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kristen weird reverse ladder climbing down from the wall with her immovable pull-up bar vs kristen trying to use a ribbon to fly and falling out of the tower vs margaret encino falling out of the camera nest to use call to the guards for barry. ally beardsley you have ONE move.

#d20 fhjy #d20 fhsy #d20 stody

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i know everyone was so sad about trackerbees breaking up this season but i genuinely think kristen was leaning on tracker so much and not dealing with unresolved trauma from her childhood

at the beginning of the season we see how sad she is about the breakup, we see her move on but shes still sad and obviously now trying to deal with leaving the heliotic church and leaving her family behind for her happiness

ep 9-11 i think have really showed how kristen is dealing and growing and im so so proud of her

i curse ally beardsley and their dumb little traumatized character that i will never stop thinking abt

#d20 fhjy

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only 90s kids remember the boy wizard and his frog pal

#naddpod

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fabian asks gorgug if he wants help with the purple worm and gorgug confidently answers he thinks he can take it this turn so fabian switches to the pentacorn.... they're so good at communicating now and their confidence and teamwork and collaboration have come so far since freshman year... bill seacaster would be so proud of them.....

#d20 fhjy

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I am once again thinking about digging holes

It's so fucked up that digging a bunch of holes works so well at reversing desertification

I hate that so much discourse into fighting climate change is talking about bioenginerring a special kind of seaweed that removes microplastics or whatever other venture-capital-viable startup idea when we have known for forever about shit like digging crescent shaped holes to catch rainwater and turning barren land hospitable

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I feel like we, as a society, are sleeping on how funny Sklonda Gukgak is as a character. yes, yes, she's amazing and heartbreaking and I would die for her. we all know it. let's talk about how she is objectively fucking hilarious.

she's a single mom. she instituted a minimum four hour nightly sleep for her son, completely ignoring the fact that her son got his sleep and coffee habits from her. she took a hard left from police work into public defense, but kept her gun and goes to active crime scenes with her son and his friend. they mentioned one (1) time that she was dating a devil who is easily ten times the size of her entire body. this fact is never brought up again. she loves her son's friends, but does not like or trust any of them. despite this, she 100% went on vacation with them and all their parents. she laments her son's relentless and self-destructive work ethic right before conking out on the kitchen table at 3am. she helped her kid eat a dragon.

this woman is as feral as they come. she's hilarious. I adore her. 11/10, Brennan. no notes.

#d20 fhjy #parent polycule

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i love riz gukgak because hes a little cunt but is also kind and gentle at heart and i love gorgug thistlespring because he is kind and gentle at heart but is also a little cunt

#d20 fhjy

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guillermo del toro’s pinocchio is a beautiful film but my god no one has adapted that story like neverafter. you can never look at it the same way again after listening to lou wilson, a black man, explaining that he chose to play as pinocchio because it’s a story about a little boy who isn’t allowed to make mistakes. that in pinocchio's story, he is fundamentally barred from childhood at once upon a time. he must earn something that everyone else is granted from birth. the other boys get to tell lies and play and get into trouble, but when pinocchio does the same thing there are grave and violent consequences. his pinocchio is trying to understand why the world is so unfair, why the rules are so different for him, why everyone else gets to be a real boy.

and I think about it every day.

#d20 neverafter

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It's so funny that the intrepid heroes kept telling Zac to "just crit dude" in NeverAfter and ever since he's been critting unstoppably for two seasons straight now

#d20 fhjy

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I'm sorry but the bad kids going to the forest of the nightmare king with just an extra classmate and one of the member's mom vs the rat grinders only going to the mountains of chaos but a teacher having to go with them because otherwise it would be too hard made me giggle

#d20 fhjy

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Really into the fact that Zac Oyama cannot resist becoming a little sassy. He WILL start as a clueless Himbo and he WILL end up throwing shade in the most deadpan way. It's the Lapin we never got, it's all of Pib, it's S2 Ricky Matsui, it's Squing. He's absolutely delivering with the bits and TRUST that I'm eating it up. Junior year is truly his season.

#are you my dad??? #he's still playing a cat #d20 fhjy #his brand completely shifted from to and i love that for him

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Ok here's an updated timeline of the Rat Grinders based on the new info we got this episode:

Freshman Year

On the first day of classes Kipperlily and the others meet and form their adventuring party. Kipperlily comes up with the name the High Five Heroes.

Kipperlily excels academically, but the High Five Heroes only go on easier adventures, presumably to ensure they will succeed rather than fail at something challenging.

Ruben is primarily an acoustic/soft rock musician.

Kipperlily begins to have childish rage and resentment towards Riz and the other Bad Kids, which start out petty but gradually grow in intensity over the next couple years.

Sophomore Year

An increase in hostility, one of the first meetings Kipperlily has this year is being jealous that Riz's dad was killed by Kalvaxus, that if a person has suffered immense magical hardship it is an unfair advantage in adventuring.

