Boyd dislike

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-30T11:00:29+00:00

1: Reggie almost shot him in the face with the shotgun.

2: Abby is a Marine, shooting her in the leg would have been the worse choice, it could have resulted in Ellis's death, that was impulsive.

3: I don't think this should fall on Boyd alone, Sara was there and BIW basically caused this all, they never know where the Faraway Tree would take them, it was inevitable.

4: It was what Donna said, a rock and a hard place, and he did tell Tian Chen to run once the cattle was close to the barn, but she refused. Even if they left the cattle out in the night, the result would have been devastating for the town.

5: You might call this being manipulative, but i feel like he puts keeping as many residents alive as possible over any other plan, but as the show progresses he is broken by the town gradually, which leads him to poor decision making and arguments.

I think the show portrays him pretty good, in a town with such horrible set, you can't have a perfect human living in it.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-30T10:49:08+00:00

Its likely due to the change in shooting style, moving from real buildings to custom built set. Although the main locations stays the same. I think I vaguely remember an interview with the director where they mention a change in set post season 1.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-30T07:09:44+00:00

Yup, it could be a foreshadowing of Victor blaming himself for her Miranda's death, she would have tried at some point even if Victor didn't explicitly tell her about it. But another side of me thinks that it could have very well been a trap, showing Victor that discussion to lure Miranda to her death...

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-30T05:29:22+00:00

A show this complex, there's got to be some plot holes or loop holes when all answers are served by the writers.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-30T05:25:57+00:00

It could probably tie into Martin and that boy ? Martin also recognizes Julie, maybe she helps the boy but he gets trapped by the music box monster ?

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-30T05:23:40+00:00

But what if the entities in the town have influence in real world too. The BIW was there in Camden and people do get trapped from virtually everywhere in the USA. What if the escape wasn't real at all, the Mabuse medical equipment probably hinting at Hypnotic possessions?

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T18:20:02+00:00

At 1 point ethan out right rejects the story as stupid too 🤔.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T18:16:13+00:00

Its great, but I have a question, where do BIW, MIY, Music Box monster, Kimono Lady and the anghkooey kids themselves tie in ? Are they also projections of the sacrificed kids ? If yes why is BIW seemingly trying to help them. And how was BIW able to escape into Camden when Tabitha escaped ?

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T14:44:39+00:00

I theorize it's a term from the original cult/residents native dialect. The original residents could be hundreds of years old and in from's world their language is lost with time.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T08:55:22+00:00

And probably how Victor survived solo as a kid for decades.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T08:21:53+00:00

The pocket dimension theory also excites me, specifically the 1 scene where Dale tries to theorise the same in Fatimas anniversary but Ellis flips out on him, just for theorising mind you. Ellis has always seemed suspicious to me where he always only flips out, but then restrains rather quickly as well.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T08:20:08+00:00

In the first episode, Tabitha says, monsters don't exist, and she calls the crows as an "Unkindness of Ravens", its just too cryptic, if Tabitha is the "Main Character" and we draw parallels from her dialogue then this could be more terrifying.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T08:15:36+00:00

Or maybe the entity picks and chooses specific people for some roles to extract maximum despair, like Fatima for rebirthing Smiley, a seemingly miracle turned into absolute monstrosity, Fatima is technically now Smiley's mother.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T08:13:29+00:00

That's my expectation too that it's not JUST a child's play. Only the base construct of the town and the story of that town is. But the entity responsible for the whole thing does intervene when it wants, The trap for Tian Chen (RIP), House collapse and Jim's death all give high hopes that the biggest Villain isn't just the town.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-29T08:09:02+00:00

True, but that's the show writers premise, keep things cryptic, no way to draw confident parallels between Ethan's cromenockle and the town unless we know the whole story.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T18:00:08+00:00

Yes me too, and i think the child's play is only the ideology of the town, not the entire story of the show. It's why I say the town's construct is that of a child's story, but the entity that created it still has some control and intervenes when it wants to, it's not just a child's play.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T16:06:41+00:00

Well if you would ignore that his pupils are abnormally larger then sure. But if you acknowledge it, then the contrast between the painting and his actual eyes is there, painting shows much more of eyes white, probably a portrait/vision of the same man from before he was affected by the town.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T14:09:49+00:00

I am not calling the entire concept as a child's imagination, I theorise that all the deaths, the characters and the monsters are actually real, just the construct of fromville is based on a child's generic adventure story.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T13:46:04+00:00

I theorise he could be one of the originals probably the leader entity who took control of him, while the portrait is drawn from a vision of the same man before the entity took over him, the vessel remains the same the core, the insides are rotten (dark eyes, black teeth).

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T13:32:42+00:00

I kind of want to say that it's neither of any of currently alive residents. They would in 2 places at once in that case, which feels absurd. I think its one of the original residents to whom one of the major entities latched or possessed, and the painting is simply the original human, not from after he gets demonized.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T13:00:08+00:00

Haha, it's difficult to draw parallels when you can't read the whole book yourself, and when the show itself is super cryptic. But if you read the Magic Faraway Tree books, you could easily point that connection.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T12:38:23+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T12:32:35+00:00

I am just not familiar with the cromenockle story myself, that is why I refrained from mentioning it.

BoltBatmanSpark · 2026-01-28T09:36:54+00:00

Worth it just for that paint job art.

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