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"You are the author of three or four of my favorite books."

can you tell the decline of the Montgomery LaMontgommery books was my favorite bit of the episode

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Image one: Behind a fancy dining table, Marya and Montgomery greet each other with a hug. Daisuke leans on the back of one of the plush chairs. Marya pulls away to gesture across from her, saying, "Okay Monty, you've got a pretty big fan over here."

Image two: Marya continues, "...and then kind of a lukewarm one." On the other side of the table, Maxwell stutters out a greeting, "That's- uh. You-" while Vanellope looks on, unimpressed. Meanwhile, Olethra is full on freaking out. Flustered, she reaches out for a handshake and whispers, "Oh. My. GOD."

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Enjoying the Cloudward, Ho! side plot of Emily trying to grapple with the possibility that in order to break her husband’s decades long dice curse that has haunted him across time, space, and games, she might have to start calling him “Brian”

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absolute youngest of seven energy right out the gate

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original season. twenty real world episodes. with new characters. steampunk. emily’s doing an accent. murph might be a nepo baby. ally has a grandma. that’s really important to me personally. zac’s back in that fucking shirt. lou has a nametag for some reason. it feels character relevant to me idk. siobhan’s gotta go on one last adventure. zood is real. i’m going insane and it’s a thirty second teaser trailer. i might die when the real thing comes out

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ally beardsley's playstyle is so transgender they've made it all the way around to transfemmes. full circle

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lou getting GENUINLY offened that his fake books were called a "beach read" is SOOO fucking funny. #thegreenhunter is back baby

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eastern european haunted emily axford pc, transfem daughter of libertarians ally beardsley pc, spot on pub representation grizzled old british lady siobhan thompson pc, nasty old gun guy zac oyama pc, posh boy brian murphy pc, famous explorer with a book series that really falls off lou wilson pc we're fucking eating this season my god

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sketching at the museum

prints available from June 9-16

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can you imagine going to work, shoving a bacon breakfast sandwich down your pants in a bid to show your boss that you are giving your utmost best and he says sorry son not good enough we're going to need you to eat 200g of cheese

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old husband's tale

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What shape is the universe?

it’s you shaped! <|:^)

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I think Izzy on Adventuring Academy is correct that “chaotic” is an adjective disproportionately attributed to women players. Aside from Ally Beardsley, but that’s a whole other discussion regarding queerness and women in nerdy gaming spaces.

That being said here are some examples of men who are chaotic players:

Lou Wilson - Besides the Fabian almost dying example mentioned in the Adventuring Academy episode, we have Pinocchio’s whole hotdog bit, the pole dancing on his own nose, and his entire presence in the first episode. (“I’m the prince of Shoeberg, motherfucker”) Then there’s Squak who loves starting chaotic shit. Even Gunnie has to get in on the chaos.

Caldwell Tanner - If you’re not listening to Naddpod you’re missing out. He is incredibly chaotic. The shenanigans Beverly gets into is peak chaos. (Also Emily Axford is there to egg him on.). Early examples include a bullywug mating call and goofing a god. Even as a DM he’s chaotic. Look at Trinyvale, which is designed through pure chaos. (He, as video game character Gex, said the immortal words “I’m young, hung and full of tongue” which will live etched into my soul forever.) The world isn’t flat, it’s a cube!! Then there’s Hungry Dave in Hot Boy Summer who flings Frisbees and eats a spell. (Zac, Murph and Jake are also very chaotic in this too.)

Freddie Wong - D20 fans know him from Mentopolis in which he killed a police captain and has super hard testicles. But if you listen to Dungeons and Daddies you know he’s pure chaos. He takes huge cartoony swings and they are usually chaotic. Truly one of the most uncontrollable players out there. I’m more shocked when Freddie makes a grounded decision than a chaotic one.

Brian Murphy - I know what you’re thinking. “But but but he’s the rules guy. He’s a plot hound.” True but he’s also very chaotic. He makes the choice to eat the dragon that ate his dad. (Delicious in Dungeon style) Also Barry 6 has unhinged chaos moments equal to anything Emily does. What about Cody Walsh? Everything he does. He sold his soul in .25 seconds and smashed his face with a brick. Then there’s Jens Lyndelle, quite possibly the most wretched and chaotic piece of shit ever invented. Murph is sneaky chaotic. Yes he loves being a plot hound but so does Emily. The story and the game mechanics are vehicles for both of them to behave chaotically.

In a lot of these examples these guys are playing with Emily Axford and bringing a very similar energy. Yet she’s the one labelled chaotic. Lou is the more chaotic of the duo in ACOFAF. Caldwell and Murph match her freak on Naddpod. So, I do think there’s a disparity here and it does seem sexist. When Ally started playing they were a more female-presenting queer person. Or as they’ve phrased it, they “come from lesbianism”. So, I think you can certainly view it as a sexist label that stuck. But also let’s not overlook how queerness is viewed through the patriarchy as a feminine trait. Like misogyny and homophobia are spidermen pointing at each other. So it comes as no surprise the very openly queer person whom we watched transition on D20 is also labelled chaotic.

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It’s been one episode and this 80 year old man and his ex-step-grandaughter have a grip on me

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adventure awaits: cloudward ho!

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everyone talks about the folgers coffee incest commercial but remember the quizno’s commercial where the guy was fucking the toaster oven?

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