#But the creativity to do THIS with it?? absolutely insane

[remidyal]

Game Changer Episodes (through 7.3) ranked favorite to least favorite

We're going to try to be BRIEF with this, because there's a ton of these.

5.9 Escape the Greenroom

The perfect episode, up to and including that there's a real chance at points that the players might physically assault Sam.

6.6 Deja Vu

I love time loop premises and analog horror and this combines them to great effect.

6.7 Beat the Buzzer

The best of the Seven reunion episodes to me, wildly creative work by the art team.

6.3 Sam Says 3

I'm penalizing game samers some in these rankings and this still is the top of this set. Presumably the last Sam Says ever since escalation here enters criminal territory.

4.1 Sam Says

It's just such a great premise because it's so simple and people know the tricks to watch for and they still fall for it.

7.1 One Year Later

Utterly deranged and also a sign that we're getting insanely longer as the seasons go along. This list is rough on the early seasons in part because early season episodes might go 15-20 minutes and now we're regularly getting 40+ but this one is above and beyond.

5.1 Sam Says 2

Being the weakest installment of Sam Says for me is still being an absolutely incredible episode.

5.4 Name a Number

This one may actually be hurt a little bit for me by the physical pain of the 'I'm Hungy' call, but it's still incredible top to bottom.

1.1 Lie Detector

The first episode of the series and also still genuinely incredible; the cast absolutely being willing to go full out here helps set the tone for the entire series to come.

6.1 Second Place

My personal favorite of the fuck with Brennan episodes, in part because Sam genuinely seems to not have realized how much it would.

1.4 Whodunnit

A rare 'fuck with a specific person' episode not targeted at Brennan or Grant, and just deeply funny. One of the episodes I used to use to hook people on the show, because it's on youtube free.

3.7 Jeopardy!

A WEIRD episode from the Zoom Season that I profoundly love.

6.5 Bingo

Another entry in the pantheon of fucking with Brennan, made extra hilarious because he wasn't even supposed to be in it.

2.2 Do I Hear $1?

To some degree kind of a follow up to Total Forgiveness, it remains incredible how far Ally and Grant are willing to go.

2.6 Yes or No

A lot of people would probably have this higher, but the rant aside I do like the episodes where fucking with Brennan is a side effect of the game more than just it being the point.

4.8 Race to the Bottom

Katie coming in to scab was basically perfect for making the game re-work after the unionization.

1.2 Make Some Noise

Honestly a legacy ranking; it's fun and obviously spawned a whole lot of great stuff but the prompts are incredibly basic next to what was to come.

2.4 A Sponsored Episode

Sam has openly stated that the where you from? joke out of this is the thing that has haunted him the most on dropout stuff, but it's a really fun episode even apart from that.

7.2 You-lympics

Hard to tell recency bias on ones from this season, could slide on a rewatch but I did pretty thoroughly enjoy it.

5.6 As A Cucumber

I enjoy the premise overall but heart rate monitor stuff is always a little wonky for me.

3.1 Tell Us About Yourself

One of my favorite 'try to figure out the rules here' episodes, helped by my enjoyment of the idea that Tony Hawk just hangs out in robes in a dank basement somewhere.

4.2 Noise Boys

Again, penalizing Game Samers to some degree, but this is probably the best of the Make Some Noise episodes on Game Changer before it got spun off if you're watching it without that in mind. That said, there's likely ten episodes in the most recent season of Make Some Noise better than this still.

3.2 Sell Outs

The first of two follow-ups to the marketing episode in the zoom season, this is one of the concepts that works pretty well over zoom but doesn't take unique advantage of it a la Jeopardy or Tell Us About Yourself. Still good fun.

2.1 Round 4

More make some noise, does establish the gag about the points continuing between episodes.

3.8 Secret Samta

This is the best of the premises that are basically just 'Sam gives shit away' to me.

4.4 Secret Samta 3

It's better in person then over zoom, but game samer penalty.

3.15 Secret Samta 2: The Samta Clause

They do add some fun twists and all on each episode as they go, though, so they all kind of ended up clumped.

7.3 Earnest-est

I don't get the batman obsession in this episode (is batman especially earnest in Sam's mind?) and also the Joker wasn't even in the movie with Kiss From A Rose on the soundtrack but that aside it's a lot of fun.

3.11 Three for the Price of One

The last of the marketing episodes, still good fun, even if Grant's the worst salesman on earth.

5.2 Like My Coffee 2

Inuendo is always fun, but this makes it above the original for one simple reason: Bringing Grant's mother onto this episode as a surprise guest is a crazy move in the ongoing war of humiliation between Grant and Sam.

