um excuse me? most people hate steven and shirley in hillhouse? steven’s most peoples’ least fav character?
how. dare.
nope. illegal.
#SIBLINGS#hill house#the haunting of hill house#ramblings#rantings#steve was my fav#'what alyson? it's not theo?'#listen#LISTEN.#theo's like my 2nd fav#she's almost first#but steve is SUCH the oldest sibling#and i connect with that#he's great and terrible and dismissive and cutting with his words#and terrified of falling apart#while pretending he could never#and it comes off terribly to everyone else#trying to be the one to look out for everyone#but even after 'failing' as the oldest sibling you can see he's still subconsciously trying#passively#you can see it when he's mean with luke#in the dinner flashback#his concern for luke trusting someone and possibly getting his trust shattered#is coming out as anger and dismissive of luke himself and luke's judgement#which sure there's bits of that#but underlying it is 'i don't want you to get blown off by the fuckers of the world'#'you're too trusting of people luke'#that kind of shit#and he has a habit of projecting#and yet he's also self-aware of a lot of his and others' shit?