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So this show is from the makers of Lost, no pun intended. Anyone who has seen Lost know there will always be questions after each episode, shit that will have you constantly thinking. I just don't hope it ends like Lost because the ending was bullshit.. Smh lol
They need to wrap after season three. Stop running good ideas into the ground by stretching out with bullshit cliffhangers.
Ok, it appears that "Smiley Face" was once human, but his insides were dry (minus the bile that remained in his body)
Now, the new question is why Marielle (Kristi's girlfriend) starting to have hallucinations, in addition, why does the music box appear right before something happens?
I would ask the same question when Elgin was attack while he was in the bathtub. I get the strange feeling that there is going to come a time when they assume it's a hallucinations and it will be real.
Now, the new question is why Marielle (Kristi's girlfriend) starting to have hallucinations, in addition, why does the music box appear right before something happens?
I would ask the same question when Elgin was attack while he was in the bathtub. I get the strange feeling that there is going to come a time when they assume it's a hallucinations and it will be real.
Female leader of Colony House is going to die.
Donna? Interesting, some people assumed she might be a "mole."
I just have a nagging suspicion she's not going to make it. A mole? Now that's interesting. A mole for whom? The monsters?
Well, you do recall Martin (the man chained up), and Boyd's dead wife communicating through Sara that there maybe things worst than the monsters.
I think something (perhaps aliens) created the monsters or humans working with aliens. A "mole" (Randall alluded to this theory to Jim) could be telling the controlling entities what's going on (If there is a mole I think they were forced into helping).
I would hate to see Donna killed off. I like how her character keeps that house in order.
Oh, a crazy theory I heard:
When Elgin was in the tub some people believe it was a strange version of Fatima that was trying to drown him.
Crazy Theory No. 2:
Was listening to a Youtube channel an a viewer stated that "Fatima" is actually an alien and was told that she is unable to reproduce with humans because they are a different species (this would cause her to believe that her being pregnant is impossible). Furthermore, assuming she is a "mole," she developed an understanding for human beings while living amongst them and went against her alien race.
Was listening to a Youtube channel an a viewer stated that "Fatima" is actually an alien and was told that she is unable to reproduce with humans because they are a different species (this would cause her to believe that her being pregnant is impossible). Furthermore, assuming she is a "mole," she developed an understanding for human beings while living amongst them and went against her alien race.
Damn I'm trying to wait until the season end to start season 2
Assuming you have seen Season 1, I have a few questions for you.
1. Why can't they leave "Fromville?"
2. What do you think those "Night creatures are and how did they come to be?
3. Do you think they are being monitored and by who or what?
4. What attacked the tent when Boyd and Sara were in the woods?
5. Do you think there is a "mole," who is informing the controlling entities?
6. Do you think there is something much more horrifying than the "Night creatures?"
7. Who or What was that speaking to Jim on the radio (keep in mind they knew his full name and knew his wife was digging in the basement)?
I almost feel like you're a writer. Or, you're "in" on it. My suspicions aside, nothing is knowable right now. Aliens are the explainable plot line at this point, I think.
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Runs to the trap…
Its gotta be there right, its just gotta be.
Runs to the trap…
Its gotta be there right, its just gotta be.
So true, I was really hurt when they cancelled "Lovecraft Country."
Shut up you stupid because it is there.
Best show out.
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FROM is a game between an accused witch and a Beothuk demon, recreating an event during the Age of Exploration by John Cabot's lost expedition of 1498.
The Origin Event:
Cabot was the first of three medieval European explorers to reach mainland North America before 1506. More on the other two later.
Three ships arriving / 1506, Tabitha's dream's earliest date.
Cabot’s disappeared ship (The Matthew - hint hint) is marooned at its destination: Newfoundland. The explorers shelter in the Vinland Viking ruins remaining there (The church lodge and stone circle). They land in Boyd’s Cove (hint hint - the main site where archaeologists found the remains of a Beothuk settlement). Coincidentally (or perhaps not) the show is filmed very near to Newfoundland.
Newfoundland is home to the Beothuk people, who tragically all passed away by the 1800s. The Beothuk painted themselves in red ochres (thought to be the origin of the offensive term, Red Indians), as with the red stick figures in the cave paintings. The explorers wear contemporaneous Tudor clothing with ruffs, like Ellis’s mysterious painting.
Red stick figures / Tudors holding blankets.
A woman there gives birth to a son (mirrored by Fatima's pregnancy). As things get worse, this woman is accused of being a Witch at the explorer’s camp. Inquisition-era fear of witches was common, and an Augustinian Friar came with Cabot as a missionary. Most Inquisitors were Friars.
Witch depictions and hints / Middle-aged Lady in Gray.
The witch is imprisoned in a cave while crows circle above.
Trapezoidal structure: The Witch's prison where Boyd found the talismans / An adult and child.
Historically, it is undeniable that the Beothuk people suffered atrocities at the hands of future settlers, and in similar fashion, the explorers may have attacked and tried to convert them (no bibles in Fromland).
Starvation begins as Winter approaches, just as Fromland does in Season 2, with the food shortage and the trees changing. Mutineers and blasphemers have their tongues cut out. The explorers turn to cannibalism, and the tongues are cooked in a stew (Toby’s tongue, Kevin’s tongue). The Witch would experience a brutal trial, that would involve a "drowning test" in a lake.
These may also be worms cooked in desperation.
Later, the explorers finish repairing their ships, and sail away with the Witch's son, leaving her behind to burn (see burning skeleton). The Italian, Cabot, leaves behind the Italian game of Tarocchi, the only card game to exist in that era. In despair, the Witch calls out to any Gods who will listen. She is answered by the devil of the Beothuk (a Man in Black).
The Witch makes a bet with him over a game for the return of her son. A segment of the coastline, including the ships are sucked into Fromland (or the Spiritworld) to play, taking the first of Fromland’s victims.
The Mythos:
The long extinct Beothuk religion is only known from a few fragments of text. The key aspects are worship of the Moon, the Sun, fear of a devilish Man in Black and a Sea Monster, a Spirit World, and birds that carry the souls of the dead. Only a few hundred Beothuk words are known. The word for tree in Beothuk is “Annoouee” and some native american languages insert a K to pluralise words. “Annkoouee” means “the trees”.
The Man in Black has a “Sea Monster” which the showrunners represent as a native Newfoundland Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, which are red in colour. The location where the Viking ruins were found is called L'Anse-aux-Méduses - Jellyfish Cove.
Lion's Mane Jellyfish / Church stain / Red creature painting / Beothuk talismans, From symbol & gamepiece / Church door scratches / Cave painting symbol.
The Game
This deal/bet between the Witch and the Beothuk gods involves a game using Tarot cards, but one with invented rules. Every person who enters is assigned a Tarot card to represent, resulting in 78 people/cards .
Meagan's card game / Jade flashing a pack of cards for no reason / a person trapped in a card / the cards laid out and the people they represent.
More card game hints.
The Players:
The game of Tarocchi requires two teams and four players, so the son is divided in two, creating a Moon twin (Boy in White, two dogs on the moon Tarot card) and a Sun twin. Each player is represented by an animal (moon=crows, sun=rats, demon=worms, witch=spiders). The rats eating the crow in the caves shows the two sides at war.
Smaller wheels = Twin sons / Large wheel = Mother witch / Ribbons = Demon & Seamonster. The sculpture is an obvious clue.
CLUE highlighted here by book called CRUMBS. Left to Right: Cables = Demon & Sea Monster / Pink Witch Scarf = Mother / Black & White headphones = Moon & Sun Twins.
