I find it interesting that the Google search trends for the Pokémon in the top left has skyrocketed. I can’t find any clear reason for the peak in searches in December 2022 apart from maybe a (shiny?) raid in Pokémon Go or a holographic card being released.
He must’ve quoted proverbs 28:6 somewhere? “Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”
Breloom’s Pokédex number is 286. The number of tweets on Luigi’s account seems to be in flux since certain screenshots apparently show more than 286; I think it’s possible that either Twitter deleted some in the aftermath, or it could be that the count varies based on if someone is logged in or meets other privacy criteria (I don’t know if Twitter actually works this way, just a guess). Alternatively, (and I can’t find an archive of this on the Wayback Machine to check) I theorize he could have begun a personal trend of changing the Pokémon to match the number of tweets as he tweeted and then later became radicalized (no evidence, just a theory with minimal assumptions).
Because the Breloom inclusion is so abstract and tied in with more clear “clues”, people are trying to find meaning behind it. The Bible verse is just one instance in which the number 286 happens to coincide with possible motive; AFAIK, he hasn’t specifically and directly referenced Proverbs 28:6. Similarly, people are linking this number to insurance forms/code/documents and identifying passages of text that pair 286 with possible motive. There are also theories each connecting a handful of the many other idiosyncrasies of this Pokémon to motivation/action/etc. These connections seem tenuous to me with the evidence so far; until he directly states what the Pokémon means or stronger evidence for a meaning (if any) arises, these speculations remain spurious.
I find it interesting that the Google search trends for the Pokémon in the top left has skyrocketed. I can’t find any clear reason for the peak in searches in December 2022 apart from maybe a (shiny?) raid in Pokémon Go or a holographic card being released.
Hah! https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now 7-d&q=breloom
It looks like this now:
He must’ve quoted proverbs 28:6 somewhere? “Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”
Edit: wait. In the OP he has 286 posts. What.
Breloom’s Pokédex number is 286. The number of tweets on Luigi’s account seems to be in flux since certain screenshots apparently show more than 286; I think it’s possible that either Twitter deleted some in the aftermath, or it could be that the count varies based on if someone is logged in or meets other privacy criteria (I don’t know if Twitter actually works this way, just a guess). Alternatively, (and I can’t find an archive of this on the Wayback Machine to check) I theorize he could have begun a personal trend of changing the Pokémon to match the number of tweets as he tweeted and then later became radicalized (no evidence, just a theory with minimal assumptions).
Because the Breloom inclusion is so abstract and tied in with more clear “clues”, people are trying to find meaning behind it. The Bible verse is just one instance in which the number 286 happens to coincide with possible motive; AFAIK, he hasn’t specifically and directly referenced Proverbs 28:6. Similarly, people are linking this number to insurance forms/code/documents and identifying passages of text that pair 286 with possible motive. There are also theories each connecting a handful of the many other idiosyncrasies of this Pokémon to motivation/action/etc. These connections seem tenuous to me with the evidence so far; until he directly states what the Pokémon means or stronger evidence for a meaning (if any) arises, these speculations remain spurious.
That makes so much sense and I will stop looking for “clues” now lol. You’ve put in a lot more work than I have and I salute you for it.