#gorgug really said

[sincerelyhannibal]

#gorgug really said #im uncomfortable with the energy your face is creating #love that #dimension 20 #d20 #brennan lee mulligan #d20 fantasy high #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy

[littlebitofdnd]

Sandra-Lynn and Sklonda are having a "What Do We Do About Kristen" phone call as we speak

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #brennan lee mulligan #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #d20 fantasy high #dimension 20 fhjy #d20 fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fhjy #sklonda gukgak #sandra lynn faeth #riz gukgak #fig faeth #kristen applebees #like kristen IS a good friend and she DOES appreciate riz and fig but she is a mess #like as mothers of two deeply troubled children it makes sense they're comcerned #if my daughter the self-sacrificing ticking time bomb said she was ignoring a CURSE because she was busy with her friend's campaign??? #or if my son needed me to pull over to take a nap because the SAME GIRL was stressing him out so much?? #i think because we live outside the universe and love kristen it's easy to forget #kristen went from being the 'good kid' that the bad kids corrupted to the bad influence that worries their mothers #thinking about ally saying that kristen this season is when chaos is no longer cute #speaking of which this scene did make me realize how little the Thistlesprings check up on gorgug #ik they're trying though so imma give them a pass #like kristen has NO proper guidance on how to enter adulthood #i GUESS jawbone but Jawbone isn't raising her so much as he is housing her #What Kristen REALLY needs is to have one singular adult want to be her parent #She doesn't HAVE a proper sandra lynn or sklonda checking in on her #she has her ex-girlfriend's uncle #if kristen had someone looking out for her we wouldn't BE in this situation

[scalpho]

when ragh told tracker he was gay and her immediate reaction was to turn to kristen and say "ragh and gorgug? ragh and fabian?". the way she already had gorgug and fabian filed away in her mind as boykissers. ragh introduced himself and the gay jock counter in tracker's mind palace didn't go from 0 to 1 it went from 2 to 3

#i think she shouldve completed the triad and said “gorgug and fabian?” too. just to really reinforce that she thinks theyre ALL gay #but i'm admittedly biased So. #dimension 20 #fantasy high sophomore year #fantasy high #ragh barkrock #fabian aramais seacaster #gorgug thistlespring #scal txt

[jadeinretrogrde]

fig and kristen this entire season of fantasy high

#brennan really said fuck around find out #dimension 20 fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #dimension 20 fantasy high junior year #d20 #figueroth faeth #fig faeth #d20 fantasy high junior year #d20 junior year #dimension 20 junior year #fantasy high #the bad kids #brennan lee mulligan #kristen applebees #riz gukgak #adaine abernant #gorgug thistlespring #fabian seacaster #kristen chilis applebees #dimension 20 memes

[haaam-guuuurl]

Okay, I just figured out why the ending of episode 2 bummed me out so much.

Seeing every character get home to bad news felt really demoralizing, in a way that was probably more than it deserved, because it is natural that stuff like high school couples breaking up, or wealth disparities and future questioning, or academic trouble, or parental or sibling absence, happens in adolescence, but I just realized that it felt like a gut punch because we didn't see any of it build up.

We have no idea what happened with Gorgug and Zelda, and since they were golden when we last saw them, it feels so weird for it to be implied that they break up. We've spent very little time at Aguefort, so Fig and Kristen's near expulsion is total news to us. We haven't accompanied Sklonda's career shift or even just that much of the Gukgak's home life, so we weren't expecting it to affect Riz's future like that. We didn't get to really see Aelwyn's life change post SY, so it was jarring to have her be gone already. Even Gilear and Hallariel, we've barely seen them actually be together, so for them to be engaged already felt very out of nowhere to me. I think if we'd gotten to see stuff progress to this point, it'd feel a lot more natural and not upsetting at all.

But then I realized, too, that this is exactly what the Bad Kids are feeling!! They're getting home after being gone all summer and realizing they've missed all this stuff, and it feels out of nowhere to them, too!! They're tired, surprised, and feeling like they're lacking key experiences, and now so are we! They made this in a way that it not only depicts typical high school experiences and opens up story opportunities for the new season, but it also puts the audience, emotionally, in the exact same place as the characters!

Brennan Lee Mulligan, you evil genius. I cannot wait for the rest of the season, I simply need to see how they get through this. My emotional well-being depends on it!!!

