#hatchetfield theories

[random-jot]

Ok so there’s 5 Black Altar’s in Hatchetfield…

There’s also 5 Lords In Black…

Could the Lords In Black each have a stronger link to one of these places above the others?

Three of them are easy to place based on the stories they appear in:

Pokey — The Starlight Theatre

Wiggly — The Lakeside Mall

Tinky — CCRP Technical

That leaves us Nibbly and Blinky as the remaining Lords In Black and Hatchetfield High and The Waylon House as the remaining Black Altars - These two are harder to place since neither one are directly involved in NPMD or interact with those locations

It’d be tempting to say the Watcher World theme park was Blinky’s, except we know now that’s not one of the Altars — for my money Hatchetfield High makes the most sense; we all know high school is a cesspit of misery and pain, sadistic Blinky would love to watch all of that

That leaves Nibbly as The Waylon house… which, to be honest I can’t think of a concrete connection beyond process of elimination, but I also can’t really think of a connection between Nibbly and Hatchetfield High other than like. The school cafeteria. Lot of consumption going on there I guess? Idk Blinky for the high school just makes more sense to me

So:

Blinky - Hatchetfield High

Nibbly — The Waylon House

Although, I just thought of the other way: the nerds & Steph set up the house so record their prank on Max: to view his suffering… which now I think of it does sound very very much Blinky’s wheelhouse. In which case, Nibbly for the high school… ehhhhh, I still got nothing except the school cafeteria.

Either way, this is fun to think about!

#hatchetfield theory #hatchetfield theories #hatchetfield #hatchetfield saga #starkid #nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes must die spoilers #npmd spoilers #the lords in black #tinky #wiggly #pokey #blinky #nibbly #wiggog y'wrath #t’noy karaxis #pokotho #nibblenephim #bliklotep #hatchetfield spoilers

[thelandsthatare]

So, we know that when people die in Hatchetfield and the Black and White brings a version of them back, the thing that comes back is an evil shadow that only has some of their original personality. We see this in all of TGWDLM and with Ethan and Jane in Black Friday. Now, we know this is what happens to Max Jägerman too; his ghost doesn't listen to reason and seeks revenge on those who caused his death, even though they obviously didn't mean to kill him. He turns into a Literal Monster that only has some of his personality; namely, it continues being a bully, only gets more cartoonish (and highly entertaining). But it is also attracted to Grace Chasity, which is the only neutral-to-positive aspect of him that the ghost retains. This attraction also makes it possible for Grace to make her sacrifice.

In conclusion: the only thing besides hatred and violence that remained in Max after he died and turned into a vengeful ghost is the thing that defeated him in the end.

#npmd spoilers #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #hatchetfield #starkid #max jägerman #grace chasity #max jagerman #hatchetfield theories #hatchetfield theory

[wigglys-dikrats]

the starlight theatre being a black altar makes me think it’s no coincidence pokey’s meteor crashed there in tgwdlm

sure, you could say he aimed it at the theatre or whatever

but i’m thinking it’s more like he was summoned

#npmd opened up a lot of doors and raised a lot of questions #and i need answers #npmd #npmd spoilers #nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes must die spoilers #pokey #pokotho #lords in black #the black book #black altars #starkid #team starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #tgwdlm #hatchetfield theories #my post

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

Theory: Hannah's Birth Led to Steph's Mom Dying

Okay, this is a bit of a wild journey, but I promise it's at least somewhat thought-out if you're willing to bear with me for a bit. (Theory under the cut!)

I'm endlessly fascinated by the absence of the Church of the Starry Children (not a random opener, I promise). We're told multiple that times that "nothing that dies in Waylon Hall ever truly dies," and we learn that the Waylons put a spell in place to essentially resurrect anyone killed on the house's property. We also learn that the Waylons and their followers all died in the house in 1979. So... where are they? Max was a singular teenager, and within two weeks he had the entirety of Hatchetfield whipped into a panicked frenzy. Surely an entire cult of evil zealots brought back from the dead and imbued with insatiable bloodlust would be even more noticeable. At the very least, their Number 1 Fan Roman and remaining widow Sheila would know that they were still out there, which is clearly not the case. So it's pretty undeniable that, despite their safety-measures, the Waylons and their followers are no longer around.

