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mcelroyfamilystaff

How y'all feelin' about that new theme song?

#HNG

twunkish-cleric

I've seen things like this around on the internet, so I figured I'd throw my hat into the ring. Tag yourself D&D nerds!

#wizard/rogue

adventuresloane

Inspired by multiple discord conversations.

[ID: An expanding brain meme. First/smallest brain: “Hurley, like many characters in Balance, simply doesn’t have a last name, as Griffin stated explicitly that some people in this universe just don’t.” Second: “Hurley’s last name IS Hurley. First name? Also Hurley.” Third: “Hurley Adventurezone.” Fourth: “Hurley and Sloane come up with a whole new surname after they get tree-married so they can be known as Mrs. and Mrs. Battlewagon.” Fifth/most enlightened brain: “Captain Captain Bane’s star officer, Lieutenant Lieutenant Hurley.” End ID.]

#hehehehehehe #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone

ruffboi-mags

Nothing will compare to the sudden jolt of emotion I felt the first time I listened to Crystal Kingdom and Magnus said “Tell Julia I said I love her.”

Like, up to that point, none of these boys had really had any sort of indication that they were… people, not just goofs.

But Magnus Burnsides, this exuberant, ridiculous fighter who’s all about “Magnus rushes in!” and chopping at shit even when it’s totally pointless, and wishing he’d been a rogue so he could do cool shit like Carey, suddenly stops the Grim Reaper from leaving so that he can ask him to pass on a message. To someone he loves. Who’s in the astral plane (and thus assumedly dead)

Like. That sudden punch of realization that this guy’s got a backstory, that there was a sincerity and depth of character to this goofy goofy man… I’d almost forgotten the feeling I had that first time I listened, but listening to it just now, I remembered, and it just. made me love this campaign all over again.

ruffboi-mags

AND THEN! AND THEN!!!! The very next episode we get him awkwardly and bashfully asking Carey to teach him thief stuff, because he wants to be able to fight more precisely. Because he’s realized that some of the stuff he’s done has been a bit… overly reckless, bordering on suicidal.

And I can’t help but think that meeting Noelle and being reminded how close he came to dying in Phandalin like she did, and seeing the grief and destruction and pain that was caused by both Lucas and Maureen’s unwillingness to let go of their grief in their own ways, and then the Grim Reaper himself, talking about being in service to a goddess of the natural order…

It got him thinking about Julia in general OBVIOUSLY, you’re gonna think about your dead wife when you’re thinking about death and ghosts and stuff, but about how in some ways he hadn’t let go of her, and how she wouldn’t want him to just miss her and be careless with his life for missing her until it cost him his life. And how there are people in his life he actually doesn’t want to leave behind, now.

I just… I have so many feelings about Magnus Burnsides, y’all. Just SO DAMN MANY.

#trav talking in ep 69 about how magnus had been a man looking for a heroic end. but along the way found something worth living for.#that hits me hard #magnus burnsides #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone

anistarrose

ned chicane has been dead for two slutty, slutty years :(

#:(#i do my best to forget the last couple arcs of amnesty #once the shifter arc starts i have to stop my relistens. just makes me too angry and then too sad #ned chicane #taz #taz amnesty #the adventure zone #i do.........rlly wanna relisten to most of amnesty now tho

nedfuckindiscretionchicanejr

Barclay: Where’d you learn to drive like that?

Ned: Grand Theft Auto

nedfuckindiscretionchicanejr

#barclay ‘the…the video game?’ ned sweating ‘yeah sure.’ (via duckwellfucknewton)

This is so much funnier than the original post.

