Fireside Chat for WWW ep38 "Abassin"
Added 2024-12-03 12:30:02 +0000 UTCWow, the only episode so far with "ass" in the title turned out to be "a good one." Will wonders never cease? Not if the WBN cast plus producer Taylor have anything to say about it! And reader? They do.
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Comments
Re: Water Murder Choir Or a jutsu from Naruto
Carlos Torres
2025-11-04 21:29:39 +0000 UTCIt's because Gygax liked Conan more than LotR
Luccan
2025-10-20 19:05:03 +0000 UTCBlades catching strays is so funny
AJ C
2025-07-14 10:37:26 +0000 UTCOne of the things that makes me absolutely love being by the fireside is listening to these amazing storytellers hype each other up. We need more of this in the world.
Echo of the Sun Moons Past (eli)
2025-05-28 00:28:56 +0000 UTCBest story time cleanup of the series hands done
Just_another_queer
2025-04-27 05:38:32 +0000 UTCSo stoked that I’m finally getting caught up to this absolute SNACK of an episode. Lawdy… RESPECT!
Doctor Ransom
2025-04-21 21:25:26 +0000 UTCThe genuine joy and laughter over Lou's bit, every single time, is so wonderful to hear.... Every single time 🧡
Bat-Fran
2025-02-25 07:14:39 +0000 UTCTHANK YOU FOR HAVING TAYLOR ON this was the ep that finally convinced my friend to start listening to WBN! I played them some of the moments to point out the sound design (no spoilers) and they were finally SOLD. They are also dnd obsessed so I don’t understand why it took this long but we bow to you, oh great sound design sensei moore
frannberry
2025-01-22 17:58:26 +0000 UTC... The classic understatement of the 5 burrows.
Stefanucci Mozzarella
2025-01-12 02:53:19 +0000 UTC"Tha's Faulk'n Poetry Du'e"
Stefanucci Mozzarella
2025-01-12 02:45:24 +0000 UTCYes. Let the PC's plan and reward ingenuity, creativity and collaboration. You put it words for me again, Mulligan, you!
Stefanucci Mozzarella
2025-01-12 02:40:20 +0000 UTCI screamed out load
Ian Bauer
2025-01-08 21:11:59 +0000 UTCIs the river spirit sleepy because he’s always in a bed 😭😭😭❤️
Hannah
2024-12-18 03:42:08 +0000 UTCi'm so glad i can now add "asshole-clenching" to my vocabulary to describe music
Lara
2024-12-17 15:08:54 +0000 UTCAgreed, WBN fam please always take your time, we don't mind waiting for UTTER BRILLIANCE
Amy Baker
2024-12-17 01:50:30 +0000 UTCMan. That nat one luck role WAS incredible. 😅
we're besties with testees don't test these besties
2024-12-14 19:49:08 +0000 UTC“my dearest biological family” is so funny
rrrrumpunch
2024-12-14 17:28:02 +0000 UTCso real for this
Norah Clous
2024-12-12 01:30:24 +0000 UTCIt’s on Spotify if you have access to that. If not it would probably be best to reach the team through other ways than a comment. I think you can start up a ticket on Patreon.
baxter ferguson
2024-12-11 14:29:15 +0000 UTCI laughed so hard at Passport Jones gleefully exclaiming "valise!" at the end of the show that I snort-laughed out loud and startled many people on my quiet early morning commute.
Ada Robin
2024-12-11 08:33:35 +0000 UTCI love that Taylor jumped into this episode for so many reasons. And one of them is that we hear him and Brennan exist in the same room. 😆 I'm so sorry Taylor. You're the best. It's me and my pudding brain/ears.
Bean Planter
2024-12-11 06:03:06 +0000 UTCHello! I'm a little late to this episode and my podcatcher can't seem to download or stream it. Pocketcast says to contact the podcast author because the episode may have been moved or deleted, so I hope this comment reaches someone on the WBN team (or a helpful person in the community) who can help 😅
Stephanie
2024-12-11 05:44:23 +0000 UTCHype Hype Hype 🔥
Mr Grayhat
2024-12-10 02:10:46 +0000 UTCidk about anyone else but i'm running into issues trying to download the witch class as part of my membership? anyone else experiencing this?
Burk
2024-12-09 18:10:28 +0000 UTCUnderrated comment. 🙏🏾
Aabria Iyengar
2024-12-09 16:47:07 +0000 UTCThe sound design on this ep by Taylor was so phenomenal! I love this series so much! These behind the scenes commentary episodes are so incredible!
A.j. Juson
2024-12-09 16:33:51 +0000 UTC“If the score is picking a side, the score is the emotions of the listener,” in response to non-diegetic sound. Damn 🙌🏽 it was really awesome to hear Taylor talk about the sound esp after such an amazing episode. I write for audio fiction sometimes and I just marvel at every WBN ep for how much the sound design helps clarify the action and amplify the mood. This show is so crisp and wild and spectacular. Thank you all for this show hope the whole team has amazing holidays. Second Aabria lol if they do a live panel we gotta scream “TAYLOOOOOOOOOOOOOR” like Dot on tv off for real 😂🙌🏽
Ren Dara
2024-12-09 15:47:38 +0000 UTCThis ep was amazing but I gotta shout out my favorite line from zhahorsen: “I’m going back to sleep. Here comes the muck, goodnight.”
Alex
2024-12-09 06:08:59 +0000 UTCI cannot wait for the sci-fi campaign. After however many months of WBN reps and honing the craft, I am psyched to hear some science fiction synths accompanying Aabriya games masterings. I hope it sounds properly vintage.
Ale
2024-12-09 03:53:04 +0000 UTCI came here to find this comment lol
Gerard Beatty
2024-12-08 19:08:26 +0000 UTCSame. I ended up downloading the Patron app and listening there.
