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* Couples with fridge sadness. Casey Hartley was a member of the band before his disappearance, meaning that he most likely had a hand in writing the song "Die anywhere else". Since most artists write songs about their desires, it could be safe to assume that Casey wished for just that, to die anywhere other than in Possum Springs. [[spoiler:Thanks to the cult, he never got that wish granted.]]
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* Couples with fridge sadness. Casey Hartley was a member of the band before his disappearance, meaning that he most likely had a hand in writing the song "Die anywhere else".Die Anywhere Else. Since most artists write songs about their desires, it could be safe to assume that Casey wished for just that, to die anywhere other than in Possum Springs. [[spoiler:Thanks to the cult, he never got that wish granted.]]]]
* [[spoiler:As far as the cult is concerned, the posters about the disappearances of their vicvtims, who they deem owrthless, may as well read 'HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CAT?']]
* [[spoiler:As far as the cult is concerned, the posters about the disappearances of their vicvtims, who they deem owrthless, may as well read 'HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CAT?']]
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* Couples with fridge sadness. Casey Hartley was a member of the band before his disappearance, meaning that he most likely had a hand in writing the song "Die anywhere else". Since most artists write songs about their desires, it could be safe to assume that Casey wished for just that, to die anywhere other than in Possum Springs. [[spoiler:Thanks to the cult, he never got that wish granted.]]
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* [[spoiler: Casey's parents will never learn what really happened to their son. The story of the cult is too outrageous to be believed, so they will either be told a lie, or stay in belief that Casey is out in the world, still missing, not realizing he isn't coming home.]]
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* [[spoiler: Casey's parents will never learn what really happened to their son. The story of the cult is too outrageous to be believed, so they will either be told a lie, or stay in belief that Casey is out in the world, still missing, not realizing he isn't coming home. Even if they were able to accept the truth, they'd have to realize that their ''neighbors'' kidnapped and killed their son. That is a bitter pill to swallow, that the people you trust to be decent took your child away from you.]]
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* Bea's bitterness towards Mae for dropping out takes a darker note towards the end of the game. No matter which route you play, Bea for all her anger does care about Mae. [[spoiler:Then while chasing a ghost Mae gets injured, finding something actually dangerous, and then goes back to find the ghost and possibly die. If you play the Gregg route and not the Bea route, Bea's last conversation with Mae would have been less than cordial. Bea would have suffered PartingWordsRegret.]]
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* During the night of the party, a drunk Mae begins talking to Angus about how their dad's knew each other as drinking buddies [[spoiler: and how Mae's father had to stop drinking because he was a danger to her and her mother.]] Angus replies back to her telling her that she's not allowed to drink anymore. [[spoiler: We later find out that Angus's mother was horribly abusive to him and his father was never around. No wonder he didn't want her to keep going on about his dad. There's a good chance that Angus was being locked into the pantry on many of the nights his father was drinking with Mae's.]]
** Even worse, [[spoiler: Mae's father stopped drinking when he became a danger to his family. It sounds like Angus's dad never did.]]
** Even worse, [[spoiler: Mae's father stopped drinking when he became a danger to his family. It sounds like Angus's dad never did.]]
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* When Mae recounts what she saw on [[spoiler:Harfest]] to her friends, [[spoiler:that is the "ghost" kidnapping someone]], she never mentions that [[spoiler:Aunt Molly stopped her from going after the ghost. If not a FridgeHorror of her aunt possibly knocking her out, due to being a cult member, it could mean that subconsciously Mae doesn't want to associate Aunt Molly with the "weird happenings" since Molly is a cop and looks out for her.]]
* Mae's nightmares and fears of [[spoiler:having disassociation]] start after the party, where she gets drunk on three cups of beer. Generally it's not a good idea to mix [[http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/dissociativeliving/2015/03/dissociative-identity-disorder-and-substance-addiction/ addictive substances]] and [[spoiler:mental illness]].
* Mae's nightmares and fears of [[spoiler:having disassociation]] start after the party, where she gets drunk on three cups of beer. Generally it's not a good idea to mix [[http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/dissociativeliving/2015/03/dissociative-identity-disorder-and-substance-addiction/ addictive substances]] and [[spoiler:mental illness]].
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** In the opening scene, [[spoiler:Aunt Molly]] finds Mae while the latter is walking home through the woods from the bus station, ''[[AdultFear alone]]'', and jumping on the power lines. Mae's parents also didn't know that Mae would be home that night, which means [[spoiler:no one would have missed Mae for weeks possibly if the cult had killed her.]] [[spoiler:Aunt Molly might have protected her niece from becoming the next target by forcing her to take a ride home.]]
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** Also during that night, after [[spoiler:Aunt Molly orders Mae to get in the car, we FadeToBlack, and then to Mae's nightmare. Mae wakes up in bed, not recalling her aunt being at the scene of the kidnapping. Did her aunt ''knock her out'' the way the kidnappper knocked out the victim Mae saw?]]
