(Should probably give you guys a warning here, this is kinda a long chapter thingy so I hope you have a lot of free time rn)
So I've had this theory for a while, and as time when on I only thought about it more. But I haven't posted it anywhere yet though. Back when I was coming up with this I did tell Ink, but not posted it yet. So yeah I decided to post it on here. I might post this on tumblr or on the ii subreddit at some point too, but ehh, I'm not in a rush to do that so I'll just see what happens

Basically, as you can guess from the title, I'm gonna be trying to predict the elimination order for ii. Yeah I know I tried that before, and I know that time it didn't turn out that well cause literally within like a minute or 2 of ep 13 Test Tube was confirmed not to be eliminated like I had predicted, but I've given this a lot of thought since then, unlike last time when I literally only went off of subjective evidence and parallels. So hopefully this time my theory won't crash and burn the second episode 14 comes out like last time XDDD

So before I start, I just wanna say that it has been confirmed that there will be 16 episodes this season, which means that we only have 3 episodes left, and one of those is the finale, so only 2 episodes left for contestants voting other contestants out, and assuming that it's a 2 person finale not a 3 person finale, either in the next 2 episodes we're gonna get 2 double eliminations or a normal elimination and a triple elimination. Even if it is a 3 person finale(which I strongly don't believe will be the case), that still means that there will be 1 double elimination. This doesn't really effect my theory much, I just wanted to share because I'm on the topic of eliminations and it's just kinda interesting to think about. So yeah, that's gonna be very interesting to see.

Anyway into the theory:

Ok, so I was thinking a lot about this, and I realised that probably the best way to predict who will get eliminated when is to look at the competition from Tacos perspective(I promise that this isn't just me being complete and utter Taco trash for 5 minutes). Think about it, we've seen with both Fan and Balloon that she doesn't have any trouble manipulating things behind the scenes to get other people eliminated, so I doubt she'll be so against doing so again, especially since Mic is so close to the finale now, and last season she came so close to winning but still lost. So we basically just have to look at the competition like that and decide who the biggest threat at that second that can easily get eliminated without trouble is.

So first up? I think it will be Test Tube. I know what you're thinking, "but Abbie, last time you also thought Test Tube was gonna be eliminated first! Do you just hate her or something", to which I say, no, I don't hate her. She is one of my favourite characters. She's just a really big threat rn. In fact, I straight up think it would be stupid of Mic and Taco to not get rid of her as soon as possible. There are many reasons why I think that she'll be the first out, but to some most of it up, she's too smart for her own good.
First of all, let's just look at the reason Fan was eliminated. Knife said to the girls "Fan and Test Tube are analysing everyone, and you don't want them catching you", which automatically painted the target on Fans back, because he didn't have immunity yet. However, Knife didn't just mention Fan, he also said Test Tube, but obviously she already had immunity, so they couldn't do anything about her. But if that comment painted a target on Fans back, of course it should have also painted a target on Tubys too, and that's without looking at all the other reasons why they would logically go for her first.
Also, there is no doubt that she's the smartest contestant(academically at least). If there happens to be a quiz challenge or any kind of mentor challenge or something, everyone who has to go against her would be in real big trouble.
And then there's the big one.
I was kinda mad at Knife for saying that Fan and Test Tube were analysing everyone, cause yeah, Fan definitely was, he analyses literally everything, but Teat Tube wasn't. She was literally just hanging out with people last episode. But even though she wasn't analysing everyone then, I have no doubt she will now. Or at least, she will be analysing Mic. I mean, imagine things from Tubys POV; you're in a cave with your best friend, and he needs to find a gem to stay in the competition. As soon as you find one you find the only other person still at risk of getting eliminated reaching for it, so in a split second decision you decide to hit her with a tranquilliser dart, but right before it can hit your intended target, it hits something else, which is soon revealed to be one of the other contestants. Upon closer examination you see how she was able to stand there completely invisible; a bow tie that can make you invisible. A bow tie that is very similar, technology wise, to one you had been working on in your lab. But how could she get hold of this technology? It's even more strange when you think about how the one you had been working on had recently gone missing. If you didn't notice this before, you certainly would now. The most curious thing is the fact that this isn't even the one you had been working on. Thinking back, it had gone missing last episode, when you and one of your closest friends had gone back in time so the lab was completely unsupervised. Wait actually, no it wasn't, someone else was in the lab at that time.........the same person I see before me wearing a copy of my invention. And there is no doubt it's a copy. One look at it conforms that. So then what had she done with the original? It only takes a second for you to ask around and find out what she was doing last episode while you were gone, and from this you can easily find out that she didn't tell a single person where you were all episode, despite the fact that she would have definitely seen what happened. And now that you think about it, she has been acting awfully suspicious for the past few episodes. Also, why was she even invisible in that cave in the first place.
Mics been actually way too suspicious recently. Knife already noticed it, which is the whole reason why he followed her last episode, and as a result, why he found out about Taco. Other people are bound to notice it too sooner or later. If Test Tube just decides to ignore all of that episode, that's just stupid because it's got to the point where we've literally got an unconscious Mic wearing a copy of one of her missing inventions, anyone in that situation would want a decent answer to what the hell is happening. And Mic sure as hell better make sure she has a good excuse, because if she doesn't, all of hell is gonna break loose and Mics gonna be in deep shit. (Side note, yeah this is bad now, but imagine if the person Tuby hit with the dart was Taco. That would be really bad for her and Mic too. Possibly even worse than Mic getting hit)
So yeah, that's why I strongly believe the next person to be eliminated will be Tuby

