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Explaining All The Hatchetfield Lore:

(disclaimer: all lot of this is based on context clues and expositional monologues, so it is my best guess and could be wrong. But I'm pretty sure it's right.)

We start in the 1820's, on an island in Lake Michigan. Now, there's three main families you need to know about here, and those are Muckwabs, the Metzgers, and the Waylons. Remember those because they're important.

So around 1824, Willabella Muckwab discovers the eldritch entities known as the Lords in Black (LiB). She becomes a devoted follower of them, and writes a book out of children's blood, which details their history, how to summon them, spells, prophecies, etc. This book is called the Abominable Tome, but it is most often referred to as the Black Book.

Well maybe the town doesn't like the fact that their children are disappearing, or maybe they discover the book, we don't know exactly what happened. But Willabella Muckwab is tried as a witch and hung. This doesn't kill off the Muckwab family, however, because Willabella had a daughter. That will be important later.

So basically, Willabella is hung by the Metzger family (remember them?) who are often referred to as the Hatchetmen. She is buried in the woods, the black book is lost, but her soul lives on, because of her connection to the Lords in Black. Well this isn't good, so the Hatchetmen begin killing anyone else who shows signs of having magic, burying them around the woods so they can grow into trees, their magic trapping Willabella in a 'web.' All of these magic tree-people form a forest, which is called the Witchwood. The Witchwood has special properties, because of all the magic. It affects the soil and the way things grow, but most importantly, it traps Willabella, who's is known as The Witch in The Web.

Jump ahead to 1827, it's been a couple years since Willabella's death, and that island is now known as the town of Hatchetfield. That's when the the Waylons show up (remember them?) Well, the Agatha and Mathias Waylon find the Black Book, rediscovering the Lords In Black. And isn't this just a super cool religion? Let's get everyone else involved! The Waylon's form a cult, called the Church of The Starry Children, who worship the LiB. They have a ton of people on board, and with the LiB, they offer sacrifices get rich and stay forever young. The Waylon family also sets up 5 Dark Altars around town, which coincides to the 5 Lords in Black. These altars are the Old School House, Waylon hall, the Old Mill, the Hatchetfield Gazette, and the Starlight Theater. All of these are places where somebody could summon the Lords in Black, with very little knowledge or power.

So the Church of The Starry Children has been doing very well for quite a while. In 1945, they begin the Honey Queen festival, a tradition where they elect one woman per year to sacrifice to the Lord in Black, Nibblenephim. They're very good at hiding in plain sight. However, they can't stay hidden forever. In 1975, they are meeting in Waylon Hall, when they are ambushed by the Metzgers, also known as the Hatchetmen. The Hatchetmen massacre the Starry Children, and once again, the Black Book is lost.

I hope you're enjoying this lore because it's only just getting interesting. That was all pretty straight foreword, and people generally don't argue about it. So for a recap, we have Willabella who wrote basically an evil bible for the Lords in Black, and who was murdered by the Hatchetmen. Then you have the Church of the Starry children, who worshipped the Lords in Black, also murdered by the Hatchetmen. Those are our three families. What if I told you that after all this happened, three other characters were up to some wacky hijinks? This is where things get muddy.

Now introducing our three new parties of interest: Willabella's daughter, the PEIP organization, and a mysterious woman only known as Miss Holloway. Here's what's up with those guys.

Miss Holloway was a pop star, rising to fame in the 1980's. We don't know a lot about her backstory, but it is assumed that she witnessed a tragedy, because she sought the help of the Lords in Black. They made her a deal that would allow her to have the power to help those in need, but in return, she would have to give up what she cherished most. (We don't know if those were the exact terms of the deal, but it seems to be the standard deal when it comes to the Lords in Black, so we go with that.) So Miss Holloway takes the deal. She gives up the ability to be remembered: no one knows who she is, and anytime she tries to tell anybody her story, it is immediately erased from their memory. In return, the Lords in Black make her the keeper of the Black Book, as well as magic such as hypnosis, and the ability to regenerate her body. She is able to die, but she always comes back. There is only one thing that can kill her, and that is a dagger known as the Black Blade, which she used to kill a man who made a similar deal, named Wilbur Cross.