#skdjdhskdkkzjks #ned chicane #taz #taz amnesty #the adventure zone

possibledemonspawn

ok wait I can't decide whether it's funnier if Garfield the Deals Warlock wasn't inoculated and just heard static all over the moonbase OR if Lucretia met him and said hell yeah brother drink up

#garfield the deals warlock is a secret lich and he bargained his way into not being affected by the anti-lich ward #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone

mcnuggyy

>goes to college :I

>makes new friends :)

>you are forced into a war you want no part of, while the adults in positions of power continue to push their problems onto you and leave you to clean up their messes, leading you to realize the entire system you have been living under is corrupt to it’s core :(

>becomes radicalized >:(

epikrat-deactivated20210507

[ID: a digital drawing of fitzroy, argo, and the firbolg from the adventure zone. fitzroy is a buff half-elf with light brown skin and dark brown hair. he is wearing glasses and a black face mask. he has his hand on his hip. his backpack straps have an ace pin, a rainbow pin, and some other smaller pins. his red t-shirt says “i refuse to die for the economy.” next to him is argo, a short water genasi with teal skin. his watery hair is shaved on one side. he is wearing a black face mask with an anchor on it and a red bandana. he has his hand on his hip and a torn tank top with the anarchy symbol on it. next to argo is the firbolg, who is very tall. the firbolg has blue-grey skin and long curly blue hair. he has big ears like a lop rabbit’s. he is wearing a snap back cap with a rainbow on it and a black bandana over his face. his backpack straps have communism symbol pins on them. his hands are in the front pocket of his red hoodie, which has a picture of Karl Marx’s face on it and the text “sharing is caring.” they are all posing defiantly in the rain with threatening expressions. end ID.]

ernuotori

[ID one pin says ‘lefty’ and the other is a mexican flag end ID]

#listen man i kinda fell of listening to grad in this cool 6mo depressive episode but. i want that sharing is caring hoodie big-time #taz #taz grad #the adventure zone

e-seal-deactivated20210319

Necromancer that doesn’t know they’re a necromancer and thinks they’re just a really good emt

raimagnolia

That is the funniest thing i have ever read

mistergoddess

Is he… y’know… *flops wrist* The Moth Man?

RIP to people who draw indrid like this hot lil radiant twink but im different he’s crusty and awkward and THAT’S hot to me

[ image : a digital full color drawing of Indrid Cold from TAZ Amnesty. He is a man with brown skin and messy shaggy chin length hair that is white with streaks of gray and black. He has an awkward toothy smile, a wide flat nose, some salt-and-pepper stubble, sideburns, and large eyebrows. Notably his eyes are entirely obscured by large round red glasses that glow somewhat. Heavy wrinkles/eye bags are visible under his glasses. He wears a black hoodie with white shirt underneath, a red scarf, and an orange crystal necklace. He has a black ring, black nail polish, and a few black ear piercings. His hand is raised and he holds a pen. The background is solid blue. ]

#thats what im talking about baybee!!!!#hes strange! and off-putting!#and i LOVE him!!!!!!#indrid cold #taz #taz amnesty #the adventure zone #thats my boyyyyyyyyyyyy

terezis

question

okay wait first of all: tiddies

secondly: what the fuck does the calendar look like on twosun. compared to one on faerun, i guess, which for my purposes i’m saying is equivalent to our own. i have done no research on circumbinary planets. i immediately came to tumblr after finding this picture.

because i was trying to make a joke about “starblaster crew celebrates their birthdays twice a year, one birthday for each revolution around a sun) but then i was like. if a year is one (1) revolution around the sun. then. what.

what

but THEN i was like. wait how long is a cycle during the stolen century. is it the same exact amount of time every time? and if so what determines that?

WHAT IF DIFFERENT PLANAR SYSTEMS MEASURE TIME DIFFERENTLY. WHAT IF THE YEARS ARE SHORTER IN SOME PLACES. WHAT IF DAYS ARE SHORTER. WHAT IF THEY MEASURE WEEKS DIFFERENTLY??? HOW MANY MONTHS ARE THERE.

DO THEY HAVE TO LEARN A NEW CALENDAR EVERY CYCLE OF THE TSC TO CALCULATE WHEN THE HUNGER WILL COME??? DOES THE CALENDAR ON FAERUN SEEM INEXPLICABLY SHORT TO THE STARBLASTER GANG. DOES IT FREAK THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY EXPECT THE WORLD TO END SO MUCH SOONER?

