That new LC coming in 2.2... this theory might age like fine wine just yet.

you know it would make sense why only misha and gallagher have voicelines about each other if they arent actual people and only exist in the dreamscape

hoyoverse looking at this be like : oh no she figured it out ?! we should have tried to mislead them even more

One thing I don't find people bringing up is we meet Misha multiple times and there's an odd interaction between the 2nd and 3rd. The 1st time we arrived he was there in the lobby. The 2nd time when we enter the dream he is there in the space between your room and the golden hour. The 3rd time when we help Clockie rescue Misha. There's an option where you can greet him again but this Misha doesn't remember meeting you. The 2nd Misha oddly seemed more calm and collected than the 1st and 3rd. Am I not remembering correctly or has anyone else noticed this too?

12:12 I think this is a reference to the real life psychologists (who studied dreams) Sigmund Freud and his student *Carl* Jung

Great video! I don't remember the Trailblaze Timer item at all, but it's insane that Legwork is mentioned in its description! I am excited to learn more about Misha and Gallagher in the future

the thing with names in secret ending being " ??? " makes a lot of sense.. That was a really great theory video!

Came after 2.2, no Gallagher is not Hanunue. Gallagher is a memetic entity whose real name is the planet itself "Penacony". Though as the person who used him as an avatar, I'm not sure who is that.

The idea about misha and gallagher being created in different ways got me thinking about the entire compliant child thing Gallagher was created to be a friend obviously the watchmaker would want gallagher to be able to interact with people and be apart of penacony alongside him but seeing how that messed up the watchmatcher mightve made misha as someone who only is able to interact limitedly therefore meaning misha is less like to interact with people "turn against him" abandon him or have a falling out with him because if misha cant interact with many then misha is left to only interact with the watchmaker who he sees as his grandpa so why would he NOT want to interact with him

*I'm taking away your cooking licence and promoting you to certified chef. Keep doing what you doing.*

He really is a Furina Expy

My only issue is that Misha does seem to exist since we do meet him right after entering Penacony before the whole boking fiasco with the desk and then meeting Aventurine, Misha stops us and when March calls out to us he let's us go. So we've seen Misha three times, once in reality, once in the corridor when entering the dreamscape and the last time was in the dreamscape with Clockie

na , this is not crazy.I came pretty much to the same conclusion, that Misha is the Watchmaher.l am exited for the reveal.

Super interesting video! I hadn't considered that Misha might be a variant of Mikhail like Furina is of Focalors, but it's an intriguing idea. There's definitely a precedent in Penacony for people creating a new person after losing a friend (thinking of that one guy in the Lesley Dean story whose best friend died, and then he got obsessed with Dean to fill the void). That said, Misha does appear in reality--not just The Reverie, but on the Astral Express. I don't think that this necessarily refutes your idea, though. The memoria is so distorted that I expect the "rules" of dreams and reality are also not functioning properly. Also, if Black Swan can exist outside of the dreamscape with her artificial form, maybe Misha has similar abilities? Also, Misha seems partially based on Goethe's Faust, specifically his technique "Wait, You Are So Beautiful!" which creates a "Dream Prison." I wonder if that means he's supposed to be a moment frozen in time (like the dreamscape itself)? If he's a moment in time AND part of the Watchmaker, that actually makes him a bit like one of Dottore's segments, interestingly. (Though I'm doubtful Dottore would make a segment to preserve childhood innocence lol) There's also a strong theme in Penacony of people wanting to end their life (at least two of the NPCs we help try to jump...). I wonder if that connects to the Watchmaker somehow? Most of those NPCs we help with Clockie are very thematically linked to the larger story, and there's a heavy focus on death. I suppose they might be linked with Aventurine, though. I'm also curious if you have any thoughts about how Penacony used to have 7 families. The Watchmaker and his "family" is clearly an option for one, but I'm super curious about what the other might be! Anyway sorry this is so long haha. Great video!

What if Gallagher is Hanue (Hanu faking his death) ?

3:20 if those two really are rosalina and tiernan, then the weird lavender "astral express" badge with the star shape Misha has on his tie and recieves in the art for the Indelible Promise LC might have even more significance than i initially thought. at first i thought it was because the express crew badges were different all those centuries ago, but if they were the exact same back then as they are now, then why is the one that Misha has so different?

Very interesting theory, thank you! The only thing that bothers me now is we met Misha in reality when we arrived in a hotel for the first time. How does he exist in reality at all (not only exists, but also moves people`s luggages), if no one can see him there? Is he a poltergeist or something...

Isn't misha meets trailblazer in the real penacony at the very beginning?

In russian language Misha = Mikhail just more cute and short, so I was suspicious from the start😅

This'll probably get buried underneath the comments but one thing that sticks in my mind is when Gallagher says his age is "13" - That's how old I'd put Misha at. And when you look at Gallagher's moveset at least in the overworld, he attacks with his feet/legs, sort of a handwave (footwave?) at "Legwork".

But Misha exists in the real world....somehow....i like that thoery of him being a memoria(or whatever black swan is) or something(i forgot how it was the name but it was similar)

Help 13:50 rain😭😭💀💀

Damn, nailed it👏

I swear, compared to genshin's theories, star rail's sounds more like either a crack theory or a fever dream and both ended up being true... (I can't cook theories on Gallagher since the Enigmata thing)