But who is Wilbur Cross? To explain that, we have to explain Paranormal, Extraterrestrial, Inter-dimensional Phenomena, or the government agency known as PEIP. Wilbur Cross was an army Colonel, and very high-ranking in PEIP. In 2005, PEIP constructed an inter-dimensional portal to a place outside of time and space known as the Black and White. They didn't know that the B&W was home to the Lords in Black. On October 5, 2005, they sent Wilbur Cross through that portal, where he encountered the Lords in Black and pledged his allegiance to them. He was also gifted powers and immortality, but to serve the Lords in Black, which meant that he used it for evil. He stepped back out of the portal, appearing to the remaking PEIP agents, before disappearing to Hatchetfield, where he murdered Sheriff Douglas Keane.

Remember Willabella's daughter? Well, she had a daughter, who had a daughter, etc. The family tree continued until October 5, 2005, when a couple of things happened simultaneously. The portal was opened to the Black and White at the same time Hannah Foster, the descendant of Willabella Muckwab, was born. This caused a few events to occur, most notably that the timeline was shattered. Until that point, there was only one universe, but on that day, when Hannah was born and Wilbur stepped through the portal, infinite universes were created, branching off from that moment.

As a descendant of Willabella Muckwab, Hannah (as well as her older sister, Lex) was born with powers, also known as "the Gift." Her powers gave her a close connection to the Black and White, and even more so to Webby, who is not a Lord in Black, but is their sister. Webby is a spider-like goddess who embodies light and love, the antithesis of the Lords in Black. She is in a constant feud with them to gain control of the many realities, and to protect Hannah from her brothers and their minions, such as Wilbur Cross.

Now, Hannah's powers were stronger than anybody else's. She is clearly the strongest out of all the other children with a touch of the gift, and has been able to speak with Webby since she was young. I believe that this is a result of her being born at the moment that the divide between reality and The Black And White was weakest. Hannah is basically a cosmic trump card. Whoever controls Hannah controls the universe, so Webby and the Lords in Black are in a constant battle over her. The LiB want her dead, and Webby wants her alive, so that could mean that her power could be the thing to reconnect all the realities.

In present day, we have a couple of things playing out at once. Everybody's still in a competition over Hannah, with Lex determined to protect her. Miss Holloway uses her powers to help children, alongside Duke Keane, who she is falling in love with, and whose father was murdered by Wilbur Cross. Wilbur Cross does Wiggly's bidding. Some members or the Church of the Starry Children live on, those descended from or related to (by blood or marriage) the original members, and still indulge in the LiB's power and riches. Waylon Hall is cursed so that nothing may truly die there. As the Witchwood is cut down, little by little, its hold on Willabella weakens. And the Black Altars still remain, where anyone with the Black Book may summon the Lords in Black. In realities where Miss Holloway is murdered, the Black Book is kept safe by Solomon Lauter, mayor of Hatchetfield. Also, the Lords in a lack seem to have favourite humans to torture across multiple realities. The Spankoffski family is often a target of T'noy Karaxis, as an example.

So yup, that's where we're at. That's the baseline understanding of events that we as a fandom all seem to have, yet don't write down because that a lot of writing. Good thing I like writing!

Oh, and there's one thing I missed. We hate Clivesdale. Fuck Clivesdale.

