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"Man, this new Superhero 'Scarborough Fair' is so mysterious. I wonder what her secret identity is. What do you think, Paisley Sage Rose-Marion Thaime?"

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King Gus you have to stop. You Smoke Too Tough. Your Swag Too Different. Your Bitch Is Too— uh, nevermindsorryforyourloss. They’ll Kill You

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"Surprise! It's your sister!"

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"Prior to the end of the Shapers' War, the only wizards were aasimar or other beings that were partially divine that could read the words of power: but when the Shapers existed, the words of power were literally not legible to mortal beings. After their death, you begin to start being able to recover them."

Brennan Lee Mulligan, CR Cooldown for C4E23

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Murray: If we die, an improv group in 20 years is gonna find this and have a shit day.

Bolaire: They're an improv group, every day is a shit day.

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Ok, I normally don't do this

Two excellent actors who respect each other very much decided that now would be a good time both narratively and dramatically to have their characters have an argument. They were correct.

Unfortunately, one of those characters speaks to the lived experiences of women of color and the other speaks to the lived experiences of Trans and Neurodivergent people, as well as many others.

Neither characters is right, and neither is wrong. Occtis is rightfully sick and tired of everyone hating him simply for existing. Thaisha is in the worst possible situation emotionally right now, and cannot be palatable to everyone's sensibilities, no matter how much they demand it.

I think some of the people "arguing for one side" (and I assume they are a vocal minority) don't realize why the "other side's" character is such a raw nerve for "that side".

I want to be clear, there are no sides. We are all on the same side. An accident of circumstance has pitted a very small portion of us against one another.

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"'It's effortless. It is our gift, our birthright.' and once again, the magic of your family that could only ever be explained as something you should just already know how to do comes thundering back to you."

Yep. There's those neurodivergent feelings again.

[lord-reggie-of-tabrohynne]

So, how you feelin' about Occtis' Trans allegory after last night's episode (ep 14)?

Sorry for the delay! I finished the episode last night just before my Friday game. Buuuut it did give me time to process my feelings lol. I went back and read the posts we talked about this earlier and I think I still feel pretty similar.

I don't really feel like Alex is even particularly trying for Occtis to be a Trans allegory but I do think his storytelling is very open for anyone who doesn't belong to their family or who feel devotion to a culture that kept them alive. But yeah, I do still really identify with Occtis and his journey. I imagine you might have known this since you asked but I too, have:

Gone to a safe place only to find it wasn't safe specifically for me.

Had to convince someone that my Wrong Body didn't make me defective.

Stood in a room of elders to be told maybe I might be better off not existing, since I'd deviated from the designated Divine Path.

Felt clinical about my Wrong Body

Still felt the need to understand why my family didn't love me in spite of me being different.

Had a friend both advocate for me and still act weird about who I am.

(And bless Brennan forever for this because these people are so important) Had a stranger intervene on my behalf because of my sincerity about myself.

So yeah. Attacked all the time by Alex Ward's incredible acting. Still deeply invested in his journey. Still really, really relating to his choices. I have a love/hate relationship with body horror and Alex and Brennan are hitting it just right for me- the post-eating scenes really got me in the feels in ways that are pretty hard to articulate without getting wildly personal.

But I am going to leave a shot of my final comment i had because I think it still holds true. I think Occtis just has to be surviving and changing:

How are you feeling about our favorite Spooky Little Undead Fella?

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One of my favorite things about Occtis' story is how it portrays the horrifying ordeal of your very existence being unprecedented. No one has walked Occtis' path before, or if they have, history has not taken great pains to remember them. He has no guides or mentors in this, nor anyone who understands this aspect of his self implicitly. He has to figure out what he is as fast as possible without any help, and use that to argue for his right to exist to everyone he meets constantly. And he has to argue that existence to people who have only known the privilege of never needing to interrogate their own very being, people who have been surrounded by others who can understand them even when they themselves cannot: a luxury Occtis does not possess.

If this feels familiar to any number of lived experiences you have, to that I say: You can't prove there's allegory in this!

[lord-reggie-of-tabrohynne]

This part right here specifically:

^^ that has been living rent free in my head since I read it.

I feel perceived.

Thank you for articulating yourself so beautifully and clearly. It really struck home for me again how solitary Occtis's journey is for him- in spite of the fact that he is building a (small) community of support. It also really hit me that Occtis was "wrong" when he was alive and he is "wrong" now that he is not alive and both conformity and transformation have brought trouble and death calling for him.

Nope. No allegory here at all.

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Aw, heck. I just remembered this moment.

"But it can, eventually, be beautiful and, one day, I look forward to you returning, and having a proper conversation of… oh… whatever it is you become."

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Thinking about Vaelus, a mourner for a nature goddess whose death left behind a barren wasteland, putting the Embers of Arask in her censer has me like:

Y'know?

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RIP to the demon sisters. Having a whole Team Rocket Moment this episode

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Vindication!!!

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Hail to the house of Solid Dudes

[lord-reggie-of-tabrohynne]

So, how you feelin' about Occtis' Trans allegory after last night's episode (ep 14)?

Sorry for the delay! I finished the episode last night just before my Friday game. Buuuut it did give me time to process my feelings lol. I went back and read the posts we talked about this earlier and I think I still feel pretty similar.

