#FEELING THINGS ABOUT NPMD!!

[gnomeantics]

they made me insane .btw

#FEELING THINGS ABOUT NPMD!! #admittedly my first thought when taking this screenshot was 'this is LITERALLY the avpm gesture' #npmd spoilers #starkid #lautski #<333 #hall of fame #yapping

[cosmicquill]

I'm always like "Oh yeah the Nightmare Times are some of my favourite content Starkid has ever put out, but they're fun additional stories and not necessarily essential for people to watch if they're into the Hatchetfield musicals." And then I think about CCRP's future or Homeless Man or Pete's brother or Miss Holloway and I'm like OH MY GOD THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY LACK CRITICAL INFORMATION. THEY DON'T--

#this is a goof I totally get people only watching the musicals #it is just WILD to me to think about how different the Hatchetfield verse feels after you watch Nightmare Time. #before NPMD the lords in black were one of the main things #hatchetfield #hatchetfield universe #hatchetverse #npmd #nerdy prudes must die #npmd spoilers #black friday musical #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #nightmare time

[ricky-mortis]

Have some Ted doodles- as a treat.

#was counting up all the times I’ve drawn my little guys and Ted is now at around 71 #highest of the hatchetfield characters for sure #he’s just fun to draw #I get it Tinky #I understand your obsession #did these while listening to exam review #rip long hair Ted #never gonna stop thinking of you #yall ive got so many WIPs it’s crazy #after exams are over I’m not going to stop drawing #anyways how’re you #hope you’re doing well #all good things i hope #I don’t feel like going and grabbing my fact book so today you get one off the top of my head #fun fact: contrary to popular belief- tomatoes are not fruits; they are a category of vegetable called fruit vegetable #there is a heart scene in Stardew Valley with Demetrius and Robin in which Demetrius asks you if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable and #if you say vegetable he gets all huffy #this frustrates me because he says ‘oh you are a farmer you should know’ and DUDE I DO KNOW #ITS YOU WHO DOESNT KNOW #Anyways yeah #this has been the fun fact corner ft. me ranting about tomatoes #ted spankoffski #tinky npmd #tinky #tnoy karaxis #theodore spankoffski #tgwdlm #hatchetfield #Starkid #Joey richter

[lavender-rroses]

// jrwi riptide 111 + nerdy prudes must die (??) spoilers

i’m eating well this weekend

#new riptide was soo funny i lol’d 😊 #and NPMD was so good omfggggg #mariah rose faith makes me feel things #also the little emma and paul cameo was so cute #also i’m like. NOT caught up on hatchetfield lore so it was a ride #jrwi riptide #jrwi fanart #gillion tidestrider #jay ferin #jrwi chip #nerdy prudes must die #starkid #paulkins #jrwi riptide spoilers #art #fanart #lavrose art #ALSO NO ONE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE FUCKING CLONE HIGH HANDS

[dollarstoreartsupplies]

welcome to drowsy town!

~

for the lord of the lords in black,,,,, a gnc design that’s doing as much as humanly possible,,,, serving both jesus imagery and shirley temple realness,,,, he’s so cute you should buy him for your child this black friday!!!!!

(Tinky)

(Pokey)

#HES DOING A LITTLE JESUS HAND THING IDK IF THAT ACTUALLY READS #wiggog y'wrath #multimedia #black friday #starkid #hatchetfield #idk how I feel about this one tbh it was BY FAR the trickiest #because I wanted to balance like Christmas god childrens toy #and evil monster dressed like a little school boy #AND I didn’t it want it to look too much like any of the other lords #but there was a shocking amount of nibbly crossover #wiggly #my art :) #nerdy prudes must die #lords in black #npmd #black friday starkid #edit: upon closer inspection I really do not like this one lmao #but it’s not like I’m gonna redraw it so cest la vie

[themidnightpanda]

has anybody already made the post about the very real possibility that pete waited 5 years for that hot chocolate

#when you think about it that's a thing tinky absolutely can and probably would absolutely love to do #I know it's a joke about how that scene happened in tgwdlm 5 years ago but. In universe? That's a thing the spankoffskis have a history wit #like I watched the specific nightmare time with the time bastard after the musical and ted saying “it'll take 85 years to print” just. #hit the same part of my brain as pete going “it feels like 5 years for my hot chocolate” #peter spankoffski #nerdy prudes must die #nightmare time #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #npmd #npmd spoilers #Tinky #tnoy karaxis

[stubbornessissues]

Y'all liked the last set and I keep being told to post here so, here you go, Nibbly cosplayer is back as Stephanie 👀

I'll be wearing this at MCM London in May on Friday, and Nibbly saturday to the Starkid meet my friends and I are organising.

