#the crain siblings

[youfirst8]

they're so funny

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE

1.06 “Two Storms”

#the haunting of hill house #mike flanagan #shirley crain #theo crain #the crain siblings

[maddiebuckley]

you loved me completely, and I loved you the same. that's all. the rest is confetti. (in/sp) happy belated birthday, @buffyboyfriend !

#tv: thohh #thohhedit #the haunting of hill house #crain siblings #thehauntingsource #tvgifs #horroredit #useraish #userriel #userhella #uservalentina #userfaiths #usercats #usertj #tusermona #userpjo #userrin #usertiny #userdahlias #antlerqueen

[whatohitsonfirewelp]

Older siblings in media are so often misunderstood. Either adored or hated, but never an in-between. The pressure is always there, never enough or too much.

It’s the Steven Crain’s who are hated, the Fiona Gallagher’s who are forced onto a pedestal, the Dick Grayson’s who are reduced to nothing but their mistakes and issues, the John Dory’s who is only ever the oppressor and never the oppressed, the Isabela Madrigal’s who are considered vain and self centered.

It’s the eldest child who has no one on their team because they are the leader, and that is either meant to be taken from them or only ever for them.

It’s the Kate Sharma’s and the Anthony Bridgerton’s. It’s the Bill Weasley’s and it’s the Dean Winchester’s. It’s the Eric Matthew’s and it’s the Elsa’s.

The eldest sibling whose mistakes are over analyzed or completely ignored, who are never seen as humans because they are something to claim or destroy. The first born who is never understood in media or by fans, maybe it’s because acknowledging the fact that they’re human means they aren’t perfect is too much. Or maybe it’s because acknowledge that they are human and therefore cannot be defined by their mistakes and the weight they carry is too much.

They are not allowed to be perfect and yet if they are anything but perfect the world would riot.

#fiona gallagher #isabella madrigal #kate sharma #anthony bridgerton #steven crain #dick grayson #john dory #bill weasley #dean winchester #eric matthews #elsa frozen #there’s so many more older siblings that go here but u can’t fit them #all but you guys get the point #just #why can’t we ever let the eldest sibling be human? it’s either they only make mistakes or they never make mistakes #and how is that fair how does that allow them to grow or develop or live #whatoh back at it again

[yellowsyro]

Let’s start with some hill house fanarts

#the haunting of hill house #theo crain #art #Crain siblings #nell Crain #Steven Crain #Shirley crain #Luke crain

[siblingshowdown]

Sibling Showdown Round 1 Bracket C1

#sibling showdown #tumblr bracket #911 on fox #haunting of hill house #maddie buckley #steven crain #buck buckley #shirley crain #theo crain #luke crain #nell crain #buckley siblings #crain siblings #thohh #911 fox

[noitsforthebetter]

“I loved you completely and you loved me the same. That’s all, the rest is confetti…”

Mike Flannigan your days are numbered

#haunting of hill house #mike flannigan #nellie crain #luke crain #theo crain #shirley crain #the haunting of bly manor #steve crain #siblings #dark academia

[shouts-into-the-void]

I think the worst part of Nellie's plotline is that Arthur's death really was just a tragic accident.

His death was really just a random horrible event that happened to occur at the same time that her childhood trauma resurfaced, but because she doesn't have the context to know that the Bent Neck Lady isn't a malicious entity trying to harm her, she honestly believes that Arthur's death was caused by her—and by extension is in some way her fault.

And then all of her siblings just abandoned her because of her very realistic response to her grief. Even her sisters the fucking funeral home director and trained psychologist completely ignore the fact that she's obviously in crisis because her grieving process isn't kind or pretty.

All while the truth of the matter is that Nellie, present or future, had nothing to do with Arthur's death. It was just a terrible event that happened because life is cruel and she's stuck unable to properly process what happened because she doesn't know until it's too late.

