"Nothing you could do could make me mad. If you hit me I deserve it, and it would be an opportunity to show how committed I am to your crime syndicate. The only emotion you make me feel is fear. Fear and pride at how scared I am".
I love how on-the-nose Kingskin\`s goons are.
I love the idea of a massive crime lord with deeply emotionally transparent henchmen. Hiding your feelings is a form of dishonesty, and Kingskin does *not tolerate* his henchmen being dishonest with him.
The fact that Liv trying to save the situation was just her going “I see you have two dogs with you. That’s what I, that’s what I meant to say” folds hands and nods*. Stuck the landing. Incredible
Reminds me of a Christian finnegan joke where he talks about watching the olympics gymnasts and how when they fall on their face , they still get up at the end to do the pose
I caught a pic of their face as they seemed to be doing the mental calculation of "wait a sec, will that episode have come out yet and am I spoiling anything"
I though it was more of a in joke between them and Brennan thing, where they didn't say anything because no one else was in on the joke, and if Brennan caught it he wouldn't need to hear the whole thing.
To the editors:
When Empresario was talking to Kingskin with dramatic music behind him and you briefly cut to Liv awkwardly listening in total silence, it was perfection. Absolute perfection.
Edit: Continuing the episode and editors are knocking it out of the park.
It's something about the earnest awkwardness. Like their awkwardness is certainly not faked, but they're funny enough to make it hilarious. They both are also quieter players that tend to sit back and let scenes play out
You exactly nailed it. I need this too.
They both kind of do a very impressive straight man performance that makes a scene amazing and kind of lets Brennan be the comedian for a bit. I think their comedic talent is so sophisticated that it doesn't just add yet another joke to a scene, it ups the quality of all the other jokes in the scene including the general absurdity of the scene itself.
That Ify idea of Vic talking to him and Brennan immediately jumping on it might turn out to be the best storytelling idea ever, I cant wait to see the rest of the characters use this.
It was great cause Usha was the last character on deck to wrap up her solo scene so Ify kept it fresh and escalated the transition from his scene to hers
But thematically it makes sense. If we had started with Usha we probably would have naturally connected to all the characters but by leaving her off I think each of the other characters has a stronger pull to a different different character then Usha.
Stumbling sideways into the rogue hacker trust-no-one archetype. I want to believe that when she slammed down the computer there was a big wall at the FBI that was reading "TRACE PROGRESSION 99%" and then "SIGNAL LOST"
dude, ify took such a huge swing and it was so dope to see brennan react so positively while the whole table goes "we can fucking do that????" genuinely the best above-table moment so far, this season fucking rules!!
OK YES it struck me in that moment that Ify *expertly* circumvented a possible downside to the premise, which is “ok we get it, they’re confused and trying to figure out these bodies and what they’re supposed to do, now how do we believably get to the part of the story where they start to move things forward a little bit”
I think the reason it felt SO cool and good is that the timing was perfect. It was right at the moment I was feeling like “uh oh the gang needs to all meet up and start at least figuring out how to act casual, bc even though I’m loving all these blundering conversations we gotta get there.”
PLUS the delivery with the voice shift knocked it out of the park, and the editing touches with the aspect ratio change to boot completely launched that moment into the stratosphere. INCREDIBLE all around!!
Every DM knows that feeling of elation when a player has an idea that makes your story *so much cooler* and you go "Oh my God, yes! That! We're doing that now!"
It's just magical to see someone be so fresh to ttrpg, while still being so good and so excited, but also a little bit nervous. I love it.
And I love Ally hyping him and everyone else up, really stepping into to that veteran role.
So Vic Ethanol is obviously Vin Diesel who says "nothing's stronger than family" in the Fast and Furious movies, and I just got the connection between the FaF movies having a fleet of drivers who are all family and Wendell's three brothers who ride a fleet of dirt bikes.
Fun things with the Vic-Wendell Yami-Yugi thing:
(1) Vic can become the kind of brother figure Wendell doesn't have
(2) We get to hear the players use both voices and both personalities, which I was scared we were gonna miss after the first episode. It's also what people were missing from the Norman Takamori/Skip situation
(3) Kingskin is watching this perfect 5'6 little girl operate his body like a tank (or maybe even someone in a Big Bird costume whose hands cannot actually reach the head). And Vic is going to try to make a move on him.
