If anyone ever questions the quality of Nightmare Time, the fact it brought us Holloway and Duke is all the proof needed of how good it was, legitimately some of the Hatchetfield characters I'm the most invested in
(And that's the despite the sheer chemistry Jon and Lauren have when acting together, like beating Paulkins is an almost impossible feat)

it's kinda wild that the main straight ships in starkid (especially hachetfield) are so good that i obsess over them like i do with lgbt ships in other fandom spaces. (as a queer person)
However i do think this is partly bc so many of those ships come paired with the bittersweet tragedy of finding each other in every universe only to be pulled a part and put on trial in some way that is heavily reminiscent of lgbt pairings in media history.
but also the hachetverse is just so fleshed out that even non-canonical ships have such great chemistry with each other

I was hoping Holloway and Duke would be number one. Their chemistry is AMAZING. I need a whole damn musical with these two front and centre.

Pete and Steph are my personal favorite (it's that teenage love, falling hard and fast, plus they bring out the best in each other <3) but Duke and Holloway are the objectively correct pick for number one.

Love how for Ethan and Lex you didn't use a single scene from Black Friday, respect

I never thought about Gary and Barry, but like... After the "Just die" part it gives enemies to lovers and I adore it.

Nick has stated that General John McNamara is married, but hasn't said who his husband is. Re-watching their moments together - I can definitely see the chemistry between John and Xander. If they confirm that Xander was his husband the whole time (specifically in a future musical or a Nightmare Time episode - possibly 'ORBWEAVER'), then I'll have no objections about it AT ALL. Hopefully we can see who his husband is sooner rather than later.

CURT'S "but they're both on the sales rack" ALWAYS MAKES ME HAVE A CHILL DOWN MY SPINE DUDE ITS SO ADDICTING

omigoodness WHY did barry/gary never occur to me before, you have changed my life for the better thank you for your service!

My personal favourite ships and ranking reactions:










#7 Tom & Becky - ALRIGHT (most underrated couple)
#5 Alice & Deb - SWEET (clearly care and support each other)
#4 Pete & Stephanie - HALLELUJAH (Loved their chemistry throughout NPMD, still need to see their Nightmare Time episode from start to finish)
#3 Lex and Ethan - THEY DESERVE BETTER! (Can't there be ONE TIMELINE where they're happy and raising Hannah together! PLEASE!!)
#2 Paul & Emma - I LUV THEM, SOOO MUCCCCHHH (They're the reason the I not only got into the Hatchet Franchise, in Starkidvin general. Also like how in all of their installments together - they're either already together or are clearing going to end up together. For better or the worst circumstances)

Note need to catch-up on Nightmare Time, before I give opinion on Holloway and Duke. Although, I can already tell it's a great pairing just due to the fact that they're played by one of the Starkids' power couple Kim & Curt.

I NEED ANGELA AND JOEY TO PLAY LOVE INTERESTS ON STAGE OMFG

my top 3 are lautski, paulkins and holloduke - lautski and paulkins are basically tied for my favourite ship at this point, they're basically interchangable. atm i'm obsessed with lautski tho.

Gaaaaah. Nerdy Joey and cutie pie Pete and badass Steph. Long hair Joey playing absolute sweetheart Ethan. Paulkins. sobs Duke and Ms Hollowaaaaaaay... That top 4 is exquisite.

I was about to comment about Quirrelmort before remembering I had the ability to reread things and realized this said HATCHETFIELD ships lmao😭

HOLLOWEANE OMG IM SOBBING WTH

How dare you making me cry with that last clip.

Loved all the Nightmare Time rep!

Paulkins at 2 is a crime 😂

dude this video is reminding me on how much I need NMT season 3 I love this characters and ships so much oml

LOUDLY CHEERING WHEN HOLLODUKE CAME UP AS FIRST