Line #7 NightmareFuel/Hogfather

Context NightmareFuel / Hogfather

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1	* Jonathan Teatime. He's creepy enough when he's just terrifying Assassins and nailing dogs to the ceiling with that cheerful PsychopathicManchild smile, but as the plot goes on he starts manifesting very subtle supernatural powers...
2	** His depiction in the live-action movie reads like a rather AxCrazy [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]].
3	** Even more dangerous is that by having control over the belief of all children, due to how Discworld works, this essentially makes him a ''RealityWarper'' if his plan succeeded.
4	* ''Hogfather'' is also notable for thematic exploration of normal NightmareFuel -- as an EldritchLocation starts fighting back against Teatime's crew, more and more of them start to see manifestations of their irrational childhood fears. Except that those fears are now real and quite capable of killing them.
5	** Possibly the most horrifying of these nightmares is the Scissor Man, who could be easily described as a ''Velociraptor made out of scissors.''
6	** Catseye's end is also particularly disturbing. He's dragged into the ceiling by living shadows from the cellar he used to be locked in as a child.
7	* The TV adaptation made the ghost of Ma Lilywhite pants-wettingly terrifying.
8	* "It only kills monsters". It's horrifying to read, simply because we're dealing with a human monster -- and the children recognized that.
9	* The fact that Discworld is apparently ''crawling'' with bogeymen, Scissor Men, bears that appear if you step on sidewalk cracks, and other childhood terrors, that adults can't see but ''their child victims '''can'''''. Even if they're only there to ''scare'' kids to feed off their fears rather than to harm them physically, it's a horrifying thought to consider what the nights are like for children who ''don't'' have Death's granddaughter for a governess.
10	** Back in ''Literature/WyrdSisters'', it's mentioned that Nanny Ogg encourages her grandchildren to believe that monsters from the dawn of time lurk inside the big cistern in her laundry room. If ''Hogfather'' is any indication, they ''really do''.

Context NightmareFuel / Hogfather