#return to hatchetfield town

[violetheart77]

Totally Real NPMD Spoiler from someone who’s Definitely already watched the Digital Ticket (*trust me guys)

The REAL villain isn’t Max Jägerman, or Blinky or Nibbly or any of the Lords In Black

The true mastermind is

the Problematic Puppy.

[thepunkmuppet]

the possible future of the hatchetfield series: hatchetfield halloween party livestream full rundown

again apologies if someone has already done something like this, but I’m procrastinating doing my coursework and just want to talk about hatchetfield I want everyone to be aware of this exciting stuff that was announced in the stream so here you go:

the next starkid musical to be released will not be in the hatchetfield universe.

the guy who didn’t like musicals will soon be ready to license.

nightmare time 3 was originally planned to be released in the same year as nightmare time 2 and will wrap up the overarching nightmare time stories (which seem to be miss holloway and the foster sisters respectively).

if they did a fourth hatchetfield musical, it would be about miss holloway and her backstory. it is already written. I am very very extremely normal about this fact 😃

there is a possibility of a hatchetfield movie, and workin’ boys was sort of a test for this concept. it would be a slasher murder mystery centering around the hatchetfield community players (zoey chambers and the cast of workin’ girls, possibly also with ruth, hidgens, alice and any other theatre-oriented characters but that part’s just my speculation). the transcription of the teaser description can be found below the nmt descriptions.

ok so here are the transcriptions of the nmt3 episode descriptions:

Story #1: Bottle Imps

Bill Woodward has been chosen to test CCRP’s latest and greatest product; Bottle Imps. These reality-bending buddies will bring their owner the one thing they desire most. When his new imp, Lovely, leads him to his soulmate, Bill decides to use his magical companion to play matchmaker. But to help Charlotte find the man of her dreams, Bill will have to bend the Imp’s rules. Rules he’s been warned, must never be broken…

Story #2: Frankenruth

Desperate to see a naked body, Ruth Fleming and Richie Lipschitz volunteer at the morgue of St. Damien’s Hospital. Their terrible plan becomes exponentially more terrible, when they become unwitting subjects in the experiments of the body-snatching madman, Doctor Laszlo, who claims to have conquered death itself. If Hatchetfield thought Ruth was bad before, then they will cower before the unspeakable horror of… Frankenruth!

Story #3: Becky Barnes Climbed a Tree

Becky Barnes is on top of the world! Not in a literal sense, of course. She’s deathly afraid of heights. After years of struggle, Becky’s life is finally everything she dreamed it would be. She’s engaged to her high school sweetheart, Tom Houston, and the two have a surprise baby on the way! But, as the couple prepare for the arrival of baby Marie, a shadow from Becky’s past returns to haunt them.

Story #4: Devil’s Night

Tim Houston has a crush. Unfortunately, it’s on his older, mature and totally cool babysitter, Grace Chasity, who he fears will never see him as anything but a snot-nosed little kid. But when a devilish maniac with murderous designs on Grace attacks Hatchetfield the night before Halloween, Tim must protect his beloved, or join the killer’s growing body count. It’s another slashing adventure on the night HE came home… Devil’s Night.

Story #5: (long special episode) Miss Holloween

It’s Halloween in Hatchetfield once again, and Miss Holloway is celebrating the same way she’s done for decades, staving off the horrors that go bump in the night. But when Duke gives her an invitation to his wedding, the dejected Miss Holloway begins to chafe under the terms of a contract forged many years ago. She strikes a new bargain, but unfortunately her creditors are known for their tricks, not treats. Just as Miss Holloway gives up her powers in exchange for a mortal life, a monstrous new threat rears its ugly head. As All Hallows Eve descends, and all Hell breaks loose, Miss Holloway must save the town or die trying… for real this time.

Story #6: (long special episode / season finale) Orb Weaver

Lex Foster had a life once. A home. A boyfriend. Now there is only the road, and her sister, and the fear of the men who are hunting them. As Hannah Foster watched Lex sink deeper into despair, she is certain of only three things: Webby is gone. She cannot help them. They are alone. Elsewhere, an old soldier awakens from a catatonic state. Returned from some unimaginable Hell with a mission. He knows that somewhere, two magical girls require immediate evac… then maybe some coffee.

very important: if you want nightmare time 3, WATCH NIGHTMARE TIME 2. BUY A TICKET TO THE LIVESTREAM. SHOW THAT THERE IS LOVE AND DEMAND AND IT’S WORTH THEIR TIME AND MONEY I AM BEGGING YOU

hatchetfield movie: Cast Party Massacre

The Hatchetfield Community Players. You will never find a cattier troupe of two-faced thespians. But when the blood begins to flow at their latest show’s cast party, they must consider: is there a secret murderer in their midst? And more importantly, who amongst them is a good enough actor to pull off such a performance? Can they set aside their petty squabbles and tangled romances, or is it curtains for this ensemble? Who will survive… the Cast Party Massacre!

[dontmixpaintinyourcoffee]

Some thoughts while I'm watching Nerdy Prudes Must Die for the first time:

After the Big Game, something that's been itching my brain for a while came back- Clivesdale. Hatchet Town is reinforcing this, but since Black Friday and Honey Queen the Clivesdale hate has really started to stand out to me. Yes it's a funny gag, but the Hatchetfield disdain for Clivesdale is straight-up cultish. Laura Cunningham (I think was her name?) had lived in Hatchetfield for 15 years, but was entirely excommunicated when it came out that she was from Clivesdale. Keep in mind, she was well-liked enough to be a Honey Queen candidate. Two teenagers are brutally murdered and everyone is more focused on the loss against the Chemists. Even people who hate Hatchetfield like Emma and Ziggy hate Clivesdale more. The general population of Hatchetfield is so feverish. I know that the Wiggly doll riots happened all over the world, but holy SHIT it didn't take any time at all for Hatchetfield to totally cave in on itself!

Here's the other thing that gets me- has anyone ever really left Hatchetfield? Anyone who wanted to?

•Emma Perkins has exactly one life goal- not to die in Hatchetfield. Her entire life had been, up until Jane's death, about getting away from Hatchetfield. She is officially pronounced dead after the explosion at Starlight Theatre, though she survived in Clivesdale Hospital. She only lived for a couple weeks after "dying" in Hatchetfield. She also dies almost immediately after returning to her hometown in the events of Forever and Always. She does not die after the fire at her weed farm, but she is arrested and presumably imprisoned in Hatchetfield.

•Frank Pricely is imprisoned by Sherman Young after his attempted escape.

•Alice Woodward dies in The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals before she can leave for college. In fact, she dies after skipping the bus to Clivesdale

•Lex and Hannah Foster (along with Ethan Greene) have plans to escape Hatchetfield and head to California. All of them die before they can even get past Nantucket bridge.

•Zoey Chambers wants to win Honey Queen for the funds to get out of Hatchetfield. In both Honey Queen and The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals she dies before she has the chance to leave.

•Jonathan Brisby attempts to retrieve Lucy Stockworth from Hatchetfield. Brisby dies in the woods, Lucy disappears in the same woods with the Woolyfoot.

•Jenny and Andy planned to move to Clivesdale, but Jenny dies before she can leave, and by the time Andy becomes Andrew Killgore he's back at CCRP in Hatchetfield. Obviously this is wobbly because of timeline shenanigans, but it's implied that Ted didn't actually cross timelines during the events of Time Bastard, just fucked around in his own a lot.