There are multiple potential reasons for this. The Hatchetmen have experience with such people. Perhaps they got around the spell by taking the Cult's bodies to the Witchwood and burying them there, though that doesn't seem hugely likely. Or maybe Miss Holloway took care of the Waylons back in the 80s. That timeline arguably kinda' sorta' works--Miss Holloway gave up her life as a pop star to become an immortal witch just a handful of years after the Waylons' deaths.

But then we have Solomon in Nerdy Prudes Must Die, who has the Black Book, but says that he will never touch it "ever again." This statement heavily implies that Solomon once summoned the Lords in Black, and the absence of Steph's mother implies that she was the price he paid. (Nick and Matt also give A LOT of credence to that theory in the Hatchetfield Halloween livestream.) Solomon also knows A LOT about Max, the spell that created him, and how to put an end to it. And sure, this could be second-hand knowledge passed down from previous mayors or Miss Holloway. But what if it's not? What if, in an eerie foreshadowing of his own daughter's future actions, Solomon Lauter was the one to summon the Lords in the Black and sacrifice the love of his life to stop the resurrected Waylons?

There's an obvious problem with this theory--the timeline. Judging by Max, it's likely that a whole cult of monstrous and monstrously powerful ghosts on the loose for 25 years would have been Apocalyptic long before the timelines had the chance to shatter.

So what if they weren't around? What if the Waylons' spell was not automatically triggered upon their deaths, but instead required activation? Perhaps, in their cult-y arrogance, Mathias and Agatha never imagined that every single one of their followers would be wiped out alongside them. Maybe the Starry Children were supposed to return to the Hall upon the Waylons' deaths and activate the magic. With the Cult massacred, there was no one left with the knowledge to complete the ritual and resurrect the dead, leaving them in limbo.

And then Hannah enters the scene, born the same year that Solomon performs his Summoning. We know from Wilbur that Hannah is basically a nuclear power plant. What if her birth, together with the massive burst of energy as Lex activated her powers to save her sister, (and also maybe PEIP's portal playing whatever role it played,) was enough to do for the Waylons as Hannah would later do for Willabella Muckwab? What if Hannah's nuclear battery existence automatically served to complete the Waylons' spell, activate the house (leaving it primed for Max's return from the grave), and release the Waylons onto the unsuspecting town? Leaving Solomon, town Mayor, sentinel at the gates of hell, to work alongside Miss Holloway and her Black Book, discover the truth of the Waylons, and summon the Lords in Black for help. And maybe Miss Holloway, still in the middle of her own deal, was unable to make another, separate one, leaving Solomon to give up what he treasured most...and murder Steph's mother.

(And maybe the little girl she left behind is nothing but a reminder of his loss and his guilt.)

(Update: lmao @thatdelusionalnerd just described this as "far-fetched but still makes quite a bit of sense" and I just wanted to acknowledge that because I feel like that's my sweet spot with Hatchetfield theories. Arguments that are absolutely bananas and almost definitely not true, but to my own consternation kinda' work nonetheless.)

#solomon lauter #miss holloway #steph lauter #hatchetfield #hatchetfield theory #hatchetfield theories #hannah foster #lex foster #the church of the starry children #mathias waylon #agatha waylon #starkid #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #npmd spoilers #nerdy prudes must die spoilers

[hatchetfieldtheories]

Workin' Boys: A New Theory

So, I’ve changed my mind.

A while back I wrote this theory, and while I do still think there is some truth to the theory that Hidgens began to have his apotheosis once he touched the blue goo, I think there is more to the story.

Note, the below contains one mild spoiler for NPMD.  Mild only in that I will briefly reference one character without any context added.  Feel free to skip this theory if you wish, or come back to it post 13th October to see how much I got wrong!!

Great Scott! It’s a Workin Boys theory!

The world will be blessed with Workin Boys next week, and I know not everyone will get to watch it, but it’s safe to say there will be things we learn from the show that will either answer some of our never ending questions, or give us more to puzzle over.  The latter being the one I’m expecting if I’m honest, afterall, this is Hatchetfield.  

