POPPY'S A B*TCH! *HILL HOUSE 1x10 REACTION*
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F*ck Poppy and f*ck that house. The boys react to THE FINAL EPISODE of the Netflix Original Series "The Haunting of Hill House" created by Mike Flanagan #HillHouse #FinalEpisode #Reaction
Synopsis: The Haunting of Hill House Episode 10: Silence Lay Steadily Reaction
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*Rizzo with tears in his eyes*
BURN THE HOUSE
SUCH A FUCKIN MOOD HAHAHAHA
No for real 🤣🤣
Fun fact: Luke was supposed to die at the end of the show. The scene where he's blowing out the '2 years sober' candle was originally going to be hinted that it was happening in the red room by featuring the red room window on the wall behind and using red icing on the cake. But then the director decided it was too sad so he covered up the window with photo frames & made it a happy ending where he lives
That I appreciate!!!
I always think the ending wasn't supposed to be happy. Like the mom's face in that last moment, she was not happy. She wanted all of her kids, and so the dad sacrificed himself so the rest of them could get out.
If I'm not mistaken they considered a version where in the last scene in which Luke blows out the candles on his birthday cake, the room they are in has the same window as the red room, suggesting none of them escaped. But it was considered too depressing.
@@Warrior_warlock omg I would’ve cried if it ended that way.
@@sincerityrogers0 yeah I'm relieved they chose not to do that. I like the ending as it is.
Nell has a devastated expression on her face, whereas Olivia is staring at Steve like she was considering whether or not to keep her promise.
i get thinking burning the house down would be a better ending, but luke TRIED and it didn’t let him
Maybe knock it down 🤷🏽♀️idk
this is why you bomb the shit out of it
carla said in an interview that olivia wouldn’t let him burn it down!
"Why don't they burn the house!?"
Luke just 2 episodes ago: *tried to burn the house, it did nothing, almost died*
Fun facts, Nell's husband legit just died from an aneurysm - that wasn't the house
Awww that is so sad 😭
It's like Buffy's mum. All these supernatural events happening but it was just an ordinary anyrisum. Something you can't fight or blame on anything.
@@WhatExcellentBoiledPo-ta-toes do we think these guys will watch Buffy? That's a fucking amazing show, and these guys are such softies, it would be amazing!!
Several fun facts and small details about this episode:
-In the original ending of this season, Mike Flannagan and the writers intended for the family to die and remain trapped in the room; with the final shot of the episode being of the rectangular window on the back wall that was present in all the members’ ‘rooms’.
-In the first episode, Steve states that ghosts can be thoughts, memories, fear, pain, and guilt. The nightmares the Red Room trapped them all in are variations of their guilt, insecurities, and pain.
-Within every nightmare, there are small and subtle splashes of red present within the scenes, indicative of the Red Room’s influence and manipulation over each kid. Steve is wearing a red cardigan during the final convo with his fake pregnant wife, Shirley is wearing a red blouse at the bar and at her wake, and Trish is wearing red lingerie as she seduces Theo into submission.
-On the topic of the color red, Olivia is wearing a completely red nightgown, sadly symbolizing her spirit having completely succumbed to the Red Room and house as a whole.
-In Luke’s nightmare, little Nell says two words, “go” and “don’t”. Both are words Nell’s spirit has told Luke before. Nell said “Go” the night she died and Luke woke up at rehab and saw her spirit. She said “Don’t” during the final rites as Luke squatted over her casket. Time falls around like confetti, so I interpret these words as being warnings ahead of time, so he doesn’t go to the house and to leave the Red Room.
-Trish’s story about a man enclosing himself behind a wall is in reference to William Hill, Poppy’s equally crazy husband and the body the dad found in Ep. 8. But the final lines of that story where William ‘woke up tall’, connects the Tall Man with the cane and bowler hat to being William’s warped spirit form. (His skeleton also had a cane and the photo Ms. Dudley showed Steve shows him with a bowler hat).
-The shot of Luke’s 2 year anniversary has 7 people! His safety number and a complete/whole family 😢😭
Lol I just saw your comment a bit ago on Cinema Rules too!
@@Tina_95 LOL yeah. I mean I thought I might as well copy and transfer info here too. It’s not every day my two fave reaction channels collide and post the exact same content.