Rebecca Graham
2024-12-08 15:35:44 +0000 UTCIsn’t “water murder choir” that Harry Styles song??
Michael
2024-12-08 06:16:51 +0000 UTCThat nat 1 luck check was so intense and the sound made it feel like the world had shifted on its axis. Brava! 👏👏👏
Ashley E. Benson
2024-12-06 21:51:10 +0000 UTCLooking to support my brother getting into podcasting and he's working on editing his own stuff. This podcast is what really hammered home to me the importance of sound design and editing. I'm curious if there are any softwares or products Taylor or the rest of the gang could recommend for someone who's starting out? Thanks!
Peter McMullan
2024-12-06 20:25:44 +0000 UTCTAYLOR!!!
Sean Case
2024-12-06 19:50:28 +0000 UTCIs anyone still having issues with Spotify? The fireside is showing up but no matter what I do, Spotify insists I don't have access. I have relinked it multiple times as well as removing and readding. :c
Risa Tran
2024-12-06 16:10:32 +0000 UTCThank you, fam. This was all beautiful and exactly what was needed ❤️
hoho oh no possum
2024-12-06 12:16:55 +0000 UTCMine showed up today so hopefully they got it sorted for the future
Ryan Hogue
2024-12-06 04:10:45 +0000 UTCCRACKLERS killed me
YourAnimeDad
2024-12-06 00:14:14 +0000 UTCMulligan's theory on fantasy being about war versus D&D tm being about plunder intrigues me. Writing an anti imperialist fantasy theory partially because of my dragonlance fandom but also after living closeted until '16. Feel like dungeons are secure so wealth is stored in them as much as prisoners but also hella down for the loot and shoot in a maximum security faculty session.
Jaye McInnes (atJayewas)
2024-12-05 22:29:05 +0000 UTCimagining a 12 Brooks-type side story where a group of kids find and befriend a weird fishy goat spirit with carrots. brennan, thank you for these gifts
kragonaught
2024-12-05 20:23:02 +0000 UTCin my mind, the statue of Zhorsin was once 1:1 scale. as a trickle of water grows to a thrashing river, so was the great goat-fish-dragon once a young kid-guppy-hatchling
kragonaught
2024-12-05 20:20:33 +0000 UTCNah, John Harper said next time it's on sight 😬
Agiddysea
2024-12-05 19:50:35 +0000 UTCThe intro made it, but I don’t want to be called a crackler again
Koi Boi Tracy
2024-12-05 19:49:20 +0000 UTCOhhh noooo trombone is too powerful
Lauren Husting
2024-12-05 18:28:05 +0000 UTCWBN made it to my top podcast spot this year! I have a long work commute and I do a lot of podcast listening, so that’s definitely an achievement!
Krissi Carson
2024-12-05 17:47:44 +0000 UTCYou guys always say out of time but we would 100% listen to several hours of you all chatting
Bastian Mills
2024-12-05 17:46:46 +0000 UTCNice.
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 15:45:45 +0000 UTCA space prison as a place to start a campaign would genuinely be so sick though.
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 15:45:16 +0000 UTCunderrated comment Erik here have my +1
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 15:42:21 +0000 UTCWould love to hear more contributions from the team as we learn more about them in future eps, if possible. Would love to shout everybody out
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 15:40:35 +0000 UTCI really like his perspective on all of the editing and why they do what they do. I would really be interested to hear what he has to say around pivotal moments to come in the future. It was really fascinating to hear that the music has no sides on the table.
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 15:27:30 +0000 UTCHeard! Thank you for your time.
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 14:36:23 +0000 UTCNo.
Taylor Moore
2024-12-05 14:25:09 +0000 UTCTaylor should be by the fireside more often:) he’s got banger jokes like gun the size of river
Teo R
2024-12-05 14:05:34 +0000 UTCI can 100% them seeing it as an excuse to enslave em more. “We barely fed this dragon, and it killed for us, let’s take it”
Teo R
2024-12-05 14:03:38 +0000 UTCI think we will all be doing that in the coming episodes and years tbh. I have already been like TAYLOR MOORE when the music gets really good a few episodes ago LMAO
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 13:14:35 +0000 UTCI can't believe they did that for the drama. I can no longer trust this podcast. Why did I in the first place...? 🤔🧐😭
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 13:12:08 +0000 UTCWBN team, I have an idea. I absolutely love that you want the pace to be very particular and the show to be a certain way and it works for the show. As an avid fan of D&D podcasts (this one being my absolute favorite), I am used to every EP being 2-4 hours. I do love having a large amount of content to engage with. The explanation for show being edited down is super helpful timewise for what everything is being done, but I can't help but wonder what we are sometimes missing in the moments. I imagine it could be a lot of work, but could there ever be a b-side for just bits and wonderful moments that were lost for time, such as in the waiting periods for the next season? Just an idea for an extra filler "outtake" content. I feel it could go a long way for fans who worry they might be missing out! With love and respect, Alec
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-05 13:04:02 +0000 UTCi 100% beleive this past episode should win an award, idk who's givin out awards but it needs one.
Raadiyah
2024-12-05 12:59:22 +0000 UTCI really hope the work the river spirit did for them brings this idea back to the citadel, that respectfully working with spirits is better than fighting them
Robert Scully
2024-12-05 11:32:35 +0000 UTCActually, I adore BitD! I even borrowed the flashback mechanic for ExU: Kymal a couple years ago (and cited my source) and had a home game where we used Beyblades that got a little press online. It was a loving tease on my end.
Aabria Iyengar
2024-12-05 11:03:41 +0000 UTCi'm also having trouble accessing it on Spotify.
else
2024-12-05 08:18:29 +0000 UTCAlso having that issue.
