NOTICE! This article contains SPOILERS for Season 3, Episode 9!Tabitha has an intense vision of Miranda’s death in Of season 3, episode 9 finale, which adds more support to a growing fan theory about the connection between the Matthews and Kavanaugh families. All over Of season 3, several parallels between the Matthews and Kavanaugh families were explored, primarily through similarities between Tabitha and Miranda and Jim and Henry. As the series has repeatedly reiterated, nothing in Fromville is random, so it’s clear that the series has been establishing a twisted and more meaningful link between the Kavanaugh and Matthews families’ purpose in Ofcity.
After arriving in Victor’s hometown of Camden, Maine, by falling through the lighthouse portal, Tabitha discovers a series of parallels between herself and Victor’s mother, Miranda. Unfortunately, Miranda died in Fromville about 40 years before the Matthews family arrived, so everything Tabitha learned about her came from Henry and Victor. That is, until Of finale of season 3, episode 9, when Tabitha entered the basement, hugged Henry and began to have visions of Miranda’s death at the hands of the Smiley Creature.. However, this was not like any previous one Of vision, suggesting a deeper bond between Tabitha and Miranda.
Tabitha’s view of Miranda supports the theory that the Matthews family are reincarnations of the Kavanaughs
Tabitha’s view of Miranda’s death feels like she experienced it in a past life
As more connections were revealed in Season 3, there was a growing Of fan theory that Matthews family members are reincarnations of the Kavanaugh family. Tabitha has numerous similarities to Miranda and her story, Jim reflects a younger Henry, Julie could potentially share an overlap with Eloise (the latter’s death makes this unknown), and Ethan and Victor share some similar qualities. It was already established that both families were trapped after the mothers were “chosen” to save Of‘s Anghkooey, but the cyclical nature of the town suggests that the Matthews family could be the town that sets up the “next cycle” of Kavanaughs.
Matthews family members |
Members of the Kavanaugh family |
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Tabitha |
Miranda |
Jim |
Henry |
Julia |
Eloísa |
Ethan |
Winner |
Therefore, when Tabitha sees Miranda’s death in Of Season 3 Episode 9 Could Be a Memory of His Past Rather Than a Vision. Whatever purpose Tabitha has in the city, Miranda has already had it. Whatever purpose Jim had for taking Tabitha to Fromville, Henry apparently had it too, and so on with the children. It’s as if some force summoned the Matthews family to fulfill the purpose left unfulfilled by the Kavanaughs after Miranda’s death, and even shaped some of their memories and dynamics – like Jim and Henry’s bracelet and Joni Mitchell’s love of “Blue.” – to be almost identical.
The Matthews family repeating the fate of the Kavanaughs would be terrible news for Tabitha and Julie
Miranda and Eloise died in the past
Through some curious influence that Fromville has outside of his world, If the Kavanaughs really are past versions of the Matthews family members, then they will apparently repeat their fates. If they were brought here for the same purpose, then the city may be trying to interfere by replicating the fates of the Kavanaughs, which would imply that the city wants to kill Tabitha and Julie at some point. However, Tabitha’s ability to reach the lighthouse, which Miranda was unable to do, suggests that they can still fight the dark fate of their past, even if the town is trying to ensure otherwise.
This may explain why Julie was so deeply affected by the music box monster, as Eloise was previously killed by Ofof the night monsters in the city massacre. Meanwhile, Victor and Ethan, as lonely children, lived the stories they read or were told, although the latter became more realistic due to the harshness of Ofthe city is changing him. Still, the town may be trying to stop Tabitha from saving the children in order to give her the same fate as Miranda, who puts Tabitha in extreme danger in the future.