The REAL Secret of the In Between.... | Tales From The SMP Theory

[@Ani]

So, what are your thoughts? If you enjoyed, consider tagging Karl with this video on twitter ?? :D thanks!!

[@rafastories4649]

I just wanna say you're vastly underrated in the community, these videos are god-tier.

[@CasualHunterXD]

I was the 101th person to like

[@EdbertWeisly]

Bruh, Look at Ramboo skin then look at the castle

[@Aurraislame]

I think you have been grasping at straws 90% of the video Exhibit A:you assume it’s the egg because of “nether” and don’t point out at the start anything else besides that it’s red and black ignoring the flowers also the blue is supposed to take away sadness because it was incited in a clip (that I do not have but search it up) Exhibit B:you say Karl’s signature color is purple and ignore the green and say purple is time travel and you say that the nether portal THE FUCKING NETHER PORTAL is connected with the story bruh I just can’t also in the same after the tales that the Karl’s have been in the in between for to long you say dream put a manifestation of himself in Ranboos head when it was confirmed that it’s his conscience by the voice or it’s the other side of him dream had never had god power over Ranboo he never had that kind of power it was just him simply being friends with ranboo’s other half I would say more but I put no commas in it and pretty much was me ranting.

[@Aurraislame]

Otherwise decent video

[@KittyandLychee]

When I think Karl, I do think Purple, but when I think Purple, I think Purpled

[@chasethemaster3440]

Same

[@chasethemaster3440]

I think everyone does

[@cuboidgamez7577]

Same

[@trulyfog]

thats crazy, when I think purple i think purple too!!! lmao

[@drippypotato9625]

Big Bain

[@Uniklops]

What if purpled himself was a time traveler gone missing, and his spaceship was a sign all along.

[@hadesmeow1]

@Akshita Nerkar yes, if he ever does get more lore then being a capitalist hitman I do hope that Dream isnt involved because istg if every minor gets traumatized by the blob- well it will be interesting but still we got to have someone who is normal

[@izzytheartist4710]

Cool idea! I could see this coming tru

[@waveiiyt]

YO I NEED THIS PURPLED LORE IN THE WORLD???

[@PNP-pi8ip]

nice idea the only problem is that he built his spaceship way before the inbetween and tales of the smp existed but i still think this idea is pog

[@izzytheartist4710]

@@PNP-pi8ip that's not really a problem the entire story of tales of the smp is literally time travel

[@signedtundragaming2089]

Remember that in the pure-looking in between, there is a wither rose in the flower pots. In the other side, there’s a much healthier flower in an otherwise more withered setting. I think this is meant to symbolize the Yin and Yang symbol. There is a dot of white in the black side, and vice versa for the symbol, a little good in every evil. And a little evil in every good. Perhaps that has something to do with the truth of the In Between/Other Side.

[@waveiiyt]

seconded!!

[@seineevee]

That makes sense

[@Snukkuri]

There would be a reason why they want Karl to stay then

[@asusmushroom4778]

This might have to do with the egg in Karl’s time line where the egg is controlling bbh

[@asusmushroom4778]

By that I mean like in every good there is evil that evil in good is the egg in controlling bbh and other ppl

[@lunaa180]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how good those builds are?

[@seineevee]

Yes we can

[@axelblaze3713]

you can thank Plutoren for that he's/she's (don't know his/her gender) the builder or the main builder of the tales you can see him/her at the end credits

[@MintE2805]

Yes we can

[@somerandomorphan2631]

no

[@katherinelondono3226]

ikr they’re amazing

[@angelicaespitia7707]

CaptainPuffy was also recently shown to have memory issues.

[@MusicalCrafts]

Honestly I kinda think the lands are cursed, that when you step foot on it, you just forget about your past. I mean, have you seen that one video where Foolish actually had some relation to Eret, and Foolish brought up something they did together in the past, but Eret doesn't remember it....

[@-anxietyfreak345-4]

Doesn't matter ghostbur the only one out of the 3 with memorie problem and cant be effected by the egg, well and tommy but he doesn't have memory problem

[@dargonlord8362]

She hit her head when her ship crashed that's her reason

[@nightlypiano41]

@@dargonlord8362 canon?

[@moon_3609]

@@nightlypiano41 yep

[@maryeggert3184]

remember when this server was just about a child losing his possessions and hamilton? yeah me neither

[@maryeggert3184]

@MillerTheTaco been sittin' here since July my man. Life was simpler then.

[@KrisEnby]

I’ve been just checking in occasionally for a good bit. Sometimes I watch streams, usually I watch vods or videos covering the streams.

[@randovilclip]

I do I was watching live on the first stream of the Dream SMP when it was just George and Dream

[@maryeggert3184]

@@randovilclip as one would say *ahem* “sheeeeeeeeesh”

[@mace9144]

I do😂

[@kspeight2969]

You say that the Other Side is controlled by the egg but I think that it might be the other way around. The egg is controlled by the other side. There are eggs in each timeline that act as scouts for the Other Side.

[@Crygear]

correct,the other side is a collective entity meanwhite the inbetween is a being of eternal μ3|/

[@elliotmusgrove5468]

GOOD IDEA the other side sends the eggs out to scout,push things in the right direction

[@kenziebalhatchet3918]

What if the in between is destroying the other side and the eggs are sent to make more other sides so the other side can still exist?

[@clai2198]

Mind: blown

[@ConstellationCollections]

The entity that controls the other side is a bird/lizard and the eggs are it's kids and scouts

[@jabbiter3575]

this is how the dreamsmp could be connected to this whole story. hear me out! the people who control the in-between were searching for an alternative way to time travel and created the egg. they thought it had entirely failed and it was lost in time, buried. members of the dreamsmp then uncovered the egg and it began to grow, with people like bbh and skeppy siding with it. the in-between is concerned by this and approaches dream, offering him a bargain. Dream is to destroy the egg, and in return Dream will be given a portion of the in-between's power once the egg is gone. maybe dream will fail, the egg will grow, and spread to all different timelines, and that's why we see it in all of the tales from the smp.

