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* ExecutiveMeddling: The famous opening paragraph (currently the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the deathcup mushroom, with the only problem being that the deathcup mushroom does not exist. While on the surface it may appear to be a mistake of the writer, Jackson's original manuscript shows she used the correct name, the death ''cap'' mushroom. Her editor changed it because "deathcup" sounded better.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The famous opening paragraph (currently (formerly the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the deathcup mushroom, with the only problem being that the deathcup mushroom does not exist. While on the surface it may appear to be a mistake of the writer, Jackson's original manuscript shows she used the correct name, the death ''cap'' mushroom. Her editor changed it because "deathcup" sounded better.
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** Merricat's name was originally Jenny. When the characters were revamped as sisters, Jackson changed the name to Merricat in a sidelong homage to her daughter Sally, whose pet name was Sallicat.
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** Merricat's name was originally Jenny. When the characters were revamped as sisters, Jackson changed the name to Merricat in a sidelong homage to her daughter Sally, whose pet name was Sallicat.Sallicat.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The famous opening paragraph (currently the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the deathcup mushroom, with the only problem being that the deathcup mushroom does not exist. While on the surface it may appear to be CriticalResearchFailure, Jackson's original manuscript shows she used the correct name, the death ''cap'' mushroom. Her editor changed it because "deathcup" sounded better.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The famous opening paragraph (currently the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the deathcup mushroom, with the only problem being that the deathcup mushroom does not exist. While on the surface it may appear to be CriticalResearchFailure, a mistake of the writer, Jackson's original manuscript shows she used the correct name, the death ''cap'' mushroom. Her editor changed it because "deathcup" sounded better.
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* AdaptedOut: Merricat and Constance's younger brother Thomas is completely absent from the film. He isn't even pictured in the Blackwood family portrait that is prominently displayed in several scenes.
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* AdaptedOut: Merricat and Constance's younger brother Thomas is completely absent from the film. He isn't even pictured in the Blackwood family portrait that is prominently displayed in several scenes.
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* WhatMightHaveBeen: Jackson's original plan for the novel was to have Merricat and Constance as two unrelated adult women, one a spinster and the other unhappily married, who conspire to [[TilMurderDoUsPart murder off the husband]] in order to live together in happy isolation. In the middle of plotting this version, Jackson became concerned that the main female characters might be MistakenForGay and changed them to two siblings...which, ironically, contributed to the perception that Constance and Merricat have [[IncestSubtext an inappropriately close relationship]].
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* WhatMightHaveBeen: WhatMightHaveBeen:
** Jackson's original plan for the novel was to have Merricat and Constance as two unrelated adult women, one a spinster and the other unhappily married, who conspire to [[TilMurderDoUsPart murder off the husband]] in order to live together in happy isolation. In the middle of plotting this version, Jackson became concerned that the main female characters might be MistakenForGay and changed them to two siblings...which, ironically, contributed to the perception that Constance and Merricat have [[IncestSubtext an inappropriately close relationship]].
** Jackson's original plan for the novel was to have Merricat and Constance as two unrelated adult women, one a spinster and the other unhappily married, who conspire to [[TilMurderDoUsPart murder off the husband]] in order to live together in happy isolation. In the middle of plotting this version, Jackson became concerned that the main female characters might be MistakenForGay and changed them to two siblings...which, ironically, contributed to the perception that Constance and Merricat have [[IncestSubtext an inappropriately close relationship]].
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* MostWritersAreWriters: At the time Jackson was writing the novel, her husband (the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman) had been working for ''thirteen years'' on his long-delayed critical work ''The Tangled Bank,'' on which his publishers had already given several extensions. In spite of this, he was constantly discovering new material he planned to work into the book, causing him to rewrite whole sections to accommodate it. This exasperated his publishers but tickled Jackson, who poked fun at her husband by incorporating his writing habits and rambling into the character of Uncle Julian and his exhaustive, never-finished book about the Blackwood murders.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: At the time Jackson was writing the novel, her husband (the (literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman) had been working for ''thirteen years'' on his long-delayed critical work ''The Tangled Bank,'' on which his publishers had already given several extensions. In spite of this, he was constantly discovering new material he planned to work into the book, causing him to rewrite whole sections to accommodate it. This exasperated his publishers but tickled Jackson, who poked fun at her husband by incorporating his writing habits and rambling into the character of Uncle Julian and his exhaustive, never-finished book about the Blackwood murders.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The famous opening paragraph (currently the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the deathcup mushroom, with the only problem being that the deathcup mushroom does not exist. While on the surface it may appear to be CriticalResearchFailure, Jackson's original manuscript shows she used the correct name. Her editor changed it because "deathcup" sounded better.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The famous opening paragraph (currently the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the deathcup mushroom, with the only problem being that the deathcup mushroom does not exist. While on the surface it may appear to be CriticalResearchFailure, Jackson's original manuscript shows she used the correct name.name, the death ''cap'' mushroom. Her editor changed it because "deathcup" sounded better.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The famous opening paragraph (currently the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the death cap mushroom. Her editors, however, changed it to "deathcup," which sounded better, with the only problem being that the "deathcup mushroom" does not exist. Jackson's original manuscripts show she used the correct name.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: ExecutiveMeddling: The famous opening paragraph (currently the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the death cap mushroom. Her editors, however, changed it to "deathcup," which sounded better, deathcup mushroom, with the only problem being that the "deathcup mushroom" deathcup mushroom does not exist. While on the surface it may appear to be CriticalResearchFailure, Jackson's original manuscripts show manuscript shows she used the correct name. Her editor changed it because "deathcup" sounded better.
