History Fridge / AmericanHorrorStoryCult

** The scene in the first episode where Winter is badgering Oz with questions about who his "real" mom takes on a completely different light after TheReveal that [[spoiler: Ivy is in the cult and sent the cult to terrorize Ally into insanity because she was spiteful over Ally being Oz's birth mother and wants full custody of Oz.]]
** In [[UnreliableNarrator Kai's stories of past cults and their demises,]] every single one of the cult leaders--[[spoiler:as well as ''Jesus Christ Himself'']]--are also played by Evan Peters. Of course a delusional narcissist like Kai would envision himself as these "great men." Alternatively, it also would make sense if Kai's ''followers'' were imaging Kai as these cult leaders, given how they idolize him way beyond reason.

** In Pastor Charles' Judgement House, [[spoiler: one of his victims is trapped in a bed and forced listen to sounds of a baby among other forms of torture, as punishment for an abortion. And yet, when Kai and Winter free her and the other victims, they reveal the truth to be that she had a pap smear, not an abortion. Thus, it's possible she'd been tied up so long and sermonized that [[MindRape she started to believe it herself]].]]

** Bebe's recollection of the final days of Valerie Solanas continues to her death, after Bebe has seemingly abandoned her -- so how would Bebe know? [[spoiler: Of course, Bebe could be an UnreliableNarrator.]]

** Kai's relationship with Winter is definitely at least emotionally incestuous, and given both the fact that he's borderline abusive to and very controlling and manipulative of her (with Winter outright stating that he terrifies her more than anything) and that he's stated that he's been [[StalkerWithACrush watching her since she was brought home as a baby,]] (including listening to her [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate by humping a pillow every night at 15]]), it's possible that Winter spent her whole life being more or less groomed by her brother. The realization that he's probably at least seven years older than her (he is 30 at the time of the events of Cult, while she's a college student) and would have been in [[{{Squick}} his early 20s when she was 15]] [[UpToEleven makes this even worse]].

*** Also, his [[spoiler: murdering of Winter]] is rife with subtext as he literally throws her to the ground, gets on top of her, and [[spoiler: chokes her to death.]] The IncestSubtext between them ends up coming to a head in the most nightmarish, {{Squick}} way: it looks disturbingly like a rape scene.
*** For added {{squick}}y [[IncestSubtext subtext,]] Detective Jack Samuels- whom Kai plans to have sex with while he, Samuels, impregnates Winter- has bleached white hair, very similar to how Winter’s hair is dyed a silver gray.

** Kai's relationship with Winter is definitely at least emotionally incestuous, and given both the fact that he's borderline abusive to and very controlling and manipulative of her (with Winter outright stating that he terrifies her more than anything) and that he's stated that he's been [[StalkerWithACrush watching her since she was brought home as a baby,]] (including listening to her [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate by humping a pillow every night at 15]]), it's pretty safe to say that Winter spent her whole life being more or less groomed by her brother. The realization that he's probably at least seven years older than her (he is 30 at the time of the events of Cult, while she's a college student) and would have been in [[{{Squick}} his early 20s when she was 15]] [[UpToEleven makes this even worse]].

** Kai's relationship with Winter is definitely at least emotionally incestuous, and given both the fact that he's borderline abusive to and very controlling and manipulative of her (with Winter outright stating that he terrifies her more than anything) and that he's stated that he's been [[StalkerWithACrush watching her since she was brought home as a baby,]] (including listening to her [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate by humping a pillow every night at 15]]), it's pretty safe to say that Winter spent her whole life being more or less groomed by her brother.
*** The realization that he's probably at least seven years older than her (he is 30 at the time of the events of Cult, while she's a college student) and would have been in [[{{Squick}} his early 20s when she was 15]] [[UpToEleven makes this even worse]].
*** Also, his [[spoiler: murdering of Winter]] is rife with subtext as he literally throws her to the ground, gets on top of her, and [[spoiler: chokes her to death.]] The IncestSubtext between them ends up coming to a head in the most nightmarish, {{Squick}} way.

** Kai's relationship with Winter is definitely at least emotionally incestuous, and given both the fact that he's borderline abusive to and very controlling and manipulative of her (with Winter outright stating that he terrifies her more than anything) and that he's stated that he's been [[StalkerWithACrush watching her since she was brought home as a baby,]] (including listening to her [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate by humping a pillow every night]]), it's pretty safe to say that Winter spent her whole life being more or less groomed by her brother.

*** The realization that he's probably at least seven years older than her (he is 30 at the time of the events of Cult, while she's a college student) and would have been [[Squick in his early 20s when she was 15]] [[UpToEleven makes this even worse]].

** Kai's relationship with Winter is definitely at least emotionally incestuous, and given both the fact that he's borderline abusive to and very controlling and manipulative of her (with Winter outright stating that he terrifies her more than anything) and that he's stated that he's been [[StalkerWithACrush watching her since she was brought home as a baby,]] (including listening [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate by humping a pillow every night]]), it's pretty safe to say that Winter spent her whole life being more or less groomed by her brother.

** Kai's relationship with Winter is definitely at least emotionally incestuous, and given both the fact that he's borderline abusive to and very controlling and manipulative of her (with Winter outright stating that he terrifies her more than anything) and that he's stated that he's been [[StalkerWithACrush watching her since she was brought home as a baby,]] (including listening [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate by humping a pillow every night,]]) it's pretty safe to say that Winter spent her whole life being more or less groomed by her brother.

*** Also, his [[spoiler: murdering of Winter is rife with subtext]] as he literally throws her to the ground, gets on top of her, and [[spoiler: chokes her to death.]] The IncestSubtext between them ends up coming to a head in the most nightmarish, {{Squick}} way.

* FridgeLogic: Bebe's recollection of the final days of Valerie Solanas continues to her death, after Bebe has seemingly abandoned her -- so how would Bebe know? [[spoiler: Of course, Bebe could be an UnreliableNarrator.]]

* FridgeLogic:

*** Notably, SCUM was only responsible for some of the murders. One of their male members did more on his own.

*** They did say that they were killing the women to teach them a lesson about how their relationships with men would kill them. Possibly they left the men alive to underline that message (in their minds) being sent to the women - if you hook up with men, the men may survive but you will not - and help build the "feminine rage" they were obsessed with unleashing onto men. They did let two men into SCUM, so they're not above letting men live if they think it serves their purpose.

FridgeLogic: In 'Valerie Solanas Died For Your Sins' Bebe says that the SCUM group was responsible for the Zodiac murders; are we to believe this group of manhaters left two men alive while brutally murdering the women?