The “Witch” is kept from her son(s), (“I want to see my son!” Mr Tien, hearing voices in episode 1).
Witch in PINK vs Demon in BLACK / YELLOW light (Sun - trapped underground), dimmed WHITE light (Moon - above, free to roam).
The Rules:
The two teams take turns picking people from the real world who are about to die: drunk driver, (Jade, Donna), distracted driver (Matthews fam, Boyd fam), suicide (Khatri), or disease (Tilly). Common link - origins of their anchors, and feeling regret.
Black pincers picking cars off the road.
This game is played on a game-board (see chequered shirts and floors everywhere, chess board references).
Both Witch and Devil influence Fromily using voices and visions. They are also able to possess and control people with their respective animals (Four types of Monster).
The Witch influences Jade (and later, Sarah, with the "different" woman's voice). The Devil influences Boyd (see Boyd dousing his torch pointed down, and the chained man on the devil’s tarot card). He talks with him in the form of Khatri in a black cardigan, who contradicts his old self, encourages Boyd to lie and protect Sara, and smiles and when Boyd is about to succumb. Tabitha is being contacted by the dead children in white, who are telling her they live in the trees.
Fromily have lost items from their past that are anchoring/tethering them there (see Kristi’s rock, the anchors on the talismans, the wall in the church and Martin’s tattoo). Tabitha’s might be the cave dress, Jim’s is the bracelet.
Anchors (p.s. can you see the jellyfish beside the top anchor?).
In order to escape (EXIT) Fromland and end the game, Fromily must collect their anchors and defeat their reverse tarot counterparts. It is a race between the two to escape.
The wiring was adjusted to look like this by the set designer at some point during Season 1.
The Monsters:
All of the Monsters we have seen so far are possessed by the moon-crows because the moon side is winning. Martin was a devil-worm posessed Monster the sun-side had captured (see the sun-shaped winch), and Boyd was sent there to free him because the Boy in White is bad. The monsters souls return to Moon-Crows during the day to spy, when they "sleep". We never see crows at night.
The Points:
The moon team seem to collect points by causing fear and pain (walking away from Randall), filling the "Lake of Tears". The sun team collects points from hope, courage and other positive emotions and behaviours.
Donna: "Fear is something that lives inside us, just like hope, or joy, or love". Based on the disembowling, and hinted upcoming autopsy, there may be something more to this.
There are many clothes and items with blue, yellow, pink/red, or black/gray (Abby's shooting scene).
SUITCASES: Mother and her twin boys / CURTAINS: their colour-coding (Moon = Blue, Sun = Yellow, Witch = Pink).
People's reactions code them with a colour, and in certain scenes everyone wears blue in particular, such as fear when they see Sara and Kenny (below).
Or when fear makes them turn on each other over food (see the scene above). When they act heroically, they often wear yellow (see Boyd and Ethan on walkabout). Red may mean hope.
Victor’s Timeline:
Victor has suggested he experiences a pause in the game (1978-2018) after someone betrayed the townsfolk to the monsters, and revealed all their hiding places. There are two suspects – Victor’s mother, who knew the exact night for Victor to hide somewhere new, or Christopher, who stopped smiling and was seeing the symbol.
Victor, his mother and Christopher were kept alive by the sympathetic witch (just look at the stars). Just like the witch made a deal to save her son, Victor’s mother made her own deal with the Man in Black. She agreed to betray everyone if he would delay taking his next turn and let her son live a full life (40 years).
The Boy in White kept Victor alive, as agreed, until he could fend for himself - confusing Victor about the boy's motives. Christopher survived thanks to the Witch and went to live in the Lighthouse - he is the Radio Voice.
Victor’s mother’s deal has now expired, and the game continues.
Time travel
The is ANOTHER town in a mirror version of Fromland (see mirrored talisman, Boyd and the Seductress Monster's mirrors). It is simultaneously occurring in a Civil War era timeline. This town is populated with their reverse Tarot counterparts (The Black Crook - 1866 [first US balley / about a deal with the devil], Civil War soldier -1864). It is deep underground (the spiral in the corner of Victor's map), and upsidedown (like the opening credits). Alternatively, the two time zones are two circles, joined at the edges by Martin's Prison, like the infinity cave symbol.
Side Note:
The expeditions of the Corte-Real brothers who disappeared on their way to Newfoundland in 1501 and 1502 respectively are the real villains, arriving later and then taking power from Cabot (a historic letter confirms they kidnapped 57 Beothuk before they went missing). They arrive together - represented by the two crashed cars in both Victor's time, and the Matthews' time, and the two additional ships in the cave painting.
Sara’s voices blame the people in the two cars for everyone dying - a hint at the origin story of the brothers’ two ships. This aligns with Beothuk legend that the first explorers to arrive in Newfoundland were good, and the second set bad.
The Cards:
I have many more of these, but Reddit only allows 20 images.
The Fool – Boyd (follows dog, always carries things in bundles, even when the bag has handles)
The Magician – Ethan (wizard's staff)
The High Priestess – Tabitha (hands Khatri a copy of the bible, has visions)
The Empress – Juli (has giant hearts on her sweater in episode 7 promo)
The Emperor – Nathan (two goats)
The Heirophant – Father Khatri (religious figure, always wears open grey cardigans, seen between grey pillars/stones, church has three crosses stacked like the tarot symbol)
The Lovers – Ellis and Fatima (Garden of Eden tapestry, never far apart)
The Chariot – Bakta (Coach Driver)
Strength – Jade (Cat shirt, carries radio cables bent into shape of infinity symbol, perseverance)
The Hermit – Victor (lived alone, carries a torch in key scenes)
The Wheel of Fortune – Elgin (Name of famous watchmaker, and has prophetic dreams. Owls signify prophecy).
Justice – Unknown, Tom the barman, or Meagan's Dad.
The Hanged Man – Jim (seen around rope, halfway up trees, and seen hanging upside-down)
Death – Bing-Qian Liu (Always wears black, king, bishop and knight are chess pieces, he says “(k)night scary”.)
Temperance – Tilly (Pouring/holding two cups and wearing triangles, several scenes)
The Devil – The demon (Boyd douses torch pointed down, Martin in chains)
The Tower – the radio voice in the lighthouse. Theory: he's Christopher, who can control the weather from there (see rain and lightning on card).
The Star – The Witch (twinkle twinkle). Theory: she's Donna in secret — big role but no Tarot references, longest there other than Victor, photo with her "sister" (stole her story) has corner mysteriously ripped (to hide young Victor), photo could be taken in Fromland, gives spider related-dreamcatcher to Fatima. She may have cared for Victor all these years and taken Victor's memories.
The Moon – Boy in White (note the two dogs on the moon card)
The Sun – sun-child (unknown, likely trapped elsewhere)
Judgment – Sara (must be judged for her crimes)
The World – Martin (Circle cut into his arm)
Knight of Swords – Randall (impulsive, headstrong)
Five of Cups – Mrs Liu (cross around neck)
Two of Cups – Kristi (Caduceus symbol, heart stone, holds two cups)
Two of Wands – Kenny (holds mini-globe)
Three of Pentacles – Dale (triangle necklace, poor work ethic, apathy, no motivation)
Reverse Tarot:
The World – Ballerina (Dancer). Origin - The Black Crook - 1866 [Greatest US balley / First US musical / about a deal with the devil],
Strength – Civil War Soldier (1864ish)
More to come in later episodes.
