been revisiting older episodes of dungeons and daddies (i hate serious dnd gameplay with a passion so if you like extremely funny and goofy campaigns then i highly recommend listening to it YOU WONT REGRET IT)
and it just got me thinking about loser!reader and arthur again
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i imagine arthur overhears this, overhears the reader listening to hours upon hours of dnd podcasts and videos and instead of ya know telling the reader to pipe down and be productive—hell get a job and maybe start helping with the bills, that'd be a better use of your time— arthur wants to impress you. clearly if you're spending all this time listening to these people play this game then surely that must mean you enjoy the game and if you enjoy the game then surely you know how to play, right?
arthur goes out of his way to learn dnd for you. hes spending his lunches hunched over manuels with a highlighter and pen, hes out spending obscene amount of money buying printed dungeons to make his own maps to show off to you and custom dices you just might be interested in trading with him. and the movies, lord. we cant gloss over the several hours he'd willingly sat through shitty dnd movies on pay per view... arthur's willing to grit his teeth through this cause he wants to get to know you and i think that very precious of him (he wants to be included thats so cute omg my boy got it so bad)
then the day finally comes when arthur's ready to show you what he knows. he comes up to you while your stuck in your usual spot on the sofa and asks you about your campaign, about your character and your charcaters backstory and you're confused.
i mean theyre all too happy to have arthur even talk to them, but they have no idea what he's talking about. what campaign? what characters?
...
and now arthur is confused. what do you mean, what campaign? aint you all about dnd nowadays? theres no shame in it. in fact, i play a little myself...i just wanted to join you if you didnt mind
and now your embarrased because it was sweet to find out that arthur put in so much effort to learn about something you enjoyed...
but heres the problem
you never played dnd. not a day in your life.
and now you have to admit that to arthur
"i-im sorry arthur but i-ive never played dnd before"
"but what about all that talk with john about the game? i could have sworn you had a character and everything"
"i mean, i do have a character but ive never played with them, ya know, its just a character in my sketchbook. and you know john, he hardly listens to what i say half of the time"
"oh"
"y-yea"
"well...we could still play? I wouldnt mind"
"really?!"
"sure"
"but we'll need more more people ya know. 'cant be the only players in the campaign"
"hm...JOHN!"
"WHAT?!"
"WHAT YOU DOING ON FRIDAY?!"
"WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW?!"
"CANCEL IT. YOU'RE PLAYING DND WITH US.. WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW!...YOU'RE PLAYING DND WITH US!"
"WHAT?!"
it didnt take long for the sound of a door slamming open and footsteps racing down the stairs to disturb the once quiet of the house. looking above you see the seemingly irritated figure of john leaning against the bannister, phone in hand.
"no. no way am i just gonna cancel plans cause you want to play some stupid game"
"john"
"no arthur. i have plans to hang out with abigail and you aint gonna ruin that"
"ah come on johnny. you can bring your little girlfriend along too. more the merrier"
"really?" abigiail's voices rings out of the phone's speaker
"course abi, we'd love to have you."
"well id love to join ya'll"
"b-but abi what about our dat-
"we'll see you at 9 abi"
"sure. see ya'll"
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i know john is seething after abi hangs up on him