Probably the most divisive questions you’ll be able to ask a Yellowjackets fan is whether or not the occasions within the present are supernatural or have a logical foundation behind them. The longer the present goes on, the extra supernatural the occasions seem—and but, many of those seemingly inexplicable occurrences have already been given a proof.
Yellowjackets
- Launch Date
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November 14, 2021
- Community
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Showtime, Paramount+ with Showtime
- Showrunner
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Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Jonathan Lisco
The screams are frogs. The Man With No Eyes got here from a business. The listing goes on and on. In reality, for each seemingly supernatural occasion in Yellowjackets there’s a much more lifelike various. From different unusual noises to the teams’ hallucinations and drawings, here is what we predict is absolutely happening.
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Lottie and the Bear
One of many strangest issues to occur throughout season 1 concerned Lottie Matthews (Courtney Eaton) and a bear. On the peak of the women’ hunger, the bear made its option to their cabin, the place it promptly lay down in entrance of Lottie and allowed her to slaughter it. The ladies took this as a present from the Wilderness, and at first look, it is onerous to argue in any other case. Nonetheless, a second look reveals an equally probably (and maybe equally unusual) reply to the bear’s conduct.
Bear With Us…
Whereas it is attainable that the Wilderness provided the women the bear, it is simply as probably (if no more probably) that it was merely disoriented. Extra particularly, it is attainable that the bear ate among the shrooms that Misty used on the others, or it may have been uncovered to the gases within the cave that the women present in Season 3. In each circumstances, this might have triggered the bear to behave surprisingly, probably main it to search out the women and fall down earlier than them. Actually, a bear getting excessive and primarily serving itself up as lunch was a lucky coincidence for the women, however it nonetheless appears the extra lifelike possibility.
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Mari and the Dripping Sound
Throughout Season 2 of Yellowjackets, the women’ hunger worsened, and their sanity slipped together with it. A number of instances, Mari talked about listening to a dripping sound that, at first, not one of the different ladies may hear. Towards the top of the season, a couple of of the others started to listen to it as properly, earlier than Mari suffered a horrifying imaginative and prescient. To a Wilderness believer, this imaginative and prescient appeared to portend a horrible destiny to return, however what if the reasoning behind the dripping was one thing a lot easier?
Auditory Hallucinations
Very similar to Akilah who thought her lifeless rat was alive, we assume Mari was hallucinating as a consequence of starvation. Auditory hallucinations may be simply as convincing as visible ones, and as soon as Mari talked about the dripping sufficient instances, it is attainable the opposite ladies satisfied themselves they heard it, too. It is also attainable that the dripping sound stemmed from one thing actual, however not harmful, such because the snow melting round them. In each circumstances, Mari’s imaginative and prescient merely reinforces the concept she was hallucinating the noise in some method, since stated imaginative and prescient may have resulted from her starvation as properly.
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The Image
From bushes to the cabin flooring to Taissa’s shrine, the image of the Wilderness is in all places. A triangle physique with a circle on high, a number of strains extending on both sides, and a hook-like form on the backside, it is onerous to grasp what the image is making an attempt to depict. Nonetheless, simply because a logo is obscure would not make it supernatural. Moreover, viewers have not been proven who drew the symbols, however that does not imply that the Wilderness had a hand in creating them.
Different Symbolic Solutions
We already know that somebody was residing within the Wilderness earlier than the women (the fan-named “Cabin Daddy”), so it is fully attainable he drew the symbols. It is also attainable that Kodiak was accountable, since we see him strolling previous a tree with one. On this case, it is probably that they function a method for him to navigate the woods. In truth, there are such a lot of different issues the image can stand for and so many different methods it may have gotten there. No matter whether or not it is a hobo image or an underground map, it would not appear supernatural, simply mysterious.
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The Drawings
All through the sequence, a number of characters have been proven drawing darkish and disturbing photographs, together with Javi, Travis, and Sammy. Lots of the different characters have assumed these drawings are omens of sinister issues to return. Nonetheless, as of now, the drawings have not actually predicted a lot of something. Moreover, something they did predict (or maybe will predict) could possibly be simply defined.
Retroactive Prophecies
It is simple to use that means to one thing retroactively. Within the case of Travis’ drawing of 4 figures, followers have speculated that it is meant to depict Ben’s physique and the three frog scientists. Nonetheless, it may additionally characterize 4 different individuals in a myriad of various conditions—the picture is just being utilized to Ben and the scientists as a result of they match the sample.
Relatedly, Javi’s drawings appeared to depict issues he noticed whereas he was alone within the Wilderness, and Sammy’s would possibly relate to issues he noticed from his mom’s alter ego. In different phrases, nobody has stated, “this picture means x will occur” earlier than that occasion occurred—it is all the time been tied again after the actual fact, revealing easy sample recognition, not one thing supernatural.
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Akilah’s Visions
All through Season 3, Akilah has had a number of visions, together with one by which Ben was the women’ bridge again to civilization and one other that includes a terrifying three-eyed bear. After Ben was killed, the women have been discovered by Kodiak and the frog scientists, which appeared to suggest that his demise was the reply to them going house. Nonetheless, in essentially the most literal sense, Ben did not must die for the scientists to search out them. In truth, his demise is perhaps the precise motive why their keep within the Wilderness turns into extended.
A number of Interpretations
The straightforward truth is that Akilah’s visions have not actually been confirmed true but, and even totally dissected. Within the case of the bear, it is onerous to find out what the imaginative and prescient “predicts,” and in terms of Ben being the bridge, it is attainable Akilah felt responsible about condemning Ben and was now making an attempt to subconsciously discover a method for him to outlive. Plus, Travis outright stated that the Wilderness did not select Akilah, he was merely making an attempt to get Lottie to cease harassing him by saying it had. It isn’t Akilah’s fault that Travis made her imagine in her visions, however now that he is given her motive to not, we’ve got motive as properly.
