How William Becomes Man in Black

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Will have to digest this one in stages, excellent ‘cast. Interesting as usual, guys.

A minor thought before a barrage of theoretical nonsense: I felt as though part of the Back to Black winkwink/nudgenudge was merely a reference to the prior version of the scene using Paint it Black.

So, a theory that listening to this stirred up, since it may be the last week to really enjoy deliciously-uninformed postulizing.

William, a rich young tycoon guy (or possibly heir) is engaged to Logan’s sister to mingle their powerful families. Logan and he visit WW, an investment possibility.

William alienates Logan and falls for Delores, who –glitch though she might– never comes fully alive, to William’s frustration. He real-world marries Logan’s sister, buys Westworld, becomes a beloved philanthropist and medical savior using technology developed at WW.

But in reality, he spends all his time in Westworld, living a plain normal Groundhog Day life with Delores for decades. A gentle white hat. Meanwhile his wife, Logan’s sister -with her empty lie of a marriage, compounded with William’s anger and anxiety away from his “true” fake life– commits suicide.

Realizing he’d tortured a real family for decades in pursuit of an ersatz existence, William questions the nature of his own monstrosity. He decides to commit the atrocity upon Maeve and her daughter. And in the horror and EXTREMITY of that act he –briefly– sees Maeve become REAL. He makes the leap that waking Delores may be possible by subjecting her to repeated horrors. He is forced to torture the woman he loves to attempt to save her.

I’ll stop, out of tinfoil. This probably ignores too many other factors to be true, but it does make a pretty mistake.

And if this was true, might it be likely that Wyatt is another powerful businessman, there with Ford’s blessing, one once slighted, one whose sister killed herself and who knew why? Logan?

And the Little Girl. She seems to be in a blind spot in most discussions. I think she’s Arnold. Or the purest essence of Arnold that’s around. Have you guys discussed her at all? If so, missed it.

Thanks,

– mgtilford

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