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I also think thats why Jester grew so rapidly, while Essek stagnated for years on end. Jester was out there busting her gut to forge the peer to peer relationships she needed to grow. Essek needed Jester to steamroll her way into his life just for him to even register that he was missing that connection with people his own [developmental] age.

The contrast between Essek’s internal monologue and his own processing of his thoughts, which is so rigid and intellectual vs what he is actually doing physically, (shaking a like a purse dog, hyperventilating and pacing obsessively) is so brilliant. He passively acknowledges what his body is doing, but he doesn’t process it, he just notes what’s occurring and moves on with his research and reflection and theorizing and planning so fast YOU almost don’t note it. You almost don’t realize how unreliable his narration is until you take the facts as he reports them and start painting a physical picture of the scene. He’s so in denial about everything, his reality is so detached from his perception and that’s reflected by the incongruity between his mindset and his physical state.

He flagellates himself for betraying Adeen and two paragraphs later justifies his actions. Dani Carr did an absolutely FANTASTIC job with this character study and there’s honestly no one else I’d trust to write Essek in this format but her. What a delight :)

The contrast between Essek’s internal monologue and his own processing of his thoughts, which is so rigid and intellectual vs what he is actually doing physically, (shaking a like a purse dog, hyperventilating and pacing obsessively) is so brilliant. He passively acknowledges what his body is doing, but he doesn’t process it, he just notes what’s occurring and moves on with his research and reflection and theorizing and planning so fast YOU almost don’t note it. You almost don’t realize how unreliable his narration is until you take the facts as he reports them and start painting a physical picture of the scene. He’s so in denial about everything, his reality is so detached from his perception and that’s reflected by the incongruity between his mindset and his physical state.

He flagellates himself for betraying Adeen and two paragraphs later justifies his actions. Dani Carr did an absolutely FANTASTIC job with this character study and there’s honestly no one else I’d trust to write Essek in this format but her. What a delight :)

essek(s)

they saw you across the happy fun ball and neither likes your vibe

...But the truth is that nothing can truly prepare anyone for just how Freak4Freak the Mighty Nein/Essek were for eachother in the campaign. Like seriously these people were incapable of acting normally around anyone; thankfully it turns out the best way to win over a weird antisocial loner who is secretly trying to kill you, is just to be total freaks about the whole situation. Weird little evil freaks cannot resist the magnetic pull of a full freak friend group!

Regardless, I love how much their stories align, and it’s very clear from the early animated series episodes that they’re going to continue that foil even more :)

Essek Thelyss: Myself

Cause I thought he was cute before this, but damn. DAMN. Hello sir. You look very good as a Scottish pirate king. You SOUND very good as a Scottish pirate king. You should play him in the show.

Here's the shadowgast half of what was promised.

im late to the party but essek and caleb in their projekt funball fits!!

The Plank King and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day