like my problem with the web as master puppeteer of everything is that it creates such a power imbalance in the whole equation to nullify most of the show’s points. annabelle saying that freedom is simply ignorance is an interesting point especially when faced with characters who see knowledge as (amongst other things) a neurotic means to control (the more you know the more you’re in control the freer you are). but the web pulling strings the way it does in the show (through both explicit and subtle control) means that the Mother is so inherently attuned and aware of everyone’s nature that their own behaviour will suit Her schemes not because she influences them but because she picks them from what they are (and She Knows what they are better than they know themselves). how do you combine a Pre-Established scheme funded on omniscience and Free Will? good question. no one has ever been able to give an answer (Dante tried tho)