Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191130155818/@comment-35455126-20191201172324

SpiritedDreaming wrote:

1- As for why - well, it casts doubt on Ironwood. It makes Jacques look like the 'lesser of two evil' by saying "Put Jacques in power and he'll fight Ironwood for the ability to reopen the SDC workshops, and then you'll get your jobs back! Can Robyn do that?" And it was most certainly suggested by Watts, who doesn't actively care which person wins the election. His goal is to cause strife and unrest in Atlas for Salem's cause, and the best way to do that is a civil war.

2- On another subject: The Vytal Festival. Robyn says "The next Vytal Festival isn't anytime soon". Ruby is now 17, and she was 15 when the 40th Vytal Festival happened. It was 80 years since the Great War, meaning the Vytal Festival is supposed to be a bi-annual thing. Unless they'd put it on an indefinite hiatus, the Vytal Festival absolutely should be 'sometime soon' - it should be the 41st one this year in fact.

1- But the real question is, why would Jacques want to cause strife for Salem? How did Watts get him to do it?

2- My guess is that it was in fact put on hiatus. Only explanation I have.