#Flanagan-verse

[threeawfulfruits]

YO HILL HOUSE FANS!!!

Y’all seen dictionary.com’s word of the day today? 😁😁😁 (Oct 18 2023)

#haunting of hill house #words #dictionary.com #topical for spooky season too wheee #mike flanagan #Flanagan-verse

[pinazee]

I know its fall because im thirsting for Rahul Kohli again

#i have loved him and his vibe since izombie #thank you mike flanagan for making him a part of the flanagan verse #fall of the house of usher #rahul kohli #mike flanagan #the haunting of bly manor #bly manor #midnight mass

[islandcastaway]

I've got this "Before I Die" list. And my "Before I Die" list is a list of things that I want to do before I die. Mm. And making paper cranes is on it? A thousand paper cranes? Yes. Uh, there's this ancient Japanese legend that promises anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by the gods.

The Midnight Club 1x02: "The Two Danas"

#tmcedit #the midnight club #thehauntingsource #i think i might be a little obsessed with the flanagan verse #was watching. hit this line. immediately needed to reblog a set and could not find one. did it myself #lex gifs #tvedit #cinematv #cinemapix #dailytvfilmgifs #usertelevision #televisiongifs #dailynetflix #netflixedit

[tearsofperseides]

Hi! Quick question,

#thohh #the haunting of hill house #mike flanagan #dickinson #emily dickinson #alena smith #the owl house #toh critical #dana terrace #midnight mass #spider verse #robins polls

[itsthetism]

james flanagan, axelle carolyn and the whole cast (especially ruth codd) of the midnight club deserve every award possible for the "anya" episode

#anya #axelle carolyn #brightcliffe hospice #christopher pike #flanagan verse #horror #james flanagan #mike flanagan #mystery #netflix #ruth codd #the midnight club #thriller #tv show

[botlabyrinth]

it’s almost spooky (rewatching hill house & bly manor a million times) season 😌

#i’ve already started LMAO #the haunting of bly manor #the haunting of hill house #mike flanagan verse #ruch rambles

[ancrky]

the characters in the flanagan verse just don’t appreciate being murdered by carla gugino enough, like what more do you people want

#she’s so pretty and I’m so gay I would be so happy to let her murder me #the fall of the house of usher #the haunting of hill house #tfothou #thohh #tfothou spoilers

[flanaganfilm]

Hi there, Mr. Flanagan! I'm a huge fan of your work! 💖 — Midnight Mass is my absolute favorite series of yours! Riley's character moves me deeply, and the scene between Joe and Leeza in Ep.03 always makes me cry. I'm sorry if that has been asked before, but I was curious about that one recurring line I've seen in, I think, most of your work: "It shows to go you" What's the story there? My best guess is, it was a slip up in one long take that sort of became a running inside joke in the Flanagan Verse. I find it really charming, and it always makes me smile when a new character in a new story finally says it. Thank you for your time! Have a great one!

It's from David Mammet's The Spanish Prisoner, and I always just really liked the sound of it.

[phynoma]

Oh hi!

I'm Phyn! I write things. I'm not going to get into a bunch of identity stuff, but I'm queer, I'm an adult, and I like writing queer adult stuff. Mostly horror (see: queer) and absurdity (see: the world)

I have degrees in english, theology, and more theology, which just means I have a bunch of experience doing critical thinking and analysis of storytelling, and enough imposter syndrome that I don't know how to put that on a resume.

FANDOMS!

If you're already following me it's probably for Pillars of Eternity, TMA, or LOTR/Silmarillion. I cycle through hyperfixations every few years. It's still TMA/TMAGP right now. You can find my TMAGP sideblog here, where I just collect art.

Other things I like: Fallen London, everything by Pia Foxhall/not_poignant, re:dracula, SILT VERSES, Rivers of London, Murderbot, Critical Role, Saga, Wicked+Divine, anything by Neil Gaiman, I Am in Eskew, norse myths, egyptian myths, jewish myths, the dragonlance books (don't judge me they were foundational), pretty much everything Mike Flanagan makes, and much much more

WRITING!

I'm on ao3 as Phynoma! What do I write? Well. I write in-depth explorations of characters placed in harrowing situations which draw out the very inmost parts of their vulnerabilities and--

Smut. I write smut, okay?

Almost all of these fics are explicit and PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD mind the tags, I am *very* careful with my tagging for good reason!!!!

HERE YA GO, YA FILTHY ANIMALS!

