Sometimes I forget that while the girls are "The Saint of all Unknown", "the Archdevil of the 2nd Hell" and the "Rogue Oracle of Elvenkind" the boys are just The Boys
@@HazhuPazhu1 I’m going to make a hail Mary prediction, if senior year of fantasy high happens Brennan allows Zach to trade in all of his barbarian and artificer levels to become a 20th level wizard. He’s still great at the drums tho.
The funniest thing about Digby suggesting a boys' and dads' night is 2 of the 3 boys' fathers are dead, and the father figures that are in their lives now are fig's dads
What's even funnier though is that Gilear is dating Fabian's mom and Gorthalax is dating Riz's mom, so while they are Fig's dads they are also Fabian and Riz's potential stepdads
So funny to me that an interaction that started with the boys kidnapping gilear ended with the boys all saying “thanks, gilear” as they waved bye to him 😭😭
I wonder what is next "I couldn't get a loan from the bank because I got framed by a bank robber, who, made me open the only bag at the bank with tracing dye, and technically I am a wanted pirate..."
Why is nobody talking about how their backgrounds vibe so well with each of their characters. Murph has a very professional slightly noir aesthetic, Lou has a very tidy pristine look, and Zac just has a cozy homey feel
The way the three of them are completely struggling to be Normal people in the beginning of this is so funny to me. Fig took the social skills and Adaine took the braincells so the best they could come up with was Panic and/or Throw Rocks
If I hadn't already seen all of them be socially normal with their Unsleeping City characters, I'd almost think they were this awkward with their friends in real life.
From what I’m seeing in this, I think Kristen “Came out and immediately kissed everyone” Applebees might actually be better socialized than these three.
Right?! Like they play it for laughs but… given everything they’ve been through, yeah, in universe it makes sense why they’d be legitimately wondering are you ok, is there an emergency, what’s wrong if there’s not immediate context for texts. Once I thought about that that section hurt!
imagine you're jawbone and you get this text: "dear jawbone. i'm fine. also, i'm sick to my stomach from eating piping hot cantaloupe. please don't follow up with me, i can't make it to the campfire tonight. uh, sincerely, uh. Also i have another statement i want to make. um, okay. something else. i want to say that when you reach out to me, it always makes me feel good about myself. please keep doing it, i. Um, also, i won't be able to bring the liquor you asked for. uh, so. uh, delete that part. no, delete that part. no, don't type what i'm saying, delete the last part. the speech-to-text keeps- boys, the speech-to-text keeps going and it keeps saying what i'm saying and not following the commands. boys? don't say boys? i've already said boys and we're back to square one with the problem of the speech-to-text. i'm worried that if i say"
The funniest thing about them abducting Gilear for liquor is that he probably would have just given it to them if they had asked (maybe a lil forcefully)
god, the ENERGY of dnd adventure's truggling to have fun is just electric, it's not like their character's are boring or aren't friends, they've always so focused on life and death situations that they've never had to figure out if they have chemistry or not. Stellar.
i love how this establishes that Hallariel is also a trainwreck, like her trying to cook a cantaloupe like popcorn....of course she fell in love with gilear,,,,,her and gilear are a match made in heaven and i love it
to be fair we’ve always known that and we’re just learning that a little more in this. like she would spend most of her time in a sensory deprivation egg. and of course “this is the first time i’ve been sober in 200 years”
I love that she never sounds bothered about it, and she clearly still thinks highly of herself. Fabian talked about her putting a frying pan in the microwave, and I picture her doing it with perfect confidence, and blaming the manufacturer when it didn't work. In real life, that person is awful. But on dice, it's like Hallarial is someone whose trainwreck status never causes her pain, while Gilear is constantly telegraphing his bad luck and cluelessness.
More like a match made in the dimly lit shared parking lot of two very different group therapy centers. Like, the rule is don’t date within the group, but no one thought to advise against whatever odd matrimony those two are.
So I did go back and check, and officially, as far as the episode stated, Gorgug started out the night as the crab king and eventually passed his crown to Riz. Ragh was not, in fact, the crab king as far as we saw in the episode; the last thing shown was the passing of the crown to Riz and then a cutaway to the next morning. So while it's possible Riz passed the crown to Ragh after we cut away but before the next morning, in the official canon, Riz remains the reigning crab king, not Ragh. PS: Fabian initially was the one to announce he was the little shrimp, and we never see Riz get officially declared the little shrimp. However, immediately after Gorgug crowning him the crab king, Riz does say that he was the little shrimp prior to being the crab king. Ragh's main involvement we see in the episode was telling Tracker that she wasn't lobster enough. In canon, everybody was absolutely wasted except Adaine and Fig (who immediately left with Ayda, and then left for the hot tub), so it's possible that no one remembered the night except Adaine, who misreported who the crab king was. This is the kind of hard-hitting investigative journalism the world needs now.
