#nos4a2 the hourglass

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To start off the New Year, a collection of NOS4A2 fanart I’ve either needed to finish, never published, or had in mind and needed to create!

1. Millie and Lorrie Manx. Created back in January of last year, never got around to publishing it until almost a whole year later. These vamp babies...

2. Rose X Charlie art. Used a pretty nice reference of a black and white photo of a couple kissing. Reminds me of the summer of 2019 when Charlie stole my heart... Created July of last year.

3. Abe! Who could hate ol’ Honest Abe, the best barkeeper around! I wish we saw more of him... Created July of last year.

4. Charlie hugging Maggie and Vic. Best Creative buddies... yeah right! Created July of last year.

5. Vic and Maggie, the best of friends! Created July of last year.

6. (This one’s the worst, probably cuz my focus was on the guns more than Charlie and Vic, but I did my best). Vic and Charlie having a gun showdown... who’s side are you on? Created August of last year.

7. Maggie x Tabitha art, one of my favorite couples! Created today as of posting this.

8. Lou x Vic art (with Wayne), another one of my favorite couples! When I drew Wayne, I wanted to make him look sort of like how he does in the show, but I also wanted to imply he could also be Lou’s biological child (like he was in the book), so it was dependent on preference, hence why his skin appears sort of mixed. I’m perfectly fine with him being Lou’s or not, because either way, Lou (and Charlie, of course) are the best dads in the whole world! Created today as of writing this.

9. Last but certainly not least, Jonathan Beckett, aka The Hourglass Man or simply The Hourglass. Like Abe, I wish we saw more of his character. Created today as of writing this.

My art is still shit XD But I hope you all enjoy a large collection of art I’ve been lacking on sharing!

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May I have a moment of your time?

Jonathan Beckett AKA The Hourglass Man from NOS4A2 season 2

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I’m reposting this because the original gifset disappeared from the tag and I wanted to add prison John from the deleted scene. 

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'Bing's New Cellmate' Season 2 Finale: Deleted Scene | NOS4A2

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Does anyone else mourn the fact that we never got to see Charlie Manx and Jonathan Beckett interact?  Jonathan is essentially a Charlie Manx fanboy and Paul Schneider even mentioned that he was obsessed with Charlie so I would’ve loved to have seen how their meeting went down.

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The Hourglass and The Oracle

A NOS4A2 Review By: Allyssa J. Watkins

A spiraling staircase A bold fuchsia beauty Lights flicker in your eyes As our energies collide And, Darling, you're starting to get to me......

I'm not your Darling, John Buy a girl a drink first Before you thirst For what you can't get your hands on Throwing my head back with a laugh You're going to fall And it's going to be too fast Who said I was yours to catch? Ask me again And I'll ask you to dance

May I have a moment of your time? I don't need to be a Strong Creative, Dear To tease your mind A turn of the hourglass A trick of the sublime You're like sand through my hands Sifting too fast to touch And it's not enough...... You're the exceptional exception When I say we're hard to love.

Sparks fly Drawing you in I'll make you believe in magic again Fate's siren song calls to the Hourglass Man I guess it's my turn To show you my hand But be forewarned, My Gentleman Friend There's no telling what happens When you open the door to the static You might not want the answer Once you have it Shaking the bag Rolling the Dice A cigarette burn is a more than fair price To watch time drain from the Hourglass' eyes Clutching the hurt As your knife catches my eye Shattering your glass Scattering your sand Close your eyes, You Hopeless Flirt This is me, skipping dessert I gotta say you put up one hell of a fight Say goodnight, John You've run out of time

CHECK. FREAKING. MATE!!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, the MATCH has been called, and the Hourglass didn't stand a chance against the Woman of the Hour, Our Dauntless Oracle, and very own, Miss Margaret Leigh!!! My GOD, Maggie seized her time to shine in a dazzling foray of sultry seduction, and deadly spectacle, and while it may have been The Hourglass' last bow, it was the iridescent ORACLE who stole the show, and she alone deserves our standing ovation!!! I LOVED this episode, beginning to end, the intrigue, the sleek deception, the intense human drama, all beautifully intertwined in this beguiling game within a game, a chess match of like-minded Creative prowess!!! Brava, Miss Leigh, and bravissimo, NOS4A2, for spoiling us yet again!!! "The Hourglass," is a violin overture of vulnerable human moments, and intellectual powerplays, reaching the fever pitch of the most ghastly, scream-bloody-murder cliff hangar of the entire series.

