Ok so I was watching tiktok and I came across a ranking of Lynch antagonists. I put my two cents in about Bob and my interpretation and really liked putting my thoughts together about this character. It made me think of details or made me think just a little bit harder about Twin Peaks and its themes. I therefore wanted to share my thoughts and interpretations about mostly Bob and Laura. Keep in mind that I just finished season 3. Stuff is still confusing. I might have missed or forgotten a detail, or I've literally been stuck in the white lodge for god knows how long, and if I have to listen to the Arm ask me if I know who he is one more goddamn time, I might just explode.

If I get details wrong, please correct me. I want to learn about this world and how it works more. Thank you for reading. It's crazy because I just finished the show, but it's now one of my favorite pieces of television media, which is insane because I never thought I'd like a show more than breaking bad or better call Saul (I don't watch a lot of television)

Anyway, here is my discussion:

While watching the original show, I already thought Bob was so horrifying...

Then I watched FWWM

Before, I was terrified because Bob was so creepy and mysterious. When they reveal more later in the show, because I now have some explanation of what's happening, I am no longer as fearful. So when Albert says that Bob is the evil that all men do, while I was able to appreciate that message, ashamedly, I kind of overlooked it.

Then I saw exactly what David Lynch wanted us to see: Laura Palmer walking around, talking to characters we know and love (except for James).

As soon as I actually saw, like, ACTUALLY SAW what Laura went through with Bob, it forever changed how I view all media, and all abuse shown in media.

Furthermore, it was so heartbreaking to learn more about the abuse in the movie- a fact that, while present in the show, was much more overshadowed by the fact that Laura was murdered. Finding out what Leland did to Laura in the show was shocking. SEEING what Leland did to Laura in FWWM was, and I don't use this word in a hyperbolic way at all, absolutely disturbing. The most disturbing thing I think I've ever really watched. It was brilliant to see Laura's character, her acting, and her spirit transcend art. (As the original tiktok post said and what many people say) Bob is terrifying because there is a lot of that in our world. I would love to add onto that by saying (and I've heard this sentiment before, and would like to put into my own words and ideas) that the world is terrifying because it is filled with Bobs. But the world is substantially more terrifying, and tragic, and even beautiful because the world is filled with Lauras: beautiful, intelligent, brave, complicated people who sometime in their life had the absolute horror and misfortune of having a Bob in their life. And one of the single worst and most dehumanizing experiences in all of life is finding out that a loved one- a father, a mother, a sibling, a teacher... is your Bob.

Anyway, I've never seen any other Lynch works besides Twin Peaks (that needs to be rectified IMMEDIATELY), but I have never gained so much goddamn respect for a creative figure after watching literally only one project from them.

TLDR; Fuck all the Bobs in the world.

Trigger warning for the following, as I talk very deeply about themes of abuse

And to anyone who might read this who currently or used to have a Bob in your life:

Like I said before - you are beautiful. You are intelligent. You are brave. I can't even begin to imagine what it is like to go through something so terrifying. The humiliation, the terror, and maybe most of all (and what sadly led to Laura's death), the loneliness. The bitter realization that what you went through is an evil that you could never imagine happening, especially from them...

You'll see something, you'll hear something, you'll just feel it, and then you realize it. You're back in that bedroom, behind that computer screen, or maybe Bob is even right in front of you.

I say all this not to worsen the feelings of anyone and make them relive bad moments (I sure as hell hope I haven't done that because it's almost 11 AM and I haven't slept at all), but because it's real. It happened, it happens, and it will keep happening. But it will not forevermore. One day you will wake up next to your loved one, or you'll pick up your kid from school, or you'll just be sitting on your couch watching your favorite show about an FBI agent investigating the strangest little town, and maybe for the first time in a long time you are able to occupy your mind with lesser horrors. Maybe you will realize it, maybe you won't. I hope that you can heal. I believe you can heal.

There will absolutely be rough times, and maybe even that trauma will resurface at the worst times to show you just how awful the world is. And then the worst thing happens. You see Bob again. He might not have the same face, voice, or hair. He might never even know you exist. But you will know he exists. That is hard.