Rebecca Friesen
2024-12-05 07:23:21 +0000 UTCI also got that notification. I’ve been in the US the whole time, but I think my phone’s IP is Canadian
Rebecca Friesen
2024-12-05 07:18:20 +0000 UTCI am having the same issue in the US
Annie Looman
2024-12-05 07:01:12 +0000 UTCThe production values in this one were through the roof... also Sworn and Silver were raaaaaaaaaad. And everyone else too =)
Oakenguard
2024-12-05 05:36:27 +0000 UTCI can find it in my shows but it says "unavailable in your country" when I click it and I'm in Canada
Lee Donohue
2024-12-05 03:24:03 +0000 UTCI am having trouble accessing the fireside via Podcast Addict. Is this an issue for anyone else?
GardenOfNurglesDelights
2024-12-05 02:42:33 +0000 UTCWhy can’t I find it on Spotify anymore? Did they take it down?
Justine
2024-12-05 01:56:44 +0000 UTCI listen to all the episodes and Firechats on Pocket Cast. It works great. I'm happy to have found a replecement for Google Podcast.
Wolfsification
2024-12-05 01:49:26 +0000 UTCWho's dogs were we hearing in the background at some point?
Wolfsification
2024-12-05 01:45:41 +0000 UTCMoonhead, they have a helpful guide in the faq but it amounts to going to https://www.patreon.com/c/worldsbeyondnumber/membership and scrolling down to the Quick Links where you'll see listen on Spotify. You might have to connect your Spotify account to Patreon, if so I forgot how to do that.
Beerticus
2024-12-05 00:54:08 +0000 UTCunderstandable! glad his family let him out of that cup! but seriously glad everyone has time relax in between making this sweet sweet show
kragonaught
2024-12-05 00:53:24 +0000 UTCDammit. -t
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-12-05 00:48:01 +0000 UTCNo. Happy Holidays! -t
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-12-05 00:47:26 +0000 UTCSome of us were traveling for Thanksgiving and were recording the fireside on less than ideal setups in our parents or in-laws’ basement, far away from our nice mics at home. -t
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-12-05 00:46:58 +0000 UTCLoved hearing from Taylor! Would love to have him back in more firesides!
Teag Mackay
2024-12-05 00:02:38 +0000 UTCAbassin (Taylor's version)
Maria Ferraguto
2024-12-04 23:55:55 +0000 UTCI think it was more a lighthearted jest than anything. These folks are some of the most without shade on the internet. I doubt he holds any sincere gripes with it other than perhaps personal preference
Moonhead
2024-12-04 23:39:27 +0000 UTCwhy does it sound like brennan’s stuck at the bottom of a plastic cup
kragonaught
2024-12-04 23:34:40 +0000 UTCHot take.... Passport Jones needs his own show.
Grant Pike
2024-12-04 23:25:26 +0000 UTCim commenting a lot, forgive me. can we get the raw episode? 👀 pretty pls 👉🏿👈🏿
yimyams
2024-12-04 23:10:08 +0000 UTCJARED ANTHONY JAMES OLSEN!!! YOU TOO
yimyams
2024-12-04 23:08:20 +0000 UTCTAYLOR ANTHONY JAMESON MOORE!!! THAT FIREBALL WAS PERFECTION!!
yimyams
2024-12-04 23:00:49 +0000 UTCLovely fireside about a truly remarkable episode, even by WBN's standards. but um ACKtually WWW #21: The Taboo of P*ASS*age
GC
2024-12-04 22:46:37 +0000 UTCI dont think Brennan listens to Kendrick :( /j
Brandon Rilling
2024-12-04 22:19:14 +0000 UTCOof that shot at Blades in the Dark is awkward just after John Harper saying Dropout is one of his favourite things
Lojaan
2024-12-04 21:53:48 +0000 UTCBRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN JUST SHOT ME IN THE CHEST ABOUT ADEENA WHAT THE HELL
Potato Muffin
2024-12-04 21:17:48 +0000 UTChey is anyone else not able to listen to the fireside on spotify, like it says its currently not available. I have my patreon and spotify connected so idk why thats happening
chey
2024-12-04 20:20:54 +0000 UTC🗣TAYLOR MOORE ON THE TRAAAACK THIS IS THE SOUND OF WORLDS BEYOND NUMBER-ber-ber-ber
Moonhead
2024-12-04 19:55:08 +0000 UTCWait you can listen to the firesides on Spotify? How?
Moonhead
2024-12-04 19:38:20 +0000 UTCI am having the issue in the US :(
Sam
2024-12-04 19:34:24 +0000 UTCTruly a masterwork Taylor. My neighbors asked me if I was watching a sports game the way I was yelling and pacing in my house. 🎧🧙♂️
Alysha Aurora
2024-12-04 19:10:32 +0000 UTCI am having the same issue on YouTube Music. Should I just reapply the RSS link?
Koby Russell
2024-12-04 18:22:26 +0000 UTCFirst, Taylor putting on a master class, really special stuff. Second, I made some headcannon inspired by the Sir Curran callback. We've seen how huge their meeting was for Eursolon. I like to think it was really important to Sir Curran, too, but in a quieter way. Such that if the gang were to find his resting place, there would be a statue of him with a small wild one beside him, palm on his greave.
Conor Steinke
2024-12-04 17:22:42 +0000 UTCalso... that fight was insane.. may have listened to it like 5 times and Sworn casting Fireball still gives me chills
Ricky Romer Cannon
2024-12-04 17:08:54 +0000 UTCmy thought too, oh well now i can read all these great comments and weigh in myself, oh noooooooo!
