#especially because his notebook mentions he also had to deal with a snake pit in hell at some point??

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in episode 7, edwin's notebook mentions not to venture into avarice (the circle of greed) in hell because "everything is too heavy", which i've seen interpreted in the fandom as "avarice weighed edwin down physically and he was unable to run from the doll spider."

in episode 1, esther's basement with the snake in it also weighed edwin down physically. quite heavily. being physically weighed down as a ghost is probably not a common occurrence and edwin's only reference to that feeling in esther's basement was, therefore, hell.

it's a miracle he didn't have a panic attack right there honestly.