#charlie is a good gm

[pink-wysteria]

Okay I'm 3 for 3 on Grizzly only plays fuckable characters and it doesn't show signs of stopping gang

[sunstar121]

SORRY . CHRIS ??? VAMPIRES ? DND . WITH VAMPIRES ????

HI REM . I SEE IVE CAUGHT YOU IN MY PATENTED AUTISM BLAST.

ahem. The Suckening (which is its actual name) is an arc of the hit dnd podcast Just Roll With It. now, I lied a tiny bit cause the podcasts main campaign, Riptide, is dnd, but The Suckening is run using Vampire the Masquerade, which is played with d10s rather than d20s, and is focused on vampire shit (its not a difficult system to pick up on tbh, I had no experience with it before the podcast and understood it by episode 2)

its. it's really good dude. currently they've got 4 episodes out ans the characters and world are really strong. they play in modern day LA but like. make it fruity and vampire-y. it gets homoerotic in true vampire fashion. magic cats are a huge plotline. there's an unlucky older man and two shit head teenagers who are twins from across the world. one of them is repeatedly described as a sad victorian boy. is. is this good enough yet

[sydsaint]

Baby Regal you and your curls are very special to me. <3

Summary: William Regal introduces his son to his NXT managerial protégée.

It's a usual humid afternoon in Florida when you arrive at the Performance Center. Three taping of NXT are scheduled for the day, so it's safe to say that you'll be busy.

You swipe your keycard at the security gate and head right for your office. Wrestlemania season has come around, so things are hectic around the office. You settle into your office and barely have time to pull up your schedule for the day when a knock sounds at the door.

"Come in!" You give a brief shout while pulling up the schedule for the night. "Yes? Oh! Mr. Regal!" You falter a bit when your mentor comes striding into the room with his usual calm and collected demeanor.

"YN, my dear. It's good to see you again." Regal smiles as he makes his way around to your desk. "It's been much too long since we've last spoke "

You pop to your feet as Regal comes around the corner and open your arms for a hug. You are granted a short but sweet embrace by the man that taught you damn near everything you know about being an administrator for WWE.

"Gosh, you're right. It has been too long, old friend. How are you? Are you back in NXT for your old position?" You ask while offering the old Legend a chair.

"Heavens no." Regal chuckles and takes a seat opposite of you. "By all accounts, you've been doing well at your new position as GM of NXT." He smiles at you. "I always knew you'd excel if only they'd give you a chance to shine, my dear."

You blush at your mentor's kind words. "Well, I did learn from the best." You grin. "So. If you're not here for my job? Then what can I do for you, Mr. Regal?" You ask him.

"My eldest son." Regal replies. "He's one of Shawn's newest higher." He explains. "So I've come by to see him off."

"Really?" You reply and begin searching for the list of Shawn's newest additions to NXT. "He must be wrestling under a different name then, yeah?" You find the list and begin glancing through the names.

Regal watches you read down the list in amusement before getting to his feet. "Charlie Dempsey is the name you're searching for, my dear. He's waiting outside as we speak." He nods to the door.

"He is?" You look up from your phone. "Oh, well please, let him in!" You insist. "I'd love to meet him. Which I'm sure was your intention, right, Regal?" You smile at the old man playfully.

"You know me so well, YN." Regal nods with a cheeky grin and walks over to the door.

You pop to your feet and wait for Regal to usher his son inside the room. You got a brief look at the new higher a few days ago when Shawn was showing them around the PC. So you're curious as to which one is your mentor's son.

"You can come in now, son." Regal swings the door open. "I do believe that I've softened her up for you." He jokes.

Your eyes fall on the door as a tall brunette steps inside and past Regal who shuts the door. You recognize him as one of the newbies that caught your eye a few days ago due to his curly hair and charming looks. But now that you're seeing him next to his dad. Well, he's the spitting image of Regal.

"Hello." Charlie approaches you as Regal shuts the door behind him. "It's a pleasure to finally get to meet the woman my father won't ever shut up about." He jokes lightheartedly and goes in for a handshake.

