, I presume chris is some sort off employee? I dont know for sure, ill call that place with the Lethe protocal just RF Which us short for research facility since its probably a good way to describe it. Andrew goes through older worlds off his using these wells, Even the ones from chris aswell, It seems the books from chris seem to be like notes off some kind? I dont know what they mean, But the signs in this video definetly show a little proof off this, in my mind the "I was the 2nd, You will be the 3rd." Is written by chris? It seems he has gone through this process, And is warning andrew or is telling him something? Anyway, i think this series is great, Appreciate it!
omg when he walked into the open plain area and showed the house and the staircase from the tutorial world i was immediately hit with a wave of nostalgia, holy shit almost brought me to tears
could be a time loop also (its probably common knowledge by now) but chris hinted to going to other worlds without leaving meaning the wells take him to other worlds without using the minecraft menu
I understand that this is supposed to be like an arg, but at the same time this acting style reminds me of the haunting of herobrine series by rejectedshotgun and i absolutely love it, thanks for making this content currently on a binge from the beginning.
The well is a representation of memories. The entities could be "voices" or personalities I think im not entirely sure. The further u go into your memories the further u stray from either the current or the true you (still not too sure about this).
i barely played console edition, but all of this is deeply nostalgic, i only ever played the first tutorial world with the big castle, but its so vivid, compared to the 99.99% of the time i spent in Java edition, comparably all a blur
What if he set up elaborate command blocks to change the map and stuff, and uploaded a replay mod to Minecraft and send the videos to a remote server then Chris just uploads into his account.
he'd be that dedicated to a little troll on his friend that he would go offline for over a year? + why would he do that big of a troll on andrew if it would affect him this badly edit: Not to mention his literal memory being erased. I don't think that's even possible especially not for a troll.
"the closer you get, the further you stray" maybe chris is saying this because he also strayed? maybe the shadowy figure _is_ chris, just different from who he used to be?
Andrew, I have thought of a way to communicate, place a sign asking a question, and saying for 30 mins after each time (to let them think of what to say) to directly communicate with him.
GOOD GOD AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO PLAY ON THE XBOX EDITION THE TUTORIAL WORLD THING HIT ME LIKE A TRUCK-- LORD Too many memories of causing havoc in that world. I have commited several sins to those villagers that usually lurk in those huts-- seriously though i sat their with my eyes wide open and kinda tuned out of the video for a solid 3 seconds.
started as a reply to someone but i found more info than i thought. so i made a comment for those who are interested in seeing my theories/observations. (some may become irrelevant as you go on**) observation 1: ( 15:49 ) "Andrew" also doesn't seem to remember how he got to the world he is in. at least not the correct way. "Andrew" seems to think he just came there to explore his old world. observation 2: ( 17:00 ) maybe this suggests that the Andrew isn't fake, just a different Andrew. maybe they are from different time lines resulted from the experiment. the first series he started was the first Andrew. When he came back (with his memory lost) to start a lets play survival documentary, that is the second Andrew. Now we have the third Andrew, hence the voice change and the sign seen in ( 17:00 ) ** I'm editing this as I watch the video, so theories stated earlier might not be relevant, but I will keep them there so my thought process is visible, onto observation 3... ** observation 3: ( 19:48 ) the sign in this clip, states that the 'first' is not a kind one. Though Andrew was kind in the first few videos, eliminating the possibility of observation 2 being true. i Believe the voice change could have been Chris (or the entity) rather than a different Andrew. The first Chris was really scary and mysterious (for lack of better words) and didn't hint who he was or what he was doing, could have been the "first" Chris (or "first" entity). Then there was a second Chris (entity) who gave more hints who he was and seemed to want Andrew to remember, until he got found again in a later episode, in which was called "Exploring my Old Minecraft Realm". observation 4: ( 20:21 ) --the sign shown here could be referring to Andrew, or Chris. A reason it would be Chris is because, as stated in the journals, he found something that could be revolutionary, but it would not work after leaving and rejoining. So after many attempts in that same world, he made a new one, Attempting to do the same thing as he tried to do in the other world. We don't get to know if Chris completed it or succeeded in his task. That sign could be talking to Chris saying "You keep trying to make this, but it will destroy you and loved ones in the end, you can stop now, but you won't" (metaphorically) suggesting that the entity and Chris could be two different people.-- observation 5: ( --𝚒 ꜱⱨɵ૫ІԀ ɲɵt ⱨ⍺𝜵℮ ᒼɵɲt𝚒ɲ૫℮Ԁ-- ) I have to be quick, I found out what the --project ωƋꜱ-- --next episode-- THE --ຟĘ┕┕-- IS THE PROJECT. HE'S --𐒡Ͳป𝓒Ḳ-- WANTS TO ESC--ÃⱣⵟ-- CANT FIND --ℇⱳՏℿꙘ-- MUST REMEMBER *--ͳꚔәɏ 𐌊ԥοⲱ եοο ጡߎ𝒄Ꚕ--* ┯𝚑లΎ 𝐭𝚑𝔦ᴨ𝙺 ▏ ƌ₥ ġ𝞂ᴨలٜٜٜ Ҍᓑ𝐭 ▏ ⸢ల₥ƌ𝔦ᴨ 丨 ⧍м ╒ŌᎡ𝗘𝝊𝗘Ꭱ 𝞽Ꭱ⧍þþ𝗘ᗫ --▏ Ǎ𝐌 ℒÓ𝜨ԑℒ￥。。。--
Do you remember the building you started at? The house from the beginning of this channel? Do you remember the house from the world? Maybe the key is to go back to that beginning, and build that house, make sense?
