#unhinged party

[cimprlina]

I'm forever DM (I have some experience and my friends wanted to try playing) and during first session our ORC barbarian decided, completely outside of combat while I was explaining how travelling, pace, rations/water and rest work, to shove the HALFLING rogue forward on the path while there was a giant (almost as big as the rogue) log right in front of them. She rolled nat20...so the rogue slammed head first into the log and took enough damage to drop down...she survived...

That was the moment I realized how unhinged the party's going to be.

[the-kaedageist]

I can't stop thinking about the developing dynamic between Essek and Fearne, especially since Fearne seems to have discovered a particular joy in needling him, possibly because a lot of his sarcasm has been aimed at her.

But then there was that little moment where Fearne said, "I thought you said don't touch anything" and Essek gave her that little smile and replied, "I'm not touching it, am I?", and I thought - oh. He's starting to like these little shits, especially the faun who won't stop giving him trouble. From Fearne's reaction to this - the mocking that turned into a grin, calling him cheeky - you can see her starting to understand Essek's particular brand of humor in return.

It would be so hilarious if Essek comes out of this adventure having been adopted by an entirely new adventuring party who have forced friendship on him. I can think of nothing I'd wish for him more than that.

[tinypeaceconnoisseur]

[unfinishedslurs]

party king (steddie)

“You want me to what?”

“Go to a party with me,” Eddie says, looking at Steve like he’s the weirdo here. “What’s the big deal, King Steve? You’ve been to plenty of parties.”

“You know, no one actually called me that,” Steve tells him, abandoning his tapes to put his hands on his hips. “Billy started it. I think he just wanted people to call him a king.”

Eddie visibly considers this before nodding, like it makes sense. Which it does. Billy was, in Steve’s private thoughts, an egotistical maniac who needed to calm down.

May he rest in peace.

“But you’ll come to the party with me, right?”

“Give it up, Eddie,” Robin calls from where she’s rewinding tapes. “Steve hasn’t been to a party in forever. He’s basically a grandpa now.”

“Hey!” Steve objects. That’s rich, coming from her. Going to bed at nine some nights so he gets a few more hours of sleep before waking up in a cold sweat does not make him a grandpa. It just makes him traumatized  

“Steeeeeeeve,” Eddie whines, widening his eyes until it looks like they’re going to pop out of his sockets. His exaggerated pout isn't going to do him any favors either. No matter what the kids say behind his back (looking at you, Henderson) he isn't a pushover.

“Why would I want to go to a high school party?” He crosses his arms, leaning against the counter. “I graduated. I have better things to do with my time.”

“Like lose arcade games to freshmen?” Robin asks. He flips her the bird.

“Please, Steve?” Eddie asks. “Pretty please? Pretty pretty please, with cherries and whipped cream and six little nuggets on top?”

“What the hell are you even saying anymore?”

“You want him to eat his babies?” Robin shrieks. “Like Kronos? Is one of them going to cut off his head and free the rest?”

Eddie’s eyes light up, and Steve slaps a hand over his mouth. He doesn’t know who that guy is, and he doesn’t want to deal with the two of them chattering over whatever movie villain he’s assuming is in their weird cult classic films when he still doesn’t know why Eddie is asking him to this party.

He doesn’t even flinch when Eddie licks his hand.

“I’ve been slobbered on by actual monsters,” he says flatly. “Your spit has zero effect on me.”

Eddie bats his eyes and gives his palm a kiss, right where he’d laved his tongue. Steve rolls his eyes and wipes his hand on the side of Eddie’s face.

“Hey!”

“Don’t dish what you can’t take,” Steve says. “Now, why exactly am I getting asked to go to a high school party?”

“Jessica Roberts needs some kush, and she asked me to sell there.”

“Okay? Still not answering my question.”

“There’s gonna be jocks at the party,” Eddie finally confesses, “and I don’t know if they’ll try shit. But given my track record lately…”

“So you need a bodyguard?”

“Hey!” Steve shouts, and is summarily ignored by everyone. So he does what any normal person would do, and slams an abandoned beer bottle against the edge of the counter so it shatters. 

The jocks turn and look at him after that.

Steve glances down at the jagged edges of the bottle in his hands, flipping it like it’s his old ice cream scoop. Yeah, this should work. 

“Leave him alone,” he says, steely inflection to his voice. 

“Or what, Harrington?” One of them asks. “Heard you just been sittin’ in this room all night. What, you hanging around the queers now? Didn’t take you for a f-”

He stops talking when Steve grabs him by the hair and presses the broken bottle against his throat.