[@blazethefight]

nice

[@praj.x07]

Great theory..👍🏻👍🏻

[@not20ahmed21]

mine theory noice

[@unicorncupcakies]

oo

[@lancetheking7524]

Anyone forgetting DreamXD?

[@charybdis7958]

I'm actually still convinced Ranboo has a part into this, (black and white although that's probably not important)and the color symbolism with Ghostbur didn't have a clear explanation. Itt still doesn't just match up for me. Most importantly, I'm also convinced the flowers (wither rose for the Inbetween, pink flower for the Other Side) have some meaning. Well- since this comment is "gaining attraction" I may as well add: Ranboo clearly has some connection to Karl/time traveling/the Inbetween and Other Side. We see this with how Ran keeps staring at Karl, Ranbutler likes clocks (karl's symbol) and how ranboo's arg post on twitter seems to hint at clocks and time itself a lot. and has karl's logo on one of the things. huh

[@notme8652]

Maybe it's supposed to symbolize The in between looks Calm and peaceful but is actually dark and evil

[@BetterNicholas]

Also Ranboo has memory loss and doesn’t know his origin And Time traveling On dream smp is shown to cause memory loss Or if you want to put it with this theory the inbeetween causes memory loss when it steals your power

[@charybdis7958]

@@BetterNicholas that too and whats the deal with Ran anyway and ranbutler

[@Not_Liz]

@@BetterNicholas Wait that could mean that maybe ranboo was/is a time traveler but the inbetween made him lose all of his memories, but instead of dying or becoming a “clone” he survived (Maybe because he is half enderman and not fully human) and in the lost city of mizu the evil person was like a future mix of dream and ranboo....

[@BetterNicholas]

I just came up with this theory Basically Ranboo was a time traveler who was full Enderman Who went to the inbeetween he winded up escaping out his power was partially drained and his memories gone he escaped to the main dream smp Were he would be left memory less The black part of Ranboo is the Part that we see from the perspective of He experiences his Enderwalks which are when the part him that’s power has been drained or the white part Takes control He walks around aimlessly like the Karl’s lost in the inbetween and is easily manipulated what’s to say the Karl’s lost in the inbetween aren’t also easily manipulated both and that’s it

[@jabbiter3575]

there's alot of people here talking about purpled but just remember purpled isn't a very big character in the lore and his purple color scheme probably had nothing to do with time travel.

[@tinifork3440]

Well who knows maybe they are right or they are wrong :)

[@Beastly09]

purpeled isnt a very big character ... but karl wasnt before tales of the smp too

[@KittyandLychee]

I think I started that. My point wasn’t about Purpled being part of the lore, it was more about Purpled having represented the color purple long before Karl did. And before you say that doesn’t have anything to do with lore, I will say that the lore was created by the members of the Dream SMP. If they wanted a color the represent Karl/time travel, they could have picked a different color. Maybe Purpled is connected to time travel, maybe he isn’t. Only time will tell.

[@zoe7482]

he's been getting more into lore now but a person can hope

[@jabbiter3575]

@@KittyandLychee carl's been all about purple since before he even joined dreamsmp I dont think they made him purple just for the lore

[@carolynkrenzel4345]

I didnt even consider the egg but the evidence you have gathered has convinced me! This is the tying together of storylines we are waiting for! I am so excited for it!

[@kakashilover9231]

I also have a theory that is kinda crazy but has slight evidence, and mostly speculation. DreamXD is a God, who made Ranboo and Dream in his image. Ranboo was a failed expirment of DreamXD, that left where he was being held. He was imperfect considering his memory problems. Dream was a perfect version of Ranboo. He was put on the world with other life forms to find Ranboo. This explains why Dream torments Ranboo. If he was made in dreamXD's image, he would have some sort of power (revival book and the telepathy to talk to Ranboo in his head) and he would feel the need of having more and more power and showing he is more than everyone else. This is why he killed tommy, to prove a point. Why he fought L'Manburg, to prove he was stronger. His line to tommy before killing him may be foreshadowing to him being related to DreamXD "Does that make me some kind of God, Tommy? Am I God?" You could easily see this as him being cocky, but with my theory, it makes a lot of stuff make sense.

[@kakashilover9231]

If you want, you can try and find more evidence and make it a video, just credit me in it

[@Aurraislame]

I don’t get this

[@kakashilover9231]

@@Aurraislame it can be hard to understand, but I kinda makes sense

[@Aurraislame]

It literally is based off of nothing dream doesn’t torment Ranboo also dreamXD isnt majorly canon because he just is dream trying to in force rules

[@kakashilover9231]

@@Aurraislame well dream does torment Ranboo in the way that he speaks to him in his head, and while DreamXD had never been said to be canon, they also never said he's not canon (dumb I know but still)

[@zianeovo5547]

Honestly, I think the person writing the books is some version of Karl, like maybe this Karl is either writing down these books as he continues to lose more and more of his memories preserving them and just forgetting about their existence, leaving them where our Karl is finding them or this other Karl (or it could be more than one idk time is a messy thing) is trying to lead our Karl to break the cycle of aimlessly wandering around the Inbetween and losing memories.

