VINES TRIED TO EAT MY DICK (The MacElroys Play D&D)

Finally got to listen to the new ep after my mom finished vacuuming!

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I LOVE LUP

 

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Troth? Is she from the Adventure Zone Nights campaign? I haven't been able to listen to them.

 

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Yes! When Merle was talking about what info they get from the robots, he basically recounts the nights campaign, and troth is a tiefling monk.

Speaking of, it seems like griffin's taking things from all of the arcs. the poisonous spore clouds from HTBG, the animal stuff from PTM, and not taz nights......... curious

 

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I'm guessing Troth is Griffin's character in TAZ Nights?

 

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Actually she's played by justin, as the Competent Woman of the group, finally. Griffin plays Anxious Warlock Extrodinaire tom collins

i really want to know why only troth was around in robit form. maybe uh, maybe lenny and tom were also around??? or??? griffin, please explain, where are the boys and is there a troth shadow beast

 

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oh shit

the AZN plane is why the Hunger has robot-shaped bodies in it

it can spit out forms shaped like anything it's eaten

that's super fucked up Griffin congrats

 

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aaahhh omg the new ep is so cute! It's a shorter breather fill ep to get the show back on the schedule but it's cool n fun!

Man setting up Barry n Lup's romance, and I'm like heck yeah. BUT also I'm biased because I'm into the Nerd and the a jerk with a heart o gold pairings (like a guilty pleasure) so I'm really hoping to see more of them!

love Lup just, outright with her feelings like
"I don't want this. "
Like heheh god like she's the type to be straight up with her feelings negative n positive which is p cool

 

YES I FOUND THE TAZ THREAD!!! knew there had to be one around here somewhere

yeahhh guess who's rapidly hurtling into special interest territory (it's meeeeeee)

additional notes:

1. my parents are listening and have just finished Crystal Kingdom. brian... i'm so proud of zem......
2.

Spoiler: prolly not spoilz at this point but Just To Be Safe

lup is my wife that is all

 

I've been binging TAZ for like a fortnight now. My partner just started listening too, so I'm re-listening to old episodes as well. I just got to episode 56 (Chapter 6 of The Suffering Game)

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The bit at the end. When they're on the catwalk, and Magnus' soul is being sucked in to the astral plane, and Taako sends his own soul in after him, and Merle calls them both back using Planar Ally...

I lost it. I cried like a tiny child. I knew shit was about to get real when that music kicked in during Edward and Lydia's speech, and the music during the part where they're saving Magnus just wrecked me.

Did I mention I was in public when I was listening to this? Because I was. I was walking up to the place that my partner picks me up after work. I had to stop walking and sit on some steps in order to compose myself and hunt for tissues. I got some odd looks, but there was no way I could explain to anyone that asked what was up. 'Magnus almost died, or like, he did actually technically die I guess, and Taako did something really heroic, and what will happen to Kravitz, and Merle called them back, and, and...'

I'm getting choked up just thinking about it. Goddamn this thing is good. I'm aiming to be totally caught up within the next few days.

 

I keep trying to get my husband into it but he says no. :(

 

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I was not expecting Merle as Clarice Starling to the Hunger's Lector, but I am so into it. Especially Merle just refusing to have any of the nihilist bullshit the Hunger spouted to try to cause him a moment of doubt. I love that the Hunger seemed to genuinely become attached to Merle, and that Merle was so. fucking. clever about it and kept going "is that gonna be your one question?" until the Hunger had to use one of his real questions to just figure out what name they called him. Clint played the fuck out of those scenes.

 

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Heheh ok so
- Magnus please, they are kids and that's kinda freaky
- Clint Mcelroy the janitor
- Damn I do want John n Merle to talk and Merle to show to that John that shits good man. Too bad we didn't get more on air convo
- @glitterchance heck yeah I agree Merle play was super top notch and, i really like that we're getting to see a lotta good merle characterization stuff

 

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I have already seen posts about "don't sexualize the hunger" i will sexualize cosmic horror jon arbuckle if i damn well feel like it

 

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Let merle kick John Hungers ass n show him life is worth

 

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hey it's me John Hunger and I'm into Vore

 

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John Hunger vs Hungry John

 

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dang, griffin and clint were both incredibly good this episode!

i ship merle and john now, whoops.

 

HI I'm finally caught up and am in New Special Interest Hell, whoops

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I knew it was gonna happen but I am so fuckin gay for Lup
She would totally light me on fire but #worthit
Also, John and Merle's conversation was so interesting ahhh, we don't see Merle being genuinely clever super often and he was absolutely shining. Also, hearing John talk towards the end of the conversation, he sounded genuinely, possibly suicidally, depressed. And the fun thing about that is Griffin got the aspect of depression down that is just, boredom. Desperate boredom and loneliness. And whatever happened, John was a man with power. And bored people in power get their way.
Also I super wanna play a game in this system now, the thing I love about 5e is the way it's getting back to the storytelling and roleplay origins of D&D with less micromanaging of numbers (ilu Pathfinder but nope), and this system sounds right up my alley for that reason.

 

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oh man yeah like
I was at the tags n someone saying that it wasn't depression and compared it to his experience of depression being the tired Energy taken away person and since John has the energy and is deliberately going out n wreaking havoc n crap it wasn't depression and I
Wanted to say Hey No But
They /were/ talking about themselves so I didn't reply
But there's the Apathy depression where u don't enjoy shit anymore and that's
Ol Hungry John.

I think it sets up like
A neat basis for redemption and I'm p into it
Him N Merle's relationship was really great tbh
And I was thinking possibly there's a great sacrifice John will do or something to that effect
Cause that shit he do ain't right and narratively i don't think they would let him get away with it
But he was humanized and heard Merle's side and formed a genuine connection with him
And it might be satisfying - for him to be hit with the magnitude of his actions and feel it