Choose Your Own (bookish) Adventure 

Can’t wait for the 800 page book about Radagast and Smaug starting a small accounting firm.

I wanna go on an adventure where the power of friendship is all that matters, and I can just talk the villain down by listening to their sad backstory and giving them a hug.

I am now in dire need of a story about a harebrained inventor who only gets by because his ghost companion spooks customers into buying stuff from his shop

Remember; as Nanny Ogg taught us: "A wizard's staff has a knob upon the end."

Chill, laid-back wizard entrepreneur: builds a flying city. Hobbits: "What will those wizards get up to next? If that eyesore casts a shadow on my fields, I'll have to send a strongly worded letter."

The lack of Tardis selection is highly upsetting.

well, following the tradition of Jill Bearup, now you have to write a book bringing all these choices into a charming narrative

Gotta love how quickly we went from criticizing those who wanted to be an active hero to the desire of being a dragon riding, murder hobo. I wasn't expecting so much bloodlust when I started this video.

I love a short book but the chances of finding a fulfilling book is so rare that I prefer the easy way of long books.

If you're the hero you have plot armour, if you're a passive wizard you're being axed for motivation!

Merphy: favorite book is Lies of Locke Lamora Also Merphy: forgets how terrible birds can be as enemies

Tardis is a better pick for shop owner. You can trade with different time periods in opportune time. For example you can arrive in Numenor with umbrellas you-know-when and sell them for double price. Or just find artefacts in time they where common and bring them into the future for trade.

A passive wizard assassin would be pretty sweet…I would so read that.

Can my dragon be a tiny shop dragon that guards my cash box? It seems awkward to have a full size dragon as a shop keeper.

Disappointed so few Murderhobos!! That was my vote

I choose ghost. Go around haunting people to buy my wares yes I know that makes me a con artist too but it's my world I can do what I want!

Oh I was happily playing in the Instagram stories when I noticed it was YOUR Instagram lol. I choose future sight as a gift, not everyone can have elemental magic and the hero needs an incense smelling witch to tell him a shady profecy that'll ruin their life.

Ok, there were too many funny things in this video to even directly mention and comment on them all 🤣 Also please do more of these!! You could do all different genres and time periods!!!

When you described the way to inhabit a planet, I kind of went straight to Star Trek TNG, in an episode where they encounter something called a Dyson Sphere.

Merph, not sure use of a dragon to kill targets counts as assassination. At that point it's more "unprovoked military invasion." Assassination implies subtlety in a way that dragons are traditionally the antithesis of. (Subtle of wit, sometimes, sure, but subtle in exercising of violence?)

I tend to also like short-ish/-er books, as well. As much as I love many of the worlds and characters I get to read about, sometimes I kind of just want the experience to come to a conclusion. Like, I want to see what's next even though I love the now. I haven't even completed one of my all time favorite series, The Deathgate Cycle, because books are relatively long (to me, at least) and I'm always exhausted at the end. So then I take a break from the series. But then I take too long of a break and since I don't want to miss anything or not remember for the subsequent book, I'll re-read the previous to refresh myself. And it just kind of loops like that to where I've read the first book like a dozen times, the second book like 10 times, the third like 6 times, and so. So I've never gotten to the end because my OCD keeps resetting my reading wants and needs. lmao. Which, to circle back, is why I like shorter books. I get to experience everything that I love, more quickly, to move onto the next book that I love, etc.

Wizards and Widgets: A Bookish Tale I loved chose your own adventure books when I was a kid. I would change to be the hero, I don't see myself as a passive person if there's something I am able to contribute.

When I was a kid there were fewer tv options than there are now, and they were inundated with exotic pets. My favorite was Ben, the friendly Bear, Flipper the Dolphin was good too. Of course Lassie the Collie Dog, but I think my favorite was the one with the friendly Elephant. Sorry, I was never partial to dragons, tho Eddie, the kid in the Munsters, had a pet dragon, Spot, who lived under the stairs. So, if it's my adventure I think I'd try a Bear. Bears always reminded me of big, friendly dogs.

They didn’t choose the TARDIS! 💀😂 WHY????? You are right about the short books. If someone can write like that… Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Ursula Le Guin… usually they are masters of words. And yes, even Steven Erikson.

I adore this video concept

Every time you say murder hobo I have flashbacks to Children of Dune.

This was so much fun. It's amazing how different our taste in books is, but I can't help myself from coming back to your channel and listening to you talk about books (we occasionally like the same ones, hehe). Love your work!

Awesome as always thanks ❤

“I just rewatched Encanto” Ah, so your kid is that age too. Good luck!