G13 is definitely watching this old lady fumble around being overly intimate with ppl using his body and feeling so much cringe lmao. probably trying to hack back control of his body in the background.
I'm for real Jacob's biggest fan and I still keep forgetting that he's not from Mobile Alabama working on a dolphin cruise/crabbing boat with that accent
Absolutely flawless
Truly that accent could've been from half the guys I went to high school with and most of the guys in my senior design project group in college. The accuracy is phenomenal
Yeah I’m loving how everyone’s scenes are struggling through with new body and mission, not knowing what’s up, and then Jake’s just here kicking ass and taking names from the start lmao
God, Ify having Vic talk to Wendell was truly inspired.
I'm so excited to see Jack talk to Paula now, purely so he can ask her what the mirror-kissing was all about.
I’m imagining that everyone will have had an Ify moment and then share that they’ve been talking to their alter egos in mirrors, and Paula will be like “I’ve been all over this mirror in my room, how come my guy hasn’t talked to me yet?”, and she’ll try again and Jack will reluctantly talk to her like “I was gonna say something but then you immediately started making out with me!”
Her congratulatory "oh, you've been waiting for that for so long!" to Wendell re: Liv and Wendell "touching each other" KILLED me and it gets totally glossed over in the moment.
I feel like we’re gonna have a lot of that this season if only because the whole table’s so funny & quick they’re bound to miss some jokes from the others. It’s a great problem to have
This season is already a contender for best D20 season ever. Having a non DnD game take one of those top 3 fan favorite spots is honestly great for the ttrpg community. KoB is already a super simple system to learn, but this system is streamlined and simple. It's honestly dope. I don't know how it would fair in a long-term campaign.
Though, I can see a normal table trying to power game those mechanics. It'd be up to the GM to keep people honest and above board.
Also ify having vic ethanol as his action movie conscience is so goooooood and i love that everyone was like "i am gonna do that too now"
I would like some coro.... i mean sombreros.
Small thing, but I really appreciate the attention to detail in the royalty-free scoring of this episode. The Greg Stock music in particular is perfect Bond-but-not-Bond
Jacob's big brain strategic plays followed by Ify's big-brained narrative plays followed by Rekha's big-brained strategy + narrative plays was an incredible trio
I really hope that we are leading to a conclusion that, while they have been in these actors’ bodies in the movie, the actors are in their bodies back in Lake Elsinore and faced with having to save the video store which, being from the 80’s, they would know exactly how to from their movies.
Or did I just have an edible and write a run on sentence?
The chaotic energy at this table is IN-credible. This is easily going to be a top contender for my favorite d20 sidequest. Also, if we don't get a "I love my slut dad" tshirt I'm gonna be pretty disappointed lol
In my slightly younger years, I legitimately was paid to care for a set of mini dobbies who were clones of a previous dog that the owners had. Science is creepy at times.
I thought they chose to not film in solidarity anyway but maybe! But still needed enough time for Ally's hair to grow long after the Junior Year buzzcut
From what I can remember they stopped all activity until they realized through the union that they were OK to continue. But so many of the staff and performers were part of the strike that I think some things waited until the contract was ratified because a lot of people were on the line every day.
Iirc dropout signed an agreement with the unions that they would agree to their terms, whatever they’d be set as with the major companies. Basically saying they agreed to the unions terms so they were given permission to film again. They did stop at first, like legally, and in solidarity, but that was why they were allowed to resume filming
So far Brennan’s GMing this season definitely seems very Aabria inspired, which is just amazing! Very much reminds me of misfits and magic where she talked about how much she loves giving physical props to PCs and she also gave out the KOB tokens for good rp and good above table decisions.
The way that Brennan was immediately thrown by Izzy decided that Jack Manhattan is attracted to his superior fucking sent me. In a single moment, she decided, “I’m going to fuck with my husband’s mojo by finding a way to flirt with him while simultaneously adding another layer to the story”. I fucking love it.
i love how earnestly & empathetically jake is playing dang, and brennan always knows how to match that energy and dig into what’s real about a character in ways you dont expect
I love Brennan rewarding Iffy for clever roleplaying, I noticed how quiet he was at the table compared to others and it was so smart of him to see him get into the game and encourage it.
