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Adaine and Aelwyn's Story :: Fantasy High
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- *Spoilers for Fantasy High and FH Sophomore Year"
I love their relationship so much
Watch the full show on Dropout.tv
Ps: I really wanted to make a video that showed their whole story and not just their interactions, so I also included a few moments of Adaine and her parents and scenes where Aelwyn is only mentioned, because I feel like they are important to give a better context for their relationship.
So enjoy!
Siobhan managed to create one of the most complex emotionally intelligent and brave fictional women of all time and i mean that 100%
One of my favorite fictional characters. Her sass is a large part of her attraction, kinda like Aeirth from FF7
Among Fantasy High characters (hell, among most Intrepid Hero characters), there are no duds...but Adaine will always be my favourite, without hesitation.
The description of her fears in the nightmare forest. Being immortal. Everyone dying. Being a divination wizard. But not being able to stop time killing everyone.
Fuck. Me.
The reveal about that the girl at the party being Adaine's sister is one of the best moments of my life. I still get giddy every time.
I really like that we got a forgiveness arc with aelwyn but adaine still got to murder her dad and have everyone be super happy for her. I feel like a lot of stories go too hard on the forgive and forget angle when they do stuff about abuse and toxic people. I love a good complicated relationship with nuanced themes of empathy and redemption, but I also love the sheer childlike joy of a man who treated you like shit all your life being punched so hard he dies while everyone cheers
It's because Aelwyn was a child raised by genuinely fucked up adults and Angwyn was one of said fucked up adults. Being raised in a bad environment and not having the power or life stability to change that doesn't make you a bad person, and so Aelwyn truly did deserve a second chance to be a person outside of the bubble she lived in. Angwyn could just kinda not be so much of a loyalist that he'd KILL HIS OWN CHILD, but he chose death.
Aelwyn essentially responded to the same circumstances as Adaine in a different way. Angwyn and Arianwen made a choice, Aelwyn and Adaine were just trying to survive. Throughout their childhood, Aelwyn unfortunately learned that self-preservation came at the cost of her sister but if she was in a better situation, she likely would have treated Adaine differently. She deserves a chance to prove herself. Angwyn and Arianwen did this to them, and can die in a fire 😊😊
@@blueturtle3623 false, Aelwyn and Adaine did not live the same circumstances. Aelwyn had highly concentrated abuse. She took the brunt force of it. Adaine got neglected. Also bad. But they had wildly different circumstances. Aelwyn was the star child holding the burden of it all. Adaine was the loser sister shoved off to the side and kinda protected from all the shit because of that
@@Verylengthyapple obvious that was traumatic for adaine, she was constantly demoralized, which, coming from an evil father, was a great thing for that relationship.
It’s not murder.
the self-loathing aelwyn felt bec of how she couldn't protect her sister in their childhood in fear of her parents resonated w me so hard
Their father did most of the damage and Brennan looked visibly disgusted everytime he had to roleplay that fucker.
1:49:19
“What is it- love without expectation? What is that?”
“What is expectation without love? That’s what you’ve given me”
When I saw that the first time my heart _broke_
The fact that Siobhan just whips back with that without missing a single beat is so incredible. Like, she is either so in character that that was her instinctive response, or she is so brilliant that she came up with that on the spot, and either way it really just shows that Siobhan is an absolute powerhouse D&D player.
The shield, “But she’s just a baby”, as an oldest sibling from a deeply abusive home, this hit so incredibly hard. I tried so hard to protect my little sister but I was so scared of my father. These sisters mean everything to me
The scene where weakened and tortured Aelwyn is trying to cast a ward around Adaine, makes me fucking sob.
The "she's a baby" part almost made me cry the first time I heard it... too real
1:57:41 is the timestamp
there was no almost for me, i full on sobbed!
Another way of saying, "She's my baby sister.."
Same,... that was it for me.
I don't even have a sibling but that BROKE me, it was too close to home somehow
as someone with a sibling relationship WAY too much like adaine and aelwyn's - "will you be my big sister" broke me
Same here man. Same here. Just, the sheer amount of emotional turmoil and the History between you and yet you Still want to have them as a sibling So Badly. It just. Ugh
In addition to that, the part just prior, when she says, "she's a baby..." Is Aelwyn's ineffective way of saying, "No... she's my baby sister..."
