#cr2e89

The return of Gail !! I love Gail so much.

Beau : "I have a list of things that I would like to research, but I don't want to Caleb this, either." (Liam salutes) (I'm so happy, I love that joke in Community where they use Britta's name as a verb)

Ok so wait, let me get this straight : there is 3 beacons ?? One was in Zadash and was stolen back by the Kryn soldier and then stolen by the Mighty Nein and then given back to the Dynasty. One was in Felderwin being studied on by Yeza, and the whereabouts of this beacon are unkown. One was really discovered a few weeks back in Pride's Call. So... the Assembly is giving a beacon back, knowing full well they have another one in advance ???? THOSE FUCKERS !! THIS IS THE CATCH !!

Beau : "That fucking chair !..." Travis, jokingly : "Can we scry that chair, do we know where it is now ?" Matt : "You can scry the location..." Sam, entering the joke : "It has to be on the same plane of existence, though. What if it's in... the chair dimension ?" Taliesin, quietly, making the greatest pun I've ever heard this campaign : "The Ottoman Empire."

Jester, to Beau : "Are you avoiding me ?" Beau : "No !" Jester : "Because we've been here and I haven't hardly seen you at all and I think I know why." Me and Sam and the rest of the world, seeing romantic angst likes sharks see blood in the water : "ooooooooohhh here we FUCKING GO"

That conversation was like : fear of your crush discovering the crush you have on her ! angst ! angry flute noise from Caduceus in the corner ! more angst ! I've been syping on your dad and catfishing him !! Molly was a god ! Molly was NOT a god ! Here have some tarot cards ! angry flute noise !!

Oh man the scene with Astrid. No words, just feelings. Also for some reason, the detail that stayed with me was the fact that Caleb is responsible for one of her burnt scars...

Sam and Laura were hoping for some BONING (their faces !!)

I love the minor crisis that happened every once in a while on the background of some other scenes, whether it be Marisha and Liam discussing, Sam and Laura doodling and giggling, etc. etc. This time, Laura realizes that one of the stones of her ring is gone ! She pouts in the most adorable way at Travis.

Wait, the Wildmother is a lesbian ???????? ... in retrospect of course she is.

"Is the Traveler a fuckboi" LIAM !! This line made me laugh so much I probably scared my neighbours. Bonus point for Matt quietly saying "Eat your heart out, Zeus !"

Beau destroyed her opponent, Fjord got destroyed by his opponent. AND YASHA DESTROYED OUR HEARTS.

Like the moment Ashley looked at Matt and said she wasn't going to rage, I knew something was up. There was an intent there, that was clear. Near the end, I somehow thought 'maybe now she will rage !' but no, and I admire Ashley so much. Bold choices makes for a great moment. Sometimes it's not about winning. Sometimes it's about doing a great scene. Like Liam said, "Ashley Johnson, you crazy motherfucker"

Anyway, the point is Marisha is amazing. Like, as I’m still watching this fight, even in the end it seems like Laura doesn’t quite get it. Like she understands what Ashley’s doing, obviously, but is still kind of shaking her head. Marisha however, looks like she’s already thinking about the implications moving forward of Yasha being in this mindset and how they’re gonna deal with it.

God we needed a few breather episodes so very badly.

Jester I love you but second-hand embarrassment is my kryptonite, I can barely watch this, blease stop. (except for Kiri, I am very glad she’s ok.)

I’m weirdly glad Beau is still willing to put up enough of a boundrey to let Jester know when she’s crossed one. Cause that was a bad and inappropriate thing that she did by messaging Thureau, but I was afraid. I see this interesting tendancy to infantalize Jester to the point of not respecting her adult ability to process emotions and boundaries, and smoothing things over too much for her. But Beau didn’t do that, which is nice.

Caleb and Astrid are gonna break my heart. I’m still not a fan of the dropped-accent-in-native-tounge thing, because it reads too much as a different character to me. But the content of the convo? Beautiful. Heartbreaking. I hope they can find a bit more common ground some day. Astrid has so many more years of fucked up experiences and horrible things she done that Caleb does, and they fundamentally disagree about life right now. It’s fascinating how emotionally close they were still finding themselves. You’d think there’d be more tension, but they just sort of fell right back into step!

Darrow! what a neat NPC to bring back. Matt discussed it in the Talks for this episode, but I really love all the little ways he finds to make the world the characters move through come to life.

Yasha, Who just came out of months of possession where she was awake but had no conscience control of her body: “No”

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