#paulkins

[blondephenobarbitol]

If you guys liked the whole "Stephs flannel matches Peter's suspenders and bow tie" thing then this costuming detail is in tgwdlm gonna fuck you up.

When we get our first scene with Paul and Emma, the two are dressed in their respective main outfits. These are the ones people tend to associate with them.

But throughout the show, as they get closer and bond, their outfits become more and more similar. Pretty soon Emma's lost the apron

Then at the professor's house, Paul loses the jacket

and by the time McNamara is infected, Paul has his sleeves rolled up and Emma's bow tie has come undone.

At this point, the two are at their most aesthetically similar, and also the closest they've been the entire show. This is moments before the helicopter crash and their failed kiss. They remain this way for a good chunk of time...until Paul comes back

It's like some fast-paced foreshadowing. Emma remains in her changed state, the same as her character, but Paul is back to square one. He's wearing the same outfit he was when they met, and they no longer align. She doesn't know who he is anymore.

I don't know if this was intentional (and if it was, no one explained it to Jon) but it plays out so damn well.

#tgwdlm #paulkins #paul matthews #emma perkins #starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #theory #npmd #jon matteson #lauren lopez

[theatre-apocalypse]

“And he gives me his number. Very smooth.”

#npmd #starkid npmd #nerdy prudes must die #npmd spoilers #npmd fanart #starkid #paul matthews #emma perkins #it’s been a while hasn’t it! #still love them though. it was nice to see them again #hatchetfield #paulkins

[waywardsoul-s]

Paul Matthews and Emma Perkins are everything to me. They are soulmates and find each other in every universe but they almost never get past the awkwardly flirting stage before the world ends. They are both losers. They find each other every time an apocalypse commences. They are the only normal people in the whole universe. They are doomed by the narrative. They hate musicals. He tips her 5 dollars and she spits on everyones coffee. They are Orpheus and Eurydice coded. They are a spark that never turns into fire. They are intimate but don't like labels. They are the only constant thing in every timeline. They are what it could have been but never meant to be. They meet in that coffee shop again and again forever. He'll order a black coffee and she'll ask him for his name. And the loop will start all over again.

#they are THE straight couple #the implications #i can talk about them for hours #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #black friday #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #starkid #paul matthews #emma perkins #paulkins

[jesterbabey]

#nerdy prudes must die #npmd #starkid #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #paulkins #paul matthews #emma perkins

[closetnerd62]

The holy quintuplet of dynamics

#hatchetfield #npmd #starkid #starkid npmd #npmd spoilers #nerdy prudes must die #pete spankoffski #black friday #hatchetverse #stephanie lauter #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #paul matthews #paulkins #lautski #emma perkins #ted spankoffski #gary goldstein #black friday starkid #linda monroe #richie lipschitz #ruth fleming

[miss-holloday]

the Hatchetfield plotline has me in a CHOKEHOLD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The “smoke club” gesture

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

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

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

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

#hatchetverse #starkid #tgwdlm #bf #npmd #hatchetfield #paulkins #lautski #barneston #bill woodward #Alice Woodward #tom houston #tim houston #solomon lauter #stephanie lauter #jeff blim #john mcnamara #Lex foster #max jägerman #peter spankoffski #professor hidgens #linda monroe #grace chasity #nightmare time #nmt

[itsdefinitely]

If you're up for a double doozy, maybe some PaulKins? (Totally chill if not though)

i am not immune to them

#id in alt text #paulkins #paul matthews #emma perkins #emdroid #paul 23 #the guy who didn't like musicals #black friday #forever and always #nerdy prudes must die #definitely art #SOMEBODY SAVE ME IM FALLING!!!!!! AAUUUUAGAGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! #hatchetfield #nightmare time

[oniomn]

yeah paul there’s no such thing as alternate universes you silly billy

#we all know emma actually does care tho #starkid #team starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #black friday #starkid black friday #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #starkid fanart #tgwdlm fanart #black friday fanart #paul matthews #emma perkins #paulkins

[daiwild]

Canon Lords In Black dynamic. The sniggles told me so

#the guy who didn't like musicals #nerdy prudes must die #black friday musical #team starkid #hatchetverse #npmd spoilers #npmd fanart #tgwdlm #paulkins #the lords in black

[baldchristianborle]

starkid has such a talent for writing straight couples. like they’re really getting me invested in a man and a woman. i respect them so much.

