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However, the Owls
are not what they seem, as is repeated in the series. I propose that they
are actually servants of the Lodges. Initially, the Owls worked for the
WL spirits, and their job was to scout for love. It is possible that they
are also able to collect love and transform it into water. I don't believe
that these actually are Owls, rather they are servant spirits (also known
as 'familiars') that take possession of the Owls. There are still some
Owls working for the WL, but most have been taken over by BL spirits now,
and their role is to scout for and harness fear rather than love. The
Owls do not create fear, but they seek it, and either report back to the
spirits or harness the fear for them. When Earle learns that fear opens
the gateway to the BL (ep28) he exclaims "Of course! These night creatures
that hover on the edge of our nightmares are drawn to us when we radiate
fear, their bread and butter!" I think here he is referring specifically
to the Owls as the night-time creatures on the edge of our nightmares.
Note that Owls do appear several times as visions in nightmares (eg. to
Coop in ep9). Recall also that: the Log Lady heard the same Owl call on
the night her husband died and on the night Laura died (ep24), an Owl
watches as Leo terrorises Shelley in ep21, when Coop and the others visit
the Log Lady (in ep5) she takes them inside and says "The Owls won't see
us in here", then the log tells the story of what happened on the night
Laura died : as there were screams in the darkness "the Owls were flying"
and "the Owls were near". |