>>713700098
>Well SH1 literally has baphomet, which is why I dislike it
The Samael is just a mental image of the "demonic" god that dwells within Alessa. It's literally her own fears and loathing given flesh, in the most Christian manner possible.

Even ignoring all that, I don't understand what the problem is. There's few things more scary than a lunatic cult in reality.

>Though 2 and 3 are way more heavy on bondage/bdsm themes
No, not really.

>Coil tier shit
I have no idea what he hell that is suppsoed to be.

>90s were wild kek.
No, they were the best years of mankind.

>>713700162
>Are they?
Yes.

>I thought they were all just cursed with misfortunes and sin.
Like the Killing Joke put it well back in 1988:
All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy.

Endless daily bullying and abuse is more than enough to push even a saint over the edge. Why do you think those school shootings and family murder-suicides happened?
Or do you believe that Hitler was born to start a sadistic boyscout group destined to kill millions of people for sport?

Angela's a typical self-loathing and blaming victim of abuse. Clearly self-harmer, suffering of massive delusions and male-hate.
Eddie's living his revenge fantasies and never even looks you in the eyes before the hilarious "have you gone nuts??" moment.
And James? He's the #1 unreliable narrator, who talks all smart and calm to himself, but drops spaghetti whenever face to face with another human being, especially a woman.