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A McElroy/Polygon content fanblog. Mainly Monster Factory/Law Abiding Citizen/Adventure Zone/MBMBaM and other stuff. Not very active either!!! Just letting you know. And no longer Nick inclusive, although I have a bunch of old Car Boys/Touch the Skyrim/Cool Games Inc posts you'll have to look out for. Feel free to message me if you want to talk about anything! I need more friends uwu. Formerly bustointhesunchipsplace.

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[liquor]

anubis weighing my worth in the hall of maat

[ittybittydovahkiin]

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HOLY FUCK DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER HOW PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT A BOOK ABOUT PODCASTING BY THE MCELROY BROTHERS POSSIBLY BEING IN THE WORKS

I FOUND THE INFORMATION FOR IT ON AMAZON WHILE I WAS LOOKING FOR THE TAZ GRAPHIC NOVEL AND IM!!!!

ITS GONNA BE A 12 HOUR AUDIOBOOK NARRATED BY THE MCELBOYS THEMSELVES! AND ITS COMING OUT JANUARY 26, 2021 AND ITS CALLED:

Everyone Has A Podcast (Except You)

[emi1y]

ok fine this is funny actually

[muckhandsmcfike]

statement of yahoo answers user janet, regarding a hostile encounter with employment at cici’s pizza. audio recording by griffin mcelroy, assistant archivist at the mbmbam institute. statement begins

[dogtheories]

here’s all the brothers’ bits in trolls world tour for those of you who would like to keep your brain cells and not watch trolls world tour 

[just-like-griffin]

Mr. Boop looks just like Griffin!

[mbmbat]

[garffenjoyer]

I hope everyone’s been following the Mr.Boop & Justin interactions as closely as I have

[mbmbat]

😲

[momgothic]

the last livestream

[griffinmcelroysvorecorner]

griffin is about man vs nature but travis is about man vs authority and I haven’t listened to taz graduation EVEN A LITTLE but I can tell you RIGHT NOW it’s one of the staff.

[griffinmcelroysvorecorner]

idk what the fuck Justin is about the dude is just sort of there

[theevenprime]

Man vs. Self.

Griffin: John against Eternity. Civilizations against, not each other, but the Hobbesian Trap pitting them against each other. Fitzroy against magic.

Travis: Magnus against the corrupt Governor Kalen. Furs and Fangs against the corrupt sherrif.

Justin: Taako against Taako's self-isolation. Irene vs. Kardala. The Fierbolg against his own shame and expectations. (Spectral cashews guy didn't really pan out, but you see the beginnings of this in the intent.)

Justin is absolutely all about Man Vs. Self.

[theevenprime]

How did I forget "Duck against Duck's identity as Chosen One, and also, his own name"?

[passerea]

@callii

[fioblah]

HWAT IS GRIFFIN ANMIANL CROSSING PDOCAST CALLED

it is called griffin mcelroy will get someone’s uncle at nintendo to give him an early copy of animal crossing new horizons

[fioblah]

hey guys the second episode of the very popular gmwgsuantghaecoacnh podcast is out now

[fioblah]

it’s the penultimate episode of gmwgsuntghaecoacnh everybody

[fioblah]

griffin mcelroy i hope you are grateful for the work i am putting in to increase audience engagement, griffin mcelroy

[daughterofsarenrae]

Tumblr User Fioblah Will Get People to Listen To Griffin McElroy Will Get Someone's Uncle at Nintendo to Give Him an Early Copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Or TUFWGPTLTGMWGSUANTGHAECOACNH for short

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hi! i genuinely cannot get over griffin’s fucking vocal inflection in this sentence! this entire audio clip haunts me!!

[smarties-03]

I’m

Kind of in disbelief of how long we’ve been talking about

Fifty shades of grey, in

May

Fourteenth twenty seventeen A.D the year of our lord Christ

Jesus

[softwaluigi]

my favorite part of the sonic movie was when he gave griffin that big bag of weed

[dci-agent-dtle]

Happy birthday to all the McElroy brothers except griffin

[unorthodoxchronicles]

i hate this post because i was worried for a split second griffin did something shitty but no- travis and justin were both born on the same day in seperste years

[cry-in-the-shower]

[justpodcasts]

i like how in taz: graduation it’s already being set up that there are expectations that should be conformed to, and how the grad lads are not quite doing that

like specifically with regards to episode three, and the review of the boys’ performance in the tavern. they were each expected to do something kinda cliche - argo, a rogue with a potentially unsavory background, should’ve talked to the criminal; fitzroy, the fancy/wealthy person with a title, should’ve found a way into the castle; and the firbolg, someone connected to nature and who’s lived outdoors all his life, should’ve dealt with the cave.

which completely ignores what each of the characters wanted to do and their interests in branching out or building new skills. there’s very much a “stay in your lane” approach to teaching and to the world in general. what class you are or what skills/magic you have determines your role as a hero/villain or sidekick/henchperson. you’re a necromancer? well of course you’re a villain, have you ever seen a necromancer who isn’t? or you’ve developed magical powers? forget about your knighthood and your sword-training - classic knights shouldn’t have magic! - you’re a sidekick now. stick to what’s expected.

even the whole idea of hero vs villain conflicts is like this. they don’t serve much of a purpose apart from entertainment and fulfilling an expectation - it’s a kingdom, there are skilled/magical people, there should be conflicts and grand quests and etc! even if it’s all a performance with strict roles.

so not only is it a fun way to play with tropes and archetypes that audiences expect in storytelling, there’s interesting possibilities for later on and how much characters in this world are going to conform to expectations and how much they’re going to forge their own path - and the consequences that could have  

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twenty honey did not get enough appreciation

[punkkidmakingpizzas]

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best TAZ family moments

-“I GAVE YOU LIFE!” / “yeah you gave me life apparently Mom gave me D&D skills!” -when Justin is annoyed and calls his dad “Clinton.” -“I went to all of Travis’s wrestling matches and watched him lose every time except the ONE time I didn’t go he beat a kid with the flu.” -when they make fun of Griffin for not being able to sleep unless he builds a pillow fort. -“you’re my brother and I love you but [string of insults].” -when the brothers call Clint “daddy.” -when Justin or Travis calls Griffin “Griffy.” -when Justin or Travis calls Griffin “Ditto.” -“wow that’s really low!” / “is it?! is it, Griffin?! is it almost like some fucking liches of your imagination sucked the life out of me a wizard?!” / “yeah that’s like real low!” -when Justin has Taako do some gamebreaking shit and Griffin is like “oh my God, Justiiiiiiiin!” -*Griffin does something sinister as a DM* “I forgot ONE birthday, Griffin!”

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-*Clint does something childish* “hey are we sure we’re not Dad’s dad?”

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-“hey Dad, remember every Christmas when we sat around the tree near the fire, singing songs of yule and basking in each other’s love?” / “no.” / “okay I’m gonna try that again and this time you say yes to my fucking bit.”

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-when Merle spins “Mind” on the wheel and the vogue elves say “if you choose to take this sacrifice, you will lose the memory of… the birth of your children” and without missing a fucking beat Clint goes “I’ll take the penalty.”

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-*after the boys finish a fight in the swamp* Griffin: “Dad you look like some sort of weird shit monster-” Justin: “and your character in this game looks pretty bad too.”

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-Clint, sincerely: “Travis you aren’t mad at me for not going along with your decision in the game, right?” Travis, also sincerely “Dad, I could not give two shits.”