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** Let's suppose the above theory is true, How will Mae react if she realizes that [[spoiler:she condemned her aunt to starvation, and that her aunt helped murder her friend Casey and cover up the crime? For all her prickliness and snark, Mae does love her family, and she doesn't want to believe anyone would do such a thing.]]
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* Mae hasn't gotten [[spoiler:proper treatment for her mental health. She's unlikely to get it, unless she can find a good therapist in Possum Springs that doesn't believe in journalling as a sole treatment]]. Statistically speaking, [[spoiler:without talk therapy or medicine, the odds of a health decline will increase. How far away is she from a forced hospitalization?]]
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* In Mae's first dream, the sign she smashes with her bat reads "DURKILLESBURG." Smash the letters in the right order, the message spells out "_U_KILLE_R_". [[spoiler: The nickname Mae earned after brutally beating another kid with a baseball bat.]]
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* In Mae's first dream, the sign she smashes with her bat reads "DURKILLESBURG." Smash the letters in the right order, the message spells out "_U_KILLE_R_"."___KILLE_R_". [[spoiler: The nickname Mae earned after brutally beating another kid with a baseball bat.]]
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** Even worse, [[spoiler: the crusties are also somewhat aware of the fact that transients tend to disappear if they get off in Possum Springs, blaming the disappearances on ghosts. Twice they also mention that only the "good and pure" of them are the targets, which implies that the cult targets younger drifters who don't otherwise draw attention to themselves while the more belligerent ones are untouched.]]
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* In Mae's first dream, the sign she smashes with her bat reads "DURKILLESBURG." Smash the letters in the right order, the message spells out "_U_KILLE_R_". [[spoiler: The nickname Mae earned after brutally beating another kid with a baseball bat.]]
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** [[spoiler:And that's assuming the Black Goat exists at ''all''. Maybe the supernatural stuff was all just dreams and a hallucination. Even our universe has a Black Goat: entropy. In time, all the energy leaks out, everything runs down, and everything will be lost. And if there IS a god... well, the janitor just seems to be letting it all happen.]]
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** [[spoiler:And that's assuming the Black Goat exists at ''all''. Maybe the supernatural stuff was all just dreams and a hallucination. Even our universe has a Black Goat: entropy. In time, all the energy leaks out, everything runs down, and everything will be lost. And Even if there IS a god... well, the janitor just doesn't seem to be capable of fixing everything. Caring, Uncaring, Vicious. What seems to be letting it all happen.]]the weakest one?]]
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** [[spoiler:And that's assuming the Black Goat exists at *all*. Maybe the supernatural stuff was all just dreams and a hallucination. Even our universe has a Black Goat: entropy. In time, all the energy leaks out, everything runs down, and everything will be lost. And if there IS a god... well, the janitor just seems to be letting it all happen.]]
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** [[spoiler:And that's assuming the Black Goat exists at *all*.''all''. Maybe the supernatural stuff was all just dreams and a hallucination. Even our universe has a Black Goat: entropy. In time, all the energy leaks out, everything runs down, and everything will be lost. And if there IS a god... well, the janitor just seems to be letting it all happen.]]
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** [[spoiler:And that's assuming the Black Goat exists at *all*. Maybe the supernatural stuff was all just dreams and a hallucination. Even our universe has a Black Goat: entropy. In time, all the energy leaks out, everything runs down, and everything will be lost. And if there IS a god... well, the janitor just seems to be letting it all happen.]]
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* [[spoiler: Casey's parents will never learn what really happened to their son. The story of the cult is too outrageous to be believed, so they will either be told a lie, or stay in belief that Casey is out in the world, still missing, not realizing he isn't coming home.]]
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* Throughout the game, Mae meets itinerant freighthoppers whom Germ has befriended. Toward the end of the game, [[spoiler:the Black Goat cultists reveal that they target homeless people and drifters for use in their human sacrifices. The cultists probably kidnapped and murdered Germ's hobo friends.]]
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* It's possible that [[spoiler: Mae's aunt is a member of the cult. They recognize her voice ''immediately'', and her aunt shows up just as Mae finishes pursuing the kidnapper. There's also the fact that you never see her in the Epilogue, which only adds to the horror- Mae may have condemned her own aunt to starve to death in the darkness.]]
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* [[spoiler:Members of the Black Goat cult]] claim that Possum Springs' economic downturn and natural disasters were due to [[spoiler:Black Goat. The cultists perform human sacrifices to appease Black Goat and keep their town safe and prosperous. However, even though they've been performing sacrifices for years, the town is still declining. In other words, Black Goat has no intention of sparing Possum Springs, and will allow for the town's disintegration no matter how many sacrifices it receives. The cultists murdered countless innocent people for ''nothing''.]]
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*[[spoiler: Trapping the cult in the mine was a really good idea. It takes them out permanently and no one ever has to worry about them ever again. Unless, of course, they somehow acquire the ability to walk through solid matter, but what are the odds of that happening?]]
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* Bruce, the homeless man living next to the church, tells you mid game that he's going to hop on a train that night to go meet with his family, since his presence here is causing a lot of grief to Pastor Kate, and might even make her lose her job. He only asks you to let Kate know the next day. When you do tell the Pastor that he left to meet his family, she doesn't seem happy in the slightest, but still thanks you for letting her know. [[DrivenToSuicide And that's when you remember that he indirectly told you his daughter is dead.]]
