The Friendship Section | Fantasy High: Sophomore Year | Ep. 7
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- čas přidán 8. 11. 2023
- Gorgug seeks answers. Adaine makes a new friend. Ragh gets some bad news.
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Lou dying of laughter and trying to make it seem like Fabian is having a mental breakdown is just PEAK comedy
This scene is spectacular 😂 instantly iconic, Lou was amazing, and Ally with the assist going "Did Chungledown Bim help you?" knowing exactly what they were doing, makes it even better
yess, and then each of them making a point of saying "Chungledown Bim", just to fuck with Lou and make him laugh even harder... iconic 😂
I love at the beginning of the episode he’s just sat there looking like he’s moping
It's honestly the hardest I've laughed yet.
Trying to make it seem like? No, I think he was so committed that he was actually having a mental breakdown himself 😂😅🥲😭
There are only 2 types of choices in DnD, good choices, and deeply in character choices.
I need to write this down.
And once in a blue moon the two line up for some badass/hilarious/awesome moments.
This is SOOO true! 😂
"I'll be your friend. Do you want to hold my frog? It's not a gift" I teared up that was so sweet and an unexpected twist 🥹
ITS SUCH A CUTE MOMENT
“There’s no pirate who can see the horizon in a squall. That doesn’t mean it’s not there.” thanks i’m gonna cry
God I read this before I actually saw it and Brennans delivery makes it so much better its fuckin beautiful
Beautiful scene ❤
my favorite thing is that like. you can check books out from the library, if you have a library card. none of them even think to do that, they all go immediately to theft.
to be fair, the first thing fig wanted to do was get a library card lol, they just got a bit distracted and ended up stealing and killing anyway
@@guij666 true true fig gets a pass lol
Adaine started this from her very first day of their freshman year, truly Bad Kids to the core 😂
Worse than that actually. They all completely forgot that Brennan had already instructed them all to add a library card to their inventory.
Bad Kids through and through. 😂 Fig has corrupted them so well.
Something not often discussed:
Gorgug is actually pretty important to solving thier biggest mysteries.
Dispute his low int, he cares, and so methodically plods back over info that the others have passed on as unimportant, or decided they already had figured out.
Most of the fine detail stuff that becomes important later is discovered by Gorgug going “Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but wasn’t that one thing…?”
Either that or him making a friend off to the side while he’s chilling.
Slow, methodical, wise. He and Christin sort of catches everything that slips past Riz and Adiane in thier rush to the finish line. With Fabian and Fig stabbing wildly off to either side to catch the occasional stray clue 😂
I think that’s lovely 🥰
He is truly the greatest wizard of his age
He is also the most empathetic. While everyone is shouting and just insulting gilear during the infodump part. He actually takes his time to comfort Fabian.
Well, this is Zach Oyama for you. Zach is the king. He plays so well
I love that Brennan physically behaves like a bird when embodying Ayda.
I swear if he was more deadpan about it he'd literally be pulling Birdperson
He truly looks like Kaitlin Olson
im going to think of boggy wearing a backpack in a backpack forever. the greatest gift
Are you familiar with Homestuck?
I love that Brennan let's Fabian describe what happened. Also, chungledown bim is the scariest pirate ever.
Adaine, just having a high kill count because of reluctantly killing characters off is hilarious hahahaahhaa
She is a character in DND who has been in more than one battle. There isn’t a lot of ways to do that and survive without having a body count.
@@emmakane6848but the Lunch Lady and Rholins were accidents.
rholins isnt technically dead@@HFV_Junkyardin
FINALLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN ALL OF FICTION: AYDA AGUEFORT!
Agreed
She has captured my whole entire heart I love her IMMENSELY. AND I HOPE TO GOD THAT I GET TO SEE HER AGAIN
She reminds me of Captain Holt from B99
the way lou explained the pirate fight kind of mid breakdown was SO in character and i love it. fabian was giving About to Fucking Cry and i cannot get over the way lou played it out
Lou was about to fucking cry, but from laughter, he masked it so well
*fig disguises herself as the librarian and runs by*
"there i go" - instant classic
It is amazing how they manage to turn complete curveballs and unexpected choices and circumstances into great character arcs - like how Kristen dying in the second episode went on to inform her entire character arc of searching for a new deity, or how Emily and Murph having to be away for a session turned into some of the most important plot points of the start of the season, and now how Fabian's terrible horrible no good very bad day becomes about facing his relationship with his father (and with his almost step father). Shoutout to the players who make and face these choices and to Brennan for weaving the narrative threads so brilliantly. Amazing collaborative storytelling. I love this show.