#nerdy prudes must die #stephanie lauter #npmd #nerdy Prudes must die cosplay #stephanie lauter cosplay #NPMD cosplay #okay literally the only reason I'm not backing out of is this is bc my body type matches Mariah's #and that's the ONE thing helping me feel okay about posting pics with tummy out #also please please let me know if you're coming to MCM #I love meeting up with people

[picklesinabottle]

why must very happy about blorbo disorder also come with very very sad about blorbo disorder

#also in general but rn specifically about blorbo #like i love about me how excited i get about things i like but man it would be nice to not feel like i should be hospitalized when i #think about a sad scene for a split second too long #vent post #i guess? #spn #destiel #midam #npmd #maybe shes born with it maybe its autism #im actually not sure

[graceschasity]

i wanna get sentimental for a sec because ive been thinking lately about the upcoming 4th anniversary to this account, idk 4 years kinda punched me in the face last week cause 4 years ago i was deep in my tgwdlm fixation (had been for several months before specifically joining the tumblr fandom). take a short trip through the past 4 years with me. black friday hadnt even premiered on stage yet, i wanted to go, but knew i couldnt. it wasnt logical, surely there was no way i could ever go to LA to see a hatchetfield show, right?

i remember black friday premiering on the digital ticket, i remember finding other people to connect with hatchetfield over and making this account, i remember knowing about nerdy prudes must die, knowing it was likely to hit in 2020. i remember the pandemic hitting right around the time they probably would have announced the kickstarter for it. and i especially remember making a dumb little group chat cause i was bored one night, and not even to get into everything else that spawned into, i specifically remember talking about nerdy prudes. everything was shut down, we hadnt heard from starkid in months, nerdy prudes was a pipe dream at that time, it was a fantasy we talked about together, about making trips and meeting up and going to the show, it was all just a dream... until it wasnt.

nerdy prudes means more to me than i can even state. a show that was simply a fantasy, a coping mechanism to get me through the loneliness of the pandemic, is a reality. not only does the show exist, i saw it, in person, with the same people i dreamed i would, and theres even the chance that ill be a part of it in the audience for everyone to see. and now a few months later im going to be hit with the reality of this once again, the upcoming release is a reminder that this all really did happen. it all feels so unreal to me, i cant believe im actually here, this show, and everything leading up to it, are memories i will treasure forever. i am so grateful for everything that has happened to get me to this point. i love this show, i love this community, i love my friends. it would have been so easy for none of this to ever happen to me, im so happy it did. nerdy prudes must die is real and exists and will be public on october 13th. i truly hope this shows means as much to you as it does to me

#sorry i know this is long and a little sappy im usually not like this asdfrewgwe #i am Feeling things about npmd on this monday night

[17yearcicada]

i can't believe they call the cross necklace in that one npmd scene a crucifix. it's only a crucifix if jesus is also on it get it right

#yeah i switched over to npmd... i don't know how i feel about the grace chastity thing #.txt

[mer-birdman]

DO YOU EVER GET THE FEELING THAT TOO MANY GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING

NOT LIKE. ‘THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR THE WORLD AND HUMANITY’

JUST THINGS THAT SPECIFICALLY MAKE YOUR LIFE GOOD AND MAKE YOU HAPPY

#SO ANYWAYS NPMD TRAILER DROPPED #this entire week has just been one thing after another #specifically things that genuinely make me happy! and happy to be alive! and excited about! #i don’t think i’ve experienced this many of those things at a time in #longer than i can think #i feel euphoric and it’s almost scary because surely something HAS to go wrong #like. something HAS to go wrong now right? #am i gonna destroy a friendship? is my mom’s cat gonna die? there has to be something #i have SIX things i’m looking forward to in the next year! that’s too many! #and that’s without the smaller happy things like d&d and CR and going to the gym with my mom and filling my apartment with home #it’s just all too much #it doesn’t feel fair

[lastwiltedflower]

love writing fanfiction in script form.... like yes king avoid writing descriptions of literally anything! and then shittily insert them in when the script is done!

#i'm doing this with a npmd one right now and honestly it feels nightmare time esque #like the whole script thing yknow #there's like a good short little monologue by pete about how he's gonna get his ass kicked by his physics final #which is totally not inspired by me #like i get that they're nerds #hell i'm a nerd #but we can't do everything #like physics? hell no. more nerds bad at physics please. i'm struggling and need to know there are others #nerdy prudes must die #fanfic

[its-a-gold-song]

fav npmd line deliveries

tehe yEAH

don't frighten them pokey you 𝔫𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔶 𝔟𝔬𝔶

what is she sayyingg...what the fUCK IS SHE SAYING

and his name. is Jee-Sus Christ.

oh shit! oh fuck!! i didn't think there'd be a skele'un here!!! I'm so fucking scared of skele'uns!!!

does it Feel like I Lost my Power??

it's a story of luhv......ffAMalehh......pAyushun.....bEEtrAyyall.

