I think the problem is that because BaD is peak in terms of AVNs people are placing DPC on a pedestal in terms of writing ability and crediting him with being some sort of trope breaker like George RR Martin in early ASOIAF books. Also long term waits between chapters build theory crafting just like the break between A Dance With Dragons and the still not released The Winds of Winter have built up the theories for ASOIAF.
The problem is DPC doesn't actually break any tropes. All the tropes are unchanged from what you'd expect them to be. There's not been any dramatic twists if you've been paying attention to the previous story. Josy and Maya clues were there - Josy being careful not to say boyfriend when discussing the fact she's in a relationship, Maya being very evasive when she admitted that she only says she has a boyfriend to put guys off her.
Sage being a Burke was also clued in earlier episode. Jacob telling Fuckface that it's not just Chad who he has to be careful of regarding Sage, the clear blocking of the third picture when Jade was throwing things at Burke.
The one thing that could be considered a twist but would still be DPC following common tropes would be Nick not being the traitor in the DIKs, either there'll be no traitor but Nick gets accused and thrown out the DIKs for it or there will be a traitor who isn't Nick. This is because the common trope is to present a prime suspect and make it more and more obvious it's them (Nick is the one who was best friends with Vinny, Nick is the only DIK who doesn't have his room smashed up) and then reveal that they were innocent all along. This would be a huge twist for a lot of people but would be expected from anyone who watches/reads crime fiction (very popular in DPC's native Sweden).
Very good point of view. One thing that could be considered a twist (for many), because at the time when people would create theories about it, I was the only one that I saw that thought that and I wrote my thoughts about it on reddit, the place I used to read before knowing this forum, and this one guy on DPC's twitter.
THis is about Chad being gay. At the time I didn't see many people bring that theory up, other than me and this guy on twitter. But maybe at that time I didn't use to read people's theories, maybe there were more.
At the time, the reasons that brought me to think that were simple. The way he talks about MC's ass in the first episode, then the fact he never wants to fuck sage and he never did.For someone like me who have seen a thousands of tv shows and movies, that was the most simple explanation. But I remember people creating theories about possible girls. But this guy on twitter he went further than me and he said he'd probably be in a relationship with Troy (reason why troy was kicked out) and said Troy was Melanie's brother.
I only imagined Chad being gay, because in many movies or tv shows where the Jock is gay, they always date the most popular girl and they always make excuses to not have sex with them.
I saw that some people got surprised when MC found him and troy kissing at the gym.
Other than this, I think everything else was what everyone expected and nothing that could make you say " wow, I didn't see that coming!".