Fireside Chat for WWW ep14 "There is an Ocean Vaster Than This One""
Added 2023-09-05 08:17:00 +0000 UTCWe begin to discuss the end of the beginning. Taylor joins us from his dirty south swamp shack, and we talk about the Rain Road, the ethics of direct action, "My Dad." and what we're looking forward to the most about Chapter 2. Crackle crackle!
Mentioned in this episode:
The Fantastic Philosophy Lectures (and southern accent) of Rick Roderick
(personal fave is the Self Under Siege series which begins in lecture 301. -t)
Comments
God I love how much of a music nerd Taylor is. Hearing all the little details about his approach that the audience probably won't know (unless they're also a music nerd) but how integral those details are to the emotional response. I just AHH šš
Erin Michelotti
2024-08-23 12:32:40 +0000 UTCAhoohoo I know is from an episode, came up around Gallows? I just can't remember who came up with it and the situation. PLEASE let me know if you can because I just finished arc 1 and too addicted to go back and and make a feeble attempt at finding it.
The Pompous Peasant
2024-08-11 16:35:10 +0000 UTCSorry Brennan, but I've watched and heard hundreds of hours of you, and Taylor does so like Brennan is doing a bit. Erika nailed it. I get confused sometimes.
Jay Clement
2024-07-31 14:46:47 +0000 UTCThe talk of how a song isnāt always a political statement but the act of singing it makes it one reminds me of āTomorrow Belongs to Meā when itās sung in the show Cabaret. Without context, itās a beautiful song. Itās only when one understands the context in which it is being sung and the party itās associated with that the song truly becomes a political statement.
Marguerite F.
2024-06-07 18:00:48 +0000 UTCAs someone with a southern accent like Taylor's, I am OFFENDED on his behalf for the description of "Taylor's voice sounds like Brennan doing a bit" THE AUDACITY lmaooooo (That said I am also unfortunately one of the people who thinks Brennan and Taylor have similar sounding voices I am So Sorry)
Kael McDonald
2024-06-06 17:52:15 +0000 UTC[music nerd rant] Listening to Taylor talk about the weight of meaning the brass brought put me very much in mind of the 2nd movement of Brahms' German Requiem where the orchestra is kinda building for a bit, but then the choir comes in and a wave of sound punches you in the face while the text of "Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras" (For all flesh is as grass) punches you in the feels.
Danielle St John
2024-06-04 21:24:29 +0000 UTCI'm so glad that I'm not the only one who thought that!!
Emory Blair
2024-05-17 23:43:13 +0000 UTCalso the SONG was AMAZING
expandingnebula
2024-04-28 12:46:19 +0000 UTCitās the similarities btw the cadence of Brennan and Taylor for me which made me so confused! plus, my understanding of Brennanās public persona is that this is a bit he would commit too. but i figured out that it wasnāt a bit somewhere between episode 1 and now. just took me a while.. š š
expandingnebula
2024-04-28 12:44:01 +0000 UTCtaylor is so brilliant and i can not believe the expertise and huge amount of knowledge and wisdom he has in telling story through sound š¤Æ
Christopher Underhill
2024-04-01 14:57:56 +0000 UTCTbh Iāve always thought that Taylor kinda sounded like Brennanās voice for Biz Glitterdo from Fantasy High
Nick
2024-04-01 11:29:39 +0000 UTCMegan, Vesper, me, and I know two more fans from Louisville. That's enough for a group listen sometime, yes?
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2024-03-29 00:13:00 +0000 UTCI absolutely love Rain Road! The first thing it reminded me of was Far Side of the World by Tide Lines, definitely there with the Gaelic/nature/love song vibes
Zoe Dukach
2024-03-16 00:25:11 +0000 UTCIāve listened to the song a few times over. I love it!!!
Joshua
2024-02-14 04:05:56 +0000 UTCI totally agree with Erika here in the beginning: Taylor sounds like Brennan doing a bit. It took me listening to the backlog of fireside chats to realize that the voice at the end of each episode reading the credits is not Brennan talking in a softer, higher voice than usual, but Taylor.