Unresolved questions:
Why a ballerina? The World card also features a dancer, so the ballerina is Martin's dark/mirror equivalent (reversed tarot card), ready to possess him. The music box is their shared anchor. All the other characters will have a reverse self, sharing their tarot's signs and anchors.
Why the USA? Cabot came to claim new land for England and Henry VII - a loose understanding of what this land would become assigned to the USA. Alternatively, the “game” could have evolved later in a yet to be revealed way, e.g. the Jamestown colony, which the next date aligns with, made the Beothuk deities switch their attention.
What’s with the spiders? It is a natural phenomenon where spiders climb into the trees to escape floods, covering them in webs. This is a foreshadowing of an upcoming flood. Also - the Witch's animal is a spider.
What's with the trees? There is a giant tree in the top-right of Victor's Peach Truck Map. Victor says the faraway trees are temperamental and the other trees are moving closer. It's pretty clear the Boy in White knows where trees will send people. If I had to guess, the faraway trees are alternately controlled by the players. Trees contain the souls of the dead, including the Children in White, and they are getting crowded closer as more and more people die.
Why 1950s themes? The Monsters have been possessed by the moon-crows since the 1950s, and kept "alive" until now. We can presume perhaps that the Deities that rule Fromland periodically update the town based on an unknown quantity that is yet to be revealed. Perhaps, they are playing a best of five, and 1950's was the time when the last round ended, and this one began.
Why is the show called FROM?
I can't help but feel that the showrunners care deeply about the true story of North America, correcting the myth of Columbus's "discovery" with the story of the Vinland ruins, the Beothuk and Cabot in one fell-swoop.
Columbus never set foot in North America, nor sailed its shores. So he hardly should be celebrated by those who live there, even for those who prefer to disregard Columbus's atrocities against the Taino and Arawak.
Cabot was the true European "discoverer" of North America, and he's a far better man than Columbus. And I think in telling his story and that of the Beothuk — the show is telling Americans to ask themselves...where are you really FROM?
P.s. we've long known that a bunch of nameless fishermen from Bristol discovered Newfoundland first. But I'll leave that to the footnotes of history.
If you made it this far, THANKS FOR READING! I am probably very wrong, but that's my best attempt at stitching together all the clues in the show. No worries if you disagree, it's just for fun. If you liked it, I'd love to hear your opinions or things I may have missed.
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From Theory Updated - A game of Tarot between an accused witch and a Beothuk deity in Newfoundland during John Cabot's lost expedition of 1498.
TheoryMay SPOIL, you've been warned.
FROM is a game between an accused witch and a Beothuk demon, recreating an event during the Age of Exploration by John Cabot's lost expedition of 1498.
The Origin Event:
Cabot was the first of three medieval European explorers to reach mainland North America before 1506. More on the other two later.
Three ships arriving / 1506, Tabitha's dream's earliest date.Cabot’s disappeared ship (The Matthew - hint hint) is marooned at its destination: Newfoundland. The explorers shelter in the Vinland Viking ruins remaining there (The church lodge and stone circle). They land in Boyd’s Cove (hint hint - the main site where archaeologists found the remains of a Beothuk settlement). Coincidentally (or perhaps not) the show is filmed very near to Newfoundland.
Newfoundland is home to the Beothuk people, who tragically all passed away by the 1800s. The Beothuk painted themselves in red ochres (thought to be the origin of the offensive term, Red Indians), as with the red stick figures in the cave paintings. The explorers wear contemporaneous Tudor clothing with ruffs, like Ellis’s mysterious painting.
Red stick figures / Tudors holding blankets.A woman there gives birth to a son (mirrored by Fatima's pregnancy). As things get worse, this woman is accused of being a Witch at the explorer’s camp. Inquisition-era fear of witches was common, and an Augustinian Friar came with Cabot as a missionary. Most Inquisitors were Friars.
Witch depictions and hints / Middle-aged Lady in Gray.The witch is imprisoned in a cave while crows circle above.
Trapezoidal structure: The Witch's prison where Boyd found the talismans / An adult and child.Historically, it is undeniable that the Beothuk people suffered atrocities at the hands of future settlers, and in similar fashion, the explorers may have attacked and tried to convert them (no bibles in Fromland).
Starvation begins as Winter approaches, just as Fromland does in Season 2, with the food shortage and the trees changing. Mutineers and blasphemers have their tongues cut out. The explorers turn to cannibalism, and the tongues are cooked in a stew (Toby’s tongue, Kevin’s tongue). The Witch would experience a brutal trial, that would involve a "drowning test" in a lake.
These may also be worms cooked in desperation.Later, the explorers finish repairing their ships, and sail away with the Witch's son, leaving her behind to burn (see burning skeleton). The Italian, Cabot, leaves behind the Italian game of Tarocchi, the only card game to exist in that era. In despair, the Witch calls out to any Gods who will listen. She is answered by the devil of the Beothuk (a Man in Black).
The Witch makes a bet with him over a game for the return of her son. A segment of the coastline, including the ships are sucked into Fromland (or the Spiritworld) to play, taking the first of Fromland’s victims.
The Mythos:
The long extinct Beothuk religion is only known from a few fragments of text. The key aspects are worship of the Moon, the Sun, fear of a devilish Man in Black and a Sea Monster, a Spirit World, and birds that carry the souls of the dead. Only a few hundred Beothuk words are known. The word for tree in Beothuk is “Annoouee” and some native american languages insert a K to pluralise words. “Annkoouee” means “the trees”.
The Man in Black has a “Sea Monster” which the showrunners represent as a native Newfoundland Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, which are red in colour. The location where the Viking ruins were found is called L'Anse-aux-Méduses - Jellyfish Cove.
Lion's Mane Jellyfish / Church stain / Red creature painting / Beothuk talismans, From symbol & gamepiece / Church door scratches / Cave painting symbol.The Game
This deal/bet between the Witch and the Beothuk gods involves a game using Tarot cards, but one with invented rules. Every person who enters is assigned a Tarot card to represent, resulting in 78 people/cards .
Meagan's card game / Jade flashing a pack of cards for no reason / a person trapped in a card / the cards laid out and the people they represent.
More card game hints.The Players:
The game of Tarocchi requires two teams and four players, so the son is divided in two, creating a Moon twin (Boy in White, two dogs on the moon Tarot card) and a Sun twin. Each player is represented by an animal (moon=crows, sun=rats, demon=worms, witch=spiders). The rats eating the crow in the caves shows the two sides at war.
Smaller wheels = Twin sons / Large wheel = Mother witch / Ribbons = Demon & Seamonster. The sculpture is an obvious clue.
CLUE highlighted here by book called CRUMBS. Left to Right: Cables = Demon & Sea Monster / Pink Witch Scarf = Mother / Black & White headphones = Moon & Sun Twins.The “Witch” is kept from her son(s), (“I want to see my son!” Mr Tien, hearing voices in episode 1).
Witch in PINK vs Demon in BLACK / YELLOW light (Sun - trapped underground), dimmed WHITE light (Moon - above, free to roam).The Rules:
The two teams take turns picking people from the real world who are about to die: drunk driver, (Jade, Donna), distracted driver (Matthews fam, Boyd fam), suicide (Khatri), or disease (Tilly). Common link - origins of their anchors, and feeling regret.
Black pincers picking cars off the road.This game is played on a game-board (see chequered shirts and floors everywhere, chess board references).
Both Witch and Devil influence Fromily using voices and visions. They are also able to possess and control people with their respective animals (Four types of Monster).
