#the quangle

[crepuscular-girlthing]

another continuity thing about FHJY: Fig was working on a concept album about Ayda since spring break of sophomore year! Brennan repeatedly said she'd "never written so many songs," and she told Lola about the album concept during spring break.

did the quangle eat Fig's sophomore record??

[crepuscular-girlthing]

it feels like Brennan is spinning so many plates for Junior Year, im honestly wondering how many will get dropped. obviously there's the main mystery going on that seems to tie in with Kristen's gods, Lydia's old party, and the Rat Grinders, and the next episode is focused on Principal Grix; i expect those plotlines to be fleshed out and paid off. but there's just so much else, there's no way it all gets tied in.

nobody is following up on the Hopclap Brothers yet. Brennan literally threw the Agueforts out of the way to keep them from helping / complicating things, except as a deus ex machina. no one has talked to Jawbone about anything. Adaine's mom seems to be a narrative dead end, simply because there's no time for anyone to wrap up that thread. she also hasn't dealt with her oraclehood (it's a running gag at least, so maybe it could end up being something.) no one has followed up on Gilear and Halariel leaving, or the luck switch between Gilear and Fig. Riz's dad is still a celestial secret agent and Riz is still technically deputized to help. nobody went to the Apiarists' Society meeting except Riz, so Gertie never got to try the fey honey that Fabian planned to give her. Alistair isn't showing up on Fabian's nemesis alert because he's in hell but he probably still wants revenge. in the create-an-NPC video for Chungledown Bim, they say the bad kids went to the Baronies: was that during the Night Yorb adventure offscreen, or will they go there (and/or the mountains of chaos) this year? will they even be able to learn about the fraud around the Frosty Faire that Sklonda is prosecuting before combat derails everything? will Ragh make college tryouts? What About The Quangle??

[crepuscular-girlthing]

Rewatching sophomore year, there's a moment in Spring Break! I Believe in You! Part 1 where Kristen revivifies herself using her own pinky bone, and Brennan says the tip of her pinky finger glows with starlight forever after. That's never acknowledged again.

I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure Kristen still has the staff of doubt in Junior Year. She didn't use it once in the Night Yorb fight. And Siobhan didn't once use the bonus action divination spell + dodge action from the Sword of Sight in that fight either.

Fig's birthday being christmas is based on a bit where Emily misremembered that the infaithable bass was a christmas present, said that in character to Gorthilax, then ran with it.

Brennan said it in the BTS interview: it's hard to remember all the pre-established canon. "I can't just make something up, I actually answered that 4 years ago. What did I say?"

The Quangle is almost certainly a plot-point. But it's also a de-facto explanation for all the biggest fuckups Brennan and the crew might make forgetting years of established continuity. It can be both.

AND it won't be able to explain player or GM mistakes like forgetting items, spells, abilities, relationships, lore, characters, etc. They're all friends playing a game, with various levels of obsessiveness about the details of it. Some (Ally) are pretty much just there for the vibes. I think the crew would much prefer an audience who can go with the vibes and let the show do what it's gonna do. This isn't an epic fantasy series written by one person over years where they rewrite and edit each book before publishing, making sure to reference their notes so everything is properly foreshadowed and paid off and stays consistent.

For nerds like me who WANT it to be consistent, who relish all those little details and get upset when the crew forget about them, we can write fanfic to indulge in those things. But the crew wanna keep the ball rolling uphill. They're improvisers, and they're going with the flow. Continuity is most important in improv when it hightens the bit, and when it doesn't, it usually gets dropped.