"Theories" Blogs & Blog Posts

On Nerd of the Rings, Matt explores the question that many readers of The Lord of the Rings come away with. Who is Tom Bombadil? He is obviously some kind of spirit of nature, and appears to be as old as Middle-earth itself. — Read the rest...

During a stint of extended pandemic depression, I fell in love with The Curse of Oak Island. After watching untold hours of the team barely finding anything, I decided to check out some of the literature relied on by Team Lagina. — Read the res...

A bird flew into my window this morning, dying on impact. While burying it in the forest behind my house, I thought: “Perhaps this is an omen!” Then, as the wind rustled the ancient oaks around me in agreement, a push notification disturbed my so...

Swifties are known for their CIA-level code-cracking skills. It may have just paid off.  In a new interview with Zach Sang and Dan Zolot of the Zach Sang Show, Taylor Swift takes 10 whole minutes to talk about her latest era in music. With the r...

The time has come once again for Game of Thrones—the hit HBO show about hiking with your pals and smooching your relatives—to return to TV after a lengthy absence. The forthcoming eighth season will be the show’s last, and though it features on...

Everyone loves Westworld, but the only thing everyone loves more than Westworld are theories about the future plot events of Westworld. Fans coming up with and then spreading theories of dubious repute is not a phenomenon unique to HBO’s new show a...

HBO’s Westworld is draped with the trappings of the horror, action adventure, Western, and horror genres, but it’s best understood as a mystery. The show doesn’t exactly have a coherent, unified plot so much as a tableau of vignettes and charac...