Where last week Charlie was the blunt force trauma, the pounding hammer, smashing everyone and everything in his path to Wayne, Maggie is the stealth strike, the seductively wielded scalpel, removing Charlie's secret weapon with lethal precision, after he proves to be the more immediate threat to her best friend, now that Charlie's absconded with her son. She's a force to be reckoned with, a fuchsia femme fatale, as lovely as she is deadly, the perfect rosé of coy and coquettish as she flirts with time and death itself. It was her finest hour, hands down, and I LOVED that NOS4A2 gave her the spotlight, and that she literally KILLED, leaving us begging for more.

Stop me if you've heard this one before. Two Strong Creatives walk into a bar........ Like an ingenue reminiscent of Old Hollywood, with every lilac strand of her rebellious florescence pinned in place, Maggie descends the long, spiral staircase, sending the lights to flicker, and drawing the eye of an instantly intrigued, Mr. Hourglass. I must say, The Hourglass Man's smooth, and tenacious pursuit of our Maggie, was a FANTASTIC blindsight, a surprise I never saw coming!!! Where I expected a smouldering duel to the death as soon as their eyes met, knives flying, I found myself drawn instead, irresistibly into the tantalizing tango between the two of them. Their witty repartee was both sparkling, and sharp-edged, as John advanced, and Maggie countered, playing hard to get, while secretly drawing him in. It's thrilling to watch, marveling at these seemingly unlikely lovers, and yet, with each move and countermove, I could see how much they thought alike, both crafty intellectuals, who knew how to play the game, and how to win.

"We're hard to love. People fall for us because of our abilities, but they always come to fear the very thing that drew them in. They tell us to tone it down, betray our gifts, like declawing a cat. It's cruel."

This is my favourite line in the entire episode, it struck me straight to the heart, tears in my eyes, overwhelmed by its tragic beauty and excruciating truth. It's also the one time that Maggie's smoky-eyed seductive veil slips, and she lets herself feel something very real. In that moment, as fleeting as it is, there are no sides, no waiting plots, or poised vendettas. There are two Strong Creatives, two kindred supernatural beings with very human feelings. Victims of their own gifts, with universal wants, and desires. Powers greater than their wildest dreams, but at what cost? In this moment, Maggie cares about John, connects with him, because she feels these words burn emblazoned, even hotter than the cigarette he's about to press into her arm.

Two Strong Creatives walk into a bar....... and only one comes out alive. These two take, "Get a room," to a whole new level!!! "I'm not going to hurt you, unless you want me to........." John says smoothly, before pressing a lit cigarette into Maggie's arm, telling her to harness the pain, let it consume her, until it's all she knows, and then whispers his question like a sweet nothing in her ear, nuzzling her close. John, with all of his scheming predilections and parlor tricks has found a way to cheat the Strong Creative check when it comes due. In event of seizures, or memory loss, you can hurt yourself...... or hurt someone else. I had always secretly suspected this proviso, I even wrote it into my own NOS4A2 Series, that my character's compassion gets punished by unknowingly hurting someone else, every time she uses her gift, but seeing John's shocking demonstration, breathing in with explicit pleasure as he burns her, watching Maggie's big brown eyes spark, both excited, and relieved that she can hurt herself and still use her powers, was an absolute ordeal. I have a feeling Maggie just discovered a dangerous new addiction........

Speaking of ordeals........ John shatters a glass table, ready to kill the messenger, when he doesn't get the answer that he wants, the fates formally denying his request for immortality. And it is here, in the midst of his ruffled, heartbroken, rage, that the events deviated dramatically from my own predictions. I thought Charlie had promised him immortality in exchange for killing Vic McQueen, and that Maggie had unwittingly unmasked this betrayal, proving Charlie had lied, offering the Creative Holy Grail that he intended to keep for himself. Immortality, apparently a non-transferrable work benefit. With our slighted Hourglass primed for revenge, and his particular fascination for Maggie, I thought for sure she'd be able to turn him against Charlie, brandish the Hourglass against his new business partner, rallying him to Vic's cause, and more or less, have him join Team McQueen to take Manx down once and for all.

