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spiderliliez · 6 months

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They will live a blessed, privileged life, and depart the stage together. [+] CARLA GUGINO 🥀 [+] ..more on “The Fall of the House of Usher” 🎬

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uncertified-disaster · 7 months

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Yeah ok I love them 💀🕷️🩸

#the fall of the house of usher #tfothou #the house of usher #roderick usher #madeline usher #frederick usher #leo usher #tamerlane usher #victorine lafourcade #camille l'espanaye #perry usher #art on tumblr #artwork

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jaxie101 · 6 months

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the man is a SHAPESHIFTER

#screaming sobbing throwing up #the fall of the house of usher #tfothou #the midnight club #midnight mass #the haunting of bly manor #napoleon usher #leo usher #vincent beggs #sheriff hassan #rahul kohli

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dusty-daydreams · 7 months

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I saw someone suggest the idea that the Ushers all represent a deadly sin - here is which I think they are and why

Prospero - Lust

Camille - wrath

Leo - gluttony

Vic - sloth

Tamerlane - pride

Fred - envy

The Twins (Roderick and Madeline) - greed

Prospero is Lust, not only because of his hedonism but his unabashed Lust for power - he is filming his anonymous orgy so he can blackmail powerful people and dies in the midst of his orgy - but I could also see him as sloth (wouldn’t come up with a proper business proposal, didn’t bother to check that the tanks held water not acid)

Camille is Wrath, she approaches everything - her siblings, her job, her assistants/lovers and verna in the end with rage - and she gets killed by an angry animal

Leo is Gluttony - he indulges himself in abundant drugs and abundant sexual partners, despite having a relatively good situation - he has a successful career that doesn’t put him directly under his fathers control, he has a committed caring partner but still he gluts himself on everything that comes his way, he dies chasing a cat that hunts far more than it needs too

Victorine is Sloth - she doesn’t want to put in the work needed too make her device work, she just takes shortcuts to make it seem like it is working, she kills her partner in part because her partner who is actually the skilled surgeon doesn’t want to do the work anymore (admittedly this one I’m not as sure on - she might be pride, refusing to admit her device doesn’t work out of fear of failure)

Tamerlane is Pride - Of all her siblings she is the most proud of being an usher, and the most obsessed with her own image, obsessed with beauty, obsessed with being a success, she will not take anyone’s advice not even her husbands, she is proud and controlling in her relationship forcing her husband to go along with her voyeuristic kink when he doesn’t want too. This is a double-edged sword as she is also deeply insecure, outsourcing intimacy and dying as a result of smashing mirrors attempting to prevent Verna taking her place (alternatively she could be envy - envious of Verna etc.)

Fred is Envy - he is envious of his father and his effortless command presence and his fathers success, and he is envious of his wife, punishing her horrifically purely because he believes she cheated on him, (even though she didn’t, all she did was think about it and go to a party where she was alone) he is so envious that he even makes an attempted coup against his father. (He could also be gluttony - his drugs, and dying because putting more and more nightshade in his coke)

Finally the Twins - Roderick and Madeline are Greed - They set everything in motion because they both always wanted more, more money, more recognition, more power, even immortality - through AI in Madeline’s case and in the creation of a bloodline legacy in Roderick’s

I also have one thing to add I think that Lenore (and Annabel Lee and Juno and Morella - Lenore’s mom) represent the seven capital virtues: these are chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness and humility.

Chasity - Lenore dies before she ever has a relationship, she is in gothic story terms a chaste innocent

Temperance - Lenore seems disgusted by her dad having done drugs (also Juno is Temperance, her wisdom in coming to her own conclusion to wean herself off Ligodine)

Charity - As Verna says the charity her mom starts is a result of Lenore saving her mom (also Juno and Morella donating to charity)

Diligence - Lenore sticks to what is right even when it’s hard, giving a statement to the police about her dad, caring for her grandfather, searching for treatment options for her mom (also Juno diligently weaning herself of drugs, Morella’s charity work, Annabel Lee caring for her children)

Patience - Lenore patiently encourages her family to do better and be better

Kindness - Lenore saves her mother, and creates a ripple effect that saves millions of lives (Annabel Lee being kind to everyone)

Humility - Lenore thinks that losing their fortune and company could be a good thing that leads to a moral good for her family

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fefeflufflebutt · 6 months

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#fall of the house of usher #fothou #house of usher #the fall of the house of usher #usher #napoleon usher #camille l’espanaye #leo usher

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alicentes · 6 months

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I don’t understand why people think the house of usher characters were punished harder for being queer? And that the writing comes off as homophobic and conservative when it comes to sex? They’re all horrible rich people that care more about their money and their own selfish desires than anyone or anything else, they’re well rounded, interesting characters and in the narrative they are terrible people in the narrative who just so happen to be queer. Four of usher siblings have partners / sexual relationships with people who are also queer. The love interests seem like genuine good people, especially julius and Alessandra, two queer characters of colour who were committed and loving and put up with a lot when it came to their relationships. All the good people on the show who are involved with an usher are mistreated by their usher partners (except maybe perrys two partners? he didn’t seem to treat them badly) including the two straights and the straight man was the worst of the siblings in the end.

