American Horror Story
American Horror Storyis ground for fan hypothesis and supposition , especially since show runner Ryan Murphy has confirmed all season are connected , but one key detail inAHS : 1984could have changed the course ofMurder HouseandApocalypsecompletely .
In season one , Murder House , Tate Langdon ( Evan Peters ) seems to be just another angsty teen on the airfoil , and proves this through various interaction with Violet Harmon ( Taissa Farmiga ) , who has sparked his romantic sake . His boy - next - room access charm houses a sinister edge , however , when it ’s revealed he ’s a wraith who was murdered by SWAT agent in 1994 after he went on a mass shot spree and murdered 15 of his classmates at Westfield High .
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InMurder House , anyone who die on the belongings stays trap there , so Tate is bound to the house . In actuality , he ’s one of many residents who are victims in a long line of business of darkness that dates all the way back to the menage ’s original owner . According to a Reddit discussion , and further rise by events in time of year nine , one such house physician of the house could have potentially altered Tate ’s luck , write the life of not only his classmate , but innumerous others who became connected with the firm after the fact .
Tate’s Dad Could Have Changed Murder House & Apocalypse
Hugo Langdon , Tate ’s father , was murdered by his wife , Constance ( Jessica Lange)after he was caught with their amah , Moira O’Hara ( Alexandra Breckenridge and Frances Conroy ) . Since the Langdon family unit previously lived in the firm , Hugo ’s untimely decease bond his and Moira ’s hard drink there , as she was mangle when Constance mistake Hugo ’s attempted violation as a consensual clash ; the two had been involve before , but Moira tried to spurn Hugo ’s advance and was kill before she could lay the phonograph recording straight . Tate grew up believing his female parent ’s rhetoric about a sire who had abandoned his home which , in a means , was accurate . Hugo could have separate Tate about his mother being the one to polish off him , which could have changed Constance ’s lot , as Tate could have been driven to violent actions rather .
The Reddit theorythat start this line of intellection was post in 2017 , but apply up even more following the event ofAmerican Horror Story : 1984 . In1984 , Lavinia Richter ( Lily Rabe ) went on a kill spree follow the inadvertent drowning of her favorite son , Bobby . She was pour down by her other Word , Benjamin , in self defence . He grew up to become a janitor at the same ingroup .
After Benjamin displayed fondness for Margaret Booth ( Leslie Grossman ) , Lavinia , as a ghost , manipulate Margaret into committing a killing fling of her own , then urged her to charge Benjamin for the crimes as an act of retaliation . Lavinia blamed Benjamin for his brother ’s drowning , as he had been tasked with look after Bobby the twenty-four hours he died . She did n’t appear to her son until years after , after the asleep counselor-at-law told Benjamin about a revengeful " gentlewoman in white . " After Benjamin break by his own hand , he appeared to his boy , Bobby II , to give him stoppage regarding his disappearance after he showed up at Camp Redwood as an adult .
Since the touch inAmerican Horror Storycanon can appear to whomever they please , Hugo could have done what Benjamin did for his son , to give him guidance and blockage , but chose not to for reasons that stay unknown to TV audience . Had Hugo been more interested in being a male parent instead of continuing his adulterous way post - mortem , which he proves by sleeping with Hayden ( Kate Mara ) , perhaps Tate could have been write . Furthermore , if Tate had n’t been murdered in the house , he likely would n’t have raped Vivien Harmon ( Connie Britton ) , which would have finish their son , Michael ( the Antichrist ) , from being born and create the issue surrounding the show ’s eighth time of year , Apocalypse .
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