[@Firefly_198]

Or or just a theory the person who is sending the books to karl is timetraveling tommy just think about it it would be sick because idrk

[@risen3031]

@@Firefly_198 lol imagine tho and he recruits normal Tommy

[@adityakedawat9900]

10 months from then, we got to know it's jack manifold (or maybe some other character played by him)

[@izzytheartist4710]

I just thought of something that really supports apart if this awesome theory: Ghostbur said that the it's "blue" wasn't always blue. But that when he passes it on to sad people it *sucks the blue out of them* (aka sadness) It calms them or makes them happy. And on the other side of the spectrum you have the crimson egg. That *sucks the red out of things and people* and makes them upset or in tubbo's case sad. They directly parallel each other to. This theory is actually so cool and it makes me so happy that karl is honestly carrying the smp lore wise. Also i would like to add onto this theory with a bit that pretty much wasn't cannon but could be become cannon or just be a head cannon. *The Dreamon hunters* Dream is a god like entity on the server that is known for his smiley face. And the in between is a mysterious omnipotent being that overlooks a place beyond the concept of time that is also known for using smiley faces. Super natural god like forces that are known for using smiley faces and are directly connected to the egg in some way? *sounds like a dreamon to me* My theory is that when dreamons aka beings from the in between started to surface in the present, the egg felt threatened and when fundy misleadingly told bad to make a dreamon hunter base the egg tried mind controlling bad and that's why he kept digging out the room for so long despite Fundy telling him they didn't need it anymore. Which obviously leads to bad finding the egg and the rest is history. In conclusion i think that dreamons are entities from alternate dimensions like the in between and the other side that thrive off of knowledge like you proposed. And maybe dreamons appearing in the main timeline's present day is proof that a karl or hell maybe another traveler provided the in between with knowledge on how to reach our time period. And maybe their will be another dreamon out break and they try to fight the egg and they'll hatch the egg and someone or something will come out.... ok this is my last thing it's completely speculation and is just something I'd like to see but what if the *:]* isn't really referring to dream because if it was it would be this *:)* and instead the egg will hatch a new player the king of dreamons and another smiley-faced content creator. One that's smiley face is more reminiscent of the in between smiley face rather than dream's. I'm saying what if the egg hatched fruitberries. Ik there's little to no evidence for the fruitberries thing it was just a fun little idea that i came up with and wanted to share

[@DeadBushRonnie]

*im gonna have fun reading this*

[@izzytheartist4710]

@@DeadBushRonnie lol

[@waterbelow0degrees]

*I MISREAD FRUITBERRIES AS FURBYS AND I CANT GET THAT IMAGE OUT OF MY HEAD NOW*

[@izzytheartist4710]

@@waterbelow0degrees LOL

[@izzytheartist4710]

Ok this is part 2 to my theory: i actually have more evidence!!! Ok so dream smp season 3 is basically tales from the smp except all the stories take place in present day and give the focus character of that episode character development and a chance to be the main character. You've got Tommy and dream, Sam and puffy vs the eggpire, Ranboo, tales of the smp, las navadas, and Fundy's nightmare. I'm honestly suprised that my dreamon theory is still plausible. Ok so I'll explain how all of these plots are relevant and how they all fit into my theory. Tommy was stuck in prison with a possible dreamon descendant aka dream which is the obvious one. Sam and Puffy fighting the eggpire is them fighting the egg which was also obvious. Now the Ranboo thing is also obvious but it's really interesting.... So the dreamon in his plot is obviously the enderwalker aka his sleep walk mode which *posses* him like the egg does to it's followers. Also i think i have a out there theory on why the ender walk state has the same voice as dream. I think the enderwalker dreamon is the same dreamon that possed dream back when the dreamon hunters were formed. And then when they did the ritual and banished it, it was gone for a while but it latched onto Ranboo. And since dream was the last person it latched onto, that's the voice it communicates with. Tales of the smp i mainly went over in part one but basically the keepers of the in between are just like the enderwalker dreamon where it's a super natural being that causes people to lose their memory and is associated with a smiley face. And the other side is probably the birth place/original home of the egg and maybe other dreamons as well. Now las navadas is a bit tricky it's the only one i haven't really figured out yet. It was implied in chapter one that bbh and big q may have a rivalry in the fiture which would make the las Navadas plot nicely connected to the egg but i honestly don't have much else. And last but not least Fundy's nightmare. This one is both obvious but also kinda weird because of how new it is so I'll probably look over it again. Just like karl with the in between, Fundy is sent to a place out of this reality that sends him on an easter egg hunt that leads him to mysterious books written by an alternate versions of themselves and just like karl with the in between, whenever Fundy searches for more knowledge than the place wants him to find, an evil entity chaces him. And obviously it ended with ANOTHER SMILEY FACE that looks like the one on quackity's skin hmm.... maybe there's a connection there... anyways i think it's cool that when u step back and really take in all the similarities of these very different storylines, it's really amazing how well they fit together. Also i want to establish the difference between spirits and dreamons to set up a fun theory llike the fruitberries one. Ok so dreamons aren't affected by sunlight or the surface like spirits such as a *G L A T T* are. Also i think that ghostbur can survive on land because of his blue i mean we've already established that blue is an object that comes from dreamons. Maybe dreamons bleed blue and that's why they aren't affected by the surface. Because the antidote is literally in their bloodstream. Anyway the other difference between spirits and dreamons are that spirit are dead players and dreamons are characters. Ok so my fun little theory is that Mexican dream is a good dreamon. He's a entity that somehow can traverse the surface in order to reach *G L A T T's* gym without blue, you could also say that he possesses quackity and that's why big q doesn't canonically know about him and also he's associated with a smiley face and is a made up character and isn't an actual version of quackity or a reincarnated/undead ghost version of another character. Anyways that's all I've got. sorry for the long comments 😅

[@neeleep]

quackity is power hungry and in some of the books there's his signature :] face, makes sense how the in between would be taking karl's power

[@Zefpyhr]

So :] is bad but :) is good?

[@duykhangtran4406]

@@ZefpyhrI'm sure :) is also bad

[@impossible9690]

@@Zefpyhr yeah :) triggers ranboo's enderwalk. (: is also bad i guess, people use it instead of :) because on twitch it turns into the stupid white face thing

[@risen3031]

@@impossible9690 yeah its so freaking annoying

[@glidertrio4466]

So it could be dream, ranboo (in his enderwalk state) or quackity

[@5imonek]

Monke explaination: Egg and the other side = good The in-between and the green blob in prison called drem = bad Thanks for reading

[@shapeswitch_mood7221]

I am amazed how humans just design the responsible for one place and another.

[@user-es8vs5yo5k]

Wasn’t it a white blob tho?

[@lunaequinox7333]

That my theory

[@Ani2]

im pogging animagician you are so cool and epic and i am not biased at all

[@thenintenbrogamer6022]

Bruhhhh

[@estew08]

So you say....

