Thread by @MrBeast

Fishtank Svengali Ritual Watch Mega-Thread

This is meant for archival purposes to monitor and tell the tale of 2 innocent Zoomer Girls and how they lost their souls and free will to being Live Stream cashcows

This will show events from before, during, and after the show

Sven·ga·li:
a person who exercises a controlling or mesmeric influence on another, especially for a sinister purpose.

Svengali, the evil musician who hypnotizes, controls, and exploits Trilby , a young girl, and makes her a great singer who is unable to perform without his help

Conception:

The first mention of FIshtank was back in Fall of 2022 under the name

"Hell House"

(A house in which each room contains a gruesome tableau of a sin and its divine punishment, intended to encourage the spectator to seek salvation in Christ)

Marketability:

Enter Jet, it is under him the show is rebranded as "Fishtank"

A 24/7 live stream (no privacy) where faceless viewers can torment and ridicule the contestants (psychological warfare)

The contestants are dehumanized into "Fish" imprisoned in a "Tank"

The promotion of the show puts on display the naivety of the victims and glorifies the premise of the ability to exploit this fact

Main Targets:
Notice how Jon opens the trailer and Josie closes it (Most innocent contestants {Charlie archetypes})

Prior to the start of the show Jet and Sam mention a "Native American girl" they both favor

We later learn this is Josie (Navajo ancestry)

Sam also says "That one was a biological female right"

Josie MtF theories would go on to torment her throughout the show

A Planted Seed

Upon the start of the show 2 female contestants showed themselves to be polar opposites in personality (appealing to 2 separate audiences)

Letty would take up the bright and bubbly girl role

Josie would take up the shy timid introvert role

Both showed marketability

From day 1 however Josie's popularity would surpass every other contestant and remain this way till the end

Having already been on Svengali's radar from the beginning they would be happy that their Cash Cow was an immediate success, hence she would be shown favoritism throughout

Josie was meant to be the face of the show, Letty the back up incase the Josie scheme failed

Their finale together was inevitable

Josie winning and Letty second symbolizes the priority they were in the scheme

Vance never stood a chance, get over it

Now it is important to go over the separate schemes used on each girl to show the tactics they used to break them down and keep them in the spotlight

Each would appeal to their egos and isolate them from the rest while keeping all the viewer attention on them

Letty:

Bubbly girl who always wears bright clothing and "Just wants to have fun". Craves the attention

She would be prompted by the producers to plays a villain role, socially isolating her from the rest of the cast

The spotlight she craved would be one of ridicule ad malice

Told off screen by the producers she's doing great, but yelled at and berated by them on screen

She hung in their for a light at the end of the tunnel, that all the hate and abuse would lead to something

"Hey Letty everyone in the house hates you. Viewers have seen what your psycho Ex has leaked. When you go back upstairs we will yell at you again.

But do not be discouraged! You are pivotal to so many plotlines! You are doing great!

Everyone is talking about you..."

Josie's indoctrination was the polar opposite

Josie naturally stayed out of the spotlight despite being the most popular due to her timid nature

Coddling her would be the best way to open her up for viral moments

(Here is a plushie gift in the Hell House! dont quit just yet)

They had trouble breaking Josie down (Guro and Hassle angles did not work)

Until they had her beg for plushies, and that lucrative bit would seal her fate

This trial run would cement her as the egirl cashcow they so desperately sought

It is important to also note the role the confirmed Plant Damiel played in the ritual

Despite Josie's popularity, those in the house viewed her as weak

(She was voted most likely to be leave first)

There was no TTS as well so their was no contact with the outside world

Yet Damiel was the first to approach and ally with Josie

He was also later revealed to have a phone

(Contact with the outside, knowledgeable of her popularity {Delve deeper and you learn Damiel was using her clout to boost his rap career from day 1})

Damiel would also take part in the further social isolation of Letty

Rallying the others against her and using her most vulnerable moments against her to further debase her

(Symbolism of throwing her clothes in the toilet: Producers throwing her soul into shit to taint her)

Damiel, the Producer's Puppet, would have a false elimination followed by a return

(False prophet rising body and soul, fake plant and false villain)

