This separate being is permanently joined to Jodie and acts on the world around her independently, though he remains unseen or unknown to the people Jodie encounters. However, Jodie is irregular in that she is connected with an “entity” or ghost named Aiden. Like many of us, Jodie is concerned with being accepted into systems and the support that they provide. Jodie exhibits the same drive and motivations that many of us do, such as wanting to be accepted by her peers, by her family, and by her romantic interests. In the story, the player takes control of a character named Jodie Holmes over a period of roughly 15 years, extending from her early childhood to her mid-20s. However, Beyond Two Souls by Quantic Dream provides an interesting twist on the role of the abject in horror, by suggesting that while we may desire systems or structures, they themselves can be a source of horror and in turn, we have to go outside of these systems (the realm of the abject) in order to thrive or weather them. Ultimately, because we rely so heavily on systems like math or science to know our world and to deal with the unknown, when they fail, we in turn experience horror. One of the best instances of this occurs when the Navidson family discovers that their house measurements are larger on the inside than they are on the outside, despite the use of the most advanced technology possible (such as a “Stanley Beacon level” or a “laser distance meter”) ( House of Leaves, Pantheon Books, 2000, pg. Danielewski, the horror elements within the novel stem from that which is outside of our systems of knowing or understanding. For example, in House of Leaves by Mark Z. This idea of the abject and its relationship to horror definitely appears in many works within the genre. However, in their absence, she makes the argument that we experience feelings of horror or dread as a result of encountering something outside of our understanding (outside of “the possible, the tolerable, the thinkable”) because it in turn challenges or distorts the way that we view or understand the world around us. Kristeva seems to be arguing that we long for systems and structure because they supply us with support and an understanding of the world around us. Kristeva expands this concept in the opening of her book when she states, “There looms, within abjection, one of those violent, dark re-volts of being, directed against a threat that seems to emanate from an exorbitant outside or inside, ejected beyond the scope of the possible, the tolerable, the thinkable.” ( Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, Columbia University Press, 1982, pg. In Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, Julia Kristeva asserts that horror stems from the abject or that which lies outside of our systems of structure or understanding.
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