#thohh asks

[katherine-mcnamara-archive]

Just checking in, did you survive the haunting of hill house? 😂

I threw a tantrum when they killed my fave at the end of ep 1 and haven’t watched anything else of it since asdfjdf 😂 I DID SURVIVE THO TY FOR CHECKING THERE WAS SOME CLOSE CALLS OMG

[takemetoohigh]

Haha there are literally so many ways to interpret every scene 😅 but i just thought about it that way because obviously Jamie did change some things do maybe this too. About that look between them, I first thought, Jamie wouldn't be very welcome there because he and older Henry looked a bit skeptical at first. Idk how or if they kept contact at all. I picture Jamie as pretty lonely after Dani died (which makes me even more sad) and so maybe Owen reached out to her after a long time or wanted her to join them maybe because he knew that she's lonely and isolated. 

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.

On the subject of parents and Hill House... yeah, I mean, different dynamics and background would influence relationships in different ways. Personally, for that scene, I just kinda looked at it from a more... technical point, for lack of a better word.

[thohhconfessions]

do you write thohh x readers?

I do not. I don’t tend to read them, either. There’s just something about them that makes me slightly uncomfortable. I have nothing against those who write/read them, everyone does whatever for their own purpose it’s just not a thing for me. 

[takemetoohigh]

I think I have come to love Hill House much more this year than when I first saw it last year. And Nellie weighs heavier in my heart. What a great show, I love your gifs (: When I visit your blog and read the words "come home" its like a punch to the gut. in a good way?

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.

I think “Come home” stayed with me for a similar reason: that something that can be so ordinary and so innocent is completely turned on its head, and then by the time you find out what it means, it’s just downright menacing. I totally agree that even thinking about “come home” in Hill House’s context is like a gut punch.

[takemetoohigh]

Yeah that's kinda true, I thought so too. I didn't even guess it was him until they revealed it at the end. It didn't really match with the young version of him tbh. Maybe it's because Jamie did change a few things in her story so idk maybe she made him look nicer in her telling than he actually was? 🤔 idk

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!

LOL oh my god! Her making him look nicer in her story is actually... very plausible. I hadn’t even thought of that. And yeah, we see that they shared this knowing look in the beginning there, but I don’t think I connected the dots until... episode 9. When the story was coming to an end.

I guess the Bali thing is supposed to be like an off-handed comment and meant to be a joke, but coming from Indonesia and knowing Bali, I’m like... “You’re telling this couple that they’d be better off seeing each other go to prison?” That line didn’t really have the desired effect on me, but then again, I’m super picky when it comes to certain particular things.

I’ve mentioned in a writing post about the kind of loneliness that comes from isolation/feeling isolated, and this whole wedding and Jamie going back to her room sequence embodies it. And it hurts to see, it always does, and then you see it again, and it’s like picking over a scab, and even just the thought that she’s possibly remembering that the last time she saw these people, Dani was with her... I can’t. 

With Steven and what he said to Hugh, it is not so much about what he said, more about how he said it. Parental relationships can be tricky and difficult even under normal, non-ghosty circumstances, so if that’s how he felt, then to me that’s how he felt, end of story. But to hear that sentence, that is supposed to embody just pure contempt, be delivered so... flat, is very disjointing.

Thanks again for your wish, anon! 😊