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pastellipanic · 4 years

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Junkenstein's Legend

It isnt a secret that I like Overwatch. It isnt a secret that my favourite event is the Halloween event of Junkensteins revenge. It also isnt a secret that I get hyperfixated onto uncommon things or parts of things. So today, presented by my hyperfixating grey brainmatter, I bring you:

The Full Tale of Junkensteins Revenge

Or, you know, the The Full Tale of Junkensteins Revenge as Theorized by Pastelli During Sleepless Nights. Anyway, we shall start at the beginning!

(Everything in this story is theorized upon the tidbits of canon information from the game, the comics and details of skins, sprays and maps. You are entitled to disagree with my theorization and I will gladly take on any opposing theories if they are given to me with a constructive and positive vibe. I will also gladly have a chat with anyone who is interested in the subject or has ideas I hadnt considered. That being said, Enjoy!)

Chapter 1: The sad beginnings of a mad doctor and his first step onto the battlefield.

Doctor Jamison Junkenstein was a young lad who worked for the local Lord Reinhardt in a town of Adlersbrunn located in the outskirts of Black Forest. He was a brilliant mechanic, engineer and had no fear of working with electricity, hence he had gotten the job in the first place. While his social skills were limited and his fame in the town stained, he was a hard worker and a genius in his own field. At some point during his career, he got bored of the same old electricity and piping, and began to experiment in robotics. His first one was a crude little thing but he was proud of it, so he decided to continue on this path. He began to dream of building live automatons, creatures that could think and feel for themselves. Perhaps it was the fact that he yearned for someone to befriend whilst the townspeople mistreated and disrespected him for his oddities, or perhaps it was his pride towards his own intelligence. However it may be, he started spending more time upon making the automatons, "omnics" as he called them or "Zomnics" as they were later called by the townspeople for their ghastly slow movements. Lord Reinhardt was displeased by him giving his time to such silly things, even more so when Junkenstein came to his door to show them. Every time he made adjustments and showed them to the Lord, he waved the "useless trinkets" away, and everytime his already feeble fame deteriorated in peoples rumours. Madman, lunatic and fool were quickly becoming synonyms for his name. This only spurred him on in his quest to prove them wrong. The metal husks laying in his laboratory soon turned to dug up corpses, the wires he used to put inside turned to stitches on the flesh and what he couldnt understand in anatomy he changed into machinery. Soon he had a body, half organic half inorganic, and all he needed was to make it come alive. Bloodpumping didnt work. Watershocks didnt work. Exchanging the heart into a running motor didnt work. Atlast he tried using electricity to bring his creation to life, unsuccessfully. Junkenstein was exhausted, abused and even his trust in his skills had failed him. He was on the brink of quitting and burying that stupid project, until...

Witch of the Wilds appeared!

The Witch of the Wilds was a well known individual, feared by all near and far for her magic. It was rumoured she could turn coal into gold, make waterfalls run upwards and burn a castle with the flick of her wrist. She was also known from her coming to people at their darkest hour and offering a solution... for a price. And thats exactly what she offered Junkenstein, a solution to his problems; the spark of life. She only asked for a favor, one she would come collect in a nearby future and one that he couldnt refuse. He accepted. He had nothing to lose. Applying the spark of life onto his machine, he started the creatures heart and mind. There were a lot of things that went through its mind when it woke, curiosity and giddiness, but most importantly: Panic. In a furious frenzy it tore itself from its bindings and ran out, into the streets of Adlersbrunn. The townspeople, upon seeing the monster, immediately screamed, cried, yelled, attacked and fled. The monster had no sympathy for people so cruel as the baker who hit it or the children kicking its shins, so he let out his rage onto the masses. It was carnage.

Junkenstein was happy. He had succeeded! His monster was doing exactly what he wanted; avenging the years of societal neglect and bullying Junkenstein had gone through. Yet he had no control over the monster, and no idea how to get it to the Lords doorstep. A couple of hours of manipulating the routes and trying to get the monster where he wanted, he finally got to the door.... Only to find that while he was busy, so was the Lord. He had hired a few wanderers to protect him when he had heard of the happenings in the town. An old soldier searching for a fight, an alchemist practizing her talent, an archer running from the past and a gunslinger hunting for easy money. Only four they were against the doctor, his monster and his minions, and against the Witch of the Wilds and her fearsome ally; a cursed pumpkinheaded man by the name of Reaper. And only four they were who beat him, leaving his corpse battered onto the rocktiles of the yard. His monster was perished, the Witch had fled and the Reaper had gone with her. The wanderers went inside to claim their prize.

Chapter 2: How to tame a monster and revive a doctor.

As the wanderers left the scene, Witch of the Wilds saw her chance to do her work. She quickly used the spark of life to revive Junkenstein, giving his bruised flesh some tidying up whilst doing it, and watched as he sat up. Safe to say, he was pissed to have lost. He wanted to charge right back into fight, but was stopped by the Witch. She managed to make him change his mind, to wait for a year and build his army before trying again, and give her some time to get allies. Gathering what he could of the broken zomnics, Junkenstein found the corpse of his monster and decided to take it back to his lab for revival. He wasnt sure if the creature would run out again or stay, but he wanted to still show the town that he could make something living. This time, when rising from the cold metal table, the monster sat still and stared at Junkenstein. During the fight it had noted that the doctor didnt attack him, even defending him from the attacking gunslinger. It decided to stay near him, for no other reason than that it trusted him. Junkenstein was thrilled to have a friend, even if it did smell of decay a bit.

