Hex Chapter 3 Analysis

Back to Steve’s pov. Essentially, once you move into Black Springs, you can’t ever leave. The curse of the ancient witch!

They tried a vacation once for 7 weeks, and by 1.5 weeks, they were filled with such sadness and depression, that thoughts of self-deletion or self-harm came intrusively. Now, as someone who suffers from chronic depression and anxiety, I understand how scary it is to have your brain chemistry work against you. I’m not mocking that at all. This is scary in a real world way.

My gifs and memes are for helping lighten the mood if needed. And suicide is a heavy topic. Please reach out for help if you’re considering that. You are loved more than you know, and you will be missed. Please, as a stranger on the Internet, there are always people who care about you. Always.

So, they came back early, and felt better once they did.

That’s intense! I know some people live in the same house all their lives. That’s more common, especially in older generations (not a dis just an observation – not going into economics or politics at all), so this isn’t unheard of.

But never being able to leave for vacation?

They resigned themselves to the fact that they couldn’t ever leave. That their kids wouldn’t ever be able to leave. That the new people moving in were warned just as they were 18 years ago.

And the last key note was seeing the tiny red light of a surveillance camera in the woods before it disappeared. The phrase, “Sometimes you do things for Black Springs” was said twice.

That’s unsettling in a few ways.

1. They’re constantly under surveillance, so your sense of privacy and autonomy is essentially zero.

And 2. You don’t live for you anymore. Now, this one is more nuanced? For example, when I became a mother, due to medical complications, my child was on oxygen and in the NICU. Once my kid came home, the oxygen came too. I was so stricken with postpartum anxiety, that I wouldn’t let my child leave my sight. That did a number on my mental health, my sense of autonomy, and sense of identity.

Another visual by a member of the council was that Black Springs is like a pen with a small cage door that’s wide enough for you to stick your finger out and wiggle it to test to see how much you’ve fattened up.
And that’s also horrifying. Body horror is freaky enough, but this Hansel and Gretel business? I literally shudder.

My rating so far?

•Distilled Spirits

•Salt

•Trauma

•I Put My Edamame Down for This

•Crickets

•I Need a Hug

•Five Guys Fries

•Muenster Cheese

•Bruise

•Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecans and Marshmallows

•85% Dark Chocolate

SnS 🌹💀📜🥤