Kipperlily tries to find evidence of conspiracy with her parents and is enraged that they are boring.

A week after spring break the High Five Heroes go on their first quest to the mountains of chaos, chaperoned by Jace Stardiamond.

After this, the High Five Heroes seem to undergo a shift where their rage is amplified. Kipperlily's counselor files become much more venomous towards the Bad Kids, Ruben shifts to emo music, etc.

At some point after this Ivy and Oisin propose changing the name to the Rat Grinders. Kipperlily opposes this and Lucy is on her side, but Ruben votes against her because it makes her upset and Mary Ann also votes against her but doesn't explain her reasoning.

A piece of paperwork is submitted for Lucy to change her god, but another piece of paperwork is filed afterwards rescinding that application, presumably by Lucy herself changing her mind.

Towards the end of the year, after grades are finalized but before classes are over thus avoiding the pass/fail penalty, Lucy dies in the far haven woods near Aguefort. Presumably, she could have been resurrected in service of this unnamed rage god, but chose not to. She "stuck to her guns".

Kipperlily's rage towards the Bad Kids has transitioned from childish to venomous, she "hates them".

Junior Year

At some point between the end of Sophomore year and the beginning of Junior year, the Rat Grinders specifically request Buddy Dawn join their party as a cleric.

At 8:01 am, the first day of classes, Kipperlily goes to Ashgrove to dig up the rogue teacher's grave, thus forcing her to reveal herself and granting Kipperlily a pass for all her rogue classes for the year. Presumably she was aware of the rogue teacher's grave beforehand (information only available in Arthur Aguefort's office) but waited until the start of Junior year so she could pass all her classes for the year.

Kipperlily announces her bid to run for student council president, with a platform based on equity, equanimity, and fairness.

Kipperlily asks Jawbone about the creation of Yes! and the events of prompocalypse

Her counselor notes become extremely enraged, with her straight up wanting to kill Kristin and being angry that she can't get to her thanks to Fig's protection.

Oisin, Ivy, and Buddy are seen at Fabian's house party during the first week of classes. Kipperlily is not seen but is possibly there invisible. The Bad Kids are asked to do drugs but decline. That same night, mephits steal part of a cloud rider engine kept in Seacaster Manor.

At the school assembly the following day Principal Grix reveals he was notified of students doing drugs off campus, meaning its possible the Rat Grinders tipped him off in an attempt to get the Bad Kids in trouble.

Ruben performs presumably some kind of ritual at the Frosty Fair Folk festival, with the other Rat Grinders conspicuously absent. Simultaneously, Yolanda Badgood falls dead in the same place where Lucy Frostblade died, after Yolanda had been made aware of Lucy's change in god and was investigating it. Yolanda also refuses to be resurrected in service of the rage god.

The Rat Grinders are seen at the assembly addressing Yolanda's death and how all clerics would be moved to pass/fail. Most look bored, Mary Ann isn't paying attention, and Buddy is unconcerned.

Kipperlily and Oisin get caught trying to sabotage the Bad Kids' Last Stand exam, and Kipperlily kills Buddy. Ten minutes after the Bad Kids plane shift away, Buddy is revived by an unknown figure and he pledges his allegiance to the rage god.

Now the Rat Grinders are scheduled for another trip to the Mountains of Chaos and are on complete lockdown, hiding all of them from Adaine's divination magic.

#D20 fhjy

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MAXIMUM. FUCKING. LEGENDS.

#d20 fhjy #LET THEM PLAY HIGH LEVEL CHARACTERS PLEASE #NO MORE STARTING A CAMPAIGN AT LIKE 1ST OR 3RD LEVEL !!

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finding out that people either choose to be consumed by the rage god or die makes lucy frostblade all the more tragic to me. like jesus this kid had to decide between the fire that warmed her in the dark and death and she chose to die.

#d20 fhjy #mecore #im also in between potent anger and all consuming sadness constantly

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The photosynthikids!! I’ve been rewatching freshman year because I physically cannot wait for the new jy ep to release… It’s so fun to see the evolution of their designs as they get older!!!

#baby kristen and adaine #d20 fhjy

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having 3 seasons of fantasy high is such a gift because the bad kids are so in tune with each other now

Kristen was unfairly expelled? ok looks like we're all going to go murder Bobby Dawn for you

Fig wrote an epic new anarchy ballad? we're all going to contribute to recording this absolutely banger

Adaine doesn't notice the cute guy checking her out? no worries we got you

the bad kids move as one. they are more than an adventuring party they're a family and I love them

#i also just #need them playing high level characters more often #let them try new spells #like the last stand was so epic for a reason #i cant deal with like the same 20 spells for another 4 seasons #d20 fhjy

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fight fight fight fight!!!

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