#fan-speculation

#fan-speculation

This morning, Nintendo posted a four-minute animated video of a baby chasing their pacifier around as it, as if by magic, floats around their room. The short is called "Close to You," and the video was posted to YouTube, the Nintendo Today app, and other social media with zero explanation, and with comments turned off so people can't theory-craft right under it. At a glance, it doesn't seem to have any connection to Nintendo's existing properties.

If there's one thing we know to be true, it's this: Where there are gay people, there is also Chappell Roan. Millennial queer people with access to the internet in 2014 recently had their worlds rocked by the sudden resurgence and apparent confirmation (via Chappell Roan) of a popular fan theory that Connor Franta and pop prince Troye Sivan did indeed date during the heyday of their YouTube careers.