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Monty: *checks Esther's not watching*

baby boy felt he had to hide his feelings about Edwin from his mom

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Thinking about how Crystal's wearing a brown jacket because she's wrapped up in concern about David

Monty's wearing a blue jacket because he's wrapped up in concern about Edwin

Crystal's jacket has a burgundy hem with two yellow stripes, like burgundy polo Charles' collar (conflation of Charles and the demon ; reference to character dynamics of Crystal, Charles, David battle in the forest scene)

Monty's got a scarf that is seemingly just red as that's what's always showing, indicating Charles as a barrier

Just realized that the scarf looks like it's actually red on one side, blue on the other, referencing Edwin & Charles' inextricable connection--THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHICH WEIGHS HEAVY AROUND MONTY'S THROAT

I maintain that The Case of the Creeping Forest is a Monty and Crystal parallel arc episode

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Let's all go feral over light symbolism! <3

I noticed that in the Case of the Creeping Forest, we have Crystal & Charles with their own lantern in the forest.

Edwin and Monty with their own lantern.

Neither of those lanterns is the same as the one that Edwin gave to Charles when they met.

The Cat King extinguishes Monty's flame just before lighting his own Chandelier and outing Monty to Edwin, hoping it will garner favor for himself in Edwin's eyes.

When Charles descends into Hell, he doesn't have the lantern in hand yet. He pulls it out of his Bag-of-Tricks in the darkness of the Doll House.

As the fandom has already pointed out, the lantern that Edwin gave Charles when he was dying is the same lantern Charles brings into Hell to save Edwin.

Anyway, hope y'all were having a good day. Let's share all our theories with the class <3

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Edwin is such a rectangle in this scene

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Monty singing to Edwin <3

@sapphic-corgi asked George Rexstrew what more he would have liked to see between Edwin and Monty. He said "Monty singing to Edwin".

When I saw Joshua Colley was on Cameo, I put in a request about this, and bless him, he delivered for us.

Please enjoy Josh fanboying, being very sweet, and singing an acappella version of a song he had previously written about something else but that has perfect lyrics for Monty wishing Edwin all the best.

EDIT: here's the song with accompaniment

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Edwin, don't break Jenny's rules. . .

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Edwin's "rejection" of Monty was a nice set up to him being on the receiving end of the "rejection" of Charles, especially the same emphasis on continuing a shared friendship and mattering a great deal to each other.

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Charles: she's saying we'd do it... not for nothing but it IS doable

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