Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12265996-20141231184119/@comment-25953282-20150104202152

MinecraftPercabeth wrote:

1) Unfortunatley, I don't think so. The portal was built, or it's construction was started, over 30 years ago. 30 yeats ago, McGucket was old, and he was young when he had portal blueprints on the walls, so the portal and the secret entrance was probably around before Soos was born. McGucket could have easily built it as well. It is still possible however, and I really liked the scene where he manipulated the machine. There are still explanation to how he could have built it, but I don't see any with a lot of back-up.

2) True, but now we've lost most of our back-up. All we have is the part where he opens the machine, but all staff should know how to do that. It is worhty to note that he does it unorthodoxly and without a key however.

3) I accept this of course, it's only a personal hypthesis I had. It's not like he's the best secret keeper in the world, but there have been times when it seems like he is. A) When he distracts the twins from wondering why Stan would want Journal 3 and B) When he wonders if Stan might have walked into a closet instead of out the front door despite the fact that he hasn't missed a day of work in his life and should know what doors lead where, almost as if he was pretending to be stupid. Only a theory though.

4) Future deal I can see, but not past or present. Bil hasn't been able to comunicate to people until after he was summoned and Soos seemed pretty against Bill in Dreamscaperers. Curious now though, what in the Cipher wheel suggests a future deal with Bill? I'm always happy to hear new theories.

1)  T hat`s a good point, thanks for reminding me of that, and no, there aren`t in fact many theories on that, unfortunately. It`s true that McGucket could have easily built the vending machine but wouldnt he need any sort of help? Not necessarily Soos`. Also not solely on the vending machine because that seems relatively easy to construct compared to the portal, something that could have easily taken years to be built.

Well, all of this is just pure speculation of course, but as we already know, McGucket is extremely smart and was also able to build the Gobblewonker robot by himself when he wasn`t in his best state of mind...

2) I wouldn`t say that we don`t have any backup. We already know that "the handyman knows more than we think", but what is it that he knows? No one`s sure. And as mentioned before, if Stan trusts him enough, wouldn`t he tell him about TROOTHM ad the portal?

On a side note, there is also this mini comic going around (not a theory per se) about Stan having Soos` memories stored somewhere in the shack, possibly in his bedroom. What are your thoughts on this? 3) That only brings us further proof that Soos can and will keep a secret if he has to, meaning, he is indeed hiding something. But from whom? Just the twins? Or could he be more aware of his surroundings than Stan himself?  Also why pretend to be to an idiot just for their sake when he could`ve he just kept his mouth shut?

4) I`m glad you`re interested. I`m not 100% sure about this one but one of the theories about the circle around Bill is that each symbol represented (or character), at some point or later in the future, will make a pact or a deal with the demon.