My favorite scene this episode is when the dad walks into the red room and hugs Liv and Nellie because its very clear that Liv is dissatisfied. She's hugging hugh while staring directly at Steve whereas Nellie's eyes are closed and she's enjoying her father. Its creepy but interesting.
I mean I think Liv is a mix of who she was and the red room trying to get more people. If you notice she has a red robe on as a ghost but before she died the robe she had was blue.
@@Tina_95 I dont think the red room was an evil space in the house. I think the red room was just poppy killing people for fun. I think its moreso that poppy corrupted live more and more until she was slowly turning into a second poppy.
I feel like the ending is kind of perfect and a realistic depiction of grief. The Dudley's faced what mama Crain describes as, "the worst thing that could possibly happen to a person" TWICE. They lost two children, and were unable to move forward for fear of never seeing them again. The Crain children are able to live and have happy futures, free from the confines of Hill House. It shows that some people are able to move past the grieving stages, while others are swallowed whole by it.
...ya'll seen umbrella academy? i think you could provide some pretty fucking entertaining commentary to that show lmao
YESSSSS
OMG PLEASE YES I BEG THEM AHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ok, in a calmer note, the umbrella academy is so good, such a good show about family and self acceptance, they would love this I guess
YESSSSSSS
I really liked season 2 better but ofc they have to see 1 first so they could understand
"Can I go to the Hospital?" from Benji, with the slow zoom onto Luke's face, is comedy gold.
I mean, technically speaking the only bad ghost was Poppi. The others were around but didn't engage. If you pay a lot of attention you can tell how many ghost wonder around in the episodes. The ghost never left the house or haunted the kids, the kids had PTSD from their experiences in the house.
This is such an old video but I can't help myself:
1: Dying didn't make Poppy crazy. She was mentally ill when she was alive. Then she lost two children, at least one of whom was severely ill and a paraplegic. I think she committed suicide. So her whole angle as a ghost is madness and manipulation because that is how she lived.
2: The house can't be burned down. Remember that the father said that if anyone tried to harm the house it would defend itself. Luke tried to burn it down and it literally just said, "no".
3: The family as a whole did move on. Steven has repaired his marriage and has a kid on the way, Shirley is ready to take responsibility for her infidelity, Theo is ready for an actual relationship and is ready to embrace what she is by removing her gloves and Luke is 2 years sober. The reason the father wanted them to keep the house was because trying to destroy it could get them killed and eaten by the house. If they keep the house, they can keep guard over it and make sure no one else falls victim.
4: It is easy to say, just leave the house. But at least in this case, the way they were flipping houses meant, logistically, leaving would be too difficult. They couldn't afford it. They buy a house and repair it with their own money, then sell it at a much higher price, recoup their loses and make a profit. Then buy a potentially nicer house, flip that for an even bigger profit. They probably only kept enough funds for daily expenses while everything else went to fixing the house. The problem was, hill house was supposed to be bought fairly cheaply but sold for such a high price that they could essentially retire. But they kept finding unforeseen problems that were eating away at their funds. If they were to leave, it would mean losing all that money and having no way continue their job. I think the dad at some point says that they poured everything they had into the house. To just suddenly be job and penniless is not an option when you have 5 children to care for. Someone as sensitive as the mom has probably seen ghosts before, but really underestimated how malevolent Hill House ghosts were. And the dad is a complete pragmatist. A fix it type of man. He is so sure of himself and always had an answer until he faced with the unknown and becomes a man who is so awkward with his kids. So unsure.
5: Notice everytime someone mentions their "room" the other people are like, "huh?" When Nell tells Mrs. Dudley about the playroom, when the mom says she will be in her reading room. The house is purely manipulation. It changes your perception of time and place. The red room was locked because the house didn't want them to catch on.
6: People have died in Hill House but the reason the house is so malevolent in the show is because it is stronger. The Cranes apart from the dad are all in some way psychic. They have the "shining" and the house is feeding from them and gaining A LOT of energy. Enough energy to wake dormant ghosts and allow those ghosts to affect the tangible world.
I mean Luke literally tried to burn the house down and it said: NOPE.
The way I have the “the rest is confetti” speech memorized :)
There's no without, I'm not gone, I'm scattered into so many pieces, sprinkles of your life like... New snow (...) They weren't our last (...) But you did, so many times (...) Forgiveness is warm, like a tear on a cheek, think of that and of me when you stand in the rain. I loved you completely and you loved me the same, that's all. The rest is... confetti
I wrote this by memory lmao, sorry if I missed a few lines
Same tho
Same!! And i cry every time!! I cry through most of the episode though lol.
