#the witchwood

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

Hatchetfield Theory: Becky Barnes Has The Gift

So I wrote yesterday about how we might be underestimating how important Becky is to the overall narrative of Hatchetfield. After all, she's the Warrior of Light in Black Friday, and now we know that the original Workin' Boys script was about Wilbur Cross trying to sacrifice specifically Becky at a black altar--when it wasn't her that died, the whole thing fell apart.

The more I dwell on it, the more I think that Becky might have had a touch of the Gift as a child. Or even a tad more than just a touch... (Full theory under the cut. In typical me form, it does gets a little wild at the end.)

Perhaps, like with Lex, her powers were strong enough that they never fully wasted away, even as she grew out of the correct age and forgot they ever existed in the first place. This could be what makes her the Warrior of the Light, and explain why Wiggly's hold on her was more tenuous than his grasp on any of the other adults. Think about it--unlike Tom or any of the others, she only ever seems to personally care much about the doll when she's face-to-face with it and its thrall is strongest. And whereas Tom required a whole scene and climatic song to throw off Wiggly's influence and see the truth, Becky went from attacking Hannah over the doll in one scene to shooting Linda and letting Lex burn the very same Wiggly in the next. Maybe, when she accidentally knocked herself out with the shot, the Gift lurking in her subconscious was able to take hold and completely free her from Wiggly's control.

So if Becky did have enough power that she still retains some of the Gift into adulthood, like a somewhat less powerful Lex, that could be what Wilbur needed for his Workin' Boys ritual. Hannah would have been too young and important, and Lex could have been unreachable or not usable for some other reason (I think a lot about how Wilbur and Lex seem to have the same power, but that's another post), so Becky it was. Since we now know that Wilbur, erm, crosses between timelines (geddit?), he could even have possibly chosen her because of what happened in Black Friday.

And then there's the tree. As @kmesons pointed out, the one thing we really know about Becky's childhood, outside of her high school cheerleading and relationship, is that at some point she rather famously climbed a tree and refused to come down for two days. So my question is, what if it was not a regular tree, but part of the Witchwood? After all, the "Becky Barnes Climbed A Tree" song implies that the tree in question was quite large, and we know that things grow fast and big in the Wood. Maybe, like the Fosters, the Barnes lived on the edge of the forest. If Becky had a strong touch of the Gift, could she have struck a bond with the gifted person planted inside of this particular tree, a-la Hannah in The Witch in the Web? The fact that Becky's tree climb is the namesake for a whole Nightmare Time story indicates that there's some supernatural element to the situation, and that could definitely be a start. And (told you we'd get a little wild) if she did befriend a planted kid, and climb their tree for reasons as of yet unknown, could that tree have given her something? Knowledge or some other powerful gift that the Lords don't want her to have, and yet makes her a warrior?

(And we can't forget Stanley, the abusive husband who chases her into the Witchwood in a brutal fight to the death. Who loses the fight and disappears, last seen lying bleeding out among the trees... perhaps trees just like the one she climbed as a child, trees grown from children that had been just like her. We've been focused on how the fight taking place in the Witchwood could easily mean that Stanley's still alive, or at least undead, but what if it's the other way around? What if the trees helped her?)



#becky barnes #hatchetfield #black friday #nightmare time #wilbur cross #the witchwood #lex foster #hannah foster #wiggog y'wrath

[thearcanecat]

Webby's Promise - A Hatchetfield Villanelle

The Queen in White spins her fragile, new Web

The Witchwood contains an old magic spell

Woven through the trees lies spider's silk thread

Whispers from the tree-people, lives long dead

To sing songs to prophets whose dreams they quell

The Queen in White spins her fragile, new Web

Townsfolk are filled with a deep fear and dread

Called to worship by the clanging of bells

Woven through the trees lies spider's silk thread

Though time has past, the soil is still stained red

Fueled by the poor souls the town had to sell

The Queen in White spins her fragile, new Web

Soft moss on which weary seers lay their head

Creatures hide in caves, a safe place to dwell

Woven through the trees lies spider's silk thread

Seep into the ground where blood has been bled

Stand, protector, over the gates to hell

The Queen in White spins her fragile, new Web

Woven through the trees lies spider's silk thread

#why is iambic pentameter so hard #I was going to start a line with betwixt but that’s unstressed stressed #and any three syllable word that’s stressed unstressed unstressed you just can’t use #anyways my teacher said write a poem it can be about anything #so I did Hatchetfield #starkid #hatchetfield universe #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #team starkid #poetry #poem #villanelle #webby hatchetfield #webby starkid #Witchwood #the Witchwood #cw blood #the arcane cat can talk #the arcane cat can write #iambic pentameter

[inamindfarfaraway]

Me: Aw, Zeke the Fighting Nighthawk is so cute.

