Jan Johnson asked this question about None of This Is True:
What was going on with the increasingly bad smell in Erin's room? I know she didn't want to see her mum, but what was going on there, I wonder?
Flighty_Z My take is that she wanted a reason to avoid her daughter and formed a twisted perception of the room. It’s shown throughout she has alternate realiti…moreMy take is that she wanted a reason to avoid her daughter and formed a twisted perception of the room. It’s shown throughout she has alternate realities in her head. A comment below mentions the bins right outside the window that Alix sees, I feel Josie latched onto that smell and decided it was emanating from Erin’s room. She resented the life she ended up with and it was (in my opinion) a way to distance herself and move on?(less)
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