OMG YES
Like a trance?
I'm so glad that y'all uploaded your reaction! Your frustration and anger are completely understandable. This may or may not land with y'all, but my takeaway was this:
I think Olivia was apt in her idea of houses being like bodies. Likewise, Nell was apt in her assessment of the Red Room being like a stomach-- digesting its hosts until all that remained were their deepest traumas and/or fears.
Hill House (the actual house, not the show! lol) is written as though it's a living character-- sentient and breathing-- with wants and needs and motivations. And any well-written character carries around their own set of scars and traumas. We all do.
I think the house is the main antagonist, and I think it's a well-written one; it's not inherently evil for evil's sake. It's ill. It carries trauma. And it is coping with that trauma in the only way it "knows" how: Consuming.
I don't think burning the house down would have worked; Luke's attempt was proof of that. And I also think that burning it down would kind of undermine the idea of navigating trauma. None of us can destroy where our trauma lives-- in our families, our communities, or ourselves. But we can uproot it.
If a house is like a body, and bodies can heal after incurring trauma, then maybe houses can heal, too.
I think both of you have made excellent points throughout the entire series about healthy coping mechanisms and communication. I hope that, while the ending is still definitely not a happy one, this might offer a different perspective that allows for more satisfaction.
(Sorry for the essay pls don't hate meeee. Ladyknightthebrave explains a lot of the things you both take issue with in her fan-hecking-tastic video essay about THoHH called "Stretching Genre".)
((also i v v much appreciate the sailor moon reference good on u guys))
I actually really like your assessment. I guess my issue is that the ending didn’t really show a healthy way of coping with said trauma. It just kind of did a 180 and said, “Maybe it’s not all so bad.” But the truth is, Nell was murdered - by her mom/poppy’s toxic “love.” She didn’t need to embrace them in the end, she needed to be free to heal. Steven, for all his shit-headery, was essentially right: their mom had a thought processes that was unhealthy and should not have gone untreated.
My issue with the ending was like watching someone embrace their toxic lover after ten episodes of abuse.
@@PinkPopcast Apologies for the delayed response! I wanted to really engage with your take and give it the reply it deserved, and then life got hectic and my response fell to the wayside.
You make some really great points; I can absolutely see your perspective on the three of them hugging at the end. I had always found Olivia's facial expression particularly haunting, but I hadn't consciously considered that dynamic of the "abusive lover"-- mostly because I had thought of Olivia as more of a spirit who had been corroded and warped by the House's influence than I had considered her toxicity. But you're right: Her own incurred damage doesn't negate the pain she has perpetuated.
This is something that I've really appreciated about y'all's reaction to the show. It's clear how much y'all care about mental health and healing after trauma. So even when your take is different from mine or my partner's we try to engage with our resistance rather than dismiss your opinions outright; your reactions spark even more discussions about our own traumas and perspectives and how we can work towards healing and adopting healthier coping skills.
All that to basically just say that you're both really funny and entertaining, all while being thought-provoking and I really like it. Thank you so much for taking the time to engage with folks in your comments-- it doesn't go unnoticed! I hope that you are both staying well and OH MY GOD 80 HOUR WEEKS RIZZO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
ok im done mothering now
8:45 in Theo's red room dream the girl talks about William Hill building a wall around himself. Literally. That was the body the dad found.
When Rizzo is sharp as a tac guessing bout Shirley had an affair
Took me 10 EPISODES THO! Lolol smh 🤦🏾♂️
I mean, only one ghost was "evil"...Poppy, and that was it.
Enough for me... BURN THE HOUSE
What about that tall dude? He was creepy as hell!
Or the zombie in the basement?
I draw the line at a lifetime of torment for Nell. Her mom became the very thing she swore to protect her kids from and the show didn’t call her out for that bullshit - BURN THE HOUSE!