#i have so many thoughts on Nell and how badly her entire family treated her #she deserved so much better #only for all of her siblings to continuously treat her badly because they were selfish #nellie crain my beloved #nellie crain #the haunting of hill house netflix #the haunting of hill house

[disappearinginq]

I’m so excited you like Steve Crain too! He’s been a favorite character of mine for years at this point, and doesn’t deserve the hate he gets.

It bothers me when people don’t recognize the responsibility that weighs on characters. They essentially lost both of their parents at the same time, and you know Steve had to be the one to step up.

This isn’t just applicable to Haunting of Hill House, of course. But I’ve noticed that fans vilify the characters that aren’t victimized as obviously / aren’t the main character.

Anyways, just wanted to share with a fellow Steve-enjoyed lol

New Bestie - same. I got into a very heated discussion about how if the Crain siblings are supposed to represent the 5 stages of grief, the fandom has Steve and Shirley switched around, because everyone says that Steve is Denial and Shirley is Bargaining.

Meanwhile, in the show, Steve spends his adult life going around not necessarily trying to debunk ghosts, but hoping that maybe this time, it will be ghosts, because then maybe his family will just be a different kind of crazy. He says his mom and his sister are sick, and they needed help. He reminds me more of Fox Mulder - the "I want to believe" vibe. But he also is in the unique position of seeing ghosts and not knowing about it. All of his ghosts are people with jobs, moving around the house like normal people. Everyone hears the dogs at night, not just him. He doesn't hear banging on the walls, he doesn't see creepy zombies in the basement, he doesn't have his future self freaking the hell out of him his entire life. He sees his mom - and as far as he's concerned (because this is a horror show, not supernatural, the world he occupies is the one we're in - no vampires and ghosts, etc, and that is Understood) it's just the mental illness that has gone through his whole family finally catching up with him. Anyone in this world who has a family member swear they're being stalked by a faceless ghost while they're high on drugs is going to come to same conclusion Steve does, which is that they're nuts. BUT - he looks for any signs that he is wrong. And I'm still mad that they cut out part of the first episode that has Steve refusing to write about his family anymore, no matter the price, while driving by an accident where he sees multiple people standing around, but when he turns away and the camera is the only one on the accident, you only see the firefighters/first responders.

Meanwhile, Shirley is 100% in denial about everything, including what her own ghosts were. In her House Nightmare at the end, she even denies what actually happened - in her version, she doesn't have an affair. The House actually calls her out on "But that's not what happened, is it?" When Steve is doing CPR on his dying brother, Shirley's first words are "This isn't real". She denies Luke from going to Nell's wedding. She denies that their mother had anything wrong with her, she's in denial that she's running her own business into the ground, she's in denial about the death of the kittens, she's in denial about ghosts too - even though she has much more explicit contact with them with the knocking, and with a witness both times (Theo). She's in denial about the night that they had to flee Hill House. Like if she says it often enough, then it will be true that her family is fine and nothing is wrong.

Sorry. Long rant. But I love this character and this show so much and no one ever wants to talk about it (except @amandagaelic, and she has listened to me for literally hours at this point). One of these days, I will actually finish the Haunting of Hill House fic I have, and it will be posted.

We might all be dead from old age, or so senile we don't even remember the source material, but I'll stipulate in my will that it has to be posted. :-D

AND YES - people have a weird habit of like...picking one character to defend and that's the end of it. No one else can do any right and that character can do no wrong. I see it in Yellowstone fandom a lot. Or in Marvel (the Steve/Tony argument made me leave it altogether). I don't know if it's because fandoms are now predominantly younger, louder/more obnoxious from the safety net of internet anonymity or what, but Seeing Things from Someone Else's Point of View seems to be a lost art in both media and reality.