[@seineevee]

Totally not suspicious

[@millyhearts]

Wow XD

[@laccuna.]

8:02 “LOOK UNDER THE TREE” Page 1 of 1 You’re welcome.

[@biscuit_yt]

under the tree is purple flowers ... idk if that means something but its there

[@justadog8011]

Thank you sir!

[@JoseYTPlayz]

Ty

[@leofox-white1793]

Theory: We have similar powers to Karl in Ani’s Dream SMP game as we can go back and choose different videos to go to alternate universes made by our choices. The only difference for us is that KZbin acts as our in between

[@Ni.61]

That is so cool, it makes me feel like I’m more part of the lore

[@biscuit_yt]

we are the inbetweeners.

[@lemoncoffee9547]

Now I feel part of the story

[@technobladeneverdieshealwa4602]

I am now a time traveller. Cool

[@_taetae]

THAT SOUNDS SO COOL

[@na.meless.]

I always thought the white colour theme of the inbetween was meant to suggest innocence and purity, but this also makes sense-

[@GachaLifeGirl]

One other thing that could be support this: The Egg turns the color Red into White. I think the InBetween used to be red, but The Egg sucked it all away. It was removed later, but the red couldn’t reappear.

[@R4TCH3TRAVITY]

Okay so, what I'm getting from the part where you said "Once the egg is gone, the inbetweeners have all the power in itself to keep all the travelers." what I'm getting from that is, the people in the actual SMP.. are the inbetweeners. Cause after watching this, it makes sense that the egg has SOMETHING to do with the inbewteen-

[@thunderball1015]

Time travelers are cool. Ani is cool. So is Ani a time traveler?

[@cyruss6536]

Yeppo

[@fruitsmoothie4565]

I think we should all thank you for no ads during the most of this xD

[@Sookie-pc6hy]

k hear me out: when the white text appears on karls screen when the supposed egg (the person helping him get out), it glitches first. having paused it, there are symbols there. if we can decode them, it could say something??

[@ollieedits_]

Well actually that smile that's for the in between is what Quackity uses. Dream uses a :) contrary to what his smile on his character's skin is.

[@Snukkuri]

:]

[@ollieedits_]

@@Snukkuri :]

[@chairbottles]

I couldn't unsee the colour symbolism after this😶

[@shapeswitch_mood7221]

I'm going to destroy your theory about how the Egg control the Other Side: *Would you say the Egg Control the Nether just Because the block it is made of are found there?* *The structures in the Other Side looks nothing like the Crimson and Blood Vines.* *If they really wanted to show us that the Crimson is here, they would make it quite obvious.The Castle seems pretty clean, for hosting an invasive crimson plant.* There.

[@micro11.]

theory: someone actually made the egg, and the egg controls the other side as like the people who made the other side give it to him second theory: the egg IS the original controller, but not in a form of an infection, but rather the egg, is just a disguise/symbol, because I mean, cmon, what kind of god is A LITERAL EGG, the egg for me I think is just a symbol and someone is definitely controlling it, or, someone formed into it, and you saying it is there from forever is kinda true, the egg and the inbetween is like a dimension from the gods or something, the other side too, and maybe the egg still control the other side or can shapeshift into anything or be invisible, so, short explanation: the egg is like greek mythology monsters

[@VietNguyen-ye4xb]

i dont even know if the egg is bad or not anymore-

[@zyschostreamermakeszeirdfa1713]

Prolly neutral

[@VietNguyen-ye4xb]

It is a seal ok tru

[@mags233]

@@VietNguyen-ye4xb i think it’s bad judging off the red banquet-

[@thisthing.4475]

I'd go with Evil towards opposers, but benevolent (50/50 on this) by the standards of Regis video. But I'm just ayakng

[@kakashilover9231]

Thanks you, I'm very confused on the lore considering I only get to see the tales of the smp that are on his channel

[@golden5663]

Just get twitch and wacth the vods or if you can’t find them just look them up on KZbin

[@cyseraa]

Go onto quackinnit playlist

[@Crown865]

calling it right now I think Karl might be the main character.

[@michellechen4328]

What if Ranboo is connected to time travelling ?

[@Firefly_198]

He has to be because there is a murders ranboo like character almost every tale so what if ranboo is a murderer and is hiding it to gain people's trust

[@lizziewrites]

@@Firefly_198 Good theory, but that doesn't prove that Ranboo is connected to time travelling.

[@Firefly_198]

@@lizziewrites it most likely does tbh cuz lost city of mizus ranboo is just dream haveing full control of ranboo I think

[@limediamond4595]

7:42 this part actually blew my mind

[@clai2198]

I lost my shit at that part, i was shocked I had to run to the comments

[@kabuto1584]

My theory for what Karl actually is: He is not a time traveler, he is a alternate dimension traveler, you see other Karls who had their wills taken in some of the episodes of the Inbeetween, probably from other dimensions. Second the Inbeetween and the Other Side might be representations of Ranboo two sides, the smile that was used in the last books from the Inbeetween showed a smiley face, normally associated with Dream, but we know that Ranboo is associated with Dream as well. A lot of the books from the Other Side really seem like some of the Ranboo’s books, words being repeated, Caps Lock, a sensation of madness, and the most important part, the colors of both castles, a white one and a black one. Edit: additional note, one other reason for both castles representing both sides of Ranboo, by a storytelling standpoint, it makes sense, because we can’t see the Enderwalk when Ranboo is streaming, so then we can see both sides and their differences for future scenes, so the audience can differentiate both sides

[@ravenlet]

woah

[@Evanesccentt]

I'm pretty sure this :] smiley face is Quackitys. This :) is Dreams. And in Fundys recent lore stream, at the end u can see Quackitys smiley face with a casino sound in the background. Both streams have a black figure chasing them as well. I think Quackity has something to do with this. Not dream. Both streams had this :] in them including the back figure. This is just my theory though!

