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* ''Preacher's Daughter'' as a whole is the tragic story of a girl whose abuse from her family, namely her father, spiraled into her becoming involved with bad men that eventually leads to her violent end.
** "A House In Nebraska" revolves around Ethel mourning the loss of Willoughby who broke up with her and left to someplace unknown due to circumstances that she blames herself for. All she wants is to reunite with him and find the titular house that they once dreamed about, but all she can do now is pray that wherever Willoughby is that he's alright while she's all alone.
** "Western Nights" has Ethel find a new boyfriend named Logan who is a violent delinquent that frequently gets into trouble and is implied to even abuse Ethel herself. She remains with him and prays that one day they'll "be okay," but by the time of "Family Tree" Logan's been shot down by the cops during an armed robbery and Ethel, who was there as an accomplice, goes on the run to avoid capture.

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* ''Preacher's Daughter'' as a whole is the tragic story of a girl the character of Ethel Cain, whose abuse from her family, namely her father, spiraled spirals into her becoming involved with bad men that and [[DownerEnding eventually leads to to]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath her horrific, violent end.
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** "A House In Nebraska" revolves around Ethel mourning the loss of her past lover Willoughby Tucker, who broke up with her and left to someplace unknown due to circumstances that she blames herself for. All she wants is to reunite with him and find the titular house that they once dreamed about, but all she can do now is pray that wherever Willoughby is that he's alright wherever he is, while she's all alone.
** "Western Nights" has Ethel find a new boyfriend named Logan who is a violent delinquent that frequently gets into trouble and is implied to even abuse Ethel herself. She remains with him and prays that one day they'll "be okay," but by the time of "Family Tree" Tree", Logan's been shot down by the cops during an armed robbery and Ethel, who was there as an accomplice, goes on the run to avoid capture.



** The absolutely brutal HopeSpot that "Thoroughfare" provides. It seems that after all the abuse she went through as well as escaping from the authorities that Ethel finally found her true love in a man named Isaiah and is now happily traveling the west with him, but then "Gibson Girl" comes along and it's revealed that was all a lie and that she's really Isaiah's captive forced into prostitution.
** "August Underground" and "Televangelism" are somber instrumentals that correspond to Ethel's murder at Isaiah's hands and her soul leaving her body respectively. Crosses (the former especially) with NightmareFuel.

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** The absolutely brutal HopeSpot that "Thoroughfare" provides. It seems that after all the abuse she went through through, as well as escaping from the authorities authorities, that Ethel finally found her true love in a man named Isaiah and is now happily traveling the west with him, but then "Gibson Girl" comes along and it's revealed that was all a lie and that she's really Isaiah's captive forced into prostitution.
** "August Underground" and "Televangelism" are somber instrumentals that correspond to Ethel's murder at Isaiah's hands and her soul leaving her body respectively. Crosses (the former especially) with NightmareFuel.
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** "August Underground" and "Televangelism" are somber instrumentals that represent Ethel's murder at Isaiah's hands and her soul leaving her body, respectively. Both overlap (the former especially) with NightmareFuel.



** "Strangers"...dear goodness "Strangers". Even after ''everything'' Isaiah did to her and watching as ''he eats her corpse'' Ethel asks him if she wasn't any good when she tried to be and claims that she only wanted to be his. Lastly, she turns her attention to her mother who she forgives for the rough upbringing, tells her mother not to worry and that she loves her, and says that when her mother dies they'll see each other again.
*** Mixes with NightmareFuel. Some fans take it a couple steps further in interpreting that Ethel actually found and talked to her father (who died before the start of the story) first before speaking to her mother. Given what he did to her (which Ethel forgives and even absolves of blame in this case), it implies that Ethel may not have made it to Heaven after all and that her mother probably won't either...