Ok, next up, I gotta confess, I'm the least certain about the order of the next 2, and have the least amount of evidence for them coming here. But the next 2 I think will be eliminated will be Baseball and Suitcase. I put them here because neither of them are a particularly big threat to Mic and Taco, but I doubt that they want either one of them in the finale. Baseball is probably one of the strongest contestants, and at times he can be quite intimidating if he wants to be (mostly when people call him fat and he gets angry, and when he went all emo after Nickel was eliminated). We've seen in the credits of the s1 finale that Taco doesn't necessarily want to cross him, so yeah, they'll avoid him in the finale. And as for Suitcase, back when she was still a pushover she would of been perfect for the finale. They would see that as an easy win, but then Nickel started really getting to her and she became more and more unpredictable and unstable(poor baby, she needs to get out of the show and go to therapy asap this shows clearly isn't healthy for her I hope she gets the help she needs and is ok after this)
So yeah.
As for which of them will be eliminated first, as I said I'm least sure about them, so if anyone has any better ideas then I'm open to hearing them.
But my current prediction is that Baseball will be the first one eliminated. This is mostly because I think his story is closer to ending than Suitcases. He's already started to forgive her for eliminating Nickel, but Suitcases hallucinations are no where near the stage of stopping, and only seem to be getting worse. Unless she realised how unhealthy the show is for her and quits (and hopefully seeks therapy). Like I said though, I'm the least sure about them, so if anyone has any better suggestions I'm all ears

Woo half of them down, lets just insert a mini little dance break here cause I've just reached the part of my playlist that has superman, big fish little fish cardboard box, the cha cha slide, and agadoo all at once, and let's face it, you're a psychopath if you listen to any of those songs and don't dance along(not even joking, I was half way through starting the next person eliminated and had to full on stop what I was doing just to do the dances, and I don't regret it one bit)