And then, when she is *asked* to be a big sister, she immediately, with out even thinking, protects her little sister from their abusive father.
#NeglectIsAbuse
same
Same but I'm the younger brother we have a good relationship now and I cried the first time I saw her after 7 years that was the same day I got broken up with over text
The relationship between siblings grown in a abusive environment will always be the most heartbreaking to me.
Adaine turning her sister around is so heartwarming. The 'despite everything, I do love you'? Incredible
1:53:47 is the timestamp for anyone who wants it
@@abby-iu7dz it breaks me. The whole scene.
I love that someone took the time to make a supercut of these two
I just kept going through all the episodes anyway to watch their scenes all the time, so I figure making a supercut would be easier lol
@@liv_jwd I 100% agree. Thanks, you!!!!
@@liv_jwdthank you for taking time to make this!
The power moves by Adaine at the end when she tells Brennan that her father rolls a 4 for saving against her spell. Jesus fucking christ.
This might be a bit morbid but the scene in which Adaine killed her father is so awesome. The emotional build up to her all the way to her using the fist, perfectly saving that 4 for the save. That entire small battle is so cinematic, like just imagine the spell being activated from her father, the counter, the dispell the lightning bolt, the 20 foot sprint and the fucking punch of all punches.
Just the slo-mo shots of it happening playing out in my head, it was such an amazingly cool and badass moment to have happened and especially in the medium that it did happen.
Man. Dnd freakin rules
tbh it’s exactly what the spell was made for, which makes it all the sweeter. Like, Brennan gave Adaine the spell b/c she kept trying to punch her sister with her -2 strength all through freshman year, and I think Ayda says something like “you have a lot of rage in you that I think you’d like to physically act on” when she gives the spell. To one-shot her father? Her abuser and a big source of her rage after coming to terms with the fact that Aelywn was abused too, just in a different way?
Honestly you’re so right, the scene is so cinematic and poetic-the way that Adaine specifically uses a divination skill to be able to one-shot her dad… okay, I’m just rambling now, this is all obvious but she’s my favorite character and I just love the scene.
It also works out narratively because if you remember when she talks to her parents about her first battle in the series she gets reprimanded by her father I believe specifically because she used her hands and not her magic
@@thatlycantomboy And then uses her divination to keep her sister from Dying.
Whenever I picture that scene I always picture Adaine saying "Guess what, bitch!" when she activates the spell and then saying "I'm strong now." right as she punches him in the face and sends him flying. It's such a good phrase for that cinematic pause and then payoff with the best final words to the person who hurt you.
I was really hoping for another “I rage” line like the one from freshman year.
1:58:04 theres lots of painful moments but this was what broke me, that despite how much of a powerful wizard Aelwyn is she is still TERRIFIED of her father so much as lifting his hand around her, she's literally an abjuration wizard and she still shrinks in his presence.😢
I lowkey think Aelwyn becoming a teacher at Aguefort would be genius
Maybe she can be an assistant guidance councilor to jawbone
Following in her mother's footsteps but in a way that would make her mother seethe with rage if she ever found out. Genius.
You, my friend...are the new oracle
Who has that dodgeball image
after watching the starstruck season it’s adorable that brennen included “the harpy” as the name of a ship here since it’s the name of the original ship from the starstruck comics his mom wrote
oh my god, i didn't even clock that.
@@hotelmario510 i just realized it in this video
@@charlestoncooper5265 there's actually a lot of Starstruck references in the show prior to that season - Izzy wears a Starstruck shirt during The Seven and Brennan wears a TCI shirt during Misfits and Magic
1:16:30 I don't know why but I think her casting tiny fields was one of the cutest parts of her redemption Arc next to calling her a baby
That diplomatic immunity part was fucking golden
46:55 is the timestamp
Working in a retirement home for the past few years, this tower was painful to watch. Brennan portrayed the confusion and fear that comes with loss of memory so well
The fact that I get so immersed in this as a story and can just see the whole thing played out in my head speaks volumes to Brennan as a DM and Siobhan as a player, well done. The idea of improvising such an incredible character development just blows my mind
Adaine is my favorite character. Im hoping for junior year she changes her last name to O’Shaughenessy as one last “fuck you” to her parents
I love that almost everyone is basically being adopted by Jawbone
JUNIOR YEAR! *Rigby ans Moredecai fist pumps*
I hope she keeps her surname because i don't think Aelwyn will change hers and now they both can redeem it and make it something uniquely them
My God, I love how invested in EVERYTHING Lou always is.
