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punnychef · 4 years

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i think a lot about how owen put himself out to hannah that night by the bonfire, asking her to go to paris with him. how it was probably the first time he really spoke of his feelings to anyone but jamie ( and that’s always with the thought that she would never love him too. ) like, owen has no idea why she can’t go with him. and at the time, hannah doesn’t either. she’s still convincing herself that she’s alive. she just knows she can’t.

so for owen to feel that rejection by her and not have any idea as to why hurts him. he’s already tipsy, having more than enough to drink, and coming off of his mum’s funeral. but he wouldn’t blame her for her rejection, he blames himself for being foolish enough to ask in the first place. and i think that helps show how perfect they are for one another. both selfless, both caring, both would give anything they have for the people they care about.

#❝ i cannot believe i live in a world where mark ruffalo exists. ❞ ( re; ooc posts )#❝ all the girls in the village are mad for him. ❞ ( re; headcanons )#❝ he loves her still. ❞ ( re; hannah grose )#anyways im having thoughts on these two as usual

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constantviewings · 3 years

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The TV Show Trials - The Haunting of Bly Manor

The Haunting of Bly Manor is an American gothic-drama series created by Mike Flanagan. It was released exclusively to Netflix on October 9, 2020. It is the follow up to The Haunting of Hill House, making it the second season in The Haunting anthology series.

After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny, Dani, to care from his orphaned niece and nephew, Miles and Flora, who reside at Bly Manor who the chef Owen, Groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose.

As I mentioned in my original review, I don’t like this series as much as The Haunting of Hill House but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t like this series; quite the opposite. This series is definitely less “horror” than its predecessor, but still keeps the tension and scares. Its overall tone is lighter than Hill House as well, especially with Owen providing both comic relief and emotional gravity. Speaking of Owen, he is by far my favourite character from this series and I would do anything for him.

While on the topic of characters, Hannah Grose is possibly the most tragic character in this series, only rivalled by Viola. I don’t mean that to say they’re badly written characters, more that their story arcs are gut-wrenchingly sad. Another point I love about Viola is that her entire motivation is pure stubbornness.

Now for my less, than favourable thoughts. This is a problem that isn’t unique to this series in the slightest, and that is that it’s too dark visually. When I watched it for the first time with a friend, we ended up just standing in front of the TV just to see anything and I ran into that same issue re-watching it on my laptop. I also don’t love the narration, it feels unnecessary, I think with a bit of re-editing it would work just as well, if not better, without it.

This last issue goes hand-in-hand with the previous one, and that is that I didn’t like the ending. I’m not the biggest fan of “happy” endings to horror stories, I like it when there is a sense of ambiguity. To use The Haunting of Hill House as an example, while it’s good that everyone is happy, it comes at the cost of losing three family members to the same house and having to recover once more from that trauma. The perfect place for the series to end, for me, is with Henry accepting his role as Miles and Floras guardian, Owen moving on while Dani and Jamie do the same while also grappling with the Lady of the Lake inside Dani. I didn’t need to see fourty minutes of build-up to a conclusion I already knew was coming.

Finally, as I was writing this I was looking at the poster and only just noticed the faces in the water ripples; genius.

Did I like it? Yes, absolutely.

Will I watch it again? Definitely, at some point.

#The TV Show Trials #The Haunting of Bly Manor #The Haunting of Hill House

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