it's a podcast

I forgot how much Griffin telegraphs the big twist in Balance. He straight up says "oh yeah you could hide stuff from people who've been inoculated if there was a second voidfish" at one point. Lukas brings it up when he's arguing with Yohan about the voidfish too. Plus anyone knowledgeable enough about music could figure out EGG BABE and we first hear that pretty early on. I've never really interacted with the TAZ fandom and I listened long after Balance ended but I imagine there must have been a good amount of people who figured out there was a second voidfish way before the reveal. I kinda love that honestly, I enjoy a figure out-able twist. Not that I ever figure them out but I love going back and being like oh yeah this was so obvious in retrospect.

Friendly reminder that you can download ALL of the TAZ music completely for free (or via donation of your choice) on Griffin's Bandcamp. And have them forever. You can even add them to Spotify playlists if you use Spotify. You can listen to them while you read the graphic novels, if you like background music for your reading. Or just as delightful background music in general. Or active music. Whatever. They're right there.

i feel like a lot of people see it as a flaw in storytelling when an actor's personality bleeds into or eclipses the typical characterization of their character but personally i think one of the funniest things abt taako adventurezone is that he is sometimes temporarily possessed by a deeply socially anxious nearing middle aged suburban father . its a core component of the character that i feel cannot be ignored

i am a slut for "thing that was a silly joke in the beginning of the story is later recontextualized as actually kind of fucked up" . especially when its a longrunning series and you can tell its a product of the author re-assessing the writing of their younger self. chefs kiss.

The Adventure Zone revealing why Davenport can only say his own name

[image: an illustration of Taako, an elf with bronze skin. He’s seated in a leaned-back position with one leg pulled up to his chest. He has very long ears and blonde curly hair that’s pulled back. He’s wearing a wide-brimmed wizard’s hat with a galaxy pattern on the inside brim, a red cape, white jacket, tight green pants and knee-high heeled boots. He’s holding an umbrella with the same galaxy pattern.]