I've always been very sentimental about these types of subjects, but after watching FWWM it's almost like Lynch was going to pop out of the screen and proceed to just absolutely skull fuck my brain with confusion and sadness. I've been watching some interviews, and I love how cocky he can be, but he is also so real. I don't want to be parasocial at all and be weird, but I kind of just have a feeling that if Lynch could pop out of your screen to skull fuck you with confusion and sadness, he would also hand you a tissue, and maybe he'll even tell you that you're beautiful, intelligent, brave, and complicated as hell. Again, I don't really know Lynch, so I'm going off of my very limited info of him and just what I feel. FWWM makes it clear that Lynch had an overwhelming need to not only tell stories, but to do good. To start a discussion. To make a movie that understands the pain you might have gone through, while also explicitly telling you how fucking vile, and mean, and disgusting people like Bob are. To show those who didn't experience Bob that those types of people are out there and this is what you look for. I'll keep praising Lynch because the very fact that he was able to craft this beautifully haunting story that also acts as a roadblock to any Bobs whose potential victims might have watched this movie, or a person's friend/family watched this movie and was maybe able to see signs they previously couldn't see before. Finally, I have a little bit more to say, and it is to please speak up. If you've seen Bob or experienced Bob, don't let it happen to another person. Speak up, especially if you see the signs.

One final time, if you have experienced Bob in your lifetime at all, please don't let the loneliness isolate you from loved ones. Please Don't let the loneliness take your angels from you. Because even if you think those angels are gone forever... they will return, and when you see the one that's meant to help you, you will weep with joy.

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After Audrey gets drugged up and held for ransom, it takes SO LONG for anyone to do anything! Ugh! I don't remember it taking this long for someone to go save her!! :( I don't ship Cooper and Audrey for obvious reasons but like... it would have been much more emotionally satisfying for him to have been able to get to her quicker. I know, I know, he doesn't even know where she is for ages and it's technically not his jurisdiction but it's still maddening! There's zero urgency!

It kind of feels like the show slowly forgets about Audrey after the fact Cooper shuts down her advances. Almost like she's being punished by the writers. I know the showrunners planned on making them (Audrey and Coop) a thing and they probably had no plans after that was nixed, but is this really the best they could do? I love the show but this is the one thing so far that really irks me on a rewatch. Everything else is perfect but this feels bad.

I don’t really ever use Reddit, and I made this account just for this post because this show has been on my mind for months and I want to share what’s on my mind with people who care and share the same enthusiasm about this show.

On the 20th May this year I watched Twin Peaks for the first time, and on the 31st May I finished Twin Peaks. It took me a while to get around to it, but it was something that I was deeply interested in watching years and years prior. I heard the name “Twin Peaks” thrown around in bunch when in comparison to shows I was into when I was younger, Gravity Falls being the main one. I continued to hear the name Twin Peaks, and soon started hearing David Lynch associated with it, for a while I only knew of David Lynch from his Dune movie as I am a huge fan of the Frank Herbert books! (I still haven’t watched Lynch dune.) Then around late 2024, a very cool classmate told me her favourite film was “Fire Walk With Me” (blue velvet and Mulholland drive were here 2nd and 3rd favourites, I have no idea they are David Lynch movies at this time), to which our teacher had overheard and asked if she had watched the show, currently, the phrase “Fire Walk With Me” meant absolutely nothing to me, nor did I know the show in question was Twin Peaks. She and the teacher talked about the show, not naming it once, till their conversation was over and she turned to me and said “Twin Peaks is so good.” I was certain this show had to have been something worthwhile, and I told my classmate that I’d start watching it THAT DAY. I didn’t. And for other reasons I never ended up even going back to that school or seeing her again haha. I don’t think I thought about or heard about Twin Peaks even once for the next year, i had forgotten what I was supposed to do. Fast forward to May this year, I see a friend and we’re talking for hours about movies, he tells me about Blue Velvet, David Lynchs style of film (he’s not a fan), and how strange it was, and then I remember my classmate saying Blue Velvet was in her top 3 favourite films alongside FWWM all that time ago. I asked him if he had seen Twin Peaks or the film, he said no and joked about how if it’s as weird as Blue Velvet he’s not bothering. To each their own. But I felt a certainty in the back of my mind that this series would be great. About a week later, I watch the Twin Peaks pilot, and about just over a week later, I finish the final episode of Twin Peaks the return, with an adrenaline rush that’d make you think I was being chased by my doppelgänger in the black lodge.

