I wanted to ask...are all black lodge spirits "evil" or? I just wanted to ask because the Tremonds...the young boy and the older woman...why did they give Laura the portrait to have Dale warn her about what was going to happen with the ring? And, the Giant...why did he seemingly help Dale?...

Thanks Red Lodge! I am definitely a survivor of multiple people's abuse and multiple rapes. Its...pretty bad. I actually know exactly what BPD is and I've been thinking I may have it (as I have intense feelings towards abandonment, being left,etc... along with a multitude of other mental issues) but...

Oh, that would be cruel! She's barely gotten used to Mulder! You're horrible!

AHAHAH!! Thats great.

I wonder what the "evil side" of Coop is even like...I am so curious. Because Coop is just so nice and gentle. I mean he's literally a boy scout. So, this is going to be interesting to see for me in terms of character development,etc...because I am actually pretty fascinated with Coop are ...

Or he could be like Leland and just act "normal" in front of other people and hide all of his wrong doings. Didn't this kind of happen in the end scene? As he acted normal in front of Sheriff Truman and then just freaked out alone in the bathroom? BOB seems to know how to act "societa...

I wanted to address further the domestic abuse situation. For one, god bless you for not knowing how abusive families work. Ugh, very lucky. But my father was excessively domestically abusive towards my family and all we could do was go through it and then ignore it because life would go on. A lot o...

Thanks! Yeah, I always think in the context of BOB being featured in the diary he's actually just a metaphor for how she deals with her abuse and what she thinks about herself even though its not true, borne out of maybe PTSD. Its funny because even Harold suggests that he's "not real" in ...

I just wanted to express how much this thread means to me! I feel hugely, hugely kindred to Laura for a number of reasons. My background, my deals with sex work, substances, abuse, mental illness (as I perceive some of Laura's writings especially in her journal as her being mentally ill. I sometimes...