So, after Violet is dead (and doesn't know it yet) Tate tells her that if the ghosts scare her to close her eyes and tell them "go away" and they can't hurt her.
In episode 11, 'Birth' we witness Tate learn to do this from Nora Montgomery. Tate's a little boy, just throwing his toy truck down into the basement... when Thaddeus attacks him. Nora comes out of nowhere, and emphatically tells Thaddeus NO. He backs away and she hugs Tate and asks his name. Gives him the same advice he would later give Violet.
Ok, so we know the statement works if you're alive or dead because it would work for Tate as an alive little kid and Violet, even though she 's a ghost. But does the statement last?
Violet tells Tate to go away at the end of the episode, it takes a few tries, but he eventually disappears crying hysterically. Viv tells her that she was brave and comforts her -- but this can't banish Tate from good from her life, can it? Why else would they all be looking for a way to get rid of Chad and Patrick when they were worried about them trying to take their babies.
It seems to me that it makes them disappear for awhile, but eventually they will run into you again. Who knows!
Regardless, I don't think this is last of what we'll see between 'Violate' as they've been dubbed, interestingly enough.
What do you think? How does 'GO AWAY' in the infamous Murder House work?
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Showing posts with label Rules of Ghosts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rules of Ghosts. Show all posts
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Hayden's Rules of Ghosts
Have I already mentioned that I really sort of had to like Hayden in this episode? As grimey as she seems to be at hurt, she was pretty funny. I really like that the newest ghost of the house (who wasn't killed by Tate!) gives us the breakdown of the rules. I also thought it was a fitting point in the season to give the audience a little break down on how it actually works in creepy house ghost land.
Here's the breakdown on what I think we learned from the scene in the master bedroom with Hayden and Nora:
1 -- When Hayden walks in on a crying Nora, we learn from the scene that ghosts can be both driven crazy and act crazy, or more nicely put, feel eternal pain?
"There are other souls trapped in here. Beautiful, innocent souls that never knew malice or anger. It's not fair they are trapped in a palce like this. It's heartbreaking... Then there are other that are just in on the game."
2 -- Apparently, as we've probably already learned -- the house holds onto all souls, whether they be good or bad. What we haven't learned is if there's a difference?
3 -- There is some kind of game?
"We linger here with the living. No rest for the them, no rest for us. Its this place, it has a hold on us. But that's not all -- there's a power in it, a power we can use."
4 -- They can use the power of the house to their advantage -- the ghosts (all of them?) are able to make themselves invisible and seen as they wish.
5 -- The ghosts of the house (duh!) mess with the living.
6 -- I know these are supposed to be rules, but I have to ask is the power of the house somehow related to the game that Hayden references in this little speech?
7 -- The ghosts seem to feel all sorts of emotions -- Hayden explains that she vibrates with rage, which is often depicted in other ways -- we see Nora constantly crying out of pain and anguish, is there one particular emotion that haunts the ghosts in the house? For example, could this relate somehow to Tate's violent ways?
8 -- The ghosts can get it on.
9 -- Some ghosts have appetites? As made evident after Constance's husband (?) and Hayden's escapade.
10 -- Ghosts can be rekilled.
"We're supposed to fix our issues, we never can. It doesn't stick."
11 -- By this statement, it seems as though each of the ghosts needs to get over something in the house -- each of them is obsessed with something: Moira is constantly coming up with schemes to get Constance caught for murder, Nora is in an eternal search for her monster baby, Hayden is continuing her quest for revenge against Viv. What could this mean for Tate? Is it just that he's destined to continue in his violent ways or is it something deeper? Perhaps what Moira said about his constant need to please the ladies of the house?
12 -- It seems as though all of the ghosts have evidence of their wounds that killed them -- Nora has the exit wound in her head, we see large black and blues on Hayden, the two from the home invasion episode in the backseat of Episode 8 have their wounds, the 'Dead Breakfast Club', Moira's eye, where were Tates?
13 -- We've also learned in this episode and others that the ghosts are able to touch actual objects and move them -- participate in the life of the house as a living human being would.
I'm eventually going to make a page of the rules, so please add if you have any to add to this list! :)
Here's the breakdown on what I think we learned from the scene in the master bedroom with Hayden and Nora:
1 -- When Hayden walks in on a crying Nora, we learn from the scene that ghosts can be both driven crazy and act crazy, or more nicely put, feel eternal pain?
"There are other souls trapped in here. Beautiful, innocent souls that never knew malice or anger. It's not fair they are trapped in a palce like this. It's heartbreaking... Then there are other that are just in on the game."
2 -- Apparently, as we've probably already learned -- the house holds onto all souls, whether they be good or bad. What we haven't learned is if there's a difference?
3 -- There is some kind of game?
"We linger here with the living. No rest for the them, no rest for us. Its this place, it has a hold on us. But that's not all -- there's a power in it, a power we can use."
4 -- They can use the power of the house to their advantage -- the ghosts (all of them?) are able to make themselves invisible and seen as they wish.
5 -- The ghosts of the house (duh!) mess with the living.
6 -- I know these are supposed to be rules, but I have to ask is the power of the house somehow related to the game that Hayden references in this little speech?
7 -- The ghosts seem to feel all sorts of emotions -- Hayden explains that she vibrates with rage, which is often depicted in other ways -- we see Nora constantly crying out of pain and anguish, is there one particular emotion that haunts the ghosts in the house? For example, could this relate somehow to Tate's violent ways?
8 -- The ghosts can get it on.
9 -- Some ghosts have appetites? As made evident after Constance's husband (?) and Hayden's escapade.
10 -- Ghosts can be rekilled.
"We're supposed to fix our issues, we never can. It doesn't stick."
11 -- By this statement, it seems as though each of the ghosts needs to get over something in the house -- each of them is obsessed with something: Moira is constantly coming up with schemes to get Constance caught for murder, Nora is in an eternal search for her monster baby, Hayden is continuing her quest for revenge against Viv. What could this mean for Tate? Is it just that he's destined to continue in his violent ways or is it something deeper? Perhaps what Moira said about his constant need to please the ladies of the house?
12 -- It seems as though all of the ghosts have evidence of their wounds that killed them -- Nora has the exit wound in her head, we see large black and blues on Hayden, the two from the home invasion episode in the backseat of Episode 8 have their wounds, the 'Dead Breakfast Club', Moira's eye, where were Tates?
13 -- We've also learned in this episode and others that the ghosts are able to touch actual objects and move them -- participate in the life of the house as a living human being would.
I'm eventually going to make a page of the rules, so please add if you have any to add to this list! :)
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