#tinky's rambles

[scal-lords-in-black]

@umactuallyirl Uhh, hey- um… what the FUCK is your problem?! You’ve got like, an obsessive disorder or something!

I'm literally autistic

#tinky's rambles #hatchetfield roleplay #hatchetfield rp

[angelwiththeblue-box]

tgwdlm characters according to my bf

i love all of these sm

#fully thinking about a billted teacher au btw #also teds!! #assigned tinkys plaything by bf #eli rambles #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #starkid #hatchetfield #paul matthews #emma perkins #paulkins #ted spankoffski #bill woodward #billted #charlotte sweetly #henry hidgens #john macnamara

[blueskiesandstarrynights]

Tinky be normal about the Spankoffski's challange

#hatchetfield #tinky #lords in black #time bastard #ted spankoffski #peter spankoffski #blue rambles #blues dumb memes #npmd

[kirchefuchs]

Hey guys, can we talk about how Tinky's human form apparently wears a non-insignificant amount of yellow eyeshadow?

Cuz I think we should talk about this, just sayin 👀

#kirche rambles #t'noy karaxis #tinky npmd #tinky #hatchetverse #hatchetfield #npmd #nerdy prudes must die

[raspberrysmoon]

the lords in black often find themselves... attached to certain mortals. you'll see it often.

some of them get more violently attached than others, of course. they get possessive. protective, even, of the things that are theirs. like a starving lion and its fresh-killed prey.

t'noy karaxis, tinky, the bastard of time and space, is a wonderful example of how they can get violent. tinky has his toys, and once he decides they're his, no-one else is allowed to touch them. his attention is intense and short-lived. tinky gets bored of his toys rather quickly. he finds that his branding needs to be simple and easily removable. once hes done with a toy, its not his anymore. tinky wraps his toys in yellow. the naked eye could never see the intricate lines swirling around theodore spankoffski, but tinky can. tinky tugs on strings attached at points that ted doesnt realize he has. long, fluffy ears and dark, solid horns. ted cant see them, but tinky can. when hes done with his teddy bear, the yellow strings of light will fade, and the horns will fall off, only to be added to an ever-growing collection in tinkys space. when a toy- no matter how loved- does him poorly, he adds them to his collection just a little bit early. when he finds a toy taken, touched or harmed, he wrecks havoc on his brothers. he may not be the cleverest, or the hungriest, or the strongest, but he is certainly the angriest.

nibblenephim, nibbly, the one who feasts in the dark, is a delicious example of possession. nibbly doesn't find himself so entranced with his toys as tinky does-- not by a longshot-- but he doesnt get bored of them, either. when he chooses his new toy, he sinks his wide, sharp teeth into them, and they become wholly his. their blood, their very soul, glows pink in honor of the hungriest god. nibbly cannot remove this, and he does not want to. when he loses interest, or begins to dislike them, he devours them. he finds linda monroe will be an especially tasty treat when she finishes her purpose. linda is hyperaware of her marking scars. nibbly finds great joy in this fact. she knows who she belongs to, and it is certainly not that pathetic man she calls her husband. nibbly is the hungriest, and he hungers for the thrill of possession.

bliklotep, blinky, the watcher with a thousand eyes, is not as possessive, nor as violent as his brothers are. blinky prides himself on being quite calm in his watching. he finds himself switching from view to view frequently- he doesnt stick on just one. his favorites come and go from watcherworld as they please, he doesn't mind the loss of money as he reimburses their ticket cost. he enjoys watching the woodwards especially, recently. when blinky chooses someone he likes, their eyes glaze over slightly. they become a little warmer. a little more orange. they dont notice. they will never notice. blinky loses interest quickly. he finds more interest watching his brothers or his sniggles. they seek to entertain him, at least.