[@interdimensional4288]

So.... The whole thing is a battle between entities. Everyone on the SMP are just chess pieces. The only one who might be able to affect it is Dream, and as long as he is imprisoned, he'll never be able to. I think that the members will face a choice soon. They will need Dream... but he'll demand freedom.

[@pinkharth860]

"or at least, that's my theory" A GAME THEO-

[@Starpublic94]

I think this is a huge stretch. Several points contradict this: 1. The smile is different. Why would Dream change his signature smile? He uses it everywhere. Yeah, the smile on his chest may match the smile in the in-between, but the smile he uses to signify that he did something is ":)". There is no reason for him to change it. He doesn't care if he gets caught. That just means that people will fear him more since they know that he has control of a whole different dimension. And that leads me to my next point. 2. If Dream had control over the in-between, wouldn't he flaunt it more? He likes to show that he has control. He likes to show how powerful he is. He doesn't care who knows. So why would he hide it? That just proves how powerful he is and how powerless everyone on the SMP is. So he would flaunt it WAAAAY more than what we see. 3. The in-between is described as being "alive". The books keep saying "it" watches him. That implies that the dimension itself is alive. So I believe that the in-between creates the books itself to talk to Karl. So I don't think anyone has control over the dimension. I don't think there is any "God" or whatever controlling the in-between. 4. Karl confirmed that the wither rose in the in-between represented how the in-between was poisoning Karl, while the white tulip in the Other Side represents how The Other Side means no harm to Karl. 5. Ghostbur has been gone for a long time, so how does he have anything to do with this? 6. I believe Dream just has a god complex and isn't actually a god. He canonically doesn't have access to commands and is a normal person. The "dream" in Ranboo's head wasn't put there by Dream and has no connection to Dream. Ranboo has repeated this time and time. The "Dream" in Ranboo's head is still just Ranboo. Ranboo is talking to himself every time he talks to the "Dream" voice. The reason why it sounds like Dream is unknown currently, but we know that it has no connection to Dream. 7. The nether blocks are probably just there for atmospheric purposes and because they match the blackstone and dark coloring of the Other Side. They most likely have no connection to the Egg. And if the egg had control over a whole other dimension, wouldn't the Eggpire know about it? They haven't mentioned it yet, which probably means that it doesn't. 8. The first sighting of the in-between was after The Lost City of Mizu, which aired before The Masquerade. 9. The Masquerade being about the Egg doesn't mean that the Egg has a connection to Karl's time traveling. It was 9 times out of 10 just there as a backstory for the Egg to show that it has been around for a long time. This is a really well-made video! Great job! Keep up the great work, friend!

[@lartts7483]

AGREED

[@Starpublic94]

@@lartts7483 THANK YOU! Sorry, just have some pent-up frustration with theories that rely on HUUUUGE stretches just to make sense. I went a little crazy with this one as you can tell! XD

[@sicilyfranklin3157]

I might have to re-watch the video to make sure, but I don't think he said that the "Inbetweners" WERE Dream. He said that they were demigod-like persons LIKE Dream. Similar abilities, maybe due to their origins, but the Inbetweeners are NOT Dream. Ani was talking about power levels in the sentence prior, and used Dream as a comparison to show how much power the Inbetweeners might have. I think the reason why the smiley faces are different is to make sure there no mix up. I was also skeptical after the first time the Inbetweeners used a smiley, but they use brackets instead of parentheses when talking to Karl to avoid confusion. Everyone in the DSMP fandom knows how integral the smile symbol is to Dream and his brand, so they had to do SOMETHING different in order to still get a smiley face on that page without accidently saying that this is Dream talking. From what we've seen, the " :) " is basically Dreams signature now. Karl wouldn't be confused as to who's speaking to him if that symbol were there. Because Karl didn't react, I think it's safe to assume that the difference in symbols is big when it comes to smiles in the SMP. Sorry I went on such a rant in regards to your FIRST point. I did end up reading the rest, I promise. Semantics are a big deal to me, and it shows. Overall, I can agree with your points, but I can also see how Ani came to his conclusions. It's like an episode of Game Theory. In order for a theory to work, you have to ignore some aspects of canon, or you'll never post any content. Theorist are typically well aware when they are making leaps in logic, or leaving things out to make a timeline coherent. If they're not aware, there are always kind folk like you there to bring it to their attention. I'm a big fan of fantheories, and I've typed too much already. Bye bye!

[@Starpublic94]

@@sicilyfranklin3157 But he called Dream a demigod. That is what I was debunking. I know he didn't say that the in-betweeners were demigods. I know that is what I was saying. Ani tried to make a connection between the smile from the in-between and Dream that wasn't supposed to be there. Yeah and I love to go through a friendly civil back-and-forth with theories! It's half the fun to me! So your response makes this more fun! :D

[@sicilyfranklin3157]

@@Starpublic94 YAY! Someone else who speaks in paragraphs!! I guess my only response to this reply would be that, based on what Ani has seen of Dream's character, it could be that his head canon is that Dream is a demigod. Depending on how you look at the Dream SMP and it characters, there are many who would agree with the sentiment. Whereas some see Dream as a power hungry teletubby with a god complex, the mystery behind his actions give credence to the idea that there is something "more" about him. His status as creator and admin of the SMP, along with the emergence of the "DreamXD" character, no mater it's real world explanation, fuels that belief. You won't believe how many fanfics there are with this head canon at the center. If Ani is using this POV as a starting point in regards to Dream character, you can see how he would come to such conclusions.

[@nightlypiano41]

Wait, the smile on the sign in The Inbetween isn't the Dream smile, it's Quackity's.

[@alexormoonkat7864]

Ikr

[@alexormoonkat7864]

And he seems like the type to want all the variables like in a casino

[@matcha3833]

The In Between is the End and The Other Side is the Nether and Karl is just loading up worlds to try to make a speedrun record

[@mallowanimationsyt4646]

I am *shook.* Absolutely mind blown. It makes sense. What little lore we get actually makes you look at every character differently. Absolutely marvellous!