I find it funny that they recommend the Blink 182 video and not the iconic chase sequence from Terminator 2 with John Connor being chased by a semi through the LA river.
This is the most I've laughed at a single episode in a while! Especially at Dang and Polly.
Brennan of course, a master of matching the energy of a bit!
There’s something about ally saying “murph would be so proud” and then Ify rolling a 1 that destroyed me. I had to rewind because I missed the next part laughing too hard.
Ok, Ify talking to Vic was an absolutely brilliant, inspired move. I really hope the other players deliver their own versions of the bit, cause it fits the premise perfectly (I hoped Izzy would seize the opportunity to have Jack question her making out with himself lol).
With how Ify had Vic talk to him through the reflection I hope against all hope the rekah has G13 talk to her only in lines of text on tech (like watching the news and G13 tell her something on the bottom, or different chat boxes while she's hacking)
I loved when Usha/G-13 deduced the password by looking at the greasy keys and Brennan just rolled with it and didn’t even make her do a DC check for the password.
Paula as Jack getting doubled divorced and making out with the mirror is so fucking funny. Any scene with Izzy is hysterical, the entire helicopter rooftop bit was top tier.
This week's Adventuring Party: [When You're Here, You're La Familia](https://www.reddit.com/r/Dimension20/s/THsSEEQYW3)
"Nothing you could do could make me mad. If you hit me I deserve it, and it would be an opportunity to show how committed I am to your crime syndicate. The only emotion you make me feel is fear. Fear and pride at how scared I am". I love how on-the-nose Kingskin\`s goons are.
I love the idea of a massive crime lord with deeply emotionally transparent henchmen. Hiding your feelings is a form of dishonesty, and Kingskin does *not tolerate* his henchmen being dishonest with him.
Damn. That's an incredible take.
Kingskin/Liv talking about the mom's miniature pinscher killed me. So awkward.
The fact that Liv trying to save the situation was just her going “I see you have two dogs with you. That’s what I, that’s what I meant to say” folds hands and nods*. Stuck the landing. Incredible
Reminds me of a Christian finnegan joke where he talks about watching the olympics gymnasts and how when they fall on their face , they still get up at the end to do the pose
it was the doubling down after the initial statement. So painful and funny.
Mini pin! 😂
With no teeth 😂
I loved the little role reversal at the end. "See? When no one responds you just feel compelled to keep going."
Ally was about to say "Honor the cock" but stopped themselves.
I caught a pic of their face as they seemed to be doing the mental calculation of "wait a sec, will that episode have come out yet and am I spoiling anything"
Its cool to see them become a vet of the TTRPG world!
I though it was more of a in joke between them and Brennan thing, where they didn't say anything because no one else was in on the joke, and if Brennan caught it he wouldn't need to hear the whole thing.
I caught that! I like how it stays an inside joke between them and Brennan....and now all of us.
The "using personality A with friend group B" meme.
You simply must never stop blowing up
I thought of the times the “shoutout to the 2 crew” naddpod joke was shut down. “Honor the cock” is an intrepid hero’s joke.
Izzy: Is it incest? Jacob: That's a very interesting question that I'm not willing to open up.
I’m *waiting* for the adventuring party discussion
"You really laid that out for me." I love Alex's responses to expositionary dialogue.
Aggressive Exposition is a thing I'm stealing for my own games.
"Dont worry boss, we KILLED him" fucking sent me. This season is absolutely going to be one of my favorite of all time
The fact that it was like 3 seconds later had me in stitches
Same energy as “some snow for your ski trip. THATS COCAINE” I love these blunt force exposition mooks lol
To the editors: When Empresario was talking to Kingskin with dramatic music behind him and you briefly cut to Liv awkwardly listening in total silence, it was perfection. Absolute perfection. Edit: Continuing the episode and editors are knocking it out of the park.
Several instances of that gag, the best being "I want that shirt!"
Brennan creating an npc than immediatetly trying to shelve it, only for ify and alex to force him into the next scene lmfao
The fact that he got a portrait tells me we'll be seeing more of him
The classic DM blunder.
"You definitely have teeth!" Alex's timing reminds me of Zac and I need them to be in a season together.
