i don't want to type out everything i'm thinking, because that would take all day, plus i am not resolved. but here is this: rust's monologue about consciousness and being reborn into the same life over and over again demonstrates the self awareness of the show. all of the references to the yellow king are basically adding to rust's observation that his life is part of a story, being observed by others in eternity, while he cycles around and around again. the reason he can get people to confess so easily is because he perceives the narrative of their lives, and he is aware of their fundamental need to complete their own stories.
so the presence of these archetypes, plus all of these clues about the yellow king (which is a meta fiction itself) demonstrates the author's intent to tell a story that is aware that it's a story.
what i am looking forward to is to see if he follows the story to an inevitable conclusion (with all of its traditionally possible twists and turns) or if he turns it on its ear and ****s with everyone, like we find out this is not actually a detective story, but a cthulhu story, or a science fiction story. i have no idea. i love television that can surprise me. i'm still digesting the last episode.
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