I was wrong...... So, so wrong. I don't think any of us saw what was coming....... "It's rare I get such a hands on opportunity," John rasps, once he finds his stolen knife in Maggie's bag, teasing seduction climaxing into a crime of passion, as the two of them scrapple and scrape for the hourglass. "Sweetheart, give up. You're not getting out of here alive." Maggie gets choked, hurled over the shattered glass table, but you can't keep a good girl down, and The Hourglass is no Charlie Manx. "I tried to warn you, John, my tiles are never wrong." Maggie thrusts a shard of glass up into the Hourglass Man's heart, and with an anguished, hopeless cry he watches her stomp his knife into the ground, coming down on it hard, leaving nothing but shattered glass, and scattered sand. WOW........ I am speechless. I have to admit, I did not expect Charlie's new player and point man to be vanquished this early in the game, as awestruck as I am by this new fearless facet of Maggie's unique brilliance. She was elegant, badass, and beautiful, and I'm so glad he's dead, but I don't know....... I felt like his death was his third and final disappointment. Sorry John, we'll always have Parnassus.

Oh my God, if Maggie was this episode's Oscar Winner for Best Actress, Linda Freaking McQueen WINS for Best Supporting Actress!!!! She's the other sassy heroine of "The Hourglass," mouthing off to FBI agents like nobody's business, and it is SENSATIONAL!!!! "What does FBI stand for, huh? Failed. Bad. Incompetent? We're Americans!!! My husband works for the postal service, I go to CHURCH!!! Do better!!!" You TELL 'EM Linda!!! She's a delight in every scene she's in, standing up to the suits, and telling them what's what!!! She's had it with these big, fancy, feds not protecting her daughter, and she ain't afraid to get vocal about it. Aaaaaah and the whole conversation with her and Chris was AMAZING!!! There is something so fascinating about two hard knock realists, two complete skeptics talking about the possibility of the Supernatural.

"There's a difference between special, Chris, and magic. Our daughter ain't magic."

"How would you know?"

"Because I wiped her snotty nose, for Christ's sake!!! What kind of mother misses something like that?"

"The kind that's too busy hiding bruises and paying bills to look up."

Linda's emphatic disbelief is so perfect, and I just love the way she says that, "Our daughter ain't magic!" I also love how Chris is starting to believe in Vic, and it's that burgeoning faith in his daughter's abilities that makes Linda start to wonder if maybe her daughter could be magic. Chris owning up to his past mistakes, and blaming himself, for his wife's oversight, was such a bittersweet moment too, wanting so badly to let her off the hook. He's changed, they both have, and I couldn't be more proud. Another beautifully human moment that I really loved was between her and Vic, and here we finally find out why the McQueen women can't be close to each other. "I never felt that you needed me." It's a rare, deeply insightful look into Linda's heart, a vulnerable truth, and I feel like I know them both even better through it. Linda needs to be needed, she needs to have somebody to take care of, somebody that relies on her, and with a drunk, philandering husband who sought comfort elsewhere, and a fiercely independent daughter, Linda had no one. She felt listless, without purpose, and thus drowned her sorrows with a tipped back bottle.

The scene with Vic and Lou cuddling in his hospital bed also strikes a chord in this veritable symphony of human emotion, and with every new episode, I ship Team McCarmody even harder!!! Lou with a stint in his heart, and Vic with a concussion, and injured spleen, have this impossibly sweet moment, in the midst of the aftermath and ever-present horror of the abduction of their son. I love how they anchor each other, try to calm each other down, and still manage to make each other laugh.

"Han Solo ain't half the mechanic as Lou Carmody."

"Did you- Did you just refer to yourself in the third person...... and rate yourself....... ABOVE Han Solo?"

Vic's laugh in that moment is so pure, and a much needed relief, as she holds onto the love, the teddy bear of a man, that Charlie couldn't take from her, and in that moment, she decides to focus on what she has left, even while fighting for what she has lost. I'm reminded of a quote from my other favourite show, HEROES. "We're human first, and heroes second."

Charlie may take a back seat this episode, but he is still a coaxing, debonair presence with a teasing linger, and not without another clever trick up his sleeve. "There is no need to hide your cellular telephone from me, My Boy," He coos as Wayne fumbles to sneak a call to his Mom. I was SHOCKED when Charlie urged Young Bats to do just that, call his mother. "What kind of MONSTER do you take me for?" He asks silkily, feigning indignance, and with bated breath, we wait as the phone rings, and rings, and rings...... No way in HELL is Vic not taking that call, and yet, Young Master Wayne hangs his wildly curly head, defeated, as the call goes unanswered. "She's a real heartbreaker, your mother...... isn't she? Never there for you, no matter how good you are. It's not personal, Wayne. In the end Vic McQueen cares only for herself and no one else," Charlie chortles, and he knows it's working....... bit by bit, he means to turn his new favourite charge, against his own mother, convince him of her neglect and indifference. My theory? Charlie can block calls using his creative power, which would explain how he's avoided capture, and the FBI's modern trappings for so long. You sneaky, sneaky boy!!!

