#nib!pokey

[the-nerds-in-black]

We should do a poll about who’s out favorite LiB and then show it to them >:3

Splendid idea!!

[the-nerds-in-black]

omg i love these sm!!!!! they all look so cool in your style :3

Drew some of my favorite scenes from @the-nerds-in-black s fic witch is amazing and you should read

Also my oc Sheldon is here, because I'm to powerful and can not be stopped

[maze-of-sweets]

the rap battle is over? does this mean i won bcs she forfeited?( say yes )

- 🍀

You All Tied For Last Place Because None Of Your Raps Were Even Close To Good.

Would You Like A Participation Trophy?

[cw-but-starkid]

Now that NPMD is officially out, now seems like a good time to crack into this account. So, some lil’ goofy headcanons for the TLiB!

(light) NPMD SPOILERS:

The Lords in Black

Wiggly;

Wiggly often has to keep Pokey in check because he gets too into it (“ Don’t frighten them, Pokey. You nasty boy— “)

—would also like to imagine the reason Infected Alice, Deb, and their friend were not in sync in TGWDLM was because Wiggly was actively berating Pokey and ruining his concentration. (“ Wait. What are we saying. We all have to say the same thing. Let’s get on the same page. I’m here. I’m here. I’m here. “)

If someone actually attempted rubbing his “ belly-well “ or ticking him (in his human form), he would probably laugh while either being interested by their motives/actions or promptly have them absolutely eradicated into the Black and White.

Pokey;

(Human) Pokey keeps his luxurious stage voice, even when mad. but, more-so leans into singing / rhyming when very agitated.

He wants Paul dead in every universe. No matter what. It’s on sight.

He was kinda offended by people calling it " blue shit ".

Nibbly;

Nibbly has an issue with interfering with the other Lords' work, simply because they're hungry. Usually because they haven’t received his Honey Festival sacrifice yet.

Blinky;

He finds human television laughable. Mainly for what mortals find entertaining.

He also " fights " with Nibbly a lot. Only because they prefer to watch, Nib, however, just wants to devour immediately.

Blinky may be the only Lord who blinks, though its not naturally.

Tinky;

He gets very 0’:< when another LiB hurts either one of the Spankoffski’s, especially Ted. Cause they’re “ his playthings ): “. [ Slight inspo from the lovely post below! ]

Tinky's tongue can extend as short or as long as needed, doesn't matter.

—Additionally, some of (Human) Tinky’s bottom teeth can flip down and out to let their tongue out easier*

*Example from a drawing [:

[thesiblingsoftheblackandwhite]

-KNOW He did something to them! I know! And He’s SUCH a…a bitch and-! And I want Him dead, somehow - just somehow, I don’t know! He hurt my brother and He - Nightmare Time-

I know. But that’s not helpin’ Tinky right now. The watchers told us to breathe if we have a panic attack.

Unable to handle being around his brothers after his outburst, Blinky had followed Nibbly back to the dining room to compose himself. They sit together, face to face.

This isn’t a fucking panic attack, Nibblenephim! I-

Bliklotep squeezes Nibbly’s offered hands, practically crushing them as he attempts deep breaths. He trembles through gasps.

I abhor Him. I don’t - care if the Black didn’t exist anymore, it it m-meant He-

I know.

Blinky slumps into the hug, shuddering.

Me too, Blinks.

As soon as the watchers had informed them of the contents of T’noy’s nightmare, something had inexplicably snapped. Too stressed and busy to inquire about it, they shifted their focus to each other. Or, namely, Tinky.

Pokey and Wiggly are helping him calm down, too. He’s going to get better. But if the watchers don’t come back that’s...fine, right?

Bliklotep shakes his head and ends up wiping his tears in his brother’s hair.

Not helping, Nibs.

Nibblenephim hums and rubs his shoulder. Blinky closes his eyes to minimize the strain.

...I hate Him. I know He hurt Tinky, probably the worst, but I also know He did so much worse. I think you were too young t-

I wasn’t.

Blinky peeks up at him curiously. Nibbly rocks them both, tensing.

I don’t have a lot of memories, but I remember how it felt. I was scared...and really hungry. Didn’t know why I couldn’t just leave the Black to eat. I wanted to, a lot of times. Maybe if I’d tried hard enough?

He furrows his brows, tone confused and lost. Bliklotep pulls away to grab his brother’s hands again, shifting them around like he saw Wiggog do. He frowns, taking care to keep his voice slow.

If He had anything to do with that...I don’t know. But you didn’t deserve it either way. Like Tinky didn’t deserve whatever the hell else He did. Pokey didn’t, you didn’t, I...

He winces.

...Webby...

Before he can continue, footsteps practically run down the hall in their direction. Pokey, wearied, peeks through the door, eyes flicking everywhere. He finally sees them and sighs.

