full series spoilers (including occultic;nine@Archivist they are actually artificial gigalomaniacs, their "conditions" arose from an accident on a ship which was testing of an early noah 4 prototype, which later a full version is used.
we know from ch;n and ch;ch that such events can create gigalomaniacs
full series spoilers (including occultic;nine@Archivist which is how daru and okabe calculate the worldline for steins;gate (the timeline) in beta future, and know that it exists as a result
full series spoilers (including occultic;nine@Archivist it is also important to note that there is always only one singular timeline in play at a time in a world machine, multiple worldlines do not coexist except by virtue of more world machines existing
full series spoilers (including occultic;nine@Archivist the main issue with this theory is the propensity for others to have (albeit much weaker) reading;steiner, the closer they are in relation to variation events.
so id probably have to modify the theory to say the observer hightened his attenuation to the phenomenon and then used the "glitch" in reality/the earth machines, to give pollon his abilities.
although that falls apart further so when you realize that the reason okabe has such strong reading;steiner is likely actually due to him being the absolute center of time travel shenanigans and its always somehow related to him. which then forces me to modify it with just "observer gives pollon abilities based on what the observer understands about the mechanics of the world, a hack, if you will."
bring my dcs-f717 with me literally everywhere, i take a fair number of pictures and video, some of it gets used, havent really posted the good photos anywhere, really need to finish rewrite of website
full series spoilers (including occultic;nine@Archivist sidenote, i find it fascinating the limbo that occultic;nine lives in lorewise, and how nicola tesla is mentioned to be an observed, which has its foundation in O;C