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Lottie’s Visions and Possession
Greater than every other character, Lottie seems to imagine in and worship the Wilderness. A number of instances, she’s claimed to listen to it chatting with her, most noticeably within the cabin when it seemingly possessed her. Throughout this second, she started saying horrifying issues in French, a language she apparently did not actually know. On the similar time, the window flew open, and the candles went out, all which appeared to suggest one thing supernatural—or as soon as once more, coincidental.
Psychological Sickness and Unlucky Timing
Towards the top of Season 1, Lottie speaks in French but once more, suggesting that her information of the language is perhaps higher than Jackie suspected. Moreover, it is proven that the climate is fairly intense, which simply explains the window flying open, and in flip, the candles being blown out. Plus, we’re conscious that Lottie takes Loxipene, which appears to be a play on a medicine for schizophrenia, Loxapine. To summarize, Lottie probably believes she’s listening to the Wilderness, however that is probably as a consequence of her not taking her treatment, not as a result of she truly is.
It must also be famous that Lottie seemingly foresaw her personal demise after Laura Lee baptized her. Particularly, she noticed a stairway suffering from candles, much like the place she truly died. Nonetheless, different components of her imaginative and prescient—such because the stag—are nowhere to be seen, whereas others, like the steps themselves, are under no circumstances uncommon or unusual. Moreover, it is attainable Lottie was making an attempt to recreate the imaginative and prescient herself versus having stumbled upon it, that means that, as soon as once more, her visions weren’t supernatural, solely tragic.
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Useless Birds
Throughout Season 2, episode 3, the women depart the cabin solely to search out dozens of lifeless birds. They don’t seem to be certain how they acquired there, however Lottie suggests they gather them as “blessings.” If that weren’t creepy sufficient, concurrently, Shauna will get a nostril bleed. Collectively, this appears to recommend one thing darkish is at onerous—or probably, one thing scientific.
Unhappy, however not Supernatural
Given the opposite poisonous fumes on the island, it is attainable the birds have been merely poisoned, which triggered them to fall mid-flight. Equally, Misty means that the iron within the floor may have thrown off their sense of navigation, resulting in the identical destiny. As for Shauna’s nostril bleed, it may have been triggered by stress, hormones, or no matter triggered the birds to die. Like many different objects on this listing, lifeless birds are a scary sight, however that does not make them a supernatural one.
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Tai’s Sleepwalking and Darkish Tai
Since Season 1, Tai’s sleepwalking has been one of many central mysteries of Yellowjackets. It is led her to kiss Van, kill her canine, and almost stumble off a cliff, amongst different issues. Moreover, whereas she sleepwalks, it seems that Tai is being managed by another person, a darker model of herself. This all results in the questions of what/who’s controlling Tai, why, and importantly, how.
Stress and Trauma
In some ways, the looks of Darkish Tai is likely one of the tougher occasions within the present to logically clarify. Doubtlessly, Tai may have Dissociative Identification Dysfunction, however actress Tawny Cypress has confirmed this wasn’t the intent. Nonetheless, it is nonetheless attainable that her stress has led her to develop a short lived fugue state the place she’s appearing on her darker impulses. This model of her would possibly even be a “realer” model that she’s tried to suppress, however can not management.
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Van’s Cellphone Name
Van and Taissa’s relationship is likely one of the most vital in all of Yellowjackets. And but, issues have not precisely been paradise in Season 3. Between Van’s most cancers and the resurgence of Darkish Tai, the 2 are on shaky floor—which could clarify the weird telephone name Van seemingly receives from “actual Tai.”
Van’s Most cancers
Admittedly, the scene by which Tai calls Van on an unplugged landline is likely one of the stranger occasions within the present. How did the telephone work and the way did Van hear “actual Tai” when she did not but know Darkish Tai had taken over? Merely, and tragically, this incident is perhaps an indication that Van’s most cancers is spreading all through her mind. Hallucinations would not be something new for this present, and medical-induced ones, like with Tai’s grandmother, additionally appear pretty frequent. Plus, there’s each motive to suspect that Van did know Tai was being managed by Darkish Tai and that this was her unconscious’ was of constructing her confront the reality.
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Shared Hallucination within the Cave
Throughout Season 3, the women wander right into a cave seeking Coach Ben. Three of them—Shauna, Akilah, and Van—by accident inhale gasoline and wind up hallucinating. Whereas the person hallucinations make sense, what’s tougher to elucidate is the shared imaginative and prescient they’ve quickly after, one involving Jackie, a teacherly Lottie, and a painful, doubtlessly lethal slap bracelet.
It Was All the time Us
At first, the concept of the three ladies sharing a hallucination appears weird, however it’s not as farfetched as you would possibly suppose. Possibly the shared portion occurred as Ben was pulling them to security, at which level they heard each other’s mumblings and had related visions. It is also attainable that the visions had some overlap however have been pretty distinct, however the ladies are specializing in the elements that have been the identical. They could even be convincing one another that all of them noticed the identical factor, a lot the identical method they’ve satisfied one another that every little thing else is supernatural.
Ultimately, it is attainable that among the occasions happening are supernatural. It is also attainable that, as Shauna stated, “there was no ‘it’ (the Wilderness). It was all the time us.” If that is the case, then the women are blaming the supernatural as a method to deal with what they did—and with the looks of Hilary Swank’s character, audiences would possibly lastly study whether or not the Wilderness was actual in any case, and extra importantly, whether or not it will probably ever be really escaped.