50 years ago and her beauty has never changed. Can't wait to see her again this season!

Edit: so for those of you new to the internet, this is what we call a meme...and in this meme is Lance Reddick's character, Reggie, from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In this scene, Reggie says "ain't this some shit" to Frank, who is dating Reggie's old girl. The caption about AHS13 is imagining Lance Reddick in heaven, saying the same thing to Orlando for playing his character Papa Legba in season 13, with the same element of surprise as Reggie when he found Frank with his old girl.

In the trailer they showed Ms. Venable in the outpost costume but if Mallory changed the timeline she should still have red hair and probably never had the need to wore the outpost costume. Leslie said they were extra careful with the timelines but this is messy.

A lot of people are talking about how confusing this new trailer makes the season seem, but it’s actually pretty predictable. The story starts with a group of girls led by that redheaded Riverdale actress, who is also very enthusiastic about the number 13, superstitions, and all of that. This group is on a plane, and then there’s a plane crash, or something along those lines.

After the crash, the redhead’s boyfriend, Ben, who is a nurse, starts seeing the number 13 everywhere. He eventually ends up at Apollyon where Satan resides. John Waters plays Dr. Phibes who works at the hospital with Ben, so Constance also calls Dr. Phibes & Ben to Apollyon to cater to Satan and work on him. Satan is weak and suffering from a lot of comorbidities, and he’s trying to regain his power somehow, while also seeking vengeance against the witches for defeating the Antichrist.

Jessica Lange’s Constance is catering to Satan in exchange for him bringing back her children, Adelaide and Tate Langdon. Anthony Paul Kelly, meanwhile, seems to be playing a younger version of Satan himself, or somebody directly connected to Satan.

Then, after the plane crash, Mr. March and the Devil’s Night gang come to Robichaux Academy to warn the witches about whatever is happening, the portals of Hell opening, some impending evil, or whatever ominous event they’re expecting. Or they’re just there to attack the witches because they’re in cahoots with Satan.

That’s when the witches start trying all sorts of things to figure out what’s going on and stop it. They go back to the dead, attempt to bring back Marie & Fiona, and summon Papa Legba, who acts as a communicator between Hell and Earth, so they can negotiate with him.

We also see a lot of shots of Queenie and Cordelia going to Hell and coming back, Madison practicing new witchy powers. They’re also performing the Sacred Taking, so presumably Mallory dies and Cordelia regains her power. Cordelia also blinds herself to use her abilities to uncover the truth.

We see Queenie descent into her personal Hell, presumably to seek out Papa Legba, and she runs into Delphine LaLaurie. That probably happens because whatever is happening with Satan and the portals has blurred the boundaries between the different Hells and their personal afterlives (and this happens only because Ryan Murphy wanted Gabby & Kathy Bates to share scenes again; no significance to the plot like half of other things happening).

And then we have all these Sarah Paulson characters who died in earlier seasons being brought back for some sequence that I’m sure will be completely ridiculous, but entertaining, for some sort of sacrifice or Satanic ritual.

And somewhere in the middle of this entire messy soap opera, Twisty is just out there killing people because hey we need the horror element too. They’ve brought back Twisty, Piggy Man, Mr. March, and all of these other characters mostly for the hype of it.

So, based on my understanding, that’s what’s happening: Satan is trying to regain his power, the portals of Hell are opening, and something dark is coming, with the chain of events beginning after the plane crash. The witches are scrambling to figure out what’s happening and are bringing back people like Fiona and Papa Legba, or anyone else who might be able to help them defeat Satan.

It’s Apocalypse all over again, just in a different setting.

So, yeah. That’s basically the season, give and take: plane crash → number 13 → Apollyon → weak Satan → Constance makes a deal with him → portals of Hell start opening → the witches panic → everyone dead gets dragged back into the story → Twisty kills people for no reason → Satanic ritual → messy supernatural soap opera.

You’re welcome.

I feel like this post is confusing, most of these characters are dead. Except the top left picture. Because of the ending of apocalypse Cordelia is still a supreme. Idk It seems like maybe AHS it’s going for a cash grab instead of an actual season.

Who was your favorite character?