[@monophobiacraze6054]

Here’s my actual theory. You know how you think the smiley meant dream? What if it wasn’t him? Judging by the curved writing, the smiley could of came out like this; :). However, it wasn’t. What if the smiley was :] and who used these type of smileys? Quackity! Now I know some people are gonna day “but Karl forgot Quackity!” THATS MY POINT! What if Quackity is trying to protect Karl? The “stick to the path” message may be telling Karl to keep away from the other time travellers! Now keep in mind, in the video he mentioned how they take bits of Karl’s identity and try claim it as their own, maybe Quackity has been there the whole time? In the Mansion, where he was represented as a hillbilly, Quackity showed to be bared with no clothes while others wore suits, masks and posh accents. Now here’s where I think it links... in the murder town (forgot the name) Quackity is BBH’s wife, having the same accent and once again, bare. Now I think somehow Quackity was dragged to where ever Karl was since they were once in a relationship; Karlnapity. And since Quackity was dragged where Karl was I think the egg attempted to block Quackity out his life to avoid its plans to be disturbed. Going back to the past opinion, the smileys itself may be showing something as well. Isn’t it strange how in every scenario Quackity has been involved with a high power? Jschlatt, Tubbo? And attempted to kill dream? Well I’m thinking Quackity knows about the future. I think something bad will happen to Karl and he wants to protect him, even if it means Karl’s not remembering him! Another theory is, I think Quackity was the person in Fundys nightmare trying to warn him on the future. I’m aware others have thought this to, therefore giving me an idea, and that they made their own. However, I think I just have a twisted mind but do you ever see Fundy and Quackity together? Only in Karl’s story’s. Therefore leading to my point on how he’s a time traveller! He is trying to get to fundy in all the story’s, but he has to take a risk of losing his identity in “The in between” to enter a time dream! And that lady’s and gentlemen, is my theory. Please don’t harass me too hard TwT

[@claudiacat4249]

The one thing I would add to this spectaular theory was that Dream is definitely behind the "Inbetweeners"

[@monicaperrin9554]

I honestly think that Karl could be related to Ranboo. Because if Ranboo can ender walk, and if karl can time travel, is the egg controlling the smp? Is the smp even real? And who will the egg take control of next? That's my theory and I hope you like it

[@onlinegremlin29]

Haven't watched the vid yet but I already know it's gonna be a banger

[@Ajay-eq4mk]

Wait wait wait wait Could the Inbetweeners be related to Quackity in some sort of way? I mean, Quackity is not just the one using this smile :] , he is one of the people that hates the Egg the most and he's hungry for power. I think this could be connected to Quackity's lore stream a few days ago (sorry if my English is bad, also good theory! :p)

[@nataliaganim5124]

This was actually very interesting. I don't have a theory of my own, but lately I've just been listening to Dream SMP Theories and such.

[@0oSSSo0]

I don't think the egg can control a place as big as the other side. Just thinking that it could be that a part of the tentacle monster got cut off and traveled to the SMP through the rift and that is the egg. Thus the egg doesn't know about itself and is doing what it's real body did, trying to grow. This would give more sense as to why the egg killed Karl and Karl got his consciousness in the in-between when he first met the egg. But this is just all speculation on my part. Great theory btw.

[@dicegaming6125]

I was watching this while trying to figure out the lore of the Dream SMP, and I noticed, what if Dream is also using Karl's energy, seeing that he is probably behind all of this, to excape prison, go back in time and kill Tommy before he finds the disks, go back and stop L'manburg from growing. What if Dream wants to go back, and rule with an iron fist, so that Tommy, would have never been spared, or any unlike Dream action. This would be a perfect way to end the lore. Dream and Techno, with others, trying to destroy what will be, before it is... But this is all just speculation.

[@butterflyexists]

"-Control of everything - past, present, and fu-" DO YOU WANNA LAUNCH YOUR OWN MINECRAFT SERVER FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS?

[@grahadh]

Error 404 mind not found. Seriously though this is so good! I love it when story's come together!

[@outsideconfidence12]

As usual epic theory, BUT the only issue is can’t it be taken the other way around, as in how the in between is an oasis from the other side which is controlled by the egg. So the travelers made a wormhole to easier rescue the other travelers and put them in the inbetween where travellers are free of power drain since white is also considered the colour of freedom and independence. I mean I know that after the streams the in between is likely to be the bad side but I’m just addressing ur theory considering it can be taken either way.

[@mxrcrow8893]

If other people's theory's of Ranboo being a time traveler once are true, thatd explain why the egg called him a traitor for helping dream

[@memyfriend123]

Never seen someone interpret a bright, pure white place as bad and a dark, black and red place as good. Pretty bold, but I like it. Good job with the theory.

[@kiarakalasnikov7505]

Haven’t seen the video fully yet but I’m very excited! Love your vids :)

[@interdimensional4288]

The in-between is really beautiful, bit I've never heard someone describe it as "bleached" before. My perspective has changed

[@zyschostreamermakeszeirdfa1713]

I remember when this was just a couple people playing minecraft

[@clai2198]

LMAO

[@ItzEndrr]

What if the egg is dead soul of Carl is in the other form from his first body? Carl has it`s powers of mind-controlling from the other side, but it didn`t get all of power from it, because he died from the group of people, that was controling inbetween. Maybe, Carl`s dead soul, that now is the egg, is trying to get him on the wrong side, and then, use himself as a servant, using it`s mind control powers? Maybe, Carl can learn something in the Other Side, that isn`t controlled by the egg. And you can say that the egg is from the past, but what if it can use his powers to time travel, and he needs Carl as a servant becouse Carl is the perfect man to manipulate other to serve to the egg, or himself. If we look at this in that way, then, inbetween is good, but egg is slowly mind controling Carl, so that he sees hallucinations. But, one day, Tommy found message from Carl, that he left in past, that reminds them of what happend. Tommy tells not mind-controlled people about that. They need to destroy egg very fast. They need to know eggs weak sides. There is one way to know the eggs weak sides, and it is to meet Carl. How? Well, we know, that FoolishGames is a very ancient guy in the lore from his talk with the egg. Egg was trying to scare him, to then use his knowlege. But, it went wrong. So, using FoolishGames knowlege, TommyInnit and other of not mind-controlled people, like Dream, can go to the past or future, where Carl is, and then tell him about everything. Carl tells them that every time he timetravells he loses his memory, so he won`t remember that, but he tells his weak sides. Then, they get to there time, and FoolishGames tells them that his power is nearly gone, so they can`t go in past or future again. But they already know what they need. So, they defeat egg, and cure everyone with the revival book, that was created with group of people that controling inbetween.

