#thohh asks

Yeah I think that too. But sorry, I didn't know your background, so I understand why you didn't really liked that saying. If that's so, he definitely didn't know what he was saying 😅 

She is probably also feeling like an outsider because everyone has someone to talk to and she's just staying there by herself. And not only at the wedding, I mean she probably is alone most of the time, because before she met Dani she was keeping everything to herself and after Dani died I can imagine that she did that again. Like keeping everything for herself, not going out or so. 

Yeah okay you're right, they can be difficult for some people. 

Just speaking for myself, I'll never understand how you can wish one of your parents will be dead. It's something I'd never say or wish for. But yeah I guess that's different for everyone. 

You're welcome! 😊 

Sometimes I forget that Bly is seeing a story come to life through storytelling, so when you first said that, it was like a lightbulb going off. I never even considered it or thought of it that way before. 

No need to apologize! I never really explicitly mentioned where I am from, so 100% not your fault.

“before she met Dani she was keeping everything to herself and after Dani died I can imagine that she did that again. Like keeping everything for herself, not going out or so.” This. Absolutely. I imagine that’s probably how it went for Jamie, too.

12. Pick an item: a mirror, kittens, gloves, a hat, buttons, the forever house, an industrial fan, or a red door.Gloves. I don’t have a particularly strong reason for picking this. Maybe because it’s the only thing that wasn’t tainted in some way. And I guess, there’s a part of me that builds a wall and can keep people at a distance so gloves it is!

11. Talk about a moment you think is underrated.This might be less underrated and more, I’m slow on the uptake but anyway, lol. I’m sure there are other moments but the one that comes to mind is Luke’s monologue at the end of The Twin Thing. My first watch, I was only really paying attention to what was visually playing out (him getting jumped, the bowler hat man, etc.) that I missed so many things to love about that scene. First of all, when he’s describing how he didn’t understand his mom’s death yet and was SO excited when he’d see a car, hoping his mom would come out of them but the cars kept driving past: “Those taillights, they were the worst. Red eyes in the dark, just taking hope with them.” Like holy SHIT that line was so poetic?! 

I also get really sad thinking about how he came to this point with the monologue overlaying what’s happening. He’s being haunted by things that happened in that house and he tries to convince himself that it’s not real but they are so persistent that he uses to make them go away. Every time I hear him say some variation of “They never believe me,” an angel loses it’s wings. I cry. 

Also, when he says, “I guess I’ll never know how it felt for them to be done like that…I hope I never know” and on second rewatch I realized that it was right after Joey did him like that? Umffff. 

THEN!!!! When he’s counting and the ghost is gliding behind him and he stops, just resigned, defeated. He swallows thickly and A SINGLE TEAR FALLS DOWN HIS CHEEK?! That tear should have it’s own Emmy, WTF?! 

Finally, when he faces it and the car stops, and he sees that it’s Steve. I just…I’m sure he was already so relieved because that old ghost/demon/spirit has been haunting him all day and here’s his older brother there to make it go away but coupled with that line about passing car taillights taking hope with them but this time!! This time those headlights were for him. I cry. 

Before I ramble incessantly (like I normally do): thanks for your kind words about my GIFs. Much appreciated. And I’m always like “wow people see my blog other than from the dashboard?” lol. But yeah, thanks anon :)

This was my first year watching Hill House after years of rejecting it to everyone who’s recommended it to me. I’m sad that I was late into it, but also glad that I’ve only just watched it recently, and having this quarantine time to really process it. I don’t think that it would leave as deep an impression on me if I’d watched it under “normal” circumstances. Nellie is constantly on my mind, and I kinda had an inkling that she’s gonna stay there a while as soon as I saw her in the first episode. It’s well and truly a testament to how much Victoria embodied and carried that role, and effectively the whole season.

I turned it around in my head for days after my first watch why I feel so deeply for her and deeply attached to her, and part of it is having been both in her shoes and in her sibling’s shoes, and that made me reexamine how I handle relationship dynamics in general. Narratively, almost every memorable part in Hill House is flipping the narrative and using the horror imagery to emphasize the point it’s trying to make, and this episode is not different -- a narrative tailspin on steroids. When you see her shadow dancing in the first episode, the eerieness of that scene made it instantly memorable. To me it felt like such a conventional thing to put on screen: here is a woman, with dark hair, in a white flowing gown, dancing -- but there’s no one there, there’s no warmth, no music, nothing. She’s just spinning spinning spinning. And then came episode 5, and you see everything from her perspective. You see the house lights up, the porch light blinking. And that instantly turned what was a typical horror imagery into something completely heart-shattering. And then the rest of it came and you’re just... the helplessness you feel in that situation, of watching someone being lured and slowly slowly “digested”, is not something that can be easily erased from memory.

You could maybe tell that it was him, because he clearly knew Jamie and he had the same weird kind of humor i guess 😅 but it was not the best pick for sure 

Also yeah I had to laugh at this, I mean he just said it to make them laugh I guess and just picked anything as an example 😅 

It wouldn't be imaginable at this point. If they would have picked OJC as gardener that would've ruined the whole concept of it. Beside the fact that he and Victoria played siblings in season 1, I think OJC and Amelia played the exact role, they'd be perfect for. Couldn't imagined Dani with a male love interest too. That would be kinda boring and would change the whole upcoming storyline too so I'm more than happy they all agreed to this one. 

I didn't even know the song before this scene tbh 😅 but it fitted the scene dramatically good and it makes me cry every time I hear it. 

Also I was thinking that too, like everyone had someone to their sides and Jamie was just standing there, looking at them being happy. And it just sucks so bad that after this she went upstairs and did her routine, looking in the sink/bathtub for Dani. Its so heartbreaking, especially when you picture them in your head, how happy they'd be joining the wedding together ❤ 

Definitely! I couldn't relate to him in any way and his acting also was not really on point for me. It was kinda sad, comparing his character to the other siblings and the parents, he did let me down a bit with that. 

Also he kinda sucked as sibling too. And as child. I mean that thing he said to Hugh, f*ck, that left me speechless and shocked af 😐 thats just something you don't say to your parents like wtf? So yeah I kinda did cut him out of the list of my favorite characters and actors as well. 

Even with his denial, like if there were ghosts or not,  he did probably always know that there was something going on but he never really accepted it, like the others did. 

Yeah of course you're welcome! 😊 

It sounds pretty cool tbh, I love cooking and baking so for me that's awesome 👌 and I'm happy that you got the chance to bring it all together and now do what you really want to do. Wish you all the best for that 😊 

Anon coming in and blowing my mind!