Endless Summer Theory Page

Welcome to Endless Summer Theory Page. This is a place where you can discuss confirmed, debunked, and unconfirmed theories from the Endless Summer trilogy.

Unconfirmed Theories

 * Sean and Michelle's Break up: Some fans believe that Becca was one of Michelle's sorority sisters who told Sean that she cheated on him, given Becca's reputation as a bully prior to The Sophomore.
 * Endless Summer/Hero crossover: Several fans believe that the stories of Endless Summer and Hero will eventually have a crossover event. The Prism Crystal was discovered on La Huerta, as well as the fact that Silas Prescott has been referenced in Endless Summer, and Everett Rourke has been referenced in Hero.
 * Rourke isn't the only Hydra: A popular theory on Social Media is Rourke isn't the only Hydra, but instead is one of its "heads", and the remaining two heads are other criminals. The prime suspects for the other two heads appear to be Silas Prescott (he has been friends with Everett for years) and Blaire Hall (her company was making cargo drops on La Huerta, something her own daughter found suspicious). It could also be Estela (as she has a hydra symbol in her dossier) or his daughter that he mentioned in the bonus scene of Act VIII.
 * Photo of the Catalysts: If you free Rourke from his stasis chamber, he will mention in Book 2, Chapter 2 that he became interested in the Catalysts after he found a 500 year old picture that contained the entire group except Aleister. Fans (and the MC themself) believe that the group selfie taken at the end of Book 3, Chapter 10, was this picture.
 * Estela's scar: It is never explained how Estela received the scar over her eye. Fans believe that it was either due to her life as an assassin or that she was abused by Rourke as a child.
 * Diego's crush: It is never explained who Diego had a crush on in Book 1. Fans believe that it was most likely Sean, Jake, or Craig.
 * Possible continuation: Several fans believe that choosing Rourke's ending leaves the story open to have a spin-off or sequel. The presumed plot is you will rebuild your friendships with collectibles that allows the rest of the Catalysts to remember the previous events, which will lead to you forming a rebellion against Rourke's tyranny.

Confirmed Theories

 * MC & The Endless: In the Book 2 Finale, it was confirmed that the Endless is an alternate version of the MC.
 * The Proposals: The order of proposals from each LI mirrors the order that your character met them back in Book 1. The MC meets Sean, then Jake, then Quinn and finally Estela, and this is the order that the LIs propose to the MC in Act VIII.
 * Rourke is Estela's father. Estela's father abandoned her as a child, and as Rourke is shown to be psychotic, he may be the one who gave her the scar on her eye, which explains why she doesn't want to talk about it. She hates him for two reasons - abandoning the family, as well as having her mother killed. Olivia Montoya was so angry that Rourke left her, she planned to expose his crimes. Lila, who Rourke probably tricked into thinking that Olivia was the one who abandoned Rourke, asked "Why did you have to betray him?" (referencing their divorce/separation, not the crime exposure) before killing her. This explains how Estela knew something was behind a painting in Book 1, Chapter 4, and why it was a picture of a sailboat - in Book 1, Chapter 15, it is revealed Rourke sailed to La Huerta in June 1980 (16 years before Estela was born). This also explains why Rourke said "I'm sorry Olivia" in Book 2, Chapter 1 - he may have felt genuine regret for his actions. This also explains the note found in Book 2, Chapter 10, where Rourke mentions he recognises the new junior researcher from somewhere - he may have had an affair with Olivia and left her to avoid bad publicity, but Olivia found out who he was and joined his company to resume their relationship, or confront him. This also explains why Estela's dossier has a hydra symbol and why her first name and middle name is redacted - as her first name appears to be longer than her middle name, maybe she is "Everett Estela Montoya" and goes by her middle name (like Aleister) to hide her connection with Rourke. This also explains why Rourke was sad to kill Estela in Estela's Catalyst Idol Vision. This is supported in Book 1, Chapter 13, where Aleister’s file says the “selected” can never learn his true identity - if Estela was “selected” as the new subject of Directive 1908, then Rourke would not want Estela to learn Aleister’s identity as she would hold Aleister hostage to kill Rourke. This is supported in Book 2, Chapter 13 when Rourke says to Estela that Olivia "of all people", suggesting that Rourke knew Olivia (and possibly Estela) well, and when Iris says she didn’t want to know Olivia, as Imogen Rourke may have been jealous of Rourke’s affair. This is further supported by the bonus scene of Act VIII, when Rourke says "I have a strong, worthy daughter... And I'm all the family she has left.", and Iris mentions that the "new host" has hostile DNA - in Book 3, Chapter 6, Iris refers to the catalysts as hostiles, which means that Estela would be a hostile. This was confirmed in Book 3, Chapter 11, but Estela didn't know that Rourke was her father beforehand.
 * MC & Embers of Hope: This has recently become a theory that because there is no Ember for the MC, that everyone else's Ember will turn out to be something big for us.  This was confirmed in Book 3, Chapter 11, when collecting all Embers of Hope allowed the MC to learn their origin and properly meet Vaanu.

