Labyrinth Might Get a Sequel So You Have to Read This Mind-Blowing Theory About Jareth's Origins

Tumblr user might have figured out why the Goblin King would want to steal a baby

First of all, a certain song needs to be stuck in everyone's head while you read this post, so let's just get that started:

You remind me of the babe.
What babe?
The babe with the power.
What power?
The power of voodoo.
Who do?
You do.
Do what?
Remind me of the babe!

There. That should do it. If it doesn't, just press play below and watch David Bowie dance around with his magical bulge of bulginess. Who knew a Goblin King could be so hot?!

And now the scene is set to talk about this mind-blowing fan theory that started making the rounds on the Internet back in 2013, and we just have to resurface it because there might be a seqeul to Labyrinth. Written by Tumblr user Glamdamnit, the theory is regarding the origin of the Goblin King Jareth (Bowie) and why he would want to steal Sarah's (Jennifer Connelly) baby brother in the first place.

The reason? A broken heart, of course. Isn't it always about a broken heart?

"In a time long long ago a sorcerer named Jareth fell in love with a girl named Sarah. Sarah's father and step-mother would not let her marry Jareth because they wanted to keep her, as a servant, to care for their other child. In a fit of rage Jareth kidnapped this other child and spirited it away to the fairy world. In this new world Jareth built a palace for his Sarah. He turned the spoiled child into a goblin, and kept it to be a servant.

Many stories of the fairy world tell us that time moves differently there than in our world (Rip Van Winkle for one). In the time it took for Jareth to build his kingdom, which he may have thought was little more than a few years, Sarah grew old and died.

Overcome by grief and addled by a lifetime spent in a strange world filled with monsters, Jareth goes mad. He refuses to believe that he has lost his love. He searches the mortal world from his castle, looking for her.

Sarah is Hebrew name. So, it is common, and has been in use for thousands and thousands of years. It does not take long (for him) to find a dark haired girl named Sarah, who has a younger sibling, and who feels that she is treated unfairly by her step mother. In a fit of rage he kidnaps this other child and spirits it away to the fairy world. Perhaps this new Sarah dies in the quest to find the child, perhaps she wins her sibling back and flees.

Jareth searches the mortal world from his castle, looking for her.  It does not take long to find a dark haired girl named Sarah…

This is how Jareth becomes the goblin king. Every goblin in the goblin city is a child Jareth has stolen, who was not recovered by a Sarah. (He told the current Sarah that Toby would become a goblin if she did not find him in time).

This is why he builds the maze. The magic bog, the junk yard of useless treasures, all tricks to slow Sarah down. Because if he can only have his Sarah for the time it takes for her to regain the stolen child, he will make it take as long as possible, keep her as long as possible.

This is why there exists in our world a book containing the story. Because it has happened before. So many times. At some point some lucky Sarah must have returned to our world to tell the story.

This is why when the most recent Sarah first meets Hoggle at the start of the labyrinth, and introduces herself; "I'm Sarah", Hoggle responds "That's what I figured."

Because of course she's Sarah.

They were all Sarah."

Crazy, right?! Now if this Labyrinth sequel is actually a prequel, we'd be so on board. Right now we're skeptical because this is a beloved movie from our childhood and David Bowie and his bulge are sacred! SACRED, WE SAY!