MIDST | Gala | Season 1 Episode 8 

It'll never not be funny to me that every time Jedediah Pom is mentioned, I frantically try (and fail) to recall who he is until the girl with all the gear is mentioned and then I finally remember. We haven't even learned her name yet from what I can recall, but she's the only thing that reminds me who the hell Pom is lmao

"It's a good thing the fatalities have gone down on these things." A portrait camera. Fatalities.

While every episode has been delightful so far, I am in absolute love with Phineas and his story. It strikes right in the gut, perhaps the most relatable of the three protagonists, and it’s really making the audience /feel/ the corruption and injustice of this world without even being gritty, or dark, or violent. No, it’s all shining pleasantries and no drama, no tragedies… which makes it all the more gut-wrenching to see this young man holding his head high in spite of it, fighting a silent invisible fight. Am thrilled to know where his path will lead him!

I think I might be using these for a unit in my English class. This is how to create a narrative where you show, not tell.

I get the feeling that most, if not all, of the people at this gala are not as "Valorous" as they appear to be. They didn't get rich by writing checks, so to speak. Mr. Loxlee seems like trouble, as he tried to pull that with Phineas, like it was routine. Ergo, corruption disguised as virtue.

Pictured Lark somehow getting stuck at this kind of party and how that would go down like a lead balloon.

The detail of so many people in the image being strung with beads is chef's kiss. Like it could just be art style, but once you know it's Valor you look at it in a whole new light

I swear that I jumped in my seat when I heard the name Imogen

I finished this episode and all I could muster was, "...Fuck." I hate that this only comes out once a week. You're killing me. Every Friday I listen to them all again at work. And every time the first episode starts I keep realising that I've forgotten about the damned moon!!

Just when I think I couldnt love phineas any more he just give more more reasons to love him. What an absolute chad.

Bribery as a method of legitimate social positioning is just so weirdly apt to modern times.

Oooh, Phineas is a powder keg and while we got a little taste of that, I'm personally thrilled to see him fully explode.

Gala, party, same basic thing, lol Edit: I've never vibed more with a quote than "This is... going... Fuck." Pretty much a constant state of living like that, for me.

Watching on here and Spotify (despite being a paid subscriber of Midst) just to boost whatever viewership/ratings I can wherever I can. I love Midst and I'm so glad CR is partnered with them.

**Spoilers Ahead** Absolutely was distraught at the phrasing of the offer and not wanting Phineas to take it and feel guilty over it, and absolutely pumped my fist when he turned it down.

phineas is my favorite character. I'm so intrigued by the world he lives in

Is it only me that imagines Phineas as the police officer in Arcane? That mental image makes so much sense to me :D

Hmm... so if the Abacus is a necklace beaded thing where the lighter beads are the Valor and good, and the black is debt, then the imagery on this video is much more impactful, right? Am I wrong in assuming that every single beaded accessory in the scene is them showing off the Valor they have? And Thatch is stuck here, with a single black bead, unable to be at the same standing as them. Ouch.

This is such a cool story, and the way you three tell it is just magnificent! Absolutely love it so far!

This series has been a delightful addition to my Wednesdays! So cool!

“Imogen being Imogen” eh

"This is going... Pffffhah, fuck." Man, I felt that delivery deep in my heart.

Full offense to Phineas, but if a wealthy philanthropist offered to pay off the last of the debt that I'd been working to clear my whole life, _I would take him up on it._

I love this man, he just expressed how all of us true low socieo economic peasants feel about handouts

Great job on the art work for this one, love all the different displays of wealth-fashion

A steampunk polaroid! 🤣

"Some of us worked hard to get to the positions that we hold." Season 2 enjoyers, how are we doing?

This is my first comment, and I am still admiring the basics of storytelling. The very first episode, though, had me thrown of, by plunging in and out of narrators, who then started commenting each other, or the story, speedily talking, and sudden shifting, - manners, that was hard core narrating! I didn't get much out of what this episode wanted to convey. So I listend to it serveral times, and at ep 3 I got accustomed to it, at ep 4 or 5 I was properly hooked by the development of the story, and here I am, loving the whole package! The, fragmantation, of their, sentences, is fascinating

there is something to the sound design of this to make me feel like I'm in a crowded place swarmed with too many people all talking at onc while alone in my own room, anxious introverts beware, take breaks.

This one was really good , thank you , kept me sane on the subway to and from work. Thank you.