“Here’s what's gonna happen,” he says quietly, taking a look at his buddy. He’s let go of Eddie, a lot more spooked now that his friend is shaking in his Nike’s. “You’re going to leave this room. You’re going to leave Munson here alone. You’re not going to bother him, or anyone else in his dragon club ever again. If I hear that you or your little friends are fucking with him, I have a very nice nail-studded baseball bat in my trunk I’d be more than happy to introduce you to. Capisce?”

“Woah, woah, woah,” the guy that was holding Eddie says. “What the hell, Harrington?”

Steve doesn’t break eye contact with the guy he’s threatening. “Capisce?” He asks again, putting a little more force into the word.

“C-capisce.”

“Good,” he says, shoving him away. “Now get outta here.”

They scramble away. Steve walks over to the trash can and throws away the remains of the bottle, running a hand through his hair. He finally turns around to see Eddie staring at him with wide eyes, frozen.

“Sorry-”

“Fuck me.”

“What?”

Eddie’s entire face flushes, like he didn’t mean to say that. “Uh.”

Steve looks at him, and then around the kitchen they’re in. Glass and beer on the floor, music blasting loud enough to set him on edge, a crowd of people that look at him like a zoo exhibit. Fuck, his head hurts. 

“Yeah, okay,” he decides. “We’re going to mine, though.”

“Wh-what?” Eddie looks like a deer in headlights, even though Steve’s offering exactly what he asked. 

“I…have no idea what I’m doing,” Eddie confesses. 

“Oh, are you not…” He trails off, gesturing towards Eddie’s back pocket. “I assumed…”

Eddie laughs abruptly, slapping a hand over his mouth like he startled himself with it. “You know hanky code, Harrington?”

“Can you call me Steve when you’re in my bed?” He’s already got his shirt off, for God’s sake. “Listen, man, if you don’t want this, it’s no biggie.” He starts to get off, and Eddie’s hand clamps over his thigh. 

“No, no, no, don’t you dare. Just gimme a minute, I’m processing.”

“Processing,” he repeats flatly. 

“Yes, processing. I’ve got the guy of my extremely virginal wet dreams shirtless on top of me. I did not think this would ever happen. I didn’t even know you were queer until tonight.”

Steve’s mouth shapes into an “o” of understanding. “You’re a virgin?”

“Jesus, could you focus on anything else I said?”

“You dream about me?”

“Let’s go back to the virgin part.” His fingers start nervously tapping against Steve’s leg. 

“You’re not subtle,” Steve says flatly. “I know when you stare at my ass.”

Eddie colors in a flood of bright red. “What if I wasn’t? What if I was…uh, jealous or something?”

“I guess that’d make sense, since you’re flat as a board.”

“Wh—hey!”

[that-one-egomaniac]

The time an upset Kendall spent 3 nights up in the tree and Roman broke his leg scaling the trunk

Aka the day before Logan had the treehouse taken down

[gleafer]

Que pasa, Gleafer?! Your Aziraphale in disguise as “Don Juan” has been making me laugh for WEEKS. His outfit. His confidence. The hilarious fact that he’s got this all planned and READY. I love it allll. Thank you!!

Confident, unhinged Aziraferal is my jam.

I’m so happy that my nonsense brought you joy!❤️❤️❤️

[hipsternumbertwo]

Challenge Pit

[wolf--rot]

There was a frame between the Spy images of engi looking smitten but I don't like how I drew it

[essektheylyss]

I know it's such a cliche at this point to the point of garnering eye rolls, but we really cannot lose sight of the fact that 2x97 is the Most Episode of All Time. You cannot ignore Essek in that episode, obviously, but honestly the fact that that happened only serves to highlight how buckwild everything else was. That was when Veth got her body back. That was when Caleb first directly set his sights on Ludinus. That was when Fjord tried to ask Jester on a date and instead ending up thirdwheeling Yasha and Beau, who WERE essentially on a date. That was when Jester locked Sharpe on the balcony. That was when Cad got Beau SO high and Fjord was forced to babysit. That was when Fjord and Yasha told Marius he had to kill someone to stay on the crew.

If any ONE of these things had happened on top of the Essek reveal, it would've been notable or memorable, but no, the BREADTH of unhinged happenings in that episode is actually stunning.

[astoldbychae]

In VIP at the All Black Party at Noire Lounge🥂

There's so many things to celebrate (and I love that for them)

Ricci (Penny's cousin)- Got accepted into Nursing school Skyla - Planning her dream wedding Penny - Signed some BIG contracts (that'll have her bicoastal for a while; Shout out to Evoni, Aura, & the whole Allure Management Team) Nova - Closed on her first home!

