Loved This Series "completely"

Hi all,

I just wanted to take a second to unpack my thoughts after finishing the series last night with my wife. First and foremost, I genuinely loved the show. I'll definitely be giving Bly Manor a watch next.

The first thing that comes to mind from the last episode was the word "completely" to describe love. And it makes sense in the context, despite being cut short, despite being imperfect, it existed fully and without regret. It's the ultimate finalization of that feeling, being loved in such a profound way that it was "complete", while everything else is just confetti. It was brilliant.

Another thing I'm thinking now regarding Nell, fate, and the house in general is that things were genuinely predetermined from the start. Maybe I'm wrong here, and I'd love your corrections if that's the case.

So we see Nell as the bent neck lady, basically telling me that her fate was sealed from the second she entered the house - even confirming as much to Steven. If the house knew her fate, which it used to haunt her throughout her life, I would assume that the house is limited by that same fate. Every action taken was taken to claim the lives promised to it.

So, despite never being allowed into the red room, Hugh is allowed inside to save Nell and Luke, why? Because that was the condition to claim Olivia. The house knew that Nell was destined to return, so it didn't need to do anything other than wait, Nell would eventually come back and Olivia would wake her up. At the end, the red door opens once more by Olivia, but my theory here is that Olivia didn't open that door, the house did. Because it knew that was the condition to claim Hugh, as he remained there with Olivia and the others escaped.

My thoughts are that while everyone is bound by fate, so is the house. So by claiming Olivia and Nell, that would also become to reason that the others escaped, thus claiming the last one promised and allowing the family to go on.

And in the very end with the Dudleys, I think the same thing happened. They weren't harmed by the house simply because the house knew they would return and offer themselves to be with Abigail and the baby. They didn't need further torment, they willingly laid down.

All in all, I genuinely loved this series. Even if my thoughts are just all wrong, it was a joy to watch.