"The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Dempsey." You shake his hand firmly.

Charlie chuffs and shakes his head. "Please, Charlie will do just fine, Miss LN." He corrects you.

"Right." You nod. "And please, YN will work better for me. Miss LN is my mother." You correct him as well.

Regal walks over to the two of you and sets a hand on his son's shoulder. "Well, I'll let you two kids chat. I've still got to pay Shawn a visit before filming starts." He explains. "It was such a pleasure seeing you again, YN. And I have no doubt that you'll thrive in your position here. And son, good luck tonight."

"Thanks, Dad." Charlie nods.

"I'll be seeing you around, Regal." You wave your mentor off. "And you are welcome back anytime." You add.

Regal disappears through the door and leaves you alone with his son. You wait for a moment before turning to him.

"You know, I always forget that he had sons. I have to admit, he doesn't talk about his personal life much." You confess.

"That's my father, alright." Charlie chuckle. "He's talked about you a ton." He adds. "One of the sharpest minds he's ever had the pleasure working with, he's said."

You turn your head to the side, but it does little to hide the flush of your face at Charlie's kind words. "I had a wonderful teacher." You insist. "How are you feeling about tonight? You're working towards the Heritage Cup, right?"

"That's right." Charlie nods. "Pretty sure that my father would disown me if I didn't go after it." He jokes. "Noam Dar, he's the one that's got it at the moment right?"

"Yep." You nod. "Noam's had it for a while now. Which is good for you." You explain. "Means that creative won't make you wake long before they decide to make Noam drop it." You nudge his shoulder playfully.

Charlie grins and goes to say something but your phone buzzes on your desk before he can get it out. You put a finger up to silence him and quickly answer your call.

"Shawn? Yeah? I'm in my office, sir." You answer the phone. "Mhm. He does? Alright. Yeah, I can meet him in 10 minutes. Mhm. Yep. I'll be sure to ask him, sir. Okay, thanks you." You hang up the phone after a terribly one-sided conversation. "Well then, duty calls."

"Of course Charlie nods and steps out of your way. "It was a pleasure to finally meet you, YN." He goes in for a handshake again.

You glance down at Charlie's outstretched hand and smile to yourself. "Pleasure was all mine, Charlie. But I think that we've graduated past a simple handshake, don't you?" You tease him. "I'm technically not your boss until the show starts taping after all."

"Right." Charlie chuckles and goes in for a friendly hug instead. "Dad mentioned that you were a hugger." He adds.

"Good luck tonight, Charlie." You install one last vode of confidence in your new hire. "Feel free to stop by after the show if you're in the mood to chat." You add before heading for the door. "My door is always open for a friend."

Charlie nods and walks to the door with you. "I'll keep that in mind." He assures you.

You both step out into the hall and go your separate ways. You head for the backstage area to take care of Shawn's problem he mentioned on the phone and Charlie lingers in the hallway for a moment, watching you walk off.

Dempsey's heart flutters in his chest for a second as he watches you walk off. For years he's been hearing Regal talk up the infamous YN LN to him. He's been hearing stories of his dad's brilliant and beautiful protegee for years now. But Regal's stories do little to live up to the hype now that Charlie's actually met you. It's safe to say Charlie's got a crush. And a bad one at that.

[walker-extended-universe]

Walkerverse Character Tier List

Hello Walker Family! I'm here announcing the beginning of the Walkerverse Character Tier List series!

I've created a list of characters from Walker and Walker: Independence to put in a tier list ranking. I will be releasing a series of polls with all these characters (including pictures and brief reminders of their roles) to determine which Tier List ranking they get. Whichever option from S to F gets the most votes will become the official ranking of that character.

Here is the criteria I used to select the characters I'm putting in the poll series:

They must have a name on the imdb page

They must have a minimum of two appearances

I have to remember them, regardless of their appearance count

Single appearances that were special/memorable will also be included (ex: Uncle Willy, Minnie Jayne)

The rankings will be as follows:

S tier: Best character in the show, love them with all my heart, they can do literally nothing wrong

A tier: Beloved blorbo, one of my favorites, I'd want to be friends with them if they were real

B tier: I like them, but I have my critiques. A good character that I mostly enjoy

C tier: Mid character, not the biggest fan of them but I won't complain when they show up

D tier: I don't like them. I have many criticisms of their actions and personality. I may even dislike whole episodes because of them

F tier: Literally the worst character in the entire show. Hate them. Much dislike. I fastforward over them on rewatches.

