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Theory Time!!!!! (Final)

Ok, so first thing you need to notice is that Arthur, (the wimpy guy) has a fake arm. When they get into the mansion and start being chased, they eventually fall into a trap door. As they are falling, each of them pass up a mirror, and in the mirror, everyone's reflection represents something about themselves. Vivi's (the girl) reflection has no eyes, Arthur's is missing an arm, and Ben's (the dog) mirror completely shatters. Remember that.

After Lewis (the skeleton/ghost) is awakened and sees Arthur pay attention to Arthur's level of fear. Before Lewis gets his hair, you notice that Arthur is obviously scared, but once Lewis gets his hair, Arthur looks utterly mortified. Take note to that. After Lewis starts chasing Arthur, it goes to Vivi and Ben raiding the fridge. Notice that when they are about to eat their sandwiches, Vivi has a reflection in the tile, but Ben doesn't. Also important to remember. Arthur now being chased, the others start running away in fear as well, but Ben stumbles across this mirror, playing a flashback and revealing their past. They were at this “mansion” (It’s really a cave XD) once before, but this is when Lewis was still alive. Before they even get into the cave, you should notice, (as if it’s not already apparent from the appearance of the cave) that it has a sign of death outside of it, representing that something inside of the cave, or the cave itself is dangerous. When they first get into the cave, Ben immediately looks wary of something. There are many facial expressions among the group. Fear, curiosity, wonder, but Ben is the only one looking as if he senses something isn't right. It’s as if he knows something is up with the cave.

As they get further into the cave, they split up. Arthur goes with Lewis, and supposedly, Ben goes with Vivi. Notice before they split up, Ben is looking towards Arthur. As Lewis is standing at the cliff and looking down, you should see that in the bottom left of the screen, Vivi is there at the bottom of the pit since she went a different way, and is exploring. When the scene goes to Arthur, you'll notice a dark figure (Ben) is actually standing behind Arthur, and Arthur's arm is slowly turning green (the same color as the cave) and slowly spreads to his face. This is whatever’s inside the cave possessing Arthur. This is a personal opinion, but I think Arthur’s character in general (His jealousy, and somewhat unhappiness with his role in the group, along with him seeming to be a weak willed person, topped off with him giving off this impressionable vibe) makes it easier, and also gives whatever it is possessing him fuel to do what’s it’s doing. Whatever spirit is inside of the cave uses Arthur’s own personal feelings (Arthur doesn't really hate Lewis, but he obviously has some type of jealousy towards him, while looking up to him) and amplifies them to make Arthur push Lewis off the cliff. Since Vivi is at the bottom of the pit, she sees Lewis fall to his death.

The next scene shows Lewis, now dead, resurrecting with his heart, and a pink stream from his heart goes to Vivi's eyes. This is her memories being erased. That explains why she has no eyes in the mirror because she doesn't remember when she saw Lewis die. She no longer knows of what she saw. Her memories being erased is Lewis's doing because he doesn't want her to have the scene of him dying in her head. He does this so she won't be in pain after literately watching her friend, or possibly, her significant other fall to his death. That also would explain why she looks so panicked when the pink stream goes to her eyes. She still has just seen her friend/possible significant other die, and she is now looking at her hands in despair, before her memory is erased. After that, it shows Arthur struggling with whatever is inside of him, feeling terrible, and on the verge of tears, after he pushed his friend off the cliff and to his death. I think that because of the type of character he is (Anxious, scares easily, panicky) he decides not to tell anyone about what happened (Which is why Vivi doesn’t know of what happened still). This also explains why Arthur expression goes from scared (before Lewis gets his hair), to absolutely mortified after Lewis gets his hair. This represents Arthur recognizing Lewis. Also, take note to the lyrics when Lewis is pointing at Arthur when he is first awakened. It saying, "Fuck, it's you I hate the most." This also explains why Arthur looks so confused at first. He has absolutely no clue why this ghost hates him, but once Lewis gets his hair back, and Arthur recognizes him, it becomes all too clear to Arthur who this ghost is, and it's motives, along with the reason behind them.

Then if you pay attention, before the flashback is over, the scene switches to Ben's true form (A kitsune, or in other words, a demon fox spirit, or just a fox spirit. This goes back to Japanese folklore). This would explain why Ben looked so wary when he first came into the cave. Him being a Kitsune gives him the ability to sense the ominous presences in the cave. When whatever spirit it is in the cave started to possess Arthur, Ben was probably aware of it, which is why he followed Arthur instead of going with Vivi, and why he was standing behind Arthur so threateningly because he sensed the spirit, or whatever it was inside of Arthur. After Ben sees Arthur push Lewis off the cliff, Ben is now completely sure about his suspicions, and then takes action and bites off Arthur's arm to get rid of the spirit’s influence on Arthur (He bites off his arm because that is where the possession began). They then show Ben holding Arthur’s arm in his true form. I think the gang is already aware of Ben’s background, and he serves as this protector of his friends. The reason why he disguises himself is so he’ll be able to live everyday life with his friends, and people who don’t know what he truly is don’t panic as soon as they see him. This explains why Ben's reflection broke the mirror at first, and also explains why Arthur doesn't have an arm in his reflection and why he has a fake arm now. I think the reason why Ben is still portrayed as this dark character with red eyes after we see his true form is because they are trying to represent that he knows of what really happened. He knows what happened behind the scenes. He saw everything.