WHEN ARE THEIR BIRTHDAYS

asimovsideburns

What if years are the same length and are measured from when the planet has gone around both suns (every other time I think. So like two years in a year.) but the planet goes really fast when it’s moving towards the center and really slow when it’s moving away from the center so the seasons are all fucked up

Also instead of Sunday it’s called Double Sunday like Triple Sunday from Space Chimps

#huh. huh i hadnt thought about a system like that #i always thought of binary star systems occupying one orbit around 2 suns #so like. the suns are dancing arouns each other but the planets are still in a simple ellipse w the suns at the center #inch resting #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone

cultistsonly

Taako, Ned, and Fitzroy are all top-notch, perfectly executed characters and coincidentally would also be the worst party combination out of all the PCs

#oh but it would be so very good #taako #ned chicane #sir fitzroy maplecourt #in THEORY its decent party balance uve got a wizard a rogue and a barbarian even tho the barbarian is also a magic boy #but the disaster vibes. my gd

ctrldsay

Friendly sparring

I’ve got this headcanon that Lucretia and Magnus (being the two young human members of the Starblaster crew) were best friends in a lawful good Yzma and Kronk sorta way.

#aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!#i love this this id very good :D #magnus burnsides #lucretia #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone #i love young!magnus and young!lucretia theres so much room for shenanigans #and im sure there were many shenanigans bc as a shy bookish nerd when someone gets u out of yr shell yr wild #not necessarily in like a party way but in a chaos way. magnus looks at creesh and goes ah. introvert is shaped like friend :)#and lucretia lets down her guard and lets herself be weird. and young. and happy with her friend.

trainwreckgenerator

second date

#this is one of my favorite taz comics its so fun #taakitz #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone

kaekoi

do you think lup effectively utilized girl power by staging a heist to steal back from greg grimaldis??

taz-ids

[ID] A full color digital drawing of Lup, shown from the waist up with her hands in her pants pockets. She is a slender elf with light brown skin and long wavy blonde hair that fades down to a reddish pink. She’s wearing a black tube top with a red jacket and high waisted red pants. She’s smirking, her head tilted to the side. The background is a light pink. [end ID]

#i do think she did yeah #lup #i love her #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone

softmeals

Feeling nostalgic about the grim reaper and his wizard bf

#yeah taako fishes #taakitz #this is very nice. it makes me feel peaceful :)#taz #taz balance #the adventure zone

mcnuggyy

It’s just so upsetting to talk about an issue in a predominantly white fandom and have it be drowned out or often times purposely ignored, and then only become a “popular hot take” once white people start talking about it… like I was trying so hard to get people to talk about the racist decisions Carey makes with her character design choices but I always fear coming off as confrontational or mean but like!! Even when I’m nice about it white people in the fandom get scared and unfollow me or ignore what me and others have to say… anyways again I’m just glad people are discussing this finally but I wish we were having this convo sooner when we first brought it up…

mcnuggyy

@1010meha @sunflowerscythe and @pepperlilly wanted me to explain a bit further, but lemme start by saying that I’ve been having these convos with my friends for a while now on our blogs, so explaining is something I’ve gotten kinda used to at this point, but I am in no ways an expert, I can only speak to my own experiences, I also kinda have a bit of burnout from answering so many asks about this so hopefully this will be the last I have to think about it too hard jaja

also here’s some other links that might help get the brain juices flowing:

asian rep in TAZ | blue taako | lucas miller | lucas miller pt 2 | taz racism tag (the taz racism tag is new so it doesn’t have all my older posts yet but hopefully I’ll be adding onto this in the future)

Okay so usually I save this part to the end but let’s start with this point first since it helps set up the rest of this discussion. Carey is white. This might not be that big of a deal but as an artist I can assure you our lives and experiences very much affect the way we see and illustrate the world. So a white artist will always have to work harder and do more research when it comes to having good rep. That’s not a bad thing ofc! Research away! But this also means there will be underlying issues when it comes to her work, because again she is white, so even if it’s a mistake, it WILL happen. Now there is a very easy solution to this, hire nonwhite artists!!! Or at least have nonwhite creatives on your team! The GN team has always been pretty much white, and I have never seen a nonwhite person on the book team at panels or interviews so I think it’s safe to assume, that the lead team at least is 100% white. Now, what if we still wanted Carey’s artstyle? Easy! She can be the lead artist while there are other artists on the team OR she can be the only artist BUT we have a nonwhite character designer who helps and assists when it comes to character design decisions. OR they can also have a sensitivity group who reads the comics before hand, etc, etc.

