The LORE of HATCHETFIELD EXPLAINED

First time trying something like this. Might be a little messy :D
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00:00 - Introduction
03:03 - 1824
05:45 - Cult Of The Starry Children
7:26 - The Lords In Black
08:06 - Nibbly
8:39 - Wiggly
9:21 - Blinky
10:27 - Tinky
11:22 - Pokey
12:37 - P.E.I.P.
14:30 - Conclusion

[@sylviemorose]

I like how when talking about McNamara there’s a picture of Jack Bauer from Trail to Oregan

[@Danishlikeapotato]

Hey, but Jack Bauer did see the watcher with a thousand eyes, when he ingested the snake venom!

[@grantkeppel6770]

I personally think their will be 5 Hatchetfield musicals, one for each area based on the Lords in Black. Maybe the final one can have Paul and Emma interact with characters like Grace and Steph to take down the Lords in Black.

[@LennyWig]

That's a great idea! :)

[@supertoxicgamer]

HAVE YOU SEEN IT YET?

[@nugget1044]

that’d be cool, but unfortunately not very likely

[@stanaccount7733]

​@@nugget1044why not?

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

except nerdy prudes must die doesn't have a specific lord it's related to since it's more the origin story

[@CodeRed99911]

I think the meteor is one of Pokey's tears, basically a crystallized manifestation of his power and influence through which he spreads his control. It feels like the Lords have rules they have to follow but they're free to lie about what they are, or its just purely whim and circumstance with the Lords following self imposed rules because the game they each play won't be fun without them. Like Blinky threatens death but won't actually kill anyone trapped in Watcher's World because every death a game that's ended with Blinky releasing those that stumble on the right conditions to earn their release.

[@kyler133]

13:15 Haha! The implication of connecting Jack Bauer and Macnamara is hilarious.

[@kyler133]

To add my own conjecture.... given the timing of the Trail to Oregon and when the Hatchetmen were formed in Hatchetfield, I like to imagine that Jack Bauer was a former Hatchetman that left and started a farm and a family (before the events of TTO) which could explain his knowledge of "The Watchers with 1000 eyes" as possible disciples of Blinky

[@LennyWig]

​@@kyler133Nick Lang actually revealed he was fond of the idea of TTO being canon to Hatchetfield, but maybe only as an in universe play the Starlight Theatre puts on :) The connection is very interesting though, you are correct :D

[@goingghost8297]

@@kyler133honestly I headcanon Grace Chastity being descended from the family in TTO

[@AvocadoPsoriasis]

@@goingghost8297grace Chasity being a descendant of the dikrats makes me giggle

[@nnradosavljevic]

Just watched Nerdy prudes must die and came here to check this out great video dude keep at it

[@supertoxicgamer]

i just watched it too! im in love

[@sumguy789654]

I definitely wanna see a lore breakdown of Nerdy Prudes!

[@wholymilk7140]

So in The Trail to Oregon, Jack Bauer has his whole snake venom segment where he talks about the watchers. The watchers is probably just a joke about the audience but it could be a reference to Blinky if, as I understand in your video, Blinky can be known as The Watcher. But that may be pulling from too far.

[@zanahuckle1278]

They did say in a live stream at some point (I can't remember which one unfortunately, They were talking about people speculating that all their shows are connected) that out of all their other Musicals Trail to Oregon would be the most likely to be connected to the hatchet field universe.

[@yowchhhh]

idk how this would be help but i saw some comments in one of the commentary vid of sk' musicals, sometimes "the audience" are written as a part of the cast. Tho I can't find the video again.

[@erisbob]

This is exactly what I was looking for, once I found the order in which to watch the Hatchetfield related productions. Thank you very much. Yay!

[@mc-rn8ro]

I'm sorry, BLINKY is the cruelest?! Tinky calls his prison a TOY BOX!! Tinky makes Blinky look tame!!

[@HaunaMyKiki]

Blinky is the most _sadistic,_ as in he gets the most entertainment out of watching his victims physically beat the crap out of each other. Although I _do_ find it odd that despite the looming threat he poses of him killing his victims if they step out of line, he's never actually been shown to do it? And how once his victims make the conscious decision to leave Watcher World, he sort of just...lets them go??? Even Snigglette who actively defied Blinky was just beaten up really badly, not killed. Hell, you can even say that Blinky did Bill and Alice a _favor,_ since their relationship had _improved_ by the end of WatcherWorld! IDK, I'd hedge my bets against Blinky over the others any day.

