AHHH. MINOTAURS. ALCOHOL. MOTHERHOOD.

Me doing my morning affirmations: There was no dancing. There was NO laughter. There. Was. No. Limbo. You were scared the entire time. The threats will haunt you to the end of your days.

Had a day at work that included a pretty large amount of blood in a job that should include absolutely no blood, so no critical role for me tonight.

I love the fairy tale vibe Brennan has put into Araman, in fact it might be one of my favorite ever uses of a “fairy tale vibe” (which is admittedly a very broad category). I think this is because a lot of fantasy that tries to use a fairy tale vibe doesn’t take fairy tales seriously in the first place. They feel fairy tales must be subverted or darkened or in some way changed to be used as inspiration. But Brennan clearly takes fairy tales seriously, he not only respects their tropes and forms, but respects their stance as a serious genre of story. Fairy tales served a serious social function, and Brennan includes their themes and tropes just as seriously as he includes the other themes and tropes, not devaluing them in the face of say, political intrigue. Obviously this is not a direct fairy tale adaptation, but he takes creatures and tropes and themes from fairy tales and uses them in a way that I think is far more true to fairy tales than most direct adaptations.

Julien is such an excellent PC and Matt is such an excellent player, I think because after years being hard locked as a DM, he views his character as an element of the larger story more so than many other players do. Players don’t often want to make the “bad choice” because they care about their PC and care about the story turning out okay, and obviously Matt cares about those things too, but he consistently makes choices for Julien that add interest to the overarching narrative, and those are often “bad” choices. Those “bad” choices are often what a DM needs to make a really complex and compelling story, and Matt designed a character who is not only likely make those choices, but follows through and actually does make them, while also not making bad choices for the sake of making them.

RIP Teor but I’m also sooooo excited to see what Travis will do with a mid campaign character. Because of the party’s size and the scope of the story, there are so many different niches for a new character to fit into, and I just know Travis is gonna do something fantastic with the opportunity.

We’ve observed that every time a cast member has a baby, a character dies. Therefore I’d like to posit the theory that if a cast member dies, a PC will be brought back to life. I suggest we test this theory by letting Sam kill someone during an ad read.

Oftentimes twincest is an invention purely of the fandom, but right now the twincest is writing itself. I’m sure someone will be having fun on Ao3 tonight.

Wick is such a special little grandson that he can stand there silently, glass of wine in hand, and listen to the villains infodump the plot for him.

I do hate those freaky twins but I’ve gotta admit, turning mortal souls into bolts of fabric darker than shadow is kind of a sick gimmick. I’d get a little weird with it if I could do that too.

Kattigan and Tyranny are having a beautiful heart to heart in the front room, meanwhile Bolaire is bulling some heeeere’s Johnny shit in the back room.