[@mylescarley32]

The first half of this theory was perfect. I was disappointed on the second part though.

[@sisterofsat9601]

I just figured the white flowers in the Other Side and the black flowers in the Inbetween were to show that they're both not what they seem and have an alternate side.

[@mwiffoe]

Wait... I just realized something... The '":]" face is used by one person that I know of as of now - Ranboo... The Inbetween is white and so is Ranboo's unknown hybrid side :/ Coincidence..?

[@thisislegit2831]

But what if the group of inbetweeners also consists of QUACKITY? It can't just be Dream as the book stated 'we'. Quackity is also a power hungry being like Dream but just not as powerful. If both of them control the inbetween, Dream would be first in command, not Quackity. The smile in the inbetween also looks like Quackity. If they both get the knowledge from Karl, Dream would most likely strip Quackity of his power one way or another. That's a huge problem for Quackity. That's why Dream has been on quackity's hit list for so long. Especially now (as I'm writing this) when Quackity finds out that Karl had left El Rapids for Kinoko kingdom, he would probably hold a grudge against Karl. And remember when the inbetween asked Karl to move his library someplace else? That would most likely be the works of Dream. Dream probably sensed that the egg was slowly reaching the library and just to cut Karl's ties with Quackity (so he would not hold back to get what they want from Karl), Dream made Karl move. Without the Quackity's knowledge.... The smile in the inbetween also looks like Quackity. :]

[@ripry2241]

maybe dreamxd is one of the inbetweeners but is the real dream from another time, in the future when dream achieves absolute power

[@Wonkpeng11]

DreamXD is a god

[@anubadri09]

So if Karl can Control this power he is litterally a god and can destroy the server

[@hithablunt]

Hey can you do a video on the egg lore? I really need to get into it because Tommy is going to be a part of it (if you hear the eggs voice lines) and I am buried deep into Tommy lore- so could you or maybe you already have?

[@ShemLunaria]

7:41 That one is a bit of a reach I would say, since Ghostbur himself wasn't the inventor of that catchphrase, but Wilbur. I think a lot of people gloss over the fact that Wilbur has offered blue to some people in the past, even during the Independence war. Might be a bit of a strech for my own theory, but I'd just like to point that out.

[@JaySG]

This video was good I’m enjoying the way Karl is taking the tales from the smp

[@ponytailpotato309]

One of my personal theories that I have is that Karl maybe travelled back to the time of Schlatt's time of being president in Manberg and destroyed the button and filled the room in the Red Festival when Wilbur couldn't find the button after Tubbo was executed, because- Wilbur pushing the button could lead to a turn of events that lead to a complete apocalypse, like something shown in the episode The Lost City Of Mizu. However Karl did not know that Wilbur couldn't find the button back then so he thinks this is the time he pushes it, but Wilbur ends up pushing it anyway on Nov 16th. Hopefully we see how this apocalypse happens, it could be very interesting and dark, and especially something different from the rest of the story arcs in the current Dream SMP. So basically in the end, it's a paradox and there's nothing anyone can do to escape that fate- except probably Karl.

[@eggybee4035]

POG NEW VIDEO‼

[@guardian62574]

You Have a Good Theory but only Time Could Tell

[@Josh-wj7jj]

What if Karl is dead lol Like what if this whole world was simply created to stop him from ending up where all the other ghosts are. It’s why it’s called the in between. Also could explain where Karl went from the lore as after the war where Techno kept killing him he seemingly disappeared. Also explains why in 2 of the episodes Sir Billiam is a villain, they are trying to please Karl.

[@thatoneguyontheinternet4639]

Karl is alive and fine, he’s shown up in other lore and helped Tommy kill the withers after the main takeover

[@Josh-wj7jj]

@@thatoneguyontheinternet4639 it all seems a little convenient though. Techno kills Karl 3 times in the war, makes plans to rebuild L’Manberg and then doesn’t show up again. We know from deaths like Jack Manifold that sometimes the 3 canon deaths aren’t instant as he still had time to walk the prime path before going to hell and telling Satan “no I’m Jack Manifold I’m gonna live”.

[@hadesmeow1]

@@Josh-wj7jj and why wilbur got to the recreation of the van before he ended stream (wilbur as in alivebur)

[@thatoneguyontheinternet4639]

@@Josh-wj7jj If all of Techno's kills were canon, everyone would have one life or be dead, it was also around this time when Karl started to get more involved with lore, so I don't think he would want to be dead. Also, tommy just visited Kimiko kingdom, and Nihachu and many other members have namedropped it (Kimiko kingdom is the city founded by Karl)

[@kawaiihipster8386]

YALL!..... MORE PEOPLE GOTTA SEE THIS!!! IDC IF IT'S "WRONG" I JUST LOVE THIS THEORY!! great job ^u^

[@ServerKitz]

thats a really nice theory!

[@endangwasanani51]

So the shadow person in fundy dream is karl? Why? One of the book on Fundy's dream says "whatever you do do not join him" And karl's book in inbeetween says something like "found as many as people to join you"

[@goatperson3403]

One question I still have is: how does Ranboo fit into this? I don't think it's a coincidence that Ran, his all black enderman side, showed up and acts all mysterious in the same episode as when Karl first enters the all black Other Side.

