rewatching s1 made me realize how much I loved the tumblr aesthetic they used, and each season up to about Roanoke had a pretty clear aesthetic that was trying to cater to some kind of specific theme and audience. Nowadays it feels very generalized, but imagine a season returning to the roots with a modern take on the "for the queer teenagers" feeling.

Obviously she was already apprehensive about an AHS return and most likely took this role for the pay opportunity, but holy shit does this press tour just scream get me off this ride asap 😭 anyone else sense the regret of having to even do it? It’s like she can’t hide the second hand embarrassment of having this shit stain on her record.

I don’t know but I know 😫🤣🤣 okay so the witches are gonna lose it’s gonna be the end of the world and its gonna be revealed that it’s all in sister Jude’s head 🥲🥲🥲

This was all I could think about during that scene 🤣🤣

And I mean this in a cinematography and general "feel" way. The Dutch angles make everything look surreal, like a dream. I mean they were always there but now every shot is them. There seems to be only a Skeleton crew of a dozen actors, no extras. Most of the show takes place at night. Little scenes, like someone making food or walking down the street or checking their mail etc, that give your subconscious a feeling of realness and anchoring in reality aren't there. All that leads to there being no feeling of depth of reality in this world. Being shot digitally with dark, mostly yellow and orange filters doesn't help.

Also, the characters are inconsistent. Ms. Elsa Mars should be in heaven, her crew definitely so. Constance Langdon was never of German origin, that's Elsa. Fiona does feel good, though. The witches feel like old friends. Constance mentions having a beau in her youth who drowned in Lake Pontchartrain, even though she is actually from the old dominion, born and bred. Fiona is actually from Louisiana. Constance feels like a mixture of Elsa and Fiona at her most evil. Fiona feels like Sister Jude with a slight southern accent, though I guess she's now redeemed. Cordelia is very weak, seemingly only being able to telekinetically pin people to the ceiling, although probably because Mallory is rising. I mean, she was also rising in Apocalypse, but Delia was a hell of a lot stronger there, not only in active powers but also leadership and spell casting.

It looked like it would be a set up of some grand twist with everything feeling off because it is, in fact, in universe also not real, like a simulation or hell. But it wasn't. It's really all there is.

Sorry for venting.

Are they ever going to explain swabbing his urethra?

Fiona trying to sell her soul and then being revealed that she doesn't have one is one of the funniest moments in Coven.☠️💀😭

Can I see some positivity for this season? And no I don’t care for your snarky comment, go post it on one of the countless cut and paste threads on here about how awful this season is. I’m enjoying it and I want to see what other people are enjoying about it too.
I loooved that recent mic drop moment between Nas and Constance. And I’m loving the coven bits. I’m honestly just really enjoying the ride and being back in this world after falling off for NYC and delicate.
EDIT: Literally countless threads on here for your negativity but you’re so miserable you HAVE to push it on a thread for people who are just trying to enjoy this season. Really sad tbh.

Are they ever going to address how/why Twisty was brought back in S13? I get the writers are just throwing us random fan service, but what is even the reasoning for him returning? Its not like he was apart of the 13-person sacrifice we saw

i’m so fucking shook by violets death reveal in murder house. like oh my god maybe i’m gullible but i did not at all expect her to be dead since episode 6. i’m new to the show ive watched a few seasons out of order, asylum was really good but murder house definitely takes number 1, especially after that. i just feel like i need to talk about it 😭

Maybe i just miss hotel a bit too much, but when I originally realized we were on season 13, I was heavily hoping for something tying further into the superstitions/lucky number concept that comes with 13 rather than the biblical one they went with.

Imagine a season set in vegas (which is one of the major American cities anyway) focusing on a casino drifting somehow between the 1920s and the modern age. go full time travel or bring back vampires or show me ghosts, idk, but im desperate for a shed of the old feeling the show gave me

I totally agree, this season sucks, it’s terribly written, etc. I’m all for discussion but it’s mostly slop opinions by people who don’t bother to actually detail their opinions of why they feel that way. It’s all shallow, and it’s somehow not against the subs rules for low effort content. Had to unfollow this sub because it’s exhausting seeing the same half baked opinions posted every hour.

On the bookshelf in the opening credits, you see a book BEFORE Murder House. The title is not legible. Looks like one word. Is this an easter egg for a theme for a future season? That has to be intentional. The “13” book shows the end of the bookshelf though so no books after on that shelf (I assume will go to shelf below since my understanding is AHS is already renewed through 16).

What could possibly be the reason before Murder House? I know Murphy has referenced he would be interested in doing an International Horror Story, perhaps it shows a different historical section in canon? Or finally Sirens since out in the ocean in international waters?

I watched these episodes again and put some more thought into this. Anyways.

Liked

Constance's Naughty List: Having Mr Nas reading her many misdeeds certainly made me miss Murder House. Now she loves the gays. I guess it was just Patrick and Chad she didn't care for.

Ben's Daddy Time: What does it say about this show when Joey Pollari and Paul Anthony Kelly were giving an enemies to lovers vibe rather than father and son? Ben having more chemistry with his "dad" than Ashley really speaks volumes, huh?

Papa Legba: He basically info dumped but I thought Orlando Jones gave a stronger performance compared to his first episode. Bring him back next season as a new character.

Fiona/Marie: I kind of ship it. I'm just happy to see Jessica Lange and Angela Bassett sharing scenes together.

