#ally beardsley voice of the people

[sunflowermp4]

this is how everyone should treat lotr fans. btw

[aritany]

WIP INTRO | MAYBE TOMORROW I'LL KNOW

genre | lgbTq+ contemporary YA romance

pov | first person present tense, single

status | drafting

summary |

When Laurie wakes up in the driver’s seat on a highway with no memories in a girl’s body, a car crash is small potatoes. Having to rely on a handsome stranger’s kindness while pretending he actually is this 17 year old girl named Valerie is a comparative nightmare. But waking up on that same highway over and over again and watching the days tick down from one hundred? Re-meeting Gideon—that handsome stranger—every day, while navigating his new life in a body he can’t stand, with no idea where his real one is? Nightmare doesn’t cut it. If that’s not enough, learning about the girl this body belongs to raises way more questions than it answers, and when Gideon is drawn into the time loop, the story Laurie’s been telling starts to crumble. All he has to do is find the person he swapped with, figure out how to get back in the right body, break a time loop before the clock hits zero, and not fall in love with Gideon while he does it. Easy. Right?

first line |

When the nightmare ends and I open my eyes, I know three things only: first, the backs of my hands on the steering wheel are covered in freckles; second, the radio is blowing static; and third, I’m going a hundred and twenty clicks on a highway I’ve never seen before in my life.

tropes/themes/i'm luring you in and nothing bad will happen to you psychologically i promise |

time loop AND body-swap alex doesn't that seem a little self indulgent AND WHAT ABOUT IT

transgenderisms

second-and-third-and-fourth chance slow burn romance

cannot emphasize enough the transgenderisms

self-discovery

narrator is autistic and everyone else knows but them

THIS IS A TRANSGENDER LOVE STORY

what if you had to fall in love with someone who always FORGOT you (until they didn't)

narrator is a stone cold bitch

in case you missed it somehow this is the trans agenda actually

narrator is vaguely genre aware

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[feelingtheaster99]

I have had Bobby Dawn for approximately two minutes and I would already like to return him, please and thank you

[a-very-tired-jew]

Jew face in activist spaces

If you have followed the I/P War at all then you are well aware of organizations like JVP handing out kippahs and other Jewish garments to members of their protests. Other people, and myself, on this site have documented JVP's activities as New Age Messianics, and their repeated actions of dressing up their goy members as Jews hardly helps their image. With that in mind, there are certain slogans that we attribute to Jews within this time period. One of them is "Not In Our Name" or "Not In My Name". We often see this phrase used by actual antizionist Jews or those nonZionist/Zionist Jews that see Netanyahu's government as going too far. These Jews seek to distance themselves from the association with Israel, hence the phrase(s). It appears on banners, t-shirts, and other items. Well... Ally Beardsley of Dropout TV was recently arrested at a protest wearing a Not In Our Name shirt. Beardsley grew up as an Evangelical Christian. They're not Jewish, nor have they ever presented themself as being Jewish. So why are they wearing a shirt with a phrase used by Jews who are in opposition to Israel's actions? I do understand allyship, but this particular phrase says "Our", and Beardsley does not belong to the "Our" group in any capacity. Personally, I have the same feeling as when I see someone using slang, slurs, or language of a particular group in public because their immediate circle is made of those persons and thus they have an in-group while they themselves are an outgroup member. It's outside of the boundaries of that in-group, and it doesn't matter how many seders, BBQs, or whathaveyou that you're invited to, you don't use that language outside of your circle. I already had red flags and klaxon bells going off in my head about Beardsley before this (that's a whole separate post about my issues with Fantasy High and other Dropout media), and at present I've not seen anything that would be contrary to those warnings.

But why is this problematic? What is one person doing this actually impact? Beardsley has a relatively big following, and thus has a big impact. And it’s not just them doing it, there’s many accounts of goys doing this same behavior. Furthermore, due to their celebrity others will copy this behavior. They’re trying to represent a position within our community while not actually being a member of it. They’re speaking for Jews when they’re not Jews themselves. It’s another example of Jewish voices and phrases being coopted by goyim, regardless of the intention, and that’s not okay.