11 months went by in peace. The town healed, forgot about the incident and, assuming that the wrecked corpse of a homeless man was Junkensteins, buried the past with it. Meanwhile the doctor had other things to think about. He had built an army of zomnics, had tamed the monster and befriended it, had taught it to speak a little and had served the Witch on a few occasions. On some days he still liked to venture into town to see how life was going there. At one point he had almost forgiven the town, before he had come to learn of a new game for the children based after the mocking of his person. Thats when his short temper blew into pieces and he jumped to make an announcement in the middle of the town. He raged, mocked, spat at the townspeople, before revealing his identity and announcing that all of them would perish under his boot. Seeing a dead man back from the grave gave quite a scare to the town, making them panickedly run to the local Lords. They decided that a meeting was to be held to consider this new threat. Some voted to kill Junkenstein again, yet it was deemed to be an ineffective solution due to him coming back the last time. Some voted to trap him and enslave him for the rest of his days, but it was a futile idea for someone like him to be trapped. He would just squirm his way out like the vermin he was. It was decided that Adlersbrunn was to be evacuated. All people were to be gathered into Lord Reinhardts castle, to have few protectors stay behind until they could safely escape. Lord Reinhardt sent word to three people in order to get protection for this event. A Countess from a family of Hunters that had shut herself from the world. An old friend of the Lord who traveled the world, hunting dragons. And a Monk with his Apprentice, answering to a higher calling than human.

Meanwhile the Witch of the Wilds was gathering her allies, having gotten an interesting offer from a dragon in the Black Forest. The dragon offered to lend one of their servants the powers of a dragon and give that servant into the Witches hands for the battle. The Witch was intrigued but suspicious, so she asked what the dragon wanted in return. Nothing. It wanted the greater good and it knew that the Witch wanted that too. Adlersbrunn was filled with people and people were filled with fears of the unknown. The Black Forest was filled with the unknown, and therefore they were hunted. Silver bullet battles, witch burnings and burials of the undead had plagued the creatures of the forest for long enough, and it was time for the people to leave them alone. If not by peace, then by force. Junkenstein was a great tool for the Witches cause, but she still needed more power, therefore she agreed to take the servant of the dragon onto the battlefield as her ally.

Chapter 3: Junkensteins Revenge 2, Electric Boogaloo

The fight happens almost the same as last, but this time the tables have turned. The wanderers struggle to keep up with the Summoners dragonfire blasts, the bombs lobbed by Junkenstein and the gunfire from Reapers guns. While they dont win the fight, they manage to hold them off just enough time for the townspeople to flee far away from Junkensteins grasp. Instead of a petrified Lord, Junkenstein is greeted by an empty castle. At first he seems gleeful, running to hop on the throne. Once he sits down and looks around, he bursts into tears. After all these years of pain, he doesnt even get his revenge. He doesnt get to have his victory even at his brightest moment. The monster tries to comfort its creator, succeeding just to quiet him enough for the Witch to speak. Its time for the favor he owes her.

Before, she wanted him to leave the town as well, but seeing how he was alone already she wanted something else. She wanted him to be a guardian for the black forest. No town would ever become of Adlersbrunn ever again and no one would step a foot into Black forest while the doctor was alive, to ensure that the creatures could live in peace.

He accepted, as he was to do, and remained the only human left.

Chapter 4: The time that we dont speak too much about because honestly nothing happens

Some hundred years passed in quiet. Adlersbrunn collapsed and became ruins of what it once was. Junkenstein guarded the forest and helped the creatures inside it, at one point building a bride for his monster. (Nothing too much is said about what happened to her or where she went) The monster learned and lived, helping Junkenstein with his work. Due to both of them having been revived with the spark of life, they had become immortal. (Unless killed) Witch of the Wilds passed peacefully after a long life. Reaper found his head and his curse was lifted. Life was good.

Chapter 5: Junkenstein of Eichenwalde

One day Junkenstein realizes that where Adlersbrunn once was, is now something new. People have come and started building a town, so he disguises himself and goes to investigate. These people have migrated here from the north, calling this place Eichenwalde, and seem to be very nice. They offer him food and water, the kids want to play with him and the grown ups tell stories of the North to him. He doesnt see an issue with them coming here to stay, since they seem nice and the forest has few creatures left to protect. When a little girl tries to run into the woods, Junkenstein holds her back and tells her not to go. Intrigued, the little girl asks why. The doctor starts telling about monsters and creatures to scare the kids, but they are more interested in hearing his ghost stories, so he obliges to tell them one. He tells about a mad scientist who created a monster and how the monster now lurks in the woods. The kids are excited and the adults think of it as a great legend. It becomes a habit for Junkenstein to come into the town to tell ghost stories to kids. One day, when its Halloween, he notices a difference. The town has changed their style into old fashioned clothes, their mechanical cars to wooden carriage and posters of a fake Mad scientist and a Monster litter the walls. The kids are playing as the characters from his stories and running around with mouths filled with candy. The legend has come into a tradition of a reenactment.

One day, a man arrives into the town, and raises some questions in Junkenstein. The man looks like the Lord. Speaks like the Lord. Walks like the Lord. Has the same mannerisms as the Lord. He even introduces himself as Reinhardt to the disguised Junkenstein. The Lord escaped. It would make sense for him to have started again somewhere else. This could be his descendant, without knowledge of the legend. Who would want such an odd story to be passed down to their descendants? Who would even believe it? Junkenstein keeps an eye on the man and, even when he leaves, the monster follows him for a while. It doesnt seem like he is a threat of any kind. The life goes on in Eichenwalde, with Junkenstein telling stories and living his life with the monster. Every year his story is celebrated in front of him, without any idea that it is truer than any other tale told.