OH HELLO CRAIG!!!! Yes, you read that right...... CRAIG, Wayne's father who burned to death in the Wraith, like a ghastly apparition appears to his son, with singed skin, and glazed over eyes. At first I thought this was Charlie manipulating Wayne, showing what his mother did to his father, and how he wasn't ever going to be safe with her, but to my own astonishment, Charlie could not see him!!! Craig encourages Wayne, tells him Charlie's lying, gives him hope, and insists she's coming for him. I thought that was a spectacular, wide-eyed SHOCK that came out of thin air, and I couldn't help but think about how Cassie appeared to her daughter in this same way........ Hmmm can children, if they are Strong Creatives themselves, see the parents they have lost at the hands of Charlie Manx? Curiouser and curiouser........

My breath caught, everything going numb, when that bloody tooth fell out in Wayne's tiny hand. I LOVE that little boy with all my heart and soul, and I'm sorry, Charlie, but I do NOT want him to become a vampire!!! Wayne starts to change in other ways too, playing with a butterfly, as his usual cheerful self, adorably naming him Sunny, before killing it, ripping it into shreds, his sweet little face devoid of any emotion. WHAT!? I had chills like crazy, and I felt heartsick. I don't know though, did anybody else think that butterfly looked strange, almost not quite real? The way the Wraith rolled down the window to let it in...... It makes me wonder if this didn't just happen in Wayne's mind.

I did notice though, how long it took for the Wraith to siphon off Wayne's youth to heal the nasty gash on Charlie's cheek. Even Charlie starts to worry, checking the mirror again and again, only to find it slightly healed, and it's not until the near end of the episode that he looks one more time, nails resting on the side of his head, sighing into his hand with relief, when he sees his once again flawless visage staring back. It's like Wayne is fighting the car, slowing down its effects, because no child has gone this long without turning!!! All exciting further proof that Wayne HAS to be a Strong Creative!!! I also love how Charlie continues to be the perfect, doting father figure, ever so careful and patient with Wayne, and I just melted, with a besotted sigh when he asked him if he had to use the water closet!" That was precious!!! Also, my new FAVOURITE thing ever, is Charlie click-clacking his long, gorgeous nails along the Wraith's windows as he walks past it!!! Dear GOD, Handsome, WHAT are you doing to me!?

THAT ending though........ I'm crying....... I SOBBED, I'm so not okay. What the freaking HELL.........!?!? Just as we're all having cozy Charlie and Wayne feelings, fawning over them both, that DAMNED BASTARD Bing Partridge comes out of NOWHERE surprising our dashing vampire, shoving the gas hose in his face, and he goes down HARD!!!! Once he's disabled the Wraith, he abducts Charlie, and leaves Wayne behind. It's blood-curdling to watch....... knowing what horrors Bing has already committed, and what dark intention he holds for his once upon a time hero, now that Charlie's left him to die. I'm freaking scared. I was hyperventilating, and full of murderous fury even hours after the episode had ended. The wait for next week is going to hit a lot different, after that cruel cliff-hanger, and I can only hope Charlie can dangle Christmasland in an effort to thwart Bing's fat, homicidal hand. Bing Partridge, you hateful Son of a BITCH, if you disturb so much as one strand of Charlie's beautiful raven hair, I'm gonna KILL you SO DEAD!!! Time's run out for the Hourglass, will another of Vic's foes meet the same fate? Bing Partridge must DIE!!! Somebody......... SAVE CHARLIE MANX!!!!!

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NOS4A2 thoughts

Charlie is a dick and I’d better not go to AO3 and find people shipping him with Vic because ew and no

Boo for the last episodes of first season trend of let’s kill people(Craig was nice and deserved better but eh)

Was not prepared for Vic turning from a sweet teenager to a complete tatooed badass in season 2 and I mean she is a mess and she is having issues TM but can you really blame her?

On that note if people could stop being little shits to a girl who has PTSD and has all the reasons to have it it would be great

If Maggie dies I will kill someone istg(also her taking down The Hourglass? Yes. More of that.) Tabitha can stay too if she plays nice and doesn’t go all ‘don’t use your magic on her’ again

I can’t stand Charlie but the kids... well. I hope they get away somehow in the end. Preferably not with all of them dying for good. Millie is nice and if Vic could adopt her I mean I wouldn’t be opposed to that (I know they hate eachother right now but I could see them team up once Millie realizes her dad’s a dick)

Team Carqueen for the win (and yes that’s what I’m calling them, Carmody is just too onesided xD). Lou is a good guy (except for that shit he pulled with Vic one day, but eh.).