I guess my main point is that villains can be queer and that isn’t inherently homophobic or problematic. We are at the point in media were more characters are fluid with their sexuality. That don’t fit a stereotype. We are getting more characters where being queer is just a part of who they are and it’s not something that is brought up or a major part of the story. Queer characters are being written more similarly to straight characters. Where sexuality isn’t a big factor and their love interests are just their love interests. Sure they can still be written in a problematic way but I don’t see this as an issue with the fall of the house of usher, a show about terrible people or use and abuse others around them and face consequences for their evil acts that have no connection to their queerness and kinks.

#the fall of the house of usher #leo usher #camille l'espanaye #victorine lafourcade #madeline usher #prospero usher

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rahulkohlifans · 5 months

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rahulkohli13: I was saving this post for a special moment, and the day after my 38th birthday seems appropriate. I attended my first drama lesson 20 years ago, and I signed up because I wanted to be in Star Wars. Had I not watched the original trilogy on my 12th birthday, I would not be doing what I'm doing today. It's that simple.

@flanaganfilm knows this, and when he cast @markhamill in The Fall of the House of Usher, he made sure we would share a frame together. That scene ended up being my first day on set, and I spent every minute I had between takes sitting and chatting with Mark. It was genuinely one of the best days of my life, and I will be forever grateful to Mike for making this happen. And thank you, Mark, for being an absolute joy to work with, and a pleasure to get to know. I wish I could reach through time and tell 12 year old me, that he's gonna work and become friends with Luke Skywalker. He wouldn't believe me.

(And yes, I gave Mark his very own Liverpool shirt because of his love for The Beatles, and the city. That's his team now, back off innit. YNWA)

via Instagram @rahulkohli13

#rahooligans #rahul kohli #rahul kohli fans #rahooligan #netflix #flanaverse #mike flanagan #flanaganfilm #mark hamill #arthur pym #napoleon usher #leo usher #star wars #fall of house usher

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bebx · 6 months

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Roderick Usher is insane for keeping having more kids with different women knowing with all his chest he’d made a deal with some goddess entity that when he died his entire bloodline died with him.

I know he brushed the whole thing off as a dream or whatever, but personally I would’ve known it was real if I walked out of some bar, after making a deal with a very spooky lady, only to look back at it 5 seconds later and see the entire bar turn into some run down abandoned place instead. like bro could’ve lived his entire life as the richest, most powerful man without bothering to have more kids when it was already morally questionable enough to make that deal when he already had 2 kids at home.

* all I’m saying is it’s a very interesting offer and I would’ve made that deal with Verna myself in a heartbeat if offered the chance. I just wouldn’t have had any kid? I mean I never want kids anyway so ummm Verna if you see this, dm me?

#the fall of the house of usher #mike flanagan #roderick usher #verna #carla gugino #edgar allan poe #tfothou #kate siegel #madeline usher #camille l'espanaye #mary mcdonnell #tamerlane usher #frederick usher #victorine usher #prospero usher #leo usher

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tamerlanes · 6 months

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1.04 | 1.05 — tammy 🤝 leo: descriptions

#tfothouedit #the fall of the house of usher #mikeflanaganuniverse #thehauntingsource #dailynetflix #tvedit #tammy usher #tamerlane usher #leo usher #napoleon usher #*

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ofhouseusher · 4 months

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The Fall of The House of Usher + text posts

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tempestat-ignis · 5 months

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everything about this photo makes my face go: 🥹🥹🥹

#the fall of the house of usher #tfothou #behind the scenes #carla gugino #verna #rahul kohli #leo usher #she is as small as a button and needs to be protected at all costs #rahul is living my life istg

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spiderliliez · 6 months

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Verna, orchestrating Leo’s demise. A creepy good reveal from this cat shelter scene! 🐀 [+] CARLA GUGINO 🥀 [+] ..more on “The Fall of the House of Usher” [+] ..more CAT GIFs 🐈

#The Fall of the House of Usher #TFOTHOU #Carla Gugino #Mark Hamill #Mary McDonnell #Rahul Kohli #Pluto #Verna #Madeline Usher #Leo Usher #Pym Reaper #Arthur Pym #Edgar Allan Poe #Mike Flanagan #Cat People #Quotes

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lavenderknivess · 2 months

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Usher Family + Verna Valentines

#tfothou #the fall of the house of usher #tfothou netflix #madeline usher #roderick usher #tamerlane usher #leo usher #victorine lafourcade #camille l'espanaye #prospero usher #verna fall of the house of usher

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mingus-archives · 6 months

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What was Napoleon Usher's fatal flaw? the Guilt and Gifts of the Wealthy

I've been sitting on this, but I've seen a few posts associating the Usher children to the seven deadly sins and I've seen him labeled as gluttonous or slothful, and while I see the reasoning I don't think either alone lines up.

So what was Napoleon "Leo" Usher representing?