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #junior year #dropout #my posts #i still think introducing new npcs and getting rid of all of them in the same episodes is mean though #i've said it before and i'll say it again #watching this stuff as it comes out instead of binging is TORTURE #like really i am way too upset about zelda and gorgug breaking up #but i do think that if we'd gotten to actually see them grow apart or agree to break up or smt it'd be easier to accept #though i am still hoping to at least see aelwyn at some point this season 🤞🤞

[conschintz]

i'm finishing up sophomore year in between burrow's end episodes and as an ex-cult girlie with parents still in, the line "you are most unlike your mother and your father" hit me so hard that i had to lay in the dark for half an hour after i heard it

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high sophomore year #i actually felt physically sick #and then i was supposed to have a super secret dinner with my mama and she stood me up #(a bad move i know but i need to apologise for things i've said to her or i'll go insane) #and i'm not really surprised about it but OUCH #i haven't watched anymore yet because i don't know if i'll be able to handle adaine or gorgug's scenes #like genuinely

[hamletteprinceofdenmark]

Can we talk about how Brennan introduced the idea of NPC/PC romances by giving Gorgug a goth girlfriend and then a himbo boyfriend pretty much straight after?

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #dropout humor #gorgug thistlespring #he really said #you deserve it king #and he was right #have a polycule it's on the house

[certifiedwerewolf]

Isn't Riz like canonically aro/ace? Why are there so many fic shipping him with Fabian?

#i mean if i was going to ship riz with anyone it would be either fabian or fig #but iirc he's like explicitly said he's not interested in dating #also i would ship fabian and fig before i shipped either of them with riz either way #too bad they ended up being stepsiblings because brennan was too much of a coward to go for gilear/jawbone #or gilear/gorthalax #either of those ships would have made more sense than the fucking pair the spares hetfest that got thrown at us at the last minute of s1 #(yes i'm still bitter about that leave me alone) #by the way i don't have anything against fig/ayda that just feels more like teen dating to me which never feels permanent #and the dynamics that get the most focus are naturally between the player characters #so feeling more shippy vibes between them is just natural #anyway the only actual ship i have in fantasy high is ragh/gorgug #i'm holding out hope #oh i also think fabian/adaine would be really cute too #honestly also fabian/gorgug #fabian is just extremely shippable idk what to tell you #i mean hell for that matter i'm not against fabian/ragh #i just think ragh/gorgug feels more right

[ourstoatmeansdeath]

I've seen a few posts from people who think Henry was being shitty to Gorgug or setting Gorgug up to fail by allowing him to do 3 years of the artificer track at once. But I have a lot of experience in STEM, and I think Henry was being incredibly kind in a very engineering-coded way.

I did an undergrad degree in engineering and have been in STEM spaces for more than 10 years. And the STEM way of being an asshole is much more like what Porter did. So many people who don't look like they fit the stereotype of who belongs in STEM have been explicitly told to leave. Like, I was at a conference last year where a presenter asked all the people in the room who had been told to change their major to raise their hands. And there were lots of us with raised hands. (This was in a diversity equity and inclusion session, so a lot of non-traditional looking people for engineering.) If Henry wanted to be an asshole he would tell Gorgug to leave, or that the curriculum was "rigorous" and half-orcs can't usually hack it, etc. But he didn't!

Henry did the classic STEM thing of laying out all of the options, even the ones that aren't desirable. Since Porter won't sign the MCAT, the reasonable options are all gone. Henry mentioned that Gorgug doesn't need to be in school for artificing to be an artificer ("If artificing is something that brings you joy and brings happiness to your life, you don't need school. You can do that on your own.") Which is NOT something that STEM people do. I've never heard an engineering professor say that someone who does STEM stuff as a hobby can call themselves engineers. Henry is being absurdly kind by saying this.

When Gorgug says that he wants to do artificing in school, Henry gives the option to do all three years of school at once. [Note that Henry did not suggest this at first. Henry didn't offer it until Gorgug basically asked for a loophole.] This reminds me so much of all the STEM people who know a system really well and give you advice on how to navigate it. They note that their path isn't what the system was designed to do, but if you really want to do it you could do it this way. Which is exactly what Henry does. This also gives Gorgug the agency to decide for himself.