Are you two done? Wiggly got him to calm down but I think Tinky’s looking for you.

[un-deserts-your-bluffs]

Tell pokey he’s gay

hi nibs. is that you. i hope it's you or i look dumb

[razmeteor]

Intro post or some shit :p

Ello. I got bored and set up a blog. If you wanna, I can get my older sibling and younger brother on here to.

List of anons

The space bitches had it, ima make one.

Favs

🎡- Don’t know em, but their emojis cool so

🐞- sides with us for rap battles

☢️-Tinker/Tinky!(Mayhave sided with nibbly but tinkys a goober sooooo) Maze of sweets and songs version

☁️- we ain’t talked a lot so

🍀- Allience in rap battles

Neutral

☄️-We vibe

🪼-Challenged me to a rap battle, and is trying to screw what looks like my dog.

🎶(pokey)-Sided with nibs in the rap.. but they look like my dog. Maze of sweets and songs version

stinky.

🍯-You suck nibbly!(Maze of sweets and songs version)

(Extra info under the cut)

Hi! I’ve got a fanfic abt Raz and her family being written rn! The tile is Cracked Meteor. It’s up on ao3!

[mythren-system]

@un-deserts-your-bluffs POKEY PSPSPSPSPS THIS IS LITERALLY US!!!! -nibs :3 /silly

[spirngakawening]

Hyperfocus took the wheel for several hours ._.

I tabled together all the sequences that were mentioned in this post, and ended up drawing their pentagrams based on the choreography sequences bc idk i feel like it says smth

Choreography Pentagrams

pls excuse the awful image quality ���

Depending on how you go about Nibbly's, there is a pentagram in there. But Tinky's is missing one of the points entirely since Pokey never dances his move (also: some of the 'lines' are simultaneous, I just couldn't record myself drawing that)

So uh yeah they all "dance around the pentagram" except Tinky, thanks to Pokey skipping his move after repeating Nibbly's. Tinky is kinda chaotic like that tho

All sequences & extra notes

(parenthetically included the loose reference to Blinky in tto + Pokey's presence in tgwdlm - those actually still match C's pattern!)

C vs D: Pokey & Wiggly swap

D vs E: Blinky & Nibbly swap

C vs E: reversed

F: entirely different positions (altho NT & PB pairs do repeat)

C & G(B): same pattern

F & G(W/N/T): same

It's rly just G(P) that doesn't match any pattern (only because it excludes Tinky)

Does Pokey repeating Nib's move while missing Tink's mean something? If it's intentional (& not for symmetry), I feel like it says something about at least one of these three avsbfkl

For [1-2-3-4-5] left to right positioning (the lords themselves, not their moves):

Tinky's around the middle (2/3), except in G's PNWBT order

Wiggly's always first, last, or exact centre (1/3/5)

Nib & Blinky are next to exact centre (2/4), except in F (1 & 5) - never 3rd, never next to each other

Pokey's usually first or last (1/5), except in F (4) - never 3rd; usually next to Wiggly (looped), except in G's PNWBT

Even their moves (base WTNBP) tend towards the above:

T's is only 1/5 when he dances it

W's move always chases P's

B&N are next to each other, except in B's move cycle (WNTBP)

Oh god it's 4am ok that's all I could think of i need sleep

Little detail in NPMD that’s living rent free in my mind (spoilers ahead!)

I know the fandom has been obsessing over figuring out the lyrics to everyone’s favorite chaotic™️ scene but I wanna acknowledge something in the choreography that caught my attention💃🏻

Okay so first off MASSIVE PROPS to Lauren for choreographing this so amazingly. If you pay close attention you’ll notice that each of the Lords in Black has their own cute little 8 count dance related to their character (some more clear than others).

Pokey💙

switching back and forth between his hand and the mask (I’m assuming representing him wanting to block out every voice that’s not his own).

Nibbly💗

need I explain???

Wiggly💚

I’m assuming the arm motions are supposed to represent his tentacles

Blinky💜

also self-explanatory

Tinky💛

… okay honestly this one tripped me up but it fits the vibe

Okay so this alone was a cool discovery, but THEN I noticed that the Lords in Black cycled through each other’s choreography throughout the scene. After a million watches that I absolutely don’t regret I’m pretty sure I figured out the pattern to be: Wiggly➡️Tinky➡️Nibbly➡️Blinky➡️Pokey🔁 in a looping order. There were a few discrepancies in this pattern (I think possibly either due to choreography mistakes or maybe it was just to make the choreography look more symmetrical?) but this was the order that most commonly persisted:

Anything in parenthesis is what I think they were supposed to do because it’s a simple switch that fits the pattern (Corey never did Tinky’s dance but did Nibbly’s for 2 cycles, Lauren had Nibbly and Tinky’s reversed).