[chirp-featherfowl]

see the thing about mother goose is that if he were played by anybody else he would be the most Old Man an old man could be. the wise, seasoned, traveled man who is the voice of reason in the party. he is trying to get his son back, he would like to get back to his husband, he is seeking revenge from a gander as dark as night. this book haunts him--but he must stick with it. he has no other option.

ally beardsley's mother goose shoves a book that eats people into the faces of anyone and everyone they meet. "but what if it's a small child, stuck alone in the cave?" "can i roll to hide the fact that i'm drawing a really big spider with little spiders next to it?" "i take my broom out," "i just need to kiss my husband really quickly!" ally beardsley cannot help but be funny.

[desidov]

Shout-out to the members of the Dropout (@dropoutdottv @dimension20official) crew who have spoken out in defense of the Palestinian people: Ally Beardsley, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Izzy Roland, and Rekha Shankar. The evidence South Africa has presented to the International Court of Justice is undeniable: Israel must be held accountable for their knowing murder of over 23 thousand civilians and attempt to destroy all Palestinian culture, history, and families. Thank you for using your platform as a voice for justice, and I ask every content creator to please consider doing the same.

[achorusofnonsense]

on quangles

people who are betting on the Time Quangle playing a significant role in the plot of this season: how are you squaring that with the fact that not a single one of the intrepid heroes has brought it up, either in an episode or an adventuring party?

if you go back and watch the bit where brennan brings up the quangle, he’s not on screen, and the camera cuts between intrepid heroes looking vaguely amused, but (very uncharacteristically) not reacting at all to the introduction of a silly word. and if you use headphones you can detect brennan’s voice during that bit sounding slightly different from the surrounding aguefort speech (covered up by a bit of “this is a recording” post-processing). it has all the hallmarks of a “hey, we know the timelines between the seven and boy’s night and this don’t really line up, don’t worry about it” line recorded after the fact rather than a plot point introduced mid-session.

according to the internet, everyone who was watching and heard the word quangle has been unable to stop saying it since; do you really believe that emily axford and ally beardsley heard the word quangle and were immediately stoic enough to prevent themselves from repeating it aloud?

brennan has also not reminded them of the Time Quangle in his little recaps, something that he would definitely do if it was meant to be significant and they were supposed to be on the lookout for discrepancies. but of course they’re not, because they don’t — they can’t — pay nearly as much attention to how the momentary improv at the table coincides with or contradicts established lore (most of which was also improvised literal years ago) as the collective consciousness of the viewers does.

by all means have fun with finding quangles, there are going to be plenty, improvised narrative can always only hang together loosely. but if you’re expecting a big quangle-based plot resolution and feeling the need to keep on top of it for that reason, maybe focus more on the plots that are actually being laid out.

[an-honest-puck]

Prompocalypse (Ep. 16) highlights and viewing notes because I don’t have the time to liveblog while watching but I do have thoughts that I will complete some other time lol

spoilers ahoy!!!

nothing like the power of a teen girl/tiefling's catty sarcasm to completely undermine a villain's monologue (shoutout to the d20 sound crew for the perfect music and timing on that one!!)

Gorgug learns about a new way of disarming people: kissing them

"Stop outing students!"

"I'M GAY NOW WOO"

Lou turning his adding-up-dice-humming into the first notes of 'Amazing Grace' that Zac immediately picks up on and starts swaying along

Brennan's gentle "yeah" when Siobhan admits to having a question that will be bad for the party, but also that she wants to play the game right

even more spoilery spoilers below!

