Rat Grinders:Don’t do anything to the Bad Kids until antagonized, and it’s later revealed that their bad actions were a result of being groomed by one of their teachers for years and then murdered and possessed.
Intrepid Heroes:Fuck you, sending you to hell and you can’t be revived.
something i genuinely will always love about fig's character is that she will always stand up for the outcasts or people who aren't considered "cool". like without even missing a beat fig immediately goes to play twister with mazey because ivy wanted to put her down for even suggesting it. it genuinely is one of the best parts of her character and i adore it so much.
kristen’s glowing success to persuade cassandra to not fight her followed by kristen’s failure after failure to genuinely save her… i feel CRAZY this episode was so good
I know we’ve been begging for a Murph DM season for years now and I would still kill to see it but idk man I think we’ve been dropping the ball. Something about Zac Oyama behind that screen looked right
Gosh Ally Beardsley never fails to make me cry with their portrayal of Kristen Applebees.
Because despite being off the rails this season, Kristen at her core is a very kind and resilient soul. She resurrected a forgotten god for crying out loud!!
But finding not only did Lucy and Yolanda die, but that their bodies were desecrated on top of that? And then performing a beautiful miracle of doubt that allowed their souls to go into a more peaceful afterlife?! The tears were flowing while I was at work.
That moment was so beautifully tender and it’s one of the many reasons as to why I love both Kristen Applebees as a character and Ally Beardsley as a player.
hellOOOO ONE AND AAAALL welcome to anoghthrthringepsode of DIMENSION TWENTY I am your humbledungeonmaster brennanleemulligan and wisdlkjslkalwaysrour intrepid heroes say HIII INTREPID HEROES
fig's shape-shifting identity theft shenanigans deeply affected brennan's psyche so much that he made a literal slef insert into his own story to catch her. emily axford the woman you are
rewatching fantasy high and seeing the intrepid heroes get normal rolls is so weird. getting above a 15 is super high. 25 damage is insane. which this is all normal stuff. i would die for a roll in the 30s. but i’m so used to them being so powerful that i forgot how normal they used to be.
So! Brennan lied to all of us, so let me tell you what actually happened here.
Couple things to keep in mind, Ivy is curating her mean girl reputation 110% at all times, and because her and Oisín are executing a plot, they can't draw too much attention to themselves (and someone has to stay at the ping pong table). Also, Lucy's proclaimed dead right now, and they don't want to draw attention to her being revived (especially if she came back with a rage star).
Ivy notices "Lucy" (and Oisín doesn't). A 19's a pretty high roll, and with a 19, Oisín doesn't notice "Lucy", which means that on a lower roll, he would've noticed (and possibly caused some trouble). Ivy sees a hint of blue, and turns around to find "Lucy", and meets her gaze. (Used to looking for Lucy, perhaps?)
Ivy's microexpressions. Do not listen to Brennan. Do not listen to the IH. Hold my hand, come with me, let me show you the truth. Ivy's facial journey is eyebrows up, then a slow blink as her face relaxes into a slow smile. The nonplussedness that Emily read in her face would not show like that. It would be just as easy to be surprised and then drop her eyebrows and keep her face straight. That's not what's happening here. When her face relaxes, I know the camera turns away (trust me, I know, I'm pissed to all hell about it), but you can see the edges of her lips start to turn up, in what looks like the start of a smile!
Ivy's interaction with "Lucy." "Lucy" waves to Ivy and ducks away, so from Ivy's pov, "Lucy" has come back to life, and reached out to her, but wants to meet somewhere not around people. Ivy asks if it's cool that they meet up now, and Lucy agrees. Here's the important part, pay close attention! She doesn't tell Oisín. She doesn't tell her best friend, who we know she's close with! She doesn't tell him that Lucy's here, she doesn't tell him where she's going, she just says she's done and walks away. I rotate that in my mind a lot.
So basically, Brennan and the IH lied to you, and actually this is 90% of my propaganda for Lucy/Ivy, please see the truth. Like, I said in my tags on @ratgrinders post, to just see your not-dead friend and go 'oh! oh. :) I'll catch you up on what you missed' like. That's not Mean Girl! That's not Bitch! That's just Ivy! She is a hater and I love every moment where she hates someone, but that's not what this is. This is a moment of softness in the middle of Everything.
My Heart🫀: Kristen Applebee's flying, surrounded by twilight, staring Buddy dead in the eyes - with a look of wanting to understand - before disappearing under the ground.
My Brain🧠: Kristen Applebee's flying, surrounded by twilight, staring Buddy dead in the eyes - with a look of wanting to understand - before disappearing under the ground.
My Soul✨: Kristen Applebee's flying, surrounded by twilight, staring Buddy dead in the eyes - with a look of wanting to understand - before disappearing under the ground.