#thank you for coming to my TED talk #about haunted houses #and how people don't understand characters #I will talk to anyone who wants to discuss Steven Crain #Steven Crain my beloved #the poor older sibling who is the only one who actually wants to address issues #versus sweep them under the rug or just ignore them #and that poor baby unravels FAST after he sees Nell morph in front of him from his sister to a ghost #and I have a theory that's how Steven sees the supernatural #like it's everyday things until someone tells him otherwise #because Nell didn't change until his father told him she was dead #and as reality sunk in Nell morphed #and never looked human again #steven crain #haunting of hill house

[emily-in-crisis]

after watching horror movies such as the black phone, jeepers creepers and the house of wax remake I have developed a love for onscreen sibling relationships. I want more horror movies where the main relationship is the bond between siblings rather than couples or even just a group of friends. what are some of y'all's faves?

#the black phone #jeepers creepers #house of wax #gwen blake #finney blake #darry jenner #trish jenner #carly jones #nick jones #honorable mentions are the kinsie and luke from strangers prey at night and the crains from thohh ofc #those are just my top 3 #for horror MOVIES anyway #craind deserve a separate special list my babies #ok im rambling lol #siblings in horror just have my heart

[aj-thegreatest]

Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two photos-

#dungeon meshi #falin touden #the haunting of hill house #nell crain #this post will only make sense to me because I like making drastic connections but- #but if this all Wingdings I will completely understand #if anyone else understands this then I’ll be surprised #but I do wanna make a post/thinking about how characters like Falin and Nell effect/haunt the narrative #ESPECIALLY with Nell because they’re both younger siblings that are treated harshly(?) that haunt the narrative #who all they want is their families (bio and found) to be safe and together #I could go more into this but that’d be going into spoilers for both shows #maybe someday…. #quiet mumbles

[ccarrot]

just saw someone get mad that steven was the main character of hill house and had a double take like. Huh?? He's got the least relevance to anything, if anything he is LAST PLACE in the protagonist line.

#bc steven is the WRITER of the family. he's the NARRATOR. he explicitly tells us the themes. he's the one who book ends the series #if anything there IS no main character bv the show jumps from pov to pov all the time #a lott of people hate steven too which. fair but all the crain sibling are human trashfires be nice to him.

[youfirst8]

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE

1.06 “Two Storms”

She is grieving in her own way.

#the funny sibling in the family #the haunting of hill house #mike flanagan #theo crain #shirley crain #luke crain #steven crain #thohh

[captain-hen]

me: about to vote buck & maddie—

luke’s voice: “i was born ninety seconds before nell, but she was always my big sister.”

me: ok yeah okay 🥺😭 crying as i vote the crain siblings

"i loved you completely, and you loved me the same. that's it. that's all. the rest is confetti." i DARE you not to vote for the crain siblings after reading that quote 😭 i'm so glad at least one person gets me

#sorry but thohh is a masterpiece and the crain siblings are *chefs kiss* #neethu answers #queerbuck

[scaredsofmyguitar]

the way I’m sobbing over the treehouse scene. it’s too cute and it breaks my heart that they become so estranged as adults

#the haunting of hill house #steven crain #luke crain #me: yeah i think i like media with siblings better bc i can relate to it more #also me: *becomes an emotional WRECK in the first episode of this show* #jo watches thohh

[exilae-moved]

@wildkissed for shirley : ( b.loodmoney, p.oppy )

" what do you believe? when no one is around, what do you believe? "

#* ( 𝔈 ) · steven crain : interaction #* ( 𝔈 ) · wildkissed : shirley crain #my favorite terrible siblings

[lottieurl]

torn between wanting to reblog mike's post about the confetti line and really just not liking that he's on tumblr oops

#it feels WEIRD #id have loved this more if he posted that elsewhere and i could reblog it on here BFBDBDBDJ #the idea of my tags being in his actual notifs is weird #cause i love the reply i do and what he said rings so true cause what he set out to do with that scene and monologue #he achieved cause my god does that speak to me and in some weird way is a forgiveness not just to crain siblings #but any viewer who ever lost someone to death and who still struggles with leftover guilt #but i maintain he shouldn't be on tumblr it's just not the place