There's just something. There's something about Hatchetfield. It's like a black hole. If it wants you there, and it does, you always end up there, and it's not likely you'll leave a second time.

Something about the ambient affects of the town absolutely fascinates me, I've been thinking about this stuff for like 5 years and it's not gotten old to me yet

[ghostface-knight]

i'd like to present my concept of nightmare time episodes where every (or almost every) person is played by the same person, inspired by jaime lyn beatty in daddy. here are some ideas:

peter spankoffski is done being at the bottom of the hatchetfield high food chain, and so he seeks out help to become cooler. he comes across ethan green, who, having just been left by his girlfriend lex, decides, "what the hell, i'll mentor this kid on being cool". when ted spankoffski learns that his little brother is hanging out with "that no-good ethan green", he confronts pete about it, perhaps a little too harshly. his intentions are good, but when has anything ever gone the way he meant? ted, like everybody in town, knows about ethan's reputation, and he thinks he'll be a bad influence on pete. he knows that, if anyone can, pete can make it out of hatchetfield, and he doesn't want ethan screwing that up. so he confronts him, and one thing leads to another, and eventually pete storms out in anger. ted knows if he goes after pete immediately, he'll only make things worse, so he decides he'll let him have his moment of teenage rebellion and then reconcile with him after. a few hours later, ted spankoffski, now drinking his problems away, is approached by a mysterious man who has somehow gotten into ted's apartment. wilbur cross, as he introduces himself, half-convinces and half-mind controls ted into believing that ethan is responsible for this, and the only way to protect pete is to kill ethan. he storms into ethan's tiny basement apartment, wielding his now shattered bottle of booze, and prepared to rip him limb from limb with his new super-powered companion. ethan can hold his own, though, and the brawl is a tough match. eventually, though, ethan manages to get the remaining shard of the bottle and shove it straight through ted's chest. as this happens, pete comes out of ethan's bathroom, revealing that he'd gone to ethan for comfort after his fight with ted. ted bleeds out on ethan's floor as pete holds him.

ruth fleming has graduated high school, and she's lucky enough to find a super chill job as a farmhand on the farm of emma perkins. one day, as they do their usual work (which isn't much, to be honest), they are approached by linda monroe, who is all but seething. she's goes on about how drugs are evil and she will not raise her children in a town where such depravity is taking place. they threaten her off the property, and they think that'll be over and done with. it's not like they've never had to deal with moralistic creeps like her before, and they've always come out the other side. linda comes back the next day with a petition signed by just about every member of the hatchetfield boating society. yeah whatever, perky's buds is not going to be dismantled by some stupid rich people who think they have more power than they do. in the midst of this, they've recently recieved a new client: 17 year old hannah foster. a quiet kid from hatchetfield high, who seems to have joined the smoke club as a way to make some friends. emma and ruth don't think much of it -- neither of them have any qualms about selling to teenagers, and business is business. however, hannah keeps coming back for more and more, and ruth starts to wonder if there's something else going on. back in the linda plot, linda has taken to bringing people out to the farm to protest. each day she (or, more accurately, the people she's hired) come with more and more people holding cardboard signs and chanting. it's really starting to get on emma's nerves. one day, while hannah is picking up her purchase, linda, surrounded by a mob of angry parents and hatchetfield adults, returns. suddenly, linda no longer seems like a nuisance, but a legitimate threat. her followers carry weapons and the menacing smile on her face tells emma and ruth that she isn't messing around. as the mob breaks through the door of the farm house, emma and ruth urge hannah to look for shelter. hannah refuses though, and emma swears her eyes begin to gleam almost inhumanly. the mob makes it to them, and are suddenly thrown back by a wave of psychic energy so powerful it shatters the walls of the house. hannah's new powers (on account of the weed) leave emma, ruth, and herself standing unharmed in the middle of a surrounding pile of groaning, injured people.

i have a few other concepts, but this is getting super long so i better leave it here for now lmao

[fridgrave2-0]

im having a vision

au where max dies because of his father and still returns as a ghost but now he kills shitty parents (including the mayor 🥳) across the town. the nerds are trying to find out who does that after steph becomes an orphan (gladly in 18 not 33), and they need to do it quickly. if in the beginning it was getting better for the students of hatchetfield high who's parents were BAD bad, after some time max started to target all the fathers and mothers who was mean to their kids even a little bc his ghost mind is loosing it. in the end the nerds are trying to find the way how to stop it and not send max to superhell at the same time because in this au they know what his life already was its own kind of hell and they feel a little bit bad for him (and steph was feeling better after her dad was gone so she was kinda thankful)

[acutemushroom]

Hatchetfield Soulmate AU

I've been imagining for fun what each Hatchetfield main couple's soulmate marks could look like. So, each of these characters have a marking/tattoo somewhere on their body that is supposed to represent their soulmate and give them a clue as to their identity.

PAULKINS : Emma has blue music notes on her throat. In this AU, it's the reason why she even got into the theater club in the first place. She hoped to find her soulmate there. But she eventually lost hoped and ditch the town altogether like in canon !

Paul has coffee beans between his collarbones.

Why this placement and why music notes for Emma ? Pokotho wasn't particularly happy at all with this soulmate timeline thing. That was his brothers idea. So, he kind of just made it harder on his prophet, Paul, to even know what his soulmate mark was and wanted to leave him a message. "You might have a soulmate, you're still mine first and foremost"

BARNSTON : Tom has a caduceus on his forearm. Upon returning from the army and meeting Jane, he though it was for her. She was a psychiatrist and the caduceus is the emblem for all medical professions after all. But, nope. It was for Becky.

Becky has a wooden heart locket on her ankle. This is completely because Tom teach shop class and that they were high school sweetheart. Also the fact they've engraved their name in a heart on a seat of the Cineplex.

LEXTAN : Ethan has a beach shore with a palm tree on his neck. This is in reference to California, to all the efforts he does to bring the Fosters to California. They're his California, his everything. He's also their California inside of Hatchetfield.

Lex has an adjustable wrench on her hip. Because he's a mechanist. Yeah, sometimes the reasoning really is that simple 😅

LAUTSKI : Steph has a bow tie on the ring finger. I absolutely though about it because of the finger mustache tattoo trend. That and it fit Laut"If I loved You"ski so much. Her having a really obvious clue but not noticing or being in denial until the end...

Peter would probably have a phone screen on his leg. It is low hanging fruit to give him phone to represent Stephanie but I feel that Tinky would like to keep his mark on the Spankoffskis too. Even if he is less "in your face" than Pokotho. So, a phone screen showing the time kind of work.

Also, if you have any idea for these couples or for others, please share them ! I'd love to hear them 😊

[missmiseryguts]

I know how it feels to have ignored ocs.

Drop the lore on the recent ones (or any of them). Just go off.

Oh my god oh my god okay so these two are characters in a story I've been developing called The Devil In A Dress

This is ROUGE! The devil in a dress, the lady of the house. What is the house you ask? WEHEHELLL. The house is this big haunted mansion in the side of a small town by the name of Crowford, and there are a lot of rumors about it.. those who venture to it have never returned, people have heard voices, and there's a rumor that inside that house is (you'll never fucking guess) THE DEVIL. IN A DRESS. that comes up a lot.

Yellow is a young girl, barely 12, and she's.. special. She sees things, in her dreams, in her head, she claims to sees spirits. Everyone thinks she's crazy though, obviously, and she keeps on having vivid visions of this house.. and it peaks her curiosity!