Anyway this may already be a thing because I definitely need to get caught up on Hatchetfield lore but I’m wondering if there’s any significance to this order?

It almost matches the order that we were introduced to the Lords in Black in (Blinky being the one out of place):

Wiggly (Black Friday)

Blinky (Watcherworld. NMT Season 1, episode 1 part 2)

Tinky (Time Bastard. NMT Season 1, episode 2 part 2)

Nibbly (Honey Queen. NMT Season 2, episode 1)

Pokey (Yellow Jacket. NMT Season 2, episode 4).

It almost matches reverse order to when we were first introduced to all of the dolls in The Witch in the Web: Pokey➡️Blinky➡️Tinky➡️Nibbly➡️Wiggly. Nibbly and Tinky are reversed, which could maybe be connected to Lauren reversing their dances in the order but I feel like that’s too far of a reach:

It also almost matches the order that the names are read from in the black book (again reverse order and Nibbly and Tinky are switched):

^creds to whoever typed out the script cause my digital ticket expired by the time I realized I wanted to double check this

It makes sense that invoking the names ends with Wiggly since it’s been implied at multiple times that he is the most powerful and terrible of the Lords in Black but other than that I’m clueless.

One moment that perfectly matches the pattern in the dance if you reverse it is the one real picture we have of the dolls from Nick’s Twitter:

If you start with any of them and go backwards it matches the (most consistent) pattern from the dance perfectly: Nibbly⬅️Tinky⬅️Wiggly⬅️Pokey⬅️Blinky

There’s more stuff that shows up in the choreography throughout the dance that intrigued me but this post is already way too long and I’m guessing with my luck there’s probably 0 significance to the order that the dances were done in buuuut yeah I’m driving myself insane on this so if anyone has any insight let me know!

Nerdy prudes must die🤪

[conipow]

Me: I love all the eldritch horror gods equally. There's: Webby, Wiggly, Pokey, ...Blink...y,... Tinny???....Nibs??????

[the-nerds-in-black]

just a silly doodle

[maze-of-sweets]

pokes who’s side r u on for the rap battle

I Think It Is Stupid And I Don’t Want Any Part Of It. Neph Is Wiping The Floor With All Of Those Morons However.

HELL YEAH EAT SHIT MY BROTHERS TEAM NIBBLY!!!!!!

[torrilin]

We’re safe in Dresden, and I got about 5 pages of something that might be for Seasonal Spuffy during travel. Photo isn’t revealing anything major since I’m drafting in a pocket notebook. Pen is my new Pilot Kakuno hacked to take a Plumix nib and rearranged to not hate lefties. A+ pen with hacks, beats the HELL out of a metro or Plumix due to utter absence of pokey bits. I can say one thing for Germany so far. The tea is good. Can’t say much else because my German barely exists, but I can get tea. So just that beats the hell out of the US. Also, I can at least ID transit stops. And there’s a lot of mass transit. So my hating to drive self is happy.

[thesiblingsoftheblackandwhite]

Hey Nibs, Pokey. Quick vibe check, you two doing okay?

- 🐽

What is it, what is it, what is it, what is it?!

You’ll have to wait. A good final product takes time.

The scene is practically the same as last night’s, though it’s much brighter. The two sit on the dining room floor and work. Pokey is painting darker grey splotches on his earlier art project. Nibbly grins and goes back to his clay.

I know.

[the-nerds-in-black]

If you don't mind me asking, what inspired your designs for the LiB human forms? Why did you give them the looks that you did?

I love this question!! I'll explain a bit of my design process. (Be prepared, it is a long explanation!)

First and foremost, I wanted to retain their color schemes, but sort of "normalize" them in a sense. The lords dress very bright and wacky, and I wanted to keep that but also make them look like someone you could just pass on the street. So, the first thing I did was assign them natural hair colors. A more natural blonde for Tinky, ginger for Wiggly (because I found it funny), etc etc..

I also tried to make their clothes more "believable". You dont really see a lot of people walk around in shiny, brightly saturated, monochromatic outfits in everyday life. Personally, I think we should normalize that, but whatever. So, I broke up and spread the color throughout their outfits. Pokey still has blue, but its only in his pants and tie. Tinky still has orange and a little bit of red, but he doesnt have those neon yellow matching jacket and pants combo like in canon. Basically the first step in designing them was making them look.. kinda normal!

Then the second part! Relating them to my pre existing lords designs!

Disclaimer!! These are old designs from months ago, and Ive been slowly redesigning them so they aren't exactly accurate to how I envision the Lords!

But anyway, then comes the easy part, making them look like my interpretations of the lords! Face shape, nose type, hair texture, body type, etc etc. I did accidentally make Tinky less husky as a nerd, which wasnt intentional, so when I draw him later he will be a bit stockier!