I don't really feel like Alex is even particularly trying for Occtis to be a Trans allegory but I do think his storytelling is very open for anyone who doesn't belong to their family or who feel devotion to a culture that kept them alive. But yeah, I do still really identify with Occtis and his journey. I imagine you might have known this since you asked but I too, have:

Gone to a safe place only to find it wasn't safe specifically for me.

Had to convince someone that my Wrong Body didn't make me defective.

Stood in a room of elders to be told maybe I might be better off not existing, since I'd deviated from the designated Divine Path.

Felt clinical about my Wrong Body

Still felt the need to understand why my family didn't love me in spite of me being different.

Had a friend both advocate for me and still act weird about who I am.

(And bless Brennan forever for this because these people are so important) Had a stranger intervene on my behalf because of my sincerity about myself.

So yeah. Attacked all the time by Alex Ward's incredible acting. Still deeply invested in his journey. Still really, really relating to his choices. I have a love/hate relationship with body horror and Alex and Brennan are hitting it just right for me- the post-eating scenes really got me in the feels in ways that are pretty hard to articulate without getting wildly personal.

But I am going to leave a shot of my final comment i had because I think it still holds true. I think Occtis just has to be surviving and changing:

How are you feeling about our favorite Spooky Little Undead Fella?

[cordership]

One of my favorite things about Occtis' story is how it portrays the horrifying ordeal of your very existence being unprecedented. No one has walked Occtis' path before, or if they have, history has not taken great pains to remember them. He has no guides or mentors in this, nor anyone who understands this aspect of his self implicitly. He has to figure out what he is as fast as possible without any help, and use that to argue for his right to exist to everyone he meets constantly. And he has to argue that existence to people who have only known the privilege of never needing to interrogate their own very being, people who have been surrounded by others who can understand them even when they themselves cannot: a luxury Occtis does not possess.

If this feels familiar to any number of lived experiences you have, to that I say: You can't prove there's allegory in this!

[lord-reggie-of-tabrohynne]

This part right here specifically:

^^ that has been living rent free in my head since I read it.

I feel perceived.

Thank you for articulating yourself so beautifully and clearly. It really struck home for me again how solitary Occtis's journey is for him- in spite of the fact that he is building a (small) community of support. It also really hit me that Occtis was "wrong" when he was alive and he is "wrong" now that he is not alive and both conformity and transformation have brought trouble and death calling for him.

Nope. No allegory here at all.

[lord-reggie-of-tabrohynne]

So, how you feelin' about Occtis' Trans allegory after last night's episode (ep 14)?

Sorry for the delay! I finished the episode last night just before my Friday game. Buuuut it did give me time to process my feelings lol. I went back and read the posts we talked about this earlier and I think I still feel pretty similar.

I don't really feel like Alex is even particularly trying for Occtis to be a Trans allegory but I do think his storytelling is very open for anyone who doesn't belong to their family or who feel devotion to a culture that kept them alive. But yeah, I do still really identify with Occtis and his journey. I imagine you might have known this since you asked but I too, have:

Gone to a safe place only to find it wasn't safe specifically for me.

Had to convince someone that my Wrong Body didn't make me defective.

Stood in a room of elders to be told maybe I might be better off not existing, since I'd deviated from the designated Divine Path.

Felt clinical about my Wrong Body

Still felt the need to understand why my family didn't love me in spite of me being different.

Had a friend both advocate for me and still act weird about who I am.

(And bless Brennan forever for this because these people are so important) Had a stranger intervene on my behalf because of my sincerity about myself.

So yeah. Attacked all the time by Alex Ward's incredible acting. Still deeply invested in his journey. Still really, really relating to his choices. I have a love/hate relationship with body horror and Alex and Brennan are hitting it just right for me- the post-eating scenes really got me in the feels in ways that are pretty hard to articulate without getting wildly personal.

But I am going to leave a shot of my final comment i had because I think it still holds true. I think Occtis just has to be surviving and changing:

How are you feeling about our favorite Spooky Little Undead Fella?

[cordership]

One of my favorite things about Occtis' story is how it portrays the horrifying ordeal of your very existence being unprecedented. No one has walked Occtis' path before, or if they have, history has not taken great pains to remember them. He has no guides or mentors in this, nor anyone who understands this aspect of his self implicitly. He has to figure out what he is as fast as possible without any help, and use that to argue for his right to exist to everyone he meets constantly. And he has to argue that existence to people who have only known the privilege of never needing to interrogate their own very being, people who have been surrounded by others who can understand them even when they themselves cannot: a luxury Occtis does not possess.

If this feels familiar to any number of lived experiences you have, to that I say: You can't prove there's allegory in this!

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RIP to the demon sisters. Having a whole Team Rocket Moment this episode

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*Checks Occtis' spellbook*

GET GOT FOREHEAD (BONE)

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Welcome to the Dimension 20 fandom! Ask us about the characters named Buddy, Bud Cubby, and Bucky that we have to keep straight in our heads.

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Welcome to the Dimension 20 fandom! Ask us about the characters named Bobby, Buddy, Bud Cubby, and Bucky that we cannot keep straight in our heads if our lives depended on it!