Yellow is a cowardly girl. She's afraid of her own shadow, obedient, soft spoken, but kind and curious. Very curious. Her curiosity gets her into trouble, and it's no different here as in the middle of the night she sneaks out to see what this OOOH spooky house is all about.. in her nightgown. With no shoes. What a fucking moron.

She enters the house and everything seems. Normalish. She ventures through, though eventually gets scared and wants to leave, BUT GUESS WHAT?! WHEN SHE TURNS AROUND, THE DOOR IS FUCKING GONE. SHE CANT LEAVE. The halls twist and turn and shit, she gets lost and curls up and starts crying

Then, she hears a voice.. NARRATING HER CRYING. She asks whose there, looks around, and finds...

A girl trapped in a mirror. She claims her name is Vile, duh, and she doesn't remember anything. All she knows is her purple prose, and the fact that the lady of the house did this to her. She helps Yellow, reluctantly, and is quite the sarcastic little fella. She's got good advise though, even if she doesn't remember why she knows it.

The keyhole in the mirror is this big mystery thing LOL, they constantly try figure out what it is.. oOOoo

Something I'll mention is also ROUGE! The devil in a dress, the lady of the house, the DEMON. Rouge is an entity of chaos and destruction. You know the Lords In Black from hatchetfield trilogy? Shes like them. Rouge takes the form of a shadow most of the time, following around silently. Though if a seance is preformed by a poor unsuspecting victim (looks at Yellow) she can take form! Oh no! Rouge is also trapped in this house, she can't leave, she needs to gather enough power to do so... And I think her killing people and absorbing their soul / life force is a very fun way of her gaining power.

There are other entities in this house as well.. the mirrors, paintings, basically everything I haven't bothered to develop yet, though there is one I have!

Rouge has a younger sister, Red! While demon, Red just wants to help. Opposite of Rouge, while sealed away for about just as long, all she wants is fun. She wants fun, she wants to play, she wants a friend! She hangs out in the other world, which is basically what's inside of the mirrors, this deep vast void that's basically a labyrinth, and plays with anyone unlucky enough to find themselves dragged behind the mirrors.

Red has 2 forms! Her physical form, and a misty form where she basically becomes a cloud of mist / wind and can push people, block their vision, carry them, etc.

She's just a silly, your honour.... She's just the goober...

SO that's what I work on when I'm not making AHIT AUS!

Though these characters aren't just in this story... Nonono I have MANY MANY different AUs with my ocs, this is just my favourite one! There are so many other characters... I have these other two, Blue and Green, and in basically every single other au, Red, Blue, Yellow and Green are this adorable friend group! Just in this world um!! Things are a bit fucked!!! LMAO

I can show off the character profiles I made for the four of them when they're not suffering in a haunted mansion! Its below the cut <3

Bonus doodle I did when my friend told me Red should decorate Green like a Christmas tree.. I PROMISE THESE FOUR ARE REALLY CUTE ITS JUST IN THIS STORY THEY'RE ALL DOOMED. Also their ages might change I need to change that they're actually like. 19 normally.. HAHAHHA

[w1ll0wl0ck3]

"I'm not a monster, like they all said!"

I'm Willow Locke, I'm 16, I use She/They pronouns and I go to Hatchetfield High.

My counselor told me to get this app to "make connections" and to "be social" or whatever.

My special interests are Astrology, Musical theatre, Horror movies, anime and stuff on the occult.

I don't know a lot about this app but i found out that you can ask stuff and I'll answer them or something.

OCC

Hi it's Cait aka @wigglyobsessedweirdo! If you want to know more about me check out my blog :]

This is a rp and ask blog both character asks and non character asks are welcome :D

MORE ABOUT WILLOW

She also works at Watcher World at the weekend, just a fun tidbit

Shes a sophomore at hatchetfield high, she doesn't have a lot of friends. She won't say it but she hopes to make friends on here. Her home life isn't ideal, her parents fight a lot and she's worried that they'll separate. One day she stumbled upon the black book in the witchwood and accidentally summoned the Lords. She made a deal with them (more specifically wiggly). The deal was that she becomes a devotee to the Lords and in return they make sure that her parents stay together.

Her home life is fucked up, she is neglected horribly (when she was younger she didn't eat for three days) her parents are in a broken marriage they don't love each other but keep up appearances (partly bc of wigglys influence due to the deal) so that the town doesn't gossip about their family, wanting to be seen as perfect. They also verbally abused willow telling her that she's not good enough and she doesn't deserve anything, just to name a few. They're always constantly pushing her to be the best and constantly chastising her for the smallest things while also constantly neglecting Willow, never paying attention to willows problems and needs.

[Voice claim: Marceline from adventure time]

I don't have all of her lore figured out but I'll update this when I figure it out but by bit.

-RULES-

• No shipping

• No NFSW

• Be respectful

-DNI-

• Proshippers

• Homophobes/queerphobes

• Pedophiles

• Racists

• Zionists

• Just anyone problematic in general

-TAGS-

• Willow answers: Any asks/ answers directed at Willow

• Willow posts: Any posts made by willow

• Willow Rps: Any Rps willow does

• Cait answers: Any asks directed at/ answered by me

• Cait posts: Any posts made by me (dw these will just be announcements or anything else, won't be frequent)

If you see //*insert whatever* in the tags thats me commenting on asks.

This took a lot of work so it would mean a lot if you followed and interacted :]

[urhouseisnthauntedurjustlonely]

Hatchetfield & the Real Musical References

That theory of ‘the plays-within-plays foreshadow the next musical’ got me thinking about the real musicals referenced in the Hatchetfield Series and how they could connect to the story. That led to these findings.

CW: Relgion (Godspell), spoilers for the Hatchetfield Series, Godspell & Brigadoon

(I know there are more details I’m missing, as I haven’t seen either musical, but I’m just excited and wanted to share. Wikipedia is my ride-or-die.)

So. Godspell. Or, ‘God-awful’. Or, ‘Gotdamn That Was Bad’.

Y’all…

First, Godspell is mostly based on the Gospel of Matthew. Like Paul Matthews, the very guy who did not like musicals himself.

Skipping to Act II for a moment— there is a scene where…

“Jesus returns to his followers to find them all asleep. He begs them to stay awake, but they all fall asleep again, and Jesus warns them that they will all betray him three times.”

Remember in Act II of TGWDLM, after the song ‘Not Your Seed’, when Alice, Deb, and Hatchetfield Bee are talking to Paul after they killed Bill? And remember when they said:

“Bending countless civilizations to our will, yet, you, Paul, have defied us thrice!”

Insert The Incredibles’ (2004), “Coincidence? I think not!” meme here.

Godspell includes the tale of The Parable of the Prodigial Son, also known as the Parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving Father.

“The parable begins with a man who had two sons, and the youngest, who is impatient and greedy, asks his father to give him his share of the estate immediately. The father is like, “Y’know what? Fuck it. I’m feelin’ kinda funky today,” and agrees, dividing the estate in half.”

“Upon receiving his portion of the inheritance, the younger son travels to a distant country, where he squanders his wealth through reckless living.”

The younger son gets humbled, he comes back home in shame, blah, blah, blah, lesson learned.

If that’s not Emma Perkins, then I don’t know what is, especially considering she literally inherits land. I’m looking at you, Nightmare Time episode Perky’s Buds!!

