Douglas is Cancelled might be the ballsiest show ever for setting itself up to be hated just so it can prove its own points (and to get idiot people to watch it specifically to say ‘this is about you actually’) and I loved it. Watched it in one sitting which is probably the intention since it was supposed to be a stage play. One of the best shows of the year I’m so serious.
see that's the impression I was starting to get so this just sold me on it
I think I know what I'll be binging in the next few days
Okay so I THINK tomorrow I'm gonna knock out my over 30 tag/ask games in my inbox I've been trying to prepare all day and if you dont wanna see those I think I'm gonna use the tag ask wave
Btw I answered one the other day and I'm counting that as one so if you were tagged in that one I'm not tagging you again even though that would make this easier on me
A couple of questions for you, Wave (if you allow me to ask): before you joined Jet and Storm in your thieving missions, how did you become an expert mechanic and how did you use your skills about this? Also, I heard you can handle a Big Wrench in battle like Amy handles her Piko Piko Hammer; is it canonly true?
“Heh. Before? Haven’t talked about my past lately… Sure. Just to show you- slowpokes- what it means growing up as a Babylon Rogue!”
“The only way to get things done is doing it yourself. This is something instilled in a Babylon Rogue! Our people were the finest craftsmen! Hmph! Technological mythology was practically written from stories about us! I grew up learning the grind and hard labor of working with machines. Nothing can beat my ancestorial knowledge of technology! It’s practically who I am! We were dirt poor, stinkin’ street-crows, and I worked hard to get where I am today!”
“So the next time you see us flying around and controlling the wind through our Gear? Yeah. Know that it was Wave the Swallow that fine-tuned those rides! Those saps wouldn’t know how to twist a screw if I wasn’t around! Besides, I squawk a big talk, wield a huge wrench, AND strap bombs to your hide and don’t you forget it! Don’t come messin’ with my crew, you hear me!?”
“Alright, alright. Wave… Give it a rest, will ya? All this talk is giving me a headache…”
“Hey you-! I’ll have you know that without me-” *Wave begins to rapidly ramble, sounding like a fast-forwarding VHS*
“Annnnnddd now it’s permeant.”
“Hmph. I was only answering a fan’s question.” - Wave
“Fan? Well ain’t that something. You gotta fan.” - Jet “Hmph!” -Wave.
what do you think about campaign 2? is there anything it does better than campaign 3, and vice versa is there anything campaign 3 does better than it?
Interesting question! Gonna put the answer under a readmore since it'll probably get long and also bc my feelings on cr2 aren't all that positive so superfans of that campaign have a heads up to keep scrolling
So, I'm just gonna be completely honest up front and say I never finished cr2 so my judgement is gonna be very flawed. At the time I was younger and very caught up with the toxic positivity aspect of this fandom, so I stamped down basically every issue I had until it all spilled over and I was left feeling so negative about it I had to go complete cr cold turkey until tlovm aired.
I know that's oversharing, but I just don't feel right commenting on cr2 without being upfront about how my personal feelings on it come from a weird place. I try to be more objective about it these days, but I'm afraid I'm not entirely objective.
Anyway cr2 and cr3 are really two entirely different kinds of stories. The former I consider to be most like an open-world video game, while the latter is more like an ongoing comic book. It's hard to tell which one does things better because they're not really doing the same thing at all
In terms of pacing they both struggle in opposite directions. Cr3 has had too much going on for a long time with very little breathing room while cr2 was 90% filler. We haven't had balanced pacing since cr1 so for these two it's more about what you personally prefer. For me the difference would be determined by my connection to the characters.
Which brings me to the characters. This is of course the most subjective thing of them all. I'm not going to pretend I don't prefer the Bells Hells by a mile, but there is also a reason the Mighty Nein are so popular on social media. It's the party of NPC's vs the Be Gay Do Crimes party. The latter may has well have been built in a lab for tumblr queers. Hell it's what drew me to the show in the first place.
I think cr2 was more experimental for most cast members, with them really going outside their comfort zone(Travis playing a more serious character, Liam going more morally questionable, Travis and Ashley dipping into romance) and the results really resonated with a lot of people. Personally I struggled with most of the party for a few reasons. What they were trying didn't suit me, Ashley being gone for most of the early days, a party member dying before they could really get started, etc.
With cr3, I think it's clear they took the lessons they learned from the past 2 campaigns and really played into their strenghts while still exploring new ground. The fact that the players have lived in Exandria for so long now also allows them to craft backstories more tailored to the world around them which gives them a very unique feel. I also personally just find myself resonating more with the themes they chose to explore.
Honestly I could do a whole breakdown of each character and which ones I think work best for their campaigns but this is getting long enough so I won't.
Cr2 did spend more time digging into characters backstories but for me that had the massive downside of the gap between which characters got focus being incredibly blatant. I know people like to complain about main character Imogen, but that's nothing compared to how badly cr2 sucked at balancing narrative focus amongst the party.
That's not say I'm not bothered by cr3 not taking more time to explore things specific to the pc's backstories, but with the way most of them are tied to the main plot it still works. I do think it does a much better job at balancing focus, even if Imogen obviously has the strongest plot connection.
And finally, I think cr2 is best at being a more typical found family fantasy experience(cr1 is too but a very different flavor) in that you have a bunch of assholes slowly learning how to trust each other and help each other face their demons. The bond between the Hells is just as believable and more compelling to me personally, but it is not gonna scratch the itch a lot of people are looking to scratch with an actual play show.
What cr3 excells at is deconstructing tropes, posing ethical dillemas, really making you think about the world the story takes place in and considering different point of views. This is why so many long-term fans struggle with it so much. It's also why I think, especially if all 3 campaigns get adapted, cr3 will be the most memorable one with the biggest impact.
As someone who only recently got into live action spider-man stuff, I totally respect you defending TASM lol must have been rough back then 😂 Crazy that everyone wants a third one now
We were fighting for our lives out there FOR YEARS! They hated us because we spoke the truth! But now everyone sees we were right all along and all ot took was 20 minutes of Andrew Garfield working his charm in a MCU movie😂
You know those posts that are like ''I reblog certain things specifically for a mutual"? that's me with you everytime I reblog a koncassie post! it's a success when you reblog it 😌
Bless you for this and for being like the only person that still puts them on my dash