The End.

It took me 3 hours to write this down and I know it starts showing at the end. Also, there are still some mysteries in the story that have absolutely no canon to even start theorizing from. (Aka The Sombra Situation. Theres literally only one spray and a skin where she is linked in any way.)

Also, some very fun theories that I didnt know how to incorporate into the story are:

McCree gets bitten by a werewolf after the first fight

The first fight is the original Junkensteins revenge-gamemode. The second fight is the Endless gamemode.

Canonically the countess killed the Monks master, and I like to think its because of this they lost. They couldnt trust eachother.

When Summoner is close by the air gets heated.(Almost Canon. It is implied in voicelines)

Junkenstein is implied to be so chatty that he keeps talking/laughing during the fight

The Countess is from a family of Vampire hunters, who was bitten by a vampire and was ashamed. The reason she joins the battle is to honor her familys name and hunt for one last time.

It took me 3 separate days to research the canon elements, put them onto a paper and theorize around them and now I finally got this written down in here.

If you are interested in the notes I have, here you can read them: (Mostly in english, but might have some finnish words in there)

Now go my children! Hyperfixate onto this and share my pain!

(Also I would appreciate that if you take this theory and post it somewhere else, that you would credit me and tell your friends I said Hi!)

#overwatch #junkensteins revenge #junkenstein #junkrat #roadhog #mercy #reaper #symmetra #halloween #hyperfixation #theory

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strawberryspooktacular · 4 years

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STRAWBERRY SPOOKTOBER WRAP UP

To wrap up Strawberry Spooktober, we have selected our best pair picks sorted into the best, the worst and so bad it’s good. We also chose 3 personal favourites and a few Honorable mentions. V stands for Vic N stands for Nic

Pair favourites:

Good:

The Ritual (Before: 9.5, After: 10.5)

V: I liked the monster and the design of said monster, but I really liked the fact that the monster was a monster of guilt, or rather a monster that fed on guilt. Being Native, specifically Cherokee, this monster really like, brought my ancestors up from the dead and I immediately wanted to worship the monster.

N: This movie was atmospheric, it had a definite link to Norse mythology and the runes on the house and trees were accurate. It was an interesting and different idea of a horror movie based on Norse mythology. The only downside was their lack of knowing directions, THE SUN IS IN THE WEST OR THE EAST.

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Before: 9.5, After: 10.5)

V: I liked the hillbillies and the way the college kids all died. Even if that’s an awful thing to say.

N: This movie was a comedy horror which is always a favourite genre to mix. The twist of the classic hillbillies being the protagonists and the college kids being the antagonists makes for amazing hyjinx. Chad the villain was 100% terrifying and creepy while Tucker and Dale made for compelling unlikely heroes

Mandy (Before: 9, After: 10.5)

V: NIC CAGE GOES BATSHIT INSANE AND KILLS A LOT OF CULTISTS. AND THERE WAS A PENIS ON THE SCREEN FOR WAY TOO LONG. 10/10 WOULD RECOMMEND.

N: Mandy is an insane look through the eyes of a mad man. Nicolas Cage does LSD in the woods and is attacked by LSD bikers and cultists. It’s funny and insane, the visuals are great and the funny bits are hilarious.

So Bad It’s Good:

Tremors (Before: 9.5, After: 9.5)

V: Kevin Bacon’s Ass, especially in those Jeans™️. Being from Oklahoma, this movie actually really scared me when I first watched it (because it takes place like an hour and a half drive from me) and rewatching it reminded me of the first time I watched it with my Grandpa.

N: A delightfully 90s film, so 90s it might as well be singing Smash Mouth. A younger Kevin Bacon plays an amazing character and the pure idea of the movie was amazing. The only problem was the slightly anti climactic ending.

Sleepwalkers (Before: 8.5, After: 8)

V: I loved the cats (and the actors) and I kind of loved the monsters, but not the design. They could have done the design of the monsters much better in my opinion.

N: A look into one of the more strange movies of the Steven King franchise. The concept of the monsters was good but the execution was lacking. However, the movie has some funny moment and some incredible animal actors, particularly Clovis the cat.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Before: 8, After: 8)

V: I loved the 70s feel of the entire movie and the insanity of the whole movie, but the abuse of antiques and instruments really hurt me.

N: This movie captures the feels of 70s horror movies perfectly. Really the movie is made to be corny and so bad it’s good. Leather face was fun and weirdly relatable but the sheriff was creepy, although he was made to be that way.

The Worst™️:

Silence of the Lambs (Before: 6.5, After: 6.5)

V: I really didn’t like this movie. It gave me really bad anxiety for some reason and even now, I’m not sure why it happened. I did like the characters and the actors’ take on the characters.

N: This movie was good in its plot and main characters. Hannibal and Buffalo Bill are especially creepy and a perfect snapshot of a psychotic mind. However many of the characters felt under developed, such as the creepy

28 Days Later (Before: 8, After: 4.5)

V: This movie was just awful. The zombies didn’t really make sense and acted more like humans instead of actual zombies. And we didn’t even see the zombies that much because there were only like 10 zombies. However I did like the actor playing the chained up zombie.

N: This movie was strange, it felt like three separate themed movies pushed into one. The beginning of the movie was a classic zombie movie set in London, then it turned into a family fun road trip before ending on a dystopian after apocalypse movie. The music never fit any part of this movie, the main character turned into a ninja 5 days after waking from a coma, there were 10 zombies in the last hour of the movie and they acted like humans. Also IT RAINED ONCE IN THE ENTIRE MOVIE, SET IN ENGLAND.