And I admit, this is a reach, but the Parable of the Prodigal Son starts in Luke 15:11. Emma’s favorite band is 311. In military time, 3 pm = 15. So, 15:11 = 3:11 pm. This is either a happy accident or an intentional tidbit that managed to work out well.

Similar to the beginning of TGWDLM, it begins with God and the characters breaking the fourth wall and explaining shit via song.

At the end of Godspell, Jesus is crucified, and he is carried off stage by the cast. There has been a lot of controversy over the ending, because the musical does not mention Jesus’ resurrection at any point.

Almost like how in TGWDLM, Paul sacrifices himself, and when we thought Paul was resurrected at the end, he wasn��t. (To put it simply.) And we can’t forget how the cast carries a screaming Emma off stage, and the show ends on a (good) controversial note.

Brigadoon!

Brigadoon starts with these two New Yorkers, Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas doing that fancy kind of hunting white people do when the men hear music coming from a village nearby. But wait a hot second! There is no village on their map! And yet!! Turns out that village is a special place called Brigadoon. Why is it special? Here’s some WIKI for ya’.

“200 years ago, the local minister prayed to God to have Brigadoon disappear that way it would remain untouched by the outside world, only to reappear every 100 years. All citizens of Brigadoon are forbidden to leave the town, or it will disappear forever.”

Kind of reminds me of the whole ‘no one can ever truly leave Hatchetfield’ thing. So, could Hatchetfield be seen as a mirror of Brigadoon in some sense?

Hm.

There is literally a character named Tommy who ends up falling for Fiona, a lass from Brigadoon. The issue is, he’s engaged to a woman named Jane who he isn’t really that into. Even after he leaves Brigadoon, Tommy still thinks about Fiona.

Tommy is Tom. Jane is Jane. Fiona is Becky. Of course, this isn’t to be taken as they are the Hatchetfield equivalent to that character.

And it turns out, Emma Perkins hates Becky Barnes. Why? Sisterly principle. (Emma knows Tom always viewed Becky as ‘the one who got away’, even after marrying Jane.)

Going back to Paul and Emma!

After after meeting Fiona, Tommy asks the Brigadoon schoolmaster, Mr. Lundie, if outsiders were allowed to stay. He replies:

“A stranger can stay if he loves someone here – not jus' Brigadoon, mind ye, but someone in Brigadoon – enough to want to give up everythin' an' stay with that one person. Which is how it should be. 'Cause after all, lad, if ye love someone deeply, anythin' is possible.”

In TGWDLM, Paul and General MacNamara have that Iconic Conversation which has a similar vibe.

MacNamara: I follow a higher law than any institution could decree, and that is the universal truth of love and the strength of the human heart.

&

Paul: I can’t leave without Emma.

MacNamara: Who’s Emma, Paul?

Paul: A friend of mine.

MacNamara: Friends don’t move my heart, son. Is there a chance at something more?

Paul: […] I’d like there to be. I want there to be.

Shout out to Mamma Mia, and Bill wanting to see a feel good musical with his daughter about a daughter and her three possible fathers.

I stand behind the idea that Alice is Bill’s biological daughter, she’s just white passing. I’d also like to appreciate the fact that Alice’s favorite restaurant is Red Lobster.

I plan on actually watching these musicals soon, that way I can make more in-depth posts, but like I said— this just made me really happy and excited, and I wanted to share it.

Feel free to reblog and add onto this post! Seriously! I love when that happens! Okay, bye!

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

Theory: Hannah's Birth Led to Steph's Mom Dying

Okay, this is a bit of a wild journey, but I promise it's at least somewhat thought-out if you're willing to bear with me for a bit. (Theory under the cut!)

I'm endlessly fascinated by the absence of the Church of the Starry Children (not a random opener, I promise). We're told multiple that times that "nothing that dies in Waylon Hall ever truly dies," and we learn that the Waylons put a spell in place to essentially resurrect anyone killed on the house's property. We also learn that the Waylons and their followers all died in the house in 1979. So... where are they? Max was a singular teenager, and within two weeks he had the entirety of Hatchetfield whipped into a panicked frenzy. Surely an entire cult of evil zealots brought back from the dead and imbued with insatiable bloodlust would be even more noticeable. At the very least, their Number 1 Fan Roman and remaining widow Sheila would know that they were still out there, which is clearly not the case. So it's pretty undeniable that, despite their safety-measures, the Waylons and their followers are no longer around.

There are multiple potential reasons for this. The Hatchetmen have experience with such people. Perhaps they got around the spell by taking the Cult's bodies to the Witchwood and burying them there, though that doesn't seem hugely likely. Or maybe Miss Holloway took care of the Waylons back in the 80s. That timeline arguably kinda' sorta' works--Miss Holloway gave up her life as a pop star to become an immortal witch just a handful of years after the Waylons' deaths.

But then we have Solomon in Nerdy Prudes Must Die, who has the Black Book, but says that he will never touch it "ever again." This statement heavily implies that Solomon once summoned the Lords in Black, and the absence of Steph's mother implies that she was the price he paid. (Nick and Matt also give A LOT of credence to that theory in the Hatchetfield Halloween livestream.) Solomon also knows A LOT about Max, the spell that created him, and how to put an end to it. And sure, this could be second-hand knowledge passed down from previous mayors or Miss Holloway. But what if it's not? What if, in an eerie foreshadowing of his own daughter's future actions, Solomon Lauter was the one to summon the Lords in the Black and sacrifice the love of his life to stop the resurrected Waylons?

There's an obvious problem with this theory--the timeline. Judging by Max, it's likely that a whole cult of monstrous and monstrously powerful ghosts on the loose for 25 years would have been Apocalyptic long before the timelines had the chance to shatter.

So what if they weren't around? What if the Waylons' spell was not automatically triggered upon their deaths, but instead required activation? Perhaps, in their cult-y arrogance, Mathias and Agatha never imagined that every single one of their followers would be wiped out alongside them. Maybe the Starry Children were supposed to return to the Hall upon the Waylons' deaths and activate the magic. With the Cult massacred, there was no one left with the knowledge to complete the ritual and resurrect the dead, leaving them in limbo.

And then Hannah enters the scene, born the same year that Solomon performs his Summoning. We know from Wilbur that Hannah is basically a nuclear power plant. What if her birth, together with the massive burst of energy as Lex activated her powers to save her sister, (and also maybe PEIP's portal playing whatever role it played,) was enough to do for the Waylons as Hannah would later do for Willabella Muckwab? What if Hannah's nuclear battery existence automatically served to complete the Waylons' spell, activate the house (leaving it primed for Max's return from the grave), and release the Waylons onto the unsuspecting town? Leaving Solomon, town Mayor, sentinel at the gates of hell, to work alongside Miss Holloway and her Black Book, discover the truth of the Waylons, and summon the Lords in Black for help. And maybe Miss Holloway, still in the middle of her own deal, was unable to make another, separate one, leaving Solomon to give up what he treasured most...and murder Steph's mother.

(And maybe the little girl she left behind is nothing but a reminder of his loss and his guilt.)

(Update: lmao @thatdelusionalnerd just described this as "far-fetched but still makes quite a bit of sense" and I just wanted to acknowledge that because I feel like that's my sweet spot with Hatchetfield theories. Arguments that are absolutely bananas and almost definitely not true, but to my own consternation kinda' work nonetheless.)