Ricky Romer Cannon
2024-12-04 17:08:06 +0000 UTCYes, same for me as well (in the Netherlands)
Marije
2024-12-04 16:21:48 +0000 UTCI am having the same issue that Spotify folks are but on Podcast Addict. I can always just listen here but I'm curious what's up
Ryan Hogue
2024-12-04 15:48:30 +0000 UTCSame, I just thought it's because I'm in Europe 😅
Zuzanna Kocur
2024-12-04 15:40:57 +0000 UTCIs anyone else having trouble accessing the Fireside on Spotify? I keep getting a "not available in your region" message
Andrew Hicks
2024-12-04 15:17:34 +0000 UTCLooks like there is an issue on Spotifys side. I'm in the US and having issues as well
Ricky Romer Cannon
2024-12-04 13:52:43 +0000 UTCEpisode 38 was 100% worth the wait, truly incredible job
Sifi123
2024-12-04 13:43:41 +0000 UTCforgettable performance from passport jones until RIGHT at the end
Lax
2024-12-04 13:00:20 +0000 UTCI hear they're blowing up in the Wet Metal scene. There are rumors of a Mashup with Apocalyptica.
Heydon Hensley
2024-12-04 12:45:35 +0000 UTCI'm having the same issue in norway
Mikkel
2024-12-04 10:54:57 +0000 UTCHaving the same problem in the UK! I could listen yesterday but now it's gone.
Charlotte Smith
2024-12-04 10:12:21 +0000 UTCNO NO NONE OF THAT IF I KNOW ITS A REAL TROMBONE I WILL WALK INTO THE SEA
Aabria Iyengar
2024-12-04 07:48:37 +0000 UTCThank you Taylor for acknowledging the non D&D player who listens to this podcast (it’s me). I understand the basics. Sometimes it gets a little complex, but I love the theater of the mind. I love the storytelling and the acknowledgment between characters and the joyous or not so joyous times when the dice may or may not go your way.
The Wizard Sparrow
2024-12-04 07:38:29 +0000 UTCWhy can't I find these on spotify in Canada anymore?
RIchard Vegas
2024-12-04 07:06:12 +0000 UTCI need more water murder choir😂😂
The Wizard Sparrow
2024-12-04 07:02:00 +0000 UTCwhat an absolute privilege it is to live in the same timeline as these storytellers and get to experience THIS™️ the battles, the score, the story, and the community to share and be feral with! This is the magic in our world
Aubrey
2024-12-04 06:16:32 +0000 UTCThe google forum from the fireside. Links in the pined QnA post
Jane Amlin
2024-12-04 06:09:01 +0000 UTCJust excited to say I've been here since the beginning but have FINALLY caught up and can actually look at the patreon without worrying about spoilers 🥲🤍
Emma Evans
2024-12-04 05:28:43 +0000 UTCI thought he said Valise and was making a luggage joke!
Eric Stokien
2024-12-04 05:11:04 +0000 UTCListening through old firesides, Brennan says there's something special about tomori made from spells with range self. I'm guessing that the thing about them falling in love with their target to do the spell is what he was referring to. They have to be in love in order to merge to make their target the same as themselves.
Eric Stokien
2024-12-04 05:03:13 +0000 UTCIt's like a slightly different accent
PhillyMoe
2024-12-04 03:28:40 +0000 UTC"She had a gun the size of a river" 😄😄😄😄
PhillyMoe
2024-12-04 03:20:51 +0000 UTCBrennan what the fuck why would you say that😭💔🛡
Nefeli
2024-12-04 03:20:49 +0000 UTCProfessional trombonist here. If you need a custom "sad trombone" sound clip, I am happy to provide
Lauren Husting
2024-12-04 02:55:36 +0000 UTCI have to tell you that sit auto-corrected with a "h", and I gotta say... given the pain we now know is coming, I almost want to include the "h" 😂
Sil
2024-12-04 02:36:38 +0000 UTCSIT IN A CORNER AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ASKED
Sil
2024-12-04 02:32:19 +0000 UTCFair! I didn’t think about how overcast doesn’t have the fireside eps.
Abigail W
2024-12-04 02:30:29 +0000 UTCJared and Taylor are truly sound wizards!! I am forever in awe of your craftsmanship. 💖 And thank you for answering my question! 😄 Ya'll are amazing!
Evelina Meiklejohn
2024-12-04 01:17:00 +0000 UTCWow. Thanks for sharing that.
Zanna
2024-12-04 01:09:03 +0000 UTCStop. Brennan that is so fucked up. You cast shield is self protection, self protection is self love. You have to love yourself want to protect yourself. Adina has to love the person she casts her self on for it to be self love, and then sacrifice/kill herself for (opposite of self love). Brenna stop. It’s the logic. It’s fucked logic
Audge
2024-12-04 00:38:01 +0000 UTCSo lucky for these storytellers ❤️ Where do they pull their questions from?
Maia
2024-12-04 00:35:19 +0000 UTCJARED AND TAYLOR!!YOU WORKED YOUR ASS OFF OMG THANK YOU!!! POST PRODUCTION!! SOUND DESIGN OMG OMG IT WAS SO GOOD!! And then EVERYONES performance and Erika’s calling to the soldiers in the raging river AHHH
Carla D.
2024-12-03 23:46:48 +0000 UTCLMAO i just came over from this. My life has me barely making payments as is and losing access to Fireside would be my 13th reason
Carla D.
2024-12-03 23:29:12 +0000 UTCTo those struggling with Spotify, consider getting the Overcast app. It’s a superior listen!
Abigail W
2024-12-03 23:25:07 +0000 UTCNeed to point out, the clarion trumpet hit me square in chest with "The Last Post" feels; which is a military bugle call that British Commonwealth citizens will recognise instantly. I'm not military or patriotic, but the fkn GOOSEBUMPS and the instinct for tears when you think about that much death and reckless hate is fkn visceral at 38:05 in the episode. Fk. Me.