4.9/4.10 Survivor

These multi-parters are getting grouped together and an average grade. My favorite of the 'reality show knockoff' bunch, in part because it was the first time they did it and people who were into it were REALLY into it.

3.6 Never Have I Ever

The precursor to Dirty Laundry and I love that show.

5.10-5.13 Battle Royale

A lot going on here, but kind of weak compared to the average episode, just.. there's a lot of it.

4.6 Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience

I think one of the weaker premises they've done, carried strongly by the cast.

1.3 Game of Prizes

The first "Sam gives shit away" episode, this one is a little fun but not among the more balanced rulesets they've used.

4.2 Like My Coffee

Basically just an improv game, but it's a fun one.

5.5 A Game Most Changed

I'm more into standard theater than I am anything musical, but I found the episode more impressive on a talent level than actually funny and I don't think it's especially rewatchable.

1.5 Nom Nom Nom

Kind of a gross episode, reminds me a bit of Double Dare as a kid.

6.2 The Newlyweb Game

Fun, and I'd never give up my phone to Sam Reich, but especially by the standards of recent seasons nothing that wild - this one's a double, not a home run.

3.5 Ham It Up

A great guest here, and this is a premise I think might go better in an in person situation than over Zoom. I'd love to see this one iterated on.

2.5 The Everything Factory

One of the first complete chaos episodes, but a little repetitive.

6.4 Pencils Down

Art episodes don't tend to be my favorites; there's some really good bits in this, but the nature of it means there aren't that many prompts in the episode.

3.14 Tome of Terror

I like improv storytelling a bit more than art on average but all of these are just alright to me.

4.5 The Official Cast Recording

This is one I think most people would have higher; I'm just not a musical theater person and pretty much any kind of musical comedy's getting dinged points for me.

3.3 Changer Con

I get what they were going for, and it kind of works, but the dressup bits on Make Some Noise aren't really my thing either.

3.12 Next Slide Please

Recreational powerpoints (see also: Smartypants) seem to really appeal to people who haven't held office jobs. I've held an office job.

5.2 Karaoke Night

More musical humor, more things most people would rate higher.

6.8/6.9 Ratfish

Some great bits in here, but really dragged down by everything to do with the Ratfish himself and also I just kind of hate the rules of this game.

3.13 Make it Fashion

More zoom dressup. It's fine.

4.7 Don't Cry

Honestly a very sweet episode and the recurring bit of Jess losing points at the end is hilarious but this is a much kinder gesture than like, full episode.

2.3 Sleeper Agents

This premise just doesn't work at all for me, and just.. interacting with the public always makes me cringe a little bit. Also notably by FAR the shortest episode of the series; even the shortest zoom episodes are like 20% longer than this.

5.6/5.7 The Bachelor

Almost painful to watch for me, but I also hate the actual Bachelor so good job mimicking it I guess?

3.4 Is This Thing On?

I get what they were going for, but definitely the worst of the Sam Gives Shit Away premises.

3.10 The Substitute

Noise Boys over zoom without Zac did… not work super well for me.

3.9 2020 Vision

A quiz episode about 'did this happen in 2020' that does not work at all now that it's not 2020 anymore.

[selemina]

He's about to board his opponent for a heart to heart, litterally!

We love a Gildedguy that does not fuck around! :D

[likeasurgeon]

LVB I'm yr number 1 fan!!

[asgardian--angels]

....idk in a fandom this gigantic how are people already coalescing onto a handful of popular headcanons and scenarios that just become the baseline now, when the source material gives us literally limitless possibilities to work with

[catstar91]

Ok phandom peeps, I need to get something off my chest. I cannot stop thinking about it, it’s so funny that this happened to me!

So I’ve been casually perusing the DP fandom for a while, right? Like for several years at least! What can I say? I like art! So at various points I had talked to my aunt about some stuff related, like fun stuff about the phandom and the existence of ghost king aus and stuff. Recently though, I found a fanfic that I spent AN ENTIRE DAY reading and doing nothing else! Like I stayed up late the night before, woke up to immediately read more! I don’t normally read fanfics, let alone any long form story, cuz my attention span is shit and has been shit basically all my life! So in the evening when I was a good chunk of the way through the fic, I talked to my aunt about it! Cuz it’s funny! I found a lot of things in it very amusing and wanted to share!

And then she asked for a link…

The next thing I know, within a few months, probably 3 months later at most, my aunt starts telling me about phandom lore I had never even heard of before! She literally made an ao3 account!!! Guys I am floored! I’ve been idly watching from the shadows for so long, and then I accidentally get my aunt into the phandom and she starts telling me about a red duck candle that’s apparently been integral DPxDC lore for YEARS!

