beauty and terror

I think the creatures - and Smiley particularly - are just as much in the dark when it comes to the consequences of his resurrection as Fatima and the rest of Fromville is. As far as we know, none of them have ever been killed before, therefore none of them have ever gone through that process.

And we can see (just as Fatima told everyone!) that there is a real connection of some kind between them that I don't think anyone was prepared for.

That's the face of an evil creature of the night who is mightily confused as to how he was made to stop. Which now makes me wonder ...

Could Fatima potentially control Smiley?

Tabitha's past life was a witch.

There are people asking 'what happens if you just go around the tree?' which as a motorcyclist, is something I have thought about because I would do that. It would take a bit of skill but it could be done.

But I think that even if you got around the tree, you would just come upon the same tree again and again until you turned back because - according to another theory I've seen on tiktok - you have actually already arrived in Fromville before you reach the tree.

It was pointed out that when the Stevens family first arrive, at the 8:01 mark of S01E08, Broken Windows, Open Doors, there is a weird glitch in the scenery. I've tried to break it down in pictures -

It also happens at the exact moment Boyd talks about a 'smooth transition' and is very startling when you know what you're looking for. The background repeats even as the car is speeding along.

How could they not bring up the glove???

I mean, the angst of it, there could've been something like -

"And then I found the glove, one I would recognize anywhere as I have carried its twin with me ever since that night. Both of which you left behind in your hurry to leave me."

Releasing the season in chucks is not it, simply because it doesn't allow the fandom to breathe. For any kind of story, particularly romantic, I feel that weekly is best. The suspense, the anticipation, the buildup, it's all necessary to keeping fandom alive. Famine and feast is not it.

Weekly could allow artists to work on their craft without the pressure to binge something immediately, and then languish for a month. People would be free to talk about it at length without the fear that not everyone has binged it yet. There wouldn't be this sense of urgency to consume the media, but rather to just enjoy it in reasonable installments. Just look at Heated Rivalry.

'Water-cooler shows' were the best - because everyone would watch one episode a week, then chat about it 'around the water-cooler'. It was communal.