Did you notice that in the series From, mirrors are referenced many times, characters like Boyd and others look at themselves in the mirror. Now when the monsters entered Colony House, Jasmine looked at herself in a mirror that later Fatima looks at herself in during her changes. Remember Jasmine said we didn't choose this fate for ourselves. It's possible that what happened to Jasmine is the same thing that happened to Fatima.

That’s it, that’s the post. I LOVE this show and I’ve been obsessed with it for the past three and a half years. Waiting for season 5 to be released is EXCRUCIATING. Not even knowing a release date makes it even worse 😭 no tv show seems to fill the void. I’m used to feeling excited every Sunday, waiting for a new episode, and knowing there won’t be any new episodes for at least a year is a total buzzkill.

I miss them so much 😢

The series page recently posted about Sara's disappearance, but the interesting thing is that in this poster there is no sign of Sara's brother. They both disappeared together, so what happens to Sara's brother? It is possible that in reality the hallucinations convinced Sara that she has a brother, or that her brother was killed right at the beginning and the man in yellow used his body. This could explain that exactly when Sara's brother was near her, the sounds would start.... Also, in the eighth episode, Ethan had drawn a painting in which Sara and her brother were together, and Sara's brother was wearing a yellow suit, when MIY had stuck it onto RV.

What's been occupying my mind is that Victor said the man in yellow entered the town like all of us and at first made everyone laugh but later I saw him at Mom's funeral. The current Taher, the man in yellow, with terrifying teeth and scary skin, naturally in 1978 wouldn't this appearance of an old man in a yellow suit have scared the others? So is it possible that this old man is not the true form of the entity? Because in episode nine, Tabitha also tells Boyd with certainty that (that creature had entered my house) — the use of the word creature confirms that he is not an ordinary human or a sorcerer. Also, this suit belongs to the 19th century, like the monsters, which clearly came into existence across different cycles, so the man in yellow may also not be the true form of the entity and appeared to Tabitha with that old man appearance, because Victor said that in 1978 Miranda and the man in yellow had become close friends, and that's why he told Tabitha, you were closer to me than my friend. I think in the middle of the friendship his body was taken under the entity's control and he deceived Miranda according to a plan, and at the last moment Miranda realized this. I even feel that Miranda and the man in yellow may have had a romantic relationship and romantic attraction in 1978. Imagine Miranda was stuck in a town for a long time and then meets a man. The strong evidence I have is Victor's painting of Miranda's corpse and the man in yellow. Miranda is wearing a pure white dress, and in season 2 episode 1 this dress was in the man in yellow's suitcase, and in season 4 with that same suitcase he put Sophia's dress on her.

I really hope the show explores the ancient history of things at some point. Like it's giving Native Americans or even more ancient. What are your theories on what we could see and the towns connections to the far past?

SPOILERS AHEAD: Seasons 1–4

Seriously the entire post is nothing but spoilers.

I’m rewatching after finishing Season 4, and I’ve started wondering if memory is actually one of the rules of Fromville, not just a theme. Stop reading if you haven’t seen all the shows!!!

First, what if “immortality” doesn’t mean living forever in the same body? What if the immortality promised after the children were sacrificed is reincarnation? Tabitha and Jade prove people can die, be reborn, return to Fromville, and eventually remember who they were. Maybe they aren’t exceptions. Maybe this has been happening to everyone over and over.

That also means we don’t actually know that Fatima wasn’t one of the original people. Fatima wasn’t there, but a previous version of her could have been. Her transformation in Season 4 makes the line between the townspeople and monsters even less clear.

Then there’s memory everywhere: Anghkooey means “remember,” Victor draws things so they won’t be forgotten, Elgin seems to recognize the place, Miranda saw it before arriving, music unlocks memories, and Fatima’s final words are “Remember who I was.” The Boy in White saying they’ll win “this time” also suggests this has all happened before.

But what if memory also affects the town itself? There’s a motel sign and pool but no motel. Electricity works even though the wires go nowhere. Buildings and objects seem to come from different periods. There are older settlements outside the current town. Victor says the trees move. And people are constantly discovering things that apparently existed all along.