I would have a TARDIS. I can already use elemental magic, so I wouldn’t really need a wizard staff. With a TARDIS, I basically get TWO powers. :)

I like Golden Age Hawkman too much to not pick a Hawk companion. I don't have Instagram, so I didn't do this quiz, but that's what I would have chosen.

I chose the "respectable career" over "murder hobo" because even tho I really just wanna be a hooded assassin, how cute would it be to have a small shop filled with hand made stuff made of wood probably and with warm light coming in and the smell of freshly baked bread from the bakery next door and aaaaaaa so cute

I was sad I couldn’t pick 300-600 pages cause that’s my sweet spot for books.

Ok so like i don't know how to do glass work and probably wouldn't actually enjoy it but if I am shop keep with a dragon nothing says it's a big one, maybe it's small and like heats glass so I can share it in a more controlled way (I got that idea from an art piece 😅). A bakery dragon would be cool though, my little dragon gets paid in pies which are almost as big as them

Well the question of the companion was obvious: dragons!!! I love assassins but i dont think i could be one. Future sight seems incredibly terrible when you know something will happen, but cant do anything about it.

The "golly gee" at 0:58 sums up why I like this channel.

I'd change the animal companion to be a wolf or a bird or something, because then I'm literally just Radagast with a job. Also...pretty sure I wouldn't want to be hanging around with Lord of the Rings dragons. Smaug is about as chill as they come. Glaurung is *much* worse. And then there's Ancalagon the Black who's the size of a mountain and gets smote by the Earendil so hard he takes a trio of volcanoes with him as he dies. (Ancalagon doesn't last long, partly because the War of Wrath section of the Silmarillion is one of the more overview-y sections of the book (as I recall. Which is unfortunate, it sounds like that was one heck of an epic fight, and I'd have loved to see it get the full treatment that Helm's Deep or Pellanor Fields gets.)

Merphy. In the video you feared that if you had future site, you would fear getting a vision of when your husband would die. Not sure why, but I found it interesting you feared having a vision of knowing when your husband would die rather than yourself.

You absolutely should watch the Stargate SG-1 episode "The Nox" from season 1. It would be where I would pull the passive elemental wizard character from. Particularly, I'd have him be very old and also playful with an invisible dragon. v=wMscLN-vMO8

Hero being an option implies this world has someone in need of a hero!

I would change to have the Tardis!! I could travel anywhere! I agree with the rest though

After what you said about smaller books, I wonder if you've tried some of Ursula LeGuin's books, like Left Hand of Darkness or The Telling.

'your a bunch of meat heads!' I just wanted a big puppy

I chose active hero because I’m a thrill seeker.

I actually got to participate in this usually I miss your polls

The defining conceit of murder-hobo-ism isn't so much killing and stealing, it's treating everything ... _everything_ ... as a lootbox: "You enter the magic shop. It has a few common expendable items and what looks like a single, somewhat humble, magic sword in a case." "Fred and Finieous go to talk to the shopkeeper while Charley puts out the Closed sign and lowers the shades." "'What are you doing with my shades?'" "While the shopkeeper is distracted, Finieous sticks his dagger in the shopkeeper's kidney." "You detect a trap in the corridor ahead." "After we disarm it, we get out the picks and crowbars. Traps are expensive!" "When you open the door, you see an empty 10' x 10' room." "We pop the hinges on the door and drop it into the portable hole. Have you ever priced a solid oak door?" "As night is falling, you reach a humble, but warm and welcoming inn." "What level is the innkeeper? And what's a good place to sell some flatware and used mugs?" Everything. Assassins and con-men are a rather different breed of cat.

If you did the One Piece world that “which role” question would be very interesting. On the one hand if you are an MC it is almost impossible for you to get killed off, but you are 100% guaranteed a horrific backstory. On the other hand if you are a background character you might be fine, but you probably end up living somewhere awful until Luffy shows up. Or Lulucia.

When I saw LOTR vs Frankenstein I was like "bu-but Frankenstein is our world(???) is this if I want to be one of the characters or inside the plot as a character or what?? I need information!!!" haha I mean I would pick LOTR even after hearing this explanation but thats why I voted for it then

so there is a "Frankenstein" setting that might have been more attractive as an option...and am Curious if you have peeked into Murphy. I enjoyed Dean Koontz's pentalogy although only read the first two so far. It isn't about the origins of His Monster but a what if of if his monster kept living and became more of a man with monstrous in him. Don't want to spoil more than that reveal but recommend to look into and possibly review :) Perhaps for next Halloween?