The Borderlands (Before: 7.5, After: 5)

V: THE ASSHOLE OF THE CHURCH; how did that ending fit into the movie? I did like Deacon and Grey, and the setting of the movie itself was good. I did like that for being a found-footage film, the video wasn’t shaky.

N: This movie started well, this movie actually was a good movie for the majority of the running time. The characters were well developed and well balanced in humour and seriousness, the setting was pretty and it was a different take on a found footage movie. HOWEVER THE ENDING WAS TERRIBLE, CONFUSING AND OUTRIGHT WRONG.

Vic’s Picks:

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Before: 9, After: 10)

I really enjoyed the monster designs and the fact that at least one of the monster’s actors was actually doing the stunts that are in the movie. I loved that they didn’t make the ending sad, like they could have, but they gave the characters a happy ending after all the nonsense they went through.

As Above So Below (Before: 7, After: 9)

I wasn’t expecting this movie to be one of my favourites, but it was. I loved the story and the locations that they filmed at and the characters. I wasn’t a huge fan of the jumpscares, but the ones they did have weren’t unnecessary.

My Bloody Valentine (Before: 9, After: 10)

I love Jensen Ackles and I loved the twist ending. The 3D was also really well done and hilarious to watch in 2D, because it didn’t really work as well as if we had watched it in 3D. I do have to say that the villain design was terrifying and I did enjoy hearing my History major girlfriend geek out about coal mines.

Nic’s Picks:

The Pyramid (Before: 9, After: 10)

This movie was a different take on the Egyptain pyramid horror movie, not focusing on the classic mummy but instead on Egyptain mythology, specifically the gods and the journey to the underworld. The father and daughter relationship was well developed and the found footage format was given up to ensure that important scenes were captured well toward the end. And it was cute to see my girlfriend geek out on the Egyptain gods.

Trick r Treat (Before: 10, After: 10)

Four different movies about a horror filled Halloween night, all linked together in the end and done well. Each story was unique with its own twists and amazing monsters. The children in this movie were adorable, even the evil one.

Troll Hunter (Before: 10, After: 10)

A Norwegian horror movie in a food footage style but told well through the eyes of college students doing a report for a project. Hans, the troll hunter they follow, is wonderful in his grouchy demeanor of a man worn with the world. The trolls themselves were wonderful in their lore and the use of CGI.

Honorable Mentions:

Grave Encounters (Before: 8, After: 9)

V: Surprisingly, I really liked the jumpscares in this movie.

N: A found footage movie set in an abandoned asylum with a lot of good jumpscares and a creepy atmosphere overall.

Apostle (Before: 8.25, After: 8)

V: I really liked Micheal Sheen in this movie and I really liked the cult, before they started killing people.

N: A cult centred horror movie set on a small island, Micheal Sheen is always good and the monster design was incredible but the movie was a little slow to start with some plot holes.

Dog Soldiers (Before: 9, After: 9)

V: The werewolves were so beautifully designed and I really liked the story and the actors themselves, ESPECIALLY THE DOG ACTOR.

N: A werewolf horror movie set in scotland with great characters, well designed werewolves and THE BEST DOG.

Joy Ride (Before: 8.5, After: 9)

V: The truckers and the whole concept of this crazy journey that the characters take throughout the movie was really good.

N: A very American horror film set around a very creepy truck driver that relies on atmosphere and actual threat rather that jumpscares. And Jim Beaver is always a plus.

Thirteen Ghosts (Before: 7, After: 9)

V: I loved Dennis and the makeup was well done.

N: A ghostly horror movie set around a strange mansion and a ritual, the make was done well and the characters, particularly Dennis and Maggie, were well developed and fun.

Puppet Master (Before: 6.5, After: 8.25)

V: Cuddly Bear was great, the actors were great, and the cast was diverse.

N: This movie had well designed scary puppets, good physical effects and a great cast of characters.

Deep Blue Sea (Before: 9, After: 9.5)

V: The sharks were beautiful and I loved that the sharks had a reason for attacking instead of just attacking for the sake of attacking.

N: A different take on shark horror movie with Samuel L Jackson and LL Cool J as amazing characters with some incredible physical effects.

Winchester (Before: 7.5, After: 9.5)

V: I really liked the costume and makeup design for this movie.

N: A movie centred around a real ghostly horror story and house with amazing effects and a great cast with developed characters

Don’t Knock Twice (Before: 6.5, After: 8.5)

V: The ending was a huge twist, the monster design was beautiful, and the actors were great at setting the scene for the scary things to happen.

N: A Welsh horror movie with a well written story, great cast with a good range of emotions, a lot of terrifying jumpscares, a good monster design and a twist ending.

#spoilers #horror movies #Gays watch films #Strawberry spooktober #october

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amateurfan227 · 6 years

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Shitlist Reviews - Halloween 2018 - American Horror Story Season 3 + 4

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m Amateur Fan 2.27 and welcome to the Shitlist, where bad movies burn and welcome back to the Halloween reviews of 2018, today unfortunately is going to be the end of the AHS reviews due to the fact that I’ve not watched season 6-8 yet though I’m eager to continue it next year.

This week I’m going to dive into the third and fourth season of American Horror Story, Coven which is essentially based on witches living in the modern world and Freak show which is based on sideshow performers in the 1950s attempting to adapt in a world that doesn’t want them which is similar towards racism during that era as well now that I think of it.