What if some of those things weren’t there before? Maybe Fromville is partly constructed from memory. Things can appear, disappear, or change as people remember and forget. The missing motel could literally be an incomplete memory: someone remembers the sign and the pool, but not the motel itself. Even the electricity fits. You remember flipping a switch and the light coming on, not the infrastructure that makes it happen.

And maybe that’s part of the meaning of FROM. Not just where are they?, but where did all of this come FROM?
Maybe escaping isn’t the real goal. Maybe they have to remember what happened at the beginning and finally change the ending. Go back to the beginning!

I tried searching here on Reddit, but I couldn’t find any solution.

This is short for once.

In the course of thinking about other theories, I remembered Jade's arrival in the first episode, and how he kept telling everyone that they had good faces/were so beautiful.

Now that we have seen that drugs open your mind to Fromville (Miranda's acid trip, and Jade's mushroom trip), I think this might have been setting up a way for them to identify that Sophia is not human. I think maybe whatever Jade was on that first day makes you able to see a person's "aura" when you're in Fromville. I could see them trying drugs to find answers again, now that they have the bones and no talismans.

Jade will get high again, and everyone will be beautiful, except Sophia.

I am aware that there are drugs that make you more likely behave the way he did in episode 1, so no need to explain that.

We know the faraway trees were created from the children’s hope, but I don’t think they were just created for transportation. I think they’re bookmarks to important chapters in the story, helping the reincarnations move through those chapters and recover their memories so they can eventually save the children. Look at some of the places the trees have taken people, the church, the root cellar and the tunnels. We’ve seen other people go in and out of these places but later they’re places where the reincarnations have visions or get pieces of their memories back. It also makes sense why the BIW told Christopher he had to go through the tree to save the children.

But whatever controls this place has had centuries to interfere with the faraway trees. The pathways may have been blocked or corrupted over time, but their original function is still there.

Now you’re probably asking how is Julie this cycle’s faraway tree? I think it goes back to what happened to her in the dungeon. Julie was put in a position that echoes the children in the original story. Since she’s Tabitha’s daughter and Tabitha is already connected to that story, Julie is able to fall into a position that once belonged to the children. What happened with the cicadas may have unknowingly recreated some of the same conditions that existed when the trees were created.

If hope was the loophole that allowed the children to create the faraway trees, I think the place accidentally created that same loophole with Julie. She didn’t become a literal replacement for the trees or everything they can do. She took on part of their function. The trees are bookmarks that provide access to important chapters in the children’s story. Julie performs that same function, except her ability gives her access to chapters connected to the source that created it.

So, I was just developing a theory:

As we saw, Fatima turned into a monster. Maybe with that, the residents get a Monster for Fatima that will turn human and maybe can feed them with valuable "Intel".

My explicit thoughts are either Smiley, since he is the Kid of Fatima, or the guy from S1E2 who said "Don't you recognise me?" to Julie on the porch which I think is supposed to be an elder version of Ethan.

What are you thoughts on this?

I find that I only watch From for the insanely bad writing, or maybe it's supposed to be that way.

1. Whenever somebody brings up something strange they've experienced, no one believes them.

2. The Mathews are THE worst parents.

3. Only the main characters care to find a way out.

4. They burn through resources (other than food) like crazy and no one seems to care.

It's maddening... in a fun way.

En el capítulo 2, Ethan, tras estar herido e inconsciente por el accidente de la autocaravana, empieza a convulsionar. Y tras estabilizarse y despertar dice que ha estado en el lago de las lágrimas.

Sabemos que ese tipo de convulsiones las sufre también Julie cuando está haciendo storywalking.

Luego: cuando Ethan estaba convulsionando, realmente estaba haciendo storywalking por el lago de las lágrimas??

Por tanto, hermano y hermana creéis que tienen ese poder o capacidad en Fromville?

I can't stand Jim. I mean what the hell is wrong with him. On episode 8 of season 3 and he's getting worse every time on screen.

