Rethrow as TypeInitializationException

First of all, ill give you all the runtime error:

 NullReferenceException
 PlumberAnimation..cctor ()
 Rethrow as TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for PlumberAnimation

PlumberAnimation is a static class that I call static methods from, nothing fancy. This code has always worked, and even svn revert to my old code will still break it (I think I may have touched a unity setting)

 // Plumber.cs
 // not a static class
 public void Awake()
 {
     PlumberAnimation.Awake();
 
 } // CRASHES HERE, The compiler thinks it crashes on the end bracket... wtf?

 // PlumberAnimation.cs
 // static class
 public static void Awake()
 {
 //even with nothing in here, it crashes
 }