If the McElroys REALLY want to push their message of wanting to create a diverse narrative, then their creative team NEEDs to also represent that.

I’m gonna try and keep these points short and simple since the links above go into a bit more depth, but I tend to ramble so I apologize if things get a little longer fjfjf

1) Our hero’s are essentially 2 white male leads and a racially ambiguous man, this makes things complicating when Carey makes any of the antagonists nonwhite… (and before u ask YES taako is white in his GN design, his blue skin does not change this)

2) Her designs often feel ambiguous when it comes to race, except for Lucretia and angus who I feel have pretty cool designs and are really cool and interesting characters whom I love, but with other characters it can become unclear especially when I’ve noticed she tends to kinda stick with the same 3 nose types, and has some difficulties portraying various hair textures, at this point it would be nice to have some outside confirmation about what races some of the characters are, cause i think it’s cool to know and also shows that there was careful thought put into the design, like is Sloane Desi, Peruvian, Mex-Indigenous etc.? I would love to know!!!

3) We should not shy away from these convos, it may make some uncomfortable, but there’s no reason these discussions should be, I mean it’s already uncomfortable having to deal with casual microaggressions, addressing them will only make fandom spaces more chill and fun for everybody!

4) Having gray or morally ambiguous characters of color is not a bad thing at all, and is often a sign of GOOD writing, i love a good flawed character! BUT, again when your protags are 2/3 white, and a majority of your antags are nonwhite well…. now we may have an issue. There are a few characters who especially make me feel very weird about them NOT being white, Lucas, who aside from performing highly unethical experiments on living creatures, used bugbears as servants (slaves? brainwashing? it’s a lot to get into) after having done these experiments on them, he also falls into the “annoying nerd trope” and if he is meant to be Desi, well that’s even MORE inappropriate. Not to mention the gross amount of white fans thirsting over him after his design was revealed despite never caring about him until now. (evil sexy brown man trope anyone?) Why is the rich gross capitalist, Artemis, also brown? I don’t get that one either, and also Johann, although I DO personally love his design, worry that he will end up getting no character depth (despite being such a cool dude in the podcast) in the comics and will just be killed off… it feels… so bad

5) A lot of these concerns seem very obvious to me and my friends, but then again, we are nonwhite so it only took us a second to realize oh shit wait, this sucks actually. I mean the SECOND Lucas’s design was revealed I started making posts about it. Again, this is WHY the TAZ GN team NEEDs nonwhite creatives on the team if they plan on creating such a wonderfully diverse world. Even if it’s a fantasy world, “free of racism” the real world and the people making this book are not.

6) At the end of the day the McElroys are pretty good when it comes to addressing issues of inclusivity and good rep, but they’ve always had an easier time when it comes to lgbt+ issues compared to racism. I’m not sure how to properly go about bringing this up to their team or anything like that, (i refuse to use twitter it is very scary) and I’ve only been in publishing for 2 years and have been in the fandom for even less time, so I wouldn’t even know where to begin. But I do think that it’s nice to at least have these convos in fandom so people can become aware of these issues and think a bit more critically about the media they consume.

I love TAZ very much, and that’s exactly why I am critical of it. <3

thanks for readin’

#yeah this is...yeah #straight up i am sick of seeing gn stuff every new thing makes me more and more uncomfortable #i blocked the tag today #also like. okay theres a whole host of issues w thb designs but one i havent seen discussed much is how they compare to angus #very possible i havent seen it discussed coz i avoid SpIn discourse and/or i follow a lot more white content creators than poc #but. with taako and magnus being white and merle being black-lite (VERY light) ango being black sits. very badly with me.#the boys make at least 2 jokes at 2 different points in the podcast - in-character - abt owning him. combine those 2 and it is b a d #my taz SpIn has been dying for a while now w the way that amnesty ended and now not rlly giving a shit abt grad.#this shit is nailing the coffin shut tho :(#on a more personal note unfortunately the spin rushing in to fill the gap appears to be hs which is just as bad #but. nah yall gotta work harder at that. come on.

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