hmmm... i was reading through your research and was wondering how the plot revealed around the eb fits into it all... (i havent read it in a while... i speed-read the first switch and eb door... but i think it's worth looking at...)
i will try to find a transcript of the conversations...
wahmbulance EDIT:
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I found the conversation
here AND, as I suspected, it does mention the Zurg! The explosion is, as you might suspect, the explosion from
this manga, "Return of Gambino." As you can see, the energy radiating from that explosion is a greenish hue. How could this be connected to the purple/blue orbs and null colors we see in zomg?
Because of the conversation and the fact the zurg were in space, I believe the purple area in JK's controversial picture is more of a merging/ rip between dimensions rather than the null being in outer space.. The controversial picture seems to me like two dimension emitting their own aura or "power." Since the gambino event in the manga above, I believe these two dimensions have been interacting. The null, in my opinion, is located in the other dimension since you "travel through space" to get there. The null fragments are crystals from this other dimension that have merged into gaia's dimension and are powerful enough to support a gaian's transportation to and from this dimension. Is there meaning in the locations of the null fragments? I'm not sure...
However, the hive creatures seem to be from a different dimension as well. Could there be three dimensions at work in zomg or is the zurg teleportation pad just bringing in hive creatures from far out in outer space?
I'm slowly reading through all the pages of theories in this thread... I'm sure you may have come up with the same findings... here are some of my notes/ideas as I am reading:
1. if go into the null you can see those blue crystals all around the background... Since there is currently no area on gaia, This supports my theory this is on the other purple dimension (or planet).
2. This also supports #1. The purple light emanating into the crystal in the null is a band that connects to the gaia/blue dimension in the
controversial picture (Basically, I have come to the same conclusion as
this evidence) The brightly accented area in the controversial picture also looked like the null (even before I saw your (cirnol's)evidence). This is good! Multiple people coming to the same conclusion without help from each other helps support findings!
3. The rip formed when the Gambino event occured... Johnny and Gino's blood came together correct? Johnny is now dead and Gino now has assassin's after him! Labtech X, as Johnny's clone, has the same blood as Johnny. Is Gino being hunted only because he is the heir to G-Corp or does Gino have special significance? To my recollection, the only time I remember Gino being mentioned in Zomg was during the end boss...
5. I saw Mystic Memories reply that maybe the mother fluffs remember coming from the null... I'm investigating... It was a long gaia night killing Goosey but I finally tracked her to her spawning screen (diagnally down and to the right from the null) I will upload the screenshot of what she said (Tired as I was, I was caught of guard and didnt get a pic of her saying it in the moment) She said "hee hee! We're back from the
void!" More research is needed for variations of this text. Variations may provide further insight into what the animated *know*
6. Seposita Penculum makes an interesting comment about "rejuvenating" and the distance from the null from the concerned citizen. I already did the quest but I will swing around and question the concerned citizen anyway. Unfortunately, all the man did was force a ring I already have upon me.
currently unsupported by visual fact
7. While I was in the Aqueduct questioning the citizen, I stopped by the portal. I remembered the Zurg love triangles. Alas! The
portal itself has a triangle embedded in the markings! This is supporting evidence that the Zurg are indeed responsible for the hive
8.Seposita Penculum said that agatha gossiped that the zurg may aready be back... I can't find the text in game (I checked barton Town)so currently this is
unsupported by visual fact However, I did not check the Barton Bar after you kill the end boss...
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9. Sanctuary Desu has just stated what I also think. She noted that the hive emits a purplish color like the null. The Zurg may already be able to manipulate this null/ghi matter. Is this how they revived 09 after he was terminated?
10. The purpose of the boardwalk is very mysterious. I hope in the lose of devs the purpose was not lost. The
skull and crossbones struck me as a marking for something when I first went in the new area. I did not realize til now the skull may not be a gaian skull but a zurg skull. The lower half of the skull is much smaller and does in fact look like a zurg skull... Does "x" mark the spot for the Zurg's return? Raficat makes interesting points of why aliens would come to earth (real estate, slavery, farming, power, profit, fear, friendship, philanthropy) I will add two more... what if they came just for curiosity... or because they found out the explosion created a portal to the null dimension and wished to extract it's power/study it (or whatever they want it for...)
11. Red Kutai found the
manga that supports my theory on #10
12. Barasche Deluxe posted many interesting pictures! The similarities of the
fountain are making my head spin! Also, the picture of the
ufo (I was not around gaia when the zurg came so I did not see a picture of the ufos). Note that both the ufo and the
hiveportal have three dots... was the portal designed to land a ufo? I note the triangles on the ruins... IF they are connected to the zurg.. it seems they have visited gaia a loong time ago then left...
13. Barache made a comment about what Caruthers (Concerned Citizen) has said... I reeeally need to make a mule to reread that area >.<
gaia is also considered in mythology to be a goddess... this
manga references "she" took away sen and the overseers powers... It is poosibble they are reffering to the goddess Gaia...
ALSO in
the same manga Gino is told he is a descendant of a Titan... in mythology the goddess Gaia was
mother of the titans...