I love these so much. So rich in description I can taste the mica. Please keep these coming ❤

Phew, I hope Finneus has the confidence to do what he needs to do... It's clear Spar stole the credit for Finn's work (and perhaps has been doing so for who knows how long), so Finn could go one of two ways here: the easy way - politely break off from Spar and set out on his own to do something valorous and break even, or the hard way - prove that Spar has been using him by taking all the credit, and seek to be repaid that stolen Valor. I think he'll pick the second because it's narratively more interesting, but man, there was another way! Haha

That was your best ending so far I feel.

Hell yeah Phinneus. Stick to your guns and dont feed into the bullshit.

Hell yeah. Surrounded by fake ppl, can't forget who you are.

Its understated how this episode sets up that Mica is explosive

Man, every episode is just so gripping! Can't wait to hear where this goes.

compared to the other 2 stories Tatch, I thought, was going to be a snooze fest. never have I been happier to be wrong. guy is an absolute chad

To reference Minecraft Story Mode: "Phineas was smart. There's no way he would have honoured that deal. Even if you had taken his offer, he'd probably have placed you in his service, anyway! All while claiming that that was the original deal."

Phineas I feel is one wrong move away from snapping…. Idk he seems to be on the very end of his tether to me

what a "galaorious" flavor to stir into my day!

I missed this yesterday, glad to catch up!

Oh man, relistening after finishing season 2 puts a whole new spin on this episode.

Friggin Amazing series! Love it'

AWKWARD GALA

Interesting developments occuring for our main characters the last couple of episodes! 😎😎😎😎

Smart boy, Finn. If he accepted that offer, he and his descendents would be owned forever.

Glorious

I love this style of storytelling sm!

I love this story

I just realized that one of the narrators (the one that says please rate and review in the end) sounds like narrator of Kurzgesagt and now I can't unhear it.

every episode of you is so cool!

God I love these. So excited to get caught up!

Fantasticly wriiten

"Imogen being Imogen" when I heard the name I literally did a double take, like TF!? _😂😂_

Oh hell yes Phineas, you go!

Excelent

YEAH LETS GO, MY BOY PHIN HAS A BACKBONE!

Heckin' big chad energy

Im starting to really like this Phineus.

Sounds like the academy awards lol

Never except a handout from someone from a higher station. If there isn't a proper deal, the better will consume the lesser.

Oh! I think I like Phineas!

Oofff. Just ooff. That was good!

What happens next!

Huh, I think I see what was going on, here. And why a trusted manservant kidnapped his employers child... one of three possibilities here, some of which could overlap.

Anyone know who they are yet?

Just awkward

Are we in the midst of this series being done yet?

This is a cool story but 8 episodes in and I'm still fucking lost. What's this Micah stuff? Just dangerous floating rocks? Hoes it dangerous? What's its properties other than destruction? Wtf is Valor? How did a cult somehow gain all this power? What's up with all this unlight and weird almost tangible darkness? How does it cause things to get all fucked up? I love the storytelling but I'm tired of feeling like I don't understand this world they're describing. Like if someone asked me what this is about I don't think I could tell them in a way that wouldn't sound like an absolute mess.

You know, i enjoyed these at first, then they just got tedious. I decided to give it another shot and listened to it all start from finish again and im just no longer enjoying it. It was novel and interesting at first but it gets old really REALLY quickly. Hopefully the CR team vets stuff they decide to take under their banner further in the future.

i got to say, really "there are parties, and then there are parties, and this party is neither" "it is so over the top we are just not gonna be able to do it justice in description" are some of the laziest writing I've heard. If you make a story and then continue to put some invisible bar on it, making tons of things "unable to be described, because they are indescribable" you should rethink what you're writing, because if you cant described what you made, you clearly are just not bothering with that part of the story. If you would want to make something intriguing because it is indescribable however, then you should not mention it at all and describe things around it like, peoples perspective, peoples feelings, environment around it, how it effects the world around it, instead of just "it cant be explained" that is just lazy. Another thing, a president, a queen and a pope are three very different things, and are looked at very different, so saying a person is all three makes no sense its just confusing, there is now just no clue on how people look or act around them because people don't look or act the same at a president like a pope. Not roasting the series btw, i love this so much, the vibe, the setting, the imagery (even tho one image can become a bit boring at some points), but i just hope it goes on the right path and not be un-interesting because of small mistakes like these that can actually become plot holes eventually.