We’ll start with Coven first which I think would be the strongest of the franchise, not only because of the history that the season is based on which is the Salem witch trials from the 16th century but also the setting which is more mystical based aside from historically based when it comes to Witchcraft. New Orleans, joking aside I think this season is another one of my favourites of the franchise among Asylum due to its involvement with the art of Magic and mixing it with reality.

for those who don’t know, Coven is set in the modern day era based on a group of witches who are adapting towards their powers in their group known as a coven, the season also introduces a series of mystical abilities aside from Witchcraft such as Necromancy, incantations and most notably Voodoo with the attendance of one of the season’s key characters.

The season is based on oppression aside from the witchcraft angle leading it towards racism, prejudice and mother/daughter relationships... I would like to mention is that this season is also based on real-life murderers such as the Axe-men of New Orleans in 1919 who’s responsible for killing 6 people and injuring more, Delphine LaLaurie, a socialite whose responsible for torturing and the deaths of multiple slaves that she owned, and finally Marie Laveau, a voodoo practitioner who was also known as the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The show also introduces 2 actresses who are well received when it comes to winning awards, Kathy Bates (Misery) and Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to Do with It), which I’d to admit, improves the season greatly because not only of their appearance but of their relation towards their characters that they portray in the season.

The Story as I mentioned briefly is yet on witches but adapting to a new world as well as improving their own society, meaning that they face many problems from voodoo practitioners and witch-hunters which I will get into shortly, main perspective is similar to Asylum and Murder House but the main characters are different as we have leading ladies to act as the witch supreme, and a bunch of teenage girls whom seem to act more independent on their powers, one of which I greatly despise...

The witches are descendants from those who escaped the Salem Witches Trials from the 16th century that I mentioned before which leads them to reside in Miss Robichaux’s Academy along with the headmistress Cordelia Foxx who has an uneasy relationship with her mother, Fiona Good, the Coven’s Supreme, a witch born every generation who possesses the powers known as the Seven Wonders of Witchcraft.

The show also has some similarities towards other shows and movies relating to witchcraft, most notably the Craft from the 80s which is one of my favourite movies relating to witches. Aside from the witch-craft story arc, it also shows religion being strictly against magic mainly Christianity which is confusing seeing that in Christian mythology Jesus is seen using powers despite him being the son of God... but that rant is for another day.

Betrayal is seen mainly towards the show from several characters such as Fiona and Madison, one of the show’s characters. The season also represents itself as a teenage coming-of-age story about teenagers as well as they adapt from being young towards adulthood.

Some of the shows characters are pretty unique in their own way mainly relating to numerous plots in the show such mainly towards the rules of witchcraft and how the world of Voodoo works, mainly towards key characters as well, which is both saddening and dark at the same time, with that said I’m not going to go into spoiler territory about this season, mainly because it would be too baffling to explain in a written format as well as it being more visually explored.

With that said, let’s dive into the characters as well as some of the stories relating to the show to explore the mythology of Coven.

Cordelia Foxx is played by Sarah Paulson (as I said before most of the actors will be returning for following seasons, mainly Paulson, Peters, Bates and Rube), Her profession is the headmistress of the school which doesn’t mean much to her character, her authority doesn’t prove strong towards all the females under her protection mainly because of a few differences as well as her own arc.

Cordelia is in attempting to have a child with her husband/witch-hunter David which fails on nearly every level, including when it’s coming towards Voodoo, leaving her somehow empathic, especially when it comes down in towards the end of the show. The daughter to Fiona Good, she does have a lot of motivation when it’s down to rising against her better half for being both a student towards a teacher.

Fiona Good is known as a manipulator as well as a contriving monster when it comes to seeing her act out her plots, though she is played by Jessica Lange who does a very good job when it comes to playing leading villains such as Sister Jude in Asylum, her own arc is somehow different when it comes to the show as you too can sympathise with her when it comes over to her attempt to cure herself away from a fatal illness which I assume that has effected most of you in your lives... Cancer...

Yup, she is attempting to use everything from medical science, witchcraft potions and even begging to her rival Marie Laveau to assist her, you may feel sorry for her but secretly she’s more of a monster than anyone I’ve seen in the show who I’d admit does get her comeuppance at the end, her character as a mother is more conniving than any other villain in the show.

Her mother angle towards Cordelia is something different as she has changed greatly from a caring-mother figure towards a self-centred monster who only cares for her own gain but in different scenes in the show, she’s seen to be caring towards different characters, even in her last scene with her daughter, she’s remorseful for all the things she’s done to her.

Zoe Benson (played by Taissa Farminga) is the lead teenager of the Coven, before you ask my sudden change from the previous review on why I hated the character of Violet for being annoying and whining towards Taissa playing pretty much the same character in this season, it’s because her actions actually do something that improves that plot on a greater level, mainly it’s to inspire conflict between other characters as well as to improve the story remotely towards her own reputation.

Zoe’s ability is to cause brain haemorrhaging during sex towards her partner which caused her to be sent to the Academy, her character is more independent than the other teenage characters, mainly due to her expression on doing things that benefit her character and others. Her good heartedness could be her down fall but due to everything that she does in the show, in fact, I was actually rooting for her during the episodes because how much her character changed during the season. Though the same can’t be said for the next character....

Madison Montgomery (played by Emma Roberts, daughter to Eric Roberts) is possibly the most hated character of the season, despite what I’ve said about Fiona, Madison is way worse, and it makes it way worse that she’s an actress, her character is both despicable towards others due to her narcissism and arrogance of her fame.

I think this is more related to other actors and actresses whose career went on a downward spiral after drug issues as well as alcohol abuse which would be explained but in her case it’s because she’s a spoiled brat which made different to explore, aside from her constant whining for everything she wants, she’s also pretty much a monster whose willing to murder at this point, from when we first meet her you know that she’s trouble.

