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The parallelisms✨
I also love the hc that Edwin needed to confess to Charles in orther to get out of hell. He needed to stop being angry, to think, to clarify that he wasn't angry to Simon, to Charles and to himself. But most importantly, he needed to let go of his past through forgiveness ("come with me") and accept his feelings and that part of himself ("Charles, I'm in love with you").
That's why he confessed on the stairs, still in hell; because he needed to feel worthy of scaping in orther to do so.
I don't think we talk enough about Edwin's reaction to Charles beating the Night Nurse. Because he's scared, he is worried and he is crying. But he is not scared of Charles at all, I think he is scared to lose him. Just in that episode, he had (unwillingly) told the Cat King that he helped other ghosts so he can defend his own case if Death ever came to take him to Hell again. He also says he is not proud about it, that it is selfish.
Charles would have gone to Heaven if he hadn't decided to stay with him. Edwin is sure. But, after what happened with the Night Nurse, he can't be sure anymore. He knows Charles, he knows he is a good man and he doesn't deserve to go to Hell. But he also knows Charles well enough to know he'll feel guilty. And that is how Hell gets you. Guilt drags to down.
I don't think Edwin was walking on eggshells around Charles as Crystal said. I think it just hurt him to see him, to face him, knowing that he may have selfishly made Charles lose his oportunity to go to pradise. Because he had stayed for him. Because he had been protecting him.
Esther's Torture Table: some thoughts
When Edwin is strapped to Esther's torture device, clearly having been at it's mercy for hours, at one point he cries:
This always struck me as odd. Esther is no where near him, in that moment. She doesn't need even need to touch him to turn her horrific device on; she uses her magic for that. Why does Edwin say this?
On my latest watch through, I realized why.
When I first saw this scene, I assumed the flashbacks meant Edwin was remembering the last time he was tied to a table. That was nearly 100 years ago, when he was sacrificed to Sa'al.
But I think he's doing more than just having PTSD flashbacks. I think he's actually reliving that moment. Maybe he's even reliving some of the torture he experienced in Hell. When he screams, and begs, and cries for his abuser to, "Please! No! Stay away! Please!" He's not talking to Esther. Not exactly.
He's talking to the bullies who stole him out of his bed and began his waking nightmare. He's talking to Sa'al, begging for mercy as his body disintegrates and reforms in Hell. He's talking to whatever demons he was sold to later, begging them to please, stop hurting him. He's talking to the Spider-Demon.
This device isn't just ripping apart his ghostly body. It's also ripping into his mind. It's breaking him open in every way it can. And he's utterly helpless to stop it.
No thoughts, just Edwin being so used to Charles carrying literally everything for him that he almost looks ofended when Niko doesn't.
Episode 4, season 1