I never thought I would get so invested in Aelwyn's character but it was so nuanced and her relationship with Adaine just evolved. Loved every minute!
Man, 2:23:34 is HEARTBREAKING
Aelwyn finally started to connect with her sister without fear of their parents, FINALLY able to care for her… and Adaine dies right in front of her. She’s an abjuration wizard, and she couldn’t protect her little sister. Now she’s gone
(Except she doesn’t stay gone, obviously!)
1:05:20 is one of my favorite parts of this. It's such a small gesture. Aelwyn, at that point, hasn't really begun repairing her relationship with Adaine. Sure, she's had time to sit and stew, but for all Aelwyn knows, Adaine could think that Aelwyn deserves what she's been through. For all she knows, Adaine hates her. Nonetheless, she refuses to divulge anything about where Adaine is. Even when she's been tortured for nearly a year. Even when Adaine is standing right in front of her and Aelwyn hasn't even seen Adaine's shushing movement. Even battered and broken and terrified, even though she's not been able to show it before, Aelwyn does love her baby sister.
Holy shit how are they this good at improvising?? "Will you be my big sister?" Fuuuuuuck bro im crying 😭😭
Theyre all part of the College Humor cast, plus all of them.have been doing Improv their whole lives
It is amazing though
1:23:23 is my favorite scene it showed that even though Aelwyn had a complicated relationship with adaine she knew that adaine was the only person to see through her and see her as her
Jawbone is the best, he helped Adaine with her panic attack condition, he helped Ragh come out of the closet and be open about being gay, and now he took in Aelwyn since both the sisters' parents are dead now (one killed by the Nightmare King and the other killed by Adaine's "Furious Fist") and is helping the sisters reconnect and become family again.
God as someone whose currently living with my grandma who has a very complicated form of dementia and myself has the joy of an adhd fueled short term memory loss; the way Brennan described tortured Aewlyn hit hard. Hit super hard and it was beautiful in it’s heartbreaking. I’m glad that the aewlyn who regains her memories dost stay very long. I hate the shit she had to go through, but her staying reverted even after all the shit her family was happily willing to put her through would have felt wrong and cheep. God I love this crew and Brennans dming
I have the impression of two things.
The moment Adaine saw what they'd done to Aeylwyn, she (and Siobhan) was completely disarmed.
And then the moment she started repeating their conversation, *that* was the moment Adaine was resolved to save her sister, directing unconditional love toward her.
The bits before her mind is restored, are so painful and tragic, and Adaine saying she was going to take care of her now.
Fucking kill me.
GOD the "She's a baby" part made me WEEP. I was already tearing up when Adaine said she would go along with whatever Aelwyn chooses but fuckin... Hnggg
And also, I was wondering why her father didn't just do both getting her thoughts and then hurting her and then I realized he would saving spell slots by making Aelwyn do it!!! THAT BASTARD
1:57:41
Also also, I just imagined that she was thinking that this was her baby sister and she was going to hurt her because her dad told her to.
"I would really, really like to have you as my big sister" TEARS, I AM LEAKING OUT MY EYES.
He probably knew she was better at it than him
He's a faildad. He knew she was more talented. His talent is getting her to do what he wants
I love the consistently hilarious bits of Mentopolis, the goofy enthusiastic shenanigans of Starstruck, the wonderful worldbuilding of Unsleeping City...
But this is probably still my favourite story that i've seen on D20. I'm so unreasonably happy for these two fictional characters, and their continuing relationship in season 3. Incredibly touching.
2:15:16 for "Do you want to know something Adaine?" aka holy shit rip my heart out
and 1:22:50 for "Despite all the torment and tribulation..." aka holy shit rip my heart out again
Brennan is too good at making me feel things
Also Adaine’s “I love you too” AAAAA
4:00 “that’s much too much” says the girl who actually killed the elven oracle 😭
personal time stamps because my heart
2:04:12 will you be my big sister (I'm crying)
2:05:10 beginning of adaine's furious fist whole thing
2:07:30 casting adaine's furious fist
2:09:00 guess what bitch I'm strong now
I'm really glad to see this, and allt these comments. I was sobbing in "I believe in you." When Alewyn and Adaine started messaging one another.