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* Bruce, the homeless man living next to the church, tells you mid game that he's going to hop on a train that night to go meet with his family, since his presence here is causing a lot of grief to Pastor Kate, and might even make her lose her job. He only asks you to let Kate know the next day. When you do tell the Pastor that he left to meet his family, she doesn't seem happy in the slightest, but still thanks you for letting her know. [[DrivenToSuicide And that's when you remember that he indirectly told you his daughter is dead.dead earlier in the game.]]
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* Bruce, the homeless man living next to the church, tells you mid game that he's going to hop on a train that night to go meet with his family, since his presence here is causing a lot of grief to Pastor Kate, and might even make her lose her job. He only asks you to let Kate know the next day. When you do tell the Pastor that he left to meet his family, she doesn't seem happy in the slightest, but still thanks you for letting her know. [[DrivenToSuicide And that's when you remember that he indirectly told you his daughter is dead.]]
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* Mae saying that Selmers made the fruit snacks and juice boxes sound so real could be [[spoiler:subtle [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowing for the reveal of Mae's disassociation/derealization, where she no longer saw things as real but as "just shapes".]]]]
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* A minor one. Early on, Mae mentions that she [[CantHoldHerLiquor gets woozy on cough syrup]], but later on [[spoiler:she tells Bea that she was drinking cough syrup just to keep sleeping while having her breakdown in college.]]
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* The [[spoiler:creature Mae finds in her final dream]] states to have never seen anything that resembles God. This does not mean God doesn't exist, but as the end implies, [[spoiler:it works in such a subtle manner, it's imperceptible to it and also to Mae, which makes sense if the Janitor really is God, as he went unnoticed even by the entire Possum Springs]].
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* Why does Mae seem to be more athletic and able to platform than her friends? A cat is obviously more agile and able to balance than a bear, an alligator, and a hound.
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** After Harfest [[spoiler:Mae's aunt emphasizes the fact the kidnapper Mae was chasing would not have been able to escape unless they could walk through a solid fence. She does this until Mae expresses doubt in what she saw. Walking through walls is the one explicit unusual power of the cultists.]]
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** Not to mention [[spoiler:the gang avidly hides from the police in Gregg and Angus's apartment after the run-in at the mines. Considering that they recognized some of the voices, there's an eerie possibility she was the one they were hiding from...]]
** Not to mention [[spoiler:the gang avidly hides from the police in Gregg and Angus's apartment after the run-in at the mines. Considering that they recognized some of the voices, there's an eerie possibility she was the one they were hiding from...]]
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** Combined that [[spoiler:she shows up just ''moments'' after the severed arm at the diner is found...]]
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** After Harfest [[spoiler:Mae's aunt emphasizes the fact the kidnapper Mae was chasing would not have been able to escape unless they could walk through a solid fence. She does this until Mae expresses doubt in what she saw. Walking through walls is the one explicit unusual power of the cultists.]]
** After Harfest [[spoiler:Mae's aunt emphasizes the fact the kidnapper Mae was chasing would not have been able to escape unless they could walk through a solid fence. She does this until Mae expresses doubt in what she saw. Walking through walls is the one explicit unusual power of the cultists.]]
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* It's possible that [[spoiler: Mae's aunt is a member of the cult. They recognize her voice ''immediately'', and her aunt shows up just as Mae finishes pursuing the kidnapper. There's also the fact that you never see her in the Epilogue, which only adds to the horror- Mae may have condemned her own aunt to starve to death in the darkness.]]
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** Combined that [[spoiler:she shows up just ''moments'' after the severed arm at the diner is found...]]
** Combined that [[spoiler:she shows up just ''moments'' after the severed arm at the diner is found...]]
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* It's possible that [[spoiler: Mae's aunt is a member of the cult. They recognize her voice ''immediately'', and her aunt shows up just as Mae finishes pursuing the kidnapper. There's also the fact that you never see her in the Epilogue, which only adds to the horror- Mae may have condemned her own aunt to starve to death in the darkness.]]
* It's possible that [[spoiler: Mae's aunt is a member of the cult. They recognize her voice ''immediately'', and her aunt shows up just as Mae finishes pursuing the kidnapper. There's also the fact that you never see her in the Epilogue, which only adds to the horror- Mae may have condemned her own aunt to starve to death in the darkness.]]
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* Why does Mae seem to be more athletic and able to platform than her friends? A cat is obviously more agile and able to balance than a bear, an alligator, and a hound.
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* After finding the arm, it's barely mentioned for the rest of the game. [[spoiler:The cult only attacks people who wouldn't be missed.]]
* Why does Mae seem to be more athletic and able to platform than her friends? A cat is obviously more agile and able to balance than a bear, an alligator, and a hound.
!!Fridge Horror
* After finding the arm, it's barely mentioned for the rest of the game. [[spoiler:The cult only attacks people who wouldn't be missed.]]