The Magnus Archives:

I mentioned this is my current fixation, right?

an extant form of life: pollen fic! You could say, maybe, that the Consuming AU uses pollen tropes, but I'm counting this as my first-ever pollen fic. Jon/Tim, Jon/Martin, maybe Jon/Tim/Martin, we'll see if Sasha gets thrown in there. Ongoing.

Hey, Jude: A hurt/comfort fic about what happened after Jon shook Jude Perry's hand. Jon & Georgie & the kindness of strangers (not those strangers) Oneshot.

The Consuming AU: My pride and joy. My baby. I started this halfway through listening to TMA the first time and finished the original fic in about two months in time for the Rusty Quill Big Bang of 2023. Canon is basically the same, with the addition of "what if there was a Entity of Hunger, (fear of) Intimacy, and Codependence?" Also Jon is turning into a succubus. Main fic is complete at a little over 100k words. Sometimes I add one-shots to the series.

~Incredible bookbinding done by @bluejayblueskies HERE ~Art of human-looking Rhia (by me) HERE and commission of eldritch angel Rhia by @isbergillustration HERE ~Commission of Naadia by @dcartcorner HERE

Kittens & Kink AU: Fluffy Somewhere Else one-shots. Cat play. Mostly nonsexual kink. Oliver/Jon/Martin. Ongoing, until I get bored of it, basically.

Pillars of Eternity:

The In-Between Series: A series of fics following the relationship of Watcher Mirad and Aloth Corfiser, ten years or so after the events of Deadfire. The world of Eora is ripe for a new cataclysm, and these two elves are trying to finally have the relationship they've been dancing around for two decades. Ongoing, on hiatus as my hyperfixation is elsewhere. I do plan to finish it, though.

Moments: same universe and characters as above, focusing more on events that happen in canon-- ie, during gameplay. Complete.

Faetales:

Mat & Kal: Fae AU: You know how sometimes you keep writing characters and put them through a blender so many times that they just become something completely new? That's this AU. Mateo and Makalo are two ancient fae beings trapped in the human world during the events of The Ice Plague (by not_poignant) who become bound by each others' lives and deaths. They hate each other, they love each other, they're in weird psychosexual sadistic codependency with each other. They're a cat-person and a snake-person. I'm not a furry but I like some of their ideas, okay? Series complete.

See commissioned art of Mat & Kal by @shojoshark HERE

The Silmarillion:

Mistakes Were Made: Imma be real, this is just straight up torture porn. Sauron is punished by Morgoth after the loss of the Silmaril to Beren & Luthien. Basically, I was annoyed by all the fluffy Angbang fics I was reading and wanted to depict them in all their horrifying, codependent glory. Complete.

Cost of Surrender: I read a really good fic about what it took for Mairon to grovel/debase himself to Eonwe to gain his freedom and I took it a bit further. Complete.

Good Omens:

the beautiful and the fitting: pretty sure the title of this is a quote from St. Augustine, too. I almost didn't include this one because I don't even remember what it's about. Fluffy sex times with nonsexual beings, I think. I started writing it because Good Omens is one of my favorite books, but tbh the fandom for the show exhausts me and I don't know if I'll come back to this. Abandoned, probably.

#writing masterpost #fic list #about me #phyn writes #sorry to all the folks I tagged I just want you to be loved #on the off chance anyone actually reads this #long post #pinned post

[deusluxuria]

i would 1000 percent cast t'nia miller as abdul if i made a live action stardust crusaders in some life. i headcanon abdul as intersex, and as t'nia appears in "haunting of bly manor" and especially "house of usher" of the mike flanagan-verse, she has almost exactly the androgynous look i picture abdul having. (and she also just looks incredible with big earrings/accessories, and i think abdul's outfit would suit her so well).

#mohammed abdul #mohammed avdol #stardust crusaders #jojo's bizarre adventure #jjba #headcanon #intersex!abdul

[isagrimorie]

I’m only halfway through The Fall of House of Usher and I think I like it more than Midnight Mass which I thought was too pondering and slow.

But also, because Mike Flanagan’s Catholicism view felt very… US American.

Usher has some flavor of it, but not enough to distract me with how different American Catholicism is from what I’ve known growing-up.

I’m not even that religious or devout.

Anyway, I really like Verna as the personification of death, it makes sense in a the Flanagan-verse that it would be Carla Gugino considering who she was in the first Flanagan show.