Martine Lenders
2024-01-28 13:40:15 +0000 UTCThe thing that absolutely KILLS me about the song is that when the horn for Galani comes in it's noticeable but quiet as she has her personal realization. But when the brass instrumentals burst in with the full weight of the Empire, they don't quite fit with the vocals and in fact completely overwhelm them. As long as the Empire is speaking, the people's voices are buried. It also feels significant that this happens for the final verse, when the song suddenly shifts to first person. From what we've seen so far via Steel, it seems like the Empire's predominant view of great spirits may be that their power makes them essentially ungovernable. To hear the people even nominally relating themselves to that would definitely feel like cause for alarm. MEANWHILE, however, the stringsāthe STRINGS!! The witches' instrumentals!! They slide under and behind and around the vocals; they enhance and connect without pulling focus. MUSICAL STORYTELLING!!! I'm fully blown away, y'all. Absolutely amazing work.
Mel
2024-01-25 20:07:35 +0000 UTCI don't know who needs to hear this but Mormons absolutely do not believe the Jesus was born in Pennsylvania. I assume it was a joke but just like... Don't walk away from here with that in your head š
Witpending
2023-12-30 06:16:59 +0000 UTC....The song is perfect. However, I refuse to believe that BLeeM doesn't speak elvish.
Cur
2023-12-19 01:31:04 +0000 UTCAs an actual soldier, I can tell you my purpose is not to die.
Agiddysea
2023-11-29 23:58:32 +0000 UTCThe very last brennan taylor double fakeout blew up my brain
Emongaru
2023-11-22 23:56:42 +0000 UTCBrennan Iām sorry but nobody would believe Donegal is peopleās favorite; sincerely, someone from Cork, everyoneās REAL favorite
Apollo
2023-11-19 10:50:29 +0000 UTCLouisville WBN fans unite!!
Vesper
2023-11-04 05:06:17 +0000 UTCI'm late to the show, but am finally here - the fireside chat for the Arc 1 finale. And I'm so glad to hear y'all acknowledge how much Taylor sounds like Brennan! It was my FIRST thought the first time I heard Taylor's voice, which I mistook for Brennan doing a character voice. LOL Love you guys, this material is freaking incredible.
Abbie Lankitus
2023-11-03 18:07:55 +0000 UTCShoutout from Louisville KY!!!
Megan Hodge
2023-11-03 18:02:20 +0000 UTCTaylor sounds like Brennan doing Biz Glitterdew's voice.
Eskitoon
2023-11-01 23:01:52 +0000 UTC1:01:00 caught me wayy off guard lol
Apple Slapple
2023-11-01 14:28:42 +0000 UTCpetition to have taylor on every fireside
Just_another_queer
2023-10-31 10:03:27 +0000 UTC"It's easy for Suvi to kill because it's easy for Suvu to die" is the Blackest shit ever! Aabria on that elder vibe
PhillyMoe
2023-10-21 10:09:18 +0000 UTCI just want you to know I really appreciate this episode of the fireside, and Suviās growth., and the recognition of this. Thank you.
Eagledink
2023-10-09 18:02:31 +0000 UTC100
Butterfly Tragic
2023-10-05 02:46:08 +0000 UTC"Born with this thick corn syrup molasses" š¤£ going back to this still has me cracking up until I cry, my goodness
lunarsummer
2023-10-03 22:57:22 +0000 UTCDon't sleep on the Rick Roderick videos, way ahead of his time.
BirdInTheBrain
2023-09-21 05:13:04 +0000 UTCAny idea when this ep will get a transcript?
Rratking
2023-09-20 15:48:28 +0000 UTCI love the intention behind bringing together voices to match the energy of a community and also to sing that gorgeous beautiful tear inducing song!!!
Jonesey
2023-09-19 23:15:08 +0000 UTCListening to the pod gives me the exact feeling of finding and devouring an incredible immersive fantasy novel as a teenager, so I absolutely can't wait to see what Chapter 2 has in store! Thank y'all
A.E. Ross
2023-09-19 06:01:39 +0000 UTCTHIS YES SAME FINALLY
Ashley Teatum
2023-09-17 20:10:29 +0000 UTCIncredible work on the song. I was surprised and blown away by the amount of detail and thought put into the music. It was such a powerful moment and musically really smart, which most importantly communicates very well to anyone, music background or not. That said, the musicology nerds are gonna rejoice for this one.
