#Tom Mayo

[sprucebluw]

Shoot from the hip portraits in “Disco Elysium” style

[letsbesharkfriends]

since it's the season of giving (or just to celebrate an amazing year of SFTH), here are some memes :)

[dollar-store-mothman]

Rewatched west end big boys and realized that Tom's not wearing shoes for like any of it, just socks. And honestly, iconic.

[dearreaders-things]

this tweet is literally the sfth fandom @ sam for what he said about tom in that one freeze tag lmfao 😭😭

[iamonlypartlymajestic]

Just a couple scene draws from Shoot From The Hip's D&D campaign, Escape From The Vault so SPOILER ALERT

Ft. Andre Beetroot (of course because I simp for our canon poly pansexual king) and Snakehips

[i-may-be-an-emu]

ok weird question (maybe??) but- which label does pip go by? cause like i've seen tom refer to them as his wife but that was a while ago so idk has it changed at all??

(the wiki calls pip 'tom's spouse' so idk??!?!)

It’s not a weird question at all! I think it’s good to check these things if you’re ever unsure to be able to be respectful and use peoples correct pronouns :)

Pip uses they/them pronouns out of drag and I think he/him in drag, and Tom refers to them as his wife. (The latest time I’ve heard him refer to them as his wife was on the latest episode of wing it that was recorded sometime around October I believe.)

The wiki probably says spouse just to be on the safe side, but either way the term spouse is still correct cause it does apply to anyone. (That would be a question for @youling-the-ghost :) (who is hopefully sleeping right now))

But yeah Pip is Tom’s wife and uses they/them (and they’re absolutely iconic)

Also I’m just realising I mentioned drag and if anyone didn’t know they are an awesome drag king @ pip.dream on insta :D

[you-know-cchio]

i feel like yapping and i saw some others doing this so

here are my top 15 sfth longforms:

edit: this was actually so difficult, which is a true testament to the quality of content sfth publish. also my list accidentally turned out to be so long even after some editing, so im putting the entire thing under the cut. feel free to reblog with your own list, i really like seeing which longforms other people enjoy.

15. the meringue haberdashery

people sleep on this one but i really like it. a villain ending played by none other than luke (wo)manning from essex himself??? Immaculate.

14. the angel massacre (patreon livestream)

tom argues with god. poirley goittes. the power of therapy. and none of it is sexual except that brief bit with jigglypuff, onix, and lucario.

13. wild, wet, and worrisome

the play starts with aj asking sam to shut up and ends with sam agreeing to shut up. the plot is simple and the comedy is so effective. big fan of tom's beautiful siren call and no slut-shaming policy. "be happy, find love."

12. keith the delivery guy (patreon - fringe 2024)

luke plays two characters at once while the other three mime ping pong in the background. sam and tom contemplate death. aj is a bad arse fucker with abs.

11. the mystery of the midnight circus

tom plays a slowly deteriorating genius So Well. and the Twist genuinely got me, because i honestly had no idea how they were going to tie together a conclusion. i also have to give sam his flowers for that descent into madness at the end. it was an incredible monologue that gave me the heebie-jeebies the first time i watched it. these guys are all so fucking chaotic but they're also Phenomenal actors.

10. the leftenmost window

honestly for swooping in with a believable explanation for why sam was left on stage while aj and luke talked offstage, tom deserved to do whatever he wanted in that theater. also luke tying the astral projection abilities in with the war story was such a smart decision. like i know these guys have been doing this for over a decade but im always amazed by their ability to pull together a cohesive narrative on the spot. luke's impassioned "darling i love you" monologue was also so so perfect. and i gotta give aj his flowers too. the man was so locked in that he referenced the comment luke made in the beginning about the boer war. an occurrence so surprising that sam even broke character for a brief second to acknowledge it.

9. disco tango at the rugby club (patreon livestream)

aj doesn't know what a hooker is. sam doesn't know what empathy is. luke doesn't know if he'll ever grow to be *this* tall. but all three of them do know how to make math puns. (this is what happens when tom isn't there.)

