#Nick lang

[hipsternumbertwo]

The artistry it took to make these puppets... Amazing.

[aliceisaperson]

hello alice. feel free to talk about nick's pete im bored

Oo an excuse to talk about my favorite character let’s gooo. Buckle up this is probably going to be a long one.

I think partially part of reason he’s my favorite character is due to how he subverts typical tropes for “nerd characters”. I think it would have been incredibly easy to just make him super insecure about how he is as a person or make him super socially unaware but he’s the exact opposite of that. He’s confident, funny, and very secure in himself. On the other side of the coin I also feel like it would have been easy to lean too much into the confidence and make him a straight up dick or super creepy which is also kind of a trope for nerd characters who try way to hard to subvert tropes for nerd characters but he’s very much a happy medium, so think partially because even though he is written confidently, he’s still willing to show insecurity and the faults of himself. Such as the shower scene where he directly calls himself a loser as well as him literally breaking his leg in an effort to look cool. I think this is all the more helped by Nick’s performance and Pete which is one of my favorites in all of Starkid (obviously lol) kind of just how he balances goofiness and sincerity.

I think my only thing is I wish we could have gotten more of this iteration of the character just because of how much I feel in love with every aspect of how he was put together. I do not think the way Pete was written in abstinence camp would have worked on NPMD, since that show is inherently built off of media tropes (not a bad thing btw), and Abstience camp is more interested in subverting them through Pete. It definitely does make me sad because we’re probably not going to see Pete written the same way again and we’re definitely not going to see him played by Nick again. I feel like they struck gold with Pete in abstinence camp and then realized they couldn’t write him the same way to make NPMD work, and now because NPMD is the most recognizable version of the character we’re not getting that old version back even though I don’t think it’s as good.

I still love Joey as Pete and I still love the way he’s written in NPMD, but Abstience camp Pete is just on a whole other level. (Also being fully honest Nick’s chemistry with Mariah is just so good and a lot better please let them play a couple again for the love of god PLEASE how did they have that much chemistry over zoom)

Thank you for letting me rant about my favorite character with probably with 40 minutes of screen time I love himmmm

[hyper-alice]

Nick Lang and his fuckass pet

[northboreas]

Highlights from the Hachetfield Series Recap livestream for those who couldn't make it this morning:

- The Recap of all the Hachetfield lore also came with a game where the cast had to summarize each story, answer trivia questions, and avoid getting tokens

- The chat got to be apart of the game by donating to the kickstarter to help the players

- Each summary or question answered wrong got you one token, and getting 5 tokens made you a Clivesdale Chemist, there were also sudden death rounds

- Mariah Rose Faith listed all of the NPMD characters in her summary and only forgot about Ruth

- Joey Richter forgot the name of the Hachetfield High mascot Zeke despite playing Ezekiel the nighthawk in Nightmare time 2 (he named that bitch chauncy)

- Will Branner said he's a Black Friday stan :)

- During the blackout in one of the NPMD shows Nick Lang was sitting in the audience, when he stood up to address everyone else Angela's friends thought he was just some random guy

- "Jamie, we gotta go to church" --Joey Richter out of context

- Lauren Lopez later joined the stream and called Mariah a misogynist for forgetting about Ruth

- Then James Tolbert chimed in with "I love women"

- Everyone bullied Jon Matteson on stream and accused him of cheating multiple times, #freejon2025

- Curt Mega didnt have pants on during the recording of Nightmare time episode 1 (The Hachetfield Ape Man), he showed off the picture to the livestream

- To the question "Will we ever see Lucy Stockworth again?" Matt Lang said "No, I think her story is finished"

- Joey Richter got every single summary correct, he carried ngl

- Snoozle town (A song in Watcherworld) was recorded by Angela Giarratana in a closet

- During Black friday the cast started a prank club and destroyed Jon's life by giving him a fake cease and desist letter from Andrew Lloyd Webber's estate because Jon was promoting Cats on twitter at the time

- There was talk of Starkid having ideas for an immersive theatre experience based off of Blinky

- Nick lang once did the whole TGWDLM show with blocking entirely by himself just to time the length of the show

- We got MULTIPLE Diane cameos!!!!