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Happy Mischief Night!

I’m on Lo Loestrin Fe for my ovarian cysts. I’ve been in pain since July 15th but it’s greatly subsided because I know the cause of it now! My period started on October 1st after skipping August and September entirely, maybe because October’s my favorite month and fall calms me lol. It also lasted thirteen days. Am I breaking out because I’m on the pill, or because I ate like three chocolate bars and a key lime pie this month? The only time I eat sweets is when I’m menstruating or it’s a holiday. 

My next gyne appointment is in late November and I wonder if I’m going to have to have a laparoscopy, ugh. I haven’t been able to do abdominal exercises since mid-July. Swimming was out of the question because of covidiots. :/ I also need to schedule my wisdom teeth removal.

The rest of this post is about the Ginger Snaps trilogy because I felt that series deserved its own review post. (Even if it’s short.) I haven’t written one of those in a while! There are so many notes on my phone from all the horror movies I ‘ve watched this year. These notes are from months ago so hopefully I remembered everything correctly lol.

Ginger Snaps

Less than two minutes in and a doggy died. But the rest of the franchise makes up for it. The first two are some of the few chick flicks I really like, alongside Carrie, Gone Girl, and Heathers. Brigitte is one of my favorite types of goth characters. You don’t require heavy makeup, all-black clothing, or to wear certain brands. Sometimes all you need are skeleton accessories, mostly black clothing, a dark soundtrack, and of course morbid interests. (The bone pens were so cute!) The Fitzgerald sisters’ fascination with gruesome deaths could be off-putting, but pre-lycanthropy they seemed like they had promising photography careers. 

Ginger and Brigitte’s mom was truly ride-or-die until the end. A deleted scene has her take the blame for the killings. I wish first period cakes were the norm. In a way I got one, because I reached menarche a week before my twelfth birthday. At first I thought the girls were fraternal twins. The silver belly button ring insertion was like a hardcore version of the earlobe piercing scene from The Parent Trap. Ginger Snaps is like a dark inversion of that movie, sortakindanotreally, where the sisters grow farther apart. At the end, they are without their parents. Not because the protagonists are left orphans, but because they felt like they couldn’t tell Mom and/or Dad about the paranormal aspects of Ginger’s belated puberty. Again, if you like Carrie, check this out. 

For a guy with three sisters, Jason sure was a d-bag towards girls. I like how he just walked off with a syringe in his neck. The audience never learns what happens to him. We never learn the identity of the male wolf from Unleashed, but the creators say it wasn’t him or Sam. 

There’s also some excellent dark humor. On hiding bully Trina’s body: “Shallow grave? I don’t know, just seems appropriate. Also, “I can see your gaunch!” Apparently that’s Canadian slang. 

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

The first sequel I actually liked more than the original. I plopped it on my fave horror movie list. 

Getting hit on by someone who works at a place you frequent is not usually pleasant. Jeremy was kind-hearted, at least. Too bad Brigitte’s admirer had to off him. Okay, I can’t remember why, but I thought Dr. Brookner was a pervo like Tyler. Tyler’s a horrible person, but a great character. Because he took sex/ual advantage of young addicts, but looked out for Ghost. Again, horrible person, but his character showed you can’t clock a rapist 24/7. Unleashed is also great because it passed the Bechdel test without making a big deal about it. It’s just organic. Female characters talking to each other. 

As I said before, we never learned the Best of Bailey Down nor the stalker’s identity, but it made the movies feel more realistic, not having all the answers. “Beautiful” by Joydrop was a fitting credit song, because it describes Ginger and Brigitte’s relationship prior to the former’s death. 

Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning 

While this wasn’t as enjoyable as the first two, it’s definitely one of the better pieces of werewolf media I’ve consumed. The Beginning is basically a historical AU, although I think Brendan Fletcher is the only “original” actor besides Perkins and Isabelle.

This movie and THIR13EN Ghosts taught me JR Bourne was born to play a DILF. Teen Wolf introduced me to him, so I was already in love when I got to daddy Russell Lightbourne from The 100. (I have to catch up on season seven, now that it's finally on Netflix. I was having trouble accessing On Demand for a few days, when it took NOS4A2’s second season off. Darn it. The hourglass dude is hot. Still gonna write for it.) Bourne just ages so well. DADDY.

Song of the Day: “Halloween” by Aqua.

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holly sht this season going to be great.  *SPOILER* Episode 6 - The Hourglass

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NOS4A2 Showrunner Breaks Down Season 2 Ending and Teases What’s Next

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The following contains spoilers for NOS4A2 season 2.