Lou giving Siobhan a thumbs up after the above question

the fact that Goldenrod finds the need to justify to a bunch of teenagers that he's attacking this student because he's just an evil demon and not because said student is gay

Riz yelling "HOMOPHOBE!" at an honest-to-goodness dragon

"To be clear, I am very socially liberal; I am fiscally conservative!" + everyone's reaction to that (shoutout to Zac's very judgemental head tilt XD)

Brennan saying "I am a libertarian!" in Goldenrod's 'teacher' voice and then growling it again straight afterwards, as if Goldenrod just remembered he was a big-ass dragon XD

not Beardsley's "So convenient for you!" lmaoooo

Goldenrod: What? Everyone should be free to do what they want. I should be free to collect gold and destroy, and you should be free to try and run away! This is a cultured political philosophy!

Ally/Kristen: I'm down from hearing that [and not from his actual attack XD]

Brennan: *describing the gnarly metal music Gorgug's listening to*

Zac: *drops his dice*

"Ooh, beignets!"

the little grin on Brennan's face when he rolls the dice and then A WILD JAWBONE APPEARS!!!!!!!!!!

Jawbone hugs!!!!!! 😭

Jawbone: Y'understand me?

Adaine: No!

Jawbone's monologue about panic attacks which is too much to unpack here and is basically a whole post in and of itself

Brennan: *mentions Tracker*

Ally/Kristen: Tracker!

Jawbone: I CAME HERE TO FUCK SHIT UP and help children

"Jawbone rules! I'm so glad we helped get his life together"

Introducing, Jawbone: Not a Healer, but a healer of the mind and the soul uwu

Adaine (but mostly Siobhan lol): I would love to do an arcana check... on this absolute fucking unit

Adaine just double flipping off an honest-to-goodness dragon

Kalvaxus: Aren't you supposed to be some kind of high-falutin' elf?

Adaine: I'm a child. You are attacking a bunch of children, you coward.

Fig: Be careful, Adaine; he has a taste for the young ones

Adaine: I have a mental illness and that's fine!

Kalvaxus: Alright, let's not turn this into a fucking PSA after-school special bullshit

Emily's big brain idea to seal Kalvaxus to be the next lunchlad and promote Gilear to be the new VP

Lou's sick-of-Brennan's-shit "Is it [Kalvaxus's] turn?"

Kalvaxus, an honest-to-goodness dragon and the Emperor of the Red Waste: Teens are so mean!

Kristen, mockingly: "Stop making fun of me!"

Adaine: Yeah well at least we're not ugly!

Adaine's happy bobbing!!!!! :DD

"This medicine is great! :D"

Gorgug's Nat 20 (!!!) to summon GORTHOLAX!!!!!

"IT'S TIME TO SHRED, BABY!!!"

Penelope, dying: All I wanted to be- was queen :'((

Kristen: We know!!

Beardsley trying to figure out how to flip someone the middle finger when they only have 4 digits

Riz/Murph, despondent that he can't roll anything higher than a ten. Everyone else: "You can!"

"Should've gotten silver fillings, bitch!!"

"Man, when I grow up, I wanna be a guidance counsellor!" - Adaine

Fabian's "a-HA!"

the strangest bit of improv when the tables are turned and Siobhan makes Brennan improv something coming out of her character's Jacket of Useful Things ("I open up my Jacket of Useful Things and I say 'I need something that will beat Kalvaxus' and I put my hand in a pocket and I pull out...?) only for Brennan to pull out the whole goddamn lore for the jacket XD

Ally: Can I roll for a nat 20 and then be alive?

Brennan's famous last words: Uh, sure, go for it.

Ally/Kristen: This is to the corn god. I know I left for a while but-

[Brennan.exe has stopped functioning]

Brennan: *flabbergasted and now rapidly figuring out how the fuck to figure this out*

Riz/Murph: Praise be to Helio!!!

Fabian/Lou: He-li-o! He-li-o!

BONUS EPISODE UNLOCKED, BABYYYYYY

[lifeandtimesoftrying]

a brief explanation of Fantasy High

This post is brought to you by my realization that I'm pretty sure a good half of the people who see the posts on my blog aren't in the Fantasy High fandom and might be very confused about my switch from screaming about David Tennant to screaming about magical teenagers. So! If that is you! Yeah it's only gonna get worse from here. But also!