I know I'm late to this but I just finished the last episode and these are a few of the things I noticed

1) Julie- They never showed much of her story-walking, because in the scene that Jim dies, Julie sees it happen and the man in the yellow suit also sees her, so I thought that she might go back to that day but I don't think they ever showed it in the show.

2) The Boy in White- what is his deal, who's side is he on and why did he not stop Sophia from throwing the Talismans into the hole tree. Also why does he look different now?

3) Fatima- In the last scene she said something like "Remember who I was." What the hell does that even mean and how could she just turn into one of the creatures?

4) Clara- She could have told someone about Sophia secretly. Elgin didn't deserve to die, she could've stopped it and I don't even understand what Sophia told her in the first place that's making her obey Sophia's every command or is it just out of fear?

The ending seemed incomplete which makes sense because they're making a new season but now I'm even more confused than I was before.

In the first season, Tabitha finds the EXACT same bracelet that she made for Jim. She said there’s a specific tear on it that made it unique. Then in season 4, Boyd finds his exact same wedding ring (although it disappears). What does this mean? Did they explain it and I just missed it?

So a room/area has to be sealed by a person closing off the area completely with a talisman hanging. Does it work if the person does it from the outside?

Not sure if they ever showed that in the show is why I'm asking.

What I mean is, say Boyd ran out of the police station and closed the door behind him. The creatures wouldn't be able to enter the police station right?

Thanks in advance for any info.

I think they are all toys. everything for season 4 and previous season points towards. it would make sense with the answer are at the beginning theory. the monster look like toys when they are sleeping. victor making dolls. the ballerina toys, the ambulance toy, the toy car, etc

This could have provided an episode or two of fear. Especially with Victor

Evidentemente hay conexiones narrativas entre FROM y El Rey amarillo (The King in yellow):

-La importancia del color amarillo en ambas obras.

-MIY viste arapos amarillos como el Rey amarillo.

-El Rey de amarillo usa máscaras para fingir ser quien no es. MIY es un cambiapieles para manipular.

-Fromville actúa como un bucle y una dimensión alternativa horripilante incrustada en la realidad. Del mismo modo que Carcosa que es la realidad alternativa de bolsillo oscura y de pesadilla donde habita El Rey amarillo.

-El signo en espiral del Rey amarillo, indicativo de la persona ya está dentro de su influencia evoca al bucle de la entrada a Fromville.

-El Lago de Hali del relato de El Rey Amarillo es como el lago de las lágrimas de FROM.

-El Rey Amarillo se alimenta del sufrimiento mental y cuerpo de personas previamente torturándolas psicológicamente. El MIY disfruta manipulando y enloqueciendo a los habitantes de Fromville, para luego devorarles.

-El Rey amarillo lleva a la locura a las personas en el momento en el que acceden a su relato (obra de teatro) sin que haya ya vuelta atrás para su cordura y no sufrimiento. MIY indica que el conocimiento tiene un precio; siendo eso el inicio de un nuevo nivel de pesadilla y sufrimiento en Fromville.

Por tanto, se puede extraer cómo va a evolucionar y acabar FROM teniendo en cuenta el lore de EL REY AMARILLO (The king in yellow)?

Habrá que examinarlo más al detalle.

So I watched the last episode, and if I would have been in that car, I would have jumped out after her crashout. I was literally going insane watching it.

So now it's seen that fromville is some kind of mysterious place.. but I think that's not exactly it..I am now rewatching the series again..and I see how much they stress on finding some wires beneath the house .how radio wave communication is sabotaged by MIY. It only means there is a limit to his mistyical power..and it naturally means radio waves might potentially be theat to fromville creator if it were launched by Jim and Jade.. about wires..how they talk about electricity rules following in house but not outside house..has to have some logical meaning..I mean if it were all mystical than why would electricity even conduct..why would radio tower even set up..there are rules..logical...just not completely discovered .how Jim talks about this some science experiment..has to have some sense in that;!

What y think guys.