YAS
tfw life shapes art and art reflects life
So Adaine has gone from murdering an innocent possessed lunch lady with a ladle to:
_Repeatedly_ murdering a wizard librarian and framing one of her friend's and other friend's dad for it.
Which is how you know Aguefort Academy is good at making Adventurers(tm)
So now we know that the reason Aguefort was threatened by Gorgug is because he’d make such a powerful wizard. Clearly that is the reason.
Theres a clip of Brennan talkng about Ayda's creation. For those who dont know, she was originally meant to be a very minor character! He based her personality on the "sherlock" type (brilliant but intense and socially awkward) as well as some "academic" friends of his. When people started asking if shes autistic he realised wait a minute...she is!! And he did a bunch of research to do her justice :) he also says playing Ayda is very "freeing" 👀👀
I don’t want to be rude but someone playing DND for over twenty years, turning it into their job, and still wanting to play it off-screen (to the bafflement of their friends who also do this for a living) absolutely qualifies it as a special interest. No one will ever convince me that man isn’t somewhere on the spectrum.
Am I the only person who sees people as people rather than some government mandated mental illness?
@@emmakane6848 i think he's probably not on the spectrum and thinking he is just because he really enjoys a game he's paid to play is kind of hilariously reductive
@@AefaxI don’t think so because of the DnD but more so some of his mannerisms it does seem like he is somewhat on the spectrum and that’s not a bad thing at all
Well, as an autistic, I dgaf if he is autistic or not. I'm just happy for a little more decent rep.
And, personally, I recommend not diagnosing people from a distance. Also, d&d is definitely a "special interest" of many in our community.
Have a good one, folks.
…Lou is a master at this. Like… he took breaking and successfully made it in character! Is he laughing cause he can’t stop cause stress? Is he crying? Either one makes perfect sense for Fabian in this moment!
Lou's full on laugh-crying while saying "he said he's gonna shit in my mouth" is easily one of the funniest fuckin things I've ever seen.
Timestamp?
1:37:58
The fact that Emily has to have a note in front of her that says no swearing is too funny
i always found it so endearing that fabian speaks halfling because cathilda practically raised him where his parents fell short and it really shows during this arc
31:04 - "Your friend's mother might die? Does she then possess some chance of immortality?"
OMG, this is such good humor.
YES and no one noticed :(
brennan apparently had a philosophy major (enrolled at 14) and had teach improves...I am not surprise he had so many amazing liners
Zac played in so hard with the nat 1 on perception when Rawlins took him to the friendship section. he didn’t have to start that argument but he sure did. you simply love to see it.
I love Cathilda so much 😭 Her getting so mad and overprotective for him was so sweet!
It boggles my mind a bit how most of the characters’ first reaction to finding a book they think is beneficial for them is not to read/copy it, but rather to just steal it.
Or just check it out! They're at a library!
It’s a pirate library! Steal it!
Every time I start to forget how utterly unhinged Aguefort is, Brennan levels up his batshit antics.
"Whats a phone book on leviathan? Thats nothing. Its the scrawling of a madman..." 😂
Brennan's great at bringing back plot points the characters aren't focused on (and that the audience has mostly forgotten about) at the exact right time to catch them off guard, like before with Zelda, and now with the elves, and they especially make great cliffhangers. Amazing writing
ayda is without a doubt my favorite character of all time in any piece of media. she's a pirate librarian. she's half-phoenix. she's a wizard. she's autistic. she hatched from an egg. she's an astronomer. she's constantly on fire. she has an undercut that is also on fire. what more could you possibly want
(spoilers) other things I wanted to include that we learn later
she's queer. she raised a child who then went on to raise her after she died and reincarnated in a burst of flame. both of them have sick ass wings and glowy tattoos. her dad pulled the sun out of the sky and broken into heaven by hiding in someone's backpack. i just. she is the most character ever.
@@epicwolf3683 ..............have you watched the show?
@@epicwolf3683honey you've got a big storm coming
@@Amazatastic i just came out of a bigger storm
Ayda's definitely my favorite Dimension 20 NPC ever.