[starcanwrecked-confessions]

I get that there are reasons people may have funded Cinderella's Castle and not Tinlightenment/why Cinderella's Castle got funded quicker than Tinlightenment, but I do not think you guys saying that understand JUST HOW BIG of a difference this was.

Cinderella's Castle fund goal was $250K, Tinlightenment fund goal was $200K and they raised $220K in total.

Tinlightenment raised their goal amount just before the final day of the kickstarter campaign, their campaign lasted a month. Cinderella's Castle got funded in a little less than 30 hours.

CINDERELLA'S CASTLE RASIED MORE MONEY IN 30 HOURS THAN TINLIGHTENMENT DID AN ENTIRE FUCKING MONTH. I can not understate how insane that is!

I have noticed in the past couple years people seem to only care about Hatchetfield, and it's okay to love Hatchetfield, I absolutely love Hatchetfield, it is my favorite of all StarCanWrecked productions, I became a fan because of Hatchetfield. But I remember during the first year of covid that there was so much love for EVERYTHING starkid, tcb and shipwrecked. But then after that first year it seems people only care for Hatchetfield.

Now I'm really so excited that so many people are excited for Cinderella's Castle, that's great!! I'm glad we are giving love to more stuff. But why are we only giving all our love to Cinderella's Castle? Why couldn't we give more love to the other productions going on? Hardly anyone talks about vhs christmas carols. Nobody talks about how the grunch cribbed Christmas. "but those are holiday things" ok sure but still hardly anyone was talking about grunch when it was actually coming out. Hardly anyone has been talk the case of the Greater Gatsby as that's been coming out and fear bc of its break even less people will talk about when it returns. In the tin can bros fandom it feels like I never see love anything except spies are forever really. The entire pulp musicals fandom seems to be just like 5 people.

I am begging fans who have seen more than just Hatchetfield to give love to more than just Hatchetfield. Please. You have seen how amazing all of this stuff we get to watch is. Go give it some love. Make some posts about it. I have some old fans/fans who have seen more than just Hatchetfield complain about fans who have just seen Hatchetfield and if you really think that then WHERE is your love for other stuff? You don't even have to make art or fanfic, you can just reblog stuff!

I am begging fans that have only seen Hatchetfield to at least TRY to watch something outside of it, you might like a lot of stuff, you just have to start with trying to find something that sounds appealing to you. You like spooky towns? Go check out wayward guide, solve it squad and headless. You just like musicals? Well starkid and tcb have many. Maybe you like short films. Maybe you like a certain franchise starkid has parodied. It is ok if you end up just liking Hatchetfield but I do think you should give other things its a try.

I know I'm probably coming off as rude and I'm sorry. And you don't have to go a show love for or watch anything outside of Hatchetfield if you don't want to. I just wish that people would. And I am frustrated that no one seems to care about 90% of the amazing stuff that has been made.

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[yourlegacysnotyourstosee]

I took notes on my thoughts while watching Nerdy Prudes Must Die because I did the same for Black Friday

DAMN Jon said “I am a TENOR”

I literally can’t get over how good he sounds

AHHHHHH LAUREN!!!!!

Bro these songs SLAP

Damn Mariahs hair is so long

Pete is such a mood

I’m literally terrified of being pantsed so bad

BRUH NOT MICRO-PETER

Omg hey Kim

When Cory enthusiastically agrees I’m dying

Omg Max likes Grace???????

Wait that’s so cute

Wait why’s he kinda fine

“His name is Jesus Christ” HELP 💀💀💀💀💀

It’s giving Apex Predator (from Mean Girls)

Damn these HARMONIES THO

My jaw is on the floor the way Cory is talking to her

“How am I supposed to study without listening to Spotify?” ME LMFAO

I KNOW HE DID NOT JUST MAKE AN ISSAC NEWTON JOKE

The way hes like “this is about thermodynamics” me me me. I hate when people make jokes about the things we’re not even talking about.

“NANI” NO WAY HE SAID THAT HELP💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀I LITERALLY CANNOT BREATHE 💀💀💀💀💀💀

Study date????????

Joey Richter my beloved ❤️❤️❤️

When Max enters and the crowd cheers

“Rondevuch”

Max literally has a God complex

Why is Kim everyones mom?

“Walen place”?????

“Mom will you pass the butt stuff????” HELP SHES BEEN CORRUPTED

NO WAY SHES FANTASIZING ABOUT MAX JAGERMAN

LITERALLY WHAT

Awwww Grace is experiencing Catholic Guilt™ ❤️❤️❤️

Girl wdym “he’s gotta go”???

Laurens character is bisexual???????

“WAIFU MATERIAL”?????? I literally can’t get over Jons character

Wait Grace is a little fucked up actually

Wait since the Waylons built hatchetfield high and the starlight theater, could they have cursed the town somehow? Like I know about the evil brothers or whatever, but I’m not super familiar with the lore

Wait I kind of love Grace now

Mariah slays

“Am I reading as Ghost, or Lin Manuel Miranda?” AWWWWWW❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

“Your fucking useless Pete.” Tgwdlm???? In MY npmd???? It’s more likely than you think

I’m very suspicious about how fast they seemed to put the plan together…

I know the plan wont work and Im so nervous I’m getting secondhand embarrassment so bad rn

“Skele-ens”

I need Max Jagerman actually

Awwww Max is a Theater Kid ❤️❤️❤️

AW FUCK HE DIED

HOLY FUCK HE DIED

GIRL WTF IS WRONG WITH GRACE

I love how upbeat this song is

WHYD SHE CUT HIS NIPPLES OFF WTF

Omg Dan and Donna!

Slay Mayor Lauter

His reaction to being asked to the game is giving- “she asked me for the time” “no way” “way :D”

THE NIGHTHAWKS MASCOT 💀💀💀💀

FUCK CLIVESDALE

DAMN THEYRE IN THE SPLITS GOOD FOR THEM

I like that the football team has only 2 players

I love when actors walk through the audience, but ESPECIALLY here when hes stalking Richie bro looks so good

Listen I know he’s about to kill Richie but HES SO FINE HELP

Im literally so Gay bro

THE SMOKE CLUB!!!!!!

THE NIGHTMARE TIME THEME

When she says hes not hot anymore girl speak for yoursef

Please let Grace swear

Oh fuck they’re giving themselves away

Grace Chastity said “acab”

Cory needs more songs

MAN IN A HURRY RETURNS!!!!!

Damn who is this girl in a trenchcoat 😍😍😍

GERALD OH MY GOD

Random side note but what happened to Robert? I was just thinking about how I wish we could see Hidgens again but is Robert still a part of Starkid anymore? Is he on to Bigger and Better things? Does anyone know what those are? I’d love to continue to support him.

Edit: NVM NVM I TAKE IT BACK I DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT ROBERT MANION NO NO NO SIR

The invisible bird. Literally high school theater

“Heahs the thang about ah bahbecue”

“Ah wawna remember who ah ayum”

Ruth is so real for not know when to do the lights bc the cue lines were wrong

Ugh Laurens voice is so good and I know ive said that about pretty much everyone but it’s true

I know shes about to die rn

The red lighting gave it away

THE WAY HE LOOKS INTO CAMERA AFTER HE KILLS HER I NEED HIM SO BAD

Why did Kim scream like that

Awww Grace has religious trauma now ❤️❤️❤️

THE COPS THEME

OH MY GOD PAUL AND EMMA!!!!!!!!!