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

fuckin' traanscendent

heahs the thing about a bãrbĕqüe

it brings folks together...from awl woaks of laif...there's a storé behand everyh burrghurr...everyh kahbahb...

but jesus never threw a football like yoou, mǍX

W E D O N T G I V E A S H I T A B O U T Y O U R P H O N E

for the first time... *insert a full minute of him flopping the zeke costume off* ...I feel like I belong :)

that ain't good news for youuYA BITCH.

this project is on thermodynamics. what the fûck are you talking about.

you're Killing Me is What you're Doing

naNI?!

any time jon says stÊF-A-nee

:(( had to sell your bowtie to feeed your fuckin' famly??

i love....jeEsus!

and of course:

ma'bAHBakew

#nerdy prudes must die #npmd #starkid #hatchetverse #starkid npmd #team starkid #bbq monologues #barbecue monologues

[a-a-lost-munchkin]

I’m not seeing enough people talk about Nerdy Prudes Must Die. Like, the song. Jon’s and Will’s performance there.

With each Hatchetfield musical, I’ve been able to pinpoint when I got the “oh fuck” horror-feeling. The moment where I actually felt like what I was watching was horror. “Nerdy Prudes Must Die” was that moment for me in NPMD.

Jon’s acting was phenomenal. Not just his body acting, but the way he literally convinced me he was a terrified kid. A terrified kid faced with the consequences of his peer-pressured actions, who only just started experiencing being liked and valued as who he is, and the realization that he’s going to be murdered and can’t escape it. The way he ran and crawled and begged.

“Please, nonononono, Max, please.”

And something about him begging for his life while his friends and classmates loomed in darkness in the background hit me hard, too.

The entire aura of the song was just sinister despite the few jokes it had and Max being, well, Max. Will’s acting went hard, too. Especially during the “will you pray for me” bit, where he looked borderline sympathetic towards Ritchie but in such a disingenuous way.

Not to mention the song fucking slaps.

This was all jumbled, but something something- sitting there and watching this kid run and fight and beg for his life, knowing the thing coming after him won’t stop no matter what and is incapable of reason, and being unable to do anything but let it happen got to me.

#starkid #nerdy prudes must die #starkid npmd #npmd #npmd spoilers #starkid musicals #jon matteson #will branner #the song and acting is just so good

[rentumblsstuff]

NPMD!Steph: I asked Pete to Pasquali’s on the first date.

AC!Steph: I asked Pete to shower with me.

YJ!Steph: Who the fuck is Pete and why are we thirsty for him? Get a grip, ladies.

NPMD!Steph: Okay, okay, imagine the biggest nerd you can think of?

YJ!Steph: Oh the bow tie kid.

NPMD!Steph: That’s him.

AC!Steph: But then also like make him funny and sarcastic.

NPMD!Steph: Yeah! And sweet.

AC!Steph: And weirdly sexy and secretly jacked and you just kinda wanna break his brain so that the only thing he can think about is pinning you to the wall of the shower even though it’s nasty, so-

NPMD!Steph: Wait the other one is right. Get a grip. Please.

AC!Steph: *shaking* I’ve been stuck at Camp Idontwannabang for a month and he’s the only sane one here other than me. There’s only one thing I’m trying to ‘get a grip’ on around here, and it’s down the shorts that his ‘Virginity Rocks!’ camp tee is tucked into.

——

AC!Peter: I broke my leg trying to improvise a weapon to protect Steph and myself.

NPMD!Peter: I almost sacrificed my life for Steph!

TGWDLM!Peter: I STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN MY HOT CHOCOLATE.

AC!Peter and NPMD!Peter: NEITHER HAVE WE!

TGWDLM!Peter: Also who is Steph and why are we willing to hurt ourselves for her?

AC!Peter and NPMD!Peter: *OFFENDED GASP*

AC!Peter: Imagine you have really low blood sugar and all you have to fix it is fuckin’ raisins… And Steph gives you a chocolate bar. Relief, finally, you can think straight for what feels like the first time in your life. That’s Stephanie.