Ok, so final 3, who will it be? Knife. He is definitely one of, if not the strongest contestant overall. Not to mention he is also very smart. He's more street smart than anything, but still that's still intelligence. He is definitely the last person anyone would want to go up against in the finale. The main trouble with him is the fact that he knows about Taco. Yeah I know that he said he wouldn't tell anyone, but he also said he's doing that as a favour. I'm sure that if the girls were to on purposefully eliminate him, and he knew this, he'd be less willing to do favours like this for them. So yeah, if he knows that they're the reason he's eliminated, he's probably gonna spill the beans right there and then. But that's not gonna do much damage when Mics already in the final 2? Especially since Mephone, Mepad, and Lightbulb are likely to be the only people who will be there to hear about this. Even if it's similar to last season where the eliminated contestants vote who will be the last one eliminated, and this happens and he tells them all it won't do much. She's still in the final 2 at this point, they can't exactly take back their votes. The worst it will do is completely ruin Mics reputation and make everyone hate her, but she doesn't need people to like her in order to win, so Taco won't care.

So yeah final 2. Who will win; Mic or Lightbulb?

It's Lightbulb. Without a doubt.

First let's look at why Mic won't win
Well I gotta confess, there is no actual evidence for this. It's just speculation and logic.
But wouldn't it just be kinda neat if she got 2nd place
Nice little parallel to Taco getting 2nd place last season.
But also if Mic wins that's just kinda boring.
I mean, she wins, her and Taco split the money, that's it, end of season.
But imagine if she lost
What would Taco do in that situation?
Cause I genuinely think that Taco is slowly starting to warm up to Mic. I mean she's getting more and more relaxed around her, and has agreed to be more open with her, which is pretty significant when you know how closed off she normally is.
If she's starting to warm up to her now, they have the potential to be really close by the time the finale happens.
But their whole relationship is based off of the agreement that they will split the million dollars 50 50.
So what happens when this becomes not possible to do?
What will Taco do then?
Will she try to steal the money again?
If she does will she still stay true on her promise and split the money with Mic, or will she take the full amount for herself?
And will she just run away again?
Or will she of learnt from her mistake last season and just not steal the money?
But then what will she do then?
There's just so much we don't know about her and how she would react in certain situations, and it's just interesting to think about
Yeah, that's just far more interesting than Mic just winning and giving half of her money to Taco

Yeah, Mic coming 2nd definitely has the least evidence overall, but it's the one I'm most sure about.

Now onto my baby girl
Lightbulb
The perfect fit for 1st place
The precious smol child
I don't know if you can tell, but I'm complete and utter Lightbulb trash (joint favourite with Taco, and you all know how obsessed I am with Taco so yeah)
But I promise I didn't put her at first place just out of favouritism.
If I were doing this purely out of favouritism, I'd say that everyone rejoins, and then all get eliminated, starting with Trophy and Nickel, then Taco and Bulby both make it to the finale and it's a tie, but luckily Mephone has $2 million, just in case this happens, so they both win, and Tack gives half her money to Mic to stay true on her deal, and then everyone forgives Taco for last season and OJ invites her to stay in the hotel and her and Pickle start dating.
Actually, never mind, that's a far better theory than this whole thing so far, such a happy ending and everyone is happy, and my baby girls are good and happy and winners, and everything is just so good and happy and pure. I'm just gonna accept that as my theory for what's gonna happen and scrap the rest of this
Yeah great talk everyone, thanks for coming to my ted talk, I hope you enjoyed my theory, see you next time BYE 😜

Remember back when I used to end my chapters with that emoji 😜
That feels like it was centuries ago
Like this is probably the first time I've used it in months and months oof

Why ya still here though? I've already told you that the Taco and Bulby both winning is my final theory. You think just cause you're scrolling down really far I'm gonna finish my other theory? Nah. I'm just accepting my new theory. That old one was crappy anyway. It probably won't come true either. I'm predicting it now, ii s2e14 Test Tube is once again gonna get immunity, but this time it will be exactly 7 seconds into the episode, rather than like a minute into it.

Then probably after she gets immunity next episode as soon as I make another elimination order theory, the next episode is probably gonna immediately come out once again disproving that theory too and she's gonna make it to the finale. Then the rejoin thing will happen and Taco and Bulby will win

That's it

Final theory

You really want me to finish my original theory don't ya?