And to be honest, we’ve not been given much to work on.  The trailer and synopsis are both pretty short, we’ve had a sprinkling of facts and figures over the last couple of years, and a few Hidgens cameos, so this isn’t really a theory of what I think will be the storyline, but rather an attempt to predict some of the themes and potential lore implications that might arise.

Also for reference, a good portion of the info used in this theory has come from these two wonderful compendiums of Hatchetfield knowledge:

@gone-to-oregone's wonderful Everything is Connected doc

@abiimaryy's amazing Hatchetfield Lore Doc

The Stage is Set

Professor Henry Hidgens and Doctor Emmett Brown have a lot in common.  They’re eccentric, they’re clever, and they both had a vision of something world changing due to an accident they had 30 years ago.

For Henry, this doesn’t result in any fun 50s hijinks, but rather he gets struck by lightning in 1988 and predicts the world ending by musical apotheosis. Super specific, honestly.  But what is important is that date.

Hidgens didn’t predict the events of TGWDLM after 2005, but rather before. If this had happened to him after 2005 we could easily put the lightning strike down to an event unique to the TGWDLM timeline only.  However, his accident happened way before 2005, way before the timelines split.  So just as Ted must be the Homeless Guy in every single Hatchetfield timeline, Hidgens must also be expecting a musical apocalypse in every timeline.

This must also include Working Boys, whatever timeline that ends up being in.  In Workin Boys, Hidgens would be under the impression that at some point soon, a musical apocalypse is about to happen.  So what does that have to do with said musical-within-a-musical?

Here come the LiB

It’s pretty safe to say Pokey is heavily influencing whatever happens in Workin Boys.  First of all, its a musical so it was going to be a safe bet.  But judging by the trailer, we’ve got multiple references to our fave goo gremlin. The blue light shining on Henry, multiple voices calling him in a Singular Voice, and Joey’s jumpscare where he looks like Pokey incarnate.

Who Joey is in that small clip is anyone’s guess.  I’ve seen a few theories floating about, including Chad, Mathias Waylon, and Pokey himself.  Honestly, I’m not sure, but what is important is how he looks.  Whoever this fella is, he’s got a blue hue, a cracked face, and ooze dripping down his chin.  If he’s not Pokey, he’s someone who has been Pokey-fied.

And this link was always going to make sense.  Workin Boys has had its biggest show stopping moment in Pokey’s timeline.  

But what if Workin Boys was created, because and for Pokey.

In TGWDLM, we get a whole scene of our cast of characters witnessing the meteor coming through the clouds.  Our cast of characters are busy going about their evening, finishing work, wondering what is coming through the clouds.  Notably, Paul is on his way home, from his work, in the business world.  Paul doesn’t strike me as someone who stays late at work, so it’s safe to say that the meteor hit the Earth’s atmosphere around.. 5 O’clock?

This is Pokey’s Workin Boys now

Let’s go back to that incident with the lightning strike.  Henry was hit by lightning and predicted the apocalypse.  I’ve referenced in a few theories (1 & 2) that I think lightning is more than just the LiB’s motif.  It’s the strike of inspiration, of interference, of the Lords in Black in the real world.  The Black Book contains references to lightning, we see a crack of lightning across each Hatchetfield show title, when the meteor crashes at the Starlight lightning is flashing through the sky.

Something to shock em, to bring them a crawling, a big time box office draw

When Henry was hit by lightning, he didn’t just see the potential musical end times. But he was also given Workin Boys - or at least, he was given his inspiration.  Workin Boys was always written for Pokey. It’s Hidgen’s story, yes, but the musical itself is for our blue boy.  It was a pre-destined self-destruction.

The musical Hidgens writes tells us the 5 O’Clock can’t come soon enough because in one timeline, that is when the meteor will strike.  This is why he is trying so hard to fund the show in every timeline, because in one timeline he needs to put it on stage for whatever Pokey has planned.  Whatever Pokey requires half of Hatchetfield to be in attendance for.

