Oh yes WTNV actually went into the horror territory.
Wasn’t one of the valid interpretations that satan is stuck frozen because he keeps trying to free himself by flapping his wings? Speaking of, wouldn’t it take advantage of expectations by revealing that there is no antagonist? The hellpup being a red herring? I mean, it in itself is a thing - could it be that if it were exposed to that fact (which didn’t happen before because KILL IT WITH FIRE), it would disappear in a puff of logic?
Wasn’t there an episode way back with the main story being a race through a cavern? The one that was almost back-to-back to The Strangers?
We went there. We sent messages in Morse code to the people we once had been, asking for help, but they could not help us. They were outside of the Narrow Place. (...) The Distant Prince wore a golden coat, and had always existed.
(With gratitude for @cecilspeaks)
Of course there was An Epilogue between, because why not ask the hellpup for coffee.
@Last Note Nightmare: in the last episode we had Cecil listening to ??? through a phone’s speaker. This episode we have us listening to ???... through our speakers/headphones. Make of it what you will.
There’s one at the door
At the gate to Damnation
And there’s room for one more
‘Til the end of Creation
While we don’t have the whole story yet, there’s much here to gnaw on. In particular, Night Vale’s interpretation of Hell warrants some special attention. And I, like a dog with a bone, am forced to give this attention.
In my previous write-up, I paid extra attention to Maureen’s mention of Hell. We don’t get references like this in WTNV very often, and so we should sit up and take notice when we do.
As it turns out, Maureen was not being hyperbolic: Hell has come to Night Vale.
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Say you know someone, but you lost contact with them for a while. For a decade. For a year, or a month, or a day - or even an hour. In the meantime, they keep changing from their experiences and whatnot. What do we call someone who you used to know, but they changed so much they might not be like you remember them, not at all? An old friend.
What do we call someone whom we don’t recognise? A stranger.
Strangers up to now, have just existed at people. As of e87, Night Vale citizens are turning into strangers. But that is not all - consieder the circumstances. Who was in the courtroom? Judge (who didn’t listen to the Whole Truth), the lawyers (who, given their reactions probably covered their ears), stenographer (who already knew he would be incinerated), the jury (whose reaction to the Truth is ignored), bailiff (same) and people (who didn’t ollie out in fear of some unknown - to them - fallout). And the latter three were ‘replaced‘ by strangers. Maybe they changed because of the implications of the Whole Truth?
Ship of theseus means that everyone in nv is a stranger to be.
And who else is implied to know about the Truth? Our radio host.