Haha yes, this "double-interpretation" of the theme was the main idea behind the whole story.
The flashlight has a purpose: Without you can't enter a pretty dark area, it's similar like the key for the gate before ;-) (So seems, you collected it already before, what i actually hoped by the placement... nice). But i know what you mean, and you have a few very good ideas. Definitely will consider if i continue with the game (just have not decided, if i really will...)
Thank you very much for this detailed review, glad that you anyhow played it through the end, even with beeing a bit frustrated :-D