Fantasy High is a tabletop role-playing game, based off of the mechanics of D&D (specifically the 5th edition). It's set in what can be best described as a mix between 1980s retro America (at least for vibes) and high fantasy, and it follows the Bad Kids, six teen adventurers who attend fantasy high school (hence the name). As of right now, there are two seasons (Freshman Year and Sophomore Year), both of which are free on youtube, and on January 10th they'll begin releasing Junior Year on Dropout (<-streaming service that the prior two years were first released on). With minimal spoilers, here's some of what Fantasy High has contained so far:

Shenanigans

lots of silly voices

lots of serious voices

(seriously, Brennan Lee Mulligan is incredible at distinct voices for NPCs)

fictional family relationships that will make you cry

actually good life advice

more shenanigans

queer stuff. so much queer stuff.

the most heartfelt expression of growing up I've ever seen

gender envy (not in-universe, but like. you'll probably feel it if you watch)

insanely detailed foreshadowing

worldbuilding my beloved <3333

commitment to the bit. I think that's a guiding principle of the show tbh

Ally Beardsley Roles (tm). You'll understand.

did I mention that there were shenanigans? there are shenanigans.

Obviously this is not exhaustive, as that would be a very long list. Hopefully this makes my fandom jumping make a teensy bit more sense (and also convinces you to watch Fantasy High so we can scream about it together)

[velveteen-mango]

So! Dropout fans who have been wondering about why the company hasn't made any statement of solidarity or for ceasefire regarding the genocide in Palestine ---- the second screenshot is the official reason behind their silence.

Following that, the official server moderators' position is that you should not discuss or talk about the Genocide in Palestine there because they aren't equipped to moderate that.

Upon realising that they're effectively enforcing a rule to Stop People From Talking about Genocide, I made my post (last two screenshots) in righteous dissent.

Naturally I was kicked from the server and my posts were deleted.

Due diligence: At the time of the post, the minister of health had said that 39 babies in incubators at Al-Shifa Hospital were killed. It has since been confirmed that he misspoke: 1 baby died and 36 are manually being kept alive by the healthcare workers besieged by Israeli snipers.

This post is not about the Dropout cast. They were often brought up despite being irrelevant to the questions raised by the concerned members of the community. Some Dropout cast members are pro-Palestine, some are justifying Israel's settler project while trying to condemn genocide at the same time, many are silent. Server members have said "If you've been here long enough, you should know where they stand" and "Do you seriously think /Dropout/ is pro-genocide?" You're all pathetic.

Multiple Zionists have spoken in the server about their discomfort and this has never been addressed with any consequences. One member changed their server name to "pray for Israel" and the moderators were aware of it, but did not move until a server member brought up the concern. What an efficient and serious display of their commitment to creating a safe space!

One Zionist implied that Ally Beardsley should be fired for being anti-zionist.

Multiple other Zionists have been ignored over the many years of this server's existence. In fact, just searching up "Palestine" there, is going to be quite revealing. The moderation is not committed to the safety and well-being of fans of colour, and certainly has chosen to silence pro-Palestinian voices.

The only moderation they've done so far, is kicking me out for refusing to be silenced. As I said, congrats on being the first woke space to say "stop talking about genocide".

I have seen many poc hurt and wronged by this community, but this is justifying silence on Genocide and securing a space for Zionists.

Please hold them accountable.

Also, no, a comedy service is not somehow exempt from talking about genocide.

And a mind numbing point I am compelled to address: whether or not condemning genocide is performative, depends on the person, though it's revealing that many people in the server's immediate assumption is that showing solidarity is performative.

