Theory:The Vultures are Wimps and not Responsible for the Stadium

Possible Spoilers ahead if you havent seen the released minutes from episode 7

Keep reading at your own risk:

So from what we see in the shootout Mel panics and retreats the second it looks like the vultures will be in for a tough firefight. He also commands everyone to retreat explaining how "i thought we could take them but i was wrong".

If the vultures were responsible for taking down a highly armed stadium, at the time having less people and firepower then they currently have, then this doesn't make any sense. So while this could be poor writing i personally think we're being falsely led to believe that vultures took down the stadium. When in reality it wasnt them.

Everything we've seen from the vultures so far has shown them to be pacifistic antagonists. Sure they wait around for groups to die to take their stuff. But Mel mentions how he knows the stadium is full of good people and that he doesn't want to attack them. He also seems to truly express remorse to Alicia when he mentions how he is sorry for Nicks death.

This also falls in line with how Ennis didnt attack Nick when he saw him again and just mocked Nick asking him to "be smart and walk away". Ennis didnt attack Nick. And if Ennis had helped destroy the stadium he would've likely known Nick was going to attempt to kill him for revenge.

Nothing about the Vultures adds up to them being "hardcore bandits who attacked the stadium, killed everyone their and then ran off". Every time we have seen them they have been passive and tried not to instigate fights. Sure they act very passive aggressive and make threatening remarks, but they haven't done anything to suggest that they are killers in any capacity. Once again at the first sign of a tough firefight in next weeks episode...they panic and retreat.

I personally believe the current group of Fear survivors for whatever reason leave the stadium, maybe to go out on a supply run or something. While gone another group (maybe even Proctors, not likely but we can wish) find the stadium and obliterate it before leaving.

The Fear group returns to find the stadium annihilated with little to no signs of whose responsible. Knowing how the vultures were harassing the stadium for several weeks they naturally believe they are responsible and thus set out for revenge...not knowing the vultures didnt have anything to do with it's collapse.

This makes sense as the vultures seem pretty weak, passive, and not eager to fight. They're all bark and no bite, which is why it doesnt make sense for them to have destroyed the stadium.

Either that or maybe it's just bad writing and after destroying the stadium the vultures retreat in a 20 vs 3 gunfight.

Anyhow thats just my two cents for whoever is intrested

Submitted May 24, 2018 at 01:00PM by Waffles528 https://ift.tt/2KNkjN1