@@PinkPopcast 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
my read was the house representing a span of time shared by a group of people, there was trauma but also moments of happiness. That period of their lives could literally consume them, as it did with Liv, others could have complex relationships with that time - like the Dudley's, who don't want to completely block it out, but want to focus on the things that happened in those times that made them happy. In the end, you can't destroy that period of time and those experiences, which is why the house wouldn't burn.
the walking together line being a way to say, "sharing our experiences with other people who also lived them and processing them together made us all stronger and able to live fuller and happier lives. "
That’s a good interpretation. Still pissed me off cause some of that trauma and toxicity NEEDS TO GO lol 😂
I think that the ending, and the show overall, is more satisfying if read more symbolically than literally. Mike flanagan doesn't really get hung up on the literals of his ghost stories. they're more expressions of trauma and hurt and guilt. I really like that it sort of hangs in the in between place of both literal and metaphorical. I always thought that ghosts are not "real" necessarily, but they are true. if that makes any sense.
i was so close to crying and was in no way prepared for the skee-lo interlude
It’s infuriating how many people don’t get that the house is an entire allegory for grief! The house won’t let you burn it down because it’s actually not just a house. So many people only look at the surface and in a linear timeline. The amount of things you and so many missed in this that need to be mentioned is astounding.
It’s so important because it’s such a real and raw representation of how grief feels and how mementoes haunt you always. I understand the silliness to break tension but it’s sad how it’s glossed over so many things within the story and characters beyond what you’re seeing.
Luke already tried to burn the house down and it didn't work 🤷♀️ also there's nothing that indicates that burning it down would set the spirits free - it could damn them to hell, who knows? Loved these reactions!! Can't wait to see what you react to next!
Luke, with his 5 empty cans of gasoline and rat poisoning, hearing benji and rizzo say that the house needs to be burnt down: 👁👄👁
Lmao i loved this though. Which one of you edits the videos??? Bc I LOVE IT.
up until the NIGHT BEFORE they were supposed to shoot the final scene, Hill House had a different ending where the Crains never left the red room and Mike Flanagan felt so guilty about it cause he just believed that after all the shit he put the family through, they DESERVED a happy ending.
So if you look behind Luke when he's blowing out the '2' candle at the painting in the background, that was where the red room window was gonna be and they had to change set last minute.
The only reason Olivia won't turn into another Poppy is probably because of her husband and daughter being with her. The second she tries to pull a Poppy move she will get slapped twice. Jokes aside, too bad you didn't fully like the ending, but it's cool that you are sincere with us 😁 Love the editing btw, can't get enough Sailor Moon references.
When I think about the way that Bly Manor worked, once the ghost loses the ones they love and their memories, they become just wandering... beings(?), with no purpose. I wonder if Hill House works similarly? Like, if instead of losing their face, they lose their minds? Just doing the same things again and again, trapped in memories?
Benji mentioning that the mom might become like Poppy in the future is a good point to consider. I know that Poppy was psychotic before she died and her death just exacerbated it but, you can see that the mom was losing her grip a bit when she talked to the Dad in the end. There is a chance that the house's negative influence can distort the ghosts mind in death, just as it did in life.
Anyways!!!!!! Sorry for the essay lol!!! Love you guys!!!
I also think mum can be a potential dark entity, but her husband & daughter is with her to keep track on her right? But i don't think everyone's mental health is twisted by the house.
I think I saw it in an analysis of this show but I think the Oliva we see in the house is just like scraps of her put together.When she's a ghost in the house she has on a red bathrobe and before she died she always had like a blue one on. I think the house just took scraps of these people and that's how these ghosts come to be.
In that scene where all the siblings are gathered together with the cake, the director was about to end it by showing the window in the background behind Luke thus confirming that none of them made it out of the red room but eventually he didn't do it because it would be too devastating.
Wait a second, _eighty hour weeks_ for _THREE MONTHS?!?_ Godspeed, my dude.
I know!! I thought I heard him wrong,,.. geez
“It put on different faces, so we would be still and quiet while it digested”.. so, I’m assuming that means it looked different on the outside to each person? Disguised itself as a different room in the house.. ‘cause they were never able to unlock the red room. Or so they thought.
Ugh, this show is honestly perfect.
The amount of times I come back and watch your reactions to Hill House is absurd. Your reaction kinda turned into a comfort show within my comfort show lol
You should DEFINITELY react to Midnight Mass if you haven't watched already. I think you'd love it!
10:16 Clue will forever be ICONIC
They hated this ending soooo much!…it, it…the feel-it. Flames. Flames! Flaaaames…on the side of their face, breathing, breathless, heaving breaths.”