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* WhatMightHaveBeen: Jackson's original plan for the novel was to have Merricat and Constance as two unrelated adult women, one a spinster and the other unhappily married, who conspire to [[TilMurderDoUsPart murder off the husband]] in order to live together in happy isolation. In the middle of plotting this version, Jackson became concerned that the main female characters might be MistakenForGay and changed them to two siblings...which, ironically, contributed to the perception that Constance and Merricat have [[IncestSubtext an inappropriately close relationship]].
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* WhatMightHaveBeen: Jackson's original plan for the novel was to have Merricat and Constance as two unrelated adult women, one a spinster and the other unhappily married, who conspire to [[TilMurderDoUsPart murder off the husband]] in order to live together in happy isolation. In the middle of plotting this version, Jackson became concerned that the main female characters might be MistakenForGay and changed them to two siblings...which, ironically, contributed to the perception that Constance and Merricat have [[IncestSubtext an inappropriately close relationship]].relationship]].
** Merricat's name was originally Jenny. When the characters were revamped as sisters, Jackson changed the name to Merricat in a sidelong homage to her daughter Sally, whose pet name was Sallicat.
** Merricat's name was originally Jenny. When the characters were revamped as sisters, Jackson changed the name to Merricat in a sidelong homage to her daughter Sally, whose pet name was Sallicat.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The famous opening paragraph (currently the main page quote) states that among Merricat's favorite things is the death cap mushroom. Her editors, however, changed it to "deathcup," which sounded better, with the only problem being that the "deathcup mushroom" does not exist. Jackson's original manuscripts show she used the correct name.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: At the time Jackson was writing the novel, her husband (the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman) had been working for ''years'' on his long-delayed critical work ''The Tangled Bank,'' on which his publishers had already given several extensions. In spite of this, he was constantly discovering new material he planned to work into the book, causing him to rewrite whole sections to accommodate it. This exasperated his publishers but tickled Jackson, who poked fun at her husband by incorporating his writing habits and rambling into the character of Uncle Julian and his exhaustive, never-finished book about the Blackwood murders.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: At the time Jackson was writing the novel, her husband (the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman) had been working for ''years'' ''thirteen years'' on his long-delayed critical work ''The Tangled Bank,'' on which his publishers had already given several extensions. In spite of this, he was constantly discovering new material he planned to work into the book, causing him to rewrite whole sections to accommodate it. This exasperated his publishers but tickled Jackson, who poked fun at her husband by incorporating his writing habits and rambling into the character of Uncle Julian and his exhaustive, never-finished book about the Blackwood murders.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: At the time Jackson was writing the novel, her husband (the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman) had been working for ''years'' on his long-delayed critical work ''The Tangled Bank,'' on which his publishers had already given several extensions. In spite of this, he was constantly discovering new material he planned to work into the book, causing him to rewrite whole sections to accommodate it. This exasperated his publishers but tickled Jackson, who poked fun at her husband by incorporating his writing habits and rambling into the character of Uncle Julian and his exhaustive, never-finished book about the Blackwood murders.
** ''Castle'' and ''The Tangled Bank'' were eventually published in the same year. Jackson's book, which had only taken about two years to write, was an immediate bestseller and completely overshadowed Hyman's work.
** ''Castle'' and ''The Tangled Bank'' were eventually published in the same year. Jackson's book, which had only taken about two years to write, was an immediate bestseller and completely overshadowed Hyman's work.
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* WhatMightHaveBeen: Jackson's original plan for the novel was to have Merricat and Constance as two unrelated adult women, one a spinster and the other unhappily married, who conspire to [[TilMurderDoUsPart murder off the husband]] in order to live together in happy isolation. In the middle of plotting this version, Jackson became concerned that the main female characters might be MistakenForGay and changed them to two siblings...which, ironically, contributed to the perception that Constance and Merricat have [[IncestSubtext an inappropriately close relationship]].
