Personally, I find a well edited theory is much easier to follow and appreciate than a block of text. Even better is one that includes chapter and WoJ references within the OP, but just the formatting is a big deal.
Agreed. If this thing ever become reality, I would very much want to see a "suggested methods for formatting" sticky, complete with different colors for books quotes, WoJ's, etc.
Edit: Also, I want to see the origonal theorizer's work archived because I want to see that their ego is stoked thus encouraging them to do more great theorizing/reference work.
That's right I actually had selfish motivations when I complimented your PG thread 
I will admit to my ego having been stroked by that compliment, so I will give that. That said, I feel that prominent attribution of the theory (and proper representation of the details) would go quite a long way. I have no problem linking (or copy-pasting) the original post at the bottom.
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Question:
If I started a "theory of the week" thread as I suggested above, would it be reasonable to expect that the re-formated OP of the thread (only the first post) would make it into the FAQ board to a TOW thread (assuming of course that it is informative enough and faithfully attributes all contributions)? I'm seriously considering trying this out for a couple of weeks to see how well it works, but wanted to have reasonable assurances that the final products would make it somewhere relatively permanent. If the answer is yes, I'd take some time to write up a few of the OPs in advance to have material for a few weeks.
Current theory list:
- Duck's "Mab fixed Chicago"
- Neuro's "Outsider Scarecrow" (probably at least referencing some of Elegast's combinations).
- Neuro's "Cowl never meant to do Darkhallow"
- "Mab's plan for SmF" - this one is mine, so I would try to get someone else to do it.
- "Molly abducted by Mab" - again, mine (it's almost a year old, so it will be deleted soon).
- Your Doyalist analysis of PG and the possible time-travel implications.
- HHWB summoning -- multiple.
- Lash's story (you plus a few others).
In addition, I thought I could use the thread to do something like
"Theory building-blocks for XXX" for each of the books. Basically, it would be a chance for people to point out oddities/discrepancies/whatever that they noticed in their read-through that might help others come up with something.
Example:
Building blocks for GP would include things like (each with a short description of possible uses in a theory):
- Lea bargaining for Michael's son
- Lea burning Thomas with a kiss
- No Summer representative at Bianca's party
- What happened to Siriothrax's hoard?
- Bob knows how to find paths in the NN to Bianca's basement.
- The NN around Harry's apartment.
- The fabric of the NN is getting weaker (per Mort).
- Is Lydia's vision complete?
- Holy water burns Reds and ghouls (is this the only proof we have?)
This list in itself should generate enough weekly threads for the next few months. We could then either take each of the OPs for the "theories" FAQ thread, or use them as a whole as a seed for the new board.
