The Golem and Dolls
We saw the evil counterpart where the villager was creeped out by the dolls and want them gone. This was his fear. So the dolls came back big and evil.
Fatima is making the golem because she has hope that it means something and she’s actively working against the evil.
If I were writing this show I would establish this concept in one episode and have it pay off a few episodes later.
Boyd will make the connection that they have to be hopeful to fight back. Another contingent would thing they have to use fear to fight back. And that’s where the tearing apart comes in. The fear faction will probably try to will something into existence to fight the monsters but it will backfire.