The closer you get to becoming what you want or to getting what you want, the further you stray from yourself and change from the person who wanted that in the first place.
4:33 this is a chunk border. This shows that the world was generated prior to this point when Andrew believes he made it. It also shows that these are chunks that have just been generated, either by Andrew or someone else Thar or THESE chunks specifically are the old ones
This whole first second and third has got me thinkin about Chris. The Person in LetheProtocol could be the first Chris. The First Chris is not kind, he wiped the memory and save data of “Andrew”. The second Chris is the figure that’s kind of guiding “Andrew”. The figure has been through this already, being a pioneer of the unkind one, providing guidance throughout “Andrew’s” Journey. The third Chris is the person that the Second Chris is helping, Andrew.
it was chris that erased andrew's memory for the better the first chris is the one with a smiley face that appears in island in the mist and echos of a lost soul
I think what’s going on here is that Chris and one other have discovered the well technology. The third alluding to you implies if you keep going, you will also learn the secret. The closer you get to the truth, the further you stray from safety.
the sign at 17:09 is about how chris found out abt the wells and smth happened to him, as andrew does the same he will suffer the same fate, whatever that may be, this also implies there was another unknown person
@@geekzombie8795my running theory is the first is whoever invented this world swapping well stuff potentially the shadow figure and the one who wiped Andrew’s memory. The second is Chris who while playing with Andrew started discovering this stuff and in some sense got sucked into a rabbit hole that effected his mental health and eventually he snapped and went offline and either ended up dead somehow or built a lot of this stuff at some point he noticed Andrew figuring this stuff out. His reaction is unclear on if he wants him to keep going or stop it’s almost conflicting mainly because we don’t know what’s him or the first. The main thing is now Andrew is the 3rd seemingly following Chris down a rabbit hole the main question being will he be able to climb out
"if you were in my situation you would struggle to wrap your head around things just like i do" nah fam. id burn my pc to a crisp. aint no way im letting this fly. they are warning you, basically saying youll become a shadow, and yet you keep going. i say trudge on, but its not what id do fam.
i think everytime he enters a well he loses his memory like he did at the start, he eventually realises whats happening a bit, eneters a well then it repeats
Curiosity is a natural part of being human, but I honestly think that whatever caused Chris to... go offline... hmm.. I just... you might suffer the same fate if you keep going.
Andrew I'm aware of this arg but if for some reason it's not the best thing to do is place a sign the next time you come across a random sign presumably leFt by Chris you should place a sign and ask "who is subject 136"
Some things that don't make sense; Andrew is completely willing to break things but does not choose to do so when it is convenient, Andrew is willing to place blocks but chooses not to do so, Andrew has the option of getting blocks to place (whether that be in a chest or via gathering) but chooses not to do so, Andrew is willing to grab some things out of a chest (such as the sword) but does not grab any tools which would make his time in the worlds a lot more convenient, and in the cases where he can't grab any from a chest he can simply craft them. The reason why he would want to have those tools even if he does not use them is that it is better to have as many available options open to you as possible. Tldr: Pls craft tools and get blocks to place
@@geekzombie8795 i've seen the unlisted ones, they were great! i guess my issue was, the reset was (what felt like) seven regular videos with no clues, just plain gameplay. It felt like it went cold completely
@@birchwwolf I think that's meant to be part of the point. The entity wants Andrew-and us by extension-to forget about solving the mystery behind him and just continue playing (for Andrew) or watching (for us, the audience) in ignorant bliss, even if it was a temporary solution, while not wanting to leave him alone due to the sentimental attachment and personal care from the years they'd played together; and the cautionary fear of Andrew resuming his search for the truth too early, hence the odd sightings of him, the secret camp, and the odd collection of clay. The 'Minecraft Survival Let's Play' series was meant to relieve the nostalgia of a Minecraft Survival series while foreshadowing the eventual disillusion for Andrew. It's essentally a temporary victory for the antagonist/s.
If these signs were less cryptic and actually explained stuff, then maybe you wouldn't be at this point to begin with. Transparency when communicating is very important. What's stopping them from just placing down a second sign?
When did this channel reach 10K subs? Its 16K rn which means that if we find when the channel reached 10K we can figure out when this vid (or part of it) was at least thought to of been recorded by Andrew
