The Craziest Backrooms Theory You’ve Never Heard

The Splendor Sun Theory

The video presents an elaborate theory that the Splendor Sun is a literal character behind the Backrooms, not merely a symbol. The narrator suggests that solar flares give the Sun brief glimpses of Earth, which it then reports to a “Sun God.” The Sun God tries to recreate the world inside the Backrooms, but its poor memory and impaired vision lead to familiar mistakes and strange imitations.

The Theory’s Origins

The theory begins with the Backrooms’ origin story: in 1972, A-Sync researcher Ivan Beck’s fusion-reactor test coincides with a massive solar flare. Beck is exposed to the Backrooms and left blind in one eye and with amnesia.

The narrator connects Beck’s condition to the Sun God, arguing that their impaired vision and memory could explain why the Backrooms gets details wrong. Solar flares, meanwhile, might provide the energy needed to sustain the seemingly endless space.

Clues from Kane Pixels

The narrator’s biggest piece of evidence comes from a premiere clip in which Kane Pixels says the Sun told him to wear a Splendor Sun pin. The video jokingly takes this literally: Kane is presented as the Sun God’s real-world counterpart, since the Sun supposedly tells him what to put in his Backrooms series, just as it tells the Sun God what to put in the actual Backrooms.

The narrator also points to Kane’s recurring Sun God profile picture and an image of the Sun covering Ivan Beck’s face on the Backrooms music cover.

Strange Details in the Backrooms

The theory is used to explain why the Backrooms’ “still lives” seem to have strange, cotton-like insides, while Pirate Clark bleeds and has organs. The narrator suggests that the Sun God has seen Clark’s insides in the Backrooms and copied that detail. But, lacking reliable knowledge of what ordinary people contain, it fills in the blanks with whatever it can imagine.

A Possible Future Project

The video speculates that Kane’s cryptic comments about a possible future Splendor project may hint at more to come. The narrator admits there’s no certainty and jokes, “What the [bleep] does that mean, Kobe Bryant?” The theory may not be revealed for years.

Personalities Featured

• The video’s narrator
• Kane Pixels
• Ivan Beck
• Clark
• Mary