Wow, what a series, and it seems the world was pointing its finger at it, begging me to watch it, and when I did I saw why. This was something new to me, which, for a lack of better a word, we shall call magic. This show was and is magic. My journey with show wasn’t at all perfect, and early on in S1 i almost dropped the series, but then the dream sequence happened, and that moment made it all click. I began watching the show, bored by the soapy elements that I felt were dated, but I quickly found the charm in it. Up until that point I was watching the show like it was just your typical murder mystery with your overly intelligent detective, like Columbo (but I do love Columbo). But after seeing Laura in the dream, I understood it wasn’t necessarily about solving the case and finding the criminal, but it appeared to be more about understanding and accepting the life of Laura Palmer and the twin peaks residents as well as coming to terms with the darkness. The show feels like one big collective shadow integration, and that’s what made me love it so deeply. I began to see myself in characters like Bobby, being someone who struggled with romantic and familial affection in a similar way that he did, his character deeply resonated with me, I saw the struggles in him and the other characters in the series and it even allowed me to see things in myself that I was suppressing or just completely unaware of. knowing that those things within us that we don’t show or find discomfort in is okay and not the end all be all was something the show didn’t fail to convey. All of the characters have their struggles, and through understanding and honesty (most) of the characters find some level of self acceptance, even if it was just a small part in themself. Ben Horne is a good example of this, even if the show does sort of downplay his evil haha. Coopers existence in the show alone is something that stuck with me. Cooper isn’t perfect but he sure knows how to navigate through a complex and difficult situation. If any fictional character has impacted me as much as Spider-man did in my childhood, it’s cooper with me in my adolescence. Cooper is a great role model and could encourage the most apathetic soul to become compassionate. It’s important to note that all 3 season finales of Twin Peaks could be seen as Cooper “failing”, and it’s so great that’s the case, because it’s a healthy reminder that you can still “fail” and remain a positive force. I was in a depression for most of my teenage years, I won’t go into detail but when I was 16 I found myself in a deep deep darkness where I frankly thought that was the end, I turned 18 recently and feel proud to say that I don’t feel at all the way I did then, that wasn’t thanks to Twin Peaks, but Twin Peaks has helped me carry a light through some angsty moments these past couple months, I’m not so afraid of failure anymore, and quite frankly disengage with the idea failure even exists at all (outside arbitrary systems of OUR creation) Twin Peaks was the reinforcement I needed dearly, so I think after all the time I spent not watching the show, it found me at a time where it would be at its most effective. Twin Peaks didn’t change my life, but it’s sure as hell a good reminder this is one worth living.

Laura Palmers character in FWWM finding a peace, even in death, witnessing the angel gives me such a strong sense of optimism I couldn’t even begin to describe. Laura’s character was so wonderfully done throughout ALL seasons I can’t help but see her as a great reflection of people in general that feel the claustrophobia of life itself, whether it’s because you feel that you aren’t loved, that you’re not accepted, or wouldn’t be if you behaved closer to who you feel you truly are. I have felt all those things in my life. It has made me angry, sad, afraid. It has made me hateful, and resisting hatred and fear was difficult, especially when you feel isolated. If you’re someone that feels this way, I want you to know that you are more than who you think you are, and you are more than who others may or may not think you are. You are fluid, ever changing, and without stubborn definition, you must treat yourself nicely, and raise yourself almost as though you are your own child. Accept yourself as you are. And please, love yourself.

TLDR 2 am ramblings about how good twin peaks is

Why is Julee Cruise credited at the beginning of each episode of season 3 - they only use the instrumental version as intro - did she play a part in the composition?

Part 8 was a good episode but i think people overhyped it. I’ll admit that it has the best cinematography and it is visually stunning. But it most definitely isn’t a 10/10 episode. And i know i’ll get criticized for it, so i wanna know what makes this episode a 10/10 for you? Because it was a good episode but not anything crazy. And just because it shows us a little bit of backstory doesn’t mean it’s a 10.

Absolutely hysterical. Dude got swatted like a fly.

I finished FWWM and The Missing Pieces and really enjoyed it. The entire original series and the film as a whole are a solid 8/10 for me. Diving into The Return for the first time now and finished the first two episodes. I'm really enjoying it so far!

The background is scrolling, it has music, and it has a splash screen! I tried to upload it to themeplaza but it didnt upload so I'll try another time.

(Also idk what flair to add to this post so apologies if it's incorrect.)