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happy pride ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷

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i’d like you all to know that after 2??? years i’m finally planning on finishing this :]

and possibly doing a tiktok live soon just to talk about it and check my facts (you can check in the doc currently and leave notes if you would like although i don’t have EVERYTHING in there rn, the sections i have done are mostly complete)

so if a tiktok live (or insta or something else) is something anyone would want let me know and i can plan it :] or even just chatting in a discord server (i assume there’s many starkid ones people could talk about this in)

HELLO

this is my unfinished google doc, if anyone wants to nitpick facts for me feel free todo so, i encourage it

and if you know other things about the things on there please note them :D

also heres my note taking doc, not very long but also has some stuffs

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guys i don’t think anyone will ever understand how i feel about jon matteson

like it’s not one of those silly lesbian crushing on an unobtainable man insanity

it goes so much deeper than that, i get this feeling in my gut when i think of him, like my insides are trying to hold him

the way he talks, and moves and plays characters has me in a grip and i want to be him, but it’s also more than that

he’s just so fascinating i love him so much and i don’t know how to articulate it in a way that anyone would understand

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them not being endgame genuinely enrages me

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we still think abt u emo ryan ross

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he’s giving laurie forman

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we still think abt u emo ryan ross

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i got to s5 of that 70s show

yall know what that means 🙂‍↕️ time for me to be insane

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this has been discussed before okay but i need to discuss it now because in high school i didn't have tumblr. hyde and jackie. who the fuck decided they weren't endgame. what

what

what.

they're literally a younger version of red and kitty ? ok i feel a rant brewing inside of me ok hold on

YES. THEY HAD BAD MOMENTS. HE FUCKING CHEATED ON HER. LOOK IT'S FLAWED. I LIKE FLAWED COUPLES. ok but the character development they got because of each other. jackie grew less selfish. hyde grew less selfish.

look i cant defend everything hyde does ok but i will say that when kelso cheated on jackie. he cheated like ALL THE TIME ON HER AND HE WAS ALWAYS LIKE "omg guys you guys cant tell her you cant tell her" and hyde would always tell her slash would never do kelso any favours in terms of keeping it a secret. and jackie knew kelso would cheat but he was dumb pretty and sweet enough for her to boss around and love.

when hyde cheats on her it's out of pure anger and jealousy which is bad BUT when he realises his error he immediately tells jackie and she mentions how devastating his infidelity is because she genuinely thought she was finally in a relationship with someone who was faithful. then he's weird about their breakup and the love triangle is awful.

but at least season 8 could have dove harder into the tragedy of their relationship? they end late s7 early s8 because of a fucking miscommunication plot when the entire fucking fandom knows that hyde only doesn't propose because kelso comes out in the stupid fucking towel holy shit AAAAAAAAAAA

then hyde gets married immediately to sam fuck off. fuck off. fuck offfff. no wrong what. is he lorelai gilmore or some shit why the fuck would that happen.

but hyde and jackie were so in love. jackie wanted to marry him so badly it's adorable. and he could never accept getting married because of his fucking parents (not red and kitty the shitty bio ones), but he was slowly opening up to it and there was that scene where he sees her in the wedding dress? jesus christ. then s7 happened and they were still good but things were getting worse. they were reverting.

then season 8. puhlease toxic or not whatever the fact they dropped the jackie and hyde plotline is criminal dont watch that stupid season they HATE each other that's so sad

and their build up was so good? like from s1 to 3 there were crumbs to huge slices of cake. he took her to prom and got her a corsage and he didn't even like her at this point. he took the fall for her with the 🍃 and then jackie fell madly in love with him but he didn't really believe her slash didn't like her atp but then FINALLY REALIZES HE LIKES HER and takes her on a date and and it doesnt work out and then they start secret relationship two seasons later guyyyyyyyyyyyysssssss

ok end of rant. except i will never be done ranting stay tuned

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Sacred fruit

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“What’s your favorite horror movie?”

Oh I don’t know, probably every fucking time Hyde walked away from Jackie when she was clearly needing reassurance and understanding

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them not being endgame genuinely enrages me

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hell fucking yeah

ive been looking for this boxset second hand for MONTHS in charity shops and on vinted and i finally found the full series for £20 🫶🏻😭

it looks so cute on the step of my bed i’m using as a shelf

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i just draw dumb stuff i love my lesbians and santana (the evil lesbian)