I wasn’t planing on crying today, but here we are
1:32:00 THE COURT OF STARS. Striking resemblance to the Star Chamber… I admire Brennan’s ability to leave small references scattered throughout a campaign and never, ever mention about ninety percent of them.
Star Chamber?
Brennan's "Holy Shit" when Adaine gets a 24 to hit.
Imagine if she had gotten a 1 😨😭
@@DeathnoteBB imagine if she had gotten a nat 20
@@OneNerdyAce But I mean if it had been a critical fail, the epic moment would have been a lot different
@@DeathnoteBBShe still would've hit, she still had the 11 to give to herself and the 3 to give to her dad - her sister might've ended up dying tho bc she wouldnt be able to rig the death saving throw
Just over here crying 2 hours into a clip compilation of a show I've never watched.
literally same
i hope you watched it
Sibling rivalry but at the end of the day most siblings do love each other
Just realized both Fabian and Adaine killed their fathers.
Daddy issues taken to new heights.
Rich people problems/s
By the end of season 2, I spent more time thinking about Adaine and Aelwyn's arc than most of the others. Of course, these guys are all so great that I cared so much about all of their stories, but Adaine's story took most of my attention towards the end
Well, way to make me cry my eyes out at 2 in the morning...
"Some therapy" well, that is the understatement of the year.
2:08:40 is when adaine kills her dad btw
It’s a major spoiler (ofc one should expect spoilers here) but the casualness of your comment is hilarious
Just now realizing the house number is 69420
YEP.
this is good
Adaine is my favorite character. I love this so much
1:29:44 Adaine: No ❤️
also i love this why am i so invested in dnd characters?
1:50:54 casting message leading to the most powerful dialogue ever
I love Adaine and Aelwyn so much, their story touched me the most out of all the main characters.
I loved Ayda and Fig, I loved Fabian discovering himself, I loved Ragh becoming a total bro, but I'm a huge sucker for some wholesome sibling dynamics (even if they don't start out as such).
2 and a half hours of fucking excellent content.
Will you please be my big sister? Oh my God. My heart.
Aelwyn is Azula, but with a redemption arc
I honestly mourn Azula.
Only because of the last time she is shown in the series. That break down she has just BROKE me.
No. Azula is a much worse person and should never be redeemed
as a younger sister with an older sister who i share a sort of hate/love rivalry with, adaine and aelwyns development is something So Special to me.
"they broke you" that part always gets me intears
I hate that their dad kinda sounds like an evil David Attenborough 😭
59:59 season 2 start
1:03:34 prison chat
1:13:56 rescure from prison
1:16:36 hot tub
1:24:08 she's back
Fabian and Alwyn might be the healthiest couple I know.😂😂😂
Love this so much! Thanks for the super cut!!!
This is now my favorite video thank you for making this
"she's a baby" destroys me every single time
THIS is exactly what i was looking for thank you
1:53:45 that line is so powerful.
this is the bit I was looking for
It's cool to see the intrepid heroes get better at dnd in real life. The party battle would go better if they did it now.
It becomes so powerful
He deserves an Oscar
Her PARENTS didn't even care enough to find out when the bus could pick her up.
24:21 Love this bit so much
Finally, the main and best character gets her own movie
Thanks for putting this together, I thoroughly enjoyed it
I just sort of realized something about them.
When Aelwyn and Adaine are talking in the hot tub, after Adaine frees her mind, there was a moment when if Aelwyn had been more vulnerable, and willing to address their shared trauma, Aelwyn may not have left. What happened was Adaine cast hideous laughter on her.
Now... Kalina might have terrified her into leaving all the same, but I have eno doubt in my mind it was an easier choice because of how Adaine couldn't allow herself to be vulnerable.
She didn’t actually cast it though, she clarified and told Brennan it was a joke.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
20:58 her delivery I can't
This relationship means so much to me. I was the older sister in a cruel, dysfunctional family. I was six when I was taken in by my aunt and my sister was a baby. It was a reverse dynamic because she was their baby and I was the outcast. I was terrified to say or do the wrong thing for fear of being kicked out. My sister didn’t have such fears. Because she was bonded more to our aunt, she was much more brave than me. She stood up to their cruelty and they actually listened to her. To this day, I’m still terrified of them.