The Witch influences Jade (and later, Sarah, with the "different" woman's voice). The Devil influences Boyd (see Boyd dousing his torch pointed down, and the chained man on the devil’s tarot card). He talks with him in the form of Khatri in a black cardigan, who contradicts his old self, encourages Boyd to lie and protect Sara, and smiles and when Boyd is about to succumb. Tabitha is being contacted by the dead children in white, who are telling her they live in the trees.
Fromily have lost items from their past that are anchoring/tethering them there (see Kristi’s rock, the anchors on the talismans, the wall in the church and Martin’s tattoo). Tabitha’s might be the cave dress, Jim’s is the bracelet.
Anchors (p.s. can you see the jellyfish beside the top anchor?).In order to escape (EXIT) Fromland and end the game, Fromily must collect their anchors and defeat their reverse tarot counterparts. It is a race between the two to escape.
The wiring was adjusted to look like this by the set designer at some point during Season 1.The Monsters:
All of the Monsters we have seen so far are possessed by the moon-crows because the moon side is winning. Martin was a devil-worm posessed Monster the sun-side had captured (see the sun-shaped winch), and Boyd was sent there to free him because the Boy in White is bad. The monsters souls return to Moon-Crows during the day to spy, when they "sleep". We never see crows at night.
The Points:
The moon team seem to collect points by causing fear and pain (walking away from Randall), filling the "Lake of Tears". The sun team collects points from hope, courage and other positive emotions and behaviours.
Donna: "Fear is something that lives inside us, just like hope, or joy, or love". Based on the disembowling, and hinted upcoming autopsy, there may be something more to this.
There are many clothes and items with blue, yellow, pink/red, or black/gray (Abby's shooting scene).
SUITCASES: Mother and her twin boys / CURTAINS: their colour-coding (Moon = Blue, Sun = Yellow, Witch = Pink).People's reactions code them with a colour, and in certain scenes everyone wears blue in particular, such as fear when they see Sara and Kenny (below).
Or when fear makes them turn on each other over food (see the scene above). When they act heroically, they often wear yellow (see Boyd and Ethan on walkabout). Red may mean hope.
Victor’s Timeline:
Victor has suggested he experiences a pause in the game (1978-2018) after someone betrayed the townsfolk to the monsters, and revealed all their hiding places. There are two suspects – Victor’s mother, who knew the exact night for Victor to hide somewhere new, or Christopher, who stopped smiling and was seeing the symbol.
Victor, his mother and Christopher were kept alive by the sympathetic witch (just look at the stars). Just like the witch made a deal to save her son, Victor’s mother made her own deal with the Man in Black. She agreed to betray everyone if he would delay taking his next turn and let her son live a full life (40 years).
The Boy in White kept Victor alive, as agreed, until he could fend for himself - confusing Victor about the boy's motives. Christopher survived thanks to the Witch and went to live in the Lighthouse - he is the Radio Voice.
Victor’s mother’s deal has now expired, and the game continues.
Time travel
The is ANOTHER town in a mirror version of Fromland (see mirrored talisman, Boyd and the Seductress Monster's mirrors). It is simultaneously occurring in a Civil War era timeline. This town is populated with their reverse Tarot counterparts (The Black Crook - 1866 [first US balley / about a deal with the devil], Civil War soldier -1864). It is deep underground (the spiral in the corner of Victor's map), and upsidedown (like the opening credits). Alternatively, the two time zones are two circles, joined at the edges by Martin's Prison, like the infinity cave symbol.
Side Note:
The expeditions of the Corte-Real brothers who disappeared on their way to Newfoundland in 1501 and 1502 respectively are the real villains, arriving later and then taking power from Cabot (a historic letter confirms they kidnapped 57 Beothuk before they went missing). They arrive together - represented by the two crashed cars in both Victor's time, and the Matthews' time, and the two additional ships in the cave painting.
Sara’s voices blame the people in the two cars for everyone dying - a hint at the origin story of the brothers’ two ships. This aligns with Beothuk legend that the first explorers to arrive in Newfoundland were good, and the second set bad.
The Cards:
I have many more of these, but Reddit only allows 20 images.The Fool – Boyd (follows dog, always carries things in bundles, even when the bag has handles)
The Magician – Ethan (wizard's staff)
The High Priestess – Tabitha (hands Khatri a copy of the bible, has visions)
The Empress – Juli (has giant hearts on her sweater in episode 7 promo)
The Emperor – Nathan (two goats)
The Heirophant – Father Khatri (religious figure, always wears open grey cardigans, seen between grey pillars/stones, church has three crosses stacked like the tarot symbol)
The Lovers – Ellis and Fatima (Garden of Eden tapestry, never far apart)
The Chariot – Bakta (Coach Driver)
Strength – Jade (Cat shirt, carries radio cables bent into shape of infinity symbol, perseverance)
The Hermit – Victor (lived alone, carries a torch in key scenes)
The Wheel of Fortune – Elgin (Name of famous watchmaker, and has prophetic dreams. Owls signify prophecy).
Justice – Unknown, Tom the barman, or Meagan's Dad.
The Hanged Man – Jim (seen around rope, halfway up trees, and seen hanging upside-down)
Death – Bing-Qian Liu (Always wears black, king, bishop and knight are chess pieces, he says “(k)night scary”.)
Temperance – Tilly (Pouring/holding two cups and wearing triangles, several scenes)
The Devil – The demon (Boyd douses torch pointed down, Martin in chains)
The Tower – the radio voice in the lighthouse. Theory: he's Christopher, who can control the weather from there (see rain and lightning on card).
The Star – The Witch (twinkle twinkle). Theory: she's Donna in secret — big role but no Tarot references, longest there other than Victor, photo with her "sister" (stole her story) has corner mysteriously ripped (to hide young Victor), photo could be taken in Fromland, gives spider related-dreamcatcher to Fatima. She may have cared for Victor all these years and taken Victor's memories.
The Moon – Boy in White (note the two dogs on the moon card)
The Sun – sun-child (unknown, likely trapped elsewhere)
Judgment – Sara (must be judged for her crimes)
The World – Martin (Circle cut into his arm)
Knight of Swords – Randall (impulsive, headstrong)
Five of Cups – Mrs Liu (cross around neck)
Two of Cups – Kristi (Caduceus symbol, heart stone, holds two cups)
Two of Wands – Kenny (holds mini-globe)
Three of Pentacles – Dale (triangle necklace, poor work ethic, apathy, no motivation)
Reverse Tarot:
The World – Ballerina (Dancer). Origin - The Black Crook - 1866 [Greatest US balley / First US musical / about a deal with the devil],
Strength – Civil War Soldier (1864ish)
More to come in later episodes.
Unresolved questions:
Why a ballerina? The World card also features a dancer, so the ballerina is Martin's dark/mirror equivalent (reversed tarot card), ready to possess him. The music box is their shared anchor. All the other characters will have a reverse self, sharing their tarot's signs and anchors.
Why the USA? Cabot came to claim new land for England and Henry VII - a loose understanding of what this land would become assigned to the USA. Alternatively, the “game” could have evolved later in a yet to be revealed way, e.g. the Jamestown colony, which the next date aligns with, made the Beothuk deities switch their attention.
What’s with the spiders? It is a natural phenomenon where spiders climb into the trees to escape floods, covering them in webs. This is a foreshadowing of an upcoming flood. Also - the Witch's animal is a spider.