- Jeff Blim was the first to get 5 tokens, he got saved from being a Chemist by telling a story about writing the Time Bastard theme

- Everyone teamed up halfway through the game and then still proceeded to get The Witch in the Web summary completely wrong

- There's a cut song from Black Friday called "Everywhere I Look I See My Dad" and the president was going to sing it while in the Black and White

- Jamie Lyn Beatty once pitched an ending for Black Friday where after "What If Tomorrow Comes" all the lights went out and you could hear Santa's sleigh

- They spun the wheel for sudden death and it landed ON THE CHAT. WE BECAME CLIVESDALE CHEMISTS.

- We saved ourselves by raising 415k for the kickstarter and became Nighthawks once again

[pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong]

NPMD best line deliveries

oh shit! oh fuck!! i didnt think thered be a skele'uhn here ?!? im so fucking scared of skele'uhnz!!!

dont frighten him pokey you nasssssty boy

were going to jail...and with my luck no one will even B O T H E R making me their bitch...

🐦 heyus the thing about a bãrbĕqüe...it brings folks together...from awl wawlks of laife...theyres a storhé behand everyh burrghurr...everyh kehbahhb...

but I...called God a sonofa B word...who am iaieEUGHAHuhuuuh...

[booigi-boi]

Thinking about (baby) Starkids doing non Starkid theater

[kairithemang0]

[factual-entropy]

We don't give enough love to Jeff, James, and Nick for playing the NT versions of the Lords.

These men are so delightfully unhinged and I love it. Yes, I get that a lot of people will always see Lauren and Curt as Blinky and Tinky, but wow. Jeff doing a nineties cartoon character voice for Tinky will live rent-free in my head for all eternity, and the amount of schadenfreude that James exudes when he's talking to the Woodwards? Perfection.

I love it when Lord actors change, because not only does it mean we get to see different people's portrayals, it also reinforces that the Lords can take whatever kind of physical forms they want to.

And oh boy... Nick's Otho voice. Nick's fucking Otho voice.

This guy is the definition of "you can run, but I'll still be in your nightmares". Some StarKid fan out there owns this figure. You're gonna have to live with the knowledge that at any time, one of your fellow cultists might make it crawl into your room.

I love musical theatre actors.

[hatchetfield-scarecrow]

I honestly love how Starkid wrote the Lords in Black. Cause usually eldritch gods in media are completely cold and dismissive of humanity and don’t even acknowledge them, but the Lords in Black are full of energy and love tormenting humans and treating them like their toys, and I think that’s so fascinating and arguably more terrifying.

[starkid4lifelol]

Did you hear the word . Whats the word. New merch

[ender-of-the-sender]

HAPPY B-DAY NICK!!!

Absolutely the silliest guy ever <33

[harmonizingsunsets]

Running Gags in Hatchetfield Musicals pt 8 | Pete’s love of hot chocolate and suspenders

[aliceisaperson]

I think it’s a fair time to bring back this tweet

[urhuman12]

This has to be my fav screenshot of the stream, Joey saying he shoves clipped nails behind the couch, the bubble popping up and everyone losing it

[northboreas]

Highlights from TGWDLMR's Final Countdown stream for those who missed it:

- The stream began with more behind the scenes interviews + some bloopers, with people like Paul Gabriel, James Tolbert, and Juliet Park speaking about TGWDLM.

- Nick Lang confirmed that there will be 16 Preformances for four weekends, doubling TGWDLM's run so everyone will get the chance to go see it. The show will be preformed in Los Angeles at the El Portal!

- Q&A time! First question was "What does the blue slime in TGWDLM taste like?" and the Langs said "It tastes like terror, horror, absolute divinity & godhood."

- "So like a wildberry celsius." - Matt Dahan

- Nick and Matt confirmed they've had many ideas for Charlotte Sweetly NMT stories. Most notably one where Charlotte kills the president and it's revealed she's always been an undercover assassin that CCRP experimented on. Hoooooly shit.

- "Every single character down to the Greenpiece Girl has a story written for them."