Me:

Me: *Dr Doofenschmirtz voice* EZEKIEL THE NIGHTHAWK?!

#i’ve connected the two dots #i’ve connected them #and hatchetfield high is a black altar! imbued with dark magic like the witchwood soil that empowered ezekiel! #WHAT DOES IT MEAN STARKID #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #hatchetfield #hatchefielf ezekiel #hatchetfield nighthawks

[freckles-and-books]

Taking a slight break from The Parisian with The Witchwood Knot, and I am loving it.

#books #currently reading #the Parisian #isabella hammad #the witchwood knot #olivia atwater

[paul-situations-matthews]

Listen I need I need I need Artemis and Paul Schue-Horyn from Wayward Guide to investigate Hatchetfield like can you IMAGINE

#list of fics I’ll probably never write :( #theres 2 Pauls running around and one of them is a werewolf and Artemis is all up in Solomon Lauter’s business #Paul S just accidentally wanders into the church of the starry children doing something in the witchwood and gets double cursed #while he was trying to do something completely different #everyone in hatchetfield knows what a podcast is but they’re all physically incapable of talking into the mic when being interviewed #nightmare time #hatchetfield series #team starkid #tin can bros #wayward guide #wayward guide for the untrained eye #hatchetfield

[ace7librarian]

Do you think there's a florist in hatchetfield? Because like. That's hilarious. They probably get their flowers from witchwood forest soil. There's just a completely normal person growing flower monsters and selling them.

It's even worse if there's a forest ranger.

Ranger: morning greg, how are you

Tree person: F̸̺͓̤̹̲͙̠̭̝̆͛͒̅̓͂̀̊ĩ̴̧̨̡̛̹̤̙͍̗̬̤̘͉̻̬̲̜̯̜̲͉͈̮̌̋̓̈́̽͌͒̌̾̓̑̏̓͝͝n̶̹̏̿͂̂͆͑́̆̇͒̇́̚̕̕͝͝ȩ̵̡̢̛̻̼̮̺̜̹̻̣̥̜̺͊̂̋̿̍͗̈́͋̍̚̕̕͠,̷̧̨͔̝͎̱͖͔̝͓͙͙̖̼͚̘̲̜͕̦͔͔̏́̂͒́̓͊̀̒̾̃́̈́͜͝ ̴̛̛͚̦̬͔͉͔̮̭͕̜̘̘̜̤̝͍̖̐̄̂͛̑̎̍̍̐͑̂̚̕͘͜ĥ̸̡̡̝̰̜͙̞̰̬̝̻̟͖̓̂͊͌͒̓̇̑̉͗̃͑̍̅̚̕͜ͅö̶̜͈̳͕͇̯̙̙̞̞̝͕͍́͗̎͑̕ͅͅẇ̷̤̽̓̏̔͐̐́͆̄̄͆̿͗͑̈͊̉̈́͐̚̚͝ ̷̛̠̫̰̲̤̝͒͌͂͋͛̈́̽͛͆̀̚̚͘ą̸̹̮͈̙̩̜̼̤̹͎̠̤͉͈̜̥̿̍̏̃̿̏̒͘r̶͇͓̠̥̥̪͖̲̤̱̐̃̂̍̈̋̏͑̑̍̈́̈́͗͐̄̑͌̇͐̚͝͠ĕ̴̡̧̖̙̪͔̓͂̓̇͆ ̴̧̳̜̱̠̯̠͓̺̝͖͈̲̞̳͍͚̤̞͓̄̋͋͜ỳ̴̧̨̢̛̭͍̦̹̖̦̫͓̝̘̱̣͚͙̺̲̩̣͕̾̇͋̐͌͗̔͋͠͠ȱ̸̧̨̢͈͍̘̥͙̤̱̬͈̫̘̜̠̣̟̩̬̄̐͒͜͜͜͝͝ų̶̛̖͓͔̙̼̫̯̣̤͉͓͍̲̳̗͇͙̲̣͙̥̣͍̔͂̅͆̈́̊̎̉͒̃̒?̸͎̺̺̞̦͇͌̄̈̔͐̿̈́̒̓́̏̇

Ranger: oh, I'm great! Saw a play last night.

