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[duskodair]

relistening to Taz and I'm really enjoying listening to each arc and relating it to the relevant bird.

like yeah here there be gerblins is about lup it's about you should have thought about that before throwing my dog in the fire, it's about falling in love with Barry Bluejeans, it's about trying to save so many people but failing, it's desperate odds and flying away from a disaster you couldn't avert, it's about being bitten in the back by an earlier decision to trust someone.

murder on the Rockport Limited is about Dav. It's about seeing the truth behind the illusion. it's about a town of people all with the same face. it's about losing the driver and trying to save the vehicle without him. it's about the youngest member of the crew holding a book that catches the truth and stops it reaching its destination. it's about beheading and loss of identity. It's about remembering to get your roommate pringles

petals to the metal is about Merle. It's about don't be chopping on these sweet sweet babies. it's about reaching out to someone you love who has been consumed by a power they can't fully control. it's about dying in the hope they can be saved. it's about racing as fast as you can, with all that you have, in the hope that something can be saved in the end.

crystal kingdom is about taako. it's about loving someone you've lost so much you'd turn the world to crystal to try and save them. it's about Kravitz. its about learning more from thousands of realities to make new and wonderful things. its about walking through your legacy. its about the best sandwich and taako's good out here. its about seven birds being seen, its about the thousands of lives that Boyland touched

the eleventh hour is about Magnus. It's about rustic hospitality. it's about recklessly breaking reality trying to protect people you love. it's about fate and choices you make in life. it is being a small town hero. it is making promises and keeping them. it's about the downfall of a corrupt leader and the people he took down on his way. it's about fallen temples and burnt out buildings. it's about embracing the inevitable and holding the hand of the clock that strikes your doom as the weapon that will save you

the suffering game is about Barry. It's about looping through endless pain again and again in the hopes of reaching a dream. it's about liches and death and love. it's about losing your body and being saved from permanent death by the power of your friends' love. it's about working out how things are working and then pulling them apart to understand them. it's about choosing to lose everything in the hopes that it might let you save something. arms outstretched. trust Barry, love Barry

the stolen century is about Lucretia. it's one hundred years of journals. It's learning world after world and watching them die. It's working to protect those you love by saving the light. It's about running away again and again, and loving only in goodbyes. it's about being alone and dying again and again. It's about bonds growing stronger even as something comes relentlessly to consume them

story and song is about the starblaster flying into, not away from the storm. it's about hear that babe, we're legends. it's about bringing together all the arcs and all the relics into one hope to undo mistakes. it's about the magic in a bardsong. it's about the light of creation being used as a barrier against darkness.

[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

[oldthe-nothing-maker]

but spring always comes

[taz-ids]

[ID] A full color traditional drawing of Taako and Kravitz kissing, with Kravitz dipping Taako. Kravitz is a man with dark skin and long black dreads pulled back into a thick ponytail.He’s wearing a dark green suit and is holding Taako around his waist, leaning forward as he kisses him. Taako is an elf with tan skin and short curly blond hair, with a long thin tail with a small tuft of black fur at the end. He’s blushing with his arms wrapped around Kravitz’s shoulders. He’s wearing a green t-shirt and a pink skirt, and he has light scars around his legs and wrists. The background is a green field with lots of small pink flowers. [end ID]

[jerreeeeeee]

an important thing to note is that although taako is both gay and lup’s best friend, he is not her gay best friend. kravitz is her gay best friend. she says something along the lines of “kravitz is the gay best friend i never had” and taako gets all offended like what are you talking about?? i’m your gay best friend. you’ve had a gay best friend your entire life. you were literally born with a gay best friend. and she’s like no you’re not. you’re my lameass gay brother its different. kravitz is bitchy and into drama and fashion. when i ask what kravitz thinks about how i look he gives me actual good advice and gasses me up while doing it. you have a mullet. the other night i asked if you wanted to watch drag race and you said no i want to watch masterchef and you made me watch masterchef. and taako’s like you love masterchef and we had a great time. and lup is like yes i do and we did but that’s not my point

[heckolve]

it’s the end of the world. again.

[sunrisetune]

[ID: A digital fanart of The Adventure Zone: Balance, painted in greys and ink black/purples. It shows the Bureau of Balance members in shadowy silhouette, looking down on the planet through a large window as tornado-like columns of the Hunger start to pour into the atmosphere.