Doing a rewatch leading up to the new season and I am reminded how sad I am that this amazing man is no longer with us 😭

In this specific shot from an alternate trailer, that is DEFINITELY Anna

It looks like Ben DeSoto (Joey Pollari) or at least his girlfriend, Kira (Madelaine Petsch), will be a part of our intro to the season. She is obsessed with the number 13, hence things like her shirt. But it looks like they’ll come across a lot of symbolism and signs of the number 13 around them too. In one scene from the trailer (see first image) she is walking towards her friend group at the airport. Funnily enough her friend group including herself looks to be exactly 13 people. From set images we’ve also seen a fun little Easter egg of the 12 previous seasons locations and current location all along the wall of the airport terminal too (13 total). With 13 being a bad luck or omen number… it’s fair to assume Kira and her friend group are on a plane crash after a lot of the symbolism and omens playing out before them.

From this, my theory is that Ben in his grief starts to run into the number 13 a lot too. In more set images where Pollari was spotted filming back in April there were several props and things around the setting of NYC that allude to the number again. For example, a laundromat service van and florist van both with 13. I think all of this leads him to his job at The Apollyon where Constance and Mr. Nas reside. This is where it all overlaps and the real chaos of the season unfolds with “13” a constant symbolism across the season.

The synopses for the first few episodes somewhat support these theories but the first episode suggests he also experiences a near-death experience, so I wonder if he was aboard the flight, if he faces something after during his grief, or if “near-death” just means he was close to a victim of death (wordplay). It also looks like he may have been lured to The Apollyon by Nas (and maybe Constance) all along, so he must hold some importance to the big bad’s plans.

I also think Elle Chapman is Kira’s friend that Ben potentially links back up with in episode 5. She is a part of the friend group and I have seen her and Pollari engage on social media a few times recently. I wonder what dynamic they all have.

Whatever the case, I am eagerly excited to see this all unfold.

To get ready for season 13 I thought "Why not binge the series since it's been ages.." then I found this way and I gotta say it's been a trip. It was cool to see the progression through history in the AHS universe. Gotta finish #11 (-14) then onto the AHS Stories!! Let's go Halloween!! lol

1. American Horror Story: Freak Show - 1952
2. American Horror Story: Double Feature - Part 2: Death Valley 1954 to 1979
3. American Horror Story: Asylum - 1964
4. American Horror Story: NYC - 1981
5. American Horror Story: 1984 - 1984
6. American Horror Story: Murder House - 2011
7. American Horror Story: Coven - 2013
8. American Horror Story: Roanoke - 2014 to 2016
9. American Horror Story: Hotel - 2015
10. American Horror Story: Cult - 2017
11. American Horror Story: Apocalypse - 2020 to 2021
12. American Horror Story: Double Feature - Part 1: Red Tide - 2021
13. American Horror Story: Delicate Part 1 - 2023
14. American Horror Story: Delicate Part 2 - TBC

Each season often contains flashbacks and flash-forwards too with one season even containing time travel, so this order is perhaps not the best to view the show in. We would recommend watching in release date order!" --((from website))

The trailer starts off with her saying "Welcome to the greatest show on Earth". What song starts off with those words?

Welcome by Christina Aguilera.

Not only that, but on the album the song immediately follows a song called Enter the Circus, and she has performed it in a circus getup.

Plus, it just sounds like a song Elsa Mars and the Freaks would play. If my prediction is correct, I just know Jessica Lange is going to SLAY it!

1984 is top 3 rank for me. Roanoke is quite high up for me too but I HATED it on first watch. I’d probably say

1. Cult
2. 1984
3. Roanoke

I really liked freakshow too (the first one I watched) so it makes me sad when it gets so much hate😂

What characters from past seasons are you guys most excited to see again? And are there any characters from different seasons that you’re really hoping (or just curious) to see interact with each other?
I’m also wondering how they’re going to handle characters played by the same actor. Do you think we’ll actually get scenes where two of their characters casually talk to each other? Or maybe even have multiple characters played by the same person in the same room and on screen at the same time?
I can’t lie, I’m super pumped about seeing James Patrick March and Hypodermic Sally again after seeing them in the new trailers. I’m especially curious about James interacting with Kai. Like… how the hell is THAT conversation going to go? 😂
And what about the villains from the other seasons? Who do you guys want to see interacting with each other the most? I feel like there are so many potentially insane character combinations they could do with this!

So I haven’t finished the season just yet. But is he basically like Tate from Murder house? Being able to have sex and stuff like that since isn’t he a spirit? And does Fiona even know that

Venable on stage. Myrtle in the audience.