I'd still put her just behind Uncle Iroh who shall never be dethroned. But only barely. Ayda comes very close.
honestly they'd like each other so much. blessed pair the both of them.@@alemirdikson
I have never in my life seen someone roll as many nat 1s as Lou. He's a walking curse 😂
He’s only been matched by Murph last season
I always laugh at the way Lou says “he told me he was going to shit in my mouth!” at 1:37:58 always makes me laugh and reminds me of the part in Sin City where the cop got her hand eaten and she screams “he made me watch!” Lou just mastered that tone while he was laughing his ass off.😂
Last episode was so chaotic and so sad, but watching them all come together now to be there for Fabian is so wholesome and amazing and makes it all worth it. Also, getting to watch Cathilda go savage, hell yeah
Adaine as a powerful expert wizard and Gorgug as a powerful novice wizard is the dynamic I never knew I needed 😂
Cathilda's intimidation was metal
Lou and Murph's ability to roll nat ones is absolutely astonishing.
I love that I still remember when Arthur said he f*cked the Phoenix lolz, so seeing he actually got a child from it is strange but that's the strange world of magic
highlights (not comprehensive)
21:00 SHE
1:00:32 the friendship section
1:09:47 ah yes, another use of the identify spell
1:35:20 fabian starts actually telling The Story
2:05:50 cathilda makes the best threat on the face of the planet
SHE!!!!
she...
1:15:05 frog^-^
I honestly love Ayda… but I think one thing I love about her? She immediately sees Gorgug not just as what everyone else sees him as but as having *potential to be something else, something different * that not even his besties have given him credit for. They love him, but have any of them considered telling him, you know, if you wanted you could change your major and be a wizard? I think you’d be good at it? No. And it’s not out of any kind of malevolence- they just are so used to seeing him one way,,, but this new person looks and talks for just a little bit… and sees potential for something else. And as a Gorgug fan, I love that!
I may be going through this for the first time but I think this is something that pushes him into taking a level of artificer.
@@darkvizardking69 I'm not done with season 2 yet- I haven't even gotten the kids to Fallinel yet, though I have looked at spoilers :), but I have a sneaking suspicion you're right that this is at least the start of him thinking about it, and I love that for him!
I need to tell someone they are completely unburdened by the weight and sorrow of intellect
Cathilda is my absolute favorite character Brennan has created, that mix of cookie making grandma and emotionless murder demon is exceptional.
I love how the dice are telling such a strong story the last couple of episodes
More like the dice are fucking cursed
1:41:34 While Depression is typically recognized as a long term mental illness, there is Situational Depression that can be caused by trauma and can last a shorter period of time. Situational Depression can be extremely acute for that brief (can still persist many months but not years) and not develop into chronic depression. It is just as valid and often needs the same kind of evaluations and medical intervention.
I'm not gonna lie - I normally love Adaine/Siobhan, but that moment hurt enough that I had to stop the episode.
Thank you for bringing attention to it. I feel like this moment gets kind of glossed over.
@@SoralaxPlaysyou had to STOP the episode? Lmfao wow. That’s ridiculous. Yes her comment was invalidating, but you know damn well you didn’t stop watching it.
@catc2938 Um... Yes? I did? My spouse and I paused the episode to unpack our feelings about it. Both of us felt very irked that Siobhan seemed to be pushing a toxic view of depression, and neither of us have picked up the episode since because we needed some space from it.
Why would you assume I said something I didn't mean?
I can’t handle the Hangman being dead dead. Seriously.
Off screen dead, dead. Broke my heart. Especially with that narratively appropriate low roll as the engine falls out while Fabian grieves... it's like his dice are somehow accurately representing Fabian's mental health at that moment.
did they ever bring the hangman back? like did he get fixed
Lou turning his laughter into crying and Fabian breaking down is absolute amazing acting. Like imagine trying to do that while all your friends shout "Chingledown Bim"
1:41:35 just because fabian suppresses his emotions and his insecurities about not being a great as his father doesn’t mean it isn’t piling up into his own kind of depression
Yeah, that part bothered me too. Also, just because someone has a rad life doesn't mean they can't battle depression. And also, yes depression doesn't happen out of nowhere in one day, but all it may take is one day to topple your brain in that direction.
