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1!!The film
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3* Why wouldn't a hotel far enough north to have White Nights install blackout curtains?
4** They did! The constant brightness is Dormer's perception, a manifestation of the guilt that won't let him sleep. This is made clear when the clerk comes to the room and comments on how dark it is, even though it looks light to us. When she turns on the lights, it looks like a floodlight is illuminating the place. That level of brightness is entirely in Dormer's head.
5* When Ellie and Dormer are under fire from the killer, why does Ellie give him the gun back? I can gather that she trusts him, but the guy is still cracked out from sleep deprivation and can barely stand.
6** At that moment Ellie was farther away from the window than Dormer.
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8!!The fanfic
9* It's clear that all five time loops are happening at once, and that there are five Links existing at once. But Link always starts out at the Clock Tower when he goes back to the beginning. Why doesn't he run into the other four then? Shouldn't they be there too, since they've all just reset to the exact same place at the exact same time?

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