Thread:AustinDR/@comment-24859393-20160621040118/@comment-2175012-20160621163348

Well, for one, there's the issue on whether or not he cared for Jim. I was talking to another user, and I came to the conclusion that he loved the idea of him becoming his son, rather than the other way around. The Autumn People grant wishes designed to screw people over, so Dark is essentially making him into his mindless slave. That, and there's several times in the film that he tried to brutally murder the two boys, and tasked the Dust Witch to give them horrific nightmares.

What I'm concerned about has to do with the fact that it seems that his actions are easily undone; I mean, he gets destroyed by lightning hitting the carousel, and that frees everyone from his control, the carnival gets swept away by the wind, etc.