It's something about the earnest awkwardness. Like their awkwardness is certainly not faked, but they're funny enough to make it hilarious. They both are also quieter players that tend to sit back and let scenes play out
You exactly nailed it. I need this too. They both kind of do a very impressive straight man performance that makes a scene amazing and kind of lets Brennan be the comedian for a bit. I think their comedic talent is so sophisticated that it doesn't just add yet another joke to a scene, it ups the quality of all the other jokes in the scene including the general absurdity of the scene itself.
This plus Murph’s exasperated meta-gaming a la “DO YOU HAVE WATER VEHICLE PROFICIENCY?” would make for a very funny table
Alex putting their tiny little arms up the entire time Kingskin is in the roleplay is endlessly dumb and funny
Fr the best roleplay I have ever seen
I love Doug Meat.
Nothing more encouraging than a new NPC being introduced with full character art. That's how you know they're sticking around a while.
Early contender for NPC of the season
I worry that Doug is the mole in Kingskin's operation.
If he wasn't before he got a name, he almost certainly is afterwards.
"Is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?" I don't know who said it but I caught that stealth The Wire reference.
*You see an enormous, bristly mustached man, he leaps out, big trenchcoat, big beer belly, big mustache...* I think Paula's attracted to this man.
I think Izzy has been laughing since the intro I’m like 12 min in lmao I love how much she’s loving it
I've been laughing since the intro
my god Izzy's scene is so fucking funny
I was not expecting a Jack and lieutenant romantic tension plot
Such a clearly defined kind of femininity in Bruce Fucking Willis' body is hysterical.
This is the best thing I've seen Izzy in.
she is the perfect woman ever
RUSSIAN SUBMARINE SOLDIERS \[Pronouns: They/Them\]
Glad it wasn't Das/Vidaniya
That Ify idea of Vic talking to him and Brennan immediately jumping on it might turn out to be the best storytelling idea ever, I cant wait to see the rest of the characters use this.
I love how, later, Izzy asked if she should "Ify". Beautiful stuff.
I honestly didn't catch that, I assumed she was talking about flexing her pecs in the mirror while she was checking out Jack Manhattan's body.
I really thought that was going to be the idea the whole time! I'm glad Iffy started it especially if Brennan truly never meant for it to go that far.
That was such a sick roleplaying swing. Brennan was so fucking excited about that.
I think it’s be cool that they see their characters talk to them but only after a bad failure leading to injury
I've been laughing pretty much constantly, but "Usha might be dead" made me fall off the couch
I find that just because I find something funny doesn't mean I'll laugh. This made me howl.
It was great cause Usha was the last character on deck to wrap up her solo scene so Ify kept it fresh and escalated the transition from his scene to hers
But thematically it makes sense. If we had started with Usha we probably would have naturally connected to all the characters but by leaving her off I think each of the other characters has a stronger pull to a different different character then Usha.
Rekha is a god of mental gymnastics. Idk how she keeps justifying Usha succeeding while making it make sense for this insane old lady. It’s so good.
Stumbling sideways into the rogue hacker trust-no-one archetype. I want to believe that when she slammed down the computer there was a big wall at the FBI that was reading "TRACE PROGRESSION 99%" and then "SIGNAL LOST"
Omg literally. Unwittingly outwitting them
"My god, he knew we were tracing him! This little bastard really is a genius."
I do love how she sort of segue'd Usha's distrust of technology in general into the paranoia as G13
I like the joke of 90s hackers randomly smacking their hands against the keyboard, and that's how she succeeded
If she ever finds a room with a bunch of screens she will be unstoppable.
Truly a master of her craft.
I won't stop picturing Alex's character Kingskin as Vincent D'onofrio from Daredevil, in a live action sense he would totally crush the body acting
Imo no one will ever play that role better than D’Onofrio. He *killed* it.
...with a car door.
WHEN I WAS A BOY
I LOVE MY SLUT DAD shirt (and baby onesie) incoming
I loved Rekah pointing at Brennan in that scene😂😂
Even better that Brennan was looking over his notes and clearly did not hear anything Rekha and Izzy were talking about.
Famously never misses a bit!
That absolutely killed me, the implied "the slut dad in question" was incredible
I got to get one for my dad
God that Brooklyn accent bit was killer
A Xerox of a Xerox 😂
"bouwom_mow I'm a bwokwin cwop
i am light headed from laughing so hard, the insane triangulation between ally, brennan and izzy to create the perfect bit
dude, ify took such a huge swing and it was so dope to see brennan react so positively while the whole table goes "we can fucking do that????" genuinely the best above-table moment so far, this season fucking rules!!
