since i’ve apparently become a pretty controversial name in ahs fandom over the past week for defending #ahs13 with people genuinely acting like i’m eating shit for thinking this season is good, let me explain something. i don’t think season 13 is good just because i’m desperately trying to defend it. i think it’s good because i genuinely believe there’s a lot more going on beneath the surface than people are willing to acknowledge. and part of the reason i can see it is because i’m not just watching this show as a fan. i’m also a filmmaker. i write scripts, direct films, and study storytelling as both a passion and a profession. in a way, i’m watching the work of people in the same industry i’m working toward building my own career in, and that gives me a different perspective on what i’m watching. i understand that writing and directing are two different things. a script can be meticulously constructed, full of carefully planted details, thematic connections, and deliberate narrative choices, while the final execution can still fall short. different writers and directors work on different episodes, production is complicated, and the filmmaking process is rarely as clean or controlled as people imagine it to be. there are countless factors that can affect how an idea translates from the page to the screen. acknowledging that isn’t an excuse for every questionable creative decision ahs has ever made. it’s simply understanding how filmmaking actually works. but there’s a difference between criticizing how a story is executed and claiming that the story itself makes no sense. there’s a difference between disliking a creative choice and failing to recognize what that choice is trying to accomplish. and there’s a difference between a storyline being poorly explained and a storyline having no underlying logic at all. that’s where i think a lot of the criticism of season 13 falls apart. people have spent years claiming that ryan murphy has ruined this franchise, that ahs has become incoherent, that nothing connects anymore, and that every new season is proof that the show has lost its way. yet they keep watching. they keep discussing it. they keep coming back every year. and somehow, even after all these years, the franchise is still generating enormous amounts of conversation and speculation. i’m not saying that popularity automatically makes something well written, or that every criticism is invalid. i’m saying that maybe it’s worth considering whether some of the things people dismiss as plot holes, meaningless callbacks, or bad writing might actually be elements they haven’t fully understood yet. and i’m not even talking about the deeper philosophical themes or existential questions the show explores. i’m talking about the actual plot. the mythology. the connections between seasons. the way individual storylines can fit into a much larger narrative when you stop treating every season as an isolated piece of television. i’m approaching this from two perspectives at once. i’m a fan who’s been emotionally invested in this franchise for years, a show that helped shape my creative identity and my understanding of the kind of filmmaker i wanted to become when i was just 14 or 15. but i’m also a filmmaker myself, someone who writes, directs, and thinks about storytelling beyond simply whether a plot twist was satisfying or an episode was entertaining. i’m not claiming that being a filmmaker makes my interpretation automatically correct, and i’m certainly not saying that people have to like season 13 just because i do. but i do think my professional background allows me to recognize certain narrative patterns, structural decisions, and connections that might not be immediately obvious to everyone watching. 👇🏻

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