Matthew Zimon
2023-09-13 21:34:42 +0000 UTCNo transcript for this one? =(
livia solanum
2023-09-13 19:37:46 +0000 UTCAs someone who just got into āOh These Those Stars of Spaceā, it was great to hear Taylor unleash a little bit of Tuscaloosa Casketshowroom on the fireside :) Higly recommend his Star Trek love letter actual play podcast that uses Lasers and Feelings.
Brianne Hughes
2023-09-11 06:49:44 +0000 UTCCHAPTER 2 IS ALREADY RECORDED?! OMG!!!
Jennifer
2023-09-09 22:39:38 +0000 UTCI suspect even the sound department got in on the penis levity. On account of when the curse was broken, it was accompanied by a giant DONG!!!
Erik Hanson
2023-09-08 19:34:42 +0000 UTCI desperately need to know if Brennan or the gang has heard Hozierās new album because it has Gaeilge on it and also a lot of political references and call backs to the colonization of Ireland and other places by the British empire
Aud
2023-09-08 11:00:55 +0000 UTCIt gave this recovering Mormon prickly hot stress sweats š
MoodieRuxton
2023-09-08 00:30:28 +0000 UTCOmg Aabria the guvnor. The cost of no social media is high sometimes but thanks to you I got two of the last remaining tickets!! What an action packed few minutes!
Elly Wade
2023-09-07 19:14:09 +0000 UTCDimension 20 is doing a live show tour in the UK next spring!
Aabria Iyengar
2023-09-07 18:44:23 +0000 UTCI was Unready for the song of the SEA.
Ashley Teatum
2023-09-07 16:59:22 +0000 UTCAs someone who grew up in Missouri and is now horrified by what's going on in Missourah, I feel for Mr. Trinidad.
Matthew B
2023-09-07 16:51:36 +0000 UTCMy "correct" pronunciation of Ethan Trinidad's hometown is actually more like [ luh - uh - Vull ]. Swallow those vowels as you speak, like it's French. š
Mary H.
2023-09-07 15:08:29 +0000 UTCI know itās a bit but LOUISVILLE KY REPRESENT WOO
Vesper
2023-09-07 14:55:59 +0000 UTC"It takes two points to make a line" damn Taylor dropping lines just like the rest of them!
Krisse S
2023-09-07 14:53:31 +0000 UTCThe little wobble that hit Erika at the end of the intro sounded like "There is an OSHA vaster than this one" and I love the mental image of that, like "I KNOW it's not strictly required, but wouldn't it be safer & nicer if we (did this & that)."
M Bee
2023-09-07 13:51:10 +0000 UTCIt sounded during the āuniā question like Brennan was about say he and Lou were coming to the UK but he got derailed?! Please clarify guvnor š©
Elly Wade
2023-09-07 12:41:04 +0000 UTCItās official itās now crackle crackle ahoohoo fish!!! Add a new syllable per arc!!
Thurston Whitlow
2023-09-07 03:07:32 +0000 UTCRespect. Waaaay to many sylables
Micah Baird
2023-09-07 02:25:36 +0000 UTCSo, I love everything about this show. After listening to the fireside, I went back and listened again to the entire ocean faster than this. And I just want to add one thing to the conversation about improv, talent, and earned mastery. šÆ this cast of creators are masters at the art. Even with mastery, the element that makes this work, is unconditional trust. When Aabria creates a raw memory of the magical minutiae that make up Suviās Mom to her she trusts that this creation will not just be accepted but made more fabulous by her partners. Then Brennan using the language of music and wonder puts words to this creation. Perfection. Brava.
Micah Baird
2023-09-07 02:23:49 +0000 UTCI love that "Jesus was born in Pennsylvania" This episode was absolutely beautiful and the arc was amazing.
Angela Watson
2023-09-06 23:16:58 +0000 UTC"It's easy for Suvi to kill because it's easy for Suvi to die" oof that line hurt!
