Fifteen things I noted about CR2E137 “Welcome to Cognouza” and the Talks Machina about it :
oh they are giddy this episode, from the start
I love the Astral Sea, the image of black void and stars and weird things floating, and you can voyage through it quicker if you're more intelligent
Jester, to Sheepleb, basically : "Caleb ! Just stop being a sheep !". And then there's the Caduceus way : he just hits the sheep, and it's enough to restore Caleb
Laura, very real about Jester's healing abilities : "I don't have Prayer of Healing prepared, 'cause... let's be honest..."
Side note, in any media, every time someone says "going through the motions", I have in my head the corresponding song from the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THIS IS HORRIBLE, thank god I've watched Hannibal before and my brain is kinda adjusting to the body horror levels
"before the others know" ? I was like, 'wait, aren't they a hive mind ???' but... yeah, the Somnovem seem to have pushed together uncomfortably, they are a hive mind who does not want to be. Incredible that in just a scene, Matt has shown that : the Nine Eyes each have a name, and... hate the others (?)
Matt, about the gravity : "No, you can feel the tug of it"... Laura, immediately : *snickers like a 12 years old*. Travis, her delighted and devoted husband : "Laura, come on !"
I noted a very nice reference to Travis Willingham's Yeehaw Game Ranch, the song of Dra'kar Noir
Oh no !! BeauYasha are being mind-controlled and are attacking each other, AGAIN.
The immediate regret on Ashley's face after she jokingly said Yasha was "super into tentacles". ICONIC. (bonus Beau : "We'll explore later")
Yesssss I'm so happy, I made the same connections as the cast ! I am French and I have done Latin and I have listened to Taliesin and Sam's hypothesis about the "Somnovem" name. Each eye of the Somnovem seems to be some kind of emotion or feeling, but bigger and exagerated, and the names are rooted in Latin, like the French words : l'ire, le timoré, le coupable, le fastidieux, la merveille...
If there's ever a shirt where we see Sprinkle with the words "I want to die among the stars", I would buy it SO FAST
Tonight, on Talks, Sam is answering questions from his home bicycle, while doing it... Just like he said he would before. The amazing thing is : the answers are good !
Laura reveals that sometimes Travis does the Sprinkle voice at home, and I am delighted by this fact, I don't know why.
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137 Shadowgast interactions went a little like this....
Essek: *casts firebolt*
Essek: do you think that's hot?
Caleb: oh you sweet summer child
Caleb: *casts web of fire*
Essek: but i am smarter than you
Caleb: damn, that's hot
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... the Somnovem can't sense Lucien because he put on Vess Derogna's anti-scrying amulet after he split up with Cree.
He doesn't want the Somnovem to know what he's doing
He wants the M9 there because they're a big bright noisy chaotic distraction pulling the Somnovem's attention away from him
I think that Lucien is genuine in his belief that whatever he has planned will help - himself, and the poor screaming Aeorans that the Somnovem trapped with them
of course Lucien is very arrogant and sure that he knows what is best
and the Chained Oblivion is very good at twisting good intentions to its service
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Holy mother of all that is Matthew Mercer's vocal chords
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