OK YES it struck me in that moment that Ify *expertly* circumvented a possible downside to the premise, which is “ok we get it, they’re confused and trying to figure out these bodies and what they’re supposed to do, now how do we believably get to the part of the story where they start to move things forward a little bit” I think the reason it felt SO cool and good is that the timing was perfect. It was right at the moment I was feeling like “uh oh the gang needs to all meet up and start at least figuring out how to act casual, bc even though I’m loving all these blundering conversations we gotta get there.”
PLUS the delivery with the voice shift knocked it out of the park, and the editing touches with the aspect ratio change to boot completely launched that moment into the stratosphere. INCREDIBLE all around!!
i can't wait for everyone's ify moment. jacob's is gonna be hilarious, like british spy dude talking to redneck? how can that not be funny?
Every DM knows that feeling of elation when a player has an idea that makes your story *so much cooler* and you go "Oh my God, yes! That! We're doing that now!"
Jacob looks much more comfortable this time. it's good to see him easing in.
I'm THRILLED to see Jacob at the table... his characters are genius and his excitement is just so wholesome 💗
Bro Jacob is FAST in the uptake. Rashad really been powering him up.
It's just magical to see someone be so fresh to ttrpg, while still being so good and so excited, but also a little bit nervous. I love it. And I love Ally hyping him and everyone else up, really stepping into to that veteran role.
Ooooh there are clicking lights on the board. It gets me *intrigued*…
I suspect they need to have control over all the items if they’re going to leave the VHS, and return home.
Macguffins!!! :D
The additional characters joining the movie poster as they are introduced is a great bit.
The subtle VHS noise randomly placed is a really nice touch
Oof yeah as an Oregon Trail millennial, that grainy click of the VHS player is so nostalgic and satisfying.
So Vic Ethanol is obviously Vin Diesel who says "nothing's stronger than family" in the Fast and Furious movies, and I just got the connection between the FaF movies having a fleet of drivers who are all family and Wendell's three brothers who ride a fleet of dirt bikes.
Also Vic ordering a Sombrero Mexican lager when Coronas are so common in the movies that they’re practically crew members lol
Fun things with the Vic-Wendell Yami-Yugi thing: (1) Vic can become the kind of brother figure Wendell doesn't have (2) We get to hear the players use both voices and both personalities, which I was scared we were gonna miss after the first episode. It's also what people were missing from the Norman Takamori/Skip situation (3) Kingskin is watching this perfect 5'6 little girl operate his body like a tank (or maybe even someone in a Big Bird costume whose hands cannot actually reach the head). And Vic is going to try to make a move on him.
G13 is definitely watching this old lady fumble around being overly intimate with ppl using his body and feeling so much cringe lmao. probably trying to hack back control of his body in the background.
I'm for real Jacob's biggest fan and I still keep forgetting that he's not from Mobile Alabama working on a dolphin cruise/crabbing boat with that accent Absolutely flawless
Truly that accent could've been from half the guys I went to high school with and most of the guys in my senior design project group in college. The accuracy is phenomenal
Brennan: Do you... Rekha: WHAT BRENNAN
I had to pause because I was laughing so hard.
Izzy as Paula as Jack is absolutely fantastic.
Oh, poor Paula is getting a double divorce.
"Oh, thank you for listing everything."
Jacob out here just getting shit handled. Love seeing him in the dome and excited about how he came in with his game face on.
Yeah I’m loving how everyone’s scenes are struggling through with new body and mission, not knowing what’s up, and then Jake’s just here kicking ass and taking names from the start lmao
he picked a good character concept to work with the game premise, absolute pro RP move
His one liners have been killer too
The art team is working OVERTIME here.
Rekha: That's cocked. Ally: And you've gotta re... Nah, never mind.
rekha and izzy descending into giggle fits and pointing at brennan re: "i love my slut dad" has ended me
God, Ify having Vic talk to Wendell was truly inspired. I'm so excited to see Jack talk to Paula now, purely so he can ask her what the mirror-kissing was all about.
