@pscentral event 49: literature ↳ The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)

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@pscentral event 49: literature ↳ The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
oh OOOOOOH their deaths mirror each other. Tamerlane and Leo are both driven to what looks like suicide chasing hallucinations around an apartment that architecturally represents their psyche (as they destroy it), shortly after leaving/planning to leave their loving partner. (Both of them invite her in, at first. Both of them want her there. But now she's in the mirrors. She's in the walls.)
Vic and Camille are both killed/driven to death by Vic's experiments, their rivalry leading to both their deaths (Camille to prove it doesn't work, Vic to prove it does), immediately after they get left by people they are using in professional/personal ways - Camille hires Toby and Tina to sleep with them, Vic dates Ali to get her to work with her on the heart mesh.
Perry and Frederick both die in the same warehouse, looking at the ceiling, waiting for death to come to them - Perry with a look of ecstasy, Frederick in terror. Both of them are in that warehouse because they've been humiliated by Roderick and are now determined to prove themselves. Both get led here by drugs. Both involve the mutilation of an innocent, Morrie. Both of them see Verna not as another character, but something like her true self. And there's the parallel between all the mercy that Verna offers Perry - the most she offers any of them, other than Lenore - and her glee in explaining to Roderick exactly why he deserves to die like this.
And then you get the final pairing/quartet of deaths - Eliza Usher + William Longfellow vs Madeline and Roderick which is obvious but oh my god. oh my god you guys. Eliza's wall of crucifixes and clinging to Christian faith and the sanctity of pain as a way of hoping for reward after death vs Roderick putting Madeline through the agony of vivisection to 'honour' her + grant her Egyptian immortality. Both William and Roderick eat their young. Fuck.
Spoiler Alert for Nevermore Webtoon season 2
Can we talk about Annabel Lee’s character development for a second?!!
First she compliments Ada which is something she’s never done (not that I remember anyways). And while some people may think it was because Ada saved her I digress I believe it was genuine.
Then she tries to save Ada! She doesn’t leave her behind like Ada expects her to do!! Old Annabel would think logically leave Ada there she’s badly injured and unable to move so she would only be a burden, but she has changed so she tries to drag her away from the danger.
And at the end, she throws her ring (the engagement ring Lenore gave her, a representation they have for one another or at least for now the one that she feels for Lenore, and possibly the only thing she has from when she was alive) to save herself and her friends from the stag. If it was only her I don’t think she would’ve taken off the ring since she cherishes anything that reminds her of what she and Lenore had, but she did it to save her friends!
I just want this thing to be epic. Dad doesn’t believe in me and the rest make fun of me…It’s harder for me. And you know that. You know that. But the rest don’t.
Another thing I keep thinking about with the fall of the house of usher is how in all the hate and monsterousness of them you have these moments of real siblingness shine through but all of these instances come from 'the bastards'. Prospero complaining to Napoleon about how their family sees him. Napoleon calling Prospero 'bruv' while giving him a pep talk and getting him some dealers for his party. Camille showing up at Napoleon's place and them immediately having eddibles together while reminiscing about how little Perry was when he showed up and how it's no wonder he was fucked up. Victorine referring to her lost siblings as "the littles" and trying to relate to the siblings she has left.
You are the consequence ❤️
Rewatched the fall of the house of usher and I just love this series so much, you’re telling me a colour coded these characters???
The Fall of The House of Usher + text posts
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Lenore Usher speaking to any member of her family