Jokes on you, I won't do it no matter how determined you are and how far you scroll down. I've already explained my final theory, nothing else will come of this chapter

Ok yeah, this joke has gone on for too long now, it's not even funny anymore

I say that like it was funny in the first place

But it's probably been going on for so long that everyone who truly isn't interested has probably given up on scrolling so I'm gonna say some bad words

Tax evasion

Yeah it's been like a year since I've done any real content on this account and you can see exactly how much I've matured in this time XDDD

Anyway back to my precious baby girl smol child Bulby, and why I think she'll win.
To put things simply, she's much more of a threat than you'd first think.
I mean think about it. When you first see her, what do you think? She's extremely silly.
And people tend to look at silly people and automatically assume unintelligence. But that couldn't be further from the truth.
Just look at Taco last season. She acted so silly and random hardly anyone even thought twice about her intelligence. I've only heard about one person in the fandom who predicted she was faking, and certainly none of that characters guessed it.
Now, am I saying that Bulby is pulling a Taco? No. Not intentionally at least. Taco last season was just incredibly good acting, while Lightbulb being silly in general is just part of her personality. She isn't intentionally tricking anyone into thinking she's less intelligent or capable, people just kinda infer it when they look at her happy go lucky personality.
And it isn't just speculation that she's intelligent, she really is intelligent. We saw this best back in episode 12. Yeah she did still have some goofy moment that episode, this is Lightbulb we're talking about, of course she's gonna have a ton of fun happy moments. But I love this episode because we actually get to see her thought process here. Test Tube is supposed to be the smart character, but it wasn't her who figured out how to distract Salt and Pepper long enough to escape, it wasn't her who figured out instantly how to fix the time machine, and it wasn't her who figured out how to put the timeline right in order to get them both home. That was all Lightbulb. Not to mention, Tuby got captured straight away for standing out. Lightbulb didn't though. I'm not entirely sure if she blended in intentionally to try not to draw too much attention to herself and Tuby, or if she was just happy to meet quirky people like her, but she instantly just fit in with them while Tuby instantly stood out. And probably one of my favourite moments that episode was the part when Test Tubes tied up and given the choice to either go into Black Hole or go through the other portal and be forced to make that decision again, and Bulby's there trying to talk sense into everyone and convince them not to throw her into Black Hole, and all the ii infinity characters are just laughing at what she's saying while Tubys yelling about how silly she is and how she only gets stuff done because of her quirks and luck, and just Lightbulbs face in this moment when she realises people don't take her seriously, and just that little "I try" not to be dramatic or anything but I would literally die for her.
Oof didn't mean to rant about that moment but it's just so heartbreaking for me the precious child is always so happy but just this moment kills me all the time.

Anyway, little rant over, this episode is so important cause before this, most, of not all of us, probably just thought the same way Test Tube did, and thought that Lightbulb was just lucky and quirky and that's the only reason why she does so well. But then we finally get to see that it isn't luck, she actually thinks things through and acts accordingly. But because she's so silly, and because a lot of her ideas are just out of the box thinking, we just see them as just accidents that she got really lucky with. Which makes me wonder how many times she's actually thought of something really smart but we've just thought it was quirks. Like back in episode 4 when she made the cookie pizza, she was probably making it as backup in case something went wrong with her teams normal pizza(lucky she did do it), or in episode 10 when she used Fan to fly out of the maze (and yeah, Mephone did send them back in for cheating, but to be fair he didn't say that flying was against the rules beforehand), and then also in episode 10 when she figured out how to get out of the maze, and was the only person to really do it alone (Mic had Taco, Painty and Marsh we're together, Suitcase was with Balloon, Baseball was with Nickel, and Knife and Test Tube both only found their way out when they heard Mic yelling. Yes, Bulby was with Fan, but he was clearly in no fit state to help her when we see him at the end of the maze, so she had to figure her way out all on her own)

So yeah, to sum it up Bulby is actually really smart. A lot smarter than most people give her credit for, because she's so silly. And currently the only character who has any clue how intelligent she actually is is Test Tube, who is her friend, so she isn't gonna vote for her or tell anyone how smart she really is and risk others seeing her as a threat and voting her out.