He gave her his number❤️❤️❤️

Hot chocolate boy!!!!!!!! I knew Peter was the hot chocolate boy but still

This duet is EVERYTHING

Obsessed with the fact he called MARIAH ROSE FAITH a MEAN GIRL

“Axe wielding maniacs?”

The Waylons did not dig that shit very deep…

OH FUCK THEY HAVE TO SUMMIN THE LORDS IN BLACK

I KNEW THE WAYLONS BUILT LAKESIDE MALL

im so sorry Zombie Max is So Fine

WIGGLY

THEY HAVE HUMAN FORMS??????

“Let me check my Christmas list”

“What do you want steph?” MORE tgwdlm? In MY npmd?

I feel bad for not knowing all their names

Max says bitch a lot

Damn this show is long

Omg this is so sad im tearing up a lil

Max is so fucking funny

Damn Grace is seducing Max this is hilarious

Fuck Grace Chastity or kill some nerds? One of the many difficult decisions in life

He decides to fuck Grace Chastity

OH MY GOD THATS SO SMART

Thats some fuckin Macbeth level shit

Kims teacher character is so cute awwwww

Paul and Bill dance Chaperones??????

Oh nvm that’s Jason

I don’t think I ever mentioned it but the dancing is really good

It’s very clean and crisp

In the last 2 hours I very quickly developed a massive crush on Will Branner

OH FUCK

WHATS GOING ON

WHAT

[markerofthemidnight]

An idea I came up with for a sort of AU/sequel to Black Friday (below the cut):

After the spectacular failure that was the last Black Friday scheme, Wiggly attempts it again except this time: A. confined to Hatchetfield and not the whole of America (+ Russia), and B. with each of his brothers joining in on the carnage.

Thus begins the tale of the Drowsy Town Friends line-up: robotic dolls considerably more Furby-like internally than canon, held within mystery boxes which perfectly conceal the identity of which toy you’re getting until they’re opened.

Only 49.95 at Toy Zone. And if you don’t get the exact doll you’re looking for, you get no money back! Such is the way of a capitalist!

So when Black Friday comes and 850 of those cuties hit the shelves, Toy Zone is eventually left a barren wasteland of packages ripped open by shoppers desperate to get the specific Drowsy Town Friend that they think their children want.

But it wouldn’t be a very interesting story if that were all.

Firstly, all Drowsy Town Friends are influenced by their associated Lord. Although they can’t say anything other than the lines programmed into them, they can become hostile at the drop of a hat if they sense that anyone nearby means to interfere with their plans.

Secondly, there are five specific DTF- one for each type- that are actually controlled by their associated Lord, to the point of basically being them but in physical, robotic, newly-born bodies.

And like all newborns, they’re growing. Growing quickly. They’re getting bigger and stronger, their mechanical parts turning into flesh as their powers slowly return.

So our protagonists have an even harder goal in mind: to track down and kill all five of them before they grow too powerful for their own good. Which won’t be an easy task, especially with both all the dolls and the cultists protecting them.

With things getting worse and worse as time goes on, you have to wonder if there will ever even be a tomorrow.

[haileydilmore]

harmony jones & hailey dilmore & zoey chambers character studies

harmony jones who grew up in an upper middle class family and never had to worry about anything because it was right there. but even as a kid she's reading up on current events and climate change is her biggest worry and her sense of justice is so strong that she doesn't understand why no one else seems to care about this. she lectures her parents and says only showers, no more baths, we need to save water. walk or bike, don't take the car. and her parents are like yeah well fuck we raised a social justice warrior but they agree, they know it's happening, it was always just easier to look away — before harmony. her friends at school vaguely tolerate this and harmony vaguely tolerates them back until they don't & she doesn't because why should she be friends with people who don't even care about the planet wtf?

harmony jones who almost exclusively wears thrifted clothes, harmony jones who doesn't have time to care about the concept of gender because she has a planet to save, harmony jones who's friends-ish with ziggs and gets high in her room and writes a 6k word essay on the meat industry's effects on climate change in the past 5 years.

she goes on like this, wants to study something like environmental biology or engineering. starts at greenpeace. has a few friends & even more plants.

she goes to college when she's 18, university of michigan or whatever, gets a major in environmental biology & a minor in botany, gets her bachelor's. for about five years she's there. and then she comes back to hatchetfield, because everyone always comes back to hatchetfield.

student loans are a bitch and despite her parents having the money to help with them, she wants to be independent. she doesn't move back in with them when she returns to her home town but decides to look for an apartment online. sure enough, there's an ad — it's not huge, there'd be two roommates, but it looks nice and it's close to spots lots of people pass every day. while she's looking for jobs, she's still volunteering for greenpeace.

her roommates are...nice enough. hailey is, at least. she's quiet and shy and follows the other one around like a lost puppy. zoey is a girl harmony has met many, many times. not her specifically, but other versions of the same girl. knockoff regina george's, arrogant and mean, girls who pick on others and talk shit all the time, who put themselves above others without having anything to show for it.

yeah. so. harmony gets closer with hailey before zoey. she tries. she's not a people person, but hailey is sweet. she's involved in the local theater, has pages of lines stuck to her walls, star fairy lights and some potted plants on the windowsill. harmony loves her.

hailey is a bit intimidated. she's not used to people seeking out contact with her. doesn't really know what to do without zoey telling her. but zoey isn't there right now, so she'll have to figure it out.

they're both autistic. harmony is better at masking, much better. hailey is a bit lost. harmony knows this.

she makes an effort to ask about theater. hailey's dream roles. favorite musicals. all that stuff. and that seems to help get her out of her shell. hailey rambles on, with more than a few "sorry i'm talking so much"s thrown in there, but harmony sits next to her on her bed, with literal heart eyes, her chin resting on her hand. she has never cared about musical theater a day in her life but now she knows everything hailey loves about anything goes (with patti lupone).

hailey feels safe with her. harmony likes making hailey feel safe.

zoey is a bit of a problem. but not one harmony can't deal with. after she tries to make an effort and is met with indifference, passive aggressiveness & bitchiness, she gives up.

hailey and her get closer.

hailey starts standing up for herself more and more. unfortunately, she's still horribly attached and a little bit in love with zoey.

hailey grew up alienated from her peers. the girls all liked other things, they didn't really like her, no matter how much she tried to fit in. she was miserable. and she'd eat lunch alone until she met zoey, so she clung to her for dear life because she's seemingly the only one willing to tolerate her, if tolerating someone meant treating them like a servant.

her parents tried their best, but having an autistic child is hard, they'd say. plus, she has like three brothers. their parents were both busy with work a lot, and her brothers who were always breaking things and wrestling. boys will be boys. sometimes hailey wished she was a boy so she could be a part of it. hailey wasn't always alone, but when she was, she felt it deeply. so now she feels it's better to be treated like shit than left alone.

theater was always her thing. a safe space. she loved pretending to be someone else because that way, she could be someone people liked. someone people applauded for. she does a few highschool plays and auditions at the starlight, nothing huge, but it means the world to her.

her relationship with zoey is complicated. she hates her. she loves her. she wants to be her. she wants to be with her. she never wants to speak to her again. she has to hear zoey's voice to survive.

she's infatuated and infuriated with zoey at all times and she's really bad at dealing with it so she just doesn't, doesn't do anything. not in highschool, not in college, not when they move in together. she keeps her mouth shut so zoey will stay, so zoey will let her stay. at least she doesn't usually realize when people are mean to her.