One of the best episodes of D20 of all time!!! Ayda is such a gift, as an Autistic person she means so much to me 🥲💕
Same here
I'm not personally on the spectrum, but as soon as that Phoenixy badass opened her mouth, I all but said aloud "I'm not sure where, not to what degree, but that person is 100% on the spectrum!" I was subsequently super stoked for others on the spectrum for the representatin. ❤
So agree :')
It's interesting because to me it was as if she was from a different culture but not autistic. but now i can see it
Originally that was what Brennan was going for. People commented on her seeming autistic and he realized that basing her on some of his friends on the spectrum made it basically canon and then started playing into it more.
1:39:01 ‘it’s not even mine it’s my fathers … like everything else I have’
That line went hard asf. Also, sad Hangman in the background
Boggy got a tiny backpack. 10/10 would watch again
"You come from a democracy--" "No, I come from Fallenal!" "You come from a Mogocracy--"
Literal chills from cathildas speech to fabian. Its insane to think this is just a table top game.
i'd definitely seen clips of the "he said he was gonna shit in my mouuuuth" bit before but NOTHING could have prepared me for it in context. took me the fuck out. tears of laughter fully streaming down my face. lou wilson is a comedic fucking genius
Knowing a bunch of spoilers about Ayda already and watching her first interactions with the bad kids (esp one in particular) is amazing 😂
"Is she the creature that Arthur Aguefort made for me?"
😂
Omg when Fabian is recounting is trauma I love how everyone intentionally makes it so much worse with their questions lol
Upon hearing the name Ayda Augefort: Oh, his sister. Twin, maybe. Estranged or in cahoots?
Upon hearing her description: OH.
Cathilda is literally so great, her being a maid and so nice and kind and then still being sweet whilst she is threatening someone is just amazing
Murph desperately trying to keep them on track
These 2 hours went by so fast compared to the 2 hours from the last episode.
When you're on the edge of your seat the entire two hour time span, it seems to stretch out a little bit.
Brennan out here just healing us misfits with his words. Thank you
9:20 emily and allys simultaneous coffee sip is amazing for some reason
Real
1:34:32
fig: "I slap riz"
an entertained/confused murph: "assault"
Never let this series end, I want them to do this show with their kids
me too, me too
Fantasy High: The College Years
Fantasy High: The Tenure Track
Fantasy High: The Next Generation
I love Ayda. Brennan does the perfect job of making her an exact cross between Arthur and a legendary bird.
Siobhan did a really good job taking the cursed dice away from Lou 😅😂
At this point I'm convinced Brennan roles a d20 every time he needs a moment to think
They were all SO calm in the beginning of this episode when the ENTIRE REASON they needed to go to the library was to try and stop Ragh's MOTHER'S DEATH 😂 I was literally pacing while listening to the elderly wizard conversation😭
The SPEED at which Ayda became the most charming character imaginable is unreasonable. I love her.
Gorgug accidentally becoming the greatest wizard of all time is sending me
"Are you hard to be around?"
"Yes."
DEVASTATING
Siobhan is 100% my favorite. Every time she speaks it fills me with incredible joy and energy. She's such a powerful player and actor and person and I freaking love her
Adaine's interaction with Captain James near the end is so underrated. I would love to see that animated
Easily the most pure comedy in the whole episode
I cannot be convinced that Aguefort isn't a level 20 bard
Augefort may very well be a level 20 bard, he is an NPC far more powerful than a player can be
He's a wizard who optimised so well he went to level 20 and also multiclassed at the same time
It's wild how rewatching this reminds me to reflect on my own life. Ragh's whole bit about processing hard shit, and thinking of whether or not the bad shit will undo previous progress or not... I wasn't expecting to rewatch this season and feel things.
I'm in about 47 minutes and I literally am like, "man...these pirates ended themselves over much less than what Fabian has gone through in just the last two days."
Lets remember that one pirate that killed himself after they convinced him that he was already death
More free fantasy high!? I thought the day would never come
HOW THE HELL DID A HALFLING SONG MAKE ME SHED TEARS, DAMN YOU BRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN
Doesn’t Fabian have some sort of repairing vehicle polish? Bring back the Hangman 😭
Arthur Aguefort's "hard R's" joke destroyed me when I watched this the first time.
There is something poetic about Fabian rolling so badly during his recovery period. It fits the character and really emphasizes the exhaustion and emotional weakness to roll so low so often while he is recovering.