[@M3ATWORM]

i love tinky hes so silly ^_^

[@leotamer5]

@@HaunaMyKiki Watcherworld seems to be Blinky's collection of lost souls that he watches endless for his own amusement. In that sense, I think it makes sense that he doesn't try to kill body, he might play rough but he doesn't want to break his toys. Also, Blinky attempted to attack Bill and Alice using his mascot. Which Alice then shot, and then ooze from wound flushed them out of the park. I think at most that might have been a concession. Keeping them wouldn't be worth the damage to the park, and so he just excessed them. Alternatively, he was simply unable to hold them. I don't think they killed the real Blinky, but maybe killing the mascot just broke Blinky's hold over Watcher World and so Blinky had no means of continuing his vendetta. I think it is the other way around, Bill and Alice were able to escape the trap that is WatcherWorld because their relationship improved, something Blinky was desperately attempting to subvert.

[@TnoyKaraxis]

Aw, thanks you guys. It means a lot.

[@cherrypopfashion]

10/10 analysis! Thank you for explaining

[@LennyWig]

You're welcome :) Glad you enjoyed

[@Openskies1918]

I needed this! Thank you so much! I was very confused until I found this!

[@supertoxicgamer]

HAVE YOU SEEN NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE YET?

[@LennyWig]

Yes! :)

[@CagedWren]

Everybody’s so creative!

[@x-ca1iber]

thanks for this!!! i was struggling to understand the connecting lore.

[@artsyvidsy5232]

Very helpful! Thank you

[@occultOpossum]

fun video like the more indepth stuff but I really wish the art was credited , seen some of the artists elsewhere

[@toadishtoby]

if i had a nickel for every time Joey Richter played a once good turned bad love interest id have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot but its weird it happened twice right?

[@cherrypopfashion]

Commenting for algerthiom, idk how to spell

[@daniel_bachar]

How do you now hannah was born in the black and white?

[@imacarnow4200]

Nick Lang mentioned it in their Hatchetfield holloween party livestream.

[@imacarnow4200]

Pamela Foster refused to go to the hospital throughout her pregnancy. When Pamela went into labor with Hannah, she was at home with no medical staff in attendance. Unfortunately, Hannah was a breach pregnancy severely complicating the birth. Hannah would have died if not for the timely intervention of this character. Who delivered Hannah Foster, thus saving her life and perhaps vicariously, all of existence? [...] The answer is Lex Foster. Lex never wanted a sister, but when she psychically felt Hannah dying, she intuitively activated her powers, reaching through the black and white and teleporting the baby out of the womb. Lex has no memory of this event.

[@creeperking8702]

Is nightmare time Cannon

[@LennyWig]

Yes, of course :)

[@supertoxicgamer]

depending. Each one seems to be an alternate universe.

[@nugget1044]

@@supertoxicgamerevery musical is in its own timeline, nightmare time 2 is in its own timeline, and every nightmare time 1 episode is it’s own timeline except forever and always and time bastard which share a timeline.

[@Jam-Beat]

So think of Hatchetfield as a bubble in an endless sea of bubbles where each one is the same Hatchetfield but different. The town is where the Lords in Black get their various needs and enjoyments, through this endless looping changing town. It’s why some recurring characters get played by various cast members, beyond being practical it creates the idea that these faces change roles in the various Hatchetfield timelines, in Nerdy Prudes we get a line from a main threat character saying “Until another [char name] comes along”, implying the character saying this has been able to see beyond their own bubble and understand the nature of the purgatory-esque universe they live in.

[@accidentalmadness1708]

@@nugget1044i think yellow jacket and daddy are in the same timeline too.

[@zoetevka4653]

♥️🫶🏻♥️

[@edlerlucasbarcellosdasilva3622]

commennt

[@gameraspindlethorn6229]

your videos very interesting but you talk SO SLOW im glad there is options to speed the video up; it helped alot

[@deero108]

Thank you for this video as im too lazy to watch nightmare time right now hahah🫶🫶 this is great thank youuuu so much