Critics and fans frequently highlight several defining "features" of the season's production style:
Unlike the strictly grim tone of previous seasons, Coven featured a heavy dose of camp and dark humor . Coven2013
Executive producers described the season as a "female-friendly" show centered on powerful women and complex mother-daughter relationships. Coven2013
A major feature of the storytelling is the blending of real history (such as Marie Laveau and Madame LaLaurie) with fictional witch mythology. Coven2013
The witches at Miss Robichaux’s Academy exhibit a variety of "features" or magical abilities: The ability to move objects with the mind. Pyrokinesis: The power to create and control fire.
The ability to project one's soul into the afterlife. Production & Narrative Features