There was this one scene that i had sworn happed where we actually see the memories of them as kids and Aelwyn almost being nice and shit but thinking about it again Im pretty sure that was a fanfic
1:58:21 it's this moment, when Aelwyn casts Detect Thoughts on Adaine. Maybe someone also used it in a fanfic, idk, but it's canon
Adaine and Fabian now have the same STR stat
I really love this part too idk why 34:44
The intro feels so downton Abbey. I felt like I was watching a Wilde play
hey i jsut need you to know this comes on autoplay a lot and i always realize around the time in the tower where aelwyns forgetting conversations and uhh , then i just sort of weep. so you have emotionally devastated me like five separate times
🙏hell yeah🙏
13:35 the hard cut here kills me lol
I know this video took a lot of time and effort, but if you ever get the chance could you do a jawbone video as well
1:57:40 baby moment :,,,,,,((((
I haven't seen much of season 1 and let me say, Ally's transition is jaw-dropping!
1:29:41
Adaine and Aelwyn argue once again
Siobhan is the dnd player I wish I could be like
God i love adaine. What a beautiful character
24:25 is funny
Wait she dispelled the orb from inside the orb he said prevented magic? Granted he allowed Message, but he specifically said it blocked her magic.
It's probably a modified Globe of Invulnerability spell, which specifically doesn't allow spells to pass through the barrier unless they're extremely strong, but it -can- be dispelled using Dispel Magic.
back here after the FHJY announcement, manifesting more abernant sisters shenanigans
Where is the last part from post-season two? And huge kudos for putting all these moments together!
Thanks! The last bit it's from their one shot College Visit
@@liv_jwd thank you! :)
could anyone help me out and name the song that starts at 1:21:54? i've been poring over the d20 music spreadsheets and can't figure out which one it is
If you haven't found it yet, it's Kvikkjokk by Ström
Hey what I the clip at the end from?
it's from a one shot called College Visit that they did after the season was over. It's on Dropout
HHAHAHAHA ALL MY HOMIES HATE ANGWYN
Anyone else find it a little weird how mom flipped? She seemed sympathetic in S1, and went full villain in S2
I always saw it as her trying to manipulate Adaine instead of really caring about her
@@liv_jwd fair enough. I saw it as "I care, but dad is in charge"
@@kuno3336 I think you find out who a person is from what they do when they have the power to do whatever they want. I think Arianwen probably really believed that she would stick up for Adaine if she could but she just couldn't because of Angwyn and that was what was stopping her. But when she had the power to choose if she stood with Adaine or not, she just pushed right through and continued rationalizing her horrible behavior and telling herself it was the right thing to do. I think the exchange at 1:48:22 really shows that at this late stage she STILL believes she's on the right side, and that she's done everything right as a parent, and that the loving thing to do is to convince Adaine to join them, and that any means necessary to do that are valid. Her words on their surface really do seem sympathetic even then, and she might even believe them, but her actions when she was given the power to make choices really show who she is.
Contrast that with Aelwyn who was verbally cruel and belittling to Adaine and always deferred to their parents at Adaine's expense... but when given the power to either help Adaine or desert her, she chose to have her back, even at her own expense.
Not sure if it's canon, but I believe if you visit the wiki it's stated that a few things were retconned inbetween seasons, including the potential redemption for anguine Abernant.
Which tbh makes sense, some things are bound to change to fit the narratives the player create with Brennan.
Wait Aelwyn and Zayne got together? What happened with her and fabien?
Those 2 are just vibing. Aelwyn and Fabian I believe are still a thing
I believe he meant engaged as in engaged in conversation
1:35:00
yo
58:16 INSANE. DeCLARING WAR
1:14:26 god i love ayda
1:29:51 no no no no
2:10:00 bro is dead
2:12:40 stop im sobbing
2:14:00 how are they not sobbing
2:16:20 srsly how are they not sobbing
Did I miss something? Like some reason she is absolved of all the kidnapping and the attempted murder? Alwen did try to murder them all in season 1 right? That was her choice not be coerced right? Not sure that is so easy to gloss over forgiveness wise...
aelwyn was manipulated into doing what she did. from sophomore year, it seems like her father told her that it was okay to kill adaine if she had to. aelwyn’s crimes seem to be remembered by the Bad Kids, and they’re probably still upset about it, but aelwyn was emotionally and physically abused for her adaine’s entire childhood.
Anyone can change.
Also Aguefort did some shenanigans and got Aelwyn amnesty, in a similar way he did with Bill Seacaster