I know we've been laughing a lot about the fact that the majority of the muscle went to the theatre instead of with Team Birdwatch or Team Spy, but there was absolutely a world where Team Theatre got unimaginably fucked. If any of the following happened, the ritual would've been disrupted:
Thimble wasn't able to recruit any fae to go to the theatre
Thaisha had gone to Obrimus and wasn't there to perform rites
Hal failed the producer rolls
Murray didn't use See Invisibility
Thaisha rolled low insight
Murray rolled low persuasion to convince the fairies to help
A fight broke out with the Candescent Creed
If there's one thing we should learn from Primus, it's that rituals are delicate and one wrong move can cause unexpected (Occtis), undesirable (witnesses), or terrifying (Tertia) outcomes
#I know Brennan still can’t let Team Theater off easy by next episode#but he made the right call in honoring all their preparations and precautions#he had conflicts planned! but Team Theater brought an army and several magic cannons to a knife fight#logically? these guys covered the most important point of the night in triple securing everything#the plot threatened: ‘oh ho ho! something might go awry with the ritual!’#and 3 rightly paranoid Schemers#and 2 ritual surviving Seekers#said ‘NO THE FUCK IT WON’T.’#to which the plot and Brennan nodded and agreed ‘You’re absolutely correct have a nice show’ (tags by see-arcane)