pokotho, pokey, the singular voice, finds favorites among crowds larger than his brothers could dream. he takes and takes and takes until he silences them. he finds a favorite here or there, a challenge, a dancer, or a particularly persuasive individual. he finds himself quite enamored with paul matthews recently- he was so difficult to infect that it was like solving a rubix cube for him. paul matthews bleeds blue, now. until the end of time, paul matthews will bear the mark of pokotho, whether he stays infected or not. pokey finds that the longer an individual is his, the deeper their blue. pokey finds great joy in tearing his toys apart to see their blue, and stitching them back together so they can sing with him again. when (not if) pokey gets bored or annoyed with their voice, he replaces it. the blue stitch lines fade, eventually, to a pale baby blue across their throat. pokey does not let his toys go.

wiggog y'wrath, wiggly, the lord in black, prides himself on not having toys. unlike his brothers, he dislikes playing with the human race himself. he doesn't much like getting his hands- well, tentacles- dirty. he prefers to let the humans who follow him do what they'd like. he appreciated linda monroe while she was his, sure, but he didn't care enough to.. care for her. he doesn't mark his humans. they stay for short bursts, and disappear. usually out of fear. wilbur cross has stayed for far too long, in his opinion, but he hasn't found another to spread his power, yet. uncle wiley has green eyes. wilbur cross does not. wiggly does not appreciate this change.

#starkid #hatchetfield #the lords in black #lords in black #nibblenephim #bliklotep #t'noy karaxis #tnoy karaxis #wiggog y'rath #wiggog y'wrath #pokotho #nibbly #wiggly #pokey #tinky #blinky #raspy rambles #raspberry writes

[missholloween]

Ted Spankoffski is a character who defines himself through others.

After Jenny leaves, Ted decides to turn himself into a "pushy asshole", as he thinks only pushy assholes what they want (aka love). Rejection pushes him to make a radical change in his life, one so drastic he builds a new version of himself around it, and never lets go of it. He knows he is a pushy asshole, and he enjoys being a pushy asshole. Or at least he did.

During Time Bastard, we see how Ted has grown bitter and sour because of being a pushy asshole. The good things that persona had, aka getting laid, don't work anymore. He's just a shadow of the person he had constructed.

That's why, when Kilgore calls him "time bastard" and he understands how time travel works, he fastly clings to that identity. Not only he has power over others as the time bastard, but he can change the errors of his way and return to Jenny. And even better yet, because he's learned what being a pushy ashole is, and he can show Jenny. Surely this time they'll end up together... Won't they?

I'd lastly want to mention the Hatchetfield Ape-Man. Even though he first wanted Lucy just for her money, he ends up falling in love with her. Ted becomes Cronk to please her, as she loves Cronk, and he can be loved through that persona. He even decides to die as Cronk in the episode, not as Ted. He dismisses his identity just so that he can be loved.

#starkid #hatchetverse #ted Spankoffski #time bastard #tgwdlm #nightmare time #the guy who didn't like musicals #hatchetfield #hatchetfield ape-man #i get tinky i am fascinated by ted and I'd love to put him in situations to see how he reacts #also kudos to the langs because of the way they build their characters. their needs (or lack of them ily paul) are fascinating #hyl rambles

[yourlocalabomination]

i need your opinion. jeff blim tinky or curt mega tinky

Oh this is such a good question!

While I do have aspects that I love about both portrayals my overall favourite is undoubtedly Jeff’s.

In Time Bastard we get to see Tinky be absolutely deranged when it comes to fucking around with Ted, and Jeff manages to protrude that sadistic energy entirely. The laugh alone solidifies that for me. Jeff has such a way with playing unhinged characters (Hidgens in Workin’ boys, Aladdin in Twisted, The father in Trail to Oregon, etc) that I don’t think there is a better Starkid actor to play Tinky.

While Grace, Steph and Pete are acted as being scared in The Summoning honestly wasn’t that scary? For me at least? Idk it was more silly (don’t get me wrong I love The Summoning scene it just didn’t have that scare factor- I mean Curts dancing around in neon yellow). And while I do like Tinky having a more silly goofy side to him I prefer the portrayal of that having a more sadistic streak, as seen in Time Bastard.