Her power is telekinesis which she used in killing a director for an advert she was auditioning for, which was gruesome as well as ridiculous, like Fiona she too gets her comeuppance especially when it comes to her wants rather than her needs. Every time she’s on the screen I’m at desperate attempt to either turn the TV or throw the remote at the TV...

Our next character is Misty Day (played by Lily Rabe) I have to admit, this character was enchanting and possibly the most positive through-out the season, mainly of her interest on removing negativity and being more focused on listening to music mainly Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks who she idolizes believing her to be the White Witch (who stars in the show as a cameo).

Her ability is the gift of resurgence which is the power to fully resurrect the dead, though her powers were found out during a preach of religion (take your pick) leading her to be burned alive, she does come back to life leading her to spend her time in the swamps. She’s the most kind of the show who I admire due to her despising to kill anything and looking for a place to act as a family.

Her powers were incredibly useful during the seasons run especially when it came to her powers and good-nature but this lead to an inevitable downfall when it came to her downfall following one of the trials of the Seven Wonders leading her body to literally turn to Ash,

Queenie (played by Gabourey Sidibe) is a young witch whose descended from Tituba, one of the first witches who survived the Salem Witch Trials, her ability is to transfer pain and suffering on herself to another person, yup she’s literally a living Voodoo doll, her character is somehow charming especially when it comes towards the other characters as she is more knowledgeable towards being challenged due to other characters being racist against her.

She does have some improvements in the season when it comes to expressing beliefs towards other characters, mainly towards her growing new abilities such as telekinesis and to appear in the afterlife despite being alive. I actually liked what they did with her character, as she is more of the voice of reason despite her naivety especially as she’s the most street-wise of the Coven

Nan (played by Jamie Brewer) is shown as the least socially-sophisticated of the group being more quick-thinking than the other girls, leading her to be more warming rather than the others, her ability is clairvoyance and telepathy leading her to find one of the villains in the show as well as having the ability to speak to people despite them having tongues.

She does have a dark side though as when she found out that her crush on the boy next door was killed by his mother, she literally forces the mother to violently drink bleach whilst using her telekinesis to throw Zoe away from her, Her downfall though was not satisfying to see when she was killed by Marie and Fiona leading her to live in the Afterlife, I would have loved to see her evolve when it comes to her powers as well.

Marie Laveau (played by Angela Bassett) is possibly one of the high-lights of the show, mainly because of her beliefs and her respect for Voodoo as well as the lore that follows, which is interesting to look at if you come to think of it, her story is more of a rivalry between 3 persons, the descendants of the Salem witches (mainly Fiona), the Witch-hunters and finally Delphine who murdered her lover many years before.

Her story again is based only on revenge towards Delphine who she poisons to live eternal which left a live-long conflict between the both of them, her powers are interesting as she states that for each power or incantation relating to voodoo, there reluctantly is a price, mainly a sacrifice or something belonging to those who need it which I can understand.

This is explored in one of the episodes as she sacrifices her new-born babe to become immortal towards one of the Voodoo Gods, leading her to continuously sacrifice one child for one year, though this cycle can be ended as well as all her voodoo enchantments permanently when she passes away via death or murder.

I’ve to admit, this character is possibly the strongest one of the season as you explore her pain and suffering and understand why she hates the witches and every other users of magic so much, you can feel the oppression towards her especially when it comes towards worshipping gods of voodoo.

Frances Conroy returns to the show as Myrtle Snow, the Head of the Witches Council who is one of the rivals of Fiona despite her loving Cordelia as a mother would, I thought her more as a mentor rather than just a standard character, especially one with such authority which is higher than Fiona, but when it comes to showing her authority among the girls of academy, she’s kind of weak in comparison to Fiona as if she’s more secondary rather than primary.

Though she is ruthless in her own way, her expression towards magic is believable in saying that safety is more better in numbers than it is alone which is why she was more attracted to Musty Day being the next supreme rather than any of the others.

Kyle played by Evan Peters.... I honestly didn’t know much about the character aside from him being literally a zombie that was brought back from the dead after a paternity stunt turned into a crime, which he was a victim off, though he was there in the show he didn’t do that much if I was entirely honest, I think he was only there due to conflict between Madison and Zoe.

The same goes to Spalding (played by Denis O’Hare) as he did have some secrets only that they would be become more prominent when time in the show progresses aside from it falling flat leading for the performance to be heavily underplayed, I would have loved to see him more active rather than just being there.

The second highlight of the show goes to Kathy Bates, who plays Delphine LaLaurie and wow does she steal the show, in short term to describe her character, think of Donald Trump acting like Buffalo Bill in a female body.... and I’ll let that thought sink into your nightmares. Joking aside Delphine is possibly the most racist character out there in live action, like a live-action Eric Cartman in a weird way, her character is possibly the most enjoyable as well in the season.

Her story is known to historical record by murdering her slaves as well as torture to use their blood as pharmaceutical remedies such as restoring her youth or making her look younger, though her conflict begins when she does kill Marie Laveau’s lover leading her to gain retaliation by poisoning her leading her to live immortal torment for her crimes.

But this is a pretty interesting look of things when she is reawakened in the modern world, as she is notably racist towards Queenie through verbal assaults leading a story of remorse when it comes to showing her how things have changed following the racist abolishment following Martin Luthor King and Roots (a story of Slave Trade which I would recommend if you are interested in history).

Her character is powerful following her returning to live back in her old ways leading to murder a show-woman as well as living in torment following the After-life, I would state on how she does that but I think it’s best to say that you have to watch the show, Kathy steals the show by force because of her performance, even when she placed a demented monster, you see a sadness following the reason why she does it.