The first season of NOS4A2 ended with ambiguity. Charlie Manx is left injured and brain-dead, permanently trapped in the hospital. Vic McQueen discovers that she’s pregnant, putting a damper on her attempts to escape Haverhill and her old life. Bing Partridge is on the run from the cops, Manx’s partner in crime now left without a boss and with the authorities nipping at his heels. If the show stopped there, there’d be hanging threads, but there was confidence enough that evil was stopped, until it’s shown that a well-meaning mechanic bought the burnt hulk of the Wraith and has started to lovingly restore Charlie Manx’s murder-mobile. With a little help from Bing, Manx’s Wraith is back in action and Manx himself is able to staple himself together and get back to his evil ways.

NOS4A2 season 2 doesn’t end on such an ambiguous note. Charlie Manx’s Inscape is shattered beyond repair. The children of Christmasland have been rounded up by the authorities and either returned to family members or put into the foster care system. The Wraith is a mangled-up cube. Charlie Manx is a bloated corpse fished out of a river and cremated. Bing Partridge is in prison. Wayne is back in the custody of his loving parents. 

And yet, not all is right with the world.

From the midway point of the season two finale episode, “Bats,” NOS4A2 showrunner Jami O’Brien and the show’s creative team are hard at work preparing for the show’s third season, and possibly beyond. The universe of NOS4A2 is broader and deep; there are whole worlds out there just waiting to be explored. There also remain hanging plot threads from season two just itching to be grasped and pulled.

Maggie’s Magical Mystery Tour.

The final moments of the finale see Maggie heading back to the hotel where she bested the Hourglass Man, and rather than hang out at the bar or go up to the suite, she hops into the elevator and descends into the basement thanks to a tip from her tiles. She’s seen Vic’s Bridge and Charlie’s Christmasland, and now she’s looking to explore the rest of the world of thought.

Said executive producer and showrunner Jami O’Brien, “The novel hints at a much broader world than Vic and Charlie. Joe Hill makes a point of saying in the novel that there are many Strong Creatives and many Inscapes. Some of those folks and places are positive like Vic and Maggie and some are not, like Charlie and the Hourglass Man. I think it would be really exciting to meet more Strong Creatives. We see Maggie going down that elevator; I’m curious to know where she winds up. And I personally would love to see her taking on larger adventures in the world of thought. She, as a character, is excited to do that.”

What little that has been revealed of the greater world of thought hasn’t always been positive. Christmasland was, essentially, Santa’s nightmare. The Night Road and Parnassus weren’t exactly a drive through the countryside to Grandmother’s house, and Abe and Snake weren’t exactly friendly faces. Charlie says that to even make it to Parnassus reveals a darker side to a Strong Creative, and exploring that darker side could make for some interesting, harrowing journeys for Maggie and Vic.

Bruce Wayne McQueen’s Return to Reality.

“Bats” shows just how difficult of a time Bruce Wayne McQueen is having returning to a normal life. No more sugar for dinner, no more sleigh coaster, no more freedom from the aggravation of every-day life. He was only in Christmasland for a few days or weeks at most. If Wayne is having a hard time, the dozens of other children saved from Christmasland must also be struggling, particularly those kids left with only foster care as their option. Tabitha mentions that difficulty in passing in conversation with Maggie, bringing up how some of the kids are untrustworthy, and Wayne himself is good evidence of that based on his erratic behavior.

That difficulty adjusting isn’t going to go away in the break between seasons, says O’Brien, and the draw of Christmasland isn’t just a passing phase for Bats.

“Wayne’s longing for Christmasland comes from having been there and having seen the wonders and horrors of it. I think like Vic, Wayne has been affected by his encounter with Charlie Manx and with Christmasland. It is a more difficult to shake that off than one would like.”

Wayne wants nothing more than to be back in Christmasland. He might not say it out loud, but it’s reflected in his behaviors (like hiding food and not eating) and in his artwork, where Wayne draws a loving picture of himself and a very specific playmate back at a rebuilt, refurbished Christmasland. There’s only one person out in the world that understands what Wayne feels and what Wayne is missing, and she’s the third hanging thread aching to be weaved into NOS4A2 season 3.

Teenager Tartar a la Millie Manx.

