So I'm relistening to s1 if the silt verses before I get into s2. There's elements I noted before but I want to point out the relationship Carpenter has with the Trawler Man. Carpenter seems to have an entirely different interpretation than everyone else has.
Okay so I havent finushed s1 (I have a few episodes left) bht Carpenter notes that change and transformation isn't what spoke to her in regards to the Trawler Man. That it was stillness, power, and fear. However, in the story that's told about the wedding, the Saint given at the river, the Saint that Faulkner made, and in general, many of the sermons given to Carpenter involve that change... well, either Carpenter is worshiping a different aspect of the Trawler Man or she's worshipping another god entirely. The Trawler Man from the ground up is about change. Connections to others, destruction to create beauty, a new reformation in a new world. Even the great flooding is about change in a way, but for Carpenter change has always been in a negative connotation.
A few other ideas to this: 1) at least in the beginning of the show, Carpenter notes that you could worship a god without evening knowing it. That your actions, even without intention of worship could lead to feeding it. 2) While Faulkner and many others speak the Trawler Man's name plainly, Carpenter usually refers to her god as "my river". They both use the same softness, but there are def different connotations. There's also small asides she makes about the others within the "family". She calls them fanatics, and there's an implication that she doesn't feel like she belongs there despite being there for years.
Like I said I'm only on s1 so these ideas may have already been noted in podcast, but it's still fascinating regardless.
