terryjr

My personal theory is that Joel couldn't become a Rithmatist because he is already being used as a vessel for something. Here are my reasons: Joel's father traveled a lot to potentially dangerous places like Nebrask. Joel's father was not a Rithmatist, but somehow was able to figure out stuff about Rithmatists that no one else was able to figure out. Due to those two points I theorize that Joel's father was being used as a vessel for something. Perhaps this is a third side we haven't even encountered yet. When Joel's father died Joel was sitting in a room with him holding his hand. My theory is that at this point whatever was using Joel's dad for a vessel transferred to Joel. When Joel tried to touch the thing in the inception room it reacted badly because of whatever is already using Joel as a vessel. Anyway, this is my theory, but I hadn't seen it proposed anywhere yet.