I currently have pictures (for the poll and the complete tierlist that I will link when it is public) for 39 of the 120+ characters I put on the list, so that's where I will be starting. I will include the full list of all the characters from both shows below the cut along with the taglist.

The first poll will go up on Monday, September 23rd! Can't wait to see what you guys think!

@theladywyn, @jaredwalkertexasranger, @laf-outloud, @aborddelimpala, @mysterybeau, @sweet-sammy-kisses, @kickingitwithkirk, @rhl74, @peachparakeet, @dumb-fawkin-bitch, @loveforwomenstuff, @low-soduimfreak, @ihavepointysticks, @waywardmaslow, @arte-mishuntress, @the-slythering-raven, @deeranger, @duo-kun, @inafieldofdaisies, @not-your-housekeeper98, @nancymcl, @sammysnaughtygirl

Walker:

Cordell Walker

Liam Walker

Abeline Walker

Bonham Walker

Stella Walker

August Walker

Larry James

Trey Barnett

Geri Broussard

Cassie Perez

Micki Ramirez

Colton Davidson

Ben Perez

Dan Miller

Denise Davidson

Emily Walker

Todd

Gale Davidson

Stan Morrison

Clay Cooper

Clint West

Kelly James

Kevin Golden

Isabel Munoz

Bret

Trevor Strand

Ruby

Detective David Luna

Julia Johnson

Hoyt Rawlins

Twyla Jean

Sadie Yoo

Witt

Connie

Faye

DJ James

Keesha Barnett

Carlos Mendoza

Officer Randall

Dr. Adriana Ramirez

Sean

Serano

Earl

Mercedes Ruiz

Miles Vyas

Coach Bobby

Principal Heaney

Byron Santos

Garrison (GM)

Nate Smith

Tessa Graves

Crystal West

Cali

Rita

Lana Jones

Tommy Adams

Jaxon Davis

Grant McLawson

Neo

Mike

Horace

Alma Munoz

Fenton Cole

Shannon

Lorezno Munoz

Snyder

Oswald

Marv Davidson

Jim

Mr. Golden

Spider

William

Owen Campbell

Minnie Jayne

Maybelline

Mehar

Henry

Becca Furgeson

Joanna Rawlins

Cole Tillman

Rebecca Tillman

Walker: Independence:

Abigail Walker

Hoyt Rawlins

Kate Carver

Tom Davidson

Augustus

Calian

Kai

Lucia Reyes

Shane Davidson

Hagan

Chief Taza

Francis Reyes

Luis Reyes

Ruby

Nascha

Ethan (Pinkerton Detective)

Salty Dog

Molly Sullivan

Anna Maria Reyes

Cordell the Horse

Burlesque Dancers

Teresa Davidson

Matthew

Jacob

Otis Clay

Martha Sullivan

Griffin

Liam Collins

Eli McDowd

Charlotte “Charlie” Collins

Gil Santiago

Randall

Lily

Stella Rawlins

Wordell Calker

Olivia

Topsannah

Amos Acorn

Parker Briggs

Judge Parker

Kirby Smith

Andrew Jones

Judge Carter

[here-there-be-drag0ns]

how much money do i have to pay for charlie slimecicle to gm a oneshot of The Very Good Dogs Of Chernobyl for jrwi how much how much money name your price i'll do anything

[genlossneg]

I know this isnt specifically genloss related, but i figured this was a good place to be a hater. But does anyone remember that absolute failure of a ttrpg ranboo wrote and played with aimsey, charlie, and cellbit? Like i tried watching it bc charlie and cellbit were in it and i love their rpg stuff, but i could not sit through the story without getting secondhand emabrassment. Like everything was pretty shit. The pacing, describing things that werent important vs not describing the important stuff, the npcs who were just watered down versions stolen from other franchises, not having stuff prepared for when players choose to do something outside of what was expected. Like you can almost pinpoint exactly when charlie and cellbit realize that this is going to be terrible and just give up with taking the story seriously and start helping the story along themselves. I understand that being a gm is difficult and takes skill, but goddamn, at least have a solid story first

not enough a ranboo watcher to comment but this sounds like a trainwreck. and about right

[white-weasel]

If you could pick a movie for the film reroll to do, what it would it be?

