WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Yellowjackets season 2, episode 2, "Edible Complex."What happened to Javi in Yellowjackets is one of the show's ongoing mysteries in season 2, but there's a possible explanation for Javi being alive. Since Javi’s death was never confirmed by any adult characters, many theories for Yellowjackets season 1 surmised that the mysterious character Adam Martin was an alias being used by an adult Javi. However, this theory was soon debunked by Yellowjackets’ showrunners, who have yet to reveal whether Travis’ younger brother will appear in the show’s present-day timeline, as well as whether he survived the harrowing winter in the past.

Whether Javi is alive or dead became a burning question after Yellowjackets’ season 1 finale, in which the young character disappeared without a trace. In the series’ 1990s past timeline, Yellowjackets season 2 picks up approximately two months after Javi’s disappearance, with Travis desperately searching for his brother in the snow-covered wilderness. While Yellowjackets season 2, episode 2 saw Natalie “convince” Travis of Javi’s death by staging a bloody pants leg, teenage Lottie and many fans are hopeful that he’s still alive. One Reddit theory gives compelling evidence for how Javi may have lived through the harsh winter on his own, which could also connect to his unknown fate in the present-day timeline.

What Happened To Javi In Yellowjackets? How He Could Be Alive

Shauna holding Javi in Yellowjackets.

One major theory for Yellowjackets season 2 speculates that young Javi is alive in the past timeline and is hiding in an underground bunker. Lottie, who seems to have a supernatural connection to the wilderness, feels that Javi is still alive, which is one major clue to his survival. Even more convincing is the fact that Yellowjackets season 2’s episodes continue flashing to a bunker-like structure or mine shafts underground, which resembles the bunker that Lottie has often seen in her visions. The flashes suggest that this is an area the girls will happen upon later in the season, but it’s also possible that this underground bunker has already been found by Javi, who may have survived in the location throughout the winter.

If the bunker in Lottie’s visions is where Javi has been for the past two months, then it makes sense that Lottie would “feel” that he’s still alive. It’s still unclear how Javi could have survived the temperature and lack of food in the underground bunker, unless it repeats the fruitful bunker from Lost, another supernatural-related plane crash survival series. Alternatively, there could be other people living in the bunker who have helped Javi survive during the time between Yellowjackets seasons 1 and 2. As the theory suggests, it’s highly unlikely that Yellowjackets would kill off Jackie and Javi in the same episode, so Javi’s survival is apt to reveal another major twist about what’s lurking in (and below) the wilderness.

How Javi Being Alive Connects To The Tree Stump In Yellowjackets Season 2

Yellowjackets Season 1 Episode 1 Tree Stump Natalie Travis

Further evidence of Javi being alive came to light in Yellowjackets season 2, episode 1's shocking ending when Natalie and Travis went searching for food. Natalie and Travis happened upon a tree stump that was surrounded by green moss, indicating that there was heat emanating from it. Given the freezing temperatures of the wilderness and several feet of snow covering the rest of the area, this vegetation by a tree stump on a mountain makes no sense. However, the Yellowjackets theory explains this mystery by suggesting that the bunker Javi is hiding in is located below the tree, with the heat from the underground structure melting the snow away.

If Javi has been surviving in the potential underground bunker with food, then it’s curious as to why the girls eventually don fur costumes for cannibalistic rituals outdoors. This could be explained by Javi encountering people deep into the mountains around the tree stump, with other people who are living off the grid and worshiping Yellowjackets’ mysterious symbol taking him in and giving him food. If other people out there in the wilderness began the cannibalistic cult, then the candles around the bunker in Lottie’s visions would also make more sense.

Where Is Adult Javi In Yellowjackets?

Natalie, Javi, and Travis sitting together in Yellowjackets

Adult Javi has yet to be seen or mentioned in Yellowjackets season 2, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not alive. Adult Van is teased to appear in Yellowjackets season 2, despite the fact that her fate wasn’t referenced once during the first season. Adult Lottie was also finally referenced in the last moments of Yellowjackets season 1’s ending, so it’s possible that adult Javi will also be revealed later in season 2. Javi may have gone off the grid after surviving the wilderness, or he could even be hiding in Lottie’s cultish community, which would make for a massive discovery by the present timeline's kidnapped Natalie.

Source: Reddit