Another one of my theories even though it's a bit ehm... forced, is that Cody isn't even actually there. I mean in the academy and he is like in a sort of dream simulation and what he has witnessed so far are the experiences of Therium, Cody and ( from here on SPOILER ALERT) the masked demon because with Therium and his butterflies he could potentially know everyone's secret and/or routine aND for some mysterious coincidence he is good with divinations and can easily predict what others might say. Also by total coincidence Cody fell in the hole made by Tate that (I don't remember exactly, how deep it was but) was pretty damn deep without fainting or having a minor injury, and when he gets out, oh look NO NIGHTFALLENS. I mean what are odds of that (and don't tell that's the luck of the protagonist because I ain't buying it). There is also the fact that Cody even admitted that is dorm resemble a bit his own room in which the light don't turn on and if you read about dreams you know that usually electricity doesn't work (like lightbulbs and stuff) and the same goes for everyone except for Therium's dorm(at the end of every route with the good ending every character we can date has the light off or they are in no need of turning them on) that would also explain how we (the MC) can connect with everyone else's past/dream/emotional situations. I have even more evidence pointing to my theory but I don't wanna write an essay (I have enough of those🥲). and again I wrote to dang much
(accidentally pressed the report button, sorry. But im sure nothing will happen cuz i didnt report anything, Anyway..) *SCREAMED FROM REALIZING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SAID* Oh my gosh! yeah and i kinda found it weird theres butterflies every ending or dqte or some shits, And i didnt know it until got into Therium's route and Alvy's route, there i kinda figured it out why theres blue butterflies every route or almost everywhere
I mean, I think we have enough information to infer something at least, for me , a calamity is about to happen and the MC needs to be strong enough to face it, and since that doesn't work the first times, the shadow figure makes the MC meet scribbles so he can unlock his true potential and be strong enough, and Therium resets the "timeline" and repeats it all over every time the MC fails, but in the process Therium is forced to remember every timeline and well, he's going a little insane in the process for falling in love with the MC (because he doesn't seem to notice him unless an anomaly happens, he does something to our mind and then suddenly the option is there to follow his path, something that would not normally happen), I actually like him, I like crazy people, I wanna date him so hard with his mad red eyes damn.