Debunked Theories

 * Lila is a Robot/Artificial Intelligence: Throughout Book 2, several fans came to believe that Lila wasn't a human. Examples include her sometimes bizarre speech pattern, her trance-like persona around Everett Rourke, and showing almost inhuman displays of strength. The Act V bonus scene debunked this by showing her being mauled by a strange creature and later treating her wounds.
 * The mysterious figure is the new form of the Endless: Several fans believed that the ghost giving the group Embers of Hope was the new form of the Endless since they parted with the MC by letting themselves getting swallowed by lava (only if the MC met the Endless in Book 2 finale), which allowed them to bring the group Embers of Hope. This was debunked in Chapter 4 of Book 3 as the Endless has met the group in person and was debunked even further in Chapter 6 as the ghost's identity was revealed to be Vaanu.
 * Island's Heart thief: There are a few suspects as to who stole the Island's Heart at the end of Book 3, Chapter 8. The two prime suspects appear to be Mike Darwin and Aleister Rourke. Fans believe that Mike isn't fully cured of his brainwashing and is still loyal the Arachnids. Fans also suspect that Aleister is a double agent who destroyed the Omega Mech to try to trick the Catalysts into trusting him again. Some fans also suspect Kele, given that he barely speaks and doesn't seem to add much to the plot. A few fans believe Uqzhaal could be the thief given that he has developed negative feelings towards the Catalysts. However, in Book 3, Chapter 9... It was revealed to be Fiddler.
 * The Endless will become a villain: Some fans believe that The Endless will eventually become a villain and will turn out to be the true antagonist of the series with Rourke acting as their puppet. Fans believe that The Endless could have gone insane due to the psychological trauma of watching their friends die over and over, or they see themselves as a superior being due to their abilities. This was disproven in the Act 8 bonus scene when they died of their injuries from a battle against Rourke.
 * Relationship between MC and Everett Rourke: A theory is you are a Rourke International experiment who escaped from him in 1996 but suffer from short term memory loss, explaining why you can seemingly remember nothing prior to the events of the series. This theory has been strengthened by the claim Rourke made in Book 3, Chapter 9. This chapter has also led fans to believe that the MC is Rourke's *biological* child given that he sees them as his heir and stated "It seems nature has succeded where science failed". In Book 3, Chapter 11, it is revealed that the MC was created by Vaanu.
 * Aleister is MC's (half-)brother: Several fans have been led to believe that the MC is related to Aleister given the revelation at the end of Book 3, Chapter 9, that Aleister is Rourke's clone and Rourke views the MC as his heir and is possible their biological father. Aleister is shown to be jealous that Rourke considers the MC more dangerous than him, which some fans have compared to sibling rivalry. In Book 3, Chapter 11, it is revealed that the MC has no 'parents', as they were created by Vaanu. This means that Rourke is not the MC's father, and therefore Aleister is not the MC's (half-)brother.
 * Estela's mother is alive. There is a theory that Olivia's death was faked (as the video showing her death cut off adruptly at the end) and she is alive. If this is true, it is unknown why Lila let the catalysts believe she killed Olivia, although it may be because of her dedication to Rourke. In Book 3, Chapter 11, Rourke confirms that he had Olivia murdered. However she is mentioned to be alive if Your character chooses to let Rourke shape the world in his image.
 * MC can never officially leave La Huerta: A popular theory on Tumblr is that the MC is bound to La Huerta and can never permanently leave the island. Several fans support this by pointing that the MC couldn't remember a popular video game console, didn't contact anyone in the Book 2 finale, and Everett Rourke barely being able to find any information on you except your birthday. This is contributed to in Book 3, Chapter 10, when you reveal to your spouse that you can't remember your parents names. MC's astrological symbol, Andromeda, may constitute her as a sacrificial lamb against the Raanlosti caused by Rourke and his schemes. However, if the MC decides to finish project Janus and alter history, then the MC will be at hartfeld.