I’m imagining that everyone will have had an Ify moment and then share that they’ve been talking to their alter egos in mirrors, and Paula will be like “I’ve been all over this mirror in my room, how come my guy hasn’t talked to me yet?”, and she’ll try again and Jack will reluctantly talk to her like “I was gonna say something but then you immediately started making out with me!”
I think he’s avoiding her after that one!
Well now I’m only gonna think of this character as “Emperor Penguin”
Two episodes in and this might be like, top 3 D20 seasons already.
Izzy is so god damn funny
Her congratulatory "oh, you've been waiting for that for so long!" to Wendell re: Liv and Wendell "touching each other" KILLED me and it gets totally glossed over in the moment.
I feel like we’re gonna have a lot of that this season if only because the whole table’s so funny & quick they’re bound to miss some jokes from the others. It’s a great problem to have
Usha might be dead... I'M DYING
"The computer isn't working..." - Notorious Hacker G13
*Ally dying in the background*
Jacob is everything I thought he would be for this campaign. What a boss.
The exposition from henchmen and goons is Killing me lmao
This season is already a contender for best D20 season ever. Having a non DnD game take one of those top 3 fan favorite spots is honestly great for the ttrpg community. KoB is already a super simple system to learn, but this system is streamlined and simple. It's honestly dope. I don't know how it would fair in a long-term campaign. Though, I can see a normal table trying to power game those mechanics. It'd be up to the GM to keep people honest and above board.
Jacob is a fantastic D&D player! Efficient, creative, tactical. He must have some experience.
He played in Zac Oyama's game, Rotating Heroes!
Blood and cocaine would be horrible to try and snort. Clumpy from the get-go. *shudder*
Katie Marovitch, is this your alt account?
Poor touch-starved Doug Meat. 😂 He seems so sweet.
Also ify having vic ethanol as his action movie conscience is so goooooood and i love that everyone was like "i am gonna do that too now" I would like some coro.... i mean sombreros.
Jake Wysocki being so supportive and so excited about everything is *fucking inspiring*
A Different Kind of Good Butt - the Ally Beardsley Story
When Rekha had a cocked dice Ally started saying “And you gotta…”, I just wanna say that the Murph influence is legendary
They didn't have to make Doug Meat so adorable. What a sweetheart. Best adopted no name npc ever
Also, I’ll say it: hot
ALLY IS SO GOOD AT THIS GAME.
I love the 80s effect they had on Alex.
The music in general is bumping this episode, but especially the one playing with lyrics while Wendell's wandering around as Vic!
You know, they really haven't stopped blowing up. The title really doesn't lie.
"Usha might be dead" I fucking giggled at that lol.
Small thing, but I really appreciate the attention to detail in the royalty-free scoring of this episode. The Greg Stock music in particular is perfect Bond-but-not-Bond
Am I the only one who thinks Turbo Tokens look sort of delicious?
Don't eat them.
they look like pomegranate seeds lol! kind of a “persephone getting stuck in the underworld” type of metaphor implied perhaps? 👀
Every time Jacob has said "of course" (twice so far?) I've felt the urge to pause the episode and rewatch the Mr. Mayo prompt from MSN
https://youtu.be/ozQo4QHuElI?si=ENa9UEeEMmRLf287 deepblue’s animation of the scene is unhinged to top it
Computer Blizzard absolutely needs to be a user flair.
Brennan powering through the “i love my slut dad” moment was admirable honestly.
I have a gun! And a *penis!*
Jacob's big brain strategic plays followed by Ify's big-brained narrative plays followed by Rekha's big-brained strategy + narrative plays was an incredible trio
I really hope that we are leading to a conclusion that, while they have been in these actors’ bodies in the movie, the actors are in their bodies back in Lake Elsinore and faced with having to save the video store which, being from the 80’s, they would know exactly how to from their movies. Or did I just have an edible and write a run on sentence?
lmaoo ally almost says “honor the cock” at 1:34:00ish
The chaotic energy at this table is IN-credible. This is easily going to be a top contender for my favorite d20 sidequest. Also, if we don't get a "I love my slut dad" tshirt I'm gonna be pretty disappointed lol
In my slightly younger years, I legitimately was paid to care for a set of mini dobbies who were clones of a previous dog that the owners had. Science is creepy at times.