Cassandra Cordova
2023-09-06 18:41:30 +0000 UTCTaylor's bit about how reactions sell a moment is solid screenwriting advice I give ALL the time. Because humans react to other humans rather than abstract information, a plot event isn't fully real, emotionally, until you see a reaction to it in another human being (albeit fictional) that tells your little mirror neurons what emotion you should be having. Finding the bloody knife in a detective story doesn't finish landing until you get the shot of the detective's face, reacting to it. A pretty song is just a pretty song until you see a wizard be afraid of it.
Brandon Carbaugh
2023-09-06 16:36:48 +0000 UTCAs a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (a.k.a. Mormons) who has heard very few pop culture people talk about their experiences - besides the occasional, impersonal, not totally accurate joke - hearing Taylor talk about the tour, Erika talking about reading the Book of Mormon, etc. has beenā¦wild. š š Followed by all the music answers which is what I have been DYING for!! š„°
Paige
2023-09-06 16:16:31 +0000 UTCJust starting and as a KY native I had to power through the pronunciation of Louisville. Thank God they were talking about Looweyville which is on the opposite part of the state in the hollows.
Justin Frasure
2023-09-06 16:01:28 +0000 UTCIf you're not into it yet, there's a fanart bingo game going on through tumblr and a fan Discord! Check out worldsbeyondbingo, I've been having a lot of fun with the prompts!
lunarsummer
2023-09-06 14:35:02 +0000 UTCI laughed so hard at the taylor/ Brennan voice jokes on this chat. Tears in my eyes, full belly laughs! I'm sorry I'm face and voice blind, there's no hope for me, save yourselves š¤£
lunarsummer
2023-09-06 14:32:32 +0000 UTCIs it just voice similarity or have Taylor and Brennan both lived in the New York area? As a Norwegian it's hard for me to pinpoint exactly WHY their voices are so similar to me.
Silje Dahl
2023-09-06 13:31:47 +0000 UTCAnd chapter 2 drops... when????
Jackaloop
2023-09-06 07:20:03 +0000 UTCThe song very much gave an elvish sea shanty vibeā¦ loved it
Marcus Burns
2023-09-06 05:07:08 +0000 UTCI volunteer as a soprano ! i did choir for 8 years and have been wanting to get back into it recently, and when i heard this song all i could think of was an 100 person choir in 8 part harmony singing this
Camille Lanata
2023-09-06 03:59:23 +0000 UTCIām glad they acknowledged the similarity of Taylor and Brennans voice. When Taylor speaks, i just expect him to say things in a Brennan way (except slightly lower pitch) and itās exactly what I expect. Maybe itās because Iām not American and so Brennans verbal mannerisms arenāt something Iām familiar with IRLā¦ and then this other dude who speaks exactly the same turns up lol. Itās surprising If, at the beginning of a show, Taylor didnāt announce himself and just picked up after Brennan stopped talkingā¦ I think it would take a bit before I realise itās a different person There feels like a difference in how they approach an idea, but all the little bits and even voice changes are the same Theyāre the left brain right brain meme
Troy Moses
2023-09-06 02:18:43 +0000 UTCTaylor you can't tease me like that. Very mean 11/10
Kurt Anderson
2023-09-06 01:56:03 +0000 UTCCan Brennan start introducing himself as 'I'm your friendly bit janitor BLM"
Jackaloop
2023-09-06 00:11:21 +0000 UTCDon't tell Brennan but I've been using streak freezes every day for like two months now, Duo is so disappointed in me already
Joshua Vern
2023-09-05 22:58:55 +0000 UTCYes, what in the Calamity, Brennan! -.-
Melodie
2023-09-05 22:31:40 +0000 UTCWait wait wait!!! Guys! You know.....just 80 miles down the road from Nazareth, PA is the little township of Ephrata which, as everyone knows, is the Hebrew name for Bethlehem. So um, actually...Jesus WAS born in Pennsylvania?
Sarah Sutton
2023-09-05 21:50:25 +0000 UTCIt is true, when Taylor started talking the first time I thought it was Brennan doing a bit
Bennett
2023-09-05 21:25:46 +0000 UTCThe story arc is called a comarc. The coma itself within the story is an arcoma.
PokƩRedstone
2023-09-05 21:23:20 +0000 UTCBrennan āThe Bit Janitorā Lee Mulligan.
