#workin' boys chad

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

Starkid: *have had Jon, James, Jeff, Nick himself, Lauren, Curt, Corey, Kim, and Mariah all play these ancient, larger-than-life Eldritch God creatures that are, directly or otherwise, responsible for most of the horror pervading the Hatchetfield universe, and whose very appearance could drive a person insane.* Also Starkid: "Chad's too mythic and legendary a character to actually be played by a real human person."

[duckgens]

workin girls rehearsals TO ME!!!!

[edsearring]

ok, so i've been thinking about the Implications again

if we get a miss holloway musical, presumably that's set in the 80s. that was 31-40 years before npmd. you know how old hidgens would have been in the 80s? 17-26. he could easily have been in college then since he's a professor

young henry hidgens?

real alive workin' boys??

chad???

[thepunkmuppet]

just saw someone talk about wanting joey to play chad and OH MY GOD what if this insane pokey / max jagerman looking zombie joey is the real chad and the plot is hidgens being haunted by his gay college football love!!!!! and also evil unknowable eldritch gods!!!!!!

[mysterygrl20]

five 'o clock cant come soon enough

[whyisstarkidfollowingmeshoo]

I'm reading a lot of things about Hidge's sexuality canon wise. So taking account on what Nick and Matt Lang said (as much as I remember it without rewatching the video proof lol) my argument on why the canon sexuality of Prof. Henry Hidgens is that he is bisexual and Objectumsexual.

Well I think canon wise he is not polyamorous. I can accept that (i have no problem with him being poly canon wise. I am not anti-poly, just faithful with canon) but I remember Nick Lang or even Matt did not specify it. They said, within along the lines/paraphrasing: Henry loves his six boy friends, they are special to him, but Chad IS the apple of his eye. The last sentence they meant romantically.

So why bisexual and not gay? To make it clear, I have no problem with him being gay. I'm willing to be corrected. But since I'm arguing that he's bisexual, well let me start. Of course we haven't seen Hidge talk about or falling in love with specific women characters in the saga so far, however he did say in TGWDLM " Alexa, I love you like every woman flesh and bone", so there ya go. If he can find a woman that is subordinate to him like Alexa and Siri, then he can have a relationship with a woman. Come to think of it, i think he loves Chad the most because I hypothesize Chad always goes along with his plans/ideas. Yes I believe if I were to analyze his relationship personality, he wants to be the dominant in the relationship. He's very controlling and spirals when he doesn't get his way. Which why this is a good segway to...

And with the mention of two famous AI virtual assistants, I think it's enough to say that Hidge has objectophilia. More so in NMT episode Time Bastard where he shared his sexual rendezvous with either one of them to Ted and implied how he did it (some imagination and a little elbow grease or any lube lol). Not to mention that he talks to Alexa and Siri like they're humans. Fun fact, I read somewhere that people who have this sexual orientation cant handle keeping a relationship with another human because they're too controlling hence having a relationship with an object is easier because it has no thoughts, no opinions to consider. Also, this can also be a result of a trauma. Him losing his friends, especially Chad, during a lightning strike attack did not just lead him to isolation and practicing survival instincts, but also drove him to loving objects instead cause at least they won't experience terrible human deaths. Here is the source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/sex-and-relationships/decoding-objectophilia-5-reasons-why-people-fall-in-love-with-objects/story-LMvWWzhs257dD47yxNGC9H.html UPDATE: these facts are more connected to the character that is Prof Henry Hidgens whose personality reflects the generalizing views of the orientation better. Real life Objectums are a lot more complicated than that and can act against stereotypes/generalization. Thanks @fork-bork for reminding me.

Also further explanation:  ur friends can be ur life partners (hence there are old people living with friends in their twilight years) and some people like calling their friends as boyfriends or girlfriends. Hidge is just comfortable with his sexuality and closeness with his friends that he can call his male friends as his boyfriends. I think that's just Jeff's word play and humor going on as he wrote the song. And according to the song "it takes balls": Steve was a priest, Leighton was in a relationship with a person named Gary, and Greg was seeing/dating Steve's mom. Plus all of the boys, sans Chad and Henry, were attracted to females while at college based on their locker room talk acted by the Workin Girls cast.

I'm not like Unhidge Hidge, so tell me about ur thoughts/opinions/rebuttals as long as ur taking account of what I wrote here. Especially proof from the Langs with ur rebuttal. Of course in head canon or fan fic world, anything is free reins and you can experiment with Hidge's sexuality there. Just make sure to specify if it's canon or head canon so to avoid confusion and arguments.

Update:

I have the urge to check my HHP Working Boys screen recordings where Nick and Matt discussed Henry's relationship with the boys if it's poly or not. Update 2: Okay I watched it and Nick just says that Chad is his favorite so get out of that as you wish. But since the boys did their locker room talk about girls without Henry and Chad, I don't think the boys were making out with each other unless maybe just Henry and Chad if it's not unreciprocated from Henry's side.

I can understand if most fans think Henry is gay and not bi since Nick and Matt have not given more concrete proof of his attraction to human females. My only arguments with him being bi is that he loves and has done sexual acts with Alexa and Siri, AI virtual assistants with female names and voices. (NMT episode: Time Bastard).

[boys-at-work]

Hi boys!

@working-girl-chelsea

Hello, Chelsea. Good to see you.

How are you?

We hope you’re doing well.

[projectlida]

Rip the Workin Boys all they wanted was to play football-but-for-gays in the rain

[venomousray]

I want tumblr to know that when I draw Chad from workin boys he looks almost identical to Bob cratchit from VHSACC because my ass decided that Chad was the nerdy referee for the boys’ sports games and wrote theatrical scripts with Hidgens.

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

Chad just...not showing up is such a power move. Not gonna lie I love him for it.

[theguywholikedmusicals42]

Jeff Blim as Chad

[wigglys-dikrats]

i have been wanting for joey to play chad since i first watched tgwdlm and knew workin’ boys was coming out

because it would be hilarious

[awigglycultist]

Who do you want to see play the working boys or have always imagined as the working boys?

[emisirrelevant]

WORKIN BOYS IS FINALLY HAPPENING?!!

Oh my god, Starkid fans we are WINNING!!!

Just when I'm still not over Pulp Musicals, and we're still waiting for the Nerdy Prudes proshot.

They give us the ultimate TRIO and say "here it is, workin boys is finally gonna be in your eager little hands"

THEY KNOW WHAT WE WANT.

I freaking love being in this fandom.

Now to get my headcanons/theories ready.

[soggedboytroutanti]

Transfem Hidgins. Is that anything

[quirrelmorts]

FUCK I LOVED THAT HIS DEATH WAS PERFECT