in the cave where they find the umbrastaff, clint is trying out character voices and does one as he says he's going to check out the staff, to which justin replies (as taako) "no, that won't do"

and then when lup is freed at the very end of the campaign, griffin narrates her thinking "no, that won't do" wrt merle getting the umbrastaff

Graphic Novel!Taako, during Cycle 91:

But like... even if this wasn't about Blupjeans! This would be a batshit thing for Taako to say about any member of the crew in Cycle 91! The GN tells us that the crew is "a family" during narration, and yet dialogue shows this shit. Taako needs to have strong bonds with everybody else this late in the game, because that's what makes his regression post-memory loss so juicy.

[ID: 3 panel comic of Lup, an elven woman with a slight build, freckles, and thick, curly hair. In the first panel she looks intimidating, standing with flame magic emitting from the hands at he sides. She asks, “are you the one who’s been hurting my brother?” Second panel shows Edward, a male elf with short hair and wearing a heavy robe. He is looking up at Lup from within the umbrastaff, a look of fear in his eyes. He asks, “Am I—where are we?” Third panel is a close up of Lup’s face, the left eye focused, and the right eye a brilliant white, with a shot of white hot flame shouting. Over the flame ate the words, “I’m going to fucking kill you now. End ID]