8. toby's secret pocket

this longform is just a thinly veiled excuse for the four of them to fuck with each other for 35 minutes. and i loved every second of it. luke making sam define comptroller. tom inserting himself in the office scene as a bit only to become the fan favorite character. sam excusing himself from the scene. aj going against his own character's decision to include himself in the investigation so he didn't have to sit on the side for the rest of the show. also gotta give tom his flowers for his Brilliant execution of the final confrontation between don ciciccio and jimmy.

7. strange noises from the hole in the wall

what do you get when you mix a horror/thriller plot with a tom mayo villain? a masterpiece, that's what. also, usually they're confined to a tiny black box with little space between the stage and the audience or, in the case of their specials, they're on a giant stage they can't easily leave. so i loved how the guys used every resource available to them in that venue. stairs on the sides. the tall metal chairs. the circle frog bucket sign. the handheld mics. the space in front of the stage. this longform also centered around a more abstract central concept and they managed to pull off "some amazing special effects". also i learned the british version of "if you see something, say something".

6. the unrelenting aubergine

an Iconic longform, featuring all the classic sfth hallmarks. aj voluntarily introducing a character that slaps him repeatedly. sam being more than happy to oblige. tom taking it upon himself to work in a rather poignant love story. luke tying it all together at the end with the inevitable dick joke. perfect, no notes.

5. drama at till 4 (patreon exclusive longform)

four white men in their mid-thirties portray the awkwardness, turbulence, and angst of navigating teenage girlhood in 20 minutes with surprising accuracy. also, salmon is now reduced.

4. ballet on the battlefield

alexa and janusz my absolute Beloveds who live happily ever after. the two of them escaping through the window at the end was truly an impressive feat. love how tom timed the macarena perfectly so that right as the daydream sequence ends he's facing the kaiser. love aj's extensive range of characters: serious russian, camp german, fast byierd, window foundation. and love luke. end of sentence.

3. snakehips (patreon livestream)

a chaotic spin on the classic western that ends with two men, standing shoulder to shoulder.

2. the milkman

who needs therapy when you can listen to luke manning laugh.

1. the grape depression

perhaps not a surprise given my choice of url. everything from the storyline to the pacing to the acting was absolutely perfect. tom's comedic timing as a loveable, innocent child perfectly balances out the otherwise sobering plot and rather dark climatic twist. aj also absolutely shines in this longform, i really like his serious characters. i know it's not as chaotic as most of their other content, but it is what i show people when they ask about sfth.

[ororthor-25]

Ugh, I wish British people were real 😔

Welcome back to me using my artistic ability for the most random and silliest shit ever. Another fanart, who cheers?👍 Parasocial be damned..

[sgtprophet]

they make me unwell

[youling-the-ghost]

Tom and Luke playing a middle-aged married couple save me...save me Tom and Luke playing a middle-aged married couple...

[lit3rally-edgew0rth]

chaotic screenshot from the most recent sfth video

[weirdagnes]

added some color. anyw some of my fav sfth moments

[toddandersonwithtrustissues]

New hyper fixation unlocked: four British men who play pretend games onstage for a living

[dearreaders-things]

was anyone going to tell me tom's shirt in the leftenmost window was GREEN? despite having watched it a couple times, in my head it was always black/navy?? it's only rlly that colour on the audience cam™, my lord the lighting in that venue did not show up well on camera

also in making this post i just noticed the lil asterisk correction of the title in the youtube thumbnail. tom the absolute english nerd that you are <3 i know you wouldn't let that stand

[iamonlypartlymajestic]

SFTH Escape From the Vault Ending

*** SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING OF SFTH'S DND CAMPAIGN, ESCAPE FROM THE VAULT PART 2 ***

I made a comic of the ending because it was beautiful and it gave us SnakeRoot (Snakehips x Andre Beetroot) ...sorry Full Set O' Hands, I love you but you don't have a speaking part in this lmao.

[i-may-be-an-emu]

He’s so happy about the badge :>