#pixel circus

[mellon1998]

"If Barbies can do anything, then Kens can do some things."

-Aabria Iyengar, 2023

#aabria iyengar #barbie #barbie dnd #pixel circus #i'm dying #aabria iyengar you are fantastic

[chungledown-bimothy]

"This Barbie does war crimes!" -Aabria Iyengar

#aabria iyengar #barbie d&d #pixel circus

[fem-blade-adept]

D&D live plays have ruined Hollywood for me forever for just so many reasons.

God-tier Storytelling? Check.

Deep Emotional drama? Absolutely.

Character development? In spades.

LGBTQIA+ representation? Constantly.

Funny moments that make me have to stop to catch my breath? HOLLYWOOD! FUCKING! WISHES!

Hollywood/streaming services really haven’t offered anything recently that Critical Role, Dimension 20, Table Top Notch, Pixel Circus, and so many more haven’t been absolutely delivering for years now. And they’re doing it without even a fraction of Hollywood’s budget.

Step it the fuck up, Tinsel Town.

#critical role #dimension 20 #pixel circus #table top notch #naddpod

[brainrockets]

Salt and Serpent is so good. And so gay. Like. More of you, especially all my fellow sapphics, need to watch this sapphic pirate actual play!

Everyone is hot. And serving lewks. It has a lot in common with Dungeons and Drag Queens actually? Aabria plays the SHIP! And is part of a seriously hot relationShip!

Go watch queer ladies do the gayest thing ever, chase their mutual ex for revenge!

#salt and serpent #aabria iyengar #ttrpg #actual play #pirates #kailey bray #surena marie #rowan hall #saige ryan #dungeons and drag queens #acofaf #Youtube #pixel circus

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #pixel circus #d&d #salt and serpent #aabria iyengar #saige ryan #surena marie #rowan hall #kailey bray #lexi mcqueen #lesbian

[ph0enixart]

just a ship and her wife-captain

#salt and serpent #pixel circus #dis #piper pierce #piper faire #ttrpg stuff #aabria iyengar #saige ryan #ph0enixarts

[wrenrix]

i’m now thinking about dis and piper and their love and how piper always respected boats as beings and talked to them and talked to dis and accepted dis as sentient so much that it allowed dis to become sentient.

piper believed so much in the reality of dis, that dis was real, and in turn dis felt a want for the first time and therefore was for the first time

anyways i love them so much and i will never think of anyone else again

#aabria iyengar #saige ryan #piper fair #piper price #dis #salt & serpent #pixel circus #pixelcircus #dis fair #technically right???? #i will also never have another normal thought #salt and serpent

[ifeelprettyandwittyandgay]

this is when you know shits getting good

#aabria iyengar #saige ryan #salt & serpent #salt and serpent #barbie #pixel circus #the fact that i could find the s&s one in literally two minutes bc ive watched that show so many times #i knew the exact moment #i mean i think we all do tbh #original post

[artemissoteira]

something I love about watching Aabria play ttrpgs is her absolute delight in character conflict and specifically characters who insist upon sitting in conflicts of deeply held convictions that don't have an easy resolution.

I feel like in Failed Save alone there are multiple times where both Fess and Chi have interrupted someone (PC and NPC!) who is trying to move past or minimize or make light of a conflict in order to make things easier or more comfortable (spitting over Dew, Amelia, everything about the contract in s6). it's such a cool way to interrupt the assumed 'yes and' / narrative flow of a ttrpg by forcing not just continued focus on a scene, but refocus in the framework of - no, you don't get to be comfortable, the camera isn't going to turn away, we're going to sit with the implications of this conflict and take it seriously even if it's hard because there's something here for us to dig in to, if you'll trust me to do it together and go there together.

I just think it's such a fun approach to this medium of fantasy and creative freedom and shared storytelling, especially in a game like Failed Save that is so over the top and lackadaisical with reality - until it's not, until the characters face something very, very real. and of course the GM has a lot of tools to manipulate that contrast and set up those emotionally intense scenes, which vince does very well, but it's very cool to see a player* using their more limited scope of tools to do the same thing.

I imagine it's a style that not everyone is comfortable with, given the way it challenges cultural expectations around conflict and specifically conflict in improv / ttrpg settings (and coming from a Black woman especially). I think it's not something a player can pull off well without a) an excellent sense of narrative pacing to know when it's appropriate and b) more importantly, a ton of trust at the table, with both other players and the GM. and naturally it's harder for the audience to be certain of the latter when we're watching through a screen and don't have the same context, so I don't think it's an uncomplicated thing by any means.

but god is it marvelous to watch when it lands.

*everyone in the Failed Save cast does this in really interesting ways, actually, but I think Aabria's style is the most overtly challenging to common ttrpg sensibilities and so the most stark. Gina's emotional sneak attacks with Murray and Saige's decidedly unheroic choices for Dasle are also always on my mind but. that's another post entirely lmao.

obligatory plug to go check out Failed Save (and other shows) @PixelCircus on twitch/youtube for high-octane high-chaos ttrpg fun

#failed save #pixel circus #aabria iyengar #dis megan koseh etc all also have interesting character conflict delights but that's definitely another post entirely lol #using my week off work to continue making my way slowly through my yt playlist of every ttrpg aabria has played in or dm'd #long post #ttrpg posting

[dragoncharming]

Captain Fair's First Order: No Boys Allowed.

Davy Jones: [is hot]

#salt and serpent #*** #pixel circus #salt & serpent

[chiakery]

If you don't already PLEASE check out Pixel Circus!! Their stories are always so fun, you can watch some incredible and well known players (Aabria Iyengar or recent stars of D20's A Court of Fey and Flowers: Omar Najam and Surena Marie) and their new campaign premieres tonight!! And it's about lesbian pirates!! Aabria is a ship!! (kinda? We'll find out soon!)

Anyway, guys, check it out, I can already promise you won't be disappointed:

#pixel circus #salt and serpent #aabria iyengar #omar najam #surena marie

[chungledown-bimothy]

carlos luna and characters who casually say things that are both the funniest and saddest things you've ever heard

gets me every time

#carlos luna #pixel circus #pirates of leviathan #coffin run #dimension 20

[captain-watercress]

This is my favourite one so far lmao

#colleen apology #colleen ballinger #toxic gossip train #pixelcircus #pixel circus #Youtube

[dodecademons]

Yall should try watching Salt and Serpent if you like ttrpg content. It's on the PixelCircus channel, Vods are on Twitch (live on sunday) and also uploaded to youtube on wednesday. It's basically gay pirates. It's just queer people everywhere. A story of flirting, sailing, pirates and all around fun. They use the Chaosium d100 system (basic roleplaying: universal game engine). Features some amazing people like gm Kailey Bray, with players Saige Ryan, Surena Marie, Aabria Iyengar, and Rowan Hall (and perhaps some special guests). It currently has 2 episodes out, and I believe it's 4 episodes. Pixel circus also has some other content including Failed Save which is also currently being streamed on twitch with many campaigns available on youtube. I digress, here's a little snippet from episode 1.

#pixel circus #salt and serpent #we love queer pirates #the first npc encounter was full flirt and i loved it #aabria iyengar #kailey bray #saige ryan #surena marie #rowan hall

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

Oh Aabria is doing Gay Pirate stuff?

#talkin #pixel circus #salt and serpent #aabria iyengar #saige ryan #surena marie #marlowe clarke #kailey bray

[ph0enixart]

#salt & serpent #pixel circus #saige ryan #aabria iyengar #piper faire #piper/dis #salt and serpent