npmd but they’re all musicians!
pete, richie, and ruth are in some math rock band and want to enter a talent show but can’t cause their band needs four members. they manage to convince steph as a way to prove she’s a team player to her dad.
grace joins, somehow. she’s always just there ™
max is in a rival band with all his football bros. feeling betrayed that steph didn’t want to join his band, he swears to destroy hers + the rest of those nerdy prudes.
silly hijinks follow!!
feat. pete on guitar, richie on drums, ruth on bass (a very underrated instrument, often blending into the background, but necessary), grace on piano (she learned at church), and lead singer steph
Funniest thing Starkid could do is cast Jerma as Max’s dad
Camper A: Twinkies are gross.
Camper B: I love Twinkies!
Camper A: Evidently.
*The entire camp slowly turns to face the Jerries, who are absolutely oblivious*
Kids at Camp I Don’t Wanna Bang making gay jokes, and they keep upping the explicitness of the innuendos just to see how long it will take for the Jerries to notice they weren’t actually just talking about cutting things with scissors
I’ve literally never seen a clip of Jerma doing something normal
He’s always pretending to eat a bird out of a bird house or comparing himself to an m&m or coming back from the dead to haunt teenagers like ffs man get a grip
Absolutely worth the wait what a cutie
this was not worth the wait sorry guys
under versions under cut cause I couldn't decide. plus one with that stupid red bow cause i love red and i love bows
You know what, I fuck with it when Nick said the nerds (Pete, Ruth and Richie) aren't really "friends", but just hang with each other cause they don't have other friends (or something close to that)
Cause fuck if that wasn't me in high school (was either forced to be friends with the popular kids or was with the other nerds in art class, and I know which one I loved more, lol)
When they say the word “play” in the Wiggly jingle it’s actually interchangeable with the word “pray,” since they don’t pronounce l’s or r’s.
Come and pway :3
someone has to have done this already
The issue I have with the fanon versions of Richie, and less so Ruth, that I don’t have with Max is that Max always has an arc. Like in every fic you read of him being nice it’s “Mean jock who’s never had an actual friendship learns kindness from the nerds” when that’s absolutely not how it would play out. Because they aren’t particularly kind either. Like, they’re not bad people but they’re notably also not good at social interactions or friendships. Richie, Ruth, Grace, even Pete (you’re not off the hook mr protagonist) all need their own character arcs along with Max for them to hold healthier relationships and be more secure in themselves. If you want a better redemption arc fic, it shouldn’t be the nerds enlightening Max, it should be everyone adapting to the new social climate that gives them each room to grow and become better people.
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