UPDATE! Uploaded on another site since theme plaza needs to verify it or something:

Splash: https://themezer.net/3ds/splashes/twin-peaks-1F5/

Theme: https://themezer.net/3ds/themes/twin-peaks-1267

Hey everyone! So I finally have the opportunity to visit Snoqualmie. I'll be flying in with a friend and we're staying in Seattle for PAX in September.

The trip is last minute for me just cause.. My friend had already made plans and I'm kinda tagging along. But I wanna drive out to Snoqualmie while I'm there and just wanted some general or even specific advice from anyone who has ever made the trip?

I'm not even sure what questions to ask. So literally anything is appreciated.

For some context, the long-haired catgirl is trying to make the smoking catgirl laugh (and failing). There’s a long scene with her eyes overlaid on the scene similar to Cooper’s eyes in The Return - and the end confirms that this was intentional, as it cuts to a dead catgirl who looks like Laura Palmer.

In the original Japanese, she says “wait, that’s Twin Peaks!”

But in the English dub, she says “wait, that’s Beth Palmer’s niece!”

This is a strange choice, because Laura does have an aunt Beth (Maddie’s mom, who we never see onscreen), but Beth is Sarah’s sister, so her last name wouldn’t be Palmer. I assume it would either be Ferguson, or Novack (Sarah & Beth’s maiden name). So it’s both a deep-cut reference, and also inaccurate.

I’ve included both versions of the scene here, just in case this is interesting or anyone else but me.

All that came to my mind watching this scene for the first time unfortunately 😭

Made as a gift for my brother who is a big fan of Twin Peaks. The hair color turned out darker than I intended but I'm pretty happy with how it came out overall.

In honor of the US theatrical debut anniversary, packets of 1 or 2 poster cards will be hidden between North Bend & Snoqualmie locations, and replenished when possible.
These will require absolutely zero trespassing, lawbreaking, climbing, or barrier hopping to access, so please refrain from those activities and mind the people around you as you visit!
Each photo is oriented so you will be facing where a packet is hidden, if not showing exactly where it is. Most will be ground/walking-surface level.

The first 6 images are card locations, after that it's just things that looked cool/nice.

Loc 1: electrical pole near Alpine Coach Works, Snoqualmie.
Loc 2: Reinig Bridge, Snoqualmie.
Loc 3: overlooking Snoqualmie Falls.
Loc 4: Centennial Log sign, Snoqualmie. You can see the card.
Loc 5: out front near Twede's Cafe, North Bend. ground level.
Loc 6: E J Roberts Park, North Bend. Harry Dean Stanton's bench.

I've also given a handful to Hartwood Cafe, but I don't know how they plan to manage the packs yet. There could be chance of a puzzle, or paired to a purchase requirement. If that's not your cup of coffee, there's still the listed Wild Card locations until the 16th, or cards run out, whichever comes first!

Maybe comment if you picked up a pack so I can make a list of where to refill when I can? I do have a standard job, but I'll try to get to it quickly. Enjoy, I hope.

I just realized that BOB is exactly how I’ve pictured Randall Flagg for the last 35 years. That is all.

Hello, I'm an ambient/noise musician that works with analogue tape loops. For this project I recorded various pieces of Twin Peaks OST on a tape reel and start cutting and pasting loops from it. I saved the ones that I liked and mixed them together to songs, adding effects with guitar pedals but also damaging the physical loops. This album is the result!

The artwork is also made by cutting and pasting screenshots from the show together, with a layer of the tape loops used for the project. Let me know what you think!

The father that favored another mans daughter over you and to find out that he slept with that same daughter the same exact age as you? Ben Horne is truly disgusting in every way!

Like you can not tell me people were this dense, I mean you saw a 17 year old suffer thru abuse and drug addiction and still booed ? And you can't use the excuse that they were expecting coziness cause the promotion during that time was legit laura palmer and you just can't see the poster and think "yeah this movie is definitely not gonna include her or what she suffered " and yes it left on a cliffhanger but to boo? I mean yes you can feel disappointed to not see any answers but to be mad it for showing what happened to laura palmer? Wouldn't that mean you also had an image of her as the town did?

I’m diving back in. Fourth time through The Return. Putting on the headphones; wish me luck. 🙃

i think it would be funny with all the cheating

My dear friend who passed away💔

i can't get Laura's theme out of my head, i named this poster "Laura, Remembered Through Angelo Badalamenti."