Prof. H and Miss H?

I’ll be honest, and apologies in advance.  I don’t think Miss Holloway is alive in the Workin Boys timeline.

We were told following NMT2’s release (via Jim Povolo’s watch series) that the Black Book we see in Killer Track was created for Workin Boys, which means providing things haven’t changed we should see the book.  If that’s the case, then Miss H doesn’t have it.  It’s possible that Hidgens somehow gets hold of the book, and when the show of his dreams doesn’t look to be going the way he expected - he does what Thrash told everyone he did - he sold his soul to the devil.  Or, well, to the Black and White.

As to when he gets the Black Book - who knows - but all I’ll say is it’s very interesting that Miss H is our 80s queen, and Hidgen’s divine inspiration also occurred in the 80s.

Encore

Well, that’s the main theory.  But we’ve got time for one last little theory that’s very loosely based on nothing.

Workin Boys: A New Musical, is based on Hidgens’ friends from college - old college chums in a beat up old house. Specifically - six of them - not including Henry.  I’ve seen a few theories regarding the six workin boys being a stand in for the LiB and Webby.  Is this a stretch? Maybe.  But it also kind of fits.  From odd instances in livestreams and tweets, it’s clear that Henry was not throwing that old pigskin around (specifically in one of Nick’s tweets that there are 7 workin boys, but 6 on the field).  Henry isn’t a part of that group.  Not fully.  So if we do get to meet any of the irl workin boys, I don’t think their dynamic is going to be quite how Hidgen’s pictures it.

Well, if you made it this far please help yourself to some interval ice cream and a show programme. And remember - there’s no exits from this broadway venue.

#starkid #team starkid #hatchetfield #workin boys #npmd spoilers #hatchetfield theory #hatchetfield theories

[a-song-of-rivers]

Starkid fam I have thoughts about a lyric from The Summoning in Nerdy Prudes but I don’t know if I remember enough Hatchetfield lore to make it mean anything lol

In the song the Lords in Black sing

“We dancе around the pentagram

And take all our kingdoms back”

The taking our kingdoms back part seems significant? Like as though the Black and White is *not* their kingdom, but maybe they have been banished/trapped there and previously were rulers of their own individual kingdoms?

Although they have a lot of power and control if they’re meant to be trapped in the Black and White.

But maybe they have to achieve something each in order to regain power/their kingdoms and that’s why the timelines reset/there are so many alternate ones, because they aren’t achieving what needs to happen in order for them to ‘win’?

I remember seeing somewhere once, not sure if it’s right, that the Hatchetfield trilogy takes place in reverse - eg NPMD is first, then BF, then TGWDLM, in which case was this summoning of the LiB what starts everything that happens in all the other shows eg ‘you summon us once you summon us twice’ and ‘forever in our debt’? Like once it happens in one timeline they’ve been summoned in all of them? And Stephanie and the gang all belong to the LiB in every timeline because of the deal they made over Jagerman in this timeline?

Idk I just thought it was an interesting line and things in the Hatchetfield shows are usually quite pointed - would love to hear other peoples more coherent thoughts on this line!

#starkid #team starkid #Hatchetfield #nerdy prudes must die #the guy who didn't like musicals #Black Friday #lords in black #spoilers #starkid theories #hatchetfield theories #nightmare time

[the-nightshade-crypt]

Just noticed something in TGWDLM...

(Spoilers, duh)

Right after the song Not Your Seed, the "alien" Who's controlling Alice, Deb, and girl #3 says "We just keep running into each other, don't we paul? We have traveled across seas of stars... Bending countless civilizations to our will. Yet you Paul have defied us thrice." (the ... are us excluding when the three say different words and their arguing)

And when watching this back when it was the only show in the trilogy I assumed they meant the three times he defied them being at Beanies, when Charlotte calls the cops, and then when Paul and Bill go to Hatchetfield high.

But knowing about Black Friday and Nerdy Prudes, could it be that the "alien", who we know is Pokotho from multiple different Nightmare time episodes, is hinting towards Paul having survived the Lord's in Black's plans in all three?