Omg Film Reroll ask hi!!!!

Okay so I have two answers (which I know is technically cheating since this asked for one but shhhhh)

First is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I think with the right cast this movie would be fantastic! It has a good outline (go and spend a day out with your friends in Chicago without getting caught by certain npcs) without being too on the rails. I can already see certain character sheet attributes, like Cameron having to roll against his Hypochondria, in my mind so clearly

My favorite Reroll is Weekend at Bernie’s and I could easily see this movie providing something similar in that; there’s a plot but it’s rather loose and more driven towards moments and feelings rather than focusing too much on narrative. Basically, in my perfect world this reroll exists, it’s 2-3 episodes, and it ends in a way nobody would expect

My other choice is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. My pitch for this one is it’s PvP, Jon Miller vs 5 other Rerollers as the kids with the golden tickets. (Or maybe the four other kids with the GM playing Charlie who has like 3 luck points or something crazy like that) This one is not as fully formed in my brain, but I know that this is something they could get insanely creative with. Heck, even if it’s not PvP and Jon just GMs it with Willy Wonka as an npc, this could totally rock

Thanks for the ask!! Always love talking about this little podcast :)

[hopetorun]

12, 20, 26

12. favorite hockey father adopted son relationship

okay well now i can only think of the ones that are horny-coded. charlie mcavoy and chara were very cute? my actual favorite non-horny one is probably david quinn and jordan greenway but only one of them is a player. ryan getzlaf being very tired of dealing with zoomers felt parental in a grudging and very funny way. this is a terrible answer i’m so sorry.

20. a player you think it’s underrated

oh hmm, several of my guys have had breakout seasons in the past few years and several more of my guys have fallen off a bit with age so in both cases, if for different reasons, i think they're rated pretty accurately now. i will say that despite quinn generally being rated quite highly by many people i think he's still underrated for how good he actually is, at least in the conventional wisdom. my tumblr mutuals obviously rate him correctly. matt gryz also i think is much better than he gets credit for being. im here to fight for the rights of small defencemen.

26. if you were gm of your favorite team for a day what would you do?

okay so first tda is getting strapped to a rocket launcher and fired into space. once that’s taken care of we can get down to the real business which is acquiring a Guy Who Scores Goals™️. he doesn’t need to be a guy who’s only known as a goal scorer but he does need to have at least one 35-goal season in the past four years. obviously this will cost in players but luckily we have 350 nhl defensemen so i’m not terribly worried.

next i will devote myself to fixing the whole “we have no ahl or echl affiliates” situation. i don’t actually know how to fix this but presumably as gm someone who works for me will.

otherwise probably not too many changes since i feel like i can’t complain too much about how things have gone lately. trade focus is on getting me my favorite guys obviously. cognitive behavioral therapy until everyone remembers that it is legal to win a conference final game.

can i do this all in a day? no. but i can put things in motion. and i can definitely do some of it.

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

"send me asks about blood and gore and freak shit" OK!!!! god i wish i've watched bitb already bc i have heard there is some GOOD gore and blood in there. i am very excited 2 watch it tho, i think i'm gonna listen 2 it after pd :3 it's the other charlie gm campaign right?? what's it like what's the premise what's the general plot 👀 am curious.....

