Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-44890988-20200119141548

Here's my crazy theory that came out of my mind: the whole Ironwood turned into villain/dictator is because he's now on Salem side. It's not that he's changed from the man who's willing to do anything to stop Salem into a villain but because he's under control of Watts.

We don't get to see the conclusion of the fight between Ironwood and Watts and after the fight his perspective just...changed, completely. I truly doubt a man like Ironwood will just lost his mind because he saw a chesspiece. Instead, what could happen is while Ironwood is holding Watts, Watts hack Ironwood and take control of him.

What do I have to support this? If you look at when Ironwood was holding Watts, you'll see that ''Watts was holding Ironwood arm! ''Mind you it's his robotic arm and Watts still has one set of his rings on his left hand (not that it matter because Watts held Ironwood arm with both of his hands). He could use that moment to hack Ironwood and send him back to Atlas to continue with the plan.

But then, why was Ironwood shocked when he left the arena? Since we know that suitcase he carried was supposed to contain his equipment and not a seer, I think what Ironwood saw is the seer which shocked Watts because he met his master before successfully fulfilling his mission.

That's my take anyway. I would appreciate every response here and I'm very exciting for the next episode! 