when harmony moves in, it all changes. hailey is still weird about zoey, obviously, but she gains at least some sort of confidence. she talks more. does what she wants, sometimes.

when harmony is smoking in her room one day, plants everywhere with a detailed guide on how to take care of them stuck to her closet that hailey has memorized for normal reasons, she asks hailey if she wants a hit. she guesses hailey hasn't experimented much with substances before and assures her she doesn't have to, doesn't have to do anything she doesn't want to do.

and hailey, the quiet girl who could barely raise her hand in class, who actually listened to d.a.r.e. officers when they came to hatchetfield high (she & grace are quite literally the only ones), who is scared...says yes. or, well. she says "oh! um. okay."

she's only seen this in movies, which she knows is pathetic, but she listens to harmony, who's smirking & maybe a little cruel about it, and she thinks it's so cute when hailey sits down on harmony's bed, all careful, and asks her how long it'll last.

harmony sits next to her & starts explaining things. cotton brain, dry mouth, lazy or heavy feeling. hailey isn't sure she's actually listening, she tries really hard.

when zoey comes home, she just hears harmony & hailey laughing in her room.

zoey doesn't like it.

zoey got everything and anything she wanted. she's better and bigger than this town. she deserves more. she's a fucking star.

everyone wants her. even married cops want her.

her parents think she's their little star, they love her more than her brother, she's the most important person, and she fucking knows it.

hailey doesn't mean much to her. she does whatever zoey tells her to, it's convenient. and she likes the adoration from hailey.

zoey is always the lead actress. even at her job at beanie's! she's the cute barista, the latte hatte. doesn't matter she doesn't make a lot of money right now, she'll just get an apartment with hailey. it's like having a servant! it's great.

then, harmony comes. and she annoys her to no end. hailey spends more time talking to harmony than doing zoey's chores, spends more time talking to harmony than...her.

zoey seethes. rage builds up. harmony seems to be the only person zoey can't intimidate, can't control, can't manipulate. it's fucking frustrating. that stupid little scoff she lets out when zoey makes a passive aggressive comment about her hair, paired with a smile. smiles have never been reactions to zoey's insults. harmony doesn't take her seriously, and it makes her fucking furious.

she takes hailey away, she doesn't let zoey control her, she's so tall and looks so good in her stupid fucking thrifted boots.

zoey is not a lesbian. she fucks guys. she loves fucking guys. they treat her like she's their whole world when they're fucking her, they make her feel special, adored, even. loved.

but then harmony comes out into the hall when zoey is on her way to her room and she's standing in front of her, towering over her, with that stupid fucking smirk on her face and zoey feels small and she hiss-mumbles "get out of my way" and practically runs from harmony. closes her door and sits on her bed completely silent, almost in shock, and harmony shouts back "sorry, princess!" and zoey has never been this angry in her life.

and then harmony is handing out greenpeace flyers and zoey is rehearsing lines in the living room with hailey (meaning hailey is sitting on the sofa, watching her and not wanting to look starstruck but she can't really help it with zoey).

and zoey is so passionate and confident and hailey feels warm and conflicted. hailey applauds when zoey finishes her monologue.

they talk. or zoey rants and hailey listens. about something annoying her coworkers said, about the next year's production at the starlight. and then she thinks.

"are you and harmony like, dating?"

she asks it like she doesn't care. disinterested in anything but herself. that's zoey.

hailey frowns.

"no. no, it's nothing like that. i mean, we're just friends."

"and does she agree?"

"i mean. i think so? she hasn't said otherwise."

"but you'd date her if she asked, right?"

"...why do you care?"

hailey is irritated. zoey asking all these intruding questions, pretending not to give a fuck, after never having asked her anything about herself for the entirety of their friendship?

what, does she only care when someone else is taking up hailey's time? when hailey isn't constantly begging for attention like a pathetic puppy?

"i don't," zoey says and doesn't even look at her.

hailey gets up and leaves. zoey gets some cheap wine and pours herself a glass or two. she's not usually a wine girl but it's all they have. when harmony comes home, zoey's on the couch scrolling on her phone. she's not drunk, but definitely a bit tipsy.

"hey."

"mmh."

harmony is about to go into her room when zoey suddenly sits up: "hey, hey, wait. what are you and uh, hailey?"

harmony hangs up her coat and raises an eyebrow at zoey from the hallway: "she's my friend."

"but you wanna fuck her, right?"

"are you drunk?"

"no," zoey looks at her like she hates her. she thinks she does.

"go to sleep. and for the record, even if i did, that'd be none of your business. not like you give a fuck about her anyway."

with that, she leaves zoey alone in the living room.

"whatever," zoey mumbles and goes back on instagram, but she feels the sting. of course she feels the sting.

harmony goes to take a shower, still confused at zoey's behavior. she knows exactly how she treats hailey, and already suspected that her spending so much time with her would piss zoey off. good. let her be angry.

i don't see a way for zoey to start dating either of them without hailey and harmony already being in an established relationship.

i'd imagine one day harmony just asks hailey out. and it makes sense. it makes sense because they like each other and they're attracted to each other and they make each other laugh. they understand each other. they're a great couple! this is the worst news zoey could have ever received.

at least when they were flirting and still insisting they were "just friends", zoey could pretend to believe them. now it's confirmed. fucking great.

she doesn't know why she's so angry. or. she knows why she's so angry, and it makes her even angrier.

she cannot be a lesbian.

she's not a fucking lesbian.

she's probably a lesbian.

i'd imagine she talks to nora. maybe. or nora approaches her. it's not the worst thing about this whole situation by far, hailey & harmony dating is still her nightmare, but it sucks. of course it sucks.

whole comphet journey, yada yada yada. we all know how it goes. in the end, she's discouraged and feels a little pathetic, even though she's very pathetic.

hailey & harmony watch this, not quite knowing how to intervene. how to help. if they should help.

it quickly becomes very clear what they both want. they do sort of hate it. i think hailey wants it more than harmony, but harmony does also want it. despite zoey's...everything. or because of it! who knows. but she is trying, and she's changing. a little. baby steps!

they agreed: no pda in the public spaces & communication is key. the zoey conversation (pt. 1, without zoey) is easy. the one with zoey? nightmare city.

but asking someone who's fresh off the boat to be in a poly relationship with them? not great. not easy.

(this part is from jules lautity. could not have put it better genuinely i tried)

the Entire Time zoey is ruminating on this harmony and hailey are both trying to kind of invite her in and be like hey we arent mad at you we should probably all talk (The Polyamory Talk™. zoey does not know this i dont think). but zoey is both upset/jealous and maybe a little tiny bit worried that she'll fuck up whatever they have. because she does maybe feel the littlest bit bad about hurting hailey. a little bit. because there is actually something nice about this happier, more confident, more assertive hailey. maybe she feels a miniscule amount of guilt that she was the reason she was miserable for so long.

they do finally ask her out and shes so out of her element waugh.....because yeah harmony has her whipped.

harmony functions as a peacekeeper, mediator. when zoey snaps, which happens less often but doesn't stop entirely, she's there. she's the one most in touch with herself and her feelings & also the most self aware i think.

harmony's happy with her role. she's happy with everything.