I feel like Ayda Aguefort was created by Brennan just so he could have one character that would scare the party out of their bits. Like the way she calls out Kristen on her Applebees comment 😂
I'm relatively new to this series and haven't yet seen the rest of the episodes, but after this one I really hope that Gorgug being a wizard is called back to somewhere later
had to watch lou's monologue twice, once to watch him and once to watch brennan's reactions and man both were jUST
Cathilda is AMAZING!!! The more she opens up about her past life the more I ADORE her!!! Tragic and adventurous, kind but ruthless❤❤❤
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Oh Fabian buddy, you need some help... after failing at the one thing he thought he had mastered (fighting) and having to flee in defeat while watching the people who trusted and looked up to him die, then that night finally getting some rest, only to be possessed and murdering his friend and stead with his fathers sword, followed by being hurled into the ocean and contracting pneumonia. Now huddled in the backseat of the Hangvan wrapped in blankets surrounded by his found family grappling at the straws of what he did, who his father was, who Fabian wants to be and who he really is...
Lou has played Fabian so realistically and breathtakingly well this season. There is so much depth in his words and heartache in his soul.
I'm starting to think the Shadowcat spreads through blood transfusion like a disease. Tracker healed Sandra with her blood, and Sandra passed it to Garthy through sex? Maybe
Also, Siobhan looks SO cute in a beanie that from this point onwards, no one looks good in a beanie except her. She's ruined that look for everyone else
21:36 idk why but i knew from the moment aguefort had a pheonix lover,
**there would be a pheonix child**
I love Aguefort IMMEDIATELY is interested by the party house. That man has no chill.
Did Siobhan put back Lou's die? No, you were so right, please throw them away, those were definitely cursed or rigged or something 🤣
IM GONNA SEE AYDA FOR FREE WHENEVER I WANT!!! WOOHOO!!!!!
Ayda Aguefort may still be my favorite Brennan Lee Mulligan NPC yet.
Definitely a top-5er for sure.
Gorgug telling Adaine basically thank you for wanting to help me call my girlfriend but it can wait, we need to call Ragh’s mom just was so right on point- love that boy. You know who I don’t love? Arthur Aguefort! My word that man and his information hiding…. Seriously give poor Ragh a heart attack already!
omg i talk about the orange all the time i love this episode
im so happy they're releasing this season to hype us up. love it love jt love it
1:15:00 "Do you want a friend?" "Desperately". I have solved the mystery of which librarian collected all the books for the Friendship section.
i love ALL of these characters so much holy SHIT this was such an incredible episode
There are so many quotes from Dimension 20 that make me quietly cry in a way that makes me sad and hopeful and angry and a thousand other emotions all at once, and it just feels right. I love that.
Adaine assuming her brain’s gender had me ROLLING 💀💀💀
I believe what she meant was that it was a masculine-sounding voice. Which, in fact, it was.
Holy shit, this episode was an emotional rollercoaster. Fabian I love you.
this episode really resounded with me, from Ayda's hard exterior and seemingly hard time at reading people and situations well, to Tracker talking about depression. no flack to the cast, but depressive episodes often seem to come out of nowhere and people do say to cheer up and that its probably just a bad day even though its not and someone has just been living with and hiding it for so long so well- someone CAN have a depressive episode and not have a depressive disorder, may people do. i am projecting my own experiences and im aware of that, but fabian could have very much had a form of depression without "knowing" it because he wanted to hide it from himself and grief/loss often make the pressures and perceived expectations even more deep, so i think it was right for Tracker to acknowledge there was something deeper than just "a bad day" going on because truly having someone validate that experience is what helps actual people seek help. its also wonderful to feel seen with a character who isnt an antagonist because of their "cold exterior" and im glad there wasnt a dance of questionable morals and "is she evil or is she misunderstood?" like movie/tv autism is often portrayed. i love the show and i wouldnt change any of the reactions because they were so real, too, i love this realistic representation and this moment, even if it never is mentioned again in the story. it was solid.
my left ear really likes this one
‘If there’s something wrong in your country, do you go find the snow plough drivers, or the mailpeople’ *me thinking about the anarchist halfling mailman* ‘yes’
The amount of Nat 1’s rolled in this session is frankly astounding.
AYDA, SHES HEREEE!!!!! My favourite character ever just got her pin!!!! Autistic representation makes me life 1000% better