I know that in The Summoning the LIBs “hold court in your own tongue and form”, (aka appear as teenagers) makes sense story wise and for a on stage preformance. But I’m a big fan of horror, so even the description Tinky being a:

“A solidarity figure. It wears a baggy, furry body- suit. It’s yellow and matted. Dirty. Stinking. Worst of all is its head. A motionless, demented goat mask. It has glassy, evil eyes, a slack jaw with big crooked teeth, a flopping wet tongue”.

Fuck so hard to me. That shit slaps ok. Tinky being refered to a “The thing”, “This creature”, “The nightmare goat”, in the Time Bastard script? Give me more of that please.

(I know that this isn’t particularly pertaining to Jeff’s portrayal, more of the script writing, but they go hand in hand. The script is only as good as the actors can make it. And Jeff does that description of Tinky so much justice).

All that being said- when it comes to drawing Tinky I prefer to draw him as Curt (plus a few extra things added to put my own spin on the design) due to that being his first human form portrayal. Also because I can’t draw goats.

Despite all this, I need it to be known that “oh boy! A spankoffski! I’m going to have the whole set in my toy box!” has and will continue to rot in my brain for many more months to come.

#abomy talks #asks #thank you for the question! #I know you probably wanted a straight answer but you gave me an opportunity to ramble #I’m going to take it #don’t get me wrong I do like both portrayals but I heavily prefer Jeff’s #I have watched Time Bastard an unhealthy amount I can’t not say Jeff #I literally have the script saved in my Google drive which I busted out to answer this #starkid #tinky #t’noy karaxis #the lords in black #lords in black #time bastard #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #nightmare time #nmt #hatchetfield

[cherry-flavored-sigh]

as someone who never watched glee, it's absolutely jarring to look at old pics of curt as a warbler. he was BABY BOY. LOOK AT THAT INFANT

so i decided to fuck up my brain by putting these together for comparison. look at this man. absolutely wonderful. he's like a pokemon. look at that evolution.

#robin rambles #sorry i watched Spies Are Forever and my brain hasn't recovered #curt mega #agent curt mega #t'noy karaxis #tinky #glee #warblers #tin can bros #tin can brothers #spies are forever #npmd #nerdy prudes must die #starkid

[ace7librarian]

It's hard for me to consider tinky as a curt mega character. Because starkid aren't playing the lords, they're possessed by them every performance. Maybe curt is a tinky character.

#curt mega #tinky #nerdy prudes must die #tnoy karaxis #starkid #hatchetfield #the lords in black #rambling in librarian

[lilacthebooklover]

part of the reason why i find nightmare time episodes so interesting is because in half of them, i'm not even sure who the writers want me to root for.

take honey queen, for example. linda's the focus of it and we see her emotions, motivations & family, so it's expected that she would be the "hero" of the episode. but she isn't. the episode consists of her doing horrible things to zoey, zoey doing horrible things to her, and it gradually escalating to the point of kidnapping and murder. it's due to linda that zoey dies. and she gets what she wants, what the whole episode has been about her vying to achieve, but we as viewers don't feel satisfied, because how can all that's happened possibly be worth such a tiny, temporary, meaningless title? linda's father seems to be proud of her, which is what she's been hoping to gain and added an extra element of sympathy for her character. but in the end, he sacrifices her to an eldritch being because she "the hungriest". honey queen is tragic and comedic and messed up and chaotic and there are The Horrors and nobody is distinctly good.

and that stays the same in every nightmare time episode. so many of these characters wouldn't care a bit if they killed someone, as long as they were able to survive. but that's just hatchetfield. a strange community of selfish people with no clear morals, because that's all they know and that's all they can be if they want to survive. they have a magic child fighting ring, they have evil weed birds, they have clones in the technical department, they have an asexual axe murderer in the woods, they have a wealthy doting mother who's been alive for centuries, they have a 1986 foxbody mustang possessed by a dead psychiatrist, so on and so forth.