What have I DONE???

[thedrotter]

average minecraft gameplay of elementary school kids (+the og doodle of it I did like. months ago)

[corviiids]

jesus ive posted EIGHT (8??????) fics (/chapters) this year and FOUR of them were in june. happy pride?????

[br1ghtestlight]

kinda funny that the prize for winning a season of inanimate insanity is literally just the Responsibility of running a small business full-time with no employees and also you don't even get paid. like they're literally just spending their money to have MORE responsibility and do more work. why would anyone want that

but i guess its cute that they love each other so much that they're willing and even excited to get the opportunity to do that work for each other with NO benefits

[bandzboy]

telling kpop stans to see idols as human is like talking to the biggest brick wall in existence

[clumsypuppy]

save me old flipnote studio MVs.......

[thecrowfinder]

*writing fanfiction concept in my notes app* blorbo deserves better.... *scrolling through fandom wiki in tears* blorbo deserves so much better.................

[essektheylyss]

What are the Midst appendices? I’ve been vaguely meaning to listen but that sounds super interesting conceptually

They're REALLY interesting! Basically later in the day after every new episode, Midst puts out some kind of found document(s), often related to the episode, but also sometimes not!

The range of these is pretty broad, from magazine covers to the contents of someone's desk to excerpts of textbooks on different aspects of the universe, so you get a really interesting set of perspectives on small aspects of the world, and the worldbuilding for Midst is utterly buckwild in the best way, so it's SO fun. (This week's was a public transit map, and I had some delightfully punctilious conversations about the weird nuances of how transit even works in that particular location.) There's weird stuff about megafauna! The timekeeping is wild! This society has its own version of Teen Vogue and Jonas Spahr is the sexiest man alive!

Midst is such a delight of a show because the attention to detail is painstaking and astounding and if you like lore and worldbuilding, it is really phenomenal and a master class. (Genuinely, I will keep saying it, but it makes me writhe with envy.)

Also, if you do listen, I gotta plug the episode coverage over on @encyclopediacr which now has all of the appendices linked on their episodes list (and in individual episodes' infoboxes)! Which is much easier than trying to sort through the hellscape that is the twitter feed.

[cleargreyskies]

7 months, 7 days, and I have finished campaign 2 of Critical Role.

[raplinesmoon]

i think the thing that no one tells you about being forced into being a high achieving child/teen is how much it comes to fuck you over later in life when you can’t do anything without holding yourself to an insane level of perfectionism and then you realize it’s basically leeched all the fun out of any hobbies you created for yourself and left you with a shell of a personality

[jvzebel-x]

🦋

[fics-lovebot]

jungkook fic recs pt. 2

main masterlist - pt. 1

· · ♡ · · tysm to the amazing creative minds of the writers for giving me sevaral moments of joy reading your creations

these are my personal favs, so pls reblog if you like any of my recs❤️

fuck buddies - ( @angelguk ) smut, angst, non-idol, fwb au, jk wished you were more than just fwb

decalcomania - ( @floralseokjin ) angst, cheating trope, NOW THIS!!! if you´re an angst loving hoe like me tHIS will do it, its a whole 2019 banger fr, it has it ALLL, and also? no hea, periodddd. i love it SO MUCH

his name - ( @jimlingss ) angst, fluff, multiple personality!au. this absolute 8 piece MASTERPIECE was posted 7 years ago,,2017- can you believe it? i was so happy to read this again. fuck "after" tHIS is the one that should be on netflix, i have never read anything similar on here, the whole plot is INSANE, i love it

squirting - ( @lavishedinjimin ) smut, pwp. anon had a vvvery specfic request and we love her for that

written in the stars - (@jcwriting ) anggst, fflluufff, smut. soulmate au, werewolf!jk, human!reader. one of my faves out there for rreealllll, it´s an all-rounder and, ofc, a 2021 banger

this kingdom - ( @whatifyoulivelikethat ) smut, fluff, crack, au series, one sided E2L, softsub gamer!jk, power bottom gamer noona!reader, reader is thiccc and jungkook is an ass man fosho. ANOTHER ONEEE, this time from 2020, this is fucking AMAZING ok??, the seggs, the banter, the chemestry, EVERYTHING, it´s so good omg

pretty girl - ( @bts-trash-blog ) smut, tattoo artist!jk, chubby reader, THIS IS ITTTTT, he´s tall, dark and handsome, flirty af too, "pretty girl" stFUUUU, they both want to fuck so he shoots his shot at the tattoo appointment

easy - ( @itsamejin ) angsty, fuckboy jk, bet!trope, jk plays you so he can get his rent paid, i read this one a lawwngg time ago and decided i was an angst loving hoe