When Damiel truly left would be when the "Letty villain collusion" began

Damiel was merely meant to turn the tide

Producer Paid TTS would continue to encourage Josie to stream but she would turn it down

Damiel would be the first "friend" to encourage her

Coddling Josie and isolating Letty

His role was written to fulfill the beginning preperations of the ritual

It is also important to note that Jon lead "Team Good" would collapse instantly isolating Letty early on

(Simmons Pedo Plant [do not research])

"Team Evil" led by D(evil)amiel would be friends till the end, each giving their blessing to Josie as they left

Both would reach the finale groomed into their roles perfectly

Sunken cost will keep them from leaving at this point

Letty: "I've endured this much, only a little more to go."

Josie: "People believe in me and are counting on me, I cannot let them down."

The ritual has begun

Dehumanization

Forced to dress in clothes of the producers choosing and to sleep on the floor

Can not leave the room or even use the bathroom without permission

Unable to shower or brush their teeth

(Poor hygiene, treated like cattle)

Deprivation

Over 100 challenges in total

Ranging from mental, physical, and spiritual

Staying up till 6 am every day doing back to back challenges

TTS price lowered to keep constant stimulation

This exhaustion would hinder their judgment and ability to resist

Humiliation

On the 40th night (Biblical) the humiliation would begin

Spit take bukkake where they would be laughed, mocked, and spat on

(After they had been given permission to shower)

Got on their knees to lick Chris's navel, ended in a tie

(All for nothing)

A goat was present during this ritual

First name given being the false name
Jessie = Jesus

The second name being the true name
Beans - Baphomet

Said to be a hermaphrodite (unnatural) and died shortly afterword (sacrifice)

It was meant to symbolize Josie and Lettys initiation

The finale wasn't a bit, but a sealing of their fates to confirm the ritual was a success

Bad Ending: No Winners

Meant to break their spirits once and for all, bring them to their lowest point

It was all for nothing

Willy Wanka Bit

Loss of innocence childhood movie ruined

They will forever look back at this "wholesome" moment that occurred after 6 weeks of torture and humiliation

And yet they will have the last impression be one of "innocence" and "joy"

But we got our Wholesome Chungus ending right?

Despite the fact both Letty and Josie are no longer who they were when they entered

The cheerful Letty became the piss stained villain

Are the shy Josie became mascot and face of the show

They are now unrecognizable

As @pseudojosie would point out to me, the finale occurred on May 29th (Memorial day)

The same day the Svengali actor, John Barrymore, death

This finale was dedicated to his memory

@pseudojosie would also point out to me that the actress who plays Tribly, the girl groomed by Svengali, is named Marian Marsh

Her birth name is Violet (Violeta {Letty}) Ethelred Krauth

In a movie titled Missing Daughters she was a character named Josie

An interesting bit was where Jet talked about Josie's "Soul killing her but her body remaining intact" and that if she "Goes home she will lose that weapon"

He once again emphasizes "stalkers" she may encounter at home, away from their "safety"

Not to mention the fact that S(vengali)am had his tail slip out of his pants during the finale

Josie would reveal that she said in her Fishtank interview that Chris4Life, world's best DDR player, was her inspiration

Sam would go on to mock him and make this mockery a staple of Josie stream starting from her first

Chris Chike would go on to learn of this and denounce Josie

Going so far as to call her entire situation "Toxic"

Sam is destroying her old idol in order to become her new God.

Josie's Taco Bell Mukbang stream happened while everyone else was hanging out in Jet's apartment

You can hear them laughing an talking in the background

Just like with the plushie begging, being isolated away from everyone else for the sole purpose but to appease the fans

Jet constantly speaks of the "stalkers" she will face when leaving, calling it unsafe

They even let her dox "slip" through TTS

Her mother in a desperate appeal says they will fix her room window

And yet her stay in RI continues to extend....

So how much is a bit?

How much of it is real?

At what point is it no longer Post-Ironic Humor?

I mean, they do technically own their life stories

But I mean what would they actually do with it....

So was it really a ritual?

Was it just a bunch of coincidences?

Am I an attention whore schizo shit poster?

Did you really waste your fucking time reading all this?

Well since this is an MDE run show, how much was a bit and how much was real will remain vague and unanswered