OK, but I love that Essek might be appearing in the Mighty Nein series before he meets the Nein! It's not just me wanting More Essek (though I do) or wanting to see more of what was going on with his dealings with the Assembly (which I also do). I think this could be super fucking interesting from a narrative construction standpoint.
Because I cannot see how you can include Essek from early in the series and not make it clear to the audience that he's the Dynasty traitor loooong before the Nein find out. Essek having stolen the beacons will not be a surprise. It looks to me like the cast are swapping out surprise for a fuckton of suspense. (Suspense vs surprise was explained to me when I was studying narrative structure as 'surprise is when a bomb goes off that the audience didn't know was there. Suspense is when they see the bomb being placed and have to sit there begging the characters to realise it's there.' In this analogy, Essek is the bomb.)
When we watched C2, the question was is Essek the traitor? In the M9 show, the question for new watchers will be when will the Nein realise that Essek is the traitor? When Essek meets the Nein, the countdown starts ticking; people will know that he is a danger. He is manipulating them. He is going to hurt them. Will the Nein realise before it's too late? But then Essek starts really befriending them, showing more of his loneliness and vulnerability, and... I think the mood will shift. Oh, shit, he really cares about them, doesn't he? What will the Nein do if they find out? Do I even want them to find out? What if they reject him and it makes him worse? He can't keep this up much longer, this is unbearable, they're going to find out - OH FUCK THEY'RE FINDING OUT -
It's such a fascinating choice and I think it goes to show that adaptation is an art form in itself! The actual events in the world will be the same, or at least very similar, but a new format means you can show those events in a totally new way and create a completely different tone! Narrative structure is the fucking coolest! I'm so excited for this show!
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ooh amazing!! this one is genuinely so me
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it's great :DDD
me: :33
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This is a suuuuper cool way to do a picrew, love it
Thanks for the tag!! :3
No pressure tags: @28ratsinatrenchcoat @apollos-constant-crisis @forffax @acleverforgery @willowbeewilbur @unexaltedonewhoisnotking @vessilin
Y'ALLL this one is great!
Play this picrew and then reblog and show your inner demon! Here's mine
Gonna tag the moots and get em to play
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attend the tale of dangerous nathaniel
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D&D Quotes Out of Context, sessions 9-10
- "Oh shit I'm a triangle"
- "I'm the biggest and strongest one here" - 12 year old character who is definitely not that
- (after a big battle, about a character in a wheelchair) "Can skyla walk?" "well she wasn’t able to walk before the battle either"
- "WHO'S [one of the players’ names]?? WHO'S THE OTHER MAN???"
- “Can we tie Organ to the roof of the car using the team bonding sweater?"
- "Is there anything i can do to repay you...? I have no money i've been in jail"
- *thirty solid seconds of an NPC trying to hand a child NPC a walkie talkie while in the bathroom*
- "It's a found family but the family is very dysfunctional"
- "She was a fairy" As the Aasimar transforms for the first time
- "if you don't change your behavior-" "i will shoot you with my lightning bolt"
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OBVIOUSLY being a forever DM would mean I’ve gotten quite good at improv. I just didn’t realize it until, due to procrastination, my group in theatre class improvised two scenes out of four we were supposed to have written and they were both miles better and funnier than the two that were scripted. And I played the villain redeemed through compassion in both.
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"Yesterday's prude girls are tomorrow's gross girls." - MRFC
[Kickstarter]
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Episode 3 has fully solidified Joanne as my favorite contestant this series. Juicy the Wet Baby killed me
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everyone make sure to set out cheese & crackers for neil tonight <3
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the moment brennan pulled out the real exam questions every dnd player started praying to every god in the universe that their dm wouldn’t find out and do this, and every dm took down a little note
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happy My Party Killed A Big Boss By Hitting Him With An Exploding Helicopter day!
This will become an annual event as it has topped my previous favorite way of a party killing a boss (though this one was the bbeg): stunning him and pushing him down a slide of frozen water, then curling (like the sport) him into Tiamat’s open mouth.
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Omg I should put the eclipse with some weird magic effects in the campaign. Much to think about…..
unfortunately no eclipse photography can ever outdo the waffle house one from 2017
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absolutely love this post on the broadway subreddit
and my favourite comment:
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WE’RE GETTING THE SHIRTS
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Whether you've been doing Art Fight since the site's inception or are just starting out, we can't wait to see you this year!
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* i know fantasy races aren't a thing exclusive to dungeon meshi, but here im considering specifically the world and lore of dunmeshi, think of it as their dunmeshi sona
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