The Overthinker
2023-09-05 20:46:05 +0000 UTCjust here for the Morm content
Philmeanslove
2023-09-05 20:15:48 +0000 UTCSorry Brennan, Taylor I thought Brennan introduced twice...
Jonathan Crawshaw
2023-09-05 20:05:00 +0000 UTCI may be showing my age and/or nationality, but during that outro all I could think of is this scene from Red Dwarf š¤£šhttps://youtu.be/dkjbMoj0JY4?si=4emW0gDvM4rOsJoC
Cicatrixtwigs
2023-09-05 20:03:58 +0000 UTCNow I am trying to translate the song into Italian- but I understand exactly your issue because many concepts in song dont exactly translate well. It did remind me, besides it being sung by the young even if started by the Old in the pod, of older Italian folk songs especially those by the alps where people would sing into the mountains to have the nature echo back.
Adri Void
2023-09-05 19:03:49 +0000 UTCLook, the main reason I'm here is the amazing storytelling, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I am thrilled to hear brilliant creators talk philosophy. Especially loved the shout out to the classical pragmatists and William James. I did a lot of my grad work on John Dewey. So, thank you for all the great work and great conversations.
Dave Thomer
2023-09-05 18:59:56 +0000 UTCTo preface this, I'm a percussionist more than I am a composer, but the podcast and the music inspired me to create a symphonic arrangement of The Rain Road. It's not a full-length interpretation, but it's a beautiful (in my humble opinion) arrangement nonetheless. :) https://soundcloud.com/rob-wiltbank/the-rain-road?si=6366abeb72da4b80a55f12953ca3a694 Thank you Brennan, Erika, Aabria, Lou, and Taylor for all that you do and all who you inspire.
Rob Wiltbank
2023-09-05 18:54:26 +0000 UTCSince she was leading the scary lady to her beau, can it be the Rain Beau Road? š
CSN
2023-09-05 18:24:29 +0000 UTCIncredible work, no notes. Immediately wondering how we organize an Eric Whitacre-esque virtual choir of WBN fans singing the choral arrangement of The Rain Road.
Courtney Yovich
2023-09-05 17:59:02 +0000 UTCThis fireside chat is just dripping with the delight and joy you all have in talking about the work you do, as well as the respect and love you have for each other. Adore you all, canāt wait to see what chapter 2 has in store! š„°
Michael Johnson
2023-09-05 17:58:58 +0000 UTCMe being demanding about titles part Ii: Eursolon had better be The Knight of the Gentle Sea AND the path Suvi took from the wall to the docks better be called the Rain Road.
Will Twiner
2023-09-05 17:48:58 +0000 UTCLou is in PanamĆ”??? Damnit, I need to get to LimĆ³n stat to catch him as he climbs back up!!
Ignacio Segura Montero
2023-09-05 17:24:46 +0000 UTCLooweyville is where Lou gets all of his guest stars
Blair Walker
2023-09-05 17:16:49 +0000 UTCIs there anywhere to share fan art? I want to see the galani art, but I also found this beautiful Naram art! https://www.tumblr.com/rebe-draws/727140898572517376/naram-the-wave-lord-wearing-his-glamour-forgot?source=share
Maker Mariah
2023-09-05 16:53:18 +0000 UTCI just realized I placed Steel's voice as "non-evil Kalina".
Ecceptable
2023-09-05 16:04:42 +0000 UTCBut by that logic, it was Eursalon's choice to die under the waves. A knight is a soldier. I'm looking forward to this coming arc a lot. I've felt a lot of frustration so far because we don't know anything about the empire, but the empire must be bad, so their people are disposable. Why? Because they're not part of a cute little village run by a witch? Because they call themselves "soldiers" instead of "knights"? I'm sure we'll see the workings of empire in the coming arc which will be helpful, but I'm getting some dissonance which is getting between me and seeing these characters as heroes rather than nature-attuned murder hobos.
Ecceptable
2023-09-05 15:16:49 +0000 UTCAnd they werenāt kidding. What a shaft!
Worlds Beyond Number
2023-09-05 15:13:22 +0000 UTCWhen I visited the Joseph Smith house in Vermont in like 2005, the brochures repeatedly referred to the obelisk as "a polished granite shaft." Which is the main reason I went.