As I said before, Coven is one of the strongest of the series, mainly towards magic and following different perspectives from characters, especially relating from the past to the present from those harbouring grudges that are life-bound. I highly recommend this one for those simple reasons.

Freak Show on the other hand is quite different, set in 1952 Florida and set on a Freak-show side-attraction after the great depression of America, the season mainly deals with discrimination following ableism, acceptance, exploitation, entertainment and medical oddities, I of which can relate to which will be for another day.

The season is set following a struggling freak show led by Elsa Mars who dreamt her way into show business by finding a home for her ‘monsters’ but dreams of her own fame, members of her group are Jimmy Darling aka the Lobster boy, born with syndactyly who dreams of a normal life, Elsa’s second in command and Jimmy’s mother Ethel, a bearded lady; her former partner, Dell Toledo, a strongman with a dark past; His three-breasted wife, Desiree Dupree.

Siamese conjoined twins Beth and Dot Tattler who are on the run from a murder and many others, their troubles are darkened when the involvement of a travelling conman Stanley poses as a Hollywood executive with his assistant Maggie Esmerelda posing as a fortune teller, who has the intention of murdering the freaks for profit; the spoils of wealthy, inbred Dandy Mott and doting mother Gloria who has an unhealthy obsession with freaks and finally the deranged deformed killer clown Twisty who targets both freaks and townsfolk alike,

Though this is possibly the most popular season the franchise, I doubt it to be one of my favourites even if it does contain some interesting scenes as well as imagery following the depression, discrimination over the freaks and the townsfolk as well as being welcome to a community that no-one wants. The medical history based on the freaks themselves is actually factual, explaining it to be either deformities following birth or tumours or disease that escalated from control following incidents.

Though I enjoy watching the season for the character’s interactions I also watch it because the medical history is more developed and explored when it’s outshined from the public view and expressed more independently towards medical science.

The characters are interesting as well as extended, possibly the most I’ve ever look at when it comes down to reviewing them character by character. Again as in Coven some of the characters are based by facts as well as medical science which will be explored at another time when I review something similar to this season.

Elsa Mars played by Jessica Lange is the owner or proprietor of the Cabinet of Curiosities who has a darkened history of her own, she was a dominatrix from Germany but after a Nazi experimentation following a young Arnold Arden (see last review for details) she was deformed by the legs and managed to acquire help from a carpenter who helped her with her problem leading her to movie to America following the War leaving the pain only to fall in love with Show business with dreams to become a singer only to fall sorry for the Freaks as she worked for a Carnival.

Unlike the other characters Jessica Lange has played in the previous, you can feel for her emotions as well as her pain when it comes to her story, especially with her loss and redemption of leaving what she had behind for another occupation, her lust for fame and fortune unfortunately got hidden away when she fell in love with the Freaks as well as the people she cared for the most, even though her dreams kept overseeing her.

She plays more of a sympathising hero in a weird turn of events especially when it comes to being a caring figure, I was actually rooting for her in this season because of her jealousy over others, mainly towards the reason why she became a manager, her freaks. Though she does go through the standard villain phase as normal people go through but when you think about it in a weird way, she’s doing this for the benefit of her own career as well as to motivate the other Freaks that she’s worked with.

Ethel Darling (played by Kathy Bates) is known as the bearded lady of the season as well as the mother of Jimmy but her story was bleaker than usual, back in the 1920s, she was a successful vaudeville star before she met and married Dell which eventually turned to be a bad choice learning that her career was turned over leading her to become pregnant with Jimmy and leaving Dell after he attempted to kill him as an infant. She came across Elsa in a drunk tank after fighting her alcohol addiction leading her to become loyal to Elsa but more so the Freaks.

Ethel was shown more compassionate but can become aggressive when she needs to be in the season, mainly towards Jimmy as he was growing up in Show business as well as being protective from the outside world as well as how cruel it can be. Like Elsa, she’s more of a sympathising character with her relationships with the Freaks especially with Dell who she takes an instant disliking for.

Kathy brings more to the table than her last role as she was more of a motherly figure to pretty much everyone she came across, which is something I thought was more needed to the series rather than have it straight out gory, I’ve high appraise to Kathy for giving one hell of a performance.

Bette and Dot Tattler played by Sarah Paulson are a set of conjoined twins and the neck, meaning that they have a pair of heads on their shoulders, Bette is the left side while Dot is the right leading them to have two alternate perspectives. Bette is more innocent and friendly than Dot leading her to dream of Hollywood glamour and movies, while Dot is more cynical and distrusts everyone leading her to remember their sheltered life as one following safety.

They were first found in their farmhouse injured with their dead mother who Bette stabbed for revenge of keeping them locked away for so many years, they were found by Elsa leading them to sanctuary at the Freak Show.

I’ve to admit, Sarah Paulson has done an incredible job when it comes to playing twins, especially in this case relating towards them being conjoined, I‘ve to admit I liked the idea towards this and the writers did not disappoint on how the twins were going to be played out, it’s more close to a Jekyll and Hyde scenario rather than twins but in a way it works.

I’ve to admit, Bette’s naivety got out of hand pretty quickly as well as Dot’s curiosity towards the outside world got interesting in a fast pace than I would have anticipated but aside from that, the twins are impressive and got through the story very well, aside from that they empathy that they received was pretty bland after all they did arrive there as fugitives but that stood aside with the Freaks and Jimmy being in the way... speaking of.

Jimmy Darling played by Evan Peters was another high-light of the show, being brought up by a single mother with a strong passion for the outside world including attempt to keep his deformities as standard, though that alone he does have outbursts against the outside world leading him to be more hateful in a sympathising way, possibly due to the fact that people feared his deformities.

