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A small theory thread about who might be reversing the loonaverse timeline because the cb is near 
Ok so how do they even reverse time/go through it again? the answer is the cassetes and cassete players that keep showing up in LOONA mvs
This ability was first introduced to us in Vivi's Every Day I Love You, where we see Vivi listening to her solo and that there are cassetes for every 1/3 member + Yeojin
This MV also has an unusual aspect ratio, reminiscent of the old school video (aka when we had VHS), this is also brought back in 1/3's Rain 51db, and it's very obvious it plays on VHS
Vivi was very likely re-living past events by listening to her solo, notice the cassette case is also broken, which is probably related to the fact that Vivi very likely lost her memories/can't remember correctly, which I'll bring up again later
The aspect ratio and same sort of static effects show up again in multiple occations, I'll use this frame of Rain 51db for comparison (first pic), the second and third come from the # teaser, and the fourth comes from So What
The idea of going in reverse is also present in several LOONA mvs/teasers. In EDINY things move in reverse several times, in XX´s first teaser, Hi High goes in reverse, and at the very end of So What, the burning feather goes back to it's original form
Now that we have this information, let's look at who has been seen with the cassete player, aside from Vivi.
The first one is Kim Lip, who uses it at the beggining and end of Girl Front, she starts the tape and the video starts, and at the very end she rewinds the tape, to either re-live the events, or to try and change them
The cassete player comes up again in LOONATIC's Lyric video, although this time Kim Lip isn't the one using it
The girls also don't seem happy about this sudden interrumption, showing more serious/disgusted expressions in these few frames
Also I'm aware some people might not really consider the LOONATIC lyric video part of the story since most of it consists of bloopers and bts of other OEC mvs, but it's in the official MV playlist and the clip is very serious compared to rest of the video, so I'll be counting it
Also also I know cassettes are for audio and VHS's are for video so they're not the same thing, but I still think they're meant to follow the same theme of rewinding an event, ik we never see an actual VHS but I assume that's how we see the Rain 51db mv and gives the grainy effec
With that out of the way, let's talk about the next person with the cassette player, Yves, who uses it in New
I also believe Yves and the mysterious girl running around in LOONATIC are the same person (excuse the shitty screenshots but they go by SO FAST)
Anyway, the same map is seen in Girl Front, which btw has stickers of 1/3's + OEC animal's and are probably used to mark the girl's locations (the previous tweet also shows this map)
There's also another sticker, in line with a fish sticker aka Jinsoul, frog sticker aka Yeojin and what I assume is a black bird? no idea about that one BUT the other sticker is an apple, the only fruit with a sticker on the map
I thought it might have been a cherry at first but after looking at it for a while I am 100% sure it's an apple, aka Yves representative's fruit, this leads me to believe that she may have taken the cassete player from Lip OR she gave it to her, in any case this means OEC knew+
about her, and likely used an apple to mark her on the map, she communicates with Choerry on other MVs as well, so it makes sense
It is also possible Yves has her own cassette player and relived the events of Girl Front, so the girls noticed her but coudn't pinpoint her location, hence why the apple doesn't have a specific location
And if that wasn't enough, Yves also messes with a plushie of an Owl aka Lip and of a frog aka Yeojin in New, and before y'all say that's a penguin, the penguin is seen in another part of the machine (w the christmas hat)
In any case, remember when I said Vivi's memories of EDILY might not be the way things actually happened? Well this is where our dear friend Yves comes along again
Although this is more well known, I'll still explain, Yves was very likely reliving the actual events of EDILY. In this version, Yves is the man Vivi had a crush on on EDILY.
Honestly New is probably the most lore heavy mv in all of LOONA but bc we only want to know who is using the cassette player I'll leave it at that (maybe I'll make a thread about New in the future idk)
And this are the only instances where we see a cassette player being used. I will however mention that in Egoist, Olivia burns a cassette tape, I'll bring it up again later.
Now to the original question, who the hell keeps rewinding time and why?
My first theory is that Yves keeps rewinding the timeline's because she doesn't get what she wants from them, we've seen her do horrible things, like abandon Olivia, and also very likely manipulate the girls, especially Chuu and Gowon, to follow her. I'm not 100% sure what she+
wants but I'm assuming she wants to be in control of her future and the future of the loonaverse, hence, she goes back everytime something doesn't go the way she wanted. All the girls are happy but she's not in control? Rewind. Olivia gets mad and burns everything? Rewind.
Another theory is that Lip is the one rewinding time like she did by playing the tape backwards in Girl Front, to reunite the girl and get the best timeline possible, this can explain going back in time for So What, but not so much for Hi High.
So the second and a half theory is that both Yves and Lip are rewinding time, one for her own selfish reasons and the other for the sake of the other girls.
A third theory could suggest Gowon is the one rewinding time and trying to actually change things, causing a 'butterfly effect'. Maybe the girls aren't actually able to change the things they relive, just watch them, but Gowon, with a special ability, might be able to actually+
influence the events of any given timeline, thus actually making a change. Maybe this is also why Yves crowned her in One&Only, because she knows Gowon has the power to change things and not just rewatch them.
On a final note that doesn't really relate to the original question of the thread, I think maybe what Olivia was burning in Egoist was So What's timeline/era, we know from both mvs she B U R N S stuff, and like I showed way back, So What also has the same tape like effect.
And that's the end! Thanks for reading
I might make more theory threads in the future not rlly sure, but follow me just in case I would also love to see what other Orbits theorize!
I might make more theory threads in the future not rlly sure, but follow me just in case I would also love to see what other Orbits theorize!
Hi so since more people are funding this thread I wanted to say that I missed a cassette player! It’s in the Butterfly mv and I don’t see who exactly holds it but I’m sure it’s not one of the girls, I think butterfly was more of how many of LOONA’s messages+
Apply to women around to the world but I think a theory thread surrounding the Butterfly mv and lyrics would be great and maybe I’ll do one in the future!
Also more things happened in Why Not that may apply to things I mentioned here so look forward to that!
