The House

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So what is up with the house?

It's been referred to that the house itself has some powers of its own, but just what do we think these powers are? Where do they come from?

One of the first questions would be did the house have some sort of a power before Dr. Montgomery put Thaddeus back together and did all of those other heinous things in the basement?

There's a theme of troubled relationships in the house -- lying and deceit is one of the biggest undercurrents. Patrick was lying to Chad, Ben was lying to Viv, Hugo was lying to Constance, Larry was lying to Noreen, Tate is lying to Violet, Ben was lying to Hayden even... I don't think that the Dr. Montgomery was lying to Nora exactly -- he was definitely lying to himself, or perhaps just too high to understand the magnitude of the things he was doing. There's an element of deceit n the way that Nora kills Dr. Montgomery, she plays along as though he has done something wonderful "resurrecting" their child, but in reality she is horrified.. then she kills him. Could this be where the element of deceit in relationships comes from or do you think Nora and Charles are the earliest example of being ruined by the house itself?

It seems like another strong undercurrent between couples in the house are financial woes -- the Harmon's have a bad investment and have only the house as an asset, while Ben is apparently failing as a therapist. During Chad and Patrick's fight, we learn that both of them are nearing broke, after tying up all of their money in the house to flip it and make a profit proved to be a stupid venture. Nora and Charles Montgomery are having money troubles after he begins literally drugging himself all of the time. Nora decides that she will make arrangements to solve the problem herself and sets up abortions in the basement -- I wonder if any baby born in the house is not normal, by the way... We don't know much about Constance or Larry's living situation -- though Larry's seemed quite comfortable at the time. Constance seems to have had a good life in the 80's, but she lost the house at some point...

Financial woes, troubled relationships plagued with lies and deceit, and death seem to be quite the common occurrence in the Murder House.

Which brings me to a point -- at least one partner in each of the relationships that we have seen depicted in the house has died in the house except for the relationships between Luke and Ben and Viv. Do you think one of them will die in the upcoming episode? It would make sense if Viv died during child birth, but I feel that's too easy to guess for AHS.

Scratch that come to think of it, Constance and Larry's relationship is depicted. Larry almost dies, but he ends up leaving the house completely because he decides to repent or because of his love for Constance. Interesting...

Hayden tells us the house has a power inside of it -- that allows them to be seen or unseen, depending on each of the ghost's own wishes. She also explains the rules of being a ghost in the house, which I've outlined here.

From what I've been reading, we are going to learn a bit more about the house in the upcoming episode, so expect a part 2 of this post later this week.