Inevitable - ( @ahundredtimesover ) angst, fluff, smut, lovers to exes to lovers, baseball player!jk, dad!jk, parents au, you break up with jk years ago after you got pregnant bc you wanted him to follow his dreams and now he´s back home just to find out there´s a boy who looks just like him.. this is a masterpiece, honestly one of THEE best jk series out there, it has it all fr, the angst is angsty and the fluff is FLUFFY, i love it sm i´ve read it 3 times and never get tired of it

finish line - ( @bonny-kookoo ) fluff, nerdy!jk, racer!jki loooooveee itttttt, so cute, so fluffy, this blurb uGHHHHH, just read the whole thing pls

ungodly hour - ( @explicit-tae ) crack, smut, fluff, college au, broke college student!reader, lowkey slutty!reader, jk is thirsstttyyyyy, simping atp, "who´s dick do i have to suck for a hulu account?" this series is honestly so funny ksjakskjs

disney + and bust - ( @1kook ) angst, fluff, smut. yall already know i love to see man crying and begging for forgiveness :p, so kook is ur succesfull "app developer" bf and he says some very hurtfull things to you out of anger

rattled - ( @gukslut ) complete series, single dad au, angst, smut. honestly? one of the best fics out there. I read this a long time ago and i´m still in awe. The way this is written makes you feel every word. also, the plot is so so unique. i love it.

pu$$y fairy - ( @angelguk) smut, college au, non-idol, fuckboy!jk, virgin!reader, this is a 2020 old but gold, i read this a long time ago and still love it to this day

sweeter than strawberries - ( @cinnaminsvga ) shy baker!jk, college student!reader, noona!reader ??, s2l, mutual pining, cute cute cuteeee, another 2020 banger, i love how lenghty they used to be

you wrote jk a confession letter but he didn’t see it - ( @angelguk ) fluff, small brain big heart!jk, college au, non-idol, LMAOOOO this was funny asl, 2020 did it again, i loved this

frost impressions - ( @fortunexkookie ) soccer coach!jk, teacher!reader, gamer au, work au, idiots to lovers, one sided pining at first, it´s a longggg one. another 2020 masterpiece, one of my favorite fics out there, he´s so disgustingly smitten with his new coworker that he ends up making a terrible first impression. so so so entertaining and fun to read, jk is silly af lmao, can´t stop putting his foot in his mouth, theres a bunch of cute second hand embarrasment situations

Over The Odds | The Confession - ( @jungk0oksthighs ) ceo jk, sugardaddy jk, jealous bf jk, sugar baby reader, he gets mad and yells bc he is lowkey insecure of her ex but reader is equaly in love. this is a series

wrong time - ( @spideyjimin ) smut, angst, dilf!jk, ceo!jk, exes to lovers, workaholic as a scape mechanism, the one that got away type of stuff but she broke things up first for valid reasons, big big heartache but she´s still the love of his life

don´t blame me - ( @ctrlsht ) sugar daddy!jk, ceo!jk, soft yan!jk, obsessive!jk, student!reader, unhealthy behavior on his part, manipulative behavior on her part, jealousy on both parts, he goes a lil too far but reader is bitchy and annoying, he lit gives her everythinggg she asks for, the man is..creazy about her in a very unhealthy way and she takes advantage of that, toxicc

failed quickie - ( @vminizzle ) cowerker jk, suggestive, they´re about to fucc on an elevator but shit happens, he likes his hair pulled!!1!

someone older - ( @bonny-kookoo ) smut, ceo jk, divorced jk, 30 something yo jk, taehyung has a kid, younger oc, its a nice read, would do it again

night after night - ( @brown-bi-beautiful ) smut, angst, crack, fluff, semi-retired fuckboy jk, red flag jk, stalker jk, break up au, lovers to exes to lovers, he fucked around and found out so he is FREAKING ouT, also he is beggING okk.. we love that, he also has a Harley bc he is bad boy™, they make up anyways bc he is pussy whipped.. or in love, whatevs you wanna call it

seven plus one - ( @jvngkoos ) smut, angst, they break up for like a week and that shit got him SIMPING fr, standing under the rain begging and stuff, the man is obsessed, we love it

you good?? - ( @mono-moonchilds ) drabble, smut, "what if you gave jungkook head?" is righT bc i´ve been thinking about it for a min!!! he is mean ok yall know he is a brat buT, the head is too good to do all that, the man was shaKINg for godssakeee, so good he had to answer with a thumbs up bc reader drained him fr, left him so brain dead he couldn´t even speak