[cryptiqish]

some quick thoughts on nerdy prudes must die

first off - this is 100% a return to form for starkid for me. tgwdlm was like. lighting in a bottle but i really, really am not a fan of black friday - so i dipped after that, and never really looked into nightmare time etc. as i'm not super into the hatchetfield eldritch lore stuff - honestly, i figured i was aging out of it. THAT SAID. holy shit. npmd is brilliant

every single goddamn song is a banger. every one. it's so rare for me to like everything at least to a little bit, but when i can interchange my entire top 5 you know it's brilliant. high school is killing me, nerdy prudes must die, dirty girl, hatchet town...all top tier starkid in general. up there w tgwdlm

angela giarratana and will branner steal this entire show. absolutely insane stuff from both of them. will in particular...oh man. it's his show and you just KNOW it

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

it's FUNNY

i <3 the weird anime nerd kid. rip king

jon's vocals and just. general range in this is amazing to see from tgwdlm

 i will say i wish this maintained the more straight slasher vibe of the first act all the way through but that’s just personal preference since i'm less into the overarching eldritch lore stuff as mentioned. with that in mind though, i didn't find the lords in black stuff as jarring as i thought i would (and the summoning's a banger) - so it works narratively. i think at the end of the day i prefer my standalone shows - not everything needs to be an extended universe - so i was pleasantly surprised at how relatively well this could function as its own thing.

following that - i think this is the closest starkid's gotten to like, off-broadway quality - with plot modifications i could 100% see it making the jump. the production quality - of both the musical itself and the proshot, is amazing - everything pops, it's incredibly polished and just looks brilliant (again, such a step up from BF.)

shoutout to the costume design in particular. top tier work again. ghost max looked crazy good.

for something that in actuality didn't get a lot of focus...can’t stop thinking about how the whole max jagerman grace chastity dynamic is like the absolute HARDEST thing to randomly come out of starkid. the implicit themes had absolutely no right to go that hard!!!! it’s a silly horror comedy!

devout repressed christian and a boy that thinks he’s god. and then she deals with the first sign of sexual attraction to him by killing him??

and then his ghost comes back for vengeance, viewing it as divine justice - and then she ends the musical enacting her own vengeful divine justice?? straight up with modified reprise of his song?? they’re one and the same?? the prayer motif???

“will you pray for me / when i’m gone / or is this the eternal dark without a dawn” and “who will pray for you / when your body’s gone” is like the rawest motif of all time and it’s in the same musical that has an ten minute long barbecue joke sequence unrelated to the plot

nothing sexier than the motif of killing god and god killing you, in general. i do think i loved this one because it played with a lot of my fave tropes and themes of horror - high school slasher, archetypes, coming back wrong, religion, all that

"the big game" kept cracking me up it's so dumb and yet

anyway this whole thing just felt like we've unlocked...i dunno, a new level of starkid?? i was blown away and i'm sure for those more invested in hatchetfield beyond tgwdlm it hit even more, but it's left me so excited to see what's next from them for the first time in years.

[thewickedblackcat]

Lautski Week: Day 5 (Change)

Me: Does this count? I’m not sure if this count. Also Me: Of course, this counts! There’s plenty of change that goes on in this AU. This board is a Lautski Warm Bodies AU. For those who may not know what Warm Bodies is, it’s a zombie romance movie/book series. (I have only read the first book but from what I heard, the other books are unnecessary.) While this AU is based mostly on the 2013 movie, there is at least one detail from the book in here.

(I do not own anything.)

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Steph doesn’t have much going for her, which makes sense since she is a zombie. She doesn’t remember much from her life from before. She spends most of her days walking around the Hatchetfield High School, or what’s left of it. She has made one of the class room her little home with treasures she found on her travels. The only thing she has to look forward is becoming a boney, which is a zombie that has lost all of their skin and is viewed as the final form for zombies.

Meanwhile, Pete lives in a survivor camp that is holding on by a thread, despite what the mayor might say. He lives with his older brother, Ted, and two friends, Ritchie and Ruth. They’re at the bottom of the totem pole of the camp. Pete tries to stay invisible and keeps a low profile in order to survive. But, it’s kinda hard when you’re one of the only kids left and your only other family is known as one of the biggest b*st*rd in town. (And, that was before the zombie apocalypse.) Despite this title, Pete has a loving relationship with Ted.

However, everything changes when Pete, Ted, Ruth, and Richie are put into a supply run with a couple other people. They scavenge around what used to be Hatchetfield Mall. But, they are soon ambushed by zombies, including Steph. During the attack, Steph kills Ted and eats his brain. Through this, she can see Ted’s memories and feels something again. Steph sees everything about Ted: his heartbreak, his descent of being a jerk, his affairs with multiple women, but most importantly, his relationship with his brother. It seems to be the only positive in Ted’s life and Steph can’t help but smile at the memory. Once Steph comes out of the memories, she immediately realizes that Ted’s brother, Pete, is here. In a move that she can’t explain, Steph prevents another zombie from attacking him and makes it look like she’s claiming him as food.

Pete freezes as the zombie girl comes near her. Most of the party is already dead and he can’t find Ted. This is the end. Pete closes his eyes to prepare for the bite but it never comes. Instead, he hears a soft female voice. “P-P-Pete …”

Pete open his eyes in shock. He had never heard a zombie actually talk before. He watched as the zombie touch an open wound and spread her blood all over his face. It then becomes clear that the other zombies can’t smell him. As the zombies starts to leave, the girl zombie pulls him up and has him follow her with the rest of the zombies. As Pete walks away with the zombies, he sees both Richie and Ruth hiding under a table, watching in horror as he is taking away.

After the zombies return to the high school, Steph take Pete to her classroom. Pete find it so ironic that he’ll die at the same place that he had once thought would kill him. However, Steph never goes for him. Instead, she helps Pete get food from the cafeteria and protects him from the other zombies. She reassures him that she’ll lead him back to the survivor camp once the zombie traffic around the school dies down in a few days. In the meantime, the two become closer through explore Steph’s treasures and through talking. (Pete does most of the talking but Steph listens and tries to comfort him.) After a few days, Pete insists to leaving and Steph agrees. However, as they leave, both the zombies and the boneys notices them. While the zombies first tried to attack them, they seem to let them pass. The two start their journey to the survivor camp.

As Steph and Pete’s relationship grows, Steph feels different. She doesn’t feel hungry for brains as before. Her skin starts to have more color. She can say sentences now. And, the biggest of all is she can sometimes feel and hear a beating in her chest. Steph isn’t the only zombie to experience these changes. Many of the zombies at the high school start feeling the same way, including two zombies girls in cheerleading uniforms. Pete starts to wonder if it’s possible for a zombie to become a human again. However, not everyone is open to the change. The boneys refuses the change and will do anything to keep things the way they are. Steph and Pete will have to convince the humans survivors that the zombies can change if they stand a chance against the boneys.

Some other details to note:

Solomon is the mayor of the survivor camp but doesn’t care about the zombies at all, even if his own daughter is one of them.

Like in the movie, Steph does confess to eating Ted with Pete having his suspicions. Pete does leave Steph due to this and trying to protect her from the survivors. He does forgive her.

After Ted dies, he becomes a voice in Steph’s head. At first, he starts slamming her for eating him and taking his brother, adding to her guilt. However, as the story develops, Ted and Steph’s relationship does get better and Ted makes Steph promise to protect Pete.

Before you ask, yes, Max is one of the boneys.

Ruth definitely asks Steph a hundred questions about being a zombie while Richie compares her to zombie/undead anime characters. Pete is in the background, facepalming.