So, I was wildly curious about what the button Kat dropped into the abyss was and. WELL. It says, "NO MEANS NO"....
Concerning in itself, for sure, but also...
Notably: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and American Beauty
Looking further, all the girls have official playlists... There's more than one song on Kat's that is of interest to this topic, but in particular, there's this:
It's possible that these have to do more with Dylan, but either way, there seems to be even more darkness going on in Kat's home life than illness and the bullying we witnessed in Tape 1.
Going more into the Dylan thing, if you look closely at her model, there seems to be bruises. Additionally, she wears a necklace not unlike a certain Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks...
It also makes me wonder if there's more to this line than just Kat's illness, but this is just speculation for now.
When Kat first reveals her song and kick-starts the events leading to the abyss, she says this:
FOR WHAT, KAT????????
Turning our attention to Corey, there's another interesting detail...he and Dean (Autumn's ex) seem to hang out together.
Is Dean much older than Autumn? (YIKES.)
Also interesting is the character alignments for their tabletop characters. While Dean's is evil (sounds right TBH), Corey plays a character who is Lawful Good. It's entirely possible this is just because a lot of villains see themselves as good or would like to be perceived as such, but maybe it's weirder than that.
Maybe there's something going on with all the supernatural references to w*ndigos and the inspiration behind it...
Adult!Swann can mention her book is about a cryptid or is a psychological thriller. Kat mentions that she's seen a w*ndigo.
The effects over the girls' eyes are especially interesting when considering the Twin Peaks inspiration, as is how Corey has heterochromia.
(Spoilers for Twin Peaks under the cut at the end.)
Also interesting is how both Twin Peaks and American Beauty have a focus on darkness in fathers—we don't know a whole lot about Kat and Dylan's at this point, but it's another potential point of concern, especially since Corey is trying to win him over.
Regardless about how much of this is relevant or pure speculation, it does beg the question of what Kat feels so deeply about that she felt the need to lay a curse and why that button was something meaningful enough to be an offering.
(Special thanks to the LOML, @juliadreamart for providing screenshots, yapping about this with me, and all around being the best! <333333333)
I noticed something interesting about when the girls' eyes glow in comparison to things they said at the abyss and wanted to drop those here. I'm making this post hella late, so maybe someone already took note, but here's my thing anyway:
Nora: fuck
Autumn: listen
Now, the other two may break the link, but then again, despite Kat's not activating during something she said in THE abyss scene, there's still something interesting given she's the one who initiated things...
Kat: Hell
And, perhaps, Swann's is not shown due to player choice and variance: it cuts to her with her eyes already glowing.
I wonder if these things will be more relevant in Tape 2.
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