/End ID]

[sabertoothwalrus]

does everyone wanna relisten to taz balance with me

[sabertoothwalrus]

[guy who’s 27 and normal about it voice] hey did you guys realize griffin was 27 when they started recording taz

[sabertoothwalrus]

colin (creator of the flaming poisoning raging sword of doom) is 18 this year

[softgaycontent]

Lucretia is the most fun character in the world because she is set up exactly like the guy who has been a villain all along, but instead the big reveal is that she's your best friend. And she loves you and thinks you're hilarious.

[blingblandart]

[anistarrose]

[Image description: a digitally sketched comic of Lucretia and Taako from The Adventure Zone. Lucretia's a skinny human who has short textured hair and wears a dress with a diamond-shaped boob window, while Taako's a skinny elf with long curly hair who wear a wizard hat.

Lucretia declares: "it's pride month, boys. you know what that means." and Taako replies: "huh. what."

Lucretia walks away with a grin, as Taako, standing next to Magnus and Merle, continues: "do you want us to retrieve like. gay relics. what." End description.]

[strawberrybongus]

taako design on how i see him in my head. i like to think he is very cutlery-y. (8 years and i am still thinking about him sometimes.) -> give me more characters to design/redesign and ill do em. i need to stretch my brain

[daily-davenport]

Today’s Davenport makes a stone call! … Also there’s a dragon.

[Image description under readmore!]

Keep reading

[anistarrose]

[ID from under cut: an eight paneled comic featuring Barry and Kravitz on a reaper-related reason. Panel one is split into two images. On the left is a skeletal Barry looking at his Stone of Farspeech which is floating up and glowing, labeled with an appropriate “glow-y noise”. On the right, Barry’s flesh face pops in as he answers, “Uh, hello? Oh hey Davenport! It’s good to, uh, it’s good to hear from you. How are you-” a small pause as Davenport says something we can’t hear- “ Oh me? How I’m doing?” Panel two reveals that Barry and Kravitz are standing in front of a giant skeletal dragon. Kravitz says, “Are you serious? Now is not the time for personal calls, Barold.” Barry ignores both of them as he continues talking on his Stone. Barry says, “I’m just taking care of some business near Goldcliff.” another pause as Dav talks. “What’s that?” Panel three, Barry has turned away to continue his conversation, “YEAH SURE I HAVE A MOMENT!” Kravitz disagrees with a, “NO YOU DON’T” as the dragon lunges at Kravitz who shoves his scythe into its mouth to stop it from chomping on him. Barry says, blissfully in response to whatever Dav says, “Could you repeat that - Merle’s not answering his stone again?” Panel four, Barry has his back to the action, “He must have put his stone on silent again,” (here Kravitz interjects, “YOU SHOULD TOO-”) Davenport responds, “I know know, I’ll stop by after I finish up over here and tell him to turn it back on-” Davenport asks something, “uh, yeah I’m in Goldcliff?” Dav says something and Barry answers, “I can teleport over- Reaper powers?” Panel five is split into two images again, the first has Kravitz looking angrily over his shoulder as Barry says, “Yeah I’m still doing that”. Kravitz yells, “COULD HAVE FOOLED ME!” Kravitz turns back to the Dragon to see it rearing up to do some purple attack. “Oh shit,” Kravitz says as Barry tells Davenport, “I know you forgot- it’s okay-” Panel six, the dragon releasese a gigantic purple blast with a “RAZE” sound effect. Barry pays it no mind as his robe whips around and his hood falls revealing his mullet blowing frantically. “No. Listen Davenport. I know that first couple of years are hard - just remembering this isn’t temporary it’s, well, it’s weird to realize this all won’t disappear in a year but I swear it’ll get better.” Panel seven, Barry finishes up his call with several pauses as Davenport says stuff, “Mmmhmm, yeah who knows maybe I’ll take up gardening?” (pause) “Yeah yeah I’ll take care of it. Don’t worry I- Yeah” (pause) “Okay love you too, dad. Yup, bye.” Behind him a rift is torn open. Panel eight, Kravitz leans out of the portal and looks steamed and also smoking from purple flames. Kravitz starts, “DO YOU NOT SEE THE DRAG-” but Barry cuts him off by smacking one of the flames on his shoulder, “Oh yikes, bub. You’re a bit on fire.” Kravitz responds, “YES FROM THE BONE DRA- wait did you call him dad?” which Barry pauses it and asks, “The dragon? No that’s a female - we should probably do something about that. They’re stronger.” The dragon leans in the bg smiling. End description]

[anistarrose]

[ID:

a wiki screenshot showing the Adventure Zone episode "Moonlighting: Chapter Two" was released February 26th, 2015.

a tumblr textpost reading: "ppl who celebrate fictional character birthdays are annoying pass it on" with a reblog edited to read: "fuck this post and happy birthday lucretia adventurezones".