We know he lost in tgwdlm, as he is part of the hive mind by the end, but when Pokotho is saying Paul defied them three times, Paul hasn't fallen for the hive mind yet.

We know he survived Black Friday, at least until the end after the Lord's in Black (Wiggog y'wrath specifically) failed and before World War 3.

And as far as we know he survived in Nerdy Prudes, since he didn't die and I dunno if Grace would kill him without being told to by the Lord's in Black

Just thought this was interesting

#nerdy prudes must die #tgwdlm spoilers #nerdy prudes spoilers #hatchetfield universe #hatchetfield theory #hatchetverse #hatchetfield theories #hatchetfield spoilers #black friday spoilers #starkid theory #starkid

[littlesilentrebel]

ok so i managed to convince @jay-draws-gays to watch Black Friday, and when she got to the part when John gets to the black and white she asks me if the lib know him personally (i think he does) then she asked, "WHAT IF HE IS A LORD IN BLACK/something like that"

and i just. HOLY SHIT.

#john macnamara #general john macnamara #the lords in black #lords in black #jay-draws-gays #starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #starkid theory #hatchetfield theory #hatchetverse theory #starkid theories #hatchetfield theories #hatchetverse theories #someone else tell me what else you think about this cuz GODAM

[nabwastaken]

I've seen a fair share of theories about this and I wanted to see what the general consensus was. Because that fucker is not normal no one can tell me otherwise.

Please rb with your answers!

#starkid #hatchetverse #team starkid #hatchetfield universe #peanuts the hatchetfield pocket squirrel #dan reynolds #donna daggit #nightmare time #wiggog y'wrath #pokotho #tnoy karaxis #nibblenephim #bliklotep #webby hatchetfield #lords in black #nab's asks #hatchetfield theories

[iambecomeahamburger]

Guys, guys, you won’t fucking believe this. I figured it out! So you know how we all theorised that because River was named River then the other three Monroe boys would be named after bodies of water as well? 

They fucking are, guys. The River Trent and the River Seaton are both in England. The River Jordan is in the Middle East. They’re all fucking rivers. 

Honestly, very iconic of my queen Linda.

#starkid #starkid meta #honey queen #nightmare time season 2 spoilers #Linda Monroe #River Monroe #Gerald Monroe #Trent Monroe #Jordan Monroe #Seaton Monroe #just tagging the entire Monroe fam #four beautiful blonde boys #honestly I'm a genius #and should be celebrated as such #you're welcome #iambecomeahamburger #hatchetfield #hatchetfield theories #yeah its big brain time

[potte-hotte]

So I have SO MANY thoughts about Frank Price after Daddy!!!

Daddy completely recontextualizes Frank's character in Black Friday.

And it made me realize that Frank isn't affected by the dolls like all of the other adults in the mall are. Like Lex, he only wants the dolls to SELL. He doesn't care about Wiggly, he just wants the money to keep his dream -- Toy Zone -- alive. It parallels Lex so beautifully. Lex wants the doll to sell so she can bring her dream -- California -- to life.

I think the reason that Wiggly doesn't affect Frank like the other adults at the mall is because he's young at heart. He and Lex are really great foils for each other.

#starkid #team starkid #hatchetfield #nightmare time #nightmare time 2 #nt2 #black friday #frank pricely #daddy nightmare time #killer track #there is just no good way to tag the episode name daddy is there lmao #hatchetfield theories #corey dorris

[random-jot]

Things we know about Sycamores (the other school on Hatchetfield):

• Paul attended there

• a kid named Travis Coulson transferred there from HH to get away from Max’s bullying

• Hatchetfield High kids hated them

• They hated themselves

• Their sports team is the Timberwolves (and presumably mascot is also a Timberwolf) 🐺

• Doesn’t have it’s own theatre department

• We can assume it’s a reasonable distance from HH because Paul says they “bussed us over” to watch the production of Brigadoon that Emma was in

And – this one is just my own personal headcanon – but I’ve always imagined it was an all-boys school. Nothing in canon overtly points to this, (other than the only characters we know who went there are both guys) but as far as I can tell nothing discounts it either

