![]() So I think that part of my post is just speculation on my part. I think that you put it well as understanding the "bug birthed as the physical manifestation of emotional trauma." I do think that if the show wanted to imply it was the boy, they wouldn't be afraid to do it. But in Lynch's work, the characters are forced to face and narratively deal with the consequences of the surreal sequences and can't just forget them with the dream. I think it's what distinguishes his work from the myriad of others who try to do surreal sequences - most of the time they wake up and it's a dream. As I'm a screenwriter, the biggest rule that I've learned about writing from Lynch is that everything is really happening. I never made the connection that he looks like Lincoln, but he so does! I don't know if there's anything to make of that, but the woodsman I think are a lot more complicated too and a totally different rabbit hole.īut back to Sarah: I think that there's a duality of meaning in the show intentionally, especially as it's one of the major themes. ![]() Isn't it heads up good luck? To me that was another quirky 1950s innocence moment. I have no idea what either of those things mean but I think it's a neat thing to note. Also the woodsman in the episode looks like Lincoln who is on the penny. But to me something about it feels right.įun side note: she finds a penny heads up right before all of this, so there is also a subversion of the "good luck charm" trope. I understand that isn't all coherent but its hard to be coherent about a show that is so abstract lol. That trauma had to happen to bring forth Judy. That may have even been Judy's plan all along and why the death of Laura seems so oddly necessary to everything going on. Probably just leached off of and caused/exacerbated more pain for her entire life until by the end the bug had leached enough to grow into an avatar of Judy within our world. I think a bug birthed by the physical manifestation of emotional trauma would be quite attracted to an innocent child who has just freshly opened the door for true pain and loss for the first time. How that would figure into the plot rather than just thematic resonance I have no idea, but we do know the beings in this show feed off of emotional states, specifically (but likely not only) pain. A child's first kiss is often viewed or portrayed as the first step on a trip every human goes from innocent and pure being with limitless potential to a just an average flawed human like the rest of us, and obviously she has what is likely her first kiss right before. Personally I took the imagery as a sort of representation of Sarah's loss of innocence and how when you open yourself up to the joy of love you necessarily put yourself in a position to experience pain and loss. And if you're into the interpretations of the show that say everything we see is a visualization of Laura's internal world while she tries to hide her own abuse from herself, it's a good fit for that line of thought. I think that's a fine way to look at it and also as other people are saying it is also maybe allegory for Laura's own abuse. ![]() I really think that Laura is the hero of the show in this sense, because she breaks the cycle by refusing to "let Bob in" and sacrificing her life for it. So Sarah Palmer lived through sexual abuse and ended up being attracted to and marrying a sexual abuser, which perpetuated the cycle on their daughter. He walked her home and her open window was on the first floor. Even though it seems very innocent and wholesome in the way that it is filmed, this boy could be lying and a bit of a player. There's some dialogue about how she thought he was "going with" another girl. But considering the only other scene we get is one with her walking home with a boy, we have to consider him as a candidate. If that's true, then the identity of the abuser could be anyone. It echoes for me the scene of Bob crawling through the window in Fire Walk With Me. There's also an interesting dynamic in the secret diary where Laura says she can feel that her mother is jealous of her, which is all kinds of fucked up.Īnd the theory I have is that Sarah Palmer was also raped and the frogmoth scene is symbolic of that. I think that Sarah is portrayed as a bit of a monster in season 3 because she was aware of the rape of her daughter and she allowed it to happen. I believe that there is a theme of the cycle of abuse throughout the show.
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