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averagecygnet-blog · 1 month

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one thing I absolutely adore about tgwdlm is how completely and irrevocably a stage musical it is. it HAS to be a stage musical - the medium is so deeply baked into the story that it truly would not translate to another medium.

some reasons why:

the musical style is old-fashioned in a way that screams classic broadway. you can't get away from it, especially in songs like "lah dee dah dah day" and "show stoppin number". and it's not just the music, it's the dancing too - have you ever seen a kickline in a movie musical, once, ever? or jazz hands? gimme a break

along similar lines - all the broadway references! hamilton of course, but also wicked and mamma mia and jekyll & hyde

all the attention deliberately brought to the lighting and set! the performers in "la dee dah dah day" loudly saying "lights down!" when it's over; ted, paul, and emma striking the stage after "show stoppin number"; the lighting panels used as sirens, TVs, showcasing hudgins' alexa, and more; ted wheeling the big meteor prop off the stage after "let it out". they don't let you forget that we're in a theater.

all the hokey ass miming and special effects???? charlotte and hudgins having their guts ripped out is flashy and fun onstage because of the intestine props. emma and ted having blood capsules in their mouths. paul, emma, and zoey violently shaking when pantomiming being in a helicopter. ted running in place, moving forward or back to suggest movement across the road. it's all so fun and consistently reminds you that this is a stage

double-casting as intentional obstruction of the truth. we're used to seeing one actor play several roles in a musical, so when a familiar face shows up in a new costume we assume it's a new character. but it was zoey flying the helicopter to clivesdale, and I think it was zoey in the hospital at the end as well. you couldn't pull that shit in a movie because movies don't double-cast.

the role of the audience, the laughter and gasps and reactions and applause, especially the applause at the end when emma is begging the audience members to let her use their phone and demanding to know why they're clapping; sure movies have audiences too but the presence of the audience as part of the story makes a point about societal ideals as something we all have a part in that a movie just couldn't make in the same way

on a related note - emma's sudden awareness of the stage and the audience as the horror trope where the person realizes they're trapped and will imminently die. she knows she can't escape because it's just a fuckin loop. she knows no one will save her because they're all clapping. you couldn't do that in a movie because in a movie there is a fourth wall, whereas on a stage there's nowhere for the characters to run away. on a stage the characters can look you, the audience, directly in the eye, with no camera or screen between you

I will literally never shut up about that curtain call

god damn what I wouldn't give to watch this show performed live

#starkid #team starkid #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #ted spankoffski #emma perkins #paul matthews #tgwdlm paul #tgwdlm emma #tgwdlm ted #tgwdlm hudgins #tgwdlm charlotte #tgwdlm zoey #stage musical #musical theater #musical theatre #broadway #musicals #fourth wall

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harmonizingsunsets · 7 months

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Running Gags in Hatchetfield Musicals pt 6 | Hating Clivesdale (fuck em)

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second-best-sibling · 4 months

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Hatchetfield as text posts part 4

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5

#hatchetfield #hatchetverse #starkid #tgwdlm #black friday #black friday starkid #nerdy prudes must die #lex foster #paul matthews #emma perkins #ted spankoffski #sam sweetly #zoey chambers #professor hidgens #henry hidgens #boy jerry #workin boys #abstinence camp

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its-short-for-jackalope · 4 months

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no thoughts today, only ✨️memes✨️ (2/3)

thank you @magiccakes for the Linda & Wilbur photo <3

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theziggystardustt · 3 months

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Headcanons below!

Linda has a wardrobe of clothes she’s never even touched. It’s just there.

Ted desperately tries to message Jenny but she changed her number years ago.

Emma dyes Richie‘s hair blue every other month. Paul tries not to watch- the sight of dye mixture in hair makes him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Before Paul, Emma would go to the clubs with Zoey on most Friday nights- they hate eachothers guts but are kinda okayish friends.

Max dreams about fist fighting god.

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lilacthebooklover · 6 months

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no bc pokey is absolutely the biggest theatre kid to ever exist. he turned the world into a freaking musical. i wouldn't be surprised if he found paul Very Funny in particular bc how?? could someone??? not like musicals? unprecedented. ridiculous.

i also find it so funny that basically everyone in hatchetfield enjoys musicals (zoey, bill, even max jagerman)– paul is like the one exception. even emma was in a musical when she was younger, but paul? nooo. pokey would've had a blast messing with his mind and making him be in one.

