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My proposal for a terrible and inconvenient piece of dual theatre
Basically when the pieces interact, the curtains open and the two plays become one. This would be awful to time and would probably suck mad shit, however I think I should be allowed to try and make it anyway
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My proposal for a terrible and inconvenient piece of dual theatre
Basically when the pieces interact, the curtains open and the two plays become one. This would be awful to time and would probably suck mad shit, however I think I should be allowed to try and make it anyway
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CRITICAL ROLE: CAMPAIGN 4 Episode 6: Knives and Thorns
Adding the layer of Deirta and her illness to Essek's motivation for committing treason and selling the Beacon to the Empire in exchange for his own personal access is fascinating, and I'm so excited to see where it goes. Ultimately, though, it changes very little in regard to Essek's nature early in his journey. Hiding his mother away is selfish and shortsighted. Wanting to use his Beacon research to develop a cure for typhros--thereby freeing himself of the obligation to care for her, restoring his Den's status, possibly introducing a major scientific breakthrough in the study of Dunamis, and, of course, saving the life of someone he loves--is still self-serving.
The show presents the situation as though Deirta's decline is fairly recent. Her absence has just begun to be noticed at court. Mister Lord Lord From Around came up with the excuse of "traveling", though he hesitated as if he's not been asked that question much. There's no way he coordinated the Volstrucker's infiltration of the Bastion and theft of the Beacon with the Assembly while he was expected to be in the Dynasty within a time frame that would be brief enough that Deirta's retreat from court wouldn't be questioned. He has likely been planning this for *far* longer. The ability to try to find a cure for typhros is a nice bonus, not the main motivation.
Even if it was, though, Essek has stolen the object that allows his society to function, that is the only thing facilitating the cycle of Consecution and rebirth, that is the most precious and revered item in the whole country and led his entire nation to the brink of war. He let enemy assassins into the center of his country's power unsupervised and unchecked, knowing they would likely have to kill on their way to escape. He made a unilateral decision that will lead to many deaths beyond the realm of the Beacon, all because, in this scenario, he wants to save one person? Is it truly any more "morally correct" than taking it for research purposes alone that Essek thought would advance important study? How many characters in the history of media have committed terrible acts because of a selfish need to save someone they love? Just because it's for the sake of another person doesn't negate any of the things we already knew about Essek before this. His mother's illness doesn't make it any more right. It just makes it a little more understandable.
Giving Essek the layer of having a connection to and stake in his life in Rosohna is smart, and putting the layer of "how many lives would you trade for hers?" into everything else is so juicy. This has always been Essek, I think. A complicated dunamancer indeed.
azune watches the rest of the torn banner leave falcon's rest and thinks, almost broken-heartedly, "i'm afraid they will forget me." azune whispers "remember" into melted black wax and watches as it reforms. azune faces down julien and says "you don't remember me? you should."
brennan + luis discussed how deeply azune needs to remember the falconer's rebellion and memorialize it in his own mind — to forget it would be disrespect, desecration. and it's soooo gutting that at every turn, azune is begging for that same love and remembrance to be shown to him. like he's screaming for someone to love him enough — to see him as worthwhile enough — to remember him. who wants to hold my hand and jump
Poor Molly. Loved his magical girl transformation though! Too bad he got hit with the instant trauma of seeing Gustav's eviscerated corpse before him on the ground when he came back to himself. Evisceration HE caused with Gustav's own swords. I'm sure that won't be a thing.
I like how they're differentiating between Fjord's new, oopsy daisy magic and Molly's innate blood magic muscle memory. It's very well done.
Matt confirmed that the major story beats Essek has in the show are all things he had in mind during the campaign.
cannot get over the change in essek's voice when he's reprimanding his mother for the open window in full shadowhand mode and then THE NEXT SECOND "if anyone sees you-" in the softest fuckin voice ever...... and then I think about how his voice changes between the first time he meets the nein in court and how soft it gets with time they interact with him and-
no don’t cry you’re so sexy
Concept art from The Mighty Nein: Premiere Cocktail Party
SHE-
One of the writers for the show mapped out how long it would take the Nein to travel in D&D time, and he nixed some ideas based on that alone.
