knock it down 

I think we’re all kinda proud parents to this big guy

the barbarian* part of his identity... nothing orcish about rage

​@@oliviacarolinanogueira7769 True- *but* after sophomore year, I've wondered if he might not be dealing with some internalized racism considering, if that vision of his parents' bio family being kicked out of the tree is to be believed, they certainly, in their bigotry, thought there was. And Gorgug's still learning the orcish side of his heritage and that *it's not connected*, and Digby and Wilmas relatives were just bigots who deserved to get kicked to the curb! Kid's got a lot he hasn't processed - and a lot of it is big stuff!

Like - a big part of Gorgug *starting* to accept himself more? Was meeting Garthy O'Brien - who could give him a different perspective on orcish culture by virtue of they're being a half orc Aasimar. (That and Ayda recognizing he was smart - but that's a different topic all together!) But like - that conversation with Garthy that he had on Leviathan that led to him getting the orcish tattoo? That was really I feel like the start of the more confident Gorgug that *finally* comes gloriously to a head confronting Porter. Cause he realizes he can be all that he is, and right now, that is angry and he's going to let himself feel his feelings!

Even further - if you look on Gorgug's character sheet (his stats along with all the other characters' known things from their stats are on the Dimension 20 wiki), he specifically used to have, it looks like, the orcish aggression feat- no longer though. Not sure when he dropped it but again, feels very deliberate on Zac's part. I feel like it's similar to Lou having Fabian change fighter classes as a show of character development - in this case, Gorgug's learned 2 big things - rage isn't inherently bad, nor is it inherently orcish. It's just a feeling that exists and can be constructive or destructive depending on how it's channeled. Our favorite barbarian is growing up so fast!

Porter was probably legit like "Now THAT'S what I've been waiting for!"

Damn what a twist

I was just thinking this lol. He had us in the first half not gonna lie

It is possible that he simultaneously finds value in being a barbarian teacher while also being an evil SOB. Bad people can do good things.

maybe he’s happy gorgug is able to channel his rage bc it might make him a potential ally or someone porter could corrupt?

It’s almost like people are complex and can care about multiple things

Well, you have a point!

Welp.

This aged extremely well.

Best of luck juggling everything while in school! It'll be over eventually and I hope you can rest enough, take care of yourself, and have fun while school's still running too. ❤️

REAL

You can always take a stress token

O7 I'm right there with you!! I'm excited to enjoy junior year once I'm finally graduated and I can really appreciate it

bruhh get out of my head lol same tho

He wants that rage baby😊

@@tempinformal I just imagine Brennan being full Palpatine in his head "yes....give into your anger"

Oh my gods... oh....

This was absolutely my thought after the most recent episode. Gorgug’s full potential has been unleashed and Porter Cliffbreaker is going to rue the day that that occurred! And guess what- Gorgug will get to use that rage where he wanted to in the first place- somewhere where it’s necessary and justified!

I thought about this a bit more and there is a chance that Porter's strength is 18, with expertise and a lower proficiency score (+5) but that combined with the fact that he has multiclassed into Paladin almost feels like it makes sense.

definitely expertise, iirc barbs get expertise in athletics around lvl 14 but idk i’ve never played a barb

@@crimson2209barbs never get expertise in anything, expertise is only open to bards and rogues, as well as in a feat or two.

@@crimson2209 I just double checked and Barbarians don't innately get expertise from any features, though I didn't check subclasses. I think expertise is less likely since it requires Porter to be weaker than many Barbs since most people would try to get to 20Str.

alternatively, porter may have the Skill Expert feat, which allows for expertise in one skill. just another possibility! :)

Fig was right the whole time

idk, I think porter might be the exact thing they’re looking for. Someone who can understand his rage without letting it consume or control him like it did to the wizards. I dont think rage itself is gonna turn out to be evil, but i think instead its going ti be about how its used or maybe Porter, as a Goliath and Paladin, works for the forgotten giant god

​@@Theology.101 I was agreeing with everything you said about Porter actually being the solution to the bad guy, but HOLY FUCK I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT LAST PART!!! THE DOTS!!!!!

