Distant Shores Theory Page

Welcome to the Distant Shores series Theory Page. This is a place where you can discuss confirmed, debunked, and unconfirmed theories about the Distant Shores series.

Current & Unconfirmed Theories

 * MC's a Pirate Captain: Seeing as how the summary says your pirate crew, it is believed the MC will be the Captain. The MC becomes a member of the crew, Edward remains the captain.
 * Compass as MacGuffin: The compass may turn out to be a MacGuffin - a plot device that in the end doesn't have any function - and the reason for the time travel may lay somewhere else. After all, the MC already experienced the first effects of time travel before the compass came into play, and much attention in the first two chapters is put on MC trying to recover it.
 * Vanished Pirate: In Chapter 2, the crew mentions a pirate who vanished before the MC accidentally traveled through time. Players believe this missing pirate is the MC's agent Steve or the director from Chapter 1, who has a vendetta against the MC. This is debunked as both Steve and the director appear in the final chapter without any knowledge of time travel. The story has ended without any further mention who the missing pirate is.

Confirmed Theories

 * Gender of Choice: Many fans hoped and thought this book would break the series of locked books and would allow the player to choose their gender. This was confirmed with the title announcement of the book.
 * Collectibles: It is believed the MC will have the option to collect pirate treasure, items, or messages given how popular collectibles are in Choices. This is confirmed in Chapter 1, when you receive a medallion from Charlie, and it's added to your Captain's Cabin, a place to display special items, weapons, and crew members. Collecting them all will give you a boost throughout the story and unlock a special scene at the end of the book.
 * Robert's Mutiny: It is believed that the members of the crew that will join Robert are Octavia, Ginny, Jonas, and Kendrick. People believe that Octavia will join him because they have a mutual dislike of the MC. People believe that Ginny, Jonas, and Kendrick will join because silhouettes resembling them appear in the Captain's Cabin and that the MC will be able to win them over at different points in the story. This is confirmed in Chapter 4, with Octavia, Kendrick and Jonas (determinant) joined Robert, along with Samuel.
 * Admiral Cochrane's best man: It is believed that the "best man" that Admiral Cochrane sent after the crew is Oliver given that the sneak peeks showed that he is a member of the Royal Navy and he is the only love interest who hasn't made an appearance yet. This is confirmed in Chapter 7.
 * Adoptable Pet: It is believed you have the option to adopt the parrot from the second sneak peek. Moreover, the Captain's Cabin collection shows a bird cage, which may mean you'll be able to spend diamonds to adopt Robert's parrot. This is confirmed in Chapter 9, though with MC adopting a different parrot to Robert's.
 * Oliver's Father: In Chapter 7, if you decide to take Oliver to the pub, he will mention something about being in the family business. As we know, he is the Lieutenant in the royal navy, and it is also confirmed he is the Admiral's best man. This has led players to believe that Admiral Cochrane is Oliver's father. People have also noted that Oliver is the only LI without a confirmed last name. This is confirmed in Chapter 10.
 * Robert: Players believe Robert is a time traveler from the future. In Chapter 12, a premium option to ride ashore with Robert shows him talking about his admiration of pirates and wanting to be one when growing up. Later in the same chapter, he uses dynamite, a 19th Century invention, and the story takes place in the 18th Century. This theory is confirmed in Chapter 14.

Debunked Theories

 * Yvonne and Malatesta cameo appearances: Many fans believe that Yvonne and Captain Malatesta from the Endless Summer series will make cameos due to them being pirates.
 * Similarly, it is believed that Serafine Dupont from the Bloodbound series will have a cameo given that she was a pirate at one point and that the blog post about the Bloodbound finale revealed that in the writers' headcanon, Yvonne and Serafine are the same person.
 * This is ultimately debunked because Yvonne, Malatesta, and Serafine never appear in the story.
 * Distant Shores will be a series: Many players have theorized that Distant Shores will likely be a series instead of a standalone as PB refers to it as "series" on Instagram. Players have also pointed out that there are several plot points that would be hard to wrap up in one book without the ending being rushed such as: Robert being from the future, Admiral Cochrane's quest for power, and the mutual enemy of Robert and Edward's who was mentioned to have mysteriously vanished. This is debunked as PB revealed that Chapter 16 is the series finale on Twitter.
 * Edward: Some players believe that Edward himself is a time traveler or that he already knew about the MC before his/her arrival, given how he called out to him/her, which reminds Chapters players of the beginning of Doon, a book series adapted by Chapters. This is debunked as Edward is not a time traveller, Robert is.
 * Ending: Some players believe that there may be a choice at the end of the story to either stay in the past with one of the love interests or go back to the present. The story has ended without such a choice.