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nogooddeetz · 1 year

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how freakin’ cute is it that ted talks to paul about the “latte hotte” meaning the pretty 23-year-old mean girl, meanwhile paul saw the 5ft angry woman in her 30s and thought “yeah, i know exactly who you mean”

#paul matthews #ted spankoffski #emma perkins #the guy who didn't like musicals #paulkins #zoey chambers #tgwdlm #starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #jon matteson #lauren lopez #joey richter #mariah rose faith casillas #team starkid

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ruthflemwad · 8 months

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one day i will run out of textposts to hatchetfield-ify. lucky for you all today is not that day

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hipsternumbertwo · 2 months

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The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals Soundtrack on Spotify [Black Friday] [Nightmare Time] [Nightmare Time 2] [Workin Boys] [Nerdy Prudes Must Die]

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blondephenobarbitol · 2 months

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every time Ruth Fleming is murdered I cry for six hours straight

#she's my baby girl and I love her #it's not her fault she has anxiety and also is allergic to deodorant #ruth fleming #hatchetfield #starkid #npmd #lauren lopez #workin boys #mariah rose faith #zoey chambers #hatchetverse #nerdy prudes must die #tgwdlm #nmt #nmt2 #nightmare time 2

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honeyspawn · 2 months

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List of Hatchetfield characters who I think play sims:

Ruth Fleming- no question. She spends hours downloading more custom content than her laptop can handle, making beautiful sims, and making them kiss. Hates build mode though (thank god for the gallery).

Richie Lipchitz- I wouldn't call him a frequent simmer, but about every 6 months or so he plays for like a week straight, and then doesn't touch it again until another 6 months pass. He probably loves lilsimsie though. (Also, he likes to build, so whenever he goes through a sims faze, Ruth asks him to build her a house to play in)

Stephanie Lauter- sims 3 girlie. Hasn't played sims 4 and refuses to.

Zoey Chambers- when she got her grandma's money in honey queen she for sure bought at least one expansion pack. Loves to kill sims for fun (her favorite method is poor quality pufferfish dinner party).

Professor Hidgens- that man barely leaves his house and hard-core lives vicariously through his 33 generation legacy household.

Gary Goldstein- he likes to cause drama in his households for no reason, and then convinces himself it was actually the sims' fault, and not him who is literally controlling them ("can you believe Terrance cheated on Abigail? How could he? 😡" sir, it was literally you).

Charlotte Sweetly- she asked Paul for video game recommendations once, and they both thought she'd find cozy games relaxing. Instead, she started playing sims and gets genuinely stressed when things don't go absolutely perfect for her sims.

#idk if anyone cares but this was fun #starkid #hatchetfield #team starkid #tgwdlm #black friday #npmd #nightmare time #ruth fleming #richie lipshitz #stephanie lauter #zoey chambers #professor hidgens #gary goldstein #charlotte sweetly #the sims #the sims 4 #the sims 3

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gaygh0stt · 7 months

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if there's one thing Zoey loves more than acting, it's dying in the starlight theater

#workin boys #working boys #workin boys spoilers #working boys spoilers #workin boys short film #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #hatchetfield series #hatchetfield spoilers #zoey chambers #tgwdlm #honey queen #nmt #nmt2 #nightmare time #starkid #team starkid

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harmonizingsunsets · 6 months

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Running Gags in Hatchetfield Musicals pt 11 | Beanie’s Having Shit (spit) Coffee

#hatchetfield musicals #hatchetfield #tgwdlm #forever and always #honey queen #starkid #team starkid #nightmare time #emma perkins #zoey chambers #gerald monroe #paul matthews #emma matthews #Paul Perkins #paul 23

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second-best-sibling · 5 months

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Hatchetfield as text posts part 1

Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

#starkid #hatchetverse #hatchetfield #paul matthews #emma perkins #stephanie lauter #kyle clauger #linda monroe #lex foster #richie lipschitz #zoey chambers #tgwdlm #black friday starkid #nerdy prudes must die richie #nerdy prudes must die #hey melissa

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its-short-for-jackalope · 2 days

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there's no apotheosis, they're just Like This

click for quality!

a discord buddy wanted to see Emma tormented by Zoey and her theater friends at work, aka why I think Emma deserves to be the murderer in Cast Party Massacre. /hj

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incorrecthatchetfield · 4 days

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Zoey: Why are you wearing a tux?

Prof Hidgens: It's after six, Zoey. What am I, a farmer?

#source: 30 rock #incorrect quotes #starkid #incorrect starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #incorrect hatchetfield #incorrect workin boys #starkid workin boys #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #incorrect tgwdlm #zoey chambers #henry hidgens

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