Ahhhh! My brain has been going nuts all day! I got sucked into reading more of the forum while listening to season 1 again and was bombarded with clarity moments and it's been killing me. Ok... Here I go. Bare with me.
1. Austin = Skittles
Think about it. Victor and Saul did a ton of research back at Dunbar during Season 3. That's how they found the Kalani file and the Kalani storyline was pieced together, but whose to say the boys stopped there!? They also watched the footage from when Ink stormed Dunbar and could have gotten a glimpse of Skittles there.... Unless I'm horribly mistaken (wouldn't be the first time!) I cannot remember for the life of me if we have been told Skittles real name. Also, no one else in that little group looking at the files would recognize Skittles. Victor is the only one that has a slight chance of having seen Skittles face before but not enough to remember it. Plus, Skittles was made too prominent of a character early on with no follow through... Is this the follow through?
2. Saul's Immunity
I'm absolutely enthralled by the biological aspect of this story. From the very beginning a pretty scientific approach has been laid down for all the pieces. (Hell look at the follistatin and pallets of Preparation H. Holy moly science!) in chap7 Blood, Sweat, and Fears, the towerites are testing the scent/pheromones theory. It is specifically stated that a bottle labeled SAUL is the first bottle dropped with absolutely no zombie reaction. It isn't until another unnamed bottle (meaning it's only important to note the non-reaction to Saul's bottle rather than the actual reaction of any other person's bottle) is dropped that the zeds react in their dog-in-heat fashion. Thus, proving that Saul's immunity is a biological/genetic occurrence rather than an antibiotic cocktail. It also proves that the zeds can sniff out immunity/slow turner status/one of us mentality in a persons pheromones. Also, supports why Tanya experienced an attempted kidnapping and not an actual killing. Haha! I've got you now KC!
My next thought bunny with this is Datu's apparent immunity/slow turner status/one of us mentality to his many up close and personal experiences with the creatures (*chest pound for Tommy* miss you little buddy). I'm not sure what the link could be there, but it's there.... Somewhere.
3. (I know! More!? WTH Katie! Stick with me please!) I remember way back in the day of my WA history, KC once explained that this is NOT a zombie story, but a story of survival. I know everyone knows that, but I feel there's a huge aspect being missed. This is a war story. There are definite two sides to this war and a major strategists on team zombie. The attacks are definitely retaliatory. This last bit is more of me pushing myself out of the zombie genre and into the war genre. *insert Platoon reference here* Datu is for sure a set-up.
K.
my third or fourth major input on the forum, please be kind.
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