Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25176701-20141115151337/@comment-25176701-20150301152016

FloaterJ wrote: 67.78.228.174 wrote: here is a cool theory of the possible location of the city of light i saw on tumblr : http://viansian.co.vu/post/111445585569/the-city-of-light-a-few-theories-on-what-the

I think that the city may be subterranean or submerged/built underwater (Atlantis).

One of the writers/directors said Emori gave a big hint to the nature of the city of light when she spoke, and I thought of the scene in which the Arkers first meet her and she says the following, "Everyone in the Deadzone is looking for the City of Light, no one ever finds it. I can get you there, if you pull my cart." Well what if the only way to the City is after being tested, or deemed worthy?

Well, that might explain the boat that "just happened" to be sitting there, like it was waiting for them. I was ready to call BS on that, because there's no way that boat could have been sitting there for 97 years, and still remain seaworthy. It had to be placed there. Otherwise, the tides would have taken it long ago.

Yeah, it was obvious the boat was placed there by somebody (who is probably from the City of Light). And I agree that people might have to survive the tests in order to make it to The City of Light.

Now, for my crazy theory: What if Emori put the boat there? What if she was already part of the City of Light? She knocked only Murphy out and not everybody else. She knew that the others would want to wait for Murphy to wake up before continuing on their journey. That would allow for Emori to get a head start. Also, she told Murphy exactly where to go to find the City of Light, however, how would she know exactly where the City of Light "starting point" was (the place with the boat), if she had never been there herself? My guess is that Emori was not supposed to give any hints to where the City of Light was since that could be considered "cheating on the test" and that's why she whispered it to him instead of saying it out loud to the whole group. Emori also took all their weapons and supplies, and at first I thought it was just because she needed them to survive since she claimed her stuff was stolen, but what if it was just to make the journey to the City of Light even harder for them to see if they really were worthy of making it there? My guess is that Emori was one of the "tests" that people had to pass in the City of Light. By that, I mean they had to give away all their supplies and weapons and that would make everything much harder. Emori is probably already a member of the City of Light (just like the guy on the horse behind her probably was) and their job was to test anyone on their way to the City of Light.