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** "Strangers"...dear goodness goodness, "Strangers". Even after ''everything'' Isaiah did to her and watching as ''he eats her corpse'' corpse'', Ethel asks him if she wasn't any good when she tried to be and claims that she only wanted to be his. Lastly, she turns her attention to her mother who she forgives for the rough upbringing, tells her mother not to worry and that she loves her, and says that when her mother dies dies, [[TogetherInDeath they'll see each other again.
*** Mixes with NightmareFuel. Some fans take it a couple steps
again]]. One interpretation of the song further in interpreting overlaps it with NightmareFuel; some fans have interpreted that Ethel actually found and talked to her father (who died before the start of the story) first before speaking to her mother. Given what he did to her (which Ethel forgives and even absolves of blame in this case), [[FridgeHorror it implies that Ethel may not have made it to Heaven after all all, and that her mother probably won't won't, either...]]
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** While predominantly NightmareFuel, the overall themes of female victimization in "Ptolemaea" counts. Bonus in that it's also implied that Ethel attempted to escape from Isaiah but was sadly unsuccessful.

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** While predominantly NightmareFuel, the overall themes of female victimization in "Ptolemaea" counts.count. Bonus in that it's also implied that Ethel attempted to escape from Isaiah but was sadly unsuccessful.
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** While predominantly NightmareFuel, the overall themes of female victimization in "Ptolomea" counts. Bonus in that it's also implied that Ethel attempted to escape from Isaiah but was sadly unsuccessful.

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** While predominantly NightmareFuel, the overall themes of female victimization in "Ptolomea" "Ptolemaea" counts. Bonus in that it's also implied that Ethel attempted to escape from Isaiah but was sadly unsuccessful.
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** While predominantly NightmareFuel, the overall themes of female victimization in "Ptolomea" counts. Bonus in that it's also implied that Ethel attempted to escape from Isaiah but was sadly unsuccessful.

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** "Strangers"...dear goodness "Strangers". Even after ''everything'' he did to her and watching as ''he eats her corpse'' Ethel asks Isaiah if she "wasn't any good" and claims that she only wanted to be his. Lastly, she turns her attention to her mother who she forgives for the rough upbringing, tells her mother not to worry about her, and says that when her mother dies they'll be reunited.

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** "Strangers"...dear goodness "Strangers". Even after ''everything'' he Isaiah did to her and watching as ''he eats her corpse'' Ethel asks Isaiah him if she "wasn't wasn't any good" good when she tried to be and claims that she only wanted to be his. Lastly, she turns her attention to her mother who she forgives for the rough upbringing, tells her mother not to worry about and that she loves her, and says that when her mother dies they'll be reunited.see each other again.
*** Mixes with NightmareFuel. Some fans take it a couple steps further in interpreting that Ethel actually found and talked to her father (who died before the start of the story) first before speaking to her mother. Given what he did to her (which Ethel forgives and even absolves of blame in this case), it implies that Ethel may not have made it to Heaven after all and that her mother probably won't either...

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** "Western Nights" has Ethel find a new boyfriend named Logan who is a violent delinquent that frequently gets into trouble and is implied to even abuse Ethel herself. She remains with him and prays that one day they'll "be okay," but by the time of "Family Tree" Logan's been shot down by the cops during an armed robbery and Ethel, who was there as an accomplice, has to go on the run.

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** "Western Nights" has Ethel find a new boyfriend named Logan who is a violent delinquent that frequently gets into trouble and is implied to even abuse Ethel herself. She remains with him and prays that one day they'll "be okay," but by the time of "Family Tree" Logan's been shot down by the cops during an armed robbery and Ethel, who was there as an accomplice, has to go goes on the run.run to avoid capture.
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** "Strangers"...dear goodness "Strangers". Even after ''everything'' he did to her and watching as ''he eats her corpse'' Ethel asks Isaiah if she "wasn't any good" and claims that she only wanted to be his. Lastly, she turns her attention to her mother who she forgives for the rough upbringing, tells her mother not to worry about her, and that when her mother dies they'll be reunited.

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** "Strangers"...dear goodness "Strangers". Even after ''everything'' he did to her and watching as ''he eats her corpse'' Ethel asks Isaiah if she "wasn't any good" and claims that she only wanted to be his. Lastly, she turns her attention to her mother who she forgives for the rough upbringing, tells her mother not to worry about her, and says that when her mother dies they'll be reunited.
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** "August Underground" and "Televangelism" are somber instrumentals that correspond to Ethel's murder at Isaiah's hands and her soul leaving her body respectively. Crosses (the former especially) with NightmareFuel.

