#hatchetverse Bill

[prof-ramses]

Some ramblings about the Nightmare Time season 3 episode titles

Bottle Imps:

This isn't really a prediction, but if Charlotte isn't in this episode, I will find the Langs and rip their kidneys out with my bare hands.

The imps themselves will be CCRP's attempt at lab grown sniggles or even LiBs.

Frankenruth:

Richie will also be experimented on, he either won't survive and/or will become a part of Ruth in the process

Even if nothing in the episode even remotely suggests it, it will become common fanon that Lazlo and Hidgens are related.

Becky Barnes Climbed A Tree:

Witchwood shit, baby!

Someone (probably Tom) is either crushed by a log or ends up hanged from a tree.

We might see the Metzgers again.

Devil's Night:

Dare I say the devil in question is Tinky in disguise? I mean, he's the closest thing we've seen to a classical demon. Not to mention the whole "mischief" angle.

I honestly don't know whether it would be better for Grace to fuck shit up again, just get by unscathed or actually get killed off in at least one timeline.

I have the uneasy feeling that a side character introduced in this episode will be very popular.

Miss Holloween:

I honestly, don't even know. This shit's gonna be wild.

I'm fairly confident the "for real this time" part in the synopsis will prove to be either an outright lie, or some form of double meaning.

Orb Weaver:

There will be big conflict between the Foster sisters.

MacNamara isn't fully himself, the sisters will be able to trust even less than they think

We might get another gathering of the Lords, this time, all directly addressing Hannah.

[rysttle]

i havent drawn em before yet so im still figuring out how to but i saw this post from @strivia (hope it's ok to tag) and wanted to do a thing xD

Bonus paerhaps

[cryptidram]

this is them right

[idontlikemusicals]

those who harness the lords power, willingly or not.

CRINGEEEEEEEEEE

[inkwell-illustrations]

Hi

[mind-lost-in-the-stars]

I just make memes now, it’s what I do

[cowardlykrow]

I would die for Corey Dorris… Anyway here’s Bill

[jimjamjomjum]

At least she’s nice to me at church!

[multi-fandomdisaster]

Now, I may be reading into this too much, but I never noticed how much emotion Joey put into Ted's voice when he says Charlotte's name before Join Us and Die until last night (I was rewatching TGWDLM lol)

Like-

He sounds so bewildered and a little scared. He's confused and doesn't quite believe (or fully understand at the very least) what he's seeing. He just knows that Charlotte - someone he cares about - is standing there with her guts hanging out of her stomach standing next to Sam, who's very blatantly already infected. And then she starts to sing.

We KNOW that Ted cares a lot about Charlotte. Hell, he cares very deeply about ALL of his coworkers (whether or not he'll admit it). Now imagine seeing one of your closest friends like that. Imagine knowing deep down that someone you love (platonically or romantically depending on how you view Ted and Charlotte's relationship) is gone, infected and a part of this alien hivemind that's been hunting you down all day. Imagine what Ted must be feeling as he looks at Charlotte- no, the alien wearing her face. Imagine what must be going through his brain, not just in that moment, but throughout the song.

And that's not even getting into everyone else's reaction. I could go on a similar ramble entirely based on the way Paul's eyes go wide and his mouth falls slack as soon as he sees Sam and Charlotte, and the way it takes him a moment to process before he starts moving compared to how Emma - who doesn't have as much of an emotional attachment to Charlotte - immediately gets up and starts backing away. Or heck, even Bill's moments hesitation!

Man, I love Hatchetfield lol

[miss-holloday]

the Hatchetfield plotline has me in a CHOKEHOLD

The new starkid actor who plays the character with a direct link to the musicals title (Jon [Paul], Angela [Lex], Will [Max])

The two characters that fall for each other over the course of the musical (Paulkins, Barneston, Lautski)

That interlude song about a musical that is a part of the Hatchetverse but has nothing to do with what's happening at that point in the show. (Workin' Boys, Santa Clause is Goin' to Highschool, The Barbeque Monologues)

The single dad who thinks he knows what’s best for his kid but is pretty misguided (Bill + Alice Woodward, Tom + Tim Houston, Solomon + Steph Lauter)