I would choose future sight over elemental magic, on the condition that I’m not living in a deterministic universe - i.e that my visions are of things that might happen, not things that will happen. That way (since I’m the wise wizard) I could use them to provide guidance to the protagonists and help them to avert whatever disasters I’ve foreseen (since, let’s face it, no-one ever sees good things in their prophetic visions). In a deterministic universe prophetic visions would probably be more curse than blessing, but elemental magic wouldn’t make a difference either since our fates would already be sealed.

I'm guessing more people didn't vote Tardis because everyone knows what a wizard staff is/does. Not everyone (myself included) has watched Dr Who

You need to read some Murderbot by Martha Wells. It gives a whole different view of murderhobos.

So, um, I think you need to check out Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures series, I think you'd get a kick out of it.

So you want the power without the responsibility? Lol Uncle Ben may have something to say about that

A passive wizard, with a staff and elemental magic, who's only here for second breakfast, with an animal companion....wait....is Merphy Radagast the Brown??!!!!! 😂

purveyor of fireworks

Could you make a tardis with a wizard staff?

but a TARDIS can be a wizard staff...

I enjoy reading complicated fantasy epics. But everyone once and a while, I long for the simplicity of choose your own adventure books. I would like to read one set in a fantasy world. Or better yet, authors should write a choose your own adventure book in their own world (s). I want one where I am based on Roshar.

When I read dragon or wolf my mind went to Toothless and Nighteyes so I was like YES. I don't know what hawk means and I didnt understand what I could do with a ghost anyway so 😂

So fun! But wanted Murder Hobo…

Short book supremacy!

Definitely murderhobo.

It's February! Where is it short sleeve weather? :D It's 11 degrees here today :D

I would change it to murder hobo, but since I’m less murdery, I’d be a regular hobo/nomad. Specifically a mysterious nomad with a dragon and wizard staff wandering the lands with my elemental magic helping those other magical creatures in need! That’s the dream!

ComPAINion? Are you trying to say something Merphy? :D

Why would you want to be a Gandalf when you have the option to be a Citizen Doctor Abraham Mehermblur?

Heya! Do you have a video recommending different book tubers you enjoy? I've been watching Daniel and you for a while but finding it hard to branch out.

As someone who absolutely refuses to watch Dr. Who (I despise time travel), the Tardis has no appeal for me. A wizard’s staff on the other hand… 🧙🏻‍♂️

How do you have time to reread things? But also I can’t be the only one who hates rereading books right?

Which "Annihilation"? My favorite comic book of all time has the same title, so I'm biased in favor of trying out that book 😅

See I woulda picked short books 😂

WAIT..... FUTURE SIGHT WASN'T THE ONE PIECE FUTURE SIGHT??????????? DAMN

Never underestimate the power of 'would you rather' Instagram reels. And here's my journey: "The Keravnos Chronicles" - The story of a mercenary for hire con-artist who was struck by lightning as a child and now has lightning magic. He broke a wizard's staff into 2 and turned them into axe handles. He travels with his trusty ghost spectral talking Hawk, Haytham. One thing I'd change is the location, id make my area in a Desert land.

How could you be a hobo and a dragon owner ? People would just give you stuff to keep you happy living in their village. In one year you would eliminate all small criminals and seasonal criminal making the rounds for the crops or "taxes". Also, wouldn't the store make you automatically not a hobo ? Why live outside having a store to manage with walls and a roof.

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I have never in my life wacthed dr Who. I only have a vague knowledge of what a Tardis is. Maybe its a more cultural thing. Of course I'm not form either the states or uk

I haven't and still don't

Um hello! Magic bookshop owner

I can only guess that you have attracted a respectable audience by being a respectable woman. I would like future sight if it meant that I saw and could counter danger to my person like a jedi/force user or Melisandre.

1. Short books but some of the best books I have ever read have been long books (Rothfuss) 2. Future sight, I've made too many bad chouces. 3. Tardis, 4. LOTR of course. Maybe you could have put it up against Star Wars, trek, MCU 5. Naw, I going hero. Life is too mundane as it is. 6. Dragon, fire, flying, badass backup. 7 Assassin. It doesn't mean you have to be evil, you can assassinate evil.

Murder Hobo

So we are Radagast

Merphy when is the next naruto video?

So we are radaghast...

So, is Merphy a Bombadil or a Radagast?

I chose all of these except I chose murder hobo lol

...so we're Radagast. 😅😂 (j/k!) - I have *thoughts* on each of the prompts, but I don't want my comment to be stupid long, so they're in my replies for any interested parties. - I'm changing to the murderhobo option too!! 🤩 Reasons why in my replies. 😊😎 Thanks so much for the game/CYOA story Merph!! It was amazing!! ❤🎉👑 [edited for typos]

And to think I visited your instagram page a few days ago and saw you were not as active, but I probably just missed this poll event thats heartbreaking this looked like a lot of fun 🥲