#dropout-critical

[notaplaceofhonour]

hey jumblr, anyone know of good DND Actual Play podcasts that are safe & Normal About Jews/Israel™️ (i.e. not DropOut-affiliated)?

my favorite for a long time has been The Adventure Zone, which I mention both because I’ll probably like anything with a similar vibe, and because I’m worried about not being able to enjoy listening to the McElroys in the near future (for the record: the McElroys haven’t done anything egregious themselves to my knowledge, but there have been a few flags of a vague red or yellow-ish tint that have me at least concerned: the entire family has pretty close ties with DropOut, specifically Brennan, who supports the hate groups INN & JVP; Griffin has also been fundraising for PCRF—which afaik isn’t directly funneling money to Hamas, but has partnered with orgs like HLF, IRPAL, & Taawon that do, and their leadership has a history of antisemitism—all of which is very indirect & not necessarily something I can assume they fully understand/know about, etc. so I’m not like saying they themselves are doing anything actively antisemitic, just that they’re not as many degrees of separation as I’d like from people who are & that worries me).

any recommendations welcome. basically just looking for an Actual Play podcast with a fun, jokey vibe, with players/DM who aren’t JVPniks or fundraising for NGOs that are 2 degrees of separation from Hamas. flexible on the vibe, inflexible about being normal about Jews

[wizard-loving-wizard]

i cant stop laughing because jordon brown (who is a journalist and not an actual-play professional) put together this incredible table for a charity one-shot and had the most correct comment about it

[twobeesornottwobees]

do you ever imagine a person or character in a specific situation and just, immediately see how it would play out? what they would say, the way they would hold their body, the facial expressions they would make, all of it. you know exactly how it would go.

what i'm saying is brennan lee mulligan should go on taskmaster

[threetrenchcoatsinatrenchcoat]

the clues were all there

[counterspelling]

Endless Burrow's End

[keirashark]

Brennan Lee Mulligan and Liam O’Brien have an opportunity to do some of the saddest, most angsty gay shit in all of dungeons and dragons if they play their cards right here.

[eembezzle]

if i had a nickel for every time there was a PC who lacked blood flow and had a flying rat companion, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

[shittyarcanetomes]

i had a dream that i was on an episode of make some noise and sam said "your sound is-" and played a clip of crying and then brought me out. and for some reason the only player was brennan lee mulligan who said "im so sorry. the points..." and then spent the rest of the dream making fun of my DnD world building project.

[raguonmynieceandnephew]

Ok, I know we are all excited about the news and all but i feel like i need to give this as a PSA:

Don't be fucking weird.

As a nosy bitch myself, i empathize with the curiosity. I mean, we all wanna know all the deets and all the gossip and such, and I know we have all been waiting for this moment since that Game Changer episode, but, as a reminder, NO INFORMATION ABOUT BRENNAN AND IZZY'S CHILD IS ANY OF Y'ALL'S BUSSINESS.

The babies gender, name, NOTHING. Don't bother them, you are a STRANGER. THEY DON'T KNOW YOU. YOU ARE NOT THEIR FRIENDS OR FAMILY. SHUT UP. The internet is a weird, cursed land and any parent would be wise to not let their infant's image come close to it with a 20 mile pole. Celebrate the news from your place. Be happy for them and for this new stage of their life and ZIP IT.

Anyways, congratulations Brennan and Izzy! Your child won the fucking lottery, you are gonna be amazing parents!

[jewreallythinkthat]

I know fandom has an antisemetism problem - especially as it's a very lefty space but like... It's genuinely insane.

Like you're a "big" account on Tumblr for posting GIFs of a show. That does not mean you understand the intricacies and nuances of global politics and maybe as a "big" account, you should take some fucking responsibility about what you post when it's not about your blorbos?

Making fandom, a space facilitated by Jews who created Marvel, Spock, a tonne of Hollywood and broadway, completely intolerable to exist as a Jewish person shouldn't be a point of pride. It should leave people deeply ashamed and I cannot wait for them to try and justify their actions in a decade. They had the chance, we extended so many olive branches and they burnt every single one.

I will never forgive them for ruining my favourite fandoms

[fluffyblue-multifandommess]

Bonus question: is there a different cast member than the one you voted for whom you'd most like to see on a different (non-ttrpg) dropout show?

[deramin2]

Dropout 🤝 Critical Role

An owner of the company named Sam initiates some kind of consensual non-sexual kink-adjacent physiological torment scene with their friends as part of an elaborate bit for improvised internet streaming entertainment. And Brennan Lee Mulligan is there.

[timdrake231]

I’ve come to the conclusion that the Ravening war is actually not a DnD campaign, but instead six straight episodes of psychological warfare waged against Lou Wilson.

[remus-in-docs]

the fig and zerxus parallels are killing me this season

[mrdistracted]

Sam Reich and Sam Riegel need to trade bits. Sam Reich needs to do an unhinged ad read for critical role, and Sam Riegel needs to torment comedians on an unhinged game show for dropout

[maddytrout]

It’s really impressive how CR continually puts out such high quality content like Age of Umbra. They’re constantly innovating and bringing cool stuff to their viewers. Dropout and CR are really doing the same level of production in a different font.