Peters was interesting with this character as you could easily tell that even though he was young, he was one hell of a leader, being the power of the team with intentions of being protective of his group, even the Freaks themselves agree with him including Elsa despite her loyalty to them; Though his outbursts are pretty mundane to say the least especially when it came to several of the Freaks dying that he feels responsible for them being gone from his protection.

I’m just thankful that he and some over characters had a happy ending towards the fall of the season, despite him having some authority problems involving dismemberment.

Dell Toledo aka the Strongman was played by Michael Chiklis (most of you will remember him as Vic in The Shield) is obviously the father to Jimmy but the husband to Desiree. Dell is seen in the show as resentful, troubled and quick to anger when things don’t go his way which can be relatable to some people; though he’s often seen as corrupted by greed and wants.

He does show remorse for what he’s done though towards the end, especially not being there for Jimmy following a murder attempt, as well as for a series of murders that he committed, involving someone to do with the Freaks, I’ve to admit, this was impressive, though for the next character had different opinions on the matter at hand.

Desiree, played by Angela Bassett was interesting as a character as she witnessed one of the murders that her husband committed years ago, leading her to become aware of the husbands doing. Her role was more different than I expected when it came to Freak Show as she had more of an open personality towards the other Freaks, including Jimmy as she acted more open to him rather than she did with Dell.

Her past does eventually come back to her following a former lover but it’s different at its intent when it comes to realising who she really is and what she really wants, mainly to live her life as a Freak or to live her life as a normal person. Angela brings a great performance in this but I think it’s less of a performance as she did in Coven, she brings more care into the character but not as much she doesn’t use enough potential to make the characters aware on what they really want which is similar towards a midlife crisis.

Stanley played superbly by Denis O’Hare, you can tell that he was going for the sly main villain whose only motivation was greed, I was in a away rooting for the villain in this one because of how manipulative he was towards the key characters, destroying the reputation of the Cabinet of Curiosities as well as making his scams into items of profit featuring the freaks.

The idea behind this was interesting to look at as it looks like he’s been doing this for years especially when it comes to money, but his past does eventually come back to bite him in the ass when the Freaks start to figure out who he really is and what he wants, leading his uprising to be a heavy downfall, his performance was interesting to look at as he felt smug whilst doing so such as a regular con-man (personal experience again, another story).

Maggie Esmerelda however is the same but in a different stance as she does work alongside Stanley as a partner in crime but does fall victim in falling for the Freaks especially having a heavy guilty conscious which is something that has been done before but in way that Emma Roberts does it is completely different, you feel her sorrow for what she’s doing as well as making something different from faking a persona that she’s clearly not.

Her wants and needs are different when it comes to the Freaks such as falling for the Leader (Jimmy) when it comes to protecting them, her performance was incredible though she does have the occasional moment when it comes to collaborating with her partner, her other intentions come into play when it’s helping them out aside from murdering them for profiteering, though it’s taken in a whole new perspective, Emma has changed beautifully when it comes to the seasonal change.

Gloria Mott was played interestingly by Frances Conroy as she was had a motherly love towards her own son, even though it appears that she’s scared of him in that he’s going to do something dangerous, though you can tell that she is angered by her sons actions especially when it comes to some certain.... psychological problems.

I don’t think of much when it comes to this character, only the fact that in realistic terms is that she should have been harder on him when he was younger. I’m not surprised that she was rejected from her son’s life, especially when it came to his spoilt manner and aggressiveness towards others.

Dandy however... is something completely different when I think of psychological, most of you know that he does end up becoming a murderer but in that statement there is a difference when it comes to murderer as in Nature vs. Nurture, (I’ll explain that shortly), Dandy however seems to do it by mere madness rather than both topics.

Played incredibly by Finn Wittrock is obviously the psychopathic son of Gloria which you can tell from the result of inbreeding as well as antisocial behaviour from a previous childhood relating to killing animals and relying on sadism for entertainment, though his madness escalates when he meets one of the villains of the show Twisty leading him to develop a god complex which greatly bites him in the ass when it’s near the end of the season.

Finn plays Dandy impressively such as an adult acting as a child in most of his life via social isolation, lack of parental control and possible insanity via inbreeding, (which is historically proven), but when it comes to throwing outbursts, it becomes rather annoying yet humorous rather than scary or threatening, though his outbursts do rely on some attempt of fear, especially towards some people he ‘cares’ about.

Though he does obtain an unhealthy obsession when it comes towards the Freaks (or any freak in general) he does attempt to join them by stating that he is indeed one (which is a spoiler), his main obsession in Bette and Dot does become his greatest down fall which I believe started his psychosis to go out of hand especially when it comes to challenging someone like Jimmy Darling or Elsa Mars.

Freak Show is an interesting season to look at either to look at actors who were actual deformed and hired for the series, or for medical interests or just how the show has progressed, it’s still incredible as a season, but for I would rate it a solid 7 out of 10, it’s not as interesting as Coven or mind blowing as Asylum but it’s ok for a stand-alone season.

That concludes Season 3 and 4 of American Horror Story and unfortunately, that concludes the AHS series that I’ve got for this year, mainly because I need to watch the remain series including Season 8 which I’ve been told is an intriguing one to look at; despite the downfalls from the acting as well as the plot holes in the series; I still think it’s going strong, especially when it shows that some horrors are best explored while others are to remain hidden.

Join me next week as we dive into something that I started in the past only to fail after a one went wrong which caused me to stop making reviews for a bit... Old Vs New; with that said I’ll see you guys next week.

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