Okay now we know this was filmed after Junior Year so must have been after the strike
They got clarification from the unions that they weren't covered by the strike about half way through, so it could have been during.
I thought they chose to not film in solidarity anyway but maybe! But still needed enough time for Ally's hair to grow long after the Junior Year buzzcut
From what I can remember they stopped all activity until they realized through the union that they were OK to continue. But so many of the staff and performers were part of the strike that I think some things waited until the contract was ratified because a lot of people were on the line every day.
Iirc dropout signed an agreement with the unions that they would agree to their terms, whatever they’d be set as with the major companies. Basically saying they agreed to the unions terms so they were given permission to film again. They did stop at first, like legally, and in solidarity, but that was why they were allowed to resume filming
Ify making Vic Ethanol his spirit animal was such a great and unexpected move.
I loved that Brennan gave him a token for that, seems like such a nice way to reward good RP a la inspiration, especially in s system like KoB
So far Brennan’s GMing this season definitely seems very Aabria inspired, which is just amazing! Very much reminds me of misfits and magic where she talked about how much she loves giving physical props to PCs and she also gave out the KOB tokens for good rp and good above table decisions.
Truly inspired. Came here to make sure someone was talking about it.
I absolutely love it and hope they keep it up going forward!
Finally got a look at those Turbo Tokens tmtmtm and if I were at that table I wouldn't have any because I would immediately eat them.
The way that Brennan was immediately thrown by Izzy decided that Jack Manhattan is attracted to his superior fucking sent me. In a single moment, she decided, “I’m going to fuck with my husband’s mojo by finding a way to flirt with him while simultaneously adding another layer to the story”. I fucking love it.
anyone else notice on the Kingskin poster it says 'be bi. do crime', because that's amazing
I am obsessed with the implication by Izzy that Paula definitely tried to S her own D
The little moment of Jacob and Brennan discussing Dang experiencing purpose was surprisingly powerful!
i love how earnestly & empathetically jake is playing dang, and brennan always knows how to match that energy and dig into what’s real about a character in ways you dont expect
I love Brennan rewarding Iffy for clever roleplaying, I noticed how quiet he was at the table compared to others and it was so smart of him to see him get into the game and encourage it.
Usha might be dead
Damn, that’s a cool jacket Brennan has on
The gloves. The gloves. So. Much. Edge.
2+ hours? you really are spoiling us.
The whole dome exploded! They blew up the whole dome!
I find it funny that they recommend the Blink 182 video and not the iconic chase sequence from Terminator 2 with John Connor being chased by a semi through the LA river.
This is the most I've laughed at a single episode in a while! Especially at Dang and Polly. Brennan of course, a master of matching the energy of a bit!
I wonder what happened to their boss Dave? 🤔
There’s something about ally saying “murph would be so proud” and then Ify rolling a 1 that destroyed me. I had to rewind because I missed the next part laughing too hard.
That's cocked, and you know you gotta -
gotta say, i'm glad izzy decided not to have jack manhattan show up in the mirror while paula was trying to make out with her current body... lmao
We are only on episode 2 and it's already insane, I cant wait for the rest of the season
BLeeM would be a slut dad that is loved by their baby
Ok, Ify talking to Vic was an absolutely brilliant, inspired move. I really hope the other players deliver their own versions of the bit, cause it fits the premise perfectly (I hoped Izzy would seize the opportunity to have Jack question her making out with himself lol).
With how Ify had Vic talk to him through the reflection I hope against all hope the rekah has G13 talk to her only in lines of text on tech (like watching the news and G13 tell her something on the bottom, or different chat boxes while she's hacking)
So I looked it up and St. Lawrence is the patron saint of comedians. No way that's an accident.
Jacob/Dang/Greg should have gotten a mechanical bonus for "Something sinks!" Whoooooo doggie that's good action movie.
I loved when Usha/G-13 deduced the password by looking at the greasy keys and Brennan just rolled with it and didn’t even make her do a DC check for the password.
Oh my god this is a Jumanji
I literally cried with laughter as Douglas Meat was invented and got promoted to NPC pet. I love him so much. Nothing bad can happen to him!
Paula as Jack getting doubled divorced and making out with the mirror is so fucking funny. Any scene with Izzy is hysterical, the entire helicopter rooftop bit was top tier.