Starkid/Tin Can Bros

my heart is buried in hatchetfield

[high-on-hatchetfield]

STARKID and TCB!!!

I realized my main was being consumed with starkid/tcb content, so i made this neat sideblog!! :D

it took a minute, but i reblogged all of the posts from my main to this blog instead

currently obsessed with: Cinderella’s Castle

but i'll probably reblog stuff from other starkid stuff too!

edit: i've just watched spies are forever for the first time, so get ready for tin can bros content on here too now

check out my main!! @the-fox-and-his-prince

[ricky-mortis]

He stares <3

[edwire]

it’s a musical (it’s about spies)

@curtmega I’ll be sending you my therapy bill

[spyruce]

Someone tell him to stop reopening the wound 🙏🙏🙏 (not actually though he gives fuel to the fandom and it’s 10 people and we need it)

Edit sorry but Curt Mega is actually insane for still fueling this fan base like??? Every other celebrity loves being all “ugh can people shut up about the popular thing I was in a year ago 😒😒 ur so lame for still liking it move on” but Curt is our #1 supporter for this 7+ year old musical and I appreciate more every day

[itsdefinitely]

CURTS TRAGIC SHOPPER FROM BLACK FRIDAY??? PLEASE???????

A WIGGLY IS 49.95!!!!

[edenlouiseart]

I am obsessed with ✨her✨

[z1ggyst4rdu5t77]

i gave birth to ALL OF THEM WAAAAAHHHHHH THEYRE SO TINY

[individuals down here]

[yourwagonisaflame]

ted and paul genuinely have the funniest relationship in all of hatchetfield. ted considers paul his best friend and paul just does not like ted. hilarious

[sid-noxious]

painted this little guy over the weekend. the nasty boy

[not-a-snowman]

I see your “Paul is Pokotho’s favorite” theory and raise you “Paul is Pokotho’s nemesis”

So here’s the thing about Pokey: he hates any voice that isn’t his own. He sees Hatchetfield and all their drama and he feels superior because he KNOWS there’s not a single person in this world whose part he can’t play better than them.

He knows their little wants and deepest desires. He understands their character motivations more deeply than those miserable ants ever could. 

Except here’s the thing. Thousands of timelines, countless different scenarios he and his brothers have dreamed up, and in all of that there’s still one question that remains unanswered:

Who the fuck is Paul?

No seriously who the hell is this guy. Like, he’s in every story but what’s his deal. What does Paul want? He wants a date with a barista. And seemingly, that’s it.

Great. Fucking riveting.

The man is nothing, he’s set dressing, he’s a total non sequitur. Plot threads walk up to him and he goes “no thanks I have better things to do” and prattles off

He doesn’t have better things to do. He never has better things to do. He’s going to go home and browse Wikipedia for an hour and then go to bed. Pokey goddamn checked. 

Even in the universe where he gets replaced with a goddamn time traveling clone, that clone’s ambition start and end with marrying that same fucking barista because he is seemingly programmed in his DNA to be BORING

He doesn’t even like musicals, the uncultured cuck.

But now Paul’s gone and made Pokey waste valuable brainpower pondering the inner life of stupid nothing mortal like he’s fucking Tinky. And Pokey’s not gonna stand for that kind of slight. 

Paul’s just like every other worthless person in his universe and Pokey’s going to prove it. He’ll wrench a story from Paul’s bloody corpse if it’s the last thing he’ll ever do. 

And he’s going to do it in SONG

[silamander]

Happy Pride to them

[catbritta]

pattern recognition at its finest

[douglas-duke-keane]

"Do you think we hate each other in every timeline?"

"God, I hope so"

[inkwell-illustrations]

“i asked ChatGPT" well I asked Linda Monroe and she said that she hopes that you don't get a Wiggly and that she hopes you fucking die

[high-on-hatchetfield]

thoughts while listening to the Cinderella's Castle soundtrack:

(act one)

1. Castle On A Hill-

the little "let's go"s from the narrator are too good

when the guitar hits @ 0:33 and i ascend

i love jeff's falsetto fight me

ensemble's harmonies go so hard

verse 2 lyrics HIT, like, comedy or tragedy/ will it ever after happily?/ you're starting to wonder

ensemble whispering will they let us in? over and over in the background @1:50

the syncopation of need- to know- will i ev-er- know @2:28

curt mega with THE BRIDGE IS COMING DOWN

top 5 from the soundtrack for sure

2. Cursed Crazy-

why does the intro give "just the way you are" by bruno mars

CINDERELLA-ELLA hits idc

they synth hits starting @0:24 omg

CHORUS GOES SO HARD OMG

why's she covered in filth/ it's the remnants of the house of ash is so good and so sad

like the town is talking behind her back- THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING-

destined to join her mother at the stake is nasty work from Jeff, and Mariah sings it perfectly

her stepmother must be a saint or cursed crazy- hmmmm...

