#party split

[undead-knick-knack]

The party is split up like children in a bitter divorce

[forgotn1]

Oh my god. What if it takes a couple weeks for the other group to show up because they got sent forward in time and haven't landed yet. It could explain the static. Hard to send a message to someone who is dislodged from time.

[sapphirestream]

professorsoak replied to your post: You know, I am not really worried about Jester...

We’d never split the party this way tbh because Nott wouldn’t leave her son Caleb.

You know, that was my first thought too! and part of why I think a split is unlikely to happen, because for sure a 4-2 split wouldn’t be viable. It’s already risky going half and half, and if even one person jumps onto the travelercon boat its gonna snowball into the full party going. (Not to mention the trauma the M9 have with not having their full team. Lose one member that way, and you get a bit shy about it, even if both sides have clerics and Revivify)  But also consider! Boats If anything was going to convince Nott to stay with the other party split, it would be the fact that this is an island adventure lol. She’s already shown the tendency to want to stay behind (even just by herself!) on those, with Caleb going, with danger for sure ahead (which as far as they know, TravelerCon won’t be guaranteed danger at least). So prevented with another viable option that’s not going to get shot down immediately...?

On the other hand! There is a major difference between hanging back for one or two hours and an entire month's worth of sea voyage. And she’s also gotten a lot better about it I feel, especially as long as its a strictly above water scenario, which you honestly kinda hope boats to be lol. There’s also the fact that she knows there's going to be pushback for her staying behind by herself, and I'm not sure how much she’ll go for it when it’s actually a viable option and she doesn't have the reason/excuse of keeping Kiri safe, or the chance to change her mind like in the swamp fight. She’s thrown herself into a lot of scary things to keep her family safe and doesn’t prioritize her safety at all when compared to everyone else in the party. I could maybe also see Caleb deciding to stay with the land party and switching out for Fjord if Nott was sure about staying behind. He is nothing if not attached to Nott as well lol, although I think he’d at least be torn about it. And then the party would have water breathing! (if not teleportation). 

Another major factor is we have no idea what the other job might be or how dangerous it would be, besides it being urgent. Most likely is maybe Essek’s favor as something that would require a super tight timeline? In either case, Caleb is ALSO protective of Nott, and probably isn’t comfortable with her off to face something dangerous without him! That’s his emotional support goblin mom dangit and he’s been a lot more consistent about refusing to run away from her when she’s in danger A Jester-Beau-Fjord and Caleb-Nott-Cad split also sounds pretty reasonable, and like a lot of fun! And maybe they won’t all die. At the very least having Fjord on the boat definitely feels a lot more natural, as much as I see him wanting to stick by Cad’s side a little longer. Maybe it would even be good at that point, for him to have space to explore his faith a little by himself, especially on the sea

This split is a liiittle more concerning party comp-wise lol, in that the squishy wizard is away from all of the people who like to get up in things face’s and make themselves the enemy's problem. Even Nott doesn’t have anyone to proc sneak attack for her! Let’s be honest, even though Cad and Jester are both clerics, Jessie’s a loooot more likely to get up in something’s face (and more liable to make it work too, badass battle mercy that she is lol).

As a side note, I’m also looking forward to the more-likely-canonically-fingers-crossed scenario of how the party is going to interact with Nott and large bodies of water now that the reason for her fear is more out in the open. 

[thoughtlessarse]

MSP says Scottish Labour must split from UK party

Monica Lennon says the radical move is the only way the party can end its "long-term losing streak" in Scotland.

Scottish Labour must split from the main UK party if it wants to end its "long-term losing streak", one of the party's MSPs has claimed. Monica Lennon said Scottish Labour, which won just one seat in last month's general election, was still treated as a "branch office" by London. And she warned that "epic change" was needed to avoid further decline.

Ms Lennon said this should include Scottish Labour becoming a separate political party in its own right. She said the move would prevent Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard being undermined by UK party figures such as shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who contradicted Mr Leonard's opposition to a second independence referendum in an interview at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.

Mr Leonard has pledged to hold a "public listening exercise" as part of attempts to understand why Scottish Labour suffered such a "profound defeat" in the election.

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Should they decide to split from the UK party it will consign the UK to a Tory government for decades unless Scotland becomes independence.

[smokey-eyes-and-bright-ties]

I find the Democrats swing from "if you don't like what we're doing, make your own party!" to "girl, I was playing we gotta keep this family together at all costs." to be interesting. There's very much (at least) two camps in the party now.

[awesome-brick]

You know about the tea party/republican split, right?

So I was thinking, how long is this going to last? Is it just some passing fad, or will this end up being permanent? Because if it does, there is the possibility that the Tea Party will end up becoming the main Conservative party, while the Republicans end up becoming moderate. I mean, they yielded on the bill, so like shouldn't that be the liberal thing to do? I sense a shift in political standings now... Thoughts guys?