What's with the trees? There is a giant tree in the top-right of Victor's Peach Truck Map. Victor says the faraway trees are temperamental and the other trees are moving closer. It's pretty clear the Boy in White knows where trees will send people. If I had to guess, the faraway trees are alternately controlled by the players. Trees contain the souls of the dead, including the Children in White, and they are getting crowded closer as more and more people die.
Why 1950s themes? The Monsters have been possessed by the moon-crows since the 1950s, and kept "alive" until now. We can presume perhaps that the Deities that rule Fromland periodically update the town based on an unknown quantity that is yet to be revealed. Perhaps, they are playing a best of five, and 1950's was the time when the last round ended, and this one began.
Why is the show called FROM?
I can't help but feel that the showrunners care deeply about the true story of North America, correcting the myth of Columbus's "discovery" with the story of the Vinland ruins, the Beothuk and Cabot in one fell-swoop.
Columbus never set foot in North America, nor sailed its shores. So he hardly should be celebrated by those who live there, even for those who prefer to disregard Columbus's atrocities against the Taino and Arawak.
Cabot was the true European "discoverer" of North America, and he's a far better man than Columbus. And I think in telling his story and that of the Beothuk — the show is telling Americans to ask themselves...where are you really FROM?
P.s. we've long known that a bunch of nameless fishermen from Bristol discovered Newfoundland first. But I'll leave that to the footnotes of history.
If you made it this far, THANKS FOR READING! I am probably very wrong, but that's my best attempt at stitching together all the clues in the show. No worries if you disagree, it's just for fun. If you liked it, I'd love to hear your opinions or things I may have missed.
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FROM is a game between an accused witch and a Beothuk demon, recreating an event during the Age of Exploration by John Cabot's lost expedition of 1498.
The Origin Event:
Cabot was the first of three medieval European explorers to reach mainland North America before 1506. More on the other two later.
Three ships arriving / 1506, Tabitha's dream's earliest date.
Cabot’s disappeared ship (The Matthew - hint hint) is marooned at its destination: Newfoundland. The explorers shelter in the Vinland Viking ruins remaining there (The church lodge and stone circle). They land in Boyd’s Cove (hint hint - the main site where archaeologists found the remains of a Beothuk settlement). Coincidentally (or perhaps not) the show is filmed very near to Newfoundland.
Newfoundland is home to the Beothuk people, who tragically all passed away by the 1800s. The Beothuk painted themselves in red ochres (thought to be the origin of the offensive term, Red Indians), as with the red stick figures in the cave paintings. The explorers wear contemporaneous Tudor clothing with ruffs, like Ellis’s mysterious painting.
Red stick figures / Tudors holding blankets.
A woman there gives birth to a son (mirrored by Fatima's pregnancy). As things get worse, this woman is accused of being a Witch at the explorer’s camp. Inquisition-era fear of witches was common, and an Augustinian Friar came with Cabot as a missionary. Most Inquisitors were Friars.
Witch depictions and hints / Middle-aged Lady in Gray.
The witch is imprisoned in a cave while crows circle above.
Trapezoidal structure: The Witch's prison where Boyd found the talismans / An adult and child.
Historically, it is undeniable that the Beothuk people suffered atrocities at the hands of future settlers, and in similar fashion, the explorers may have attacked and tried to convert them (no bibles in Fromland).
Starvation begins as Winter approaches, just as Fromland does in Season 2, with the food shortage and the trees changing. Mutineers and blasphemers have their tongues cut out. The explorers turn to cannibalism, and the tongues are cooked in a stew (Toby’s tongue, Kevin’s tongue). The Witch would experience a brutal trial, that would involve a "drowning test" in a lake.
These may also be worms cooked in desperation.
Later, the explorers finish repairing their ships, and sail away with the Witch's son, leaving her behind to burn (see burning skeleton). The Italian, Cabot, leaves behind the Italian game of Tarocchi, the only card game to exist in that era. In despair, the Witch calls out to any Gods who will listen. She is answered by the devil of the Beothuk (a Man in Black).
The Witch makes a bet with him over a game for the return of her son. A segment of the coastline, including the ships are sucked into Fromland (or the Spiritworld) to play, taking the first of Fromland’s victims.
The Mythos:
The long extinct Beothuk religion is only known from a few fragments of text. The key aspects are worship of the Moon, the Sun, fear of a devilish Man in Black and a Sea Monster, a Spirit World, and birds that carry the souls of the dead. Only a few hundred Beothuk words are known. The word for tree in Beothuk is “Annoouee” and some native american languages insert a K to pluralise words. “Annkoouee” means “the trees”.
The Man in Black has a “Sea Monster” which the showrunners represent as a native Newfoundland Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, which are red in colour. The location where the Viking ruins were found is called L'Anse-aux-Méduses - Jellyfish Cove.
Lion's Mane Jellyfish / Church stain / Red creature painting / Beothuk talismans, From symbol & gamepiece / Church door scratches / Cave painting symbol.
The Game
This deal/bet between the Witch and the Beothuk gods involves a game using Tarot cards, but one with invented rules. Every person who enters is assigned a Tarot card to represent, resulting in 78 people/cards .
Meagan's card game / Jade flashing a pack of cards for no reason / a person trapped in a card / the cards laid out and the people they represent.
More card game hints.
The Players:
The game of Tarocchi requires two teams and four players, so the son is divided in two, creating a Moon twin (Boy in White, two dogs on the moon Tarot card) and a Sun twin. Each player is represented by an animal (moon=crows, sun=rats, demon=worms, witch=spiders). The rats eating the crow in the caves shows the two sides at war.
Smaller wheels = Twin sons / Large wheel = Mother witch / Ribbons = Demon & Seamonster. The sculpture is an obvious clue.
CLUE highlighted here by book called CRUMBS. Left to Right: Cables = Demon & Sea Monster / Pink Witch Scarf = Mother / Black & White headphones = Moon & Sun Twins.
The “Witch” is kept from her son(s), (“I want to see my son!” Mr Tien, hearing voices in episode 1).
Witch in PINK vs Demon in BLACK / YELLOW light (Sun - trapped underground), dimmed WHITE light (Moon - above, free to roam).
The Rules:
The two teams take turns picking people from the real world who are about to die: drunk driver, (Jade, Donna), distracted driver (Matthews fam, Boyd fam), suicide (Khatri), or disease (Tilly). Common link - origins of their anchors, and feeling regret.
Black pincers picking cars off the road.
This game is played on a game-board (see chequered shirts and floors everywhere, chess board references).
Both Witch and Devil influence Fromily using voices and visions. They are also able to possess and control people with their respective animals (Four types of Monster).
The Witch influences Jade (and later, Sarah, with the "different" woman's voice). The Devil influences Boyd (see Boyd dousing his torch pointed down, and the chained man on the devil’s tarot card). He talks with him in the form of Khatri in a black cardigan, who contradicts his old self, encourages Boyd to lie and protect Sara, and smiles and when Boyd is about to succumb. Tabitha is being contacted by the dead children in white, who are telling her they live in the trees.
Fromily have lost items from their past that are anchoring/tethering them there (see Kristi’s rock, the anchors on the talismans, the wall in the church and Martin’s tattoo). Tabitha’s might be the cave dress, Jim’s is the bracelet.
Anchors (p.s. can you see the jellyfish beside the top anchor?).
In order to escape (EXIT) Fromland and end the game, Fromily must collect their anchors and defeat their reverse tarot counterparts. It is a race between the two to escape.
The wiring was adjusted to look like this by the set designer at some point during Season 1.
