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I haven't said a lot about the C4 announcement because I've been too busy updating the wiki and talking in DMs, but I'm really excited!

Given that I felt that C3 was promising in concept but ultimately mid in execution with a very disastrous structure narratively, and I did feel (and kept privately until I could see what the going forward was) that Matt seemed burned out to me, especially starting around the 50s. Giving this opportunity for Matt to take a back seat while still being involved is promising, as is the choice to step back from Exandria for long-form at minimum for now.

Even though Exandria is in a really interesting moment at the end of C3, it is a bit of a bummer to only get glimpses of it through short-form one-shots — and I hope they do return at some point, even if for miniseries — but I do feel there was a built up wariness of damaging or scuffing Exandria too much within the production as a collective. "Giving a breather" is exactly the sort of thing I hoped for both Matt and Exandria after the production had a chance to do a look-back / debrief / post-mortem.

I think a lot of the flaws of C3 were entirely fixable and that the core concept of the campaign and its story, and ultimately its arc and resolution, were perfectly fine. I think there was a lack of alignment of intent and a struggle to coordinate toward that intent, especially toward Matt's intent that he did not share from the outset (thus making it difficult to prep into that space and work toward it from square one), that was exacerbated by that timidity and preciousness of the setting as a whole, further compounded by what felt like a decreased capacity for Matt to handle and rein in and think through and carry all the threads and weave them together, or to realize when cast members were asking him to throw them a line or not noticing his communication of narrative intent was muddled. Taking a break from the setting and working with a new long-form GM — and new cast members! — and allowing Matt a break from GMing will hopefully start to remedy that.

It's also an exciting opportunity for Brennan to GM more long-form, as he's to my knowledge only done WBN for long-form actual play. And the production goal and stylistic intent will be different from WBN (Moore imagines that as narrative-play, don't get me started), so should be fun as well.

It's precisely what I wanted to see from them as a production and creative choice, and I'm quite excited.

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WICKED: FOR GOOD (2025, dir. John M. Chu)

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Favorite Angela Moments 79/∞: Somebody's gotta go...

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Favorite Angela Moments 69/∞: The Stepmother

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TRINITY SANTOS + hair down | 1x15 9:00PM

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santos is so kind.

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THE PITT -> Similarities between Dr. Trinity Santos and Dr. Frank Langdon

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A REBOA? Are you shitting me? Uncontrollable bleeding from her pelvic artery. No other options.

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Robby trying to focus on patient care VS one surgical lesbian on recruitment

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The Pitt 1.11 + The Onion Headlines

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Angela on the new Game Changer Season 7 Trailer

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It's been a long, long time

since I've seen my face in your eyes

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I'm into anti-wish-fulfillment. I'm into horrific consequences and human shrapnel brought about by the thing you want the most

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can you ever not complain and just be at peace for once

no!!!!!!!

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Someone asking me for my hobbies is so humiliating.... I like to play and have fun. I like to smile and draw. I like putting words in an order. Sometimes I laugh and grin.

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we are NOT reclaiming "female hysteria". listen to me. women fucking died because their every issue was labelled "hysteria" in recent fucking history. we are not talking about the old times we are talking about my grandparents' generation. the legacy of the hysteria diagnosis is alive and well in many many forms we are not. under any circumstances. reclaiming this one