The torn newspaper in Act 26

If you've all seen Act 26...you can't forget that scene with Big Ear dead...his head split open revealing his android nature. But the clue that really rocks the boat is the newspaper...the one that had the headline..."Big (torn out) Wins!"

If you remember this scene...you had to see the picture in that newspaper clip...it shows Big O throwing that punch...just like the one we witnessed in the episode. I'm starting to believe this newspaper clipping was proof in the pudding that everything that happened in Act 26 had already happened BEFORE. It was a rewind of a previous encounter between Big O and Big Fau. The past gets acted on again until some "event" occurs that changes it. This means the ending of the current cycle gets wound up and played again until a specific course of action occurs so then there is a "different" branch of events that happen. In this cycle...it's Roger Smith's choice not to merge with Big O. That would account for Dorothy's strange knowledge of Roger's decision...even if you factor in the possibility that Dorothy remotely accessed Big O's systems to offer Roger the merge to the Black Megadeus. And I have a feeling it was Dorothy who was offering Roger Smith the merge to Big O...and not Big O doing the offer. Since we've never seen Big O offer to merge Roger into its systems prior to Act 26...it would be strange to think Big O would suddenly have offered this opportunity now. This was probably Dorothy's doing. And I've been thinking about that possibility all this time and only now am I willing to stake my belief in that.

In essense Roger Smith's act changed the events that occured in this cycle of Paradigm City...causing Angel to rewind Paradigm City back to a slightly altered past of the City with minimal changes to Roger and Dorothy's fates. So that newspaper clipping at the beginning was a huge clue that we've totally ignored. It's proof that Paradigm's entire cycle has already been fated to happen a certain way.

Yeah, the newspaper that Big Ear carries with him is a giantic clue in fiding out what the hell happened in Big O's ending.

Also, where the hell does he suscribe to? I'm kidding, I'm kidding. But it does if the notion that Paradigm City is set up to repeat itself, causing the same events to reoccur to until something happens to make it "perfect". That does seem to be Roger Smith's decision to not unite with Big O because in the flashbacks Roger had underwater, that version of Roger died. Although, you probably can't go that much on visions, flashbacks, or drug trips, but still, its all we got.

I wonder what else that newspaper said...
Peace.

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Originally posted by DorothyFan1 Since we've never seen Big O offer to merge Roger into its systems prior to Act 26...it would be strange to think Big O would suddenly have offered this opportunity now.

I figure that in order for a megadeuce to be controled it needs a pilot. Maybe when the big merges with the dominuce maybe, the big can control the pilot insted of the pilot controlling the big. And since big O thought roger was about to die and not capable of piloting he was offering to take control to save them... however the merge is a irreversible process.

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I figure that in order for a megadeuce to be controled it needs a pilot. Maybe when the big merges with the dominuce maybe, the big can control the pilot insted of the pilot controlling the big. And since big O thought roger was about to die and not capable of piloting he was offering to take control to save them... however the merge is a irreversible process.

If this theory is correct...then what happened to Dorothy? She "merged" with Big O to give Roger Smith the power of the Last Cannon? Because I don't think Dorothy has ever merged with a Megadeus prior to this. Dorothy 1 simply doesn't count to disprove the possibility that Dorothy in essence merged with Big O at the end in Act 26. Something tells me Roger Smith could NOT fire that last weapon of Big O WITHOUT merging. So whether it was simply coincidence that Dorothy was "there" for him to use this weapon or not...the possibility DOES remain that Dorothy merged with Big O. That means that had Roger Smith survived without Big Venus resetting everything after the duel with Big Fau...then it would have been impossible for Dorothy to disengage from Big O. She in essence gave up her "soul" to help Roger Smith defeat Big Fau.

And you can't dismiss the irony of this...consider...Dorothy's "memories" were stolen and merged into Big Fau's system core. Dorothy's "essence" was sacrificed for Roger Smith by giving herself up to Big O to let Roger beat Alex Rosewater. Maybe this was the true reason for the reset...Angel didn't want Roger Smith to find out the terrible price he had to pay to stop Alex Rosewater...Dorothy merged with Big O forever.

You, sir, depress me inexpressably.
Yet you do have some merit in your theory.

However, I doubt that Dorothy's merging was permanent.
Roger and Dorothy's reaction to the merging was a bit too nonchalant.
Normally when such a thing happens they are a bit more dramatic about it.
Also, Dorothy has had much bigger things stuck in her brain than
Big O's feedback cables.

The merging bit you could be right about. Dorothy did merge with Big O,
to give it the Memories recalling how to operate the Final Stage.
Big O is, after all, a Memory-driven system. The weapons might be there,
but unless it "remembers" how to use them, they're useless.

Also, the Memory data regarding Final Stage was derived from Beck.
Dorothy mentions that she recieved it from him. Likely he simply
gave her some sort of disc or download to get the Memory into her
head, which could then be relayed to Big O.
Nifty, eh?

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Originally posted by DorothyFan1 quote: I figure that in order for a megadeuce to be controled it needs a pilot. Maybe when the big merges with the dominuce maybe, the big can control the pilot insted of the pilot controlling the big. And since big O thought roger was about to die and not capable of piloting he was offering to take control to save them... however the merge is a irreversible process. If this theory is correct...then what happened to Dorothy? She "merged" with Big O to give Roger Smith the power of the Last Cannon? Because I don't think Dorothy has ever merged with a Megadeus prior to this. Dorothy 1 simply doesn't count to disprove the possibility that Dorothy in essence merged with Big O at the end in Act 26. Something tells me Roger Smith could NOT fire that last weapon of Big O WITHOUT merging. So whether it was simply coincidence that Dorothy was "there" for him to use this weapon or not...the possibility DOES remain that Dorothy merged with Big O. That means that had Roger Smith survived without Big Venus resetting everything after the duel with Big Fau...then it would have been impossible for Dorothy to disengage from Big O. She in essence gave up her "soul" to help Roger Smith defeat Big Fau. And you can't dismiss the irony of this...consider...Dorothy's "memories" were stolen and merged into Big Fau's system core. Dorothy's "essence" was sacrificed for Roger Smith by giving herself up to Big O to let Roger beat Alex Rosewater. Maybe this was the true reason for the reset...Angel didn't want Roger Smith to find out the terrible price he had to pay to stop Alex Rosewater...Dorothy merged with Big O forever.

After reading this, it reminded me of Leviathan where Dorothy pilots Big O to temporarily ward off the mechanical dragon. So if she can pilot it, then she must surely also be able to merge with it.

Just as well, Leviathan wanted to bond with Dorothy in that episode, but Dorothy refused saying that "I can't be a part of you"