#starkid #hatchetfield #nightmare time #witchwood forest #rambling in librarian

[wigglys-dikrats]

in the npmd timeline miss holloway is dead bc solomon has the black book

#solomon got the black book 15 years ago aka 2005 #aka the year PEIP built the portal to the black and white #aka the hear hannah was born #in the WITW timeline miss holloway has had the book for i forget how many years but has had it nonetheless #and in this timeline solomon has it #meaning he likely got it from miss holloway when she died and then buried it in the witchwood #AAAAAAAAA #i was super hoping to see miss holloway and duke in npmd but this is so intriguing anyway #npmd #npmd spoilers #nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes must die spoilers #starkid spoilers #solomon lauter #corey dorris #miss holloway #kim whalen #the black book #lords in black #the black and white #my post

[wisteriaphyte]

I wish this place will remain forever 🍂

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #sorry for late night spam! #i really like how they decorated this area #very witchy and cozy-like ^^ #reminds me of dragon's dogma's selene and the witchwood area

[rotting-ink]

Poly and Love Triangles Snippets

Written for if the player is bisexual. If the player chooses only  female love interests, then all the RO's are all women. Same as for if  the player chooses only male love interests.

Poly Groups

“Darling, who is this?” The lady gazed at you, her gloved hand still lingering on Victor’s forearm.

He shot a smile at you, the spell between him and the Soprano broken the moment he cast his lazy green eyes over to you.

“They,” Victor slipped from her fingers and cupped your elbow, his secret, soft smile soothing your beating heart. “Are my companion for the evening.”

“Ah.” She stared at you for just a moment, but in that very moment, there was something dark and cunning and hungry slipped into her own pale green eyes. Then it dissolved into warm sea foam and she extended her hand for you. “Quincy Beaumont. Hope you enjoyed my performance, especially since you’ve stolen Victor for the evening.”

Victor stiffened up next to you a bit but Quincy didn’t even give him a moment to say anything, slipping her arm through yours and leaning in, almost conspiratorially. The hard glint of sea glass that was her eyes before had vanished, and now there was something else in them. Something you couldn’t quite place…

“Poor old J. Couldn’t hold a candle to you, can they?” She whispered, her satin gloved finger momentarily brushing your chin. “What a gem you are.”

You figured it out. In that moment, you realized that they had the same hunger in their eyes. Both looking at you like they could devour you whole.

“No.”

“But-”

“I said no.” Starling finally gave up his act of aloofness. He tossed his book down to the side and sat up in his chair.

“But Star, I’ll be perfectly safe-”

“That’s not the problem.” You almost jumped out of your skin as a cold hand pressed against the small of your back, Zaniyah leaning forward to rest her chin against your shoulder. “The problem is that the good doctor is worried he might end up with someone else dead hanging around him.”

Starling grumbled in his chair, crossing his arms and eyebrows scrunched.

“Z, I-”

“Although…” Zaniyah gave you such a soft, fond look that it seemed to shut the doctor right up as he watched. “You’re less dignified than a bird, my little love. He won’t be able to stand your pawing at his trousers as he sews up cadavers.”

You couldn’t help but laugh a bit and pecked Zaniyah on the cheek.

“There. A peck instead of the dog licks I usually give you.” You teased her softly as she relaxed fully against your back.

You hadn’t noticed Starling’s silence, not until you finally stopped looking at your undead lover. He had a strange look on his face, the same he used to give you when you were bothering him with your questions a few weeks back. Except he was looking at Zaniyah with the same… Reluctant softness.

Oh.

Ambrose’s warm fingers were laid over your knuckles as you slowly woke up, his head buried into your side as he slept, breathing low and soft. You raised your head groggily, just to smile at his sleeping face, so serene, all sternness dropped. Like a slate wiped clean of dust and scratches.

“Didn’t expect him to be a heavy sleeper.” A voice from the doorway said, and you looked over to see Dietrich. “He used to wake up at the drop of a pin.”

You gave the professor a similar smile you gave Ambrose, as he made his way into the room, holding a tray precariously, laden with a pot of something hot and a few pastries.

“When you were kids?”

“Hmh.” Dietrich set it down on the bedside table and started to pour out the contents into two pretty, porcelain cups, leaving the third one empty. “He also had nightmares. Would take my hand in the middle of the night to make him feel better… Guess your hands are the ones he prefers now.”

You glance down at where Ambrose’s fingers were curled over your hand. Secure. Warm. Protective. Just like him. But… You couldn’t shake the almost sorrowful tone Dietrich’s voice carried. Glancing over at him this time, you managed to catch his soft eyes, fixed on your and Ambrose’ gently clasped hands. He felt your gaze, quickly blinking away and instead fixing up your saucer to have a pastry on the side as he handed it over.