It’s interesting to me that there’s very few canon things that we actually know about Sycamores from canon, despite it being where one of the Main-main characters went

#hatchetfield #hatchetfield theories #hatchetfield headcanon #paul matthews #the guy who didn't like musicals #black friday #nerdy prudes must die #sycamores #hatchetfield high

[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

[wigglys-dikrats]

i have a theory i must share

willabella muckwab seduced one of the hatchetmen and had a daughter, and then down the line pamela foster was born and she had lex and hannah

lex and hannah are descended from the first disciple of the lords in black and someone who sought to destroy any trace of them

lex and hannah have both extremes in their dna

lex and hannah are the black and white

#is this anything #ive been thinking about this for days #i hope we learn more about the fosters history in orbweaver #willabella muckwab #the hatchetmen #pamela foster #lex foster #hannah foster #the black and white #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #hatchetfield theories #tgwdlm #black friday #npmd #nightmare time #nmt #nmt2 #nmt3 #starkid #team starkid #my post

[epitome-of-an-openbook]

No, because people keep acting like Grace Chastity being consumed with a lust for the power that Lords in Black provided her doesn't count as a world ending Cataclysm - but it very much does. Not only has she shown little to no empathy for others throughout the entire show and only ever felt bad for lying to authority figures and being horny - but the final song of the Musical is essentially a reprise of Max's Murder Song/Manifesto which places her as a parallel to Max. Max sings about how he's going to kill ALL the Nerdy Prudes and not once but twice tells the audience that it doesn't matter if someone is actually a Nerdy Prude because he makes the rules and gets to decide who is or isn't a nerd etc etc. Grace's take is that she is going to kill all the Dirty Dudes but she's literally singing it to a guy who has, throughout the entire musical, done nothing to indicate he's a pervy/dirty dude and only kissed her after she asked him too. Like Max, Grace Chastity doesn't actually care if someone genuinely fits the framework of her stated victimology, because she has the power so she gets to make the rules.

Honestly it's like some people didn't think about the implications.

#npmd #starkid npmd #starkid #nerdy prudes must die #grace chasity #max jagerman #nerdy prudes spoilers #npmd spoilers #nerdy prudes must die spoilers #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #black friday starkid #starkid musicals #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #hatchetfield musicals #nightmare time #dirty dudes must die #starkid theory #hatchetfield theory #the implications #Promise me you'll think about the implications

[hatchetfieldtheories]

Who's feeling a little foolish today?

Well, this just started out as an attempt to decipher the brief glimpses of the Black Book we get to see in Killer Track, and it has turned into a bit of a beast.

Rather - today we will be touching on:

Miss Holloway's Deal

Time and Timelines

Hannah

And what all the above tell us about the Tiny Town of Hatchetfield.

The Black Book

First, let's take a look at the book itself.

(I'd recommend clicking to zoom)

There is a LOT of clock imagery in the book, now sure that might be just because Miss H is browsing through the Tinky section of the catalogue looking from great deals on time manipulation spells.

However - I think that's the point.

We can see that there are great volumes of chapters and content in the contents page, including information on the Lords in Black, "The Men" - who I am assuming are the Hatchetmen and information on the Black and White generally.

But what interests me most is what else is within that chunk of the book. If that is the case, and these are the pages on Tinky and time, its definitely notable that these pages also contain images of doors to the Black and White, locks and keys, and a map of Hatchetfield.

Tinky is the one making deals with humans. He's the one influencing how certain members of the town use their "gift", and he is the one who made the deal with Miss Holloway. CCRP try to unlock his powers for themselves. 

Yes we see all five of the Lords in Black at her deal - but her deal was to do with time. And that is Tinky's realm.

Miss Holloway and the Deal

Miss Holloway is a witch. A good one most of the time, but all the same one who has made a deal with the Lords in Black and uses the Black Book.

When we see the range of her powers, they do vary, such as moving around both her own and Hannah's Nightmare Times, going full Monkey Magic and creating a doppelganger using one of her hairs, or rocking a full 80s aesthetic (yes that is a super power).

But the rest of her powers? 