the whole hatchetfield universe is so surreal: this is a place where people go missing every day, where gruesome murders are dismissed unless it threatens their football team losing to the clivesdale chemists, where a character can do the most horrendous things or seem absolutely irredeemable, only for the narrative to put them through so much that the audience ends up loving them.

each character is so complex and unique (i could write an essay about literally any of them if i tried to- and yet that includes peanuts the hatchetfield pocket squirrel). none of them are meant to be all good, and none of them are meant to be all bad. they're realistic to their environment and screwed over by their universe and they all have their own lives to focus on.

the vast majority of the antagonistic characters are very beloved in this fandom, because this is hatchetfield, where the most horrifying things are normalised in-universe, so they begin to be for us, too. we don't think it's as awful when we see zoey's body hanging from the rafters, or watch boy jeri be killed by his own son, or see eldritch beings hunt people down, since that's all seen as far more normal in this world. besides that, people like to have flawed characters, it's good to have little fictional freaks committing atrocities since it means the episodes are completely unpredictable.

every volume of nightmare time is a rollercoaster or a fever dream, because they'll take the most unexpected characters and the most random concepts ever and throw them into a completely absurd plot. so many modern pieces of media follow a specific genre or structure, but the hatchetfield universe does whatever the hell it wants, and it's so investing to see. there aren't any limits here, and each episode is a separate timeline, so the creators can go wild and do literally anything with this town. it's like a treasured collection of cracky aus that have been written and performed astonishingly beautifully.

anyway, this is your sign to go check out nightmare time and @blinkysrewatchparty! it will be entirely worth it, i promise <3

#nightmare time propaganda #LOOK IT'S SO UNHINGED I NEED MORE PEOPLE TO RAMBLE ABOUT IT WITH ME #nightmare time #nightmare time 2 #exposing myself #i still have over half of the episodes to watch #i've seen lots of snippets from tumblr of what happens in each #(e.g. tom makes love to a car #ted & tinky's whole thing #paul 23 and emdroid) #but the only ones i've watched to completion are #honey queen #abstinence camp #daddy nmt #and #hey melissa #they were all phenomenal though & i'm very much looking forward to finding time to watch the rest of the series! #watcher world seems especially up my alley :) #nightmare time starkid #starkid #starkid productions #hatchetfield universe #hrhhghhff it's so insane <3 #linda monroe #zoey chambers #team starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #i'm pretty sure the only 2 characters the fandom genuinely despises are pamela & melissa #the rest are our blorbos <33

[shadowess]

If there's one thing I need in the Working Boys production is for Tinky to carry Ted off stage kicking and screaming over his shoulder. It'd be hilarious.

#hatchetfield #ted spankoffski #tinky #workin boys #blue rambles #t'noy karaxis

[scal-lords-in-black]

[Tinky is sitting in his part of The Black, looking at his pocket watch quietly, something is clearly bothering him, he curls up a bit, hugging his knees]

Stupid feelings...

#tinky's rambles #hatchetfield roleplay #hatchetfield rp #tinky

[thunder-birb-00]

So about that "multiple Teds" that rots my brain randomly

This technically doubles as a how Tinky is interpreted for the Timelines AU. This ramble, a cute random discord discussion between @shadowess and I, is going nowhere, except out here xD. Pardon the mess on my end.

For this AU, Tinky keeps trying to find a Ted that is ... "smart enough". By means of smart enough, that's tricky, but I would say Tinky eventually wants to see a Ted that is not too stupid to go to 2004. In short, the whole time travelling shenanigans is a terrible "social test" placed by Tinky, which MAY alter certain situations ever so slightly to properly lure Ted into the "test". However, most have been deemed failures, Time Bastards specifically, so he just chucks them into his box to just play with whenever he wants, be it more messed up games or stuff like that.

