I need more people to watch the oxventure. I'm obsessed with them, and if I have to be in this hole, I want to drag some of yall down with me. Come on, dimension 20 fans, it's at the very least something for us to watch between campaigns 😁😁😁😁
also like, as far as miracles caused by doubt go, Kristen’s little brother spoke to her. Like he had to have even a sliver of doubt that his parents and the church were being honest to talk to her. but i am a sister and if your little brother approaching you even just to say hi after over a year of separation when you grow up in that kinda household and you know they’ve been pouring venom in his ears about you isn’t a miracle, i don’t know what is
for the amount of time i spend thinking about erika ishii, i do not post about them NEARLY enough
everything i've ever seen them in, they have been fully dialed in. they understand the genre, they understand the character they're playing, and they NEVER. FUCKING. MISS
my current dnd character is actually based on multiple characters of erika's that i enjoy. my character is a witch (like ame of worlds beyond number fame [thank you to the witch class playtest]) but she is also a brewer who grows weed and shrooms, and deals them, and does them (and her personality is very much modeled off of danielle barkstock in dimension 20's the seven)
i feel that many of my favorite moments from erika are often focused on other characters. but many of those character moments would not have been possible without erika's incredible roleplay and sense for storytelling
and when the moment IS focused on erika's character? spellbinding. groundbreaking. from ame talking to orima in the overgrown shrine to danielle getting a nat 20 at the masquerade ball, i always fall into the scene and feel it so deeply due to erika's skill and poise and commitment to the story being told
tldr i think erika ishii is incredibly talented and wonderful
one of my favourite things about the bad kids is absolutely none of them are part of conventional families. you've got:
- fig "four parents" faeth, with her mom and bio dad and step dad and step dad
- fabian, whose dad is dead, living with an emotionally absent alcoholic mother with her boyfriend in the garage while most of his parental connection comes from his maid
- adaine being disowned and moving in with her guidance counsellor turned adoptive father and her older sister, who's kind of an asshole but they're working on it
- transracial adoptee gorgug who loves both sets of parents very much, thank you (and doesn't need his parents dickhead relatives in his life)
- riz and his overworked but genuinely lovely single mother
- and, of course, kristen applebees, who lives with two of her best friends and her ex-girlfriend's uncle
oisin being flustered so badly by adaine that he can't make a shot after them talking is literally so fucking CUTE! also love ivy being his little shit stirring bestie im obsessed already
thank you fhjy acknowledging neglect by lack of teaching. too often we make fun of ppl (esp college students) for not knowing basic self and home care, but some people weren't taught.
there's a lot going on with Fabian and his family but I'm so glad we're bringing up this problem. should an 18 year old know how to make breakfast and do laundry? yes. but it's not his fault his parents neglected to teach him and then left and took all his resources.
does anyone remember who in the bad kids told the others about what they saw in the nightmare forest? i think fabian did and i'm almost certain riz didn't but they keep (accidentally?) triggering each others' forest traumas and it seems like A Thing.
fabian flirted with a mirror right next to riz and everyone teased him about kalina being his girlfriend, riz suggested gorgug answer the riddle for all of them under threat of being killed and eaten by a big animal, fig created a sexy rat for when fabian was talking to spot. is this anything.
this is such a simple but good bad kids friendship moment to me. fabian being the first one to say hi to gorgug when he shows up in the middle of the investigation, followed by fig. gorgug saying hi but communicating that he doesn’t want to talk & them both not understanding but going “okay.” gorgug saying hi to riz as a form of acknowledgement even though he’s in full blown investigative mode & probably hasn’t realized gorgug is there yet. gorgug feeling comfortable enough to just put on his headphones & unwind while sitting there with his friends. they’ve come so far from freshman year ❤️