#straight being a relative term #they’re all bi/aspec #starkid #npmd #tgwdlm #black friday #paulkins #ethan green #lex foster #paul matthews #emma perkins #peter spankoffski #stephanie lauter #tom houston #becky barnes #barneston #lautski

[awnrii]

paulkins

#awnrii art #starkid #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm fanart #paul matthews #emma perkins #paulkins

[blondephenobarbitol]

I can't draw but if I could I'd make a little comic where Paul invites Emma to his "nephew's football game" and when they get there with all their Nighthawk paraphernalia she asks which one is his nephew. And he just beams with pride and points at Richie in the mascot costume, who has face planted in front of the cheerleaders.

#paulkins #richie lipshitz #go nighthawks #paul matthews #emma perkins #npmd #tgwdlm

[gay-little-axolotl]

this is how tgwdlm went right

#NONE OF MY IRL FRIENDS KNOW THIS MEME #I FEEL LIKE A CRAZY PERSON WHENEVER I MENTION IT #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #paul matthews #emma perkins #pokey #pokotho #starkid #team starkid #hatchetfield #my art hehe #paulkins

[incorrecthatchetfield]

Incorrect Nerdy Prudes Must Die 6/?, but it's just the paulkins scene

#mama y papa #incorrect quotes #starkid #incorrect starkid #incorrect nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes must die #paulkins #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #incorrect tgwdlm #hatchetfield #incorrect hatchetfield #hatchetverse #paul matthews #emma perkins

[riverfelloff]

ive seen so many people wondering how starkid makes such good straight couples (lautski, paulkins, etc), but i think we really need to talk about this.

in a lot of todays modern media, shows centered around straight couples are heavily focused on the sexuality of it. while they may take a few episodes to flesh out a small pining story, starkid takes that to a whole new level.

let's look at lautski for example; our first introduction (I KNOW HE WAS IN TGWDLM AND BF I DONT CARE HE WASN'T TRULY INTRODUCED UNTIL NMT) to pete and steph was nmt2's episode, 'abstinence camp'. sure, we know that sexuality played a big part in this episode, but if you pay close attention, you know that nothing ever actually happens between steph and pete, they get caught by lumberaxe and then boy jerry before they can do anything.

before then, though, we get a back story of them meeting, it's shown how steph likes him for his little quirks and oddities, and how pete is happy that someone took the time to get to know that about him. before they join showers, they talk for what feels like forever, going back and forth.

however, in nerdy prudes must die AND the guy who didn't like musicals BOTH, neither of the couples even kiss, they get close but they don't. even npmd which centers around two high school seniors over the course of a few months, not even a peck on the cheek. HOWEVER, in scenes like the summoning, we can see steph and pete both trying to hide the other behind themselves.

in tgwdlm, paul sends himself into the theater to go take down the meteor so emma has some hopes of a life.

while it's implied that they love the other in a romantic sense, it's never outright said, because you don't make romantic bonds in the situations they were in!! they made the romantic connections before the actual plot of the musical gets started!! they're so close and care so much because of the shit they went through together!!

the reason why we're so captivated by straight couples from starkid is that they don't have to be couples to show how close they are and how much they care, because at the end of the day the lang brothers know that a bond is deepest when it's pure. if you care for someone enough, you'd do anything to keep them happy, even if it isn't with you.

#nerdy prudes must die #starkid #team starkid #npmd #peter spankoffski #joey richter #npmd spoilers #stephanie lauter #mariah rose faith #lauren lopez #jon matteson #emma perkins #paul matthews #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #lautski #paulkins

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some doodles of little requests I got from some friends :)

#fanart #starkid #npmd #tgwdlm #black friday #jon matteson #lauren lopez #paul matthews #emma perkins #paulkins #jason jepson #grace chasity #the lords in black #my art!