Not only that, but Bulby is really popular. She seems to become friends almost instantly with almost every new person she meets. And in a competition where popularity means the difference between staying in and being eliminated, you can only wish to be as well liked and Bulby. Cause let's face it, unless there is a misunderstanding or something, no ones gonna vote for her to be eliminated. Even out of the people who don't necessarily like her, such as Trophy and (probably) Nickel. Neither of them have any reason to vote her out if there ever is a eliminated contestant vote. Both of them currently have someone left in that they hate more than they'd hate her. And I imagine that most, of not all of the other eliminated contestants and past players who don't necessarily like her would probably feel the same. And yeah, there could be another elimination similar to Fans where there is no voting, but so far for the most past she seems to be pretty good at the challenges, so I don't think she'd have much trouble with that.

So yeah, thanks to her popularity, her hidden intelligence, and the fact that people tend to overlook her capabilities, I think Lightbulb will win
But knowing her she'd probably then give a bunch of it to everyone around her

So uhh yeah that's my theory.
Obviously though just a theory so I'm not expecting to get every single think I've just said correct.
Tbh the main reason why I'm not completely sure is the egg. Chances are it's gonna hatch in the finale, but if that happens then 1(not linked to the theory) it means that either Marians hatch really slowly, or the next few episodes only take place a few days at most apart, and 2(linked to the theory), it makes my idea of Tuby being eliminated first seem problematic, cause either she goes away with the egg and that's a bit anti climatic, or she gives it to Lightbulb to look after (I doubt she would though, Bulby's too clumsy to look after the egg on her own)
As I said, I'm open to hearing suggestions and your own ideas to what you guys think the elimination order will be, I'm interested to know what you guys think

Sorry if there's spelling mistakes in here that I've missed, it's currently 10 past 1 in the morning and I can't be bothered to proof read all of that(I can almost hear all of my old English teachers screaming out in agony over that statement XDDD)

Also sorry if I didn't make one of my points clear, or if I repeated stuff or something. As I just said, it's 10 past 1 and I cant be bothered to go back and read all that again so uhhh just hopefully this is all good

Also to those of you who are looking forward to my ii, bfb, and naos comics to be updated in my art book, I can confirm I'm almost done with those, but also there are gonna be several different chapters for those cause I kept on seeing an image or hearing a quote and thinking "this sounds like this character. Time to make another comic and I also gotta get to the end of the other side of the page too" so I draw several more pages worth, and it's taking all of my energy to not make a brand new page full of comics just because the other day my sister said I look tired and have a bunch of dark circles under my eyes and I said that I'm collecting them and then instantly thought of cloudy, so if they take too much longer, you'll know I've given in and started drawing that too.

Also I might do a naos incorrect quotes book, at some point, and then potentially use some of those quotes for comics or some shit, idk

Although, since I'm the creator of naos, I guess it wouldn't be incorrect quotes, cause I can just confirm the entire thing as cannon and it shall become naos correct quotes

Idk

I probably shouldn't do that now though, I've got college tomorrow afternoon, and I'm the morning my mum wants to go out for breakfast, so I'll have to be up early, and I'm god awful at getting up early in the morning (probably mostly because of my awful sleep schedule. Listen kids, don't end up like me. If you guys don't end up in the same awful habits as I did, I will consider that a mini victory)

So uhhhh yeah. I'm just gonna end this mess of a chapter now and hopefully soon maybe get some sleep probably not knowing me though so uhh bye