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* FisherKing: Roderick says that the land around the house used to be beautiful, but became grim and barren as a result of the evil of the Usher family contaminating it.
* FisherKingdom: By the present day, the Usher house and the land around it seem to have become this, affecting the health and sanity of those who live there. Madeline was apparently healthy in Boston but becomes weak and frail as soon as she returns to the house, and starts to sleepwalk, though [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane how much of this is supernatural vs the effect Roderick's belief that the family is cursed has on her mind is unclear]]. It seems to only affect family members, though, as the butler has been in the house for 60 years and is unharmed.
* FisherKingdom: By the present day, the Usher house and the land around it seem to have become this, affecting the health and sanity of those who live there. Madeline was apparently healthy in Boston but becomes weak and frail as soon as she returns to the house, and starts to sleepwalk, though [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane how much of this is supernatural vs the effect Roderick's belief that the family is cursed has on her mind is unclear]]. It seems to only affect family members, though, as the butler has been in the house for 60 years and is unharmed.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Bristol, the butler, is extremely loyal to the family, having worked for them since he was a young boy and continuing to do so despite the various sinister occurrences and dark family history, and the fact the house is literally falling down. He cares about both Roderick and Madeline, and defends Roderick's actions when speaking to Phillip (with the glorious understatement that Roderick is "just highly overwrought"), sounding genuinely concerned for him. In the final scene, he even [[spoiler:runs into a burning room to try and save Roderick (and possibly Madeline as well), with no concern for his own safety as the building starts to collapse, dying in the attempt.]]
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* AgentScully: Phillip is dismissive of Roderick's claims of a family curse and of the house itself being alive, not believing in such supernatural occurrences.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Roderick is physically frail and thin, mentally unstable, and very emotional. He's a tortured artist who paints and plays the lute. As he suffers from SensoryOverload, he whispers most of his dialogue. Phillip is physically healthier and stronger, is introduced riding his horse outside while Roderick is TheShutIn, doesn't share Roderick's artistic tendencies, and tends to be more blunt, outspoken, and loud (often shouting at Roderick). Roderick believes in the supernatural and lives in fear of it; Philip is dismissive of the idea. Overall despite being an antagonist to Phillip, Roderick is portrayed as a tragic and vulnerable figure, rather than an aggressive threat.
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* LongHairedPrettyBoy: A dark example. The narrator makes it clear that Roderick is very pretty, describing such details as "lips [...] of a surpassingly beautiful curve", "delicate" features and "large, liquid and luminous" eyes... or at least he ''would'' be very pretty, if he wasn't also sickly, frail, and rather unnerving. His hair is long and even described as soft and "silken", but also seems to be rather unkempt.
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* LongHairedPrettyBoy: A dark example. The narrator makes it clear that Roderick is very pretty, describing such details as "lips [...] of a surpassingly beautiful curve", "delicate" features and "large, liquid and luminous" eyes... or at least he ''would'' be very pretty, if he wasn't also sickly, frail, and rather unnerving. His hair is long and even described as soft and "silken", but also seems to be rather unkempt.
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* DiseaseBleach: It is unclear whether Roderick has albinism or simply this trope, but he has white hair along with being very pale.
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* PastimesProvePersonalty: Roderick paints disturbing, hallucinatory images, and plays the lute, composing his own dissonant-sounding pieces or just improvising tunelessly, never even attempting a recognisable tune. He's a particularly unstable example of the tortured artist, and his creations being reminiscent of the most [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible-seeming types of modern art]] rather than anything that was popular in the time period the film is set makes him seem isolated and set apart from normal 19th century society, living in his own strange and disturbing world.
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* PastimesProvePersonalty: PastimesProvePersonality: Roderick paints disturbing, hallucinatory images, and plays the lute, composing his own dissonant-sounding pieces or just improvising tunelessly, never even attempting a recognisable tune. He's a particularly unstable example of the tortured artist, and his creations being reminiscent of the most [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible-seeming types of modern art]] rather than anything that was popular in the time period the film is set makes him seem isolated and set apart from normal 19th century society, living in his own strange and disturbing world.
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* PastimesProvePersonalty: Roderick paints disturbing, hallucinatory images, and plays the lute, composing his own dissonant-sounding pieces or just improvising tunelessly, never even attempting a recognisable tune. He's a particularly unstable example of the tortured artist, and his creations being reminiscent of the most [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible-seeming types of modern art]] rather than anything that was popular in the time period the film is set makes him seem isolated and set apart from normal 19th century society, living in his own strange and disturbing world.
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* SuperSenses: Deconstructed. Roderick has extremely acute senses: for instance, he can hear even the quietest sounds from a long way away. This means he's constantly suffering from SensoryOverload and is in severe pain as a result; it's one of the many factors contributing to his mental instability.
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* TheMisophonic: One of Roderick's many issues. Everyone has to take off their shoes and only wear slippers in the house because the sound of footsteps causes him pain--even with the slippers the sound is extremely loud to him. He speaks in a whisper for most of the film and flinches in pain whenever Phillip raises his voice. The only sound that isn't painful to him is the sound of a lute (even though he mostly just improvises tunelessly on it).