#the fall of the house of usher

[mariacallous]

The opioid crisis — and the family that helped birth it — has inspired a number of books, documentaries, and TV shows, many of which aim to highlight the suffering caused by Purdue Pharma's criminally reckless marketing and promotion of OxyContin. In Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, however, Haunting honcho Mike Flanagan uses the works of Edgar Allen Poe to explore how moral and physical rot consumes the all-powerful (and fictional) family behind a sinister drug empire. Like Succession reinterpreted by the world's foremost author of Poe fan fiction, Usher is a Gothic-tinged horror lark that's more superficial than Flanagan's previous work but still delivers some creepy chills.

Fortunato Pharmaceuticals CEO Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood) has six children (by five different mothers), and when Usher begins, all of them are dead. The series is told in flashback, as a broken and ailing Roderick delivers his "confession" to Auguste Dupin (Carl Lumbly), a federal prosecutor who has been trying unsuccessfully for decades to bring down the Usher family's corrupt drug company. As a violent storm lashes the night outside, the two longtime enemies face off inside the dilapidated remains of the home where Usher and his brilliant sister, Madeline (Mary McDonnell), spent much of their very unhappy childhood. Over the course of eight hour-long episodes, Roderick eventually reveals the true reason his children met their ends — as visions of their mutilated corpses appear to torment him without warning.

Usher is packed with clever Poe Easter eggs. Roderick's children — incompetent eldest child Frederick (Henry Thomas), icy wellness entrepreneur Tamerlane (Samantha Sloyan), shamelessly ambitious medical engineer Victorine (T'Nia Miller), drug-addled man about town Napoleon (Rahul Kohli), ruthless family publicist Camille (Kate Siegel), and hedonistic youngest child Prospero (Sauriyan Sapkota) — share their names with notable Poe characters. Two other key players, cruel Fortunato execs Mr. Longfellow (Robert Longstreet) and Rufus Griswold (Michael Trucco), are named after poets Poe had personal beef with. And Madeline's lifelong quest to develop an AI algorithm that would bring users "virtual immortality" echoes Poe's obsession with (and fear of) death.

In his most famous short stories and poems, Poe wrote of people being brought down by greed and paranoia, addiction and violence, sometimes a senseless need for revenge. The Usher family is beset with each of these maladies, though their chief desire is to secure a life of complete comfort, which they do by amassing a fortune built on the pain of others. Young Madeline (Willa Fitzgerald) and Roderick (Zach Gilford) are launched on their path of moral decay by Verna (Carla Gugino), a mysterious demon who has built a successful career out of entrapping human "clients" by catering to — and then punishing them for — their inherent selfishness.

The poison apples don't fall far from the tree, and one by one Roderick's adult children destroy themselves in the name of avarice and glory. The Ushers and those in their orbit succumb to agonizing fates featuring many of Poe's greatest hits: Madness, mania, paralysis, and of course, premature burial. Each of Roderick's offspring gets a showcase episode that culminates in a grimly creative set-piece death — which is kinda fun, but it also, unfortunately, takes the place of true character development.

Fewer kids (and fewer scenes devoted to characters quoting Poe's verse) would have allowed for more time spent establishing who the children were as people, making their downfalls more poetic. Instead, they are all various shades of "good riddance" awful. The series spends the most time with Frederick, dubbed "Froderick" by his scornful siblings who dismiss him as a joke and daddy's number one suck-up. Thomas is wonderfully entertaining as the jittery, hapless Usher heir whose creeping suspicions about his wife (Crystal Balint) lead him to exact horribly unjustified and macabre revenge.

The cast, many of them members of Flanagan's Netflix repertoire, is dependably strong. Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him. Mark Hamill infuses Arthur Pym, the family's ruthless and unflappable attorney/fixer, with unexpected empathy, and Gugino delivers many a masterful monologue as Verna, who excoriates the various victims in her smooth and silky whisper. (Alas, her showdown with Madeline, an impeccably frosty and formidable force in McConnell's hands, is far too brief.)

The strong performances help sustain Usher in its sloggier stretches, though I still maintain that all streaming series should decide how many episodes they'll need per season and then subtract at least one. Flanagan's latest may not be his best (I'll save that spot for Midnight Mass), but it did give me an actual nightmare, one in which I was keeping my brother's severed head in a cardboard box — very much against his will, I should add. Poe would almost certainly approve. Grade: B

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Ash's Glee OC Masterlist

Glee OC Masterlist for @the-witching-ash (none of these ocs are mine, I only organized the list)

Name: Andrew Berry

Story: Being Alive

Faceclaim: Logan Lerman

Love Interest: Mercedes Jones

Pinterest: x

Name: Andrew Cartwright*

Story: To Being An Us

Faceclaim: Logan Lerman

Love Interest: Various

Pinterest: x

*a variation of Andrew Berry who exists in crossovers with @randomestfandoms-ocs' Colton Cartwright and a variety of their other ocs