I didn’t see it as them thinking that the house was something to protect or was happy place I saw it more as, since they can’t get rid of it you can keep no one from trying to buy it by keeping it in the family so that no one else has to go through what they did now that the truth of it is out and everyone believes what is in front of them and it’s not as if they could burn it Luke tried especially when it’s clear that the ghosts won’t let them they could probably try tearing the house down and the ghost make the equipment malfunction in a way that could hurt the people who try
Need to nuke it from afar. One of the grandkids needs to get into a profession where they have access to some serious military equipment. Of course they'd probably lose their job and maybe even freedom, but might be worth it. Oh, and they might end up super haunted if the ghosts don't automatically move on.
@@Evija3000 because Olivia will always be watching after her family maybe not as much as her actually children she probably still won’t let them get that far
But remember The House will not let them burn it down. Luke tried it before. The House wouldn't leave the Crain kids alone so the parents sacrificed themselves. I feel like the parents and the Dudleys sacrifice has satiated the house's hunger.......for now.
Okay but the way Benji is tipsy and keeps forgetting about the time jumps and getting more and more confused 😂😂
I was NOT expecting a Shadow and Bone reaction announcement, but I am already completely invested and SO ready! thank YOU!
I would just love if you guys reacted to the Queens Gambit
That is a great idea!
Yes! Thank you.
Do you mean the queens gambit? Or is it a different show?
yes yes yes! And I think you meant Queens gambit
YESSSSS
This episode BROKE ME😭🤧 I still cry at the end
I mean, you're kind of assuming that in this universe there is an afterlife. Maybe there isn't? All the living people moved on, and the dead might have nothing to move on to, so I don't mind this ending.
YES! i mean, arthur died and theo couldn't feel him there with her touch and all that, the house is the only connection with afterlife that this universe have
i think the house is a purgatory prison in our world. Will they ever be free from the house? We'll never know (a potential sequel could ruin it but would've been thrilling like the conjuring film ✌️)
Also, remember how Nell saw the house and how Olivia saw it after she died versus how we saw the house... I think each ghost sees the house the way they want to see it and remember it...
Steven gonna Steven @11:23 😂
Dr. O: "WHAT'S NEXT!?"
You can't burn it. The house won't let them
Go back in daylight. That house ain’t special, it was built it can be destroyed! 😂
Surprised they didn’t keep in/ notice that Theo got married, Steve’s wife is pregnant and the cheating chick and her man are still together!
Lol I'm going to guess that you don't like Shirley.
@@lilelo208 I have nothing against her actually I DO.jkjk I’ve just never been a fan of her character and some of the decisions she’s made.
Also at the end if you cound there's 7 people in the frame, Luke's safe number that he would always count to as a kid.
@@itskaitlynskye No I understand, she's my least favorite.
@@lilelo208 exactly just something about her was really boring to me and I feel as though the show could’ve gone without her.
Not you guys saying burn the house down when LITERALLY Luke tried to to but the house wouldn't let him loooool
He should have tried harder! Burn it from the outside! Burn it during the day! Scheduled it for demolition 😂
I just binged all of your reactions to Hill House over the past two days while working and I just have to say I’m so glad that you guys did this because I would have NEVER EVER watched this show!!🫣😬😬
I totally agree that the house should be destroyed, the ashes should be set on fire twice, and then just pour cement over the entire lot. Y’all jumping and screaming at the jump scares had me jumping too!!😂Hope you both are doing well❤
Thank you!!
Man y’all use humor as a shield from vulnerability like your life depends on it.
Sometimes we don’t respond to things the way others want us to, but as someone who’s lost his mom, aunt and puppy - take it from me: I’ve known pain and I embrace it regularly. That being said, sometimes films/TV shows aren’t as “deep” or good as people think they are and my ADHD/neurodivergent brain can’t get past the absurdity or frustration without laughing
“BURN THE HOUSE!”
bro the amount of joy your videos bring me is unmeasurable
The Sailor moon references SENT me kjfdhgs I just finished watching the two new Sailor Moon Eternal films how perfectly timed xD. I remember reading somewhere that they almost considered put the red room's window in the back of that Luke scene, so I'm pretty sure we were supposed to be even more upset lol
I discovered the channel yesterday, with the video of Heartstopper and from the first moment I loved you guys, the same feeling as when you meet someone and you know they will be good friends, the chemistry, friendship, references, good humor, several movies and common references, the hilarious mothers video, the perfect Bridgerton´s videos. I love this series, with your scares and comments it got even better. I would love to see you guys reacting to Midnight Mass. Love and hugs from Brazil XOXO
First horror that made me cry from sadness. And this was honestly just what I needed before my politics exam which starts at.. 8:55.
