Last night, I dreamed that a new episode had released. In it, it was revealed that "specialness", or the ability to defy the laws of nature, is an important factor considered by the Odd Squad when hiring.

There were a lot of details that I forgot, but I think it said that OS hires these "special" kids because otherwise they would grow up to become villains and spread oddness everywhere. (I don't think they exclusively hire "special" kids though.) In the Odd Squad, their powers could be put to good use and they'd adopt the mindset that deliberately causing oddness = bad. However, they weren't able to save all these kids, and it was revealed that some of the current villains used to be agents; after they left Odd Squad, they were corrupted due to bottling up and not exercising their powers for a long time.

After the episode, I remember thinking "wow, that was pretty dark. and it completely changed the direction of the show" and preparing a discussion post. Then I woke up, and wanted to cry when I realized it was only a dream. ;A;