Henry also goes out of his way to say that the people who work hard are the ones he would bet on. This is also so nice as a STEM person! I can't tell you the number of professors I had who said that a specific problem shouldn't take long, or "if you're efficient you should be fine." I also had a professor who said some people can code and some people can't, and he didn't know how to help the people who don't have a natural aptitude for coding. Henry saying he thinks Gorgug can achieve this through hard work is super enlightened for a STEM instructor.

tl;dr Henry is incredibly enlightened for a STEM instructor. He tells Gorgug that Gorgug can still be an artificer without formal schooling, and then when Gorgug expresses a desire for the formal education he tells Gorgug the path. If Henry does a heel turn I will be emotionally devastated lol

#brennan please no henry heel turn i need this #yes i know his last name is hopclap IT COULD BE FINE #maybe henry has a bad relationship with reuben #dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #gorgug thistlespring #henry hopclap #porter cliffbreaker #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high junior year spoilers #STEM #STEM culture #engineering #engineering culture #fantasy high meta

[chushanye]

I might be reading too much into Emily's expressions but Fig's horrified face when Gorgug said "I really struggled with what to get you" ...my girl is getting her ass handed to her by this identity crisis

#fig faeth #fantasy high #dimension 20 #fhjy #fantasy high junior year

[in-search-of-an-exit]

I just noticed the awesome move of Riz never attempting a relaxation track. Really everyone should do one like how Gorgug Fig and Kristen did where you just roll at the end no matter how unlikely in case you crit. But like of course Riz, who’s main character trait is being a workaholic and who like Murph said earlier can’t stop because if he stops then that’s when he’ll break, and would never even attempt one.

Like it’s such a subtle thing because everyone does both mystery rolls and hasn’t relaxed that much but it’s noticeable that Riz does mystery rolls as a treat and as the fun thing after his responsibilities are over.

Both the way that this downtime system focuses on where your attention and priorities are and the reminder of how important not engaging with certain mechanics can be a powerful role playing tool.

Idk it’s just reminds me to remember to keep in mind what my character would focus on and try even if there is no penalty for trying and there is incentive to do it. In ttrpgs sometimes what you don’t do is just as important as what you do.

#dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy spoilers #fhjy

[figscigfigs]

my favorite moments of episode 9 of fantasy high junior year!!:

the vulture king being silly and accommodating ("kiss him!!!" "no i know that's a trick" *fig kisses him on the beak* "okay so he's into it")

zac’s tactical yorbies “are you a god?” “i don’t know man”

slow bus on grass, ruben chasing it, and tucker, the illusory man who doesn’t know he’s an illusion (also murph’s reaction to the bus “what’s is wanda’s actual deal?!?!?!”)

“do you have a fucking warrant”

kristen rolling really well to get the rat’s attention and then gorgug just saying “kristen i don’t know if it can vote”

there’s definitely no rat stores with rat mannequins in the rat world under the school…

“sick, we’re gonna find your husband” “or wife” “or wife!! or…. partner”

the discovery of yolanda and lucy and the half done cleanup/reporting stuff actually stressed my tf out and i didn’t appreciate it however kristen’s ritual was so beautiful and she got her spells back!!

IDENTITY SPELL!!! ("i actually really like you" “who said that” “figeroth faeth" "oh! i like you too!! you've ever considered learning me?? you could multiclass wizard!!" "yeah... add it to the fucking pile")

fabian spending money to help his friends on their relaxation rolls

GORGUG STOOD UP TO PORTER YEAHHHHHH (“is this you oinking at an officer of the law?”)

AYDA MENTION!!!!!!!

clamface cunthead

#fhjy spoilers #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy ep 9 #vulture clash #brennan lee mulligan #lou wilson #ally beardsley #zac oyama #siobhan thompson #emily axford #brian murphy #fig faeth #fabian seacaster #kristen applebees #gorgug thistlespring #adaine abernant #riz gukgak #vulture dimension #vulture king #so tactical so late #ruben hopclap #wanda childa #agent cuspin clark #spot the rat #lucy frostblade #yolanda badgood #cassandra fantasy high #fcf fhjy fav

[captainpondlilly]

Okay, look, is Porter a dick? Yes. Has Porter chosen a terrible strategy for trying to connect with Gorgug? Sure.

Has Porter ever seen Gorgug in action? Not really, no. Like y'all remember they weren't in Elmville for sophomore year's adventure right? Porter has seen a student that is unenthusiastic about being a Barbarian, doesn't have perfect grades, and seems to be way more interested and passionate about Artificing. Then that student wants to quadruple their workload. That's concerning! He wants proof that Gorgug can handle it, and to be completely honest, what Gorgug has shown Porter isn't that convincing.

We, the audience, know that Porter is wrong - but in game, Porter has only seen Gorgug excel in artificer.

At no point has he said he will never support Gorgug - he's laid out everytime what he wants from Gorgug to feel comfortable signing off. He's not supporting Gorgug in a good way.

