FINALLY CAN POST THIS!! YIPPEE!! It’s been my lockscreen for ages now!
Time Bastard AU shenanigans!! Thank you to @midnightnautilus who created Time Bastard and Stop Watch’s designs and @nabwastaken who created the Time Bastard AU!! I’m obsessed :3c
Erm, uh, I mean, it's time for our first Hatchetfield-themed palate cleanser! No end of the world here, no sir, just a musical, though if you're a certain guy named Paul that may be an even worse fate...
That's right! Blinky's watching The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals this weekend! Get your sniggle on and please join us for a visit back to the incredibly special show that started it all.
Please note that the THE WATCH PARTIES WILL BE ON SUNDAY (NOT SATURDAY) due to the Pit Stop In Hatchetfield Livestream. And because TGWDLM is a full musical and the two timeslots are so close together, we will be starting right at the announced time, instead of allowing for the usual grace period for people to join. Have a La-Dee-Dah-Dah Time Letting It Out!
Paul Matthews and Emma Perkins are everything to me. They are soulmates and find each other in every universe but they almost never get past the awkwardly flirting stage before the world ends. They are both losers. They find each other every time an apocalypse commences. They are the only normal people in the whole universe. They are doomed by the narrative. They hate musicals. He tips her 5 dollars and she spits on everyones coffee. They are Orpheus and Eurydice coded. They are a spark that never turns into fire. They are intimate but don't like labels. They are the only constant thing in every timeline. They are what it could have been but never meant to be. They meet in that coffee shop again and again forever. He'll order a black coffee and she'll ask him for his name. And the loop will start all over again.
If you guys liked the whole "Stephs flannel matches Peter's suspenders and bow tie" thing then this costuming detail is in tgwdlm gonna fuck you up.
When we get our first scene with Paul and Emma, the two are dressed in their respective main outfits. These are the ones people tend to associate with them.
But throughout the show, as they get closer and bond, their outfits become more and more similar. Pretty soon Emma's lost the apron
Then at the professor's house, Paul loses the jacket
and by the time McNamara is infected, Paul has his sleeves rolled up and Emma's bow tie has come undone.
At this point, the two are at their most aesthetically similar, and also the closest they've been the entire show. This is moments before the helicopter crash and their failed kiss. They remain this way for a good chunk of time...until Paul comes back
It's like some fast-paced foreshadowing. Emma remains in her changed state, the same as her character, but Paul is back to square one. He's wearing the same outfit he was when they met, and they no longer align. She doesn't know who he is anymore.
I don't know if this was intentional (and if it was, no one explained it to Jon) but it plays out so damn well.