Sil
2024-12-03 23:24:38 +0000 UTCThank you! Thankfully I can still listen here on patreon 💓
Eliana Schwartz
2024-12-03 23:22:58 +0000 UTCThis Australian be using "water murder choir" to get into my idea of native New York
Sil
2024-12-03 23:10:03 +0000 UTC"are you actually clever enough to save everyone?" is so good.
DoktorHollywood
2024-12-03 23:03:17 +0000 UTCHi, we're looking into it! We believe this is a glitch on Spotify’s end unfortunately, so there's very little we can do on our end at the moment :( Thanks for your patience as we try and resolve the issue!
Shannon
2024-12-03 23:02:27 +0000 UTCHi, we're looking into it! We believe this is a glitch on Spotify’s end unfortunately, so there's very little we can do on our end at the moment :( Thanks for your patience as we try and resolve the issue!
Shannon
2024-12-03 23:02:20 +0000 UTCHi, we're looking into it! We believe this is a glitch on Spotify’s end unfortunately, so there's very little we can do on our end at the moment :( Thanks for your patience as we try and resolve the issue!
Shannon
2024-12-03 23:02:13 +0000 UTCI usually listen on Spotify, but suddenly today the pod became unavailable :( I can see others are having this issue as well
Eliana Schwartz
2024-12-03 22:56:45 +0000 UTCYup region locked in the US. Hope it gets fixed soon!
Linden Flanagan
2024-12-03 22:53:29 +0000 UTCSays not available in my region and I live and exist in the US... This is when I access front Spotify
Ricky Romer Cannon
2024-12-03 22:52:51 +0000 UTCIs this a joke ? I can't tell lol
OminousOwl
2024-12-03 22:50:09 +0000 UTCYeah, it almost makes Up for Lou deciding to dip again like he thinks he’s better than us and leaving yet another one of his friends to pick up the slack. Feel sorry for the others who are timely, Thought things would’ve changed for Arc 4. But at least Taylor is here
Matt Mayhem
2024-12-03 22:45:39 +0000 UTCHi! I'm Dexterator. I'm VERY happy. I was asking as a shipper, because I was assuming this was another cute piece of world building to remind us that characters outside our beloved PCs are people too, with their own experiences and loved ones and priorities and I wanted to hear the little background romance between the construct and the tomori, but I'll settle for psychic damage to the cast. 😁
Denise
2024-12-03 22:23:36 +0000 UTCMuch appreciated, friend! Having said that, I do think you've got an interesting point on Suvi's reckoning with specifically the *wildness* of spirits and where that intersects with nature within an animist setting. Considering the water murder choir parallel as a moment to recall the scale of devastation and question if the risk of a repeat occurrence with the dam (especially with the town below) is VERY juicy. And to you later point, while I do think there's interesting conflict between learned and instinctual responses in Suvi, I don't necessarily agree that her reactions to spirits (especially the ones that have actively harmed her friends or herself or openly desire to do so) is a part of that.
Aabria Iyengar
2024-12-03 22:21:03 +0000 UTCYeah that's very fair - I think you're right that it's not about a rigid moral philosophy and that there's space for both in this character. I think her upbringing and Citadel's philosophy enshrines a value in the utilitarian nature of magic. At the end of the day it is a military institution that trains soldiers. And I think it's Suvi's own nature that balks against the structure of the Citadel wherein the conflict arises between her and herself, her and her family, her and her friends. I guess to your point, it's less about it being "calculated" and more her wrestling with what she learned previously
Conor Doyle
2024-12-03 22:12:25 +0000 UTCNo access from Australia
Emma Donaldson
2024-12-03 22:09:18 +0000 UTCI appreciate your thoughts on Suvi's relationship with the Spirit, but I’d like to push back on framing her response as militaristic or utilitarian. Her reactions feel less like a calculated worldview and more like a deeply human response to the duality of harm and help. It's natural to appreciate something that aids you and to resent it when it causes you or your kin harm. Additionally, the relationships between Spirits and the Real—whether with wizards, witches, sorcerers, or even other spirits—are mostly transactional. No action within these dynamics is purely arbitrary or philanthropic. Everyone wants something. Suvi's evolving relationship with the Spirit reflects this complexity, not necessarily a rigid or utilitarian philosophy. I also feel there is a strong desire among some that Suvi will "wake up" to how evil her culture/government/faction is and join the "secret good guy rebels"
Agiddysea
2024-12-03 22:05:32 +0000 UTCIt hasn’t showed up in my feed in the US on Apple Podcasts so I wonder if something has changed with the RSS feed
Tracy V. Wilson
2024-12-03 21:55:21 +0000 UTCHey! Thanks for the reply! My comparison was overly simplistic so apologies if you thought I was trying to talk shit about Suvi. I love this character and this world and I find her struggle to grapple with the "wildness" of the natural world around her to be one of the most grounding parts of her character. I guess after Taylor raised the musical parallel I was intrigued by the character parallels along those same story beats. But you rightly point out there's a lot more context to the situation (and a lot more has happened and been learned, by audience and character since then) Also "fundamental" was the wrong choice of word, I don't think it's something you based the character around. I suppose it was just an interesting relationship that had developed out of the story. Guess my fingers out paced my brain on that one! Apologies again! Go n-éirí an Bóthar Báisteach leat May the Rain Road rise to meet you 💚💚
Conor Doyle
2024-12-03 21:44:45 +0000 UTCyes, same in US
Jordan Craig
2024-12-03 21:44:04 +0000 UTCNo access from Germany :(
Strawburreh
2024-12-03 21:40:26 +0000 UTCYup, from US
Gillian Nolan
2024-12-03 21:38:33 +0000 UTCyeah i cant from ireland either
DogeMastr
2024-12-03 21:38:22 +0000 UTCYes. Can't access from Canada :(
Medway
2024-12-03 21:31:15 +0000 UTCI had thought either (1) he wasn't convinced it was Suvi yet or (2) it wasn't actually Silver but another trap (glad it worked out!!)