Millie Manx, as played by Mattea Conforti, has become one of the show’s most visually distinctive characters. The little girl dresses like a tin soldier, leading the other children through merry games of Scissors for the Drifter while waving around a razor-sharp cutlass. She is Charlie Manx’s first and only daughter – the child who put the seed of Christmasland into her father’s mind over years of bedtime stories and wild flights of fancy in lieu of actual parenting. She is also the razor-teethed monster who stalks the woods of Colorado, savagely attacking teenagers seeking cheap thrills near the ruins of the Manx manse. 

There’s more to come from Millie in the third season, should the show get one. 

“Millie Manx is still out there and there’s a relationship hinted at between her and Wayne. So that’s something that I think is interesting and I would love to explore further as well.” O’Brien says, “Mattea Conforti is just so great. I love her and I love the character of Millie Manx. I think the only thing that’s scarier than 140 year old vampire, is a tween girl who’s on the loose. I’m excited by Millie.”

Millie is trapped in a world she does not understand and is cold, lonely, and hungry. When she was the only child in Christmasland, Charlie Manx promised to bring her friends, and he did so. The last of Millie’s new friends, Wayne, is the first friend she has on the other side of Christmasland’s gates. Just how far will Wayne go to get back to Christmasland? How far will Millie go to escape the hell of the modern world? Just what sorts of hijinks will the two of them get up to together when they inevitably meet again? 

That all depends on just how strong her grudge is against Vic McQueen, and how badly Wayne wants to get back to Christmasland.

The source material behind NOS4A2 is deep enough and rich enough to support a world of more than just Charlie Manx, even if Manx’s influence will continue to be felt. Manx might have been cremated, and the Wraith crushed into a cube, but there’s no true way to stop a horror movie villain, particularly one as powerful and evil as Manx. Maggie and Vic have adventures on the table before them, provided they can finally put the past behind them. Millie Manx might not let that be easy.

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NOS4A2 - The Hourglass - Review https://www.spoilertv.com/2020/07/nos4a2-hourglass-review.html

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I just watched NOS4A2 2x06 "The Hourglass"

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Happy New Years Eve! I’m hoping this next year will be brighter and healthier than the last has been! Ily all sm! 💖💞

It’s been a while since I’ve done or posted a traditional drawing. Here are the pony versions of Maggie, Charlie, and Vic: Scrabble Tiles, Candy Cane Fangs, and Lost n’ Found.

In this MLP/NOS4A2 crossover, ponies, like humans, can be born as Strong Creatives. They exhibit all of the same abilities and the like. The only notable difference is that Creative ponies earn their cutie marks at a later rate than most ponies. Once they unlock their abilities, they earn their cutie marks.

Scrabble Tiles is a book loving unicorn who once lived with her mom, who was crazy about religion. She earned her name because when she was first brought home from the hospital, she loved to play with the Scrabble tiles on the board game. This love stuck with her even as she matured. She liked to carry them with her in a pretty purple bag. Scrabble also loved to try to find the truth when it came to the world, as she was restricted to religion as answers thanks to her mother. Throughout her life, she’s avoided her mother to the best of her ability, especially since she isn’t accepting of Scrabble being a lesbian. When she realized she was a Strong Creative, Scrabble was playing with her tiles when she decided to try something new: ask them if they could help her find her purpose in the world. She randomly moved them around to form words, but that’s when something sparked in her magic, something she never felt before... her Creative abilities unlocked and words spelling out, “Creative” were just beneath her hooves. She noticed a sensation on her flank, and that’s when she earned her cutie mark. Her drawback to using her abilities is her stutter. Scrabble Tiles lives in her library, where one can often find her reading or being with her cop girlfriend, a Pegasus named Justice Wings, or Lost n’ Found, her best friend.

Lost n’ Found is a tough Pegasus with a rough family. Her dad, a Pegasus named Gritty Nails, and her mom, an Earth pony named Stone Hooves, didn’t get along the best and had many issues. She earned her name because she liked to wander away a lot, especially when her parents fought, so she was always “Lost n’ Found.” This name would take on a whole other meaning when she discovered her Creative abilities. Like her dad, she loved flying fast on her wings, and she used it as an escape. One day, when she was flying fast, she found a bridge that wasn’t there in the real world, but it projected from her mind. Through this bridge, she could find lost things. The first object she ever found was a lost watch. When she came back from the bridge, she earned her cutie mark. This is known as The Shorter Way bridge. Her drawback is her one eye bleeding and feeling sick. Her wings also feel painful for a bit. Later on in her life, she falls for an Earth pony named Warm Heart, and has an Earth pony son named Bats. You can usually find her flying fast, finding lost objects, reading comics, and spending time with Warm Heart, Bats, or Scrabble Tiles, her best friend. She tries her best to work out the rough relationship she has with her parents.

