The Logan is the Orange Side theory has been making the rounds after the new episode, for obvious reasons, and I’ve seen it enough that I felt the need to push back against it.
I am not trying to harass or insult anyone who believes this theory, and if it turns out to be true I will graciously eat the crow I ordered. But in the meantime, part of theorizing is arguing for and against fan theories, and where this one is concerned I am firmly against.
So, without further ado, here’s 5 reasons why Logan is being influenced by the Orange Side, and is not the Orange Side himself:
That’s Not How the Dark Sides Work
Dark Sides aren’t actually defined by being “dark”- “The Dark Sides” is a nickname Roman gave them and Virgil consistently corrects it to the Others- nor are they inherently different from the Core Sides. What makes the Dark Sides different is that Thomas views them differently; they’re sides he would “prefer not to know about”. What makes a Dark Side a Dark Side is Janus having hidden them away because Thomas didn’t want to accept them as himself, and any other shared qualities are either incidental or ultimately stem from that rejection.
Logan can’t just lose it and decide to be a Dark Side, because who is and is not a Dark Side is ultimately up to Thomas, and Thomas already knows and accepts Logan (and yes, Orange is a Dark Side- he was grouped with them in the svsr thumbnail). Instead, Logan going off the deep end himself would likely turn him into something more like LilyPadton. Even if Thomas suddenly decided he wanted to completely reject Logan- and I cannot see Thomas going that far- it wouldn’t spontaneously turn him into a different Side, it would just make him a Logic who wasn’t accepted.
The other option is for Orange to be some sort of suppressed alter-ego of Logan’s, which he would flip to when sufficiently angered/stressed. This would make Orange a Dark Side as he would have been hidden away from Thomas, but it also goes completely against the established worldbuilding. When Thomas decided to accept one part of Creativity and reject another, it resulted in Creativity splitting “into two parts during [Thomas’] development… Like an ovum.” Following that logic (ha), if there were a Dark Side counterpart to Logic, he should be Logan’s twin, not a Jeckyl-and-Hyde-esque alter-ego or Logan-but-orange.
It Messes Up the Rainbow
Remember this shirt?
There’s a flower for each Side, with a field of cherry blossoms underneath to represent Thomas. One flower corresponds to one color, which in turn corresponds to one Side.
Yoo this is so cool and I agree 100%!! Not to rain on the parade of the theorists who think Logan is Orange, you guys do you and have fun! But I personally believe it’s a bit more like OP says!
Mostly because of continuity… and Virgil.
At the end of SvS Virgil tells Thomas to never let Deceit or any of his friendS (plural) hang out for that long ever again. This indicates there IS another side (or more who knows! lol probably not but still more than 1) besides Remus who is coming that Virgil has met before.
At the same time, at the end of Moving On Part 2 Virgil also sort of freaks out about Logan disappearing on them and tells him not to do that again.
I just think that if Logan was Orange, well Virgil would be a lot more defenssive towards him and would definetely not freak out when he was gone in Moving On. Of course there’s the possibility of Logan having an alter ego like OP says, but that contradicts the TSS rules stablished earlier. So yeah! Marvelous arguments OP!
Also please give us another dark side, yes I am ready to draw the little carrot bastard. Thanks.
Sanders Sides Theory (Spoilers for Putting Others First)
What an amazing video!! So well scripted and put together. I’ve missed my boys and I absolutely adored Roman and Deceit in this one. I really want to see how Roman is doing.
After the video, my friend @artyg500 and I came up with a theory. I’m *NOT* saying it’s right, but I really like the idea:
So we all know about the Sanders Sides colour theory. If you don’t, it’s basically that all the sides represent a colour of the rainbow. There’s only one colour missing:
Orange.
Look at the thumbnail of the recent video
There’s a character missing from the game.
For a while, the Fanders have been planning who this mystery side is. And honestly, G and I didn’t find any theories that appealed to us. Until now.
We’d like to introduce “The Seven Deadly Sins” Theory. (We’re not sure if this has been done before, so if we’re not the first, I’m sorry. We aren’t claiming, we just thought it was interesting)
Logan mentions the Seven Deadly sins in the “Intrusive Thoughts” video. Saying that five of the seven deadly sins are already embedded into us. After remember that, I decided to see how the sides connected to the sins, and G helped connect them all together and keep me on track.
From experience, religion does a lot to your personality and moral compass. That’s why I thought it would be interesting to see their dynamics.
If you know the blue crayon theory, research that cause it falls into this theory. But basically, it’s that there’s a that the new side is gonna cause Logan to snap (like the crayon in one of Thomas’ posters).
But what could cause logical, collected Logan Sanders to snap and lose his cool? Here’s what we found:
Again! We are not saying any of this is fact. It’s just a fun theory and I’m sure Thomas has something amazing in mind for SS. Feel free to share thoughts!
i realized like,, if i say ALL the headcanons then i technically wont be wrong,,,, anyways
hes bad. at everything.
oh my god i hope his thing is like, finger guns. (logan fixes his tie, roman and remus do the arm swoop thing, etc.)
ik i said i want a terrible new york accent,,,,, but like,,, consider jersey
no one understands him. not like he speaks in a different language, they just constantly give him a ‘wtf’ look while he talks JHFLKSJFD this is personal obviously. adhd lookin ass
bare minimum himbo.
cant use chopsticks for god itself
maybe,, possibly,,, patton doesnt mind this one? like patton and virgil both seem bothered by janus for a while and roman and virgil are both bothered by remus so maybe,,,,,, idk? id like to see logan annoyed or bothered, itd be interesting. thats kinda why i think its procrastination lol.
cries when he drops his food.
impulsively buys oranges bc he hates wearing the colour KJLADGHAKLJGDHK
his phone is just full of random games he never plays
sense of humor is children tripping or falling. i cannot blame him.
way too straightforward. also a pun, he makes gay jokes whenever possible (not like remus, just puts ‘im gay’ at the end of every sentence JLKRGGHJHKJFKLDFH)
ive said it once and im saying it again hes a BITCHBOYYY and no one is stopping this. if it doesnt happen i will riot and cry simultaniously.
thats it, ill probably make a fourth lmao people seem to like this