You guys are so underrated. You and Zzavid are THE best Movie/TV show reactors on YT rn.
Yes! So excited for Shadow and Bone. I love you two so much. There hasn't been a single reaction that hasn't had me laughing out loud more than once. Please keep them coming. They make my day.
The way the mom was looking at Steven at the end like "Gotta catch em all". BURN IT!!!!!!!!
Rizzo tearing up made me cry over this show all over again! (Also I love how you guys appreciate Hugh! ).
The way I just found you guys today and binged all your reactions to Hill house and Bly manor, just for you to put out the last reaction 💛💛 it’s honestly meant to be.
Hey you just rewatched it all again
Benji was totally on my level with our thirst for Luke 😝.
Yes! Let's please burn this house down already. I totally agree with Benji about the mom being a Poppy in training. Even as a ghost, she was still deluded about the house providing safety. Sad.
Also, can't wait for y'all to go on the Shadow and Bone journey!!! I loved the Netflix series and it made me read the damn books. Malina? Darklina? Team Milo? ☀️🐐🖤🏹🦌
I don’t give a shit about your poem Steven. Burn the house down.
-Rizzo 2021
that whole wine bottle make me laugh so hard, this is a mood
So I have a 2month old baby who will ONLY sleep when being held today so I just binge watched this entire Playlist AND IT MADE MY DAY. Haha the editing. The comedy. The TRUTH ABOUT THIS WHACK ENDING. Thank yall 💓
So happy you watched this. Excited to see what is next though!!
5:00 I just need to say, this house is actually absurdly powerful: it's not only manipulating memories that only the individual would know about, but it's creating hallucinations that physically harm them, creating literal STRUCTURES (according to that whole tree house situation, at least), entrapping, consuming AND re-employing spirits, creating time dilation/distortions by pulling future victims into the past, just..... This house, has a wider range of powers than literal superheros, and frankly even the most powerful demonic presenses/lore I've ever dang ol seen.
I've only seen structure creation and time dilation like this in very specific Japanese legends of deep, deep, spirited away level curses, the spiriting away aspect being the main theme this particular 'entity' isn't seeming to pull, to the living victims at least.
It's real cool, mind you, but it kinda puts literal Satan to shame. Lol... In a world full of magic, this house would be a little more reasonable of a threat. In our tightly logical world however, it's pulling from so many powers it almost feels unreasonable to expect anyone to survive this place. In short, it's broken af, pls nerf (but don't actually, gimme moar). Lol
I was just glad Steve finally got the shit haunted out of him! LOOK AT THE SCARY TALL MAN STEVEN!!
I'm so excited for this but then so sad because I'll miss your reactions to it!! I love you both so much!!
what you’re saying about “moving on to the afterlife”, while true, it also has to be said: they are in their afterlife. they simply chose theirs, yk. i’m not saying it’s smart or anything but from nellie to the dad to the dursleys, they more or less understood what they were in for. especially the dursleys. like mr d has been /born/ in this house, he was always going to die there as well (i think that’s one of the reasons he was “the safest” in a way. the house simply made sure that all of his family was there as well, whether as an insensitive (?) to make sure he was going to end there or, as he perceives it i think (many precious things) to have all that he needs and wants with him).
nellie needed to know whether she was right or not, after all, her entire life she was gaslit about what happened in this house, the ghosts she saw and let us not forget: she and luke saw their mother /kill/ someone who everyone insisted didn’t exist in the first place. her going to the house meant that to a certain degree she knew she was going to die there. though ironically once she realized that her trauma is real, and she could have lived. i still think that if nellie wasn’t there all of the other kids would have died in the house. nellie was the only one of the kids who was regularly seeing ghosts, who shared that the bent neck lady is real (to her). everyone else’s ghosts are in the past. from steve and shirl not even realizing they had engaged or seen them, to luke’s experiences being from when he was a kid. theo has a special position as the literal middle ground between supernatural and our world. she’s also right in the middle of her family, having protected the younger ones and kept closest with the older ones. she knew that at the very least the twins trauma wasn’t “fake”. whether ghosts existed or not, the twins where traumatized. as they all were. she understood that steve and shirl are in denial and stubborn. i think that’s why it was easy for her to take steve’s money as well. she understood he was going to do this to their family either way, it’s not like he knew what he was talking about, so.
