Hiveswap theory #2 (Finally)

Enough procrastination lets get down to business!

A. Claire is John Egbert.

Just kidding, though lets be honest, that’s probably the case somehow.

I’m here to talk, not about who A. Claire is, but what happened to her.





All we really know about A. Claire is that she is dead. Everyone seems busy asking who she is, but I’m more interested in what exactly happened to her. I believe that A. Claire died in connection to the portal. And Jude witnessed her death.

1: Jude knows about the portal and seems to be terrified of the thing, and what it means.

We know Jude knows about the portal, and we know that he knows that if Joey goes near it he will ‘lose’ her. But how does he know this? Some have speculated that because of the blueprints in his treehouse Jude was the one to build it. But I don’t think that’s true, he’s just a kid after all. So then how does he know what it does? And why is he so scared of it?

“Well how do we know he’s scared of it?” You might ask. Look at the way his message is worded. “Joey please, I can’t lose you too, please don’t.” He doesn’t want to lose his sister, he is begging her not to go near it. And I’m willing to bet a little kid like him would be crying because of that. He knows that if she goes near it he will lose her, just like he lost his mom. That thought terrifies him.

This proves that Jude knows what happens when you go near the portal.

I believe that Jude witnessed A. Claire’s death for multiple reasons.

1) Jude was traumatized by the event.

Notice how Joey words this. Not “when my brother got hurt doing something” or “after something happened” but “when things got really bad.” Joey isn’t a little kid, it’s not that she doesn’t fully understand the concept of say, breaking a bone, but she probably wouldn’t feel comfortable explaining a mental breakdown of her brother to a stranger. She is using her wording to dodge a question.

2) This trauma caused Jude’s obsession with the unexplained.

Yes, Jude is a kid at an age where it would be totally normal for him to like conspiracy theories. But it’s not just that he 'likes’ conspiracy theories, he seems to have an obsession with them. Actually going as far as to boobytrap his house, hide the key to the attic, construct security measures, and plan for an attack such as the one we see take place in the game. He knows what he’s doing because he pours all of his time and energy into learning as much as he can, questioning everything.

3) what I think happened to A. Claire

A. was in the attic with her young son Jude, she approached a large shape hidden under a sheet. As A. inspected the machine she either found the key near by or was already in possession of it. Something in her mind compelled her to use the key on the door(that same way it did with Joey). The portal opened, sucking her through. But the other half of of the portal wasn’t complete. So the portal simply killed her. All the while her son watched, helpless to stop the death of his mother. While he doesn’t remember every detail. He still yearns to figure out what happened to his mom and how that portal got into his attic.





I know this one has quite a few holes in it but it’s two am where I am and I knew if I didnt do it now I never would. Feel free to add your own thoughts!