He is my favorite. 😌
That was Script Coordinator Kevin Shabel!
Travis: "What's your favorite aspect of Mollymauk's character [design]?"
Taliesin: "...Oh boy, I feel like they tried to figure out the tattoos--really, really well. Cause, I--I was aware that, we...had to do something..."
Liam: "Yeah, you're a problem."
Taliesin: "I'm definitely a problem. Uh, I really like how they...I like what they do with the eyes...Yeah, they manage to pull off the pants in a way where you actually get the split, I love the boots--I love so much of what they did."
Liam: "He's pretty slick."
Marisha: "He's so hot."
Taliesin: "...and then, I really like the coat. I think that they...I mean, I knew that we were gonna have to do something, and the coat...the coat is definitely--I feel like the big coat was really great for, 'I'm giving a tarot reading.' And this coat was great for much more of the, 'I'm going to be announcing in the stage.' And I, I really love what they--and god, the eyes! The eyes were really--we saw a whole bunch of ways to go, and I love that we got the pupils and...yeah..."
Marisha: "Do you feel like they had to prioritize like--either coat or tattoos?"
Taliesin: "No, I mean...there was no prioritize--I mean, like, that's the trouble, is that it's--it's...you can either be complicated and not move well and look bad, or...you can simplify to the point where you can actually have a fight sequence--that works. And like, would you rather look like a really attractive stick character, or would you want to actually swing a sword? And like, well...swing, I guess. So..."
animated mighty nein please show me all the pretty variations of Molly's eyes 👀👀--also curious if any of them kept his eyeshadow--
I literally cannot keep my tent up. There's a potion for that.
Taliesin: "I saw a question about the tarot--why did we switch it--because, uh, economy and story issues. Because...getting the cards to work the way that the cards are supposed to work was...expensive and getting weird. And also, it was...easier to move through some of the story beats...I guarantee you it's a mix, if that makes you--we only walked away from what we built for the show when it was absolutely necessary, so. There is a lot in there that is still from the original Molly deck."
I do like that they went with a mix if they couldn't adapt the deck how Taliesin intended. The fact that we're still seeing cards like Hunger, Moon, Bond and Shadow pop up alongside traditional Major and Minor Arcana cards made me smile. Makes it feel like Molly inherited a typical tarot deck and then modified it with his own oracle cards--
something I'm really enjoying about the show is that caleb is clearly concerned about nott's drinking. him furrowing his brow when she chugged down a bottle in the first episode and the lingering shot of him watching her drink the bottle he gave her in episode 3 betrays his unease. it feels significant because her drinking was rarely commented on in the campaign until jester stole her flask, prompting a small mini-arc about her drinking that didn't have much of a firm conclusion outside of her explaining to caleb why she drinks so much--because even though the group has her back, no one has her front. and we never saw her have shaky hands and the shivers as she went through withdrawal during the campaign, which is further serving to emphasize how destructive this is to her on a personal level. and i think the thing i like the most is that caleb enables it. on one hand, it's as he said, "[he] is in no place to judge" and doesn't feel like he has the right to intervene with her vices. on the other, they are con artists and vagabonds who rely on each other, and if she were sober, she wouldn't be an effective partner. i think there's a fascinating push and pull there with his potentially growing concern for her welfare and the necessity of her skill set. they don't have time for her to get sober, and he doesn't have any right to ask her to stop drinking in the first place. so he watches her guzzle down bottles and use up what little coin they have on more, and makes sure he always has a spare on hand, just in case she needs it. and i wonder if he feels a little sick about that
"Somebody asked earlier, how much of [Essek's], the story we're seeing in the series was considered during the campaign. All of it really. The details I didn't have to iron out until we were actually talking about the series, but like, these are all the beats that I had in mind in the back of my head when I was plotting out his trajectory to be a villain." [Inside the Mighty Nein: Premiere Cocktail Party]