After the flashback is over, we see Vivi trying to protect Arthur from Lewis (still unaware that the ghost is Lewis), and Lewis stops, since he obviously had feelings for her when he was alive, and still does now. She never really remembers who he is, and she's just genuinely curious of him. This explains why she doesn't put up much of a fight when Arthur pulls her away from Lewis. Arthur pulls Vivi away from because he knows (In his head) that Lewis is no longer the friend they once knew, and he tries to get Vivi away from him. I do feel as if Vivi feels some type connection with him as Lewis is extending his heart out to her, which is why she reaches back to him as she’s running away, along with her curiosity of him, and in ghost in general. After they escape, you then see Lewis opening the Locket, and revealing that it’s a picture of Him and Vivi. I think Lewis extending his heart/locket out to Vivi was his attempt to show her that it was him, and restore her memories, but of course, that doesn't happen. Lets rewind a bit. When they fall in the trap door, remember how Arthur fell first to Lewis's room? That doesn't make since because Vivi was at the bottom when the trap door appeared. Despite this being the case, Arthur is the first to land and the others are found somewhere else eating sandwiches. Obviously, some force pulled him down faster than the others. I'd like to bring back up a lyrical reference. When Lewis saw Arthur, he said "Fuck, it's you I hate the most." Yes, we all know that Lewis has a resentment for Arthur, and it's natural that he wouldn't but happy to see him, but that sounds as if he's mad because something went wrong. In other words, he didn't mean to have Arthur fall into his room. If you pay attention to the lyrics when Arthur first falls into his room and Lewis is first coming out of his coffin, it's as if Lewis is talking. More importantly, it sounds like he expected to be talking to Vivi:

Try and hear me then I'm done,- (Initiating the conversation with her, and him telling her to listen to him)

'Cause I might just say this once- (Him referring to what he's about to tell here. It being him, and about his love)

Seen this played out in my dream- (Referring to him looking forward to seeing and talking to Vivi)

It doesn't matter- (Lewis being and adorable and hopeless loser with words XD)

Time for givin' up the ghost (It's time for me to quit this after life stuff, and move on.)

But then he notices it's Arthur, which leads him to say:

Fuck, it's you I hate the most.

I believe he meant to make Vivi fall first and into his room, which would have allowed him to give her the locket, restoring her memories, showing her that it's really him, and also giving him the chance to seek out his love for her (while the other two are eating sandwiches). Of course, Lewis discovers that the person who is before him is indeed Arthur, the person who killed him, which causes him to say what he says. When Lewis was falling to his death, he didn't see a possessed Arthur. He saw Arthur, the person who he thought was his friend. So now he has a hatred towards him and that is why he starts chasing him. If things would have gone the way Lewis originally planned (Vivi falling to his room, and him giving her the locket there), Vivi would have regained her memories, and found out it was Lewis right there, and Lewis could have passed on happily, and if not that, he could have at least probably of not tried to kill Arthur since Arthur would have never had a chance to trigger Lewis's anger XD. Coming back to the present, notice that mansion disappears as they’re driving away. In an attempt to get revenge on Arthur, and seek out his love for Vivi, Lewis uses his powers to stop the car (the pink electricity that made the car stop) right in front of the illusion of a mansion he created so that the gang would have no choice but to go inside either for help, or to investigate the creepy house. I'd like to point out another lyrical reference. The song in general is geared towards Lewis. Specifically, I'd like to focus on the chorus. Throughout the song we here, "This time I might just disappear." This referring to Lewis being on his last leg. He knows now it's all or nothing. The mansion disappearing symbolizes Lewis accepting his fate, which leads to believe he moved on while still bitter about his past…. Boom.

Side Notes:
Just a general observation. It's good to pay attention to the color of the characters, and also the cave. Arthur is yellow, Vivi is blue, Ben is red, Lewis is magenta, and the cave is green. Keeping that in mind will help you to pick up things I didn't find it necessary to mention such as Vivi's glasses being magenta, representing that they were probably a gift from Lewis, or Ben's glasses being yellow representing that he's probably Arthur's dog, or specifically linked with him somehow. Those, or even other little things that I didn't feel had much relevance and didn't need to be mentioned. I think the colors fit their respective characters fairly well, but the cave, specifically, I think fits the best. Green is the color of envy, which Arthur has towards Lewis in a sense. This probably helps to explain why he was targeted. Not only does Arthur seem to be the easiest character to posses, due to their personality, but it was also able to use Arthur's own personal feelings.