Again, we, the AUDIENCE, know he's wrong. Porter doesn't have audience knowledge!

#dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high #zac oyama #gorgug thistlespring

[howlbear]

Gorgug really said fuck you I'm smart enough to multiclass, stressed through it, and came out with two A+s my BOY IS THRIVIN

#Honestly I'm glad he got lower in barb put your time in the thing you love #dimension 20 #d20 #Fantasy high #Fhjy #fhjy spoilers #gorgug thistlespring

[roll-for-gaslight]

While I think Sklonda is right to be critical of the Bad Kids and specifically Kristen, I think that a lot of the reason she did so is that she was missing a lot of context the other parents were given. We see in Freshman Year that she’s often given the information about their quests from Riz, several hours after the fact, and he shares clues with her rather than personal things. He doesn’t think the personal bits are what she cares about because, for him, that’s not the problem being solved. He’s happy with his friends and she only really would hear if one of them caused a problem. Her apartment isn’t a hangout like Seacaster Manor, Mordred Manor, the Thistlespring Tree, or even Gilear’s season one apartment were. By the nature of her being a single working mother in a difficult financial situation, she often was left out of extracurricular activities.

For example, Mordred is obviously a place filled with a lot of activity, and plenty of kids to give updates on said activity if something slips through the cracks of someone’s retelling. If Adaine leaves out a personal moment because she’s focused on the case, Fig or Kristen or even Ragh could fill in that blank, plus the fact that the other BKs spend a lot of time there means that Sandralynn, Jawbone, and Lydia are usually getting every side of every story. The Thistlespring Tree is where the Bad Kids go not just because it’s a nice place to spend time, but because it’s often directly tied into a plot or subplot! The power source in season one, the satellite in season two, and Gorgug’s artificer journey + the whole Frosty Faire thing going on now! Besides that, the Thistlesprings have raised Gorgug in a way that encourages open channels of communication about his emotions above all else, so he tells them what’s going on! Fabian’s parents over at Seacaster Manor haven’t been involved so much this season, but Bill Seacaster saw their bond from the start and taught them how to take care of each other and fight as a group, and Gilear has always been heavily involved in their adventures because all of the BKs have been emotionally invested in him as well!

Aside from that, she’s missing the context of actually being able to attend their quests like some other parents/guardians were able to in Sophomore Year! Gilear and Cathilda and Sandralynn all know things like the fact that everyone was worried about Riz and called him their little angel when he was gone and that Kristen saved him almost at the expense of her own life in the Nightmare King’s forest. She never sees them together, the way they’ll risk everything for each other when the chips are down, the way they all show they care in little ways all the time ( like Fig giving him the card or Fabian’s gifts in Freshman Year). She doesn’t understand that while “the Ball” may have come from a bully on the first day of school, it turned into a term of endearment! She doesn’t see how hard they’ve been trying this year to pass their classes and such, not because it matters to them, but because they know it’s important to Riz. He never even explained the whole needing scholarships thing to them! He showed up with folders on the first day, stressed out of his mind about all of them passing together, and basically decided to get their shit together! Sure, it took Kristen and Fig a little while to do it, but that’s because they were struggling to build better habits!

I also understand how she could think Riz does all of the heavy lifting: when he presents the clues to her and he’s their lead investigator, do you think she assumed other people did the finding? Absolutely not! She doesn’t see the way they put things together by focusing on their individual strengths; she only sees Riz trying to put it all together and find the connections. Why would she know that a lot of the investigative work was done by Adaine and Kristen in sophomore year because so much of it had to do with religion? She wouldn’t!

All this to say: Sklonda is a good mom for checking in with Riz, but she also has a narrow view of things that no one else has. If she were to be exposed to the BKs more often and actually pay attention to how things work between them, I think she would be much more understanding.

#dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #dimension 20 spoilers #fhjy spoilers #moss speaks #brennan lee mulligan #d20 fantasy high #d20 fhjy #fhjy #dimension 20 fhjy #gorgug thistlespring #fabian seacaster #riz fantasy high #riz gukgak #saint kristen applebees #kristen applebees #gorgug #adaine #fabian #riz #figeroth faeth #fig faeth

[gorgugplushie]

WHAT THE FUCK

#I DID ACREEN SHOT IT BUT CATNISS REALLY SAID ED ARE YOU GAY. IM NOT KYING #ed are you erm you know uhmmm?? #im crying #gorgug txt. #ed said no but hes lying