hmmm what else. OMG hey do u ever think about viv weylin and arthur bennett. i think she should be allowed to vivisect him weird style <3 do you think he goes back to the weylins to get his face fixed again bc it started melting off in the cullen games (also. an insane body horror visual there. i love a guy who has body parts that are literally melting off him im insane about u arthur bennett <3) ik there's a fic of viv vivisecting arthur out there already but i just love thinking about it <3 she should cut his back open and try to figure out how his wings function i think. also they should drink each other's blood freaky style. sry i cannot stop talking about my wife arthur bennett and my other wife viv weylin. this too is yuri <3

dude bitb makes me so crazy I don't even know if I could give you a rundown of the plot without major spoilers. it's only 4 eps!!!! u should watch the trailer though that's pretty good. uhhhhh. 3 best friends who grew up in the same small louisiana backwoods town are separated by adult life but come together for a reunion only for everything to go to shit!!! there's blood in that bayou!!! and also so many bugs. bugs in the bayou would be an equally appropriate name. it's sooooo fucking good. charlie slimecicle horror mind . call of cthulu ruleset.

I think viv can do whatever she wants forever <3 I support women's wrongs. she SHOULD vivisect arthur weird crazy style and fix his fuckign. melty dracula face. there's some maddddd intimacy there but I don't have the words to talk abt that right now. I am Thinking about it though . this too is yuri!!!!

[anachronistic-falsehood]

EPISODE 9 TRIVIA:

- charlie clocked "the asset" as wavelength IMMEDIATELY. grizzly and condi thought it was tide at first :]

- charlie reading out his last like 20 rolls and none of them are above a 10 . of these, 6 of them were nat 1s . the curse is so real.

- vyncent doing the sidequest thing at the mechanics shop was intentional and supposed to feel out of place! to make him feel more like a fantasy dnd campaign character instead of a comic book character !!!

- charlie: "im getting so into character playing william now that i am consistently feeling sad and awkward. when doug did the stupid shirts and skins bit i genuinely felt that so deep in my bones"

- bizly: "the fact that you guys just assumed the principal was tide was really cool. i cant wait for you to find out who he actually is. i cant wait to give you guys tides backstory" << HE DOES THIS EVENTUALLY. THERE IS A TIDE BACKSTORY ONESHOT !!!!

- ALSO BIZLY: "i planned on blowing up the base from.the beginning because i felt like i didnt describe it very well and didnt want to retcon anything. oh well, guess its demolition time!" WHICH IS SO FUNNY TO ME

--> on a more serious story note he did actually plan for them to lose the base at some point which is why he was so lax on giving them overpowered cool tools and vehicles at the beginning. because he knew they were gonna lose them soon anyway :]

- grizzly teared up for real after they stopped recorded at the end of the session because he started thinking about "the repurcussions of dakotas actions and how he never thought it would be this bad. this kind of stuff doesnt happen to regular kids and its gonna tear him apart. growing apart from a friend doesnt lead to your home being blown up and your father figure getting hurt. im just so sad thinking about it because guilt is a huge part of my character, its one of his big complications" so yeah i love when players are just as emotional about their characters as i am!!!!!!!!! crying !!!!!

- "is dougs supervillain lair called the dugout" (<< this one got me bc im a guy who likes a good baseball joke)

- dakota doesnt spend a whole lot of time thinking about things too hard which was why he was concentrating so much during school all day. he was thinking about the fact that he tricked doug with the phonecall and what the implications of that were !! i thought that was such a good character moment

- grizzly, about ghostknife: "you guys are perfect for each other"

charlie: "no, dakota. at the end of the day, *we* were the ones that hugged under the sprinklers" << this podcast is so unserious

- bizly is kind of disappointed dakota never made that perception check in the school because there was something he wanted to reveal with that! (you will find out what this is later i promise. it has nothing to do with doug <3)

- asking if they get any post-podcast secrets:

bizly: "i will say... you guys are on new radars. thats all you get"

grizzly, REALLY SUDDENLY AGGRESSIVE FOR NO REASON: "IM GONNA KILL YOU."