Candy Cane Fangs was born an Earth pony in a small town in Coltorado... 135 years ago. He earned his name when his abusive whore mother described his growing teeth as “sweet little candy canes to some, but fangs to me, the little vamp pony.” His father left when he was a few days born and was found in bed with another mare. Her stallion came home and shot him dead, where he died in his new girlfriend’s arms. Candy Cane Fangs was left on his own a lot and slept in a coffin bed in the back of the inn and mortuary he lived in with his mother. Candy Cane’s greatest Christmas gift was the Fantom Sled he bought with his own money he saved up from drawing the hearses in funeral processions. As he grew older, the pony often noticed an odd static in the sky, and as he played on his sled, odder and odder things would happen. One day, when Candy Cane was playing, a stallion, unsatisfied with Candy Cane’s mother’s “services,” decided he would do unspeakable things to the poor colt. When Candy Cane managed to escape, he hit a tree, and his powers unlocked for the first time (but not to their fullest extent, hence why he didn’t earn his cutie mark yet). He snapped and killed the stallion who hurt him, the owners of the inn and mortuary, and his mother, with the blades of his sled. He left Coltorado and ended up in Dodge Junction, where he worked as a chauffeur pony.

During the 1920’s, he met Golden Princess, a richer Earth pony. To celebrate her birthday, her family took her to see the Wonderbolts show and to go see a movie. Since her father was too scared to go on an airplane to “fly” with the Wonderbolts, Candy Cane volunteered to go with Golden Princess. He realized that he was in love with her, and she realized she was in love with him. Their first date was that same day, when the two of them and her family went to see a movie about a vampire pony named Nosferatu. Within the next year, they got married and had two Earth pony fillies, Nutcracker and Silver Bell. They lived a comfortable life thanks to Golden Princess’s father’s money, but once the stock market crashed, he lost everything. Their family especially lost everything thanks to her father falling down the stairs in a daze when he found out the news about losing everything.

Forced to live on a farm, Candy Cane did his best to work hard for his family, but Golden Princess grew to despise him, becoming abusive. She even hated the fillies and would sometimes mistreat them. One day, Candy Cane Fangs was conned into believing a place called Christmasland existed through a tricky pony named Nick LeMark. He spent a bunch of money to own two-and-a-half percent of it, and even bought a fancy black carriage known as The Wraith. He convinced Golden Princess everything would be okay, but while he was traveling back to Coltorado where Christmasland supposedly was, Golden Princess began to grow mean again. Slowly, Candy Cane’s attachment to the Wraith sparked something inside of him, and his Creative powers were starting to spark up again, and this time, they were stronger. He was beginning to transform into a vampire pony, alongside Nutcracker and Silver Bell, who turned on Golden Princess and ate her. When Candy Cane found out Christmasland was fake, his mind snapped beyond his control. Completely by instinct, he ran with all his might, anticipating to end himself and his fillies by running into a mountain, but instead they were teleported to... Christmasland. It became real through Candy Cane’s mind! He realized he and the fillies became vampire ponies, and he had earned his cutie mark! When he discovered the Graveyard of What Might Be, he discovered a way to find foals who are abused by their parents that he can save, make vampire ponies, and take to Christmasland. This is what Candy Cane has been doing for many years.

Candy Cane Fangs, also the strongest Strong Creative there is, enjoys reading books, celebrating Christmas, spending time with his vamp foals, and searching for the perfect mare to be his Mother Christmas to his Father Christmas. His relationship with a Creative Earth pony named Jazzie July, who’s abilities were harbored through her roller skates, failed miserably. His best friend is a unicorn named Brewski Trots, the second most powerful Creative. Sandy Hooves, another Strong Creative unicorn nicknamed “The Hourglass,” looks up to him and wishes to be just like him.

Welcome to My Little Strong Creative: Imagination is Magic.

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed and have a (better and healthier) New Year!

[wastedshadowsofthelight]

Just Jonathan Beckett things ⌛

[welcometochristmasland]

Paul Schneider as Jonathan Beckett (The Hourglass Man) NOS4A2 Season 2, Episode 5 "Bruce Wayne McQueen"

Photo Credit: Jojo Whilden/AMC

[blushingkate]

Does anyone else mourn the fact that we never got to see Charlie Manx and Jonathan Beckett interact?  Jonathan is essentially a Charlie Manx fanboy and Paul Schneider even mentioned that he was obsessed with Charlie so I would’ve loved to have seen how their meeting went down.

[pirathotten]

I'm watching NOS4A2 2x06 "The Hourglass"