User:Phoenician/sandbox
Contents
Transcript from Recap
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(cut to several clips from It's Not Kidnapping, The Perfect Beach, We Found Julia!!!, I hAtE tHeSe PeOpLe, 5, Looking For Daniel, Yellow Snow, 8, 9, 10, Bree's Dad Is Dead, 12, Spanglish, CAMP PLAY, Bree's Dad Is Dead, I hAtE tHeSe PeOpLe, Your Decision, What the F*@k???, 19, 20, On The Run, Getting Her Back, 23, 24, Your Decision, 26, Swimming!, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails, 34, 35, 36)
Injections
Bree's injections became the subject of a great deal of debate since the video House Arrest, in which Bree wore a bandage. Bree commented on YouTube that she had to get an injection, but she did not say why. The bandage continues to appear in videos when she is wearing sleeveless shirts, such as the video The Ceremony Is Tomorrow :). She eventually reveals that the injections are part of her preparation for the ceremony, along with the diet, the pills, her studies of Enochian and her training with Lucy. Little did Bree realize that repeated injections from her father would effectively make her ineligible to perform the Ceremony.
Bree's Bandage
Bree later says in I Listened To Daniel "my dad's been giving me these shots, and when I ask him what they are he says that they're good for me. I mean...I don't really think he even knows what they are." Bree said the shots didn't always leave her "feeling the best".
In the video I Completed The Ceremony, Bree is again wearing a bandage. It alerted fans and Daniel to the fact that she might still be receiving injections. This led to speculation that she had not completed any ceremony and continued to prepare for the real ceremony. In I Lied To Daniel, Bree confessed that the ceremony that Daniel filmed was fake.
However it is now clear that her father did in fact know what he was giving Bree. What he was giving her was not some drug given by the Order to prepare her for the Ceremony. Rather, it was a compound that would make her no longer valuable to the Order, a condition now known as "Trait Negative."
Known Drugs
EPOGEN®
Daniel finds boxes of EPOGEN® in a warehouse that he visits in his video Breaking And Entering. He believed the warehouse belongs to a company where Bree's father used to work. Daniel found out about this company after he explored Bree's house and came across the box with a lemniscate symbol imprinted on it. When he found a room in the warehouse filled with these boxes, he opened one to find packets of EPOGEN®. He immediately suspected that Bree's injections must have contained this drug and later does some research on it. Daniel's findings leave him confused as to why Bree would be given this substance.
Later on, Daniel, Jonas, Taylor, and Sarah discover that a girl in Zavalla, Texas, Julia Anderson, was most likely be given EPOGEN® as well, though her profile identified her as "Trait Negative." With this evidence, it appears that the Order may use this drug as a means of identifying whether a girl is Trait Positive or Negative and thus whether they are candidates for the Ceremony.
Symptoms
EPOGEN® is an injectable drug for the treatment of anemia. It contains epoetin alfa, a man-made version of erythropoietin, which is a protein produced naturally for the production of red blood cells. It is produced through recombinant DNA technology. EPOGEN® therapy may increase the risk of seizures, thrombotic events, and other serious events. The most commonly reported side effects in clinical trials were hypertension, headache, arthralgias, and nausea.<ref name=EPOGEN>Wikipedia article on EPOGEN®</ref>
EPOGEN® is meant for use in patients with chronic renal failure on dialysis.<ref name=EPOGEN/> Bree does not fit this profile, which indicates that she must not be receiving the drug merely because she is anemic, but rather because there is a serious need to increase her red blood cell count for some other reason. This usage might suggest preparation for a blood-letting ritual in the ceremony (as in the case of Vitamin B-12). The iron pills would also help her in this regard. The risk of seizures brought on by use of EPOGEN® could explain why Bree's parents had information on Cerebyx on hand (and possibly some in stock). The side effects of EPOGEN® would also explain why Bree says that her injections don't always leave her feeling the best.
The Bree Solution
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Fans began to discover the truth behind Bree's injections when Daniel, Jonas, and Sarah discovered the contents left behind by Drew Avery in the video CAMP PLAY. Within the contents Bree's father left for Bree and Daniel, was a journal which had detailed notes about a serum that would make Bree Trait Negative. Also in the box was the name of Dr. Isaac Gilman, whom, through investigation at the La Jolla Health Club, they discovered that he had helped Bree's father create the Serum and as a result was most likely killed by the Order.
The TAAG would soon contact his son, Spencer Gilman, who was a scientist at Neutragena. Though hesistant at first, Spencer became motivated to help Bree's friends out.
With the help of Spencer Gilman and Alex, the TAAG was able to create the Serum necessary to make Bree Trait Negative, and thus complete the job that both Drew Avery and Dr. Isaac Gilman were murdered for.
Fan Speculation
Vitamin B-12
For a long time the leading theory was that the injections contained vitamin B-12 to stimulate blood production. If this were the case, Bree's participation in the ceremony would likely involve blood being drawn from her. Bree's preparation for the ceremony also requires her to take iron supplements, which also aid in the production of blood. In this sense, it's logical to think that the shots may contain vitamin B-12. However, Bree has described that these shots often leave her feeling unwell, which should not be the case if they are merely vitamin B12 supplements.
Cerebyx® and Zosyn®
After Daniel posted the video Back At Bree's, fans began to analyze his clip for clues about Bree's Ceremony. Two pamphlets caught viewers' eyes. Fans discovered that they were informative pamphlets for the drugs Cerebyx® and Zosyn®. Cerebyx® is an anticonvulsive medication that has had some experimental testing as a pain medication.<ref>Wikipedia article on Cerebyx®</ref> Zosyn® is an antibiotic.<ref>Wikipedia article on Zosyn®</ref>
At the end of his video, Daniel said he had found something, and while many viewers thought he would reveal these pamphlets, he explained that what he found was a box with a lemniscate (see EPOGEN® above) imprinted on it. Once he showed that it was the box that held significance to him, the pamphlets became of less importance.
Other Fan Suggestions
Viewers have also suspected that the injections contain mood-altering drugs. Videos to support this theory occured when Bree, Daniel, and Jonas were kidnapped in Las Vegas, and later when Bree was rescued last Spring and appeared brainwashed.
Userboxes
Here are some Userboxes I made . . . hopefully someone will like them!
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Watch Out -- This User'll 'Go Bree' on You! |
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- Indeed, I do like your userboxes! I put the second one on its own page so people can easily use it. Also, just to let you know, I borrowed your other "donuts" picture for another box. Nice work! ~ Jbshryne 15:31, 4 June 2007 (CDT)
Featured Articles Badge
I've been trying to make a badge for already-featured articles of the LGPedia. This is what I've come up with so far.
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This article was featured on the LGPedia {{{11/15/2006 - 1/3/2007}}}. |
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This article was featured on the LGPedia {{{11/15/2006 - 1/3/2007}}}. |
HoO Badge (from that Survey)
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