u/thesysdaemon

TLDR: The town is a pocket dimension run by an entity that feeds on hope and agony. It resets every few decades (Victor was the last resets survivor). The ending will require Tabitha and the residents to destroy the lighthouse simultaneously from both sides of reality, and Boyd will likely have to stay behind to seal the rift forever.

This has been rattling around in my head for a while now, but after looking at everything we’ve seen so far, I think I’ve finally pieced together the logic of the town. I don't think it’s purgatory (thats too easy) and I don’t think it’s a government experiment (too grounded for the weird stuff we see). This is my theory on what is actually going on and how this whole thing wraps up.

It’s a feeding ground for an eldritch entity. I think the town exists in a pocket dimension, like a liminal space, created by something ancient and malevolent. It’s basically an "agony farm." This entity doesn't just feed on death, it feeds on a specific mix of hope and despair. The town operates on a "reset" cycle. Every few decades, the entity clears the board and starts over once the survivors get too smart or too hopeless. Victor is clearly the lone survivor of the last "great purge”.

The monsters aren't the big bads. They are just the dogs the entity uses to keep the "livestock", the residents, inside a constant state of highstress terror. They look like humans because they are twisted physical manifestations of the towns history and those "Anghkooey" children are likely the original sacrifices that anchored this dimension to our world in the first place.

The town actually wants people to find hope. It lets them grow food, fall in love, and lets Tabitha "escape” because hope makes the eventual collapse and despair taste better to whatever is running the show. It’s a sick game of "give and take" to keep the energy levels high.

Also, the show cant end with a simple escape because the town is a closed loop. For it to break, they have to destroy the "anchor." Tabitha’s journey to the "outside" isn't a clean break. She’s likely in a mirrored version of reality or a middleground. The series finale will probably involve a synchronized attack where people on the inside and the outside have to destroy the lighthouse at the exact same moment. With that said, this isn't a show where everyone gets a happy ending, and I’m calling it now, Boyd is going to have to stay behind to "close the door" from the inside. He’ll end up as the lone protector of an empty town, finally finding a weird kind of peace in the silence while everyone else gets back to the real world.

I have mobility placard, but often I see people not putting their placard up if they have one or people parking illegally. I wanted to print off some cards kind of like business cards such just says hey you're now on Reddit (like shitty parking or something). Would that be illegal

I drink, alot. My father was a alcoholic and ruined my childhood and his marriage. I'm 43yo, self retired (100k+ pension per year) and can't like.. not drink. I'm not like my father, I have a wife and children whom I love and treat well, but I sneak into the garage to down some vodka every so often (maybe 750m a day). The thing is, I function well. Obviously I don't drive or anything, but I feel good when I drink, I'm more loving, more caring, more.. better. This can't be normal right?

Edit: maybe not 750m a day. I'm not trying to down play it, idk maybe I am. I really appreciate everything and everyones response. It's hard to keep track and answer everything. It's hard to understand, even for me. For example, I cry, not bawling, but I get emotional for the most mundane things. Obviously I don't show this to problem, hense me venting on Reddit. Idk, this is all weird now, especially after reading everything.

Edit 2. I've tried speaking to psychologists and things of that nature and everything goes well but the problem is I genuinely can't even be honest with them, so I lie. I carry this myself.

Edit 3: thank you all for the support. It really means more than youll ever know