but back to my original point of them choosing their afterlife. this house is filled with so many people, good and bad, sane and ill, just like any other idea of afterlife. this house has love and families like any other afterlife has as well. they simply accepted this house the same way we have to accept death regardless. it’s simply a defined location other than an abstract something something afterlife.
I think the point is that they couldn’t burn the house down because in many ways the house was the living embodiment of their trauma while also being the only place where the people who were ultimately consumed by the trauma could still exist. As someone who doesn’t believe in an afterlife I can appreciate not burning it out of fear of losing those who have been lost because to me there isn’t anything after, they’re just gone, so even though it’s very unhealthy I can appreciate why the characters kept the house around for that reason alone because seeing them in this cursed place was still better than them being gone.
For me the ending thus ends up making a lot of sense, because those who ended up leading lives consumed by trauma ended up forever stuck, while those who were able to move forward from it got to live their lives undefined by their loss and grief and trauma, while the house still remained.
Loved Benji in this! He was saying everything I was thinking🤣. Rezo you are awesome! Sending you guys much love! ❤️❤️❤️
I’m so glad that you two finished the series! It’s been a journey hahah
We need more Mike Flanagan on this channel, I think it'd make for hilarious commentaries from y'all. Especially movies like Hush and Gerald's Game 😈
Our moments fall around us like rain... Or snow... Or confetti 💔
the writers thought about making a different ending. in the scene at the end, where they're all together celebrating lukes 2 year anniversary they wanted to put the red room window in the background but decided against it. i actually like the ending as it is because i don't have to be sad about it but i completely get why you'd want it to be different
Oh my god!!! You DID NOT throw a Clue edit in this. If I wqsnt already subscribed and in love with your channel, that would have done it alone.
A year late, but I'm so glad that for once I see some people sharing my sentiment about the house at the end of the series. I remember being so disturbed about the notion of Nell and the parents being stuck there forever. Anything good about the house is a delusion. Just burn it down and free them all.
We totally agree!
Literally so excited for Shadow and Bone
Having gone through multiple HoHH reaction series in a row, a funnier take like yours or zzavid's is the perfect palate cleanser.
Yeah, totally should have burned the house. It gave me the end of The Ring vibes, where it's a solution, but is it a good one? Or just perpetuating the problem?
But I did like the metaphor that sometimes a parents' love can cause trauma. That not all trauma is made maliciously or nefariously. And that the only way to save them from it is love and understanding. Nell saves them each from their own delusions or coping mechanisms. Each "dream" they were stuck in was about how their coping mechanisms killed them or destroyed their life. Nell's death gave her the ability to see how the house works, and understand that it can be stopped or that her siblings can be saved.
That is a really good perspective. Hate that they needed Nell to die to see that, but it is always good to confront characters (and the audience) with healthy ways to overcome trauma!
@@PinkPopcast If you want to keep looking at it metaphorically, it's because Nell was acceptance. She's the only one who's gone through all steps of grief. Almost all the time, only someone who has been through that situation can help someone going through it out and pull them out of their own mire of coping that isn't helping them.
Entire theses could be written on the subject, which is why I liked Hill House. It's really deep on such a heavy topic that everyone experiences without making anyone of them coping the villain. The villain is the house. The trauma. It's done in a really artistic way that is beautiful with the horror of the story.
So excited for you to watch Shadow and Bone; I'm a huge fan of the books, and the show did them all the justice and more!
You guys made my week!!! I'm sick and have so much college work but there is always time for you beautiful beans!! ❤️🧡🧡
AAAAAA I'm so happy you guys are doing shadow and bone next
LOL did ya'll miss the part where Luke tried to burn the house down and the house was like "bitch please."
When I finished this episode I was crying sooooo much I could barely see
Rizzo looks like he needs a hug. 🥺💚 SAME
The alternate ending was going to be the family didn't survive their return to the house and died inside, becoming ghosts.