The song where everyone in town goes insane (La Dee Dah Dah Day, Feast or Famine, Hatchet Town)

Jeff Blim's commentary on something probably (America's Great Again, Made in America, Just For Once)

And now to interrupt our segment - DAN AND DONNA WITH THE HATCHETFIELD ACTION NEWS

That one CREEPY AF song that comes out of nowhere (Join Us (And Die), Do You Want to Play, The Summoning)

The “smoke club” gesture

That part of the musical where a main character almost dies but then is saved by someone appearing on stage. (Paul + McNamara, Lex + McNamara, Pete + Max)

Then there's that one character who's morality was already questionable but then they give into the eldritch gods without any supernatural coercion (Prof. Hidgens, Linda Monroe, Grace Chastity)

Those precious few seconds where you think everything is going to be alright but the apocalypse lives on

Oh, and Paul Matthews and Emma Perkins finding each other… as they always do

[terrimavr]

I find it so funny that Bill complains to Paul about Deb, saying that Alice shouldn’t date her because she’s a stoner, because Paul’s girlfriend is also a stoner

[4thefreaks]

awh two chaos demon overlords bonding 💕 what mayhem will they get up to? destroying timelines? targeting 12 year olds???

[nerdyblog8]

Hatchetfield Textposts (part Three!) [Part One!] [Part Two!]

[TGWDLM incorrect quotes part 1] [NPMD incorrect quotes part 1]

[undeadenn]

Middle aged men and their yellow, incorporeal besties/boyfriends/tormentors

[coleslawedcondor]

watcher world will ALWAYS be one of the best nightmare time episodes to me because im in awe at how in its relatively short (37 ish minutes [apologies it’s more like 50 minutes]) run time it juggles multiple themes, character traits, and conflicts

the constant repetition of Alice being a “little girl” when she wants to be treated like an adult. The ticket taker’s comment on “daddy’s little girl…she’ll always be your little girl,” Bill’s emphasis on “daddy-daughter” time. Bill asking Alice to “grow up” and Alice saying he won’t let her. The Blinky mascot saying creepy things to her (a sadly common impetus for girls/women for “growing up”). The carnival barker at the strong man game coaching Bill’s treatment of Alice as if Alice was a child (“needs an ass whooping”) instead of an adult. Additionally, the barker kissing Bill on the cheek could be the infantilization of Alice flipped onto Bill to show just how uncomfortable it is [side note, the emphasis on ‘possession’ (Alice belongs to Bill, his little girl) could be a reference to Bill’s disappointment with the custody situation after the divorce].

Bill’s dismissiveness of Alice’s aspirations. Despite constantly reiterating she has “time to think about it,” he inadvertently shrugs off her aspiration to be a playwright twice until he is forced to confront it on the tear jerker. It shows that though Bill complains Alice does not let him in to her life, she is attempting that connection but he is fumbling it.

Privacy. Alice’s instagram initially being private before allowing Bill in. Alice saying she doesn’t want Bill to know about her life. Possibly Deb and Ziggy’s past relationship/current relations when Alice can’t be there. The people in line to the tear jerker (“what she can’t see won’t hurt her”). Obviously the security cameras and all-knowing abilities of Blinky. But also Snigglet sharing her deepest aspiration, before being ultimately (though indirectly) punished for it [side note, perhaps the sniggles performance was a parallel to Alice’s fear of opening up to her father?].

Attribution of blame. It’s the phone. It’s Alice. It’s Bill. It’s your mother. The reality is a combo of all of these. If Bill had been more receptive to Alice, if Alice was more open about her fear of roller coasters, perhaps he wouldn’t have encouraged her to go on the tear jerker. [side note, Alice’s play was a parallel to her story in TGWDLM, right? I mean the vampire can be interpreted as Deb, a not so great influence on her. Both Deb and Alice are gay, and they die in the end of TGWDLM. That’s the ending the judges—Pokey, the Lords in Black—want. But that’s the ending that the audience does not want. The audience wants them to live. TGWDLM is scary. It is funny. Just rambling at this point but anyway I think watcher world is full of so much symbolism!!]

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my favorite activity is using things i’ve said to friends or just said in general as the basis for text posts