His fingers felt soft, warm, against your own when he handed it over. You couldn’t help but smile up at him, and colour rose to his pale cheeks.

Love Triangles

The nightmare wrenched you awake, and for a few short moments, everything was alright in the world. Until it wasn’t.

“Awh, afraid I’m going to take your place by the fire?”

“No. It’s just discourteous for a guest to outstay their welcome.”

“Hmmm. Your owner has allowed me to stay as long as I want.” Saleos’s soft voice lilted as she teased, an edge appearing to make it tip over into mocking.

“That’s because you’re nothing but a fucking tool.” Seir hissed, his voice growing darker with anger. You felt your connection tug. Better to get up and break up the fight. “And they know they can fucking use you.”

“Hmh.” Saleos hummed. “I bet they will. Such a sweet thing they are-”

There was a crash, glass breaking and you sat bolt upright in bed. Fuck.

The two siblings sat on opposite sides of  the table, Luther nursing a glass of whiskey as Emilia tapped the edge of her cigarette off, into the ashtray, smoke curling up into her eyes. The atmosphere was frigid, still. A far cry from when you had met the both of them all that time ago.

It took them a moment to notice you in the doorway. Emilia spotted you first, straightening up in her chair and putting out her cigarette quickly. You couldn’t help but notice that her shirt was very thin and wasn’t wearing anything underneath it.

“Hey, angel eyes.” She grinned at you, exhaling the last bit of her cigarette smoke.

“Em.” Luther grunted, his calloused fingers tightening around his glass, his impressively broad shoulders tensing. “Stop it.”

“Don’t be such a puritan.” She snorted, leaning back in her chair, her eyes never leaving your figure.

#the rot of witchwood #just love interest things #rottedinkspills #e rawlins #l rawlins #saleos #seir the familiar #d woolf #a lancaster #starling knight #z chambers #v de winters #quincy beaumont #story snippets

[my-flag-means-freaks]

#STARKID #the guy who didn’t like musicals #black friday #nibbly #tinky #wiggly #pokey #otho #blinky #webby #nightmare time #hatchetfield #hatchetmen #Witchwood #art #original art #team starkid

[pinetree-in-hatchetfield]

Pete meets a creepy guy in the woods

#fic #hatchetfield #lautski #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #peter spankoffski #starkid #steph lauter #nightmare time 2 #nightmare time #team starkid #nmt2 #hatchetverse #bob metzger #webby hatchetfield #lords in black #witchwood #miss holloway #miss holiday #duke keane #angst with a happy ending #light angst #vague threats

[shadowbrightshine]

Idea.

The witchwood survived the tgwdlm bomb and little Jerry was the only natural survivor. The hive found him and now he's like their tank super fighter. In return he can finally express himself and be seen.

Do you see my vision? Paul riding on Jerry's shoulders into the next cities invasion, Jerry double wielding hatchets, singing with the most beautiful, impossible tenor or base voice you've ever heard. General infected macnamara in his falsetto beside him and Paul singing along in a trio of terrible, amazing power.

#shine post #tgwdlm #starkid tgwdlm #little jerry #witchwood #pokotho #do you see it? #do you see him? #do you? #do youuu #YES I FREAKING SEE IT

[randombookquotes]

the witchwood knot- olivia atwater

#the witchwood knot #olivia atwater #booklr #books #quotes #words #life #fantasy #fiction

[moodmoodthecrabking]

vampire!alice x human!deb moodboard requested by @nibblelinephym "put her canine teeth in the side of my neck"

#moodboard #hatchetfield #alice woodward #deb hatchetfield #potseed #THANK YOU ACHILLES I HOPE IT IS TO YOUR LIKING #i don't know if alice would be a like 'been alive for A While' vampire or not #but i think the important thing is that she wants the vampire in her comedy play to be #and she projects onto her #'don't go into the woods' deb goes into the woods you think she and ziggs didn't smoke in witchwood??

[starjax555]

just realized becky barnes climbed a tree is gonna have stanley come back i’m sick

#maybe i’m an idiot and everyone else already knew but like #becky killed him in the witchwood so his ass is not staying dead #either stanley’s gonna die or becky’s going insane #hatchetfield #starkid #becky barnes #either way it’s not looking good for becky rn guys

[witchwoodrabbit]

if i see half-buried bones and a shovel in the woods should i be worried?

#hatchetfield #witchwood forest #witchwoodrabbit #rubber was here #((ooc tags)) #hatchetfield oc #hatchetfield rp #roleplay #rp blog