Yeah that’s the point....the real horror is the fact that the house successfully seeped it’s roots into everyone’s head and it “won”. They’re all ducked up like the mom 🤣
I mean when it comes down to it the show is more about trauma and fear and guilt and grief. I kind of see the house as a metaphor for having your own ghosts but learning to live with them in peace.
YAYYYYY SO EXCITED FOR SHADOW & BONE! 😍😍😍
Agreeing with the comment that said that you should react to Queen's Gambit
Glad to see you both back. I agree light that house up and watch it burn like Angela Bassett from Waiting to Exhale. I’m so excited your next show is Shadow and Bone me & mom enjoy it and she rarely likes the shows I watch😊
I watched this show before Bly Manor, and I remember thinking “Hot Damn” when Luke sat up in his suit. He looks so good. I didn’t realize he was that hot 😂
THAT SYNCHRONIZED INTRO THO 🤩🤩
Since Halloween is around the corner, you guys should watch/post a reaction to the movie Ready or Not. I’m hoping neither of you have seen it or watched any trailers for it. My roommate rented it and I watched without ever hearing about it and having ZERO knowledge of anything to do with the movie and it only enhanced my viewing experience.
The only things that I WILL say about it is that it’s super quotable and a perfect balance of comedy and horror.
YES!!! If you like Knives Out THIS is the movie for you. I quote it practically every day.
Yes!!! Please please watch it!!! Ready or not is my favorite movie! I quote the movie every day!!
I think the problem with the ending is that it is one of those situations where they either for go the metaphor or the logic, which in this case don't necessarily correlate. The metaphor is about grief and so they can't burn the house down because it represents their grief, which can never be destroyed, and which some people can move on from while others can't. But yeah, when you put the metaphor aside and look at it as just the situation by itself and what actually happened to these characters then it's extremely fucked up. So whether you like the ending or not I think really comes down to whether you are more interested in the metaphor or in the literal. If you like the former, you'll like the ending. If you like the latter, you'll hate the ending. Neither opinion is necessarily wrong.
That was EXACTLY my problem! They spent an entire show using the house as a metaphor for trauma, then at the LAST SECOND decided to switch to the literal house and say it’s okay that the trauma happened. In real life, those people all have horrible coping mechanisms that doesn’t just go away and need to be treated or dealt with professionally by people that can help you distance yourself from toxic triggers and learn to heal. The house sucked, the mom traumatized her children, causing two of them more earthly damage then she could ever repair. The ending wasn’t sweet, it was like they were gaslit into forgiving an abusive lover, lol
I laughed when Rizzo teared up but then I realised I was tearing up as well 🥺
If you want something light, I highly recommend Ted Lasso. Even just to watch, not to react/review, though of course I would love to hear all your thoughts on Ted Lasso.
If Hill House ruined your life, Ted Lasso will make you feel better. It’s a show I recommend to any and every human being. It’s sweet but not saccharine, and warm, and psychologically healthy.
I keep hearing that and REALLY wanna watch!
@@PinkPopcast I would say by far the best TV show of 2020.
Burning the house down would free the ghosts? Wow I missed the episode that explained that!
I thought before that Benji was funny, but drunk-Benji is another level of fun, absolutely hilarious! Would love in another life to go out and have some drinks with Benji! xD I can't wait for Shadow and Bone reaction videos, loved it so much and I am expecting some thirsty comments on the Darkling😄💜
I’m down to go drinking lol!
@@PinkPopcast if you guys ever visit London, I would gladly take you to a pub crawl!😄
You guys would kill an Umbrella Academy reaction
God this episode made me so emotional! On one hand I wish they burned the house down but I also felt for the Dudleys. They already lost one child, they couldn’t handle losing another. Ugh this show is so heartbreaking 💔
Hi, love you guys. Congrats on the job, Rizzo. You both will LOVE shadow & bone!!!! I DEVOURED it.
Couple things.
1. Hey Rizzo got some dust in your eyes they look a little watery 😂🥺
And 2. I love how that was pretty much a full bottle and it was empty at the end of the video Benji
I just binged your Haunting of Hill House reactions, and I am glad that I did because you brought up something that others don’t, that house needed to be destroyed. It can’t be burned because Luke tried and failed, but it can be demolished.
Exactly! Someone can figure it out!