I'm halfway through and I have to say, the rest of this three-hour session BETTER not have any plot or adventure or anything other than the boys attempting to socialize
I realize this is three years later but I’m just watching this and omg me too! Sklonda was always my favorite parent with the caveat of “but she’s a cop” and now that caveat is gone. Of course there are still many ways to be a shitty lawyer but it’s not an inherent stain on my opinion of her like being a cop is
2:25:22 I feel like this is one of the reasons I love brennans DMing, that it isnt "ill hold onto this shield spell til its useable" its "chungledown sees something about to hit him, his instinct is to cast shield, he doesnt know that you rollled a 19 and the shield wont work for him"
On further viewing I love more things: - Allewyn is introduced very charming but the only sprite available is her destitute and completely miserable - Brennan named the edgy teen boy "Durden" - It would be SO hype if they went to the lan party and Chungledown Bim showed up virtualy - No one eats the chilly - Riz just has a bunch of wealthy friends with cars, mansions and concert money and he lives in a run down appartment with his mom trying to make ends meet - Tracker could possibly be the villain of the next campaign, considering the moon and the possible connections to the Night Yorb (whatever Brennan ends up deciding that is). Also, could just be a very helpful cult leader and girlfriend, but... I would love her as a villain, though, the drama of it! - This exact situation with the girls around would've either ended super quickly or gotten ten times more chaotic, cannot decide - The fight with the level 20 warlock lasted two or three rounds - In no way does "Chungledown Bim has reached your city" allow for a happy ending at all, he knows where they live, Fabian's house is kinda super noticeable and they no longer have Kathilda there
Oh, villain Tracker! I was theorizing that she hooked up with someone on the road and Ragh doesn't know how to bring it up or what to say to Kristen. Your mind went DnD, my mind went high school. I hope it's your thing because honestly it makes the most sense. Kristen's religious journey is basically done so narratively it would make sense that her new season conflict to focus fully on her relationships.
Riz's insane nat 20s proves to me that another member of the group is like Kryptonite for Murph's Dice. I think it's Ally, they roll too well for a normal human.
The algorythm is not good. It feels like they dont want you to fail. Like youre a fragile boy. I am a man and I wanna cry when I roll a 1 on a very crucial moment.
As a person studying for the Bar exam , I appreciate the accuracy that Brennan had with Sklonda’s manic studying. 🤯😵 Thankfully, D20 is helping keep me sane.
14:00 We stan this kind of supportive masculinity in this house! It would be so cool to have male role models that wanted to talk about feelings and support each other.
I loved how horrified they all were at the thought of randos hooking up in their beds, but they are so lucky Kristen wasn't there to confess because I would think it was basically canon that she and Tracker have hooked up in all of their friends rooms at some point.
1:00:50 Bro why did I crack up so bad. I guess it’s because it’s ragh and he would genuinely say that but he didn’t say rob or steal from a gas station he says attack a gas station 🤣
At 21:21 is the best description of being someone who can't sleep. And I just remembered the story Brennan told once about how insomnia was such a problem for him in college that he was awake for, I think, 82 hours. So. That comes from a real place, and damn, it tasted like the real thing.
Adaine and Riz are both the sane ones. The difference is Adaine isn't susceptible to peer pressure like Riz. Leave Riz with just the crazy ones and he'll simply be pressured to just join the crazies.
This is the funniest fantasy high episode. I wish it wasn't littered with references to past seasons so i could show people the potential of dnd with this, but the references is what make it a great episode as well. The utter choas and braindead the bad boys are is the best. Loved the ending as well. It went full circle
it's kinda sweet how this party was so crazy and intimidating that when Fabian became Maximum Legend he made sure his parties were chill and open to everyone
20 minutes in and i just remembered the night yorb. i wonder if that’s gonna be a different 1 shot that takes place before this, so everyone can be involved
2:21:30 can you believe they almost just went down to the river to throw rocks? EDIT: Much better to have a chaotic life threatening experience and THEN go to the river to throw rocks 😂
I am just imagining the adventures of the Seven plus four while watching this. Also imagining any attempted live show with all of them - it would be so chaotic.
We need more one offs like these! Boys night was so fun to watch with the awkwardness and the craziness! Also hope these boys get major respect by everyone that was at the party for what they managed to do
You know the rest of the party got wild on that quest 😂 i know its not possible for brennan to dm all 9 of them at once to tell that story but a girl can dream!