Ashley Teatum
2024-12-03 21:26:16 +0000 UTC😭WE’RE ALL HAVING FUN HERE IN OMELAS, BRENNAN
Oswin S.
2024-12-03 21:25:43 +0000 UTCThe idea that Suvi’s view of spirits is foundational to her character seems based not in engaging with her own *actual* philosophy and consequent actions regarding them, but instead forcing her narrative arc to be defined by the distance between herself and Eursulon/Ame. The implications therein are your own to unpack. In your comparison, Suvi’s *never* held the first opinion (her empathy is reserved specifically for the scores hurt/killed without Naram’s blood on their hands like the guards & soldiers drowned and strangled at the city gates). And “river spirit helps make a flood to block enemies from killing us as we flee” is a pretty regular opinion to hold. Suvi saying “you get what you get” (reminder: the end of that phrase is “and you don’t get upset”) as a “hey Umora is rough and spirits don’t get special treatment when they come here” one time in a heated moment in the first chapter is simply not an excuse to villainize or ignore every other spirit interaction she’s had. Y'all really heard her say "I don't hate them" and decided it was proof that she hates spirits so much, actually.
Aabria Iyengar
2024-12-03 21:24:34 +0000 UTCDid the fireside just become region locked on Spotify for anyone else?
Noah Davies
2024-12-03 21:23:46 +0000 UTCFun fact: People really do play DND in prisons: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/08/31/dungeons-and-dragons-texas-death-row-tdcj
Oswin S.
2024-12-03 21:20:31 +0000 UTCOmg, I feel vindicated everyone felt the same about the "dungeon" in D&D. I'm fighting off a cold, but I wheezed laughing at the Rikers joke.
Alex W.
2024-12-03 21:01:50 +0000 UTCYea they ain't breaking the audio twin rumor at all lol.
Ron Ron
2024-12-03 20:58:16 +0000 UTCI absolutely love Taylor being here. Such wonderful energy
OminousOwl
2024-12-03 20:57:45 +0000 UTCI love Taylor is on this fireside because his work on this ep was INCREDIBLE
RT
2024-12-03 20:51:58 +0000 UTC🫨 GOD this rules. i’ve consumed a lot of media in my time on this planet and i’ve come to the conclusion that Aabriya has created The Most deeply human and complex character in Suvi. ever since “they get what they get” i’ve been so invested in how that little seed of resentment will evolve, for better or for worse. i know Eursulon wasn’t present for that comment she made to Steel, though i’m curious to know whether he has picked up on her bias. i don’t know about anyone else, but i genuinely feel like Suvi’s attitude re: spirits has the very real possibility to unmake their true friendship.
bails
2024-12-03 20:48:38 +0000 UTCI totally thought Silver not saying “I love you” back was him being so desperate and perhaps afraid of getting off track/helping Suvi not get caught up in the emotions, honestly!
A Goblin
2024-12-03 20:42:23 +0000 UTCThis took me so long to remember what it was. When I did, I fully broke and had to stifle my laugh so the customers didn't think I'm a loon. 🤣
Dream Wizard Kyle Arca
2024-12-03 20:37:54 +0000 UTCOh we knew she loved him! We just thought it was maybe a trap! 😅🤣
natasha
2024-12-03 20:36:56 +0000 UTCa round of lightbulbs for the table!
Toe
2024-12-03 20:26:22 +0000 UTCJace i don’t feel good
bails
2024-12-03 20:24:28 +0000 UTCwell i was going to comment about this but it turns out you already perfectly summarized my thoughts
bails
2024-12-03 20:23:46 +0000 UTCI literally cried on my way to work listening to this one, I felt it! I audibly gasped at the nat 1 luck check, and my brother heard me. I was telling everyone they could even just listen to this episode and they'll be hooked because it was so amazing!!!
Sarah Lopez
2024-12-03 20:01:41 +0000 UTCThe sound design is the 4th PC
Witpending
2024-12-03 19:45:35 +0000 UTCAnyone else get a “are Taylor and Brennan vocally-related?” kind of vibe
Nathan Armstrong
2024-12-03 19:37:47 +0000 UTCI know we talk a lot about supporting Suvi's rights and more importantly Suvi's wrongs but I think one of the fundamental quandaries at the heart of this character is her relationship to the Spirit - and while we've seen her evolve (slightly) from "they get what they get" in Chapter 1, the comparison of "a trapped water spirit freeing itself and attacking my kin the wizards is bad" while "a water spirit releasing a torrent to destroy my enemies is good" is a very good illustration of the militaristic and utilitarian way which Suvi views the Spirit. Welcome any comments thoughts and observations!! Crackle Crackle 🔥🔥
Conor Doyle
2024-12-03 19:32:11 +0000 UTCThe eagles didn't take them to Mordor because the "good" guys didn't offer any of them treasure, or pants!
Dream Wizard Kyle Arca
2024-12-03 19:17:47 +0000 UTCI remember them saying that but wasn't sure if i had missed it being introduced yet. Thank you!
Kristen Huete
2024-12-03 19:16:06 +0000 UTCIt was implied that they're homebrewing something and it'll be introduced when it's narratively relevant
Adarsh Nednur
2024-12-03 19:14:41 +0000 UTCDid Ursulon ever pick an oath for his paladin?
Kristen Huete
2024-12-03 19:11:02 +0000 UTC69th comment.