Susan Glachman
2023-09-05 15:10:14 +0000 UTCMERCH NEEDED - bit janitor shirt
Cait Batchelor
2023-09-05 15:03:45 +0000 UTCSven you're so quick! First comment, nice š
lunarsummer
2023-09-05 14:48:18 +0000 UTCCome, some of the work gets kinda hard This ain't no place to be if you planned on bein' a star Let me tell you it's always cool And the boss don't mind sometimes if you act the fool At the HAM CART Bit-fixing at the HAM CART, YEAH
Lilith Evenstar
2023-09-05 14:37:23 +0000 UTCWhat I am most looking forward to is some kind of answer to the questions I've had, not for 14 episodes but for 22, since the first moment of the Children's Adventure, about Suvi's parents and [Yoren, which I will never be able to spell] and Steel and Grandma Wren. I'm sure we won't get neat, full answers in this upcoming conversation, or even in the whole arc, but we'll get something.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2023-09-05 14:21:38 +0000 UTCincredible finale, on top of an amazing first arc! i LOVE the discussion around The Rain Road. i had another interpretation of the 'musical story' that was being told, on top of the militant anti-imperial sentiment. which, obviously, is superseded by the creator's vision... buuuut such is art! 'by the road the rain rides to the sea' tells me that, whatever actions the empire at large has taken, there are SOME people in it that undertake projects to make life better. for the people, for nature, for whoever. roads have been built to make travel less taxing for the citizens, which also gives the rain an easier route to the sea. the work of the people in the empire CAN be that of connection, of harmony. similar to the points brennan makes a little later about suvi on the white horse, the role of wizards (and by proxy the empire) is to defend people from things from which they have no protection - overwhelming natural or supernatural forces. this is a rosy interpretation to be sure - goodness knows large scale public works projects often do more harm than good. but the instrumentation here isn't the marching horns of the empire, it's the voices of the people that call port talon home - descended from people who might have had dirt roads before the imperial ways, who built them along side streams, following the path of least resistance. the horns echo the notion of industry, of metals stolen from the earth and fashioned into tools. but from brass instruments we get some spicy jazz, so it can't be ALL bad! the low, quiet, minor notes of galani being immediately eclipsed by the bright major swell suggests, to me, that the people of the empire haven't lost their connection to nature and the spirit world, although the memory may be faded. if you got this far, thanks for reading my overanalysis and ahoohoo to you <3
Sol
2023-09-05 14:21:00 +0000 UTCI'm glad Ethan made the distinction between Louavul, the city, and Loueeyville, which is apparently a little place up in a holler. Otherwise I wouldn't have believed he was from Kentucky.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2023-09-05 14:14:47 +0000 UTCThere is a sweet webapp called vulgarlang that can make constructed languages, so I second Aabriya in wanting the song in a constructed fantasy language
Amelia Morgana
2023-09-05 14:13:47 +0000 UTCThe Donegal welcome plaque is hilariously accurate
Dylan Buckley
2023-09-05 13:39:31 +0000 UTCKY represent ! š
Andrew Chapman
2023-09-05 13:34:49 +0000 UTCSuvi's journey is kinda similar to Christina Yang from Grey's Anatomy. Incredibly capable and competent, but needs to learn to play well with others. Very good.
Nandi Kayyy
2023-09-05 13:29:45 +0000 UTCFor someone who had never done musical arrangements, Taylor is SO good at it!
Michelle Spurgeon
2023-09-05 13:27:16 +0000 UTCLast thing, I swear. If there's the possibility of Merch being dropped in future for WNN... can we have 'Quest Fever' and sassy Fox quotes, please? :3
RoseWitch
2023-09-05 13:21:18 +0000 UTCI legit thought that WAS Brennan doing a bit LOL, thank goodness it wasn't just me thinking it šā ļø
JK
2023-09-05 13:20:09 +0000 UTCAs a former Mormon, the story about the Joseph Smith museum and the fact Erika has read the Book of Mormon is blowing my mind
Kimball
2023-09-05 13:11:38 +0000 UTCA fellow Kentuckian on the pod! š¤
Bee
2023-09-05 12:23:47 +0000 UTCIs Erika even real? Or has it been Ethan the whole time?!?!?!?!
