#is just such an integral thing i think to both haunting series + agh i love it

[lesbiangracehanson]

luke being freezing cold the entirety of episode 4 bc nell has died fucks. me. up. like every single time!!!

#+ his counting to calm himself down/as a ritual to protect himself even when he’s older #like i could really write something about invented rituals in horror #BUT particularly in shirley jackson #cos it’s something that feels v present in we have always lived in the castle too #as someone who has got into like ....obsessive ritualistic behaviour like that before i feel Very Seen lol 😬 #also the theme of being sincerely believed #rather than like ....being pacified but not actually believed #is just such an integral thing i think to both haunting series + agh i love it #rambles