So Tinky knows which Ted is which, specifically may label them so that he will not take the wrong Ted to play with (Gamma Ted 231118, Phi Ted ??1018, Chi Ted 171004, so on and so forth). But to each individual Ted, he still calls them "Teddy Bear" to not raise suspicions that there are more then one Ted.

But over time, as each Ted learns about the other, they figure some way to ID themselves. There are certainly infected Teds in there, which can be identified with maybe some leftover blue in the eyes. The rest of the Teds are mostly brown-eyed, but for those who got the Time Bastard treatment, they may have yellow eyes when in Tinky's presence. They also slowly observe that there are Teds who are here as young adults (if say, Ted chloroforming his young self had gone horribly wrong), some who died at the 30-somethings like Workin' Boys Ted and TGWDLM Ted for example, they would be put through the Time Bastard challenge posthumously to do this same check, and those at 50 years of age (these are the Homeless Teds). Some of the Teds are female (for mine's, I'd name female Teds Thea). Nonetheless, the female Teds could be Time Bastardised all the same, or Infected.

What's important is that they soon realise that they all came from different timelines, and that they are practically labelled according to the timeline they were derived from. They only notice since they now have someone else looking at them, and maybe a few of the Teds who are actually more sane, doing the observing.

So, to end off the lore ramble, for the little talkshow they've got, you could stand to see the following who get identified as such: Crime Lord Ted, Cowboy Ted, Host Ted, Theatre Ted, Normal Flavoured Ted, Nerd Ted, so on and so forth.

And there will be Teds that do not show up as much, as they are one of few Teds who are... walking free from the Bastard's Box in two ways (as being a Time Bastard means you are an eldritch being who can possibly find a means to get stronger).

1. They are not dead

2. They have escaped and have their own backdoor

Right i stop here, thanks for coming to my Ted talk, have a good night/ day for whoever stumbles on this XD - Thunder

#thetedstalkshow #starkid #hatchetverse #hatchetfield #ted spankoffski #ehe rambles #thunder rumblings #lords in black #the lords in black #tinky #tnoy karaxis #t'noy karaxis #npmd #tinky npmd #nightmare time #hatchetfield au #hatchetfield theory

[blueskiesandstarrynights]

Tinky holding up the bastard's box: What's up guys!? Today we're gonna do another unboxing video!

#hatchetfield #tinky #ted spankoffski #t'noy karaxis #time bastard #blue rambles

[kirchefuchs]

Just lil work induced daydream, But, Ted getting worried about sending Pete to Abstinence Camp for obvious reasons, and so bites the bullet and asks Tinky to keep an eye on his lil brother. Que Tinky at first thinking it's just a easy babysitting task but then quickly realising how wrong he was- XD

Also Tinky slipping candy into Pete's pockets to help him cope with low blood sugar OwO

You have no idea how much fun I had drawing these. I love this idea so much, it's so funny

Course Tinky needs to have his human teenager disguise. I find the idea of him just slapping on some braces and calling it good really funny for some reason. Lords know his teeth are crooked, he needs them, lol

And Pete trying to avoid people associating the two of them together cuz Tinky is just so weird. It doesn't work cuz Tinky is just gonna follow him almost everywere

He's helpful when he needs to be, but he's also a huge menace ofc

Also, I loved the thought that he didn't know about the Hatchet Man. It's just soooo funny. Was he just not listening when his brothers were talking about it? Or did the creation of the Hatchet Man have nothing to do with the Lords, and so none of them know about it? Either way, hilarious

#fanart #ask #traditional art #kirche rambles #hatchetverse #hatchetfield #ted spankoffski #peter spankoffski #t'noy karaxis #tinky #tinky redemption arc #tinky starkid #tinky npmd #nightmare time #nightmare time 2 #abstinence camp

[raspberrysmoon]

#starkid #hatchetfield #linda monroe #blinky #bliklotep #pokotho #pokey #nibbly #nibblenephim #wiggly #wiggog y'wrath #tinky #t'noy karaxis #webby #i love polls #raspy rambles #raspberry writes #honey queen #black friday starkid