Sea Moose
2023-09-05 12:23:32 +0000 UTCYou know what they're doing to Brennan in this? Character Assassination!
Dream Wizard Kyle Arca
2023-09-05 12:19:42 +0000 UTCThat Galani art!!! <3
Pat & Heather
2023-09-05 12:16:55 +0000 UTCJust starting the episode, but are you ever going to talk about how y'all do milestone and what the expectations are for the other characters as well? Y'all take so long to level up, which is insanely cool and different, but it makes me worried because it's never been done before.
Alec Simkiss
2023-09-05 11:56:16 +0000 UTCAre we going to talk about how perfectly placed the PCs were in the last two episodes? Eursulon in the sea on the side of the spirit world, Suvi on a white horse fleeing the furious Green in an effort to protect her fellow humanity, and Ame on the shore trying to strike a balance between the two... Just AGGHHHHHHH! Can't be normal about it. It was so good.
RoseWitch
2023-09-05 11:14:47 +0000 UTCNot Donegal calling itself the forgotten county when Fermanagh, a county no Irish people remember, exists! It also could be in reference to Donegal being the only county up north to not be Northern Ireland but part of the Republic
Francis Lee
2023-09-05 11:06:03 +0000 UTCLove all the diegetic discussion of the instrumental themes and notes covered in 'The Rain Road', 10/10 and hype deserved. Brennan is so right that in-narrative-world art is so important to making it feel tangible. ...Also, damn it Brennan, now I need to re-read 'The Little Prince' again....
RoseWitch
2023-09-05 11:02:07 +0000 UTCI'm too autistic for this bit but i'll take it
Ruvi
2023-09-05 10:53:57 +0000 UTCThe song and Galani going "I hope they don't turn this on me" makes me thing of the song "The Hanging Tree" from Hunger Games and how the miners and district workers sing the song while attacking the dam/power station. That scene always gives me chills and I can only imagine how much the empire would fear the same happening to them.
Timothy Huff
2023-09-05 10:37:32 +0000 UTCHavenāt listened and that Ashley Schaefer picture is worrying meā¦
Jules B.
2023-09-05 10:34:26 +0000 UTCIs a coma arc called a ācomarcā or an āarcomaā?
witchcatcher
2023-09-05 10:09:20 +0000 UTCa very bold strategy to have 3 PCs and then write one out, glad ethan is so very good at voices
Bill Posters
2023-09-05 09:45:38 +0000 UTCi didnt even need last firesideās explanation to know ameās choice was the right one, i knew as soon as she made it, and i have not changed my mind. the purpose of a soldier is to do three things; follow orders, kill, and die. these soldiers who died have fulfilled their purposes. of course there is tragedy there, but the blame only ever falls on those who have done wrong. ame didnāt, and neither did naram, except perhaps for leaving morrow alive. although that is far more complex and nuanced a decision than allowing for the deaths of the empireās soldiers, especially considering the citizens of port talon and those villages destroyed by the kudzu were left out of the decision, but ultimately as the one most completely and directly wronged by his actions, my instinct is to let him decide what his retribution should look like.
Joules Sage
2023-09-05 09:38:54 +0000 UTC"It's easy for Suvi to kill because it's easy for Suvi to die." - Damn! Aabria taking no prisoners (including herself)
SvenTS
2023-09-05 09:13:52 +0000 UTCI just want Lou to come home
Ursa
2023-09-05 09:08:26 +0000 UTCI never wrote/translated a song in my life but i feel i will try **
Nahda
2023-09-05 08:51:48 +0000 UTC'Oh did you not have time to whip up a little conlang just for this, you fucking coward?'
SvenTS
2023-09-05 08:49:59 +0000 UTCIndeedy!
Lojaan
2023-09-05 08:41:05 +0000 UTCSolid timing for AU friends thank you š¦
LVK
2023-09-05 08:38:09 +0000 UTCAhoohoo!
PokƩRedstone
2023-09-05 08:35:40 +0000 UTCthe links are most helpful <333
Jay
2023-09-05 08:30:31 +0000 UTCCrackle crackle!
SvenTS
2023-09-05 08:28:56 +0000 UTC
