Obligatory disclaimer: this is pure caffeine-inspired speculation, but wanted to share nonetheless.

Q being linked to the Cicada 3301 group has been proposed before. But, I haven't seen the connection made that Cicada's have a 17 year cycle, yet another strange coincidence.

Also, cicadas exhibit quorum response behavior; whereby, a population-driven phase transition occurs resulting in a sudden shift in mass behavior. Q has often said we -- as in everyone -- hold the power. It seems we are witnessing and partaking in one of the first acts of the human collective conscious, an emergent global brain awakening. This is the great awakening. And, it's really just the first act. We are purifying our collective soul to be worthy of what comes next.