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Watching Campaign One and reading the comments a decade after the fact is so crazy because why are fans genuinely going "Nooooo Keyleth don't be angry at the dragon that murdered your fellow tribespeople that's so lameeeeee" meanwhile she's literally just. feeling normal emotions about murder

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FINAL RESULTS

Here are the final results!!!

1st place - Saskia del Norma

2d place - Mother Trauma

3rd place - Jonas Spahr

Well folks, this has been fun :) all hail Saskia, the sexiest person in the midst cosmos! The singer, the pillar of the community, the breach agent, the queen <3

We will of course do an Unend sexiest character contest, in time, once the seasons have been completed. Until then!

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I’m gonna be out of town for a bit so I jumped slightly ahead in Nein Again to wrap up the Iron Shepherds arc before then, and the little exchange in The Stalking Nightmare where Nott catches an invisible Caleb with a little kiss out of nowhere is just so cute. In the middle of all the combat and violence, it’s such a sweet, funny moment, I love the little kisses and loving gestures these two ambush each other with every now and again.

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Finally caught up on Unend.

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Hey gang, Nein Again has got me thinking. Would y'all be willing to help me with something?

Note the difference between "The Best" and "Your Personal Favorite", although I'm sure you all have impeccable taste

You can submit up to 5 episodes for consideration!

We're only talking about Campaign 2 here- not post-canon one shots or C3 episodes featuring the Nein

Depending on how many responses I get, the top few will be put in a poll on this website to come to a final conclusion.

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I am STRESSED where IS everyone why are there NO PEOPLE this is giving me the vibes of the dying world in The Magician's Nephew and it is setting off ALARM BELLS

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I have to say, it felt very apropos that the first time Caleb ever succeeded on a Wisdom save after killing a humanoid with fire was after killing Wohn in the Sour Nest. This mission is personal to Caleb in a way the other moments weren't. Those initial missions were jobs that were helpful to him but he had no particular emotional attachment to anyone involved. Whereas here, his primary goal is to save Yasha, Fjord, and Jester, and he is remarkably focused on that goal, to the point of really stepping up and directing the others. He's keeping very focused and present on saving the three kidnapped, so it makes sense that that determination would help him push through the horror of killing another person with fire.

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Oh my god these dorks, it’s the elemental opening joke in order. Fire first, then water, then earth (represented by the vines), and then air/light (stars).

New profile pic/logo design on all CR Socials.

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Geez, Keg's line of "The shit about meeting people that are actually kind is that you realize what a fucking nightmare your life's been before" is such an apt sum-up of the Nein's journeys it feels like a gut punch in the best way.

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I started these drawings in 2022, but I got frustrated with part two and took a break, but then completely forgot about it lol. A couple of weeks ago I came across a wip I posted back then and what better time to complete it, now that Nein Again is going on!

Close ups under he cut!

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Converging Fury rarely gets listed as a favorite episode in the fandom, but I genuinely think it's one of the best in CR's roster. The sheer amount of character development power-lifting it does for Beau, Caleb, Nott, and even for the guests is incredible, and the grace with which it handles Molly's death and this very dark section of the story is impressive, given this was the first time they ever had to deal with a lasting PC death that didn't occur at the end of the campaign and with subject matter and stakes this personally grim. The imagery and tone of this episode feel so iconic, and kudos especially to Sumalee Montano, who was new to DnD and who couldn't have come into this game at a more fraught time in the narrative, and yet she knocked it out of the park. Nila's entrance and her words at Molly's grave side are tattooed forever on my brain and she'll always be a top 3 guest for that reason.

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Honestly, my excitement about the C4 announcement started off pretty muted, but the more I think about it the more excited I am. In a way it reminds me of back in 2019 when the Kickstarter for the cartoon came out and also when they started producing a wider variety of shows, but much bigger; like a culmination of stuff that's been happening for awhile but now I can properly see the road it's building. CR has stated in the past that their intent for the future has been to build this ship to sail under new storytellers one day, to invite more people in rather than keeping things closed circle. They've certainly made steps toward that with their mini series like Candela Obscura and Thresher, but now this feels like the big leap that affirms that it won't always just be side content. It makes sense to lead with Brennan given his experience and how much the general audience loves him, making him a very safe first outing, but I have little doubt they're willing to open up the big GM chair for all sorts of folk in the future. Just thinking about how we'll get to meet so many more people like Robbie who broke through and became just as beloved as the OG cast, seeing new stories and perspectives and worlds, while we still get to keep Exandria and the stories we already love via occasional visits and the cartoons, it feels like we're on the verge of an awesome new era.

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i miss them and their friendship everyday

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yeah, that's exactly Fjord, Caduceus, and Beau

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So has this been done yet

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A perfect cup of tea

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Some air of doom must have been hanging about the studio when c2e26 aired because they couldn’t have thrown up more death flags if this had been a written show.

- Molly declaring that nothing good would happen and this would be a cursed trip.

- The cute little moment where Molly does a mediocre card trick for that little boy, which is honestly one of his softest gestures as a character.

- Molly generally taking the lead on keeping them moving and making decisions while the other three are kind of squabbling and butting heads about it, which, since he’s the one that goes down, implies that the only members of the M9 left are the most dysfunctional and least likely to pull through this.

- Similarly, Nott obviously asked Keg if she could heal since they didn’t have any anymore, which also underlines how precarious their situation is.

- Molly and Beau going on watch and having one last, poignant conversation after a majority of their relationship was spent butting heads.

Truly wild how perfectly it went down; not tied into anyone’s backstories, not some climax to a grand arc they could feel coming, just that freaky serendipity C2 apparently just had in spades.