As for exact design choices for each of the Nerds In Black, this is how I designed them!

Pokey

His outfit is meant to resemble Paul's outfit by the end of tgwdlm. Its pure irony and I am a sucker for that! It also feels like something Pokey would wear casually: formal but not too formal. The little heels are purely for show. In the future I'd probably draw him with chunkier heels. The little streak in his hair comes in a later chapter!

Tinky

I really channeled nerd energy into his design. The short sleeved button down over a t-shirt speaks to me. Also gave him a watch because I felt it was the easiest way to allude to who he is. Plus, it matched the shape language of his glasses! (Which alludes to his goggles in canon) When I draw him in the future I am drawing him a bit chubbier and with messier hair. Also, ive never written about it or drawn it, but Tinky still has an overbite!

Wiggly

He is actually pictured in an outfit that will show up in the next few chapters! It's a dressier outfit than what he woke up in. The inspiration comes from a funny place actually: Grace's outfit. White shirt, cardigan vest, a little ascot resembling tentacles, its just a slightly more masculine (and green) version of her outfit. And this serves a purpose! For now, I'll say that Grace and Wiggly have a surprising amount of things in common, and they are sort of like foils to each other. It was also important to make him look non threatening, including his lanky frame and freckles. Basically, i wanted to emphasize his insecurities, the parts of himself that he believes make him weak, so that he can't avoid facing them head on!

Nibbly

I went a little silly for this one. PERSONALLY, and this is my opinion, I dont.. really care for Nibbly's outfit in canon, but I tried to keep the skirt, pigtails, and overall feminine expression. I feel like the dark sweater contrasted well with the skirt and peppermint inspired accents. Honestly, im not sure if this one is one of my favorites and I may rework it a little, but I still think its cute! Plus he has a little gap between his teeth! Also, the corset was a fun idea I had, and I think he will get it in a later chapter. The strings on the corset are supposed to resemble sharp teeth too.

Blinky

Being fr I have no idea what i was thinking with the polka dots on the hoodie. Maybe like.. eyes? Definitely going to rework that. Anyway, I wanted Blinky to be dressed very modestly. Its sort of meant to represent that he prefers to watch and not be watched. The face mask also serves that purpose, plus obscuring his mouth. I also kept his glasses, but made them a necessity. Its an added weakness, and worse, its a weakness that was once his strength.

In conclusion...

Overall, I think Pokey, Wiggly, and Tinky are my strongest designs that have a lot of thought into him! I will be changing a feel small things in the future, but for now I think they are fine.

And that's my design thought process! Thanks for asking about it :3

[the-nerds-in-black]

I have to ask. If wiggly sees his tickle me wiggly commercial will he be embarrassed cause it makes him look like a wimpy toy. Would Stephanie be teasing me. Would his siblings

Nah he would defend the commercial with his LIFE. Here is how it would go.. (written in a script esc format bc i already have enough writing to do)

Steph: "Seriously... You made that?"

[Wiggly looks incredibly proud.]

Wiggly: "Yes, of course! Catchy, right?"

Steph: "No, its terrible."

[Wiggly frowns. Pokey looks offended]

Pokey: "I helped out on that jingle, I take offense to that."

Steph: "No, like.. The commercial itself.. its dumb and gimmicky. "

Wiggly: "IT IS NOT!!"

Pokey: "Well.. I suppose I agree with you on that stance."

[Wiggly slowly turns around and gives Pokey an annoyed look]

Blinky: "Yeah its not exactly cinema."

Tinky: "Not even close!"

[Wiggly pauses, turning his gaze onto them, ganging up on him.]

Wiggly: "IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CINEMA, IT IS SUPPOSED TO SELL TOYS!!"

Steph: "What kid would want a toy that does that annoying baby voice? Any kid nowadays would get bullied off the pkayground with that thing."

Wiggly: "IT IS NOT A BABY VOICE, IT IS A PERFECTLY NORMAL CUTESY VOICE!"

[Insert a momentary pause as the others consider his argument]

Blinky: "So.. a baby voice."

Pokey: "That is most definitely a baby voice."

[Wiggly crosses his arms, visibly pouting]

Wiggly: "Do you UNDERSTAND how difficult it is to speak with tentacles? Well, I'm SORRY I can't annuniciate every human word correctly when I have extra limbs obstructing my mouth!"

Steph: "Ohhh... so its like a speech impediment, my bad."

Pokey: "No, he is just trying to make you feel bad, the voice is definitely a choice."

Blinky: "A bad one at that.."

[Before Wiggly can scream at them, Tinky pipes up with a barely related idea]

Tinky: "Huh, now I do wonder what it would be like having mouth arms."

[Conversation derails into how tentacles arent equatable to arms and Tinky vowing to try out mouth arms when he can shapeshift again.]