alignment: frog

sorry for always complaining about riz discourse. i just like riz very much but i cannot even enjoy him because the fans are all fucking insane. imagine how tired i am

i always thought this take was stupid but fantasy high fans really do make me understand when the ace discoursers argued that talking about asexuality with teenagers is homophobic. i could elaborate on this if i wanted to get death threats from 17 year olds

the absolute one-two punch of jake saying “bi-winning” and not knowing what labubus are

i have a theory that murph characters are often so well-loved because they can never totally escape from the fundamental murph impulse to be a helpful player and solve the mystery, so his characters often wander into being the party’s moral center. even when he’s playing someone like jens to be as unlikable and toxic as possible, part of him simply needs to do things Properly and that is a really charming quality when it surfaces in his characters.

every time someone goes down in an actual play there’s some big brained reddit user going “uhhh why did the dm pull their punches??? they should have KILLED this pc for STAKES” idk would that be fun for you? do you think it’s impressive or hard for a dm to kill their pcs?

obviously i’m naddpilled (naddpod pilled) but when i see snarky comments about how actual play dms don’t give worthwhile advice for home games, i’m like… idk dude naddpod has been so helpful for me. dungeon court obviously is great and they often discuss the difference between an edited actual play show and a home game! and furthermore i really appreciate how the short rests get into challenges from session to session — they are all improvisers, but similar to how jake learning d&d on the podcast makes campaign 1 more accessible, caldwell/emily/jake have all started dming on the show and i’ve absorbed so much from listening to them talk about their experiences. it’s something i really love about trinyvale in particular; caldwell is learning how to dm as he goes, and it’s become a running joke that the triplets are overpowered because they have all this wildly unbalanced stuff, but at the same time? it’s really fun!! and imo one of the things that makes dming so emotionally taxing (for me) is the constant anxiety of trying to do everything perfectly from the beginning. and naddpod + dungeon court is genuinely very good at reminding me that all of those little mistakes and underwhelming moments and unused plans don’t matter half as much as having an enjoyable experience with your friends.

alienating a vast majority of the dgs fandom by being a mikotoba hater. imagine putting a deadbeat dad on your father’s day art…

every intrepid heroes season i am reminded of how much fun the intrepid heroes dynamic is. and then i am also reminded how fucking insufferable d20 fans have become especially on this platform

it’s been a minute but i am alive!!! skaldova!!!!! trinyvale triplets in strahd!!!!!!!! intrepid heroes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can’t believe naddpod predicted the rehearsal s2e3 (young sully)

caldwell’s gunk drawing. dare i say great minds think alike