Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Pakutanga, Holopainen ainyanya kunyora nezvenyaya dzengano uye dzekufungidzira, uye kazhinji aishandisa mareferenzi ku "metaphysics uye zvisikwa". Nhau dzokufungidzira zvikurukuru dzinopesvedzera zvikuru mashoko aNightwish. Nziyo dzakadai se"Wishmaster", "Elvenpath", uye "Wanderlust" dzinotaura zvakajeka nezvenyaya dzokufungidzira, munyaya iyi Dragonlance series uye J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. "FantasMic" kubva kuWishmaster mutero wakananga kuna Walt Disney uye mafirimu eDisney animated, ayo Holopainen akataura kuti ari pakati pesimba rake. Dark Passion Play yakaratidza kudzoka kumusoro wenyaya wekufungidzira nenziyo dzakadai se "Sahara", "Ani naani Anounza Husiku" uye "Mazuva manomwe kuWolf", iyo yakavakirwa zvakasununguka paStephen King novel Wolves yeCalla, bhuku rechishanu muRima Shongwe dzakateedzana. Rwiyo The Poet and the Pendulum's chikamu chokutanga chinonzi "The White Lands of Empathica", iyo inoreva bhuku rechinomwe muThe Dark Tower series. "Dead Boy's Poem" kubva kuWishmaster ibasa rinosiririsa, iro Holopainen anodana kuti "nhaka yake uye [...] testamente yenyika yose. [...] Ndaida kuimba rwiyo urwu ndisati ndafa nokuti ndaida kuudza nyika yose zvandinofunga uye zvandinonzwa. Inoratidza zvakawanda nezvangu". Kukura kwomunhu oga kwakava kunotova pachena zvikuru paWishmaster-mutsivi weCentury Child. Turunen anofunga kuti mazwi haachatauri "nenyika yezviroto yatakange tajaira, asi nehupenyu hwehupenyu. " "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" (muChirungu, "Rufu Runoita Nyanzvi") kubva kuKare rinotsanangura chiitiko chekurasikirwa uye kukanganisa kwayo pane hunyanzvi, "Nemo" inobata nekunzwa kwekurasika, nepo "Minda Yakafa" inobata nekurwiswa kwehunyanzvi block Holopainen akatambura kubva. "Ropa raCreek Mary" rakavakirwa panhau yaDee Brown yezita rimwe chetero, iyo inopa mamiriro ezvinhu evaNative America pakupera kwezana ramakore rechi19.  Mubvunzo: Holopainen akanyora nezvei mumatanho okutanga?
nhau dzengano uye dzokufungidzira