6 OF HIS ROLLS WERE NAT 1S. JESUS CHRIST. CHARLIE YOUR ROLLS!!!!!!

bizly disliking the way he described something and deciding to just blow up the fucking base. when ur a gm u can just do that shit <3 slay

oughgh dakota ough i love a fucked up guy filled with guilt. oh my goodness. grizzly i love ur little guy as much as u do <3 literally the guy of all time. i love dakota i want to study him like a bug. the guy ever actually

[pink-wysteria]

it's so funny to see how much more rabid charlie is as a gm than grizzly

[sydsaint]

Baby Regal my boy!!!!!!!! <3

Summary: NXT!GM!Reader congratulates Charlie on winning the prestigious NXT Heritage Cup.

It's a busy afternoon in the arena for NXT. The show is about to go on the road, so a large batch of episodes are being recorded for NXT's weekly airing. You're sitting in your office going over the road schedule for the next month. You've still got to come up with about 10 more house show cards before you're done.

A sharp knock sounds at the door making you look up from your laptop. "Come in." You chirp, glancing back down at the screen briefly.

"YN, my dear! I hope that I'm not interrupting." William Regal comes striding through the door with his usual refined swagger.

"Mr. Regal!" You greet your mentor with a smile. "Not at all! Please, come in." You gesture to the empty chair siting in front of your desk. "What can I do for you?" You ask him.

Regal shuts the door behind him and makes his way over to your desk. You watch him take a seat in your empty chair and smile at him.

"Of course." You nod. "I'm just making up plans for the house shows that we've got coming up." You explain and turn your laptop screen so Regal can see it.

"Oh I was simply reminiscing about my youth with Shawn and a few other old timers when Mr. Michael's informed me that you were working." Regal explains. "So I figured that I'd come by and see how you were fairing, my dear."

Regal leans forward in his chair and retrieves his reading glasses from the front pocket of his jacket. "May I" He asks you.

"Sure. Go ahead." You nod and push your laptop closer to him.

You lean back in your seat and observe Regal as he looks over your schedule and notes. It makes you feel like a kid again, carefully waiting for Regal to critique your latest attempt at paperwork and other stuff.

"Well?" You eagerly prompt your mentor after a few minutes.

"An excellent job, as always my dear." Regal smiles at you and pushes the laptop back your way. "I doubt that I could have done a better job myself."

You smile to yourself and turn your laptop back around. "Thank you, sir. And how is your son? He's scheduled for a Heritage Cup match against Noam Dar tonight, isn't he?" You ask.

"He is, yes." Regal nods. "Charlie's quite excited about it as well." He informs you. "I can't thank you enough for giving him the chance to challenge for it. Makes me prouder than you know."

"Oh well, your son is an excellent competitor, Regal. It wasn't a hard decision picking him for Noam's next challenger." You shrug.

You and Regal chat for a bit longer and he suggests a few more match idea's before taking his leave.

"Well, it was a delight talking with you, as always, my dear." Regal rises from his seat and holds out a hand for you to shake. "I hope that I was able to help take some of the pressure off of you to come up with some exciting house show match-ups." He adds as you shake his hand firmly.

"You were a big help, Regal. Thank you." You smile at him. "Tell Dempsey good luck for me if you see him before his match." You add.

Regal nods again and heads out of your office. The door clicks shut with a small thud and you sit back down to get back to work.

Around an hour or so later you finally finish up getting the house-show schedule made and decide to take a small break. You head out of the office and down to the backstage are to see how things are fairing with the multiple tapings going on.

You get backstage and chat with a few of the staff about how things are moving along. And by the sounds of it, everything is going smoothly so far.

"That's great. And what match is up next on the schedule?" You ask the staff member that you've been chatting with.

"That'd be Dempsey and Dar for the Heritage Cup, ma'am." The staffer answers you. "They should both be headed down to the curtain any moment." He adds and nods to the curtain entrance on the other side of the room.

You nod just as Noam enters the room from the hallway with the rest of Meta Four at his side. Dar spots you and walks over with a confident smile.

"Boss! I wasn't expecting to see you down here. Everything alright?" Noam asks you.

"No trouble, Noam." You assure him with a smile. "I'm just checking up on the show before I get back to doing paperwork is all." You explain. "Good luck out there, by the way."

Noam nods, clutching his beloved trophy to his chest. "Thank you." He smiles at you.