Name: Andrew Cartwright*

Story: Everything Changes

Faceclaim: Logan Lerman

Love Interest: Kirsty Gilmore (@randomestfandoms-ocs)

Pinterest: x

*a variation of the standard To Being An Us Verse but combined with the Gilmore Girls Delicate crossover

Name: Adrien Beiste

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Timothée Chalamet

Love Interests: Elphie Jones & Mike Chang

Pinterest: x

Name: Alma Berry

Story: Multi

Faceclaim: Ashley Tisdale

Love Interest: N/A

Name: Annie Rose Schuester

Story: Nothing to Fear

Faceclaim: Zoe Colletti

Love Interest: N/A

Pinterest: x

Name: Aro Flores

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Frankie A. Rodriguez

Love Interest: N/A

Pinterest: x

Name: Billy Gilbert

Story: Being Alive

Faceclaim: Austin Abrams

Love Interest: N/A

Name: Brax Pierce

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Joe Serafini

Love Interest: Rory Flanagan

Pinterest: x

Name: Christopher Tibideaux

Story: Being Alive, Multi

Faceclaim: Nathan Mitchell

Love Interest: N/A

Name: Corbin Adams

Story: Multi

Face Claim: Corbin Bleu

Love Interest: Simone Adams & Ezra Berry

Name: Elliot Berry

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Larry Saperstein

Love Interest: Sugar Motta

Pinterest: x

Name: Elphie Jones

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Zendaya

Love Interest: Adrien Beiste & Mike Chang

Pinterest: x

Name: Ezra Berry

Story: Multi

Faceclaim: Lucas Grabeel

Love Interest: Corbin Adams & Simone Adams

Name: Faith Hudson

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Julia Lester

Pinterest: x

Name: George Beiste

Story: Free

Faceclaim: Joel Courtney

Love Interest: N/A

Pinterest: x

Name: Henry Schuester

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Tom Holland

Love Interest: N/A

Pinterest: x

Name: Lorelei Zisis

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Beanie Feldstein

Love Interest: Mike Chang

Pinterest: x

Name: Mary Tibideaux

Story: Being Alive

Faceclaim: Antonia Gentry

Love Interest: Billy Gilbert

Name: Mona Adams

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Dara Reneé

Love interest: Marley Rose & Jake Puckerman

Pinterest: x

Name: Rosalia Lopez

Story: N/A

Faceclaim: Rachel Zegler

Love Interest: Sam Evans

Pinterest: x

Name: Simone Adams

Story: Multi

Faceclaim: Monique Colman

Love Interest: Corbin Adams & Ezra Berry

#glee oc #for a friend #friend's oc #the witching ash #agb tag

[couragehopelovefaith]

When it comes to the couples in Flanagan-verse, Dani and Jamie, Owen and Hannah and Olivia and Hugh are usually at the center of the discussion. Rightfully so, because they are all amazing and heartbreaking in their own ways. But I think Riley and Erin haven't gotten nearly as much appreciation as they deserve. They have been apart for a long time, but they clearly have stayed in the backs of each other's minds and their connection and mutual understanding has clearly remained untouchable. They don't kiss even once during the series, but still their chemistry and love is very palpable. Even after all the shit they both have gone through, there is this some kind of innocence and hope in their scenes, if that makes sense. They both deserved so much better, both as individuals and as a couple, and my heart breaks for them. Katie and Zach portrayed them wonderfully.

#midnight mass #erin greene #riley flynn #riley x erin

[theheartpyre]

Happy #AudioDramaSunday everyone! I’m finally back home and had time to listen to shows again, and I sure listened to a bunch of them (6 to be exact). So, strap in for the ride!

First up Small Victories (@wgc-productions) came back for its second season and oh boy did it nosedive straight into chaos and drama. This show is so well written but it also stresses me out much more than all the horror shows I listen to lmao Can’t wait for the powder keg to explode in the upcoming episodes

Then we have another return, The Silt Verses (@thesiltverses) is back for its third season, and what a start! Genuinely one of my all time favourite shows and Carpenter is definitely one of my favourite characters from across all media. I’m so happy to have her back. Amazing performances from everyone around!

I also finally finished Two Flat Earthers Kidnap A Freemason (@goodpointepodcasts) and I just wanted to mention that that was a great finale! This was genuinely such a hilarious show and I hope there will be more of it.