@@Hypersaiyanike every good mystery should have false paths and red herrings! I think him being a goliath and a paladin is a coincidence, but this is also a narrative were information is revealed for a reason

​@@Theology.101I thought Porter was an Earth Genasi?

Gorgug also has been flunking his Barbarian class for two straight years, so I believe it was warranted at that point.

But he wasn't flunking. He wasn't top of the class but I think he was getting B's. Good but could be better. Porter took it personally and overreacted.@@AMnotQ

@@davidtrainor9569he took it personally is maybe not the best phrasing. Porter really cares about Gorgug as a student and wants to see his abilities used to their full potential. And from a teacher perspective, yeah its bullshit what hes doing but from a character in a dnd show? “Bud im sorry, but an integral class feature of the barbarian is going to make it impossible to do an integral part of being an artificer.” Because Brennan is gonna pull out some bullshit for Zac its going to be fine but Artificer and Barbarian is, objectively, one of the worst options he could’ve taken

Brennan never wants to give non-enemy characters flaws that last longer than an episode.

​@@Theology.101barbarian and a artificer is metal as hell actually. Maybe not the particular subclasses Gorgug has, but artillerist and armorer synergize well (one giving a way to use spellslots mid rage for additional damage/support, the other granting a specialized and very customized weapon that is also boosting AC). He may not be able to cast spells AND rage, but he can outfit himself and his team with items that cater to a barbarian playstyle, using spell slots to sort of "clean up" between encounters, allowing the cleric and bard to save magic for in combat purposes.

porter’s art this season has made him *particularly* hot. i thought he was also quite hot in the fig paladin scene when he was like “we’re done fucking around.” i love this stoney angry man

I mean, he is quoting Augefort here, from the first episode of Freshman year, roughly at 01:12:20, lasting for a minute or so. "And what is an adventurer? [...] I say that an adventurer is a hero, and what is a hero? A hero is someone with the strength of heart, courage of spirit, and the might of will to go to strange lands and enact violence on things there. [...] ...and *a hero is a violent wanderer who enacts their will bloodily* and with strange magicks upon the world." Like, being an adeventurer basically gives you a lease on killing and destroying whatever the bad guys might be in any given moment, so I don't think Porter's words are that "out-of-line", y'know?

Nevermind, RU-vid was just being weird

FHJY Spoilers do you still feel this way?

​​@@nothingworks1881 NOPE 😅😂

Ho ho ho christmas

unfortunate lmao

Actually Gorgug and Fig just proved that his methods work

@@jimmy_the_squid9456I mean, they proved that using rage constructively has merit. That doesn’t mean Porter isn’t flawed as a teacher- in particular it’s weird that he puts so much of his own emotional baggage on Gorgug for no reason. Saying he was “hurt” when Gorgug applied to multiclass? Getting all worked up here? It’s natural for a teacher to be proud of student doing well, sure, but Porter just doesn’t seem to have good emotional boundaries with students if he’s sharing that he was *hurt* just by Gorgug wanting to multiclass and also is always showing blatant favoritism with other students. He also gave Gorgug almost no actual constructive criticism and basically just told him to “figure it out” when it came to raging “””the right way””” (And Porter believes that his own worldview is the most correct but completely refuses to engage with Gorgug’s or see things from his perspective). It’s great that Gorgug was able to make progress, but I’d argue it’s actually in spite of Porter kind of failing to support him as a student

@@evren5642 This!! This scene was wonderful because I love Gorgug and I'm proud of him, but my opinion of Porter has by no means improved

@@evren5642this is pretty much what they discuss in the following adventuring party in the first episode that porter rejects gorgug's mcat

To quote Gorgug from episode 17 without context to avoid spoilers… “I knew he was a bad teacher!”