Looks like Penny and Nova made up, she no longer blickblocked!

[tj-withers-author]

The Dr Dolittle incident as a meme (Dimension 20's Unsleeping City)

In Dimension 20's Unsleeping City season 1, Zac Oyama and Ally Beardsley famously got derailed during a scene by a minor reference to the Eddie Murphy movie remix of Dr Dolittle, and it triggers them thinking about an entirely different Eddie Murphy movie remix, and the two of them absolutely crack up and it's hilarious. This incident has since been discussed by the cast in Dimension 20's Adventuring Party, in an episode of the A Crown of Candy season of Adventuring Party.

I have simply put these screenshots together in one place because I couldn't find them as images or put together as a meme anywhere on the internet, and that tickled my brain painfully until I made this post. Full credit to cutting these clips together for us to the Dimemesion 20 Critposting account on YouTube. Simply amazing - thank you for your service. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iECKMUxQgqo for the full video.

In order, here's how the hilarity went down:

And now I'm crying with laughter, too.

Thank you, Dimension 20, for creating a fandom I love and enjoy so much.

Thank you, Ally and Zac. I love your wild and beautiful brains.

And thank you again, Dimemesion 20 Critposting, for helping me to relive this moment in its full glory.

[space-invading-pigeon]

Eddie will offer to put a curse on someone that bothers a member of the Party, but the worst he does is follow them around and recite Mary Had A Little Lamb in elvish. Eddie is good for comfort, though; he has no issue making a fool of himself if it will get a laugh out of someone, and his Wayne's Famous Hot Chocolate Recipe is something that makes even the broodiest family members smile.

Steve will not offer anything. He usually just listens, lets them get whatever happened off their chest. At first, the Party doesn't think he cares, until their usual tormentors are suddenly too afraid to come near them.

Steve likes to smile sweetly at whoever bothers his kids. He reminds them that he's a Harrington and can't be touched, and then takes his nail bat to their car. If they don't seem properly scared, he'll let them know that he only gives one warning.

Will, Max, Erica, and El prefer to talk to Steve first when someone upsets them, Max because she likes how fast Steve goes from dumb big brother to protective big brother, Will and El because they like having someone who is so steadfastly in their corner that small things like the law don't get in the way. Erica likes that Steve knows how to get away with it.

Lucas, Mike, and Dustin like to go to Eddie first, mostly because Eddie's go-to for cheering people up is the most delicious thing they've ever had. Mike is also just a little scared of how fast Steve can go from boy next door to horror story without even changing out of his dumb pastel sweaters.

[fibrefox]

[lovecolibri]

For all your cozy, blanket shenanigans needs!

[jq37]

You know not to keep harping on this but like if Kipperlilly wanted a mystery that's close to home it didn't have to be her parents, ya know? Like her party Wizard's grandma was paling around with Kalvaxus and her party cleric/best friend? is a descendant of a clan that was subjugated by followers of a god the Barbarian teacher is trying to revive, there was so much going on girl. If what she wants is a big exciting adventure then that's a skill issue, frankly. And it wouldn't have even helped her grades

You're right and you should say it.

Like, no idea if Oisin was flaunting that info from the jump but if she was down to hack her parents' emails I can't imagine she's above getting into her party's private business.

I really would like to pick her brain about what is it exactly that she wants because it's not like there was a lack of adventuring opportunities in the general vicinity. There were shenanigans happening in her party as you stated. A dragon crashed the prom that everyone was invited to. The sun went dark for a summer--did she try to do anything about that? This is Spyre. Things are CONSTANTLY happening.

And it's not like her party doesn't have advantages. She's being all, "There's a flaw in the system >:(" while she has Oisin on staff to supply the party with as many revivify diamonds and spell components as they need. I'm sure not every party has that advantage but you don't see her campaigning about that.

The thing about Kipperlilly that's been stuck in my head since we learned it is the fact that SHE came up with the High 5 Heroes name and was upset when it was changed. That's a name that makes me think of cheesy Saturday Morning Cartoons where things follow a certain formula and the good guys are best friends who always get along and all that (think Super Friends). Is that what she was expecting? Is that what she thinks she's being deprived of? Did she resent their name getting changed to the (arguably much more fitting as far as we know) Rat Grinders because she was holding on to the hope that they could still be that tight knit group of adventurers that she always wanted to be a part of? Like, she obviously has a major case of Main Character Syndrome and the fact that her life isn't conforming to that is what's driving some of her actions but I also have to wonder.

Is Kipperlilly more jealous of Riz's dead dad or his friends?

[fatsackfails]

"So what is Never Stop Blowing Up like?"