Orange Side Theory: Malus

Scrolling through the sanders sides tag after the asides drop like

Hey fanders come get this

This is just a small theory, but I always thought that if the orange side ends up being wrath/anger, I like to imagine that their first physical appearance involves them kicking down a door.

I want orange to be a surfer dude. Each side so far has had some level of high energy. Even logan has had his emotional outbursts. What if orange just does. Not. Care. Hes just super chill and possibly high all he time.

Each side cares about something. Logan with keeping thomas scheduled, patton about guiding thomas, virgil keeping thomas safe ect. But orange is just there, chilling.

Virgil: *freaking out about something*

Orange: so what?

Virgil: What do you mean?!? We. Could. die!!

Orange: ahaha. Thats sick my guy. Right on 🤘

Oh. And hes the one who “taught” virgil to skateboard.

Remus: *does something incredibly disturbing*

Orange: thats gnarly bro. Anyway. Wanna help me convince Virgil to get high? My man has been totally on edge lately.

Janus: *ranting about society*

Orange: chiiiiillll bro. You gotta just go with the flow.

Janus: wh-

Orange: *nodding wisely* the flow man. Go with it

Edit: i am now realizing thomas really does need to chill hes been freaking out too much. so that side could actually really help him pffft

Can we talk about Thomas' outfit in the anniversary video for a sec?

Because the first thing I thought when I saw it was WAIT I have seen that orangey jacket before

It was in LNTAO with this lovely blue (*cough* Logan's color *cough*) shirt. Ya know, the episode where Logan had his little uncharacteristic outburst and threw a paper ball at puppet Roman?

And where the lighting behind him up the stairs has a suspiciously orange cast to it?

Yep. There's also a glimpse of a very similar jacket (in addition to some other orange items) in WTIT in Thomas' room when one of Remus' contraptions is set in motion, right before Nico appears and Logan goes all orange-eyes at Remus.

And then it appears again in the anniversary video, where we get yet another teaser of the orange side in the end card. Seems like the jacket is a subtle little nod to the orange side if you ask me.

ALSO

Thomas' shirt in the anniversary video is reminiscent of the flower/skull shirt he wore in CLBG:

Possibly the skull motif in the anniversary special shirt is a hint that there is another unknown, possibly dangerous, side (aka orange) on the horizon? This would be in line with Thomas also wearing a shirt with a skull on in it in CLBG, when Janus was introduced.

The colors on the anniversary shirt also make me think that it’s meant to represent all the sides introduced so far, since it includes all their colors (red for Roman, blue for Logan and Patton, purple for Virgil, yellow for Janus, and green for Remus) but notably no orange. These sides have all been acknowledged and accepted (more or less) by Thomas and he recognizes them as an essential part of himself and his decision-making process, which corresponds with them being represented by the shirt, an item of clothing which (despite what Remus would claim) is an essential part of Thomas’ outfit.

And if the shirt represents the known sides, the jacket represents the orange side. The jacket is a part of Thomas' outfit, but it's not as essential or as important as his shirt, and it is separated from Thomas himself by a degree by his shirt, which aligns with how the orange side is currently situated; he is still a part of Thomas, but he is unknown and unaccepted, so while he still has a presence and shows up indirectly on occasion, he stands apart from both the others and Thomas.

Anywho, I think we've seen that Thomas' clothes do tend to hold some meaning (think the space shirt in the Logan-centric WTIT and the shifting floral/skull design in CLBG) and I don't think any item of clothing has ever been worn twice like the orangey jacket has, so maybe this is overanalyzing something insignificant but maybe it's not?

TL;DR: Thomas' jacket represents the orange side and shows up in connection with him several times, while Thomas' shirt represents all the other sides and his acceptance of them.

I have seen some people headcanon Logan and Orange as twins. And can I say, I absolutely love that suggestion.

The thing with Logan being Logic is that he's rational, he tends to be impartial and objective. People say he lacks emotion but it's more that the majority of his decisions/actions are not emotionally motivated, like it would be for the others. He's reasoning, the difference between the factual right and wrong, how you work out semantics of things when given context. He is, above all else, well... logical.

Wrath is far from that. It's irrational, highly emotional, subjective, illogical. You don't need a reason to hate someone sometimes, you know? Sometimes you just get this gut instinct that you should despise them. Small things can build until the wrathful side of you lets loose (an example being Thomas' frustration with Nico supposedly ignoring him until he momentarily snaps). Everything Wrath encourages Thomas to do will be emotionally motivated purely by his nature.

Wrath isn't exactly the opposite of logic as such but man, would they make some pretty interesting foils for each other. Not to mention that blue and orange are complementary colours, the same way red and green are to each other.

narcissus at the pond

I haven't seen anyone talking about this, but I think that the orange side watching the others in the calendar is a neat little thing.