End ID.]

[anistarrose]

TEN YEARS OF LUCRETIA ADVENTUREZONES

[wingsofahoneybee]

where all your dreams come true !

(redraw of this fantasy costco garf i drew in 2022)

[acadieum]

started my first re-listen of taz balance since starting it in 2018 (?)

and i just wanted to explore what their origin backgrounds were vs the characters they ended up becoming... they are interesting...

[flowerbleedme]

There are two kinds of people:

1. Wasn't retroactively erased from existence by the time beam

[karekareo]

tres horny boys

[anistarrose]

the humans of the IPRE are just so... making me want to walk into the sea. the mission started with two 20-ish year olds, and a 50-ish year old, who may or may not have been the only one who understood what being 20 years old means to humans. and then 110 whole years passed. and after the defeat of the hunger, out of that mission came a 30-ish year old, and a new 50-ish year old, and simultaneously, the same 50-ish year old as ever. the last of which will continue to be 50-ish years old for the rest of the other two humans' long lives. not a single one of them aged in the same way. how am I supposed to emotionally handle that.

[anistarrose]

thinking about:

Fisher's home planet, and entire species, was destroyed when they were a baby, and Magnus took them aboard the Starblaster.

Once Junior, Fisher's own baby, was born, they were the only other Voidfish — the only other creature in the multiverse like Fisher — that Fisher had seen in over sixty years.

But Lucretia took Junior away.

Lucretia took Junior away, because it was the only way to save the world.

Lucretia took Junior away, because it was the only way to get Magnus, Merle, and Taako back.

Lucretia couldn't see any way to reunite her own family without separating a different one.

Junior grew up in secret, hidden away, with Lucretia caring for them.

Junior grew up without getting to see any other Voidfish — any other creature in the multiverse like them — ever since they'd been a baby.

Junior becomes the Announcer at the start of episodes, because Junior is the voice of the Story.

The Announcer never acts mad at Lucretia.

Junior was raised by Lucretia. Junior barely got to meet the rest of the IPRE.

But Junior was fed by, and raised on, stories of the whole IPRE, before they were separated.

The Announcer all but flat-out urges the audience to be sympathetic, to both Lucretia and the rest of the IPRE, for each of their most morally gray and consequential choices.

At the start of the episode where the IPRE create the Grand Relics, and Lucretia erases her family's memories to stop the ensuing war, the Announcer calls upon the viewers to imagine the apocalypse. To imagine the burden, and to imagine how it would change you. To imagine how desperate you would be to "protect the ones you loved."

The Announcer wants the IPRE to be understood.

The Announcer unfailingly refers to Tres Horny Boys, and later, all seven birds, as "our heroes."

The Announcer is barely able to contain their excitement about Barry coming back.

The Announcer pokes fun at the protagonists, and the circumstances they find themselves in, but does it like another part of the family would.

The Announcer loves the IPRE so, so much, and wants you to love them too, and understand their mistakes.

The Announcer is Junior.

Junior never even got to meet most of the IPRE.

But they grew up hearing the story of the IPRE, and how they cared for Fisher.

Junior know they're a survivor of a destroyed home planet, one they've never even seen themselves. They know they were separated from their parent, the only other survivor.

They know the IPRE's home planet was destroyed too. They know the IPRE were separated from each other, too.

Junior was raised on these stories. Junior's destiny is to tell these stories. The interwoven stories of two families, which were torn apart, but were also always really one family, one story.

But Junior can't tell the Story alone.

Until they finally meet someone they'd only heard about in those stories before. They finally meet Magnus, who saved Fisher all those years ago, who raised Fisher like he was their father — who's like a grandfather to Junior, a grandfather they never got to meet before.

Magnus fulfills a promise, and brings Junior back to Fisher.

And... Junior's nervous. Because it's been so long since they saw their parent? Because Fisher's injured, and Junior's terrified to lose the only other Voidfish like them, let alone when they just got each other back?

But for the first time in so long, Fisher is able to reach out and touch their child. To reassure Junior — it'll be okay.

And the two of them, finally, get to do what Voidfish are destined to do, but cannot do alone. Fisher sends out the Song...

And Junior tells the world, the whole world, the Story of how much they love the IPRE.