[gir-posting]

i love hearing ally beardsley's t voice not only because other trans people existing is such a healing thing but also because it's funny to see how T affects other people and know that i am the odd one out for having my voice drop into the mariana's trench

[radiocmyk]

It's like 4 am and I'm getting emotional over Ally Beardsley because I never see people like me on shows like these, who are openly medically transitioning. Idk I just want to hear more trans people talk. I think our voices post-T or post-voice training are beautiful and wonderful. I love the way we sound and I love the way we sound happier. I am not high I am just weird

[jmkitsune]

I wanna expand on this a bit not only is the above true both parts

but something I learned as a GM is - if players want me to be "a matter mercer" or a brennan lee muligan, or an "aabria iyengar" tier GM, they need to be a Travis/Laura/Liam/Sam/Ashley/Marisha/Taliesin or Emily Axford, Lou Wilson, Siobhan Thompson, Ally Beardsley, Zac Oyama, and Brian Murphy type players

this isn't to mean "professional actors/voice actors/etc"

this DOES mean- look at the friendship between these players and GMS, look at the respect, love, enthusiasm and over all immersion both sides of the table bring

as a GM, I admit I bring my writing skill which means I'll do my damnedest to give a Tolkien level world building experience, or a Mercer level fantastic story, with a dash of Mulligan's "FUCK CAPITALISM!" rhetoric, but my players gotta wanna explore that world lol its gotta go both ways, and thats not a blame game, its a reminder - there are so many people out there to play with, don't lock yourself into the wrong table "because its all I can find" there are so many who'll be better fits for you- promise. Open yourself up to all that TTRPG has to offer you

so yeah

entirely agree with the above, just wanna say though, no matter the skill level of player or GM: bring the enthusiasm you hope to get from the others. if you want casual, find casual tables. But if you want THAT IMMERSION, make sure you bring that commitment.

know your limits, know your preferences, and communicate ALWAYS with all at the table, because a game is a never ending conversation from start to finish where everyone there has to keep making sure everyone is having fun.

D&D going mainstream really messed up people's expectations cause chances are you're not gonna find a DM who has the free time, talent and resources to put on a tale that competes with Tolkien. you're gonna find your friend's roommate Phil who's read one of the manuals a few times and has to pause to get a calculator out to figure out how much damage your attack did and his story is blatantly ripping off a dragon age 2 side quest

[englishmagic]

Just woke up from a nap where I dreamed an embarrassing dream. There were these small cars that raced around town. And when they’d pass me they’d release a firecracker sound so I would jump, and then through a speaker play a voice yelling what sounded either like “hey girlie” or “space lesbian”. While those could be Ally Beardsley references, in this context it felt more like the people in the car were calling me a woman - specifically after seeing from my appearance that I don’t identify as one. I’d give these terf cars the finger and yell at them but I’d always lose my voice the way you do in dreams and which often means you’re talking in your sleep and trying to wake up your throat to yell at the dream.

One time I’d had enough of these cars taunting me by making me jump and calling me a girl, so I followed them to where they parked, and out stepped - some old friends I hadn’t seen for over a decade. They’d been excited to see me, played the fire cracker to get my attention, and played a recording that said “hi friend” and I’d just misheard it all along.

Conclusion: I’m scared of being harassed by transphobes but also scared of being overly sensitive and mistaking a well meaning gesture for transphobia. Because I have indeed internalised a lot of bullshit including the sentiment “but what if transphobic bullying doesn’t actually exist and I am in fact making a big deal out of nothing”

[neguki-san]

I don't understand a lot about nonbinary...

...but I do see a lot of people "pausing" at nonbinary on their way to transmale/ female.

It's enough that if someone comes out as nonbinary I'm just waiting for them to come out as male/ female later on (my current bet is on ally beardsley which is what made me think of this in the first place-- I first saw them on College Humor and just saw a clip of them on Dimension20. Their face and voice were so different I was like, OMG are they transmale now? So I looked it up and yeah they're nonbinary and they/ them on the internet)

I accept that NB is an important identity and I know a few public people who have remained so. I remember being stuck in the forest of indeterminate gender and how much that SUCKED and perhaps if I'd known or had more examples of NB folk maybe I would have tried that? Probably not. I'd been waiting so long I knew exactly where I was going I'd just been lying to myself that I didn't need to go.

[bugmistake]

there is LITERALLY nothing hotter than testosterone voice and im NOT accepting feedback at this time