i was making instant noodles last night while rewatching inside no 9 and i had a realisation that like. wise owl and the devil of christmas thematically have a LOT in common, specifically in the way they both deal with 70s nostalgia by highlighting a lot of its seedier and more horrific aspects. i originally wrote this as a massive twitter thread at 5am but there’s only so much i can put in 280 characters or less at a time, so i’m expanding on it here under the cut. here we fuckin go!!