Christopher Anselmi
2024-12-03 19:10:15 +0000 UTCCongrats on your expert level control of our sphincters, Taylor. Goal achieved!
Aviva
2024-12-03 18:56:03 +0000 UTCGotta yell Taylor's name like MUSTAAAAAAAAAAARD!!!! Oh wait, Aabria literally just said that lol
DominoRBG
2024-12-03 18:41:01 +0000 UTC🤣🤣 nothing has taken me out more than "What's your legal name?" "BELIZE!"
Katrina
2024-12-03 18:28:17 +0000 UTCCalling it now, Aabria was only half joking about changing her campaign... They're gonna go to space prison
rio
2024-12-03 18:10:09 +0000 UTCBest day/worst day 😬
Katlyn Catron
2024-12-03 18:07:09 +0000 UTCLOVE that that contrast of Suvi both growing so much in combat/teamwork but also greeting the spirit with the same vibe as she did Mr Soup happened in the same ep
Lauren
2024-12-03 17:52:47 +0000 UTCIs a bow-curtsy-salute combo just dabbing?
Donovan
2024-12-03 17:52:44 +0000 UTCLike a true bard, Taylor must have a 20 in Charisma-- because I am immediately and endlessly charmed everytime he manifests at the Fireside 💫 crackle crackle 🔥✨
Emma41420
2024-12-03 17:47:26 +0000 UTCThis last episode had the most edible sound design I’ve ever experienced
The Wizard “Slut”
2024-12-03 17:46:52 +0000 UTCbrb dropping the gif of Boromir getting riddled with arrows in the chat at the Adeena lore drop. I need to eat a lightbulb. what a delicious piece of worldbuilding
Toe
2024-12-03 17:46:17 +0000 UTCTaylor on the track Moore on the beat (Need one for Jarrod)
mguin
2024-12-03 17:34:47 +0000 UTCokay but aabria is SO real for calling her mom about silver not saying "i love you" back. suvi ain't risking her life for a situationship!!!!
Jo
2024-12-03 17:29:18 +0000 UTC"Say it, don't spray it" Han Solo moment my butt. We real ones know who he means. 😏
Dream Wizard Kyle Arca
2024-12-03 17:24:11 +0000 UTCTaylor on the track, for the alliteration
Wren
2024-12-03 17:20:58 +0000 UTCOh so that bit about the shield Tamori will haunt me forever, I will never be ok again
Mad Jax
2024-12-03 17:20:43 +0000 UTCOkay, but please do actually drop "Taylor Mooooooore" at the top of every episode
Quest Bruv
2024-12-03 17:18:27 +0000 UTCGotta say: the holiday plug intro made me want a Horner Corner cooking segment that's just Taylor making a half-dozen hear-me-out-cakes
rio
2024-12-03 17:12:07 +0000 UTC“Our North Star is the listener” 🥹🥹😭😭😭 what a beautiful thing to say and it feels like such a privilege to be part of as a listener. ❤️❤️❤️
Cackle Cackle
2024-12-03 16:53:09 +0000 UTC“She had a gun the size of a RIVER” - accurate and hilarious
CaptLizianthus
2024-12-03 16:52:51 +0000 UTCHolding space for Passport Jones
Christina Eichorn
2024-12-03 16:49:30 +0000 UTCTaylor this is the only holiday ad I ever want to hear, thank you.
The Wizard Scoliosis
2024-12-03 16:42:54 +0000 UTCI love the discussion of the respect of Battlemat Ruler & template style vs this more narrative form of combat. There is distinctly something satisfying from a technical proficiency level in trouncing an encounter with an indepth knowledge of a system, but that tends to move the stakes away from the narrative as time and energy is drilled into empirical definitions as opposed to emotional truths.
Legate Bratt
2024-12-03 16:39:20 +0000 UTCIf I may: Ag-nog-stic
Ashley Teatum
2024-12-03 16:29:29 +0000 UTCHilariously enough, we have an older reference of "following a thread" in the story of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur. Somehow Hansel and Gretel is what stuck.
Ceedubelu
2024-12-03 16:26:56 +0000 UTC*screams "no, not the homie!" into the void.
Ceedubelu
2024-12-03 16:20:54 +0000 UTCWBN has ruined me. Lots of other actual play podcasts have great players and DM, but few can match the sound design that Taylor brings to the show. It add so much depth and complexity. The re-listenability of each episode is so high because of this!
R. Shawn Abrahams
2024-12-03 16:20:13 +0000 UTCAt this point, that has to be a Bag of Infinite Wealth
Ceedubelu
2024-12-03 16:19:26 +0000 UTCSidenote: I vote we call the water murder choir - Sirens Chorus
Ceedubelu
2024-12-03 16:16:08 +0000 UTCI've just started the episode and I'm already nervous that I'm not going to be able to tell if it's Brennan or Taylor speaking. 🥲
Rachael
2024-12-03 16:13:03 +0000 UTCProps to Taylor for popping off with that high-energy intro/promo. I hope you “get it” from a witch this season, my biological brother.
Grace
2024-12-03 15:57:34 +0000 UTC"Confusion is the brother of Death." So... what are those Thanksgiving family gatherings like?
Erik Hanson
2024-12-03 15:57:04 +0000 UTCscarred by a deeply traumatic event from childhood? process it by making it a great new nickname that everyone will ask you about 🤣 who's that, oh that's Fin. not his real name, but his entire family was eaten by sharks so we call him Fin
I’m so jaded that my Bardic Inspiration ends up sounding like Vicious Mockery
2024-12-03 15:51:37 +0000 UTCWe’re turning the man in black’s Tv off with this one! 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
Constance Harkins
2024-12-03 15:50:09 +0000 UTCI need to know what an upcast Fireball Tamori (?) looks like...