Noam heads over to the curtain as his entrance music hits and you watch him disappear through the curtain. Seconds later, you hear the familiar sound of Regal giving someone one of his coveted pep-talks. You turn around and find him talking with Charlie as the pair come into the room.

"And you know that I'll be proud of you either way, son." Regal clasps a hand on Charlie's shoulder.

"I know, dad." Charlie nods.

You smile at the pair and keep your distance out of respect for the father-son bonding moment. That is until Regal spots you loitering nearby and beckons you over to them.

"Regal." You nod at the older man with a friendly smile. "Good to see you again, old man." You joke with him. "And, Charlie! Good luck out there with Noam." You turn to Dempsey with an encouraging smile.

"Thank you." Charlie matches your smile. "I hope that here in about half an hour you'll be handing me that trophy." His grins widens a bit as he winks at you slyly.

A laugh escapes your lips and you shake your head. "We'll just have to see who the better man is, I guess." You tease him right back.

Charlie's entrance music hits and he walks off through the curtain to join Noam in the ring. Regal steps over to your side and the two of you watch the match from the monitors set up backstage.

"You sure as hell taught him well, Regal." You comment on Dempsey's prowess in the ring.

Regal chuckles and nods. "Yes, well, I try." He muses. "You seem quite fond of Charlie, yes? He's told me that you've been graciously helping him make his way into the Heritage Cup contender conversation." He turns toward you.

"Well I wouldn't make anything of it." You shrug and scratch at your arm sheephishly. "You're the one that taught me to never pick favorites, Regal." You remind him.

"I believe that I taught you to never make it obvious that you've got favorites." Regal corrects you. "There's quite the difference between the two, wouldn't you say, my dear?"

You hang your head to hide a sheepish smile and nod. "I suppose so. My mistake, Regal." You shift your weight from one foot to the other.

While you're busy looking at the floor in shame the match out in the ring comes to an end. Your head snaps up and toward the monitor. Out in the ring, Charlie stumbles to his feet as the referee reaches over to raise his hand.

"Well well well, would you look at that." Regal smiles to himself. "It seems like my boy had it in him afterall." He muses.

"It appears so." You agree. "Please excuse me, Regal. But I do believe that I have a trophy to present to a new champion. You're welcome to join me, of course." You offer.

Regal shakes his head and steps away from you. "Go ahead. Let my boy have his moment." He insists. "There will be plenty of time for celebration later."

You nod and head out to the ring. You pass Noam and the rest of Meta Four on your way down the ramp and offer Noam a sypathetic smile. Vic hands you the trophy since it was sitting on the commentary table during the match and you bring it into the ring where Charlie is patiently waiting.

"Congradulations to our new Heritage Cup winner! Charlie Dempsey!" You shake hands with Dempsey before handing over the trophy.

Charlie takes his hard-earned prize and soaks in the cheers from the crowd for a moment. You step out of the ring and let him have his moment before Charlie joins you back on the floor and the two of you head backstage.

"Congradulations on the win, Charlie!" You set a hand on the back of Dempsey's shoulder with a smile. "I knew that you had it in you." You grin at him.

"I couldn't thank you enough for putting faith in me and backing me up to get me here." Charlie replies. "This is as much of a win for you as it is for me." He insists.

You laugh and wave your hand dismissvly. "Oh, all I did was point out the talent that you already had." You assure him. "You did all the hard work, Charlie."

The two of you get backstage and you let Regal talk with his son. While the pair are chatting and sharing hugs you check in with the backstage crew one more time. After you've made sure that things are still running smoothly you intend to head back to your office. But Regal stops you before you leave the backstage area.

"Oh, well I'm sure that our lovely friend YN would be happy to join you in my absense." Regal turns toward after looking at Charlie.

"Pardon?" You come to a stop in front of the pair.

Regal nods to his son before smiling at you eagerly. "I was just reluctantly informing Charlie that I'm going to have to decline his offer for dinner and drinks after the show." He explains. "I've got a prior engagment that I'm afriad I can't miss. Although, I don't suppose you're busy after NXT finishes up taping