Let's begin with his role in the Usher family. He was one of the "bastard children," a classic middle child mostly just minding his own. He doesn't have any extreme ambitions and doesn't really bother with the dynamics and drama beyond being there. He runs a video game design company, and seems to do so pretty well (or at least not notably badly or corruptly). In fact, in the first few episodes of The Fall of the House of Usher he's one of the most if not the most endearing and empathetic of the Ushers through his support and guidance of Prospero as Prospero tries to establish a position of his family. He is arguably also the most visibly upset by Prospero and Camille's deaths.

Now, he's obviously not all good. In the classic horror establishing of ones wrongs sequence, we see that he is hiding an affair from his boyfriend, Julius. A woman sleeps with him due to his fame, and he shoves her out on the balcony to keep her from view of Julius. He partakes in several types of drugs, and happily shares them with Prospero, Julius, and Camile. Still, infidelity and drug usage are certainly not great, but are they worth the vicious torment he undergoes? Are they worth the wrath of Verna, who we know only violently kills if she feels one deserves it due to their actions? Plenty of non-wealthy people have affairs and plenty of non-wealthy people use drugs.

Then, we see him violently kill his boyfriend's cat. Well, we don't see it actually. Instead, he wakes up from a drug trip and realizes the cat is stabbed to death in Julius's apartment, assumed to be by Leo's hands. This is striking; why not show Leo in a violent frenzy? Well, the violence is secondary. Instead, the show focuses on Leo frantically cleaning up the cat's body and the gory scene around it.

Leo quickly goes to a pet shelter, where he meets Verna. He wants to replace the cat with an identical cat. Immediately we're shown a darker version of Leo, we realize that he does not care about the cat and does not even seem to think that Julius would not be able to recognize a new cat from his old one. Moreover, he's covering up his crime further. He's hiding the violence. Then, he finds the identical cat. Verna insists the cat is reserved and cannot be purchased/adopted. But Leo insists, aggressively, offering to buy the cat at higher price and, when that doesn't work, by the whole shelter.

In this moment, he dooms himself to a brutal death, and solidifies himself as the flaw of hiding the problem with money. He is the most "normal, well-adjusted" Usher, but when push comes to shove and he fucks up instead of facing them like a real person he can make problems disappear with money.

But I want to go further.

I want to talk about the cat in the walls.

Because although Leo makes his problem disappear with money, he's not the only one to do so. Camille uses her money and influence much more explicitly to spin the media in favor of the Ushers and hide the truth of the Usher's and Fortunado's wrongdoings. So why is he the one cursed into Poe's the Cat in the Walls?

Now, I have not read much Poe, but I know the Cat in the Wall tells the story of a man who kills his cat (also named Pluto like Julius's) when it bites him and is then haunted by an identical cat. The story is often considered a representation of guilt, and how it eats one up even if the evidence of the guilt's cause is hidden. The man in the original story kills his wife as well, and it ends with him hiding the wife in the wall. And in this we see why The Cat in the Wall is Leo's story: Leo's downfall is one of the guilt of the gifts of wealth.

Prior to Leo's death, he is tormented by the cat, who randomly attacks him and gives him "gifts" of dead animals. It is here we see the warped generosity of wealth, how it gives but in awful, gruesome ways. The fake Pluto gives him these animal corpses that Leo has to repeatedly clean up, echoing his initial cleanup of the original Pluto's corpse. More than that, the corpses resemble the mangled bodies of his own siblings: Camille and Prospero. Therefore, the gifted corpses can be said to represent Leo's own grief towards his siblings, whose deaths were both awfully violent and quickly swept under the rug. He's finally seeing the horror of wealth as a solution.

Re-framing Leo's initial wrongdoings under this lens, we see that the issue of infidelity is not the infidelity itself, but the wealth and fame that Leo clings to through his infidelity (i.e. sleeping with his "fans"). The issue of his drug use is not the drugs, but the fact that he uses expensive, designer drugs to repress his own emotions and reality instead of facing them.

As his grief and paranoia escalates, he becomes more and more physically harmed by the cat. These cat scratches are key not for the harm but for the infection. Leo's guilt is infecting him slowly, one cut at a time. One hidden mistake, one disappeared issue at a time. Camille was right that "Ushers don't make things" but Ushers also don't fix things. They just throw money at something until the problem disappears. Even if, as Leo realizes, that problem is one of their own.

This is perhaps best represented with Leo's final moments, when he grabs a hammer and begins destroying the walls of his home, shouting, "I can buy a new wall! I can buy a new loft! I can even get Hemsworth to send me a new hammer!" This is why Leo falls: because even though his distress and issues are a direct cause of his wealth, he's still trying to solve it with wealth. He's still viewing the wealth as a shield even when it's a knife. It is similar to how the photo of Verna changes: he sees a solution (a cat identical to Pluto) when the reality is a rat (resembling one of fake Pluto's corpse gifts).

Napoleon Usher was perhaps the most well-adjusted Usher, but that is his downfall. He wants to solve his problems and help his loved ones, but the shortcut money provides is too alluring. His residual humanity (his care for his siblings and Julius) cries out in him as he tries to cover it up with cash. The sound in the walls was not the cat, but his own conscience.