Ah yeah, the universe reacting badly fits the foreshadowing on Hastings' "website" as per the Reddit post.N. Needleman wrote:I think it's the timeline Cooper made with his hero bullshit. The universe reacted violently to Laura not dying and created a warped reality with all new people. Cooper and Diane should exist in that world too, but instead she's Linda and he should be Richard.ThumbsUp wrote:Do you think, or do you think it's a third timeline altogether? Twin Peaks and the Palmer house are different. But Sarah clearly means something to Carrie. How do you guys reckon Laura became Carrie?N. Needleman wrote:
I don't think so, no. I think Cooper and Diane very, very clearly cross over into Cooper's altered timeline in part 18, after he goes back to 1989.
I think Carrie is a sort of fucked-up reconstruction or echo of the original Laura Palmer thanks to Cooper (and possibly Judy's) meddling. She's not quite right and prone to savage violence. I don't know if Carrie consciously knows anything about Sarah or the Palmers - it may be a subconscious reaction.
Y'know, on a finale rewatch this is the first time I think I've ever been kind of annoyed with Coop's character... don't get me wrong, I love that character, but his hero complex Achilles heel is sort of irritating. On the one hand, it's like you of course want him to save Laura and save the day; on the other, it's kind of like... get over yourself? I dunno. People are complex and have many sides and season 3 does such a good job doing that, especially with the Cooper character.
Sorry to cross fandoms here, but Coop in the finale has all the bad qualities of a Gryffindor in Harry Potter, kind of overly sure himself, needs to be the knight in shining armour, kind of overly meddlesome. (I actually always get Gryffindor on those stupid Sorting Hat tests though so who knows what that all says about me...)