introduction of the theme: when fighting your demons alone/ you're either fucked or fated

the tempo slowing when Bryce comes in is just *chef's kiss*

shell of my formal self- you could just stab me it'd hurt less

the lyric is she so fucking nuts that chivalry is all but dead is so good because where's the humanity? people claim they're good and then refuse to do good when it makes them uncomfortable.

our cat that has strayed/ give it some milk/ it'll never tame is so sad because she was probably the town darling as a little girl, being part of house Ashmore and now no one knows what to do with her

your bloodlines couldn't be thicker/ whether you want it or not/ oh you are cursed crazy- the homage to her parents i'm crying. imagine someone telling you you're cursed just like your parents

top 2 from the soundtrack

3. Step On Your Grave-

that twangy ass guitar intro i LOVE IT

the first line has the catchiest rhythm and it's been playing on loop in my head all day

oh-oh wa-o-wa-o WAOH

and if it wanted to scale the balance/ toward my cause/ i'd thank my stars- ella's faith in the stars hehehe foreshadowing

CHORUS. SLAPS.

the way she says oregano

i know i might need a lawyer- help

oh i got names chills

the opt up on the second chorus?? are you kidding???

girl is PRAYING in this bridge

bryce charles' vocals are so close to heaven i swear

God, see the treason they've brought upon my... house.

top 5 for sure

4. Last Forever-

actually can't listen to this song without crying

the repetition of thinkin about, dreaming about, and in front of me 3 times, one for each of them i'm crying

an endless light of burning ember- foreshadowingggg

this day will last forever- stop. stop it.

not the sisters speaking ubbi dubbi, i can't. i was a girl once

the HARMONIESS RAHHHHHH

tomorrow's not coming now and nothing's gonna happen next

the stars are all in a line- more star allusions

THE KEY CHANGE i'm on my knees

the breakdown for lucy to dance is my favorite

5. Facade-

angela is so iconic i can't

the three of them sound so good together omg

and ISn't IT a bITcH

the instrumentals are so good

why does she say booty trap when "booby trap" is right there

first usage of dom in a musical theatre libretto (i love you lauren)

and i HEAR YOur rich

my truth is skin deep and oblique- lol

the bridge is so disturbing and funny it's perfect

the guitar slide at the end i love it

6. Ash to Ash-

ITS KIM WHALEN EVERYBODY STAY CALM

lady Ashmore danced/ all alone at night/ in the thick of wild/ magic- the opening line, they're talking about Ella's mother

lady Ashmore burned, the flames of ruination take their hold, it all turns to ash and ash, when the light goes out only fire is just- so much fire imagery i love it

the last bit of light in this eternal dark from it i will craft your final gift, trappings of starlight- she's literally designating her as a savior of humanity i'm weak

use them/ wisely?/ hardly- SHE'S GRANTING HER A MEANS FOR REVENGE WITH NO CONDITIONS IT'S EVERY GIRL'S DREAM

the house of Ashmore rises once again... is that how this ends/ that all depends if you turn them all to ash and ash and dust to dust- she'll only succeed in restoring her family name if her vengeance is complete and justice is fully carried out

and for your final gift/ i grant thee STARLIGHT- i'm shaking

forgive or forget them/ i will pardon/ those i am meant to- Ella isn't blinded by her need for vengeance, she is still truly just

i shall wrap thee in these cinders, ell/ and you shall be as radiant and terrible/ as i - she really said "let me clothe you in justice and light and grant you the power and radiance of a goddess" and Ella's like "okay"

lady Ashmore danced/ all alone at night/ in the midst of wild/ magic- the closing line, they're talking about Ella this time

END OF ACT ONE

[dragonfly756]

I'll admit I was worried that Cinderella's castle would yet again girlbossify the title character (seen too many bad adaptions) but instead they did something way more lovely, Bryce Charles plays Ella with all the sweetness and loveliness of a Disney princess and tortured gothic heroine, yes, AND her primary motivation is revenge! It burns in her heart like a flame. The two do not contradict each other. her dress being starlight is thematically relevant, do you see? She is the last cinder in the house of ashmore, clothed in the dying light at the end of the universe, on the edge of burning out and yet sparking back to life. Fire is warmth and light and yet it can still burn you DO YOU SEE-

[gingerhastoomanyobsessions]

idk if yall noticed but. "sweet justine and vivacious lucy" are named in reference to justine moritz and lucy westenra. justine moritz, a character in frankenstein, is an innocent young girl hanged for a crime she did not commit, and some adaptations have victor use her body to make the creature a bride. lucy westenra, a character in dracula, is an innocent young girl turned and possessed by dracula whose vampirized body is used to terrorize her former friends. i 100% believe that starkid chose those names for the "young girl who gets killed and turned into a meat puppet" characters on purpose