NPMD!Peter: Imagine an eldritch god tells you that you have to give up what you treasure above all else and you suddenly realize in the worst way possible that your Pokémon cards and comic collection mean nothing to you in comparison, and as weirdly slimy and wiggly fingers brush the hair from your neck, you realize that the girl who’s suddenly become the most important person or thing in your life thinks of you the exact same way and that one of you has to die before you’ve even worked up the nerve to admit to the coolest girl you’ve ever met how you feel. That’s Stephanie.

AC!Peter: … Are you okay?

NPMD!Pete: Better than that guy’s doing.

BF!Pete: I watched a man get kicked in the head until he died… I can still see the bomb falling through the air as I spent my last moments alive with my big brother…

——

NPMD!Grace: I can explain!

AC!Grace: YOU HAD A SEXUAL FANTASY?!

PB!Grace: NASTY!! JAIL FOR YOU.

AC!Grace: HELL EVEN.

NPMD!Grace: Wait, no no no! It’s okay, I killed the guy it was about!

AC!Grace: You better have!

NPMD!Grace: But then he came back to life and I had to sacrifice my chastity to send him back, so we had sex in the middle of a football field and five evil gods dragged him to Hell! Also by the way, Jesus isn’t real and it’s up to us to cleanse the earth of all perverts for our new gods, the Lords in Black!

AC!Grace and PB!Grace: …………… WHAT THE FU-

#starkid #hatchetfield #npmd #abstinence camp #yellow jacket #tgwdlm #black friday #perkys buds #stephanie lauter #peter spankoffski #grace chasity #lautski #starkid incorrect quotes

[jupiters-galaxy]

I've seen some people criticize how quickly Peter and Steph fell for each other (to the point of being the thing they treasure most), and while I do understand some of the criticism, I think there are a few key things that some people aren't picking up on.

-Treasuring each other IS NOT strictly romantic. While it's true that Peter is in love with Steph, and Steph with Peter, it goes deeper than their repressed love story. They ARE friends. They do genuinely like spending time together, although their connection is relatively new. They care about each other as people first; neither of them seem like they NEED to be in a relationship with the other. They seek each other out even when they're just friends.

-It's also important to remember that the lords in black only want treasured things in the metaphorical sense: they can't give up OBJECTS. It presumably has to be a person or a concept.

-It's important to remember that both of them have been through an unbelieveable ordeal. Peter's closest friends were murdered. Stephanie lost her DAD, and although they weren't close, that can't have been easy to stomach. I cannot stress this enough; Peter and Steph quite literally have no one else left. Peter has no other friends. It logically tracks for him to be attached to Stephanie, as she is someone who experienced the same traumas as him. From Stephanie's angle, she doesn't really like her friends, and since objects are out of the question, Peter is the only person who she feels truly knows her. He's really the only option for her, even if her feelings are confusing.

-I also want to point out that you can really kind of feel them falling for each other, although it is admittedly subtext. Peter is weak to Steph as early as the opening number. He does out of character things to make her happy; a compliment from her makes his day amazing; he faces his biggest fear in hopes of seeing her at Pasqualli's. Stephanie cares for him from the first day they meet, although her care is a lot more ambiguous. She teases him about how he's into her, but at the same time, she's protective of him, feeling horrible that he got beat up and wanting to stop it. Even beyond that, she's inclusive towards him, inviting him to hang out with her simply because she likes his company. Her attraction to him makes sense: we know that Steph has a thing for funny and smart guys, and Peter's geeky snarkiness ABSOLUTELY fits. Their relationship is one that just makes a lot of sense!

-Their relationship is actually portrayed really realistically near the end. They're not intense about their love, nor are they overtly sexual. In NPMD, they don't even kiss! The furthest they go is dancing close together and having conversations, cautiously stepping into a new relationship that they mutually want. Despite the heavy nature of their confessions in As Cool As I Think I Am (Reprise), the payoff is not drastic. The confessions were likely only so heavy because they both thought Peter was about to die. Of course he would go out detailing how he loves her, and of course she would say it back; their last memories together should be good ones. When faced with normalcy, they progress as most teens would.

-At the end of the day, they're two traumatized teenagers who already liked each other before the trauma. It makes sense that they feel like the other is the most important to them; after all, Grace is the only other survivor from their group, and they're thinking about her in a less than favorable way past Richie's death, if not sooner than that.

This is not to say they're perfect, but I think their portrayal was really sweet and a joy to watch. I think the implications are extremely interesting idk!! I love Peter and Steph, I think they're more nuanced than they're getting credit for. I love to see cringefail nerds getting badass and amazing girlfriends, let me have this!!!!!

Anyways yeah that's my hot take. One of many. NPMD is consuming me someone help

#nerdy prudes must die #team starkid #starkid #starkid npmd #npmd #peter spankoffski #stephanie lauter #lautski #npmd spoilers