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I am just,, very tempted to skip the map making/world building of ethersea because will I comprehend it? No probably not

#hopefully it gets better because i literally could not bring myself to finish the prologue

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asimovsideburns

Anonymous asked:

The issue is the nature of letting a quiet year decide major plot points is u need time to write it after you play that and griffin just had his baby so hes been on leave and his writing is probably slowed + no time to record

asimovsideburns answered:

Yeah, I can see that. The problem is that.... this is not what people think of when they think of TAZ. I like it, but also I love worldbuilding stuff.

It’s not targeting their major demographic, though, or hitting any of the beats that TAZ episodes usually hit, which is why I’m seeing a lot of the die-hard TAZ fans that I’m following saying that they were disappointed.

I think it’s a great concept, I really do, but I just think that a combination of 1) Griffin (rightfully) devoting most of his attention to his new baby and 2) the push I’m sure they got from the network to release the new season in time for maxfundrive really limited what they were able to do in regards to getting the season off the ground.

Ideally? They would have taken a few weeks off, maybe done another mini season while Griffin prepped story post-quiet year session, then released episodes weekly instead of bi-weekly even though it wasn’t maxfundrive anymore—play episode, quiet year episode, alternating every week.

I think they’re going to turn off a lot of people with the way this season opened, which is unfortunate because I think it has the potential to be really great.

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bluemoonrabbit

Re: the first episode of New TAZ: I don't mind having some worldbuilding episodes, and I'll hold out to see if it builds to something cool, but right now it seems odd to spend hours building a map for a world they KNOW is not going to be used in game. Plus, the best part of TAZ has always been the PCs interacting, and they chose a game that by design... doesn't have that. I get wanting to create a cool world, but it's a lot of time spent on something that's going to be abandoned once the game starts for real... without the saving grace of being funny.

I think the McElroys don't really get what made Balance such a breakout success. It's not because of the huge and complex finale. It's not because of cool worldbuilding. It's because of the characters. The finale only hit people the way it did because the characters, developed through goofs and fun, were so beloved. But it seems that ever since then, the brothers & Clint have been trying to start out with something on the same scale as late-Balance, rather than having fun and letting things grow naturally.

To be frank, the McElroys are not the complex, deep fantasy writers they seem to think they are– but they don't have to be to make something listeners love! They just have to do what McElroys do, be goofy and egg each other on. I really hope they take the pressure off this season and have fun again, but it's not looking likely.

#thank you for putting it into words #this is exactly what ive been feeling and like #taz just hasnt hit since balance because of this weird worldbuiling focus

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snattacat

INTREPID HEROES

(art-only blog is @shantywolves )

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celesse

The docile Pidgey, native to the Kanto region

Print available here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/celesse/pidgey-in-a-cheri-tree/

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kaylabarart

-Mary Elizabeth Frye

uhhh yeah something i threw together because i remembered this poem and was hit with some lup feels. its rushed, im sorry, but pls enjoy

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93% Stardust, Nikita Gill

i really wanted to do so much more with this, so there may be a follow up comic later if i feel up for it. i love the ipre crew.

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gothicmonocle

You know I had to do this

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tuverras

me, after watching every single one of peter‘s father figures die:

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spiderman-is-my-copilot

Marvel: So Peter Parker’s only 16 and he’s lost his parents, his uncle, and his father figure/mentor, his homecoming date’s dad dropped a building on him and he almost died, then he went to space, fought a giant wrinkly grape and actually died in the arms of his mentor, then came back five years later only to watch said mentor DIE SAVING THE UNIVERSE. And as soon as he gets home, he’s recruited to help with a world-destroying threat that he doesn’t even WANT to be involved in, despite being traumatized and blaming himself for everything, meets a new mentor/father figure who earns his trust and then BETRAYS HIM

Marvel:

Marvel: Hit him with a train