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** "August Underground" and "Televangelism" are somber instrumentals that correspond to Ethel's murder at Isaiah's hands and her soul leaving her body respectively. Crosses (the former especially) with NightmareFuel.NightmareFuel.
** The end of "Sun Bleached Flies" has Ethel, now in the afterlife, once again longing to be with Willoughby at the house in Nebraska.
** "Strangers"...dear goodness "Strangers". Even after ''everything'' he did to her and watching as ''he eats her corpse'' Ethel asks Isaiah if she "wasn't any good" and claims that she only wanted to be his. Lastly, she turns her attention to her mother who she forgives for the rough upbringing, tells her mother not to worry about her, and that when her mother dies they'll be reunited.
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** The absolutely brutal HopeSpot that "Thoroughfare" provides. It seems that after all the abuse she went through as well as escaping from the authorities that Ethel finally found her true love in a man named Isaiah and is now happily traveling the west with him, but then "Gibson Girl" comes along and it's revealed that was all a lie and that she's really Isaiah's captive forced into prostitution.

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** The absolutely brutal HopeSpot that "Thoroughfare" provides. It seems that after all the abuse she went through as well as escaping from the authorities that Ethel finally found her true love in a man named Isaiah and is now happily traveling the west with him, but then "Gibson Girl" comes along and it's revealed that was all a lie and that she's really Isaiah's captive forced into prostitution.prostitution.
** "August Underground" and "Televangelism" are somber instrumentals that correspond to Ethel's murder at Isaiah's hands and her soul leaving her body respectively. Crosses (the former especially) with NightmareFuel.
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** "Western Nights" has Ethel find a new boyfriend named Logan who is a violent delinquent that frequently gets into trouble and is implied to even abuse Ethel herself. She remains with him and prays that one day they'll "be okay," but by the time of "Family Tree" Logan's been shot down by the cops during an armed robbery and Ethel, who was there as an accomplice, has to go on the run.

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** ''Hard Times'' subtly reveals that Ethel's father sexually abused her from a young age, particularly during the night when she was too tired to resist or run away. She mentions how she should have known that not all "love" from a parent is good and that she's sick of the ties that she has to her father.

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** ''Hard Times'' "Hard Times" subtly reveals that Ethel's father sexually abused her from a young age, particularly during the night when she was too tired to resist or run away. She mentions how she should have known that not all "love" from a parent is good and that she's sick of the ties that she has to her father.father.
** The absolutely brutal HopeSpot that "Thoroughfare" provides. It seems that after all the abuse she went through as well as escaping from the authorities that Ethel finally found her true love in a man named Isaiah and is now happily traveling the west with him, but then "Gibson Girl" comes along and it's revealed that was all a lie and that she's really Isaiah's captive forced into prostitution.
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** "A House In Nebraska" revolves around Ethel mourning the loss of Willoughby who broke up with her and left to someplace unknown due to circumstances that she blames herself for. All she wants is to reunite with him and find the titular house that they once dreamed about, but all she can do now is pray that wherever Willoughby is that he's alright while she's all alone.

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** "A House In Nebraska" revolves around Ethel mourning the loss of Willoughby who broke up with her and left to someplace unknown due to circumstances that she blames herself for. All she wants is to reunite with him and find the titular house that they once dreamed about, but all she can do now is pray that wherever Willoughby is that he's alright while she's all alone.alone.
** ''Hard Times'' subtly reveals that Ethel's father sexually abused her from a young age, particularly during the night when she was too tired to resist or run away. She mentions how she should have known that not all "love" from a parent is good and that she's sick of the ties that she has to her father.
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* ''Preacher's Daughter'' as a whole is the tragic story of a girl whose abuse from her family, namely her father, spiraled into her becoming involved with bad men that eventually leads to her violent end.
** "A House In Nebraska" revolves around Ethel mourning the loss of Willoughby who broke up with her and left to someplace unknown due to circumstances that she blames herself for. All she wants is to reunite with him and find the titular house that they once dreamed about, but all she can do now is pray that wherever Willoughby is that he's alright while she's all alone.

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