Next up is the new episode from Shadows at the Door, written by Jamie Flanagan who’s worked on the Midnight Mass and The Haunting Of Bly Manor tv shows (isn't that just so neat?)! Great episode, less scary horror, more a reflection of human nature as we age. Really makes you think. Also loved the discussion after the episode (it gets depressing about the state of being a creative in our day and age 🫠)

We’re almost at the end of my list, but there are two more interesting shows I wanna talk about. First up, I’ve caught up with After The Gloaming, which is an anthology of gothic horror stories, and I’ve been really enjoying it, especially Night of the Rider and Arsenic & Old Men. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the season. There can never be enough horror anthologies!

And finally, I listened to the first episode of Levian (@levianpod), which I adored! Queer epic fantasy about the seas with family conflict! So up my alley! I know the rest of the show won’t release until next year, but I am eagerly awaiting it. They are currently crowdfunding to make the rest of season 1 a reality, so if you like epic fantasy and pirates definitely check it out (it only runs for a few more days!)

And that was it, folks! I haven’t decided yet what I’ll listen to next week, so if anyone has any recs, I’m all ears!

#let's ignore the fact that it isn't technically sunday anymore here lmao #also I've got a bit of an announcement for THP tomorrow 👀 #audio drama sunday

[queen-of-films]

6 Young Actresses Killing it in the Horror Genre

For decades, when we think of women in horror, these are the women who come to mind: Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, and Neve Campbell. Young women have a long history of being the star of horror films, but now we've entered a new era of horror. Our latest horror films of the 2010s-2020s are introducing us to new young actresses who are killing it in the horror genre.

Jenna Ortega

Now dubbed a Scream Queen, Jenna Ortega is the new fresh face of mainstream horror. While some may know her for her roles in Scream (2022) and X (2022) Jenna Ortega is no stranger to horror. Her first debut in horror was her small role in Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Ever since then, she’s become a likable child star, but this will quickly change. Now, that she’s making her way into mainstream horror, we would likely be seeing her taking on darker roles.

Upcoming Horror Project: Wednesday (Netflix) 

Anya-Taylor Joy

Anya-Taylor Joy may not be the youngest actress on our list, but it’s safe to say, she’s our latest horror queen. Most of us know her debut role in the A24 film, The Witch (2015). But, I only knew about her as the final girl in Split (2016). Her character in Split was the least one to scream, this changes how we associate final girls with scream queens; it also shows that elevated horror films are straying away from horror as a body genre.

Upcoming Horror Project: The Menu (2022)

Violet McGraw

Who doesn’t know Violet McGraw as the adorable little sister in Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Hill House? In some ways, Violet McGraw reminds me of Madison Bailey, another actress who is known for her roles in horror movies. They both bring innocence and charm into their characters, and young girls seem to be more rendered by the supernatural in horror movies.

Upcoming Horror Project: M3gan (2023)

Madeleine McGraw

Being cast in horror movies seems to run in the family because Violet McGraw’s older sister, Madeleine McGraw, is also seen in a couple of horror films. I first saw her in her role in The Curse of La Llorona (2019), ironically, she’s also in the Disney mystery-supernatural show, Secrets of Sulphur Springs. What makes this ironic is this won’t be her first or second time in a supernatural show; her latest horror role is in The Black Phone (2021) which also deals with the supernatural. 

Upcoming Horror Project: TBA

Brianne Tju

From the Scream (2015-2019) series to 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), I’m seeing Brianne Tju gradually dominating mainstream horror. I’ve longed for Brianne Tju to get her leading role in a horror film; since she doesn’t seem to survive in the ones she starred in, and finally, she gets her leading role in Unhuman (2022). I hope we get to see Brianne Tju in more horror projects because she’s an underrated actress who needs to be in more mainstream horror films.

Upcoming Horror Project: TBA

Mckenna Grace

Out of all the actresses on our list, Mckenna Grace has starred in multiple horror projects. Most of us know her blockbuster horror roles, like in Annabelle Comes Home (2019) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). She also plays one of the Crane children in The Haunting of Hill House, where her character is quite similar to her Conjuring Verse role. Both her characters Theo Crane (The Haunting of Hill House) and Judy Warren (Annabelle Comes Home) are intuitive, and because their gift gets them in touch with the supernatural, rather than fearing evil, both characters face it head-on. Mckenna Grace has starred in many more horror projects and many to come.

Upcoming Horror Project: A Friend of the Family (Peacock)

#brianne tju #jenna ortega #violet mcgraw #madeleine mcgraw #anya taylor joy #horror movies #scream queen #final girl #horror #women in horror #mckenna grace