no mercy, only frogs

Remember when joining fandom as a younger person meant lurking for a bit and figuring out the vibe and etiquette instead of coming in on day one and calling people weirdos for liking weirdo shit in the weirdo factory.

Unsure if I’ve said it yet but I am so thrilled at Sam is taking another stab at playing a character grappling with faith and religion, because FCG and Braius had some solid ideas in that regard but Campaign 3 being what is was, those ideas didn’t really get to blossom like they ought to have. So I’m super happy that he’s getting another opportunity to explore those themes, and my god, is it fascinating to watch unfold.

truly I am getting everything I hoped for from Cleo/Dot starting from way back in S1, which is that they would not blithely shed their burdens and drives and sail into the sunset on a cloud of cotton candy, nor fall into an uncomplicated dark pit of pure tragedy, but instead be drastically and irrevocably changed by their journey and have to navigate what this means for themselves and their connection to each other

something to be said for the way nott clearly begins to rely on alcohol more and more after reuniting with yeza. it gets to the point that the whole party has noticed and start making comments about getting her to drink less (all of which culminates in jester taking her flask), but it feels very important that this happened right after she had the "what is wrong with me? i just ditched me husband to go adventuring with you!" conversation with caleb. her reliance on booze skyrockets as she's trying to figure out what the fuck she's doing and how she can be yeza's wife and luc's mother and nott the brave of the mighty nein and if she can ever even become herself again

I do keep thinking about "we will have undone the damage of our last attempt," which is heavily implied to have been the necrotic strike into Faerie in a failed attempt to undo the curse of Azgra on Gavzidra. Like, the ritual's goal is liberation, but is it going to crack open the doors to faerie too? Because thinking about it narratively I think there's a lot to do if House Royce is presumably an ended line, but suddenly Aranessa becomes one of the most powerful people in the world again, and the fae are suddenly much more powerful and safe.