[@moge2228]

I just had a crazy thought about why Ramboo has memory loss. is the white side of his face somehow connected to the Inbetweeners and their power sapping abilities? Now I cant stop thinking about it

[@cosmiclikesminecraft]

I feel like the two smilies must be different, its a subtle difference but dream's smiley is ALWAYS :) but the Inbetweeners and now the entity in Funday's dream use :] the smiley using a ] could just be a smiley representing the Dreamons as opposed to Dreams :)

[@The.one.and.only.._..]

Ranboo and his white spot… Ranboo is the time traveler dream XD got rid of because he wasn’t able to time travel anymore whit less power…

[@I_like_plant]

"shun whatever mortality they have left" sounds like voldemort

[@hyperhedgehog64]

I think the smile face is not dreams [ he uses :)] but quackity's :] idk why

[@brinsa7013]

I must say, I truly believe you hit the nail on the head based off the blood vine at karls library Also I do want to say that I think its dream ruling the inbetween, he uses Karl to learn about past and future, and ranboo to learn about the present. They both use memory books that they end up losing, we know dream has books in prison as well. Knowledge is power, so dream wants to know about everything Also doesnt dreams smile on his skin look like this? :] (the answer is yes)

[@remcoms]

This video was explained so well and so much in detail but can we appreciate the builds too for a second? They look incredible!

[@first7120]

this is very well put together. well done. might be the best theory yet tbh

[@randomclownguy6]

The strange emoticon of the books makes me think the writing was automated, because :] looks like a robotic smile

[@jellyzimmermann9688]

Fun fact White light isnt actually pure Its a mix out of red,green and blue light But white objects are actually colorless due to them reflecting all kinds of light kinda like the in-between reflecting Karl's Light and Claiming its their own

[@tealnotcya]

I feel like, since now that fundy and George have the same illness, that karl could have that. I would have a lot of sense to why he cant control his travels

[@shad0w876]

i think the inbetweeners are actually ranboo's other side and the other side is or ranboo or the egg

[@Pogitongtrippings]

7:49 he also liked the color red on tommy's stream "Planing to kill dream"

[@leeharzin398]

Man this is crazy especially knowing now Karl has lost memories

[@Itripoften]

If you forget purpled is so far the non traumatized child...Or is he?✨

[@justanotherdreamer5166]

remember when this just was a survival server?

[@hi-lj8uu]

Your “the inbetween sucks out the color in people” and the “other side is the egg” don’t mix with the fact that Hannah’s roses became white tulips when with the egg lol

[@cosmicsocks_]

Animagician has a really nice voice

[@scruffles3838]

What is the white half of ranboo means that he's half inbetweener?

[@jc42320]

@Animagician hear me out hear me out Follow Up Theories (separate or combined): > If Dream just made a deal with the In-Betweeners, he might have used some magic/power from the In-Betweeners to control Ranboo to gain some of his own powers, hence why Ranboo had “said” that “he is in control” in one of his streams > Because the egg is losing some of its power from the In-Betweeners intercepting the time travelers, it appears in the current timeline of the Dream SMP to regain more power by sapping the current characters in order to save Karl/itself and “The Other Side” > The In-Betweeners might actually be Wilbur and Jschlatt (not ghostbur). Given that some theories appeared recently (after Tommyinnit's revival) stating that Ghostbur is really just the “nice side” of Wilbur, it can be proof that perhaps Wilbur and Jshlatt are actually sapping from Karl’s power so that they can revive themselves: an alternative way since Dream isn’t willing to revive them. (This also solves the factor of the motivation of the In-betweeners.) > Adding on: Since Dream is god-like, this might be why he revive Tommy without using any equipment or power: because he already has power; and Wilbur and Schlatt need power in order to revive themselves, because they don't have any.

[@jc42320]

Pls credit me if you are doing a video about this :)

[@sebastianchamberlin1677]

If the in-betweeners want control then that Sounds like Dream. Dream wants to control the sever. My personal take on this is Dream is like an apprentice that wants to have his Masters approval so he branched out to to take control of a sever him self

[@mayacrod]

For me I think that whatever is controlling the inbetween has put a curse on the dream smp land, so people are cursed with bad memory and even possessed to do horrible things

[@Mad_Rabbit69]

Maybe quackity could be involved in some form now? Since he’s been trying to get info from dream and it appears he’s some how involved with Fundy’s nightmare trap, and at the end of fundys nightmare we see a smile something quackity also has. But that’s my crack theory.

[@elysianblues]

I dont think its a crack theory. I dont know all the recent lore, but i know that the face :] was used. If :) is used/symbolizes Dream, there is a high chance that :] represents Quackity. Quackity wants power, over all, this can be seen in him leaving Schlatt only when it damaged him emotionally too much, joining Pogtopia as he thought they would win. Another example could be when he wants to bring Schlatt back from the dead, for power. Your theory that Nightmares are related to Quackity is actually very viable, but those nightmares could actually be causes form trauma, but Quackity somehow interferes. How? Dream. Im not too sure about Quackity current lore, but if when he tortured Dream (very unhumane, just because he wanted power from a criminal does not mean he has to torture him) and gained the book? Who says that book, powerful enough to contain the secret to bringing back the dead, cant contain other secrets? Dream's name could also hint to Nightmares; that is obvious. So if Dream read the book, and memorized it, he would most likely provide Quackity with the info he does not need at first, then give the secret to necromancy. Also, Quackity told Dream to 'tell me everything in that book' which could contain other information, some of which could be on Dreams. But what about the :] in the inbetween? I dont think its from Dream, :) and :] are too different for both to be from Dream; I feel that the video is stretching that concept. A more likely concept is that Quackity decided to copy Dream in a way, a smile distinctive enough from :) but still invoking fear. Also, another thing to consider; George's 'lore'. No one is sure if its a joke about sleeping, but that could tie into stuff. George being oblivious to everything, stuck in 'sleep' for a reason. If the book truely held information about sleep, nightmares or dreams, Dream could control George through the excuse of 'sleep'. Overall, I think the most important bit of the book is that it could had contained more than just necromancy. (oh god that went very off topic)

[@gabrielc7861]

Also fundy's nightmare proves that Quackity uses a smile too just like dream