Muadwho
2024-12-03 15:29:01 +0000 UTCThe idea of adina having to fall in love with her target to cast herself is so incredibly heartbreaking 💔 I love it SO much! Also kind of reminds me of a quote about women's most cruel fates in literature: “whenever an ideological judgement against a woman is so crushingly cruel that even the institutions of the society cannot bring themselves to pronounce it—for instance that a mother must give up her child, or that a wife must die to further her husband’s moral growth—in those cases it is the woman herself who is forced to pronounce and justify the sentence” -- the institution created her to destroy herself if the protection of another and forces her to proclaim her deadly fate as good and worthwhile because of the depth of her love. Might be reading top much into it, but I am just deeply fascinated by the tomori-lore 🥰
Melina
2024-12-03 15:24:44 +0000 UTCSo glad the cast (Taylor & Jarrod are cast, fight me) shouted out Brennan's the Tamori Adina & Zero - the inflection & word choice made it feel like the culmination of a journey, not just a spell going off. Really looking forward to the story layers foreshadowed there. 😭
mguin
2024-12-03 15:23:58 +0000 UTCOmg I DID use the backpack file in this ep! When Suvi rummages around for a ration to give to the river spirit. That’s THE backpack. -t
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-12-03 15:19:47 +0000 UTCThis is also the best TalkBack episode yet - great job everybody. Get Taylor in on more eps!!!
Alec Simkiss
2024-12-03 15:18:18 +0000 UTCWe are all related! That’s how our species works! -t
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-12-03 15:16:43 +0000 UTCThis was straight up my favorite episode- it was SO GOOD. Which is crazy bc they’ve all been so fucking GOOD.
Alina 🧌
2024-12-03 15:11:32 +0000 UTC"My dearest biological family" amazing.
Felix
2024-12-03 14:58:17 +0000 UTCI think it is so much fun to hear how enraptured you all are by something you already know the result of. Truly magical post every time.
Michelle Spurgeon
2024-12-03 14:47:59 +0000 UTCMy only question is what do y’all think is better “Taylor on the beat” or “Moore on the track”
Nicholas Savage AKA Eursulon’s knight in training
2024-12-03 14:42:38 +0000 UTCGlad to welcome Taylor to Horny Jail. Come to the corner with us
Cait Batchelor
2024-12-03 14:36:11 +0000 UTCI'm so glad Taylor is in this episode! I love hearing about the editing and producing!
Blake Draut
2024-12-03 14:31:56 +0000 UTCI will hence forth refer to all casting of Fireball as Jarrod's Fireball.
Shadarous
2024-12-03 14:31:51 +0000 UTCReading comprehension. Plural they. DONT LOOK AT ME.
Andrew Guthy
2024-12-03 14:30:09 +0000 UTCWait a sec. Taylor's got pronouns? They/them?
Andrew Guthy
2024-12-03 14:29:31 +0000 UTC3 minutes in an Passport Jones BROKE ME. God I love this people
Franco Muscellini
2024-12-03 14:27:56 +0000 UTC*Cues DJ horns*
Ceedubelu
2024-12-03 14:23:14 +0000 UTCus: Damn son, where'd you find this?! Taylor: *checks computer* the Backpack file...again.
Ceedubelu
2024-12-03 14:22:26 +0000 UTCSo, in light of the burning questions two weeks ago, we’re all agreed that Silver’s dying next ep, yeah?
Jack Barlow
2024-12-03 14:17:52 +0000 UTCWill now be using the phrase "too touched" to explain an overwhelming positive emotion.
Agiddysea
2024-12-03 14:16:38 +0000 UTCLol love that the fireside chat is longer than the episode itself
Joseph Fanning
2024-12-03 14:15:53 +0000 UTCYou know, what's always bugged me about the "trail of breadcrumbs" metaphor is that in Hansel and Gretel the breadcrumbs get eaten by birds and the kids get lost. Like, they are, in the story, specifically a bad way to leave a trail to follow.
Tish.Tosh
2024-12-03 14:04:26 +0000 UTCTaylor OMG you are so damned brilliant it makes me want to scream.
Elizabeth Boskey
2024-12-03 13:57:51 +0000 UTCI am Biological Family with Taylor? I didn't even know.
Archon of Commoragh
2024-12-03 13:34:27 +0000 UTCOoo the flood coming down sounds somehow even more incredible in the .wav file 🤤🤤 thank you Taylor!
Charlotte
2024-12-03 13:13:22 +0000 UTCI expected the HD version of episode to be 50 minutes of Crazy Frog on repeat, and I wouldn't even be mad about it.
bumbleotter
2024-12-03 13:07:47 +0000 UTCAlso yes we all yell “TAYLOR MOORE!” in our place of listening when the sound of the ep is ABUSSIN!
VeritaAmore87
2024-12-03 12:59:43 +0000 UTCWould love to see a hear me out cake from Taylor and the fam
JKjester
2024-12-03 12:53:09 +0000 UTCNOT ABUSSIN! 💀💀💀
Anderson Moss
2024-12-03 12:49:37 +0000 UTCTaylor Claus amazing
Jessie Harris
2024-12-03 12:48:26 +0000 UTCOoooh yes I'm definitely playing that ep 38 wav on my sound system for the full experience, thanks y'all🙏🏾✨
Jasmine A Golphin
2024-12-03 12:46:06 +0000 UTCOk first episode of Aabria's campaign needs to kick off with 'Taylor with the beat!'
SvenTS
2024-12-03 12:44:19 +0000 UTCTaylor is Real Santa™️
Andi
2024-12-03 12:35:43 +0000 UTCOooh, not just intro but full Taylor.
SvenTS
2024-12-03 12:35:07 +0000 UTCLove the Taylor intro
SvenTS
2024-12-03 12:32:44 +0000 UTC