She dies and comes back to life, she can bend time to take minutes from Rose's life and implant herself, and she influences others using a rhythmic tapping - like the seconds on a clock. She even had a gold puzzle box - the Bastard Box.

The deal she made was linked to time, perfect for someone so clearly outside of time. And that's seen further in the consequences of her deal. The memories of her time in someone's life, her own timeline, is set apart - removed from other people's lives. Even causing them to lose time when they try to learn about her. 

That being said - Miss Holloway doesn't realise the timelines are split. When we meet the reconstituted Wilbur Cross in Miss Holloway's Nightmare Time, he tells her:

Miss Holloway made a deal to stop a timeline from happening. And had succeeded. 

Sometimes you have to use something bad, to do something good.

It all has a price.

I know. But I can pay it.

But then Hannah's birth shattered it again - we'll come back to that!

We can even guess where her deal happened. On the stage of the Starlight Theatre. As in Miss Holloway's Nightmare Time we are told the stage had a strange marking carved into the floor.

Hatchetfield - Together in Electric Dreams

Following the release of Nightmare Time 2, I posted my attempt to work out the map of Hatchetfield we see in the book.

However I don't think its necessarily the map that is giving us any clues to the nature of Hatchetfield. Or why its so special.

We learnt a lot about the history of the town in both Nightmare Times. We learnt the Hatchetmen built the town, named it, and contained the witch Willabella in the forest.

But we also hear about the Church of the Starry Children multiple times. 

In one night, every member of the Church was chopped up and the book was gone

In my Nerdy Prudes initial theories post I mentioned how the song Hatchet Town talks about how great the town used to be - sunshine and rainbows - until something happened. Then the town changed.

I think this is a hint towards what happened in 1979 - when the Hatchetmen killed all the members of the Starry Children. I think what unintentionalky followed was a town once filled with psychic energy suddenly becoming a vacuum, ready for the Lords in Black to fill the town with their energy.

I've mentioned in a previous theory before that I think the lighting strikes are important to the series. If we look back at when we see them, we see that not only do we get lighting on title cards, but when the meteor comes crashing through the sky, when anything particularly Lord in Black-y happens. And we see lighting illustrated and labeled in the Black Book.

Lightning is the Lord in Black's influencing Hatchetfield. Their energy is electric and filling the town. 

The town is literally charged.

And we see it mentioned in NMT2, when Sherman uses the spell to gain his youth back:

Frank feels the energy in the room shift, like the atoms in the air are being charged.

Electricity flies through the air.

Lightning strikes.

Its no wonder things go from 1-100 in this place. People literally willing to kill to become a festival queen. To get a doll. To get a husband...

So - what about Hannah?

In 1979 Hatchetfield became a hotspot for anyone wanting to get that Black and White psychic energy. And it doesn't escape my notice that Miss Holloway's whole vibe is the 1980s. 

The Church of the Starry Children were killed. Miss Holloway arrived and got the book. And then made a deal. A deal which would stop the timeline progressing how she could see it doing so. With a cataclysm of Lord in Black energy in Hatchetfield.

This door had opened in 1979 and she was shutting it.

And then Hannah was born in 2005.

And Hannah was a battery of psychic energy. She can see every possibility. She can sense the electricity in the arcade machine in Yellow Jacket.

I've spoken in 2 previous theories about how I view the shattered timelines ( Part 1, Part 2). In fact I think shattered is such a perfect word.

When Hannah was born, Miss Holloway's deal wasn't enough to stop the timeline from progressing. The veil became thinner. PEIP were able to open the portal to the Black and White. Hannah was a battery the Lords in Black could use.

So to stop her brother's from destroying everything she split the timelines. Spun her web.

In those theories I mention how there are certain events or connections that happen in every timeline. Or elements that bleed from one timeline to another. Imagery replicated again and again. I've called these the golden threads, the one's pulling elements of what should be the true timeline.

So where is this all leading?

My prediction for the rest of Hatchetfield's overarching story is that we're going to see Webby trying to unspin her web in a way that means the Lords in Black can't cause harm, bring back the one true timeline.

But hey...

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