- To the question of would Ted commit to Charlotte if he was ever asked, Joey Richter said "Yes. 100%. Ted's whole arc in TGWDLM is realizing, 'Oh shit, I love this woman.'" Nick then confirmed that Charlotte wouldn't want or reciprocate that commitment.

- "How does Pete get infected in TGWDLM?" "When he had JUST spoken to Steph for the first time, he goes to beanies, gets his hot chocolate, drinks it, and dies. OR. Steph and Pete are walking to school together, Steph dies right in front of him, and then he dies."

- When asked about what happened to Steph's mom, Nick and Matt alluded to how Solomon Lauter had used The Black Book to become the Major, and that "The price for making a deal like that would be the thing you love most."

- The Langs know who Lex's father is, It's no one we've met yet. But they said Lex wouldnt be happy with the answer.

- "Does Ted regret becoming a sleezeball?" "I think Ted regrets everything about his life."

- "Who's your favorite LiB?" Matt and Paul said Pokey, Joey said Tinky, Lauren said Nibbly, & the Langs also said Nibbly because of a story they wrote that they havent shared yet.

- "The Lords in Black are immortal, and so they never gain wisdom. They're petulant children. Spoiled, petulant, everlasting children." - The Langs talking about the LiB.

- Nick lang has never heard of Ao3, but apparently Joey Richter has

- SAGE CAMEO !! DIANE CAMEO !! NEMO CAMEO !!!! SO MANY CAMEOS BECAUSE ITS THE FINALE !!!

- Mariah Rose Faith did 7 canonballs before joining the stream

- After more people joined they did tarot readings for the cast & for people in the chat! (If you're seeing this, Happy Birthday Elliott Bang!)

- Most notably: Corey Dorris got The Hunter [Max], The Alchemist [Hidgens], and The Fool [Ted]

- Matt Lang got The Watcher with a Thousand Eyes [Blinky], The Witch [Miss Holloway], and The King in Black [Wiggly]

- Nick Lang got The Collector [Sherman], The Merchant [Frank], The Man in Great Haste [Man in a Hurry!]

- Joey got The Artist [Ziggy], The Blade of Truth [General MacNamara], and The Father [Bill]

- "Lauren, I've got something I need to tell you, I'm pregnant” -Joey Richter out of context

- Nick Lang also pointed out that Corey got the Ted card for his reading and Joey pulled the Bill card. Billted shippers how are you feeling?

- Last but not least, some (paraphrased) writing advice from the Langs:

- "Tell your story to as many people as you can, you'll work out the issues as you tell it. An audience is the other half of the process. Without an audience, your story isnt done. When you show others, you might realize your work is better than you think it is."

- "If you want to be a writer, you actually have to write. When we were growing up, we never put pen to paper. Every single writer has to go through that period of knowing they'll never know what theyre doing until they actually do it, you have to try. You'll eventually figure it out. The sooner you can start, the better."

- We ended the campaign by counting down the last seconds, and we managed to raise 642k, with 9,575 backers. It has been a joy and an honor to have watched this project get funded in real time and to see everyone's excitement for TGWDLM's return.

- Thank you to everyone who donated, and thank you to Starkid for continuing to do insanely cool things. The apotheosis is officially upon us!

[vilnmelling]

"It's time to film the Nightmare Time intro! You can do whatever you want, so go crazy."

Corey: "I'm gonna wear a hat!"

Dylan: "Look look look, guys guys guys, I found a tree and a fence!"

Joey: "What if... we wore spooky hoodies and lit out faces with flashlights?" Lauren: "Fuck. Yes."

Jeff: "I have a mirror... I can edit... This is fucking happening. Also, I have fabulous hair and a fan."

Mariah: "This is my model moment" *Fucking eats and leaves no crumbs*

Angela: "I couldn't find my phone, so I filmed on this camera from the 1930s, is that okay?"

James: "I'll just sit in my corner and pull my hood over my face."

Jaime: "I have a prop and I have blue eyes, I'm all set."

Curt: "I figured we could do some spooky lighting." Kim: "Haha yeah, you can do that."

Nick: "I'm only in one clip, so I'll just be myself."

Jon: *P a u l*