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Yeah this is a blog for The Adventure Zone. I’m also kin with quite a few characters, so that’s a thing. Profile pic is me, and I made the header.

[stars-n-kites]

i feel like a lot of people see it as a flaw in storytelling when an actor's personality bleeds into or eclipses the typical characterization of their character but personally i think one of the funniest things abt taako adventurezone is that he is sometimes temporarily possessed by a deeply socially anxious nearing middle aged suburban father . its a core component of the character that i feel cannot be ignored

[isa-grapes]

remember in amnesty when griffin opened the world building floor to suggestions for five seconds and the boys immediately installed nineteen thousand water parks

[lupsbro]

coming back from the dead to present to you: She >:3c

[terezis]

reporting back to the raven queen

[ramblerogue]

TAZ Lady Week Day 5: NO-3113. “I… died.”

[keplercryptids]

[image description: a drawing of Noelle in her halfling and robot forms. In the foreground is her robot form, which appears to be a floating TV set with one spindly arm and one hose arm. The screen on the front is staticky, and “No-3113″ is written on the front. Behind the robot form is Noelle as a light-skinned halfling with wavy chin-length auburn hair. She’s wearing a blue dress and a white apron. Her eyes are completely white and pupil-less, and she’s looking into the distance, tears streaming down her cheeks. The background is completely filled with flame, and there’s a silver gauntlet floating above Noelle’s head.]

[owlistic]

This is how 2020 feels.

[ijsthee]

[ID: a screenshot of a transcript from The Adventure Zone, which reads:

Clint: I have- I have a little concern.

Griffin: Okay.

Clint: What- why is this arc called "The Suffering Game"?

Griffin: Oh, don't worry about that, dad.

End ID]

[twobluecows]

Been thinking a lot about Taako growing out his hair during the events of Balance, not knowing why it brings him so much comfort when looking in the mirror.

I hurt myself in the process of making this

[izzizzels]

I've been relistening to the adventure zone recently so here's a Lup doodle for trans day of visibility :D

[anistarrose]

[ID: art of Lup from The Adventure Zone, smiling at the viewer and conjuring a flame above her hand. Lup is a slender elf with brown skin, and curly hair that's chin length, dyed red and yellow with brown roots. She wears her IPRE jacket, a black crop top, and a long brown skirt. She has lots of piercings, with two sun earrings. The background is the trans flag. End ID.]

[herbgerblin]

maybe Indrid cold in a cozy lovecore sweater?

ID: Digital art of Indrid Cold, a slim looking man with pale skin and short, white hair. He is wearing bright red, circular glasses and a white and red knitted sweater. The sweater features an elaborate hearts pattern. On hand is covered with his long sleeve, while the other hand is free to hold a pink mug that reads, "I [heart] eggnog." There are sparkles drawn around his head. End ID.

Love is stored in the cozy sweater!

[glitchedmagic]

im relistening to taz balance and this might be old news but i haven't seen this brought up before

in the cave where they find the umbrastaff, clint is trying out character voices and does one as he says he's going to check out the staff, to which justin replies (as taako) "no, that won't do"

and then when lup is freed at the very end of the campaign, griffin narrates her thinking "no, that won't do" wrt merle getting the umbrastaff

i have no idea if this was intentional on griffin's part, but in either case, its such a wild bit of narrative through-line. each twin using the exact same phrase ("no, that won't do") at almost the same time about the same character

[everythingsucksbutthatsokay]

This moment is lowkey so heartbreaking from a meta perspective. Like Johann’s WHOLE thing is not wanting to be forgotten, and here, in basically his last scene before he dies, his CREATOR can’t remember what his voice sounds like.

[stained-glass-cicada]

Duck Newton, watching smoke rise from the Cryptonomica:

[artlesscomedic]

look at all these birds

i mean cats

[theadventurezoneoftruth]

this is one of my favorite TAZ moments of all time btw.

[myriagonal-art]

Taako and Kravitz have cute little death cats. Taako says he doesn’t like them but he still hand-prepares all their meals. It’s why they’re spoiled now. 

[ID: Taako, a dark skinned elf with a blond braid wearing a purple bathrobe and star-patterned pajama pants, is feeding his cute death cats in his kitchen first thing in the morning. The cats are black silhouettes with glowing white skeleton markings. One is eagerly pawing at him as he shoos it away from the food he holds in his other hand, as the other winds in between his feet.]

[sizzlin-it-up]

A blessed Merle from my Stolen Century wip to cleanse my blog of the dark energies here 2nite..

[keplercryptids]

[image description: a drawing of Merle, a dark-complexioned dwarf, from the waist up. He has white hair and a long white braided beard adorned with a few small flowers. He’s wearing a red IPRE robe with the sleeves rolled up, and is flexing a bicep as he glances to the side.]

[ghostwriterofthemachine]

Goddddddd thinking about that narrative moment when something horrible is happening and the character who has been frantically trying to come up with a way to fix it and getting more and more frantic and panicky just—stops. Because. Oh. There’s the solution. They’re not getting out of this alive but like. It’s a solution for everyone else. Okay. Okay.

[antimony-medusa]

Why would you do this to me.

[ghostwriterofthemachine]

and!!!! like!!!! obviously this is delicious when you hit your Self Sacrifice Archetype with it, but honestly I think it's even chewier when you give it to, like. someone with a selfish streak. The one with some arrogance who's maybe not quite a team player. leans more towards loner. Give this moment to the one party member who has been shown to prioritize their own survival over everything else.

And then the eye-of-the-storm realization of "Oh. Huh. I am not making it to the end of the story. but everyone else is going to. Isn't it strange, that I'm not more upset?"