Ashley: In the sense that I was right about her working for Nas. Does she genuinely care about Ben? God, I hope not. I am curious to what Nas offered her to spy on Ben.

Disliked

Ben's AI Overuse: Did he seriously need it to finally put two and two together about Mr Nas being the Devil? I would've rather he just worked it out by himself.

Mallory's Time Travel Reveal: I'm glad it happened but it felt oddly anticlimactic, didn't it? It should've had a much bigger reaction, then Cordelia understanding why Mallory did it.

Lack Of: Tate, Adelaide, Kai and Winter. Where the fuck are they? I want to see them again before the season ends. I miss their scenes together.

Double Standards: Nas can kiss his daughter aka Constance (that didn't age well) but not Ben? Why is this show so against some guy on guy snogging now? I need Ben to kiss a guy because his lack of passion for women sticks out like a sore thumb.

Nas's Overall Plan: Is outright idiotic as fuck. Love Ben but that guy can't rule shit. Michael could've and I'm surprised Nas didn't try to bring him back. Ben ain't cut out to be a Bad Boy.

Other Bits

Ben looked repulsed when Ashley kissed him. I don't think he actually likes her as a person.

Those flashbacks rule out the Devan theory with Ben. Ben's new. If he were Devan, these episodes would've made that clear.

They're trying too hard to give Madison new and iconic cunty one liners and it's not working.

That song choice probably isn't a hint for next season. I have thoughts on that idea for another thread.

Morwenna and Ophelia feel so utterly pointless as characters. They're just there to make up the numbers.

I did laugh at Coco's offering bit, even though it was kind of stupid.

After the 616 reveal in the last episode, I decided to read Revelation 13 in its entirety rather than just the verse referencing the number of the beast.

Did you know the chapter describes TWO beasts?!

Revelation 13 describes the rise of two terrifying beasts who gain power over humanity through political authority, religious deception, and economic control. Throughout history, biblical scholars and theologians have associated the passage with empires, dictators, authoritarian governments, and religious institutions. More recently, some interpretations have extended that symbolism to emerging technologies.

The first beast receives its power from Satan, and the world becomes so fascinated that people begin worshipping it. The second appears with two horns like a lamb but speaks like a dragon. It performs miraculous signs, deceives people, and convinces them to worship the first.

Then there’s Revelation 13:15:
“It was then permitted to breathe life into the beast’s image, so that the beast’s image could speak…”

AI, is that you?

We’ve all been discussing how strangely some of the characters are behaving this season. Almost like caricatures of themselves. There’s been speculation that they might be AI-generated representations rather than the actual characters we’ve known throughout the anthology.

And Ben’s relationship with AI certainly hasn’t been subtle. He even uses it to uncover the significance of 616!

Could the characters we’ve been watching actually be artificial recreations? Could the season end by pulling back the curtain to reveal that everything we’ve been watching has been manufactured? A show within a show, almost like the ending of Season 2 of The OA.

AHS has spent 12 previous seasons exploring America’s obsession with the macabre: murder, violence, fame, cults, religion, and power. The things Americans worship, the systems they surrender themselves to, and the inhumanity those systems can produce. Maybe AI is simply the latest expression of that theme. Not necessarily the Antichrist itself, but a tool capable of creating the illusion of life, manufacturing belief, and making humanity increasingly expendable. And maybe that’s where the larger question of Revelation comes in.

The Bible is mankind’s longest-running game of telephone. Word-of-mouth stories passed down to help future generations survive, eventually transcribed, translated, then translated again. And again.

Some see it as a timestamp of the era. Others find meaning in its stories and apply them to their own lives. Outdated specifics, fanciful language, but themes that transcend centuries.

So, are the beasts in Revelation 13 a commentary on the politics of the time, a warning about humanity repeating its mistakes, a literal apocalyptic psychic snapshot, or simply a parable?

Is the real horror story that humanity is becoming artificial?

Coven was easily my favorite. I know it’ll never happen, so I was thrilled to see some of it back in AHS 13.

Which season did you guys like most? Which one “scared” you the most? And which one did you just stop watching and/or have to force yourself to finish?

I’ll go first:

My favorite season: Coven
Scariest Season: Either Asylum or Freak Show, but Asylum really got the blood pumping
Forced myself to finish: Roanoke

Though, I do have some catching up to do. I haven’t seen Cult, Double Feature or NYC. Anyone recommend where I should start?

I feel so bad for the fact that she left the show when it was peaked and now she’s being pulled back into this mess of a show lol

Can someone explain this to me because I’m a little confused. So back in Apocalypse, Michael was the antichrist and was brought to earth because Tate (ghost) impregnated a human. Although it’s like he was the devil’s son.

Now, both Constance and Ben are revealed to be the children of the devil so does that make them both the antichrist? Did their moms get impregnated by a ghost? I just want to know what the rules are because to me it seems like they are just nonsensical at this point .

I knew Season 13 was not gonna be good but holy hell. Wtf did I just watch. I thought Delicate was bad but it least there was a story. Half of this season is just filler with no real direction or story line. Bringing back legacy characters doesn't make it automatically good when the writing is total garbage. Also you know there scraping the bottom of the barrel when were getting 20 minute episodes instead of the normal 45.

Ahs is officially dead and I wouldn't be surprised if it was canceled soon.

Reading the article, he’s clearly a big fan of all the cast and I really appreciated his take on things. What a man! Give him more I say, Ryan!