The Monsters:
All of the Monsters we have seen so far are possessed by the moon-crows because the moon side is winning. Martin was a devil-worm posessed Monster the sun-side had captured (see the sun-shaped winch), and Boyd was sent there to free him because the Boy in White is bad. The monsters souls return to Moon-Crows during the day to spy, when they "sleep". We never see crows at night.
The Points:
The moon team seem to collect points by causing fear and pain (walking away from Randall), filling the "Lake of Tears". The sun team collects points from hope, courage and other positive emotions and behaviours.
Donna: "Fear is something that lives inside us, just like hope, or joy, or love". Based on the disembowling, and hinted upcoming autopsy, there may be something more to this.
There are many clothes and items with blue, yellow, pink/red, or black/gray (Abby's shooting scene).
SUITCASES: Mother and her twin boys / CURTAINS: their colour-coding (Moon = Blue, Sun = Yellow, Witch = Pink).
People's reactions code them with a colour, and in certain scenes everyone wears blue in particular, such as fear when they see Sara and Kenny (below).
Or when fear makes them turn on each other over food (see the scene above). When they act heroically, they often wear yellow (see Boyd and Ethan on walkabout). Red may mean hope.
Victor’s Timeline:
Victor has suggested he experiences a pause in the game (1978-2018) after someone betrayed the townsfolk to the monsters, and revealed all their hiding places. There are two suspects – Victor’s mother, who knew the exact night for Victor to hide somewhere new, or Christopher, who stopped smiling and was seeing the symbol.
Victor, his mother and Christopher were kept alive by the sympathetic witch (just look at the stars). Just like the witch made a deal to save her son, Victor’s mother made her own deal with the Man in Black. She agreed to betray everyone if he would delay taking his next turn and let her son live a full life (40 years).
The Boy in White kept Victor alive, as agreed, until he could fend for himself - confusing Victor about the boy's motives. Christopher survived thanks to the Witch and went to live in the Lighthouse - he is the Radio Voice.
Victor’s mother’s deal has now expired, and the game continues.
Time travel
The is ANOTHER town in a mirror version of Fromland (see mirrored talisman, Boyd and the Seductress Monster's mirrors). It is simultaneously occurring in a Civil War era timeline. This town is populated with their reverse Tarot counterparts (The Black Crook - 1866 [first US balley / about a deal with the devil], Civil War soldier -1864). It is deep underground (the spiral in the corner of Victor's map), and upsidedown (like the opening credits). Alternatively, the two time zones are two circles, joined at the edges by Martin's Prison, like the infinity cave symbol.
Side Note:
The expeditions of the Corte-Real brothers who disappeared on their way to Newfoundland in 1501 and 1502 respectively are the real villains, arriving later and then taking power from Cabot (a historic letter confirms they kidnapped 57 Beothuk before they went missing). They arrive together - represented by the two crashed cars in both Victor's time, and the Matthews' time, and the two additional ships in the cave painting.
Sara’s voices blame the people in the two cars for everyone dying - a hint at the origin story of the brothers’ two ships. This aligns with Beothuk legend that the first explorers to arrive in Newfoundland were good, and the second set bad.
The Cards:
I have many more of these, but Reddit only allows 20 images.
The Fool – Boyd (follows dog, always carries things in bundles, even when the bag has handles)
The Magician – Ethan (wizard's staff)
The High Priestess – Tabitha (hands Khatri a copy of the bible, has visions)
The Empress – Juli (has giant hearts on her sweater in episode 7 promo)
The Emperor – Nathan (two goats)
The Heirophant – Father Khatri (religious figure, always wears open grey cardigans, seen between grey pillars/stones, church has three crosses stacked like the tarot symbol)
The Lovers – Ellis and Fatima (Garden of Eden tapestry, never far apart)
The Chariot – Bakta (Coach Driver)
Strength – Jade (Cat shirt, carries radio cables bent into shape of infinity symbol, perseverance)
The Hermit – Victor (lived alone, carries a torch in key scenes)
The Wheel of Fortune – Elgin (Name of famous watchmaker, and has prophetic dreams. Owls signify prophecy).
Justice – Unknown, Tom the barman, or Meagan's Dad.
The Hanged Man – Jim (seen around rope, halfway up trees, and seen hanging upside-down)
Death – Bing-Qian Liu (Always wears black, king, bishop and knight are chess pieces, he says “(k)night scary”.)
Temperance – Tilly (Pouring/holding two cups and wearing triangles, several scenes)
The Devil – The demon (Boyd douses torch pointed down, Martin in chains)
The Tower – the radio voice in the lighthouse. Theory: he's Christopher, who can control the weather from there (see rain and lightning on card).
The Star – The Witch (twinkle twinkle). Theory: she's Donna in secret — big role but no Tarot references, longest there other than Victor, photo with her "sister" (stole her story) has corner mysteriously ripped (to hide young Victor), photo could be taken in Fromland, gives spider related-dreamcatcher to Fatima. She may have cared for Victor all these years and taken Victor's memories.
The Moon – Boy in White (note the two dogs on the moon card)
The Sun – sun-child (unknown, likely trapped elsewhere)
Judgment – Sara (must be judged for her crimes)
The World – Martin (Circle cut into his arm)
Knight of Swords – Randall (impulsive, headstrong)
Five of Cups – Mrs Liu (cross around neck)
Two of Cups – Kristi (Caduceus symbol, heart stone, holds two cups)
Two of Wands – Kenny (holds mini-globe)
Three of Pentacles – Dale (triangle necklace, poor work ethic, apathy, no motivation)
Reverse Tarot:
The World – Ballerina (Dancer). Origin - The Black Crook - 1866 [Greatest US balley / First US musical / about a deal with the devil],
Strength – Civil War Soldier (1864ish)
More to come in later episodes.
Unresolved questions:
Why a ballerina? The World card also features a dancer, so the ballerina is Martin's dark/mirror equivalent (reversed tarot card), ready to possess him. The music box is their shared anchor. All the other characters will have a reverse self, sharing their tarot's signs and anchors.
Why the USA? Cabot came to claim new land for England and Henry VII - a loose understanding of what this land would become assigned to the USA. Alternatively, the “game” could have evolved later in a yet to be revealed way, e.g. the Jamestown colony, which the next date aligns with, made the Beothuk deities switch their attention.
What’s with the spiders? It is a natural phenomenon where spiders climb into the trees to escape floods, covering them in webs. This is a foreshadowing of an upcoming flood. Also - the Witch's animal is a spider.
What's with the trees? There is a giant tree in the top-right of Victor's Peach Truck Map. Victor says the faraway trees are temperamental and the other trees are moving closer. It's pretty clear the Boy in White knows where trees will send people. If I had to guess, the faraway trees are alternately controlled by the players. Trees contain the souls of the dead, including the Children in White, and they are getting crowded closer as more and more people die.
Why 1950s themes? The Monsters have been possessed by the moon-crows since the 1950s, and kept "alive" until now. We can presume perhaps that the Deities that rule Fromland periodically update the town based on an unknown quantity that is yet to be revealed. Perhaps, they are playing a best of five, and 1950's was the time when the last round ended, and this one began.
Why is the show called FROM?
I can't help but feel that the showrunners care deeply about the true story of North America, correcting the myth of Columbus's "discovery" with the story of the Vinland ruins, the Beothuk and Cabot in one fell-swoop.
Columbus never set foot in North America, nor sailed its shores. So he hardly should be celebrated by those who live there, even for those who prefer to disregard Columbus's atrocities against the Taino and Arawak.
Cabot was the true European "discoverer" of North America, and he's a far better man than Columbus. And I think in telling his story and that of the Beothuk — the show is telling Americans to ask themselves...where are you really FROM?
P.s. we've long known that a bunch of nameless fishermen from Bristol discovered Newfoundland first. But I'll leave that to the footnotes of history.
If you made it this far, THANKS FOR READING! I am probably very wrong, but that's my best attempt at stitching together all the clues in the show. No worries if you disagree, it's just for fun. If you liked it, I'd love to hear your opinions or things I may have missed.
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From Theory Updated - A game of Tarot between an accused witch and a Beothuk deity in Newfoundland during John Cabot's lost expedition of 1498.
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FROM is a game between an accused witch and a Beothuk demon, recreating an event during the Age of Exploration by John Cabot's lost expedition of 1498.
The Origin Event:
Cabot was the first of three medieval European explorers to reach mainland North America before 1506. More on the other two later.
Three ships arriving / 1506, Tabitha's dream's earliest date.Cabot’s disappeared ship (The Matthew - hint hint) is marooned at its destination: Newfoundland. The explorers shelter in the Vinland Viking ruins remaining there (The church lodge and stone circle). They land in Boyd’s Cove (hint hint - the main site where archaeologists found the remains of a Beothuk settlement). Coincidentally (or perhaps not) the show is filmed very near to Newfoundland.
Newfoundland is home to the Beothuk people, who tragically all passed away by the 1800s. The Beothuk painted themselves in red ochres (thought to be the origin of the offensive term, Red Indians), as with the red stick figures in the cave paintings. The explorers wear contemporaneous Tudor clothing with ruffs, like Ellis’s mysterious painting.
Red stick figures / Tudors holding blankets.A woman there gives birth to a son (mirrored by Fatima's pregnancy). As things get worse, this woman is accused of being a Witch at the explorer’s camp. Inquisition-era fear of witches was common, and an Augustinian Friar came with Cabot as a missionary. Most Inquisitors were Friars.
Witch depictions and hints / Middle-aged Lady in Gray.The witch is imprisoned in a cave while crows circle above.
Trapezoidal structure: The Witch's prison where Boyd found the talismans / An adult and child.Historically, it is undeniable that the Beothuk people suffered atrocities at the hands of future settlers, and in similar fashion, the explorers may have attacked and tried to convert them (no bibles in Fromland).
Starvation begins as Winter approaches, just as Fromland does in Season 2, with the food shortage and the trees changing. Mutineers and blasphemers have their tongues cut out. The explorers turn to cannibalism, and the tongues are cooked in a stew (Toby’s tongue, Kevin’s tongue). The Witch would experience a brutal trial, that would involve a "drowning test" in a lake.
These may also be worms cooked in desperation.Later, the explorers finish repairing their ships, and sail away with the Witch's son, leaving her behind to burn (see burning skeleton). The Italian, Cabot, leaves behind the Italian game of Tarocchi, the only card game to exist in that era. In despair, the Witch calls out to any Gods who will listen. She is answered by the devil of the Beothuk (a Man in Black).
The Witch makes a bet with him over a game for the return of her son. A segment of the coastline, including the ships are sucked into Fromland (or the Spiritworld) to play, taking the first of Fromland’s victims.
The Mythos:
The long extinct Beothuk religion is only known from a few fragments of text. The key aspects are worship of the Moon, the Sun, fear of a devilish Man in Black and a Sea Monster, a Spirit World, and birds that carry the souls of the dead. Only a few hundred Beothuk words are known. The word for tree in Beothuk is “Annoouee” and some native american languages insert a K to pluralise words. “Annkoouee” means “the trees”.
The Man in Black has a “Sea Monster” which the showrunners represent as a native Newfoundland Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, which are red in colour. The location where the Viking ruins were found is called L'Anse-aux-Méduses - Jellyfish Cove.
Lion's Mane Jellyfish / Church stain / Red creature painting / Beothuk talismans, From symbol & gamepiece / Church door scratches / Cave painting symbol.The Game
This deal/bet between the Witch and the Beothuk gods involves a game using Tarot cards, but one with invented rules. Every person who enters is assigned a Tarot card to represent, resulting in 78 people/cards .
Meagan's card game / Jade flashing a pack of cards for no reason / a person trapped in a card / the cards laid out and the people they represent.
More card game hints.The Players:
The game of Tarocchi requires two teams and four players, so the son is divided in two, creating a Moon twin (Boy in White, two dogs on the moon Tarot card) and a Sun twin. Each player is represented by an animal (moon=crows, sun=rats, demon=worms, witch=spiders). The rats eating the crow in the caves shows the two sides at war.
Smaller wheels = Twin sons / Large wheel = Mother witch / Ribbons = Demon & Seamonster. The sculpture is an obvious clue.
CLUE highlighted here by book called CRUMBS. Left to Right: Cables = Demon & Sea Monster / Pink Witch Scarf = Mother / Black & White headphones = Moon & Sun Twins.The “Witch” is kept from her son(s), (“I want to see my son!” Mr Tien, hearing voices in episode 1).
Witch in PINK vs Demon in BLACK / YELLOW light (Sun - trapped underground), dimmed WHITE light (Moon - above, free to roam).The Rules:
The two teams take turns picking people from the real world who are about to die: drunk driver, (Jade, Donna), distracted driver (Matthews fam, Boyd fam), suicide (Khatri), or disease (Tilly). Common link - origins of their anchors, and feeling regret.
Black pincers picking cars off the road.This game is played on a game-board (see chequered shirts and floors everywhere, chess board references).
Both Witch and Devil influence Fromily using voices and visions. They are also able to possess and control people with their respective animals (Four types of Monster).
The Witch influences Jade (and later, Sarah, with the "different" woman's voice). The Devil influences Boyd (see Boyd dousing his torch pointed down, and the chained man on the devil’s tarot card). He talks with him in the form of Khatri in a black cardigan, who contradicts his old self, encourages Boyd to lie and protect Sara, and smiles and when Boyd is about to succumb. Tabitha is being contacted by the dead children in white, who are telling her they live in the trees.
Fromily have lost items from their past that are anchoring/tethering them there (see Kristi’s rock, the anchors on the talismans, the wall in the church and Martin’s tattoo). Tabitha’s might be the cave dress, Jim’s is the bracelet.
Anchors (p.s. can you see the jellyfish beside the top anchor?).In order to escape (EXIT) Fromland and end the game, Fromily must collect their anchors and defeat their reverse tarot counterparts. It is a race between the two to escape.
The wiring was adjusted to look like this by the set designer at some point during Season 1.The Monsters:
All of the Monsters we have seen so far are possessed by the moon-crows because the moon side is winning. Martin was a devil-worm posessed Monster the sun-side had captured (see the sun-shaped winch), and Boyd was sent there to free him because the Boy in White is bad. The monsters souls return to Moon-Crows during the day to spy, when they "sleep". We never see crows at night.
The Points:
The moon team seem to collect points by causing fear and pain (walking away from Randall), filling the "Lake of Tears". The sun team collects points from hope, courage and other positive emotions and behaviours.
Donna: "Fear is something that lives inside us, just like hope, or joy, or love". Based on the disembowling, and hinted upcoming autopsy, there may be something more to this.
There are many clothes and items with blue, yellow, pink/red, or black/gray (Abby's shooting scene).
SUITCASES: Mother and her twin boys / CURTAINS: their colour-coding (Moon = Blue, Sun = Yellow, Witch = Pink).People's reactions code them with a colour, and in certain scenes everyone wears blue in particular, such as fear when they see Sara and Kenny (below).
Or when fear makes them turn on each other over food (see the scene above). When they act heroically, they often wear yellow (see Boyd and Ethan on walkabout). Red may mean hope.
Victor’s Timeline:
Victor has suggested he experiences a pause in the game (1978-2018) after someone betrayed the townsfolk to the monsters, and revealed all their hiding places. There are two suspects – Victor’s mother, who knew the exact night for Victor to hide somewhere new, or Christopher, who stopped smiling and was seeing the symbol.
Victor, his mother and Christopher were kept alive by the sympathetic witch (just look at the stars). Just like the witch made a deal to save her son, Victor’s mother made her own deal with the Man in Black. She agreed to betray everyone if he would delay taking his next turn and let her son live a full life (40 years).
The Boy in White kept Victor alive, as agreed, until he could fend for himself - confusing Victor about the boy's motives. Christopher survived thanks to the Witch and went to live in the Lighthouse - he is the Radio Voice.
Victor’s mother’s deal has now expired, and the game continues.
Time travel
The is ANOTHER town in a mirror version of Fromland (see mirrored talisman, Boyd and the Seductress Monster's mirrors). It is simultaneously occurring in a Civil War era timeline. This town is populated with their reverse Tarot counterparts (The Black Crook - 1866 [first US balley / about a deal with the devil], Civil War soldier -1864). It is deep underground (the spiral in the corner of Victor's map), and upsidedown (like the opening credits). Alternatively, the two time zones are two circles, joined at the edges by Martin's Prison, like the infinity cave symbol.
Side Note:
The expeditions of the Corte-Real brothers who disappeared on their way to Newfoundland in 1501 and 1502 respectively are the real villains, arriving later and then taking power from Cabot (a historic letter confirms they kidnapped 57 Beothuk before they went missing). They arrive together - represented by the two crashed cars in both Victor's time, and the Matthews' time, and the two additional ships in the cave painting.
Sara’s voices blame the people in the two cars for everyone dying - a hint at the origin story of the brothers’ two ships. This aligns with Beothuk legend that the first explorers to arrive in Newfoundland were good, and the second set bad.
The Cards:
I have many more of these, but Reddit only allows 20 images.The Fool – Boyd (follows dog, always carries things in bundles, even when the bag has handles)
The Magician – Ethan (wizard's staff)
The High Priestess – Tabitha (hands Khatri a copy of the bible, has visions)
The Empress – Juli (has giant hearts on her sweater in episode 7 promo)
The Emperor – Nathan (two goats)
The Heirophant – Father Khatri (religious figure, always wears open grey cardigans, seen between grey pillars/stones, church has three crosses stacked like the tarot symbol)
The Lovers – Ellis and Fatima (Garden of Eden tapestry, never far apart)
The Chariot – Bakta (Coach Driver)
Strength – Jade (Cat shirt, carries radio cables bent into shape of infinity symbol, perseverance)
The Hermit – Victor (lived alone, carries a torch in key scenes)
The Wheel of Fortune – Elgin (Name of famous watchmaker, and has prophetic dreams. Owls signify prophecy).
Justice – Unknown, Tom the barman, or Meagan's Dad.
The Hanged Man – Jim (seen around rope, halfway up trees, and seen hanging upside-down)
Death – Bing-Qian Liu (Always wears black, king, bishop and knight are chess pieces, he says “(k)night scary”.)
Temperance – Tilly (Pouring/holding two cups and wearing triangles, several scenes)
The Devil – The demon (Boyd douses torch pointed down, Martin in chains)
The Tower – the radio voice in the lighthouse. Theory: he's Christopher, who can control the weather from there (see rain and lightning on card).
The Star – The Witch (twinkle twinkle). Theory: she's Donna in secret — big role but no Tarot references, longest there other than Victor, photo with her "sister" (stole her story) has corner mysteriously ripped (to hide young Victor), photo could be taken in Fromland, gives spider related-dreamcatcher to Fatima. She may have cared for Victor all these years and taken Victor's memories.
The Moon – Boy in White (note the two dogs on the moon card)
The Sun – sun-child (unknown, likely trapped elsewhere)
Judgment – Sara (must be judged for her crimes)
The World – Martin (Circle cut into his arm)
Knight of Swords – Randall (impulsive, headstrong)
Five of Cups – Mrs Liu (cross around neck)
Two of Cups – Kristi (Caduceus symbol, heart stone, holds two cups)
Two of Wands – Kenny (holds mini-globe)
Three of Pentacles – Dale (triangle necklace, poor work ethic, apathy, no motivation)
Reverse Tarot:
The World – Ballerina (Dancer). Origin - The Black Crook - 1866 [Greatest US balley / First US musical / about a deal with the devil],
Strength – Civil War Soldier (1864ish)
More to come in later episodes.
Unresolved questions:
Why a ballerina? The World card also features a dancer, so the ballerina is Martin's dark/mirror equivalent (reversed tarot card), ready to possess him. The music box is their shared anchor. All the other characters will have a reverse self, sharing their tarot's signs and anchors.
Why the USA? Cabot came to claim new land for England and Henry VII - a loose understanding of what this land would become assigned to the USA. Alternatively, the “game” could have evolved later in a yet to be revealed way, e.g. the Jamestown colony, which the next date aligns with, made the Beothuk deities switch their attention.
What’s with the spiders? It is a natural phenomenon where spiders climb into the trees to escape floods, covering them in webs. This is a foreshadowing of an upcoming flood. Also - the Witch's animal is a spider.
What's with the trees? There is a giant tree in the top-right of Victor's Peach Truck Map. Victor says the faraway trees are temperamental and the other trees are moving closer. It's pretty clear the Boy in White knows where trees will send people. If I had to guess, the faraway trees are alternately controlled by the players. Trees contain the souls of the dead, including the Children in White, and they are getting crowded closer as more and more people die.
Why 1950s themes? The Monsters have been possessed by the moon-crows since the 1950s, and kept "alive" until now. We can presume perhaps that the Deities that rule Fromland periodically update the town based on an unknown quantity that is yet to be revealed. Perhaps, they are playing a best of five, and 1950's was the time when the last round ended, and this one began.
Why is the show called FROM?
I can't help but feel that the showrunners care deeply about the true story of North America, correcting the myth of Columbus's "discovery" with the story of the Vinland ruins, the Beothuk and Cabot in one fell-swoop.
Columbus never set foot in North America, nor sailed its shores. So he hardly should be celebrated by those who live there, even for those who prefer to disregard Columbus's atrocities against the Taino and Arawak.
Cabot was the true European "discoverer" of North America, and he's a far better man than Columbus. And I think in telling his story and that of the Beothuk — the show is telling Americans to ask themselves...where are you really FROM?
P.s. we've long known that a bunch of nameless fishermen from Bristol discovered Newfoundland first. But I'll leave that to the footnotes of history.
If you made it this far, THANKS FOR READING! I am probably very wrong, but that's my best attempt at stitching together all the clues in the show. No worries if you disagree, it's just for fun. If you liked it, I'd love to hear your opinions or things I may have missed.
Written as of S2E6, Last edit - Jun 4th 2023.
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I download the episodes and skip that shit. It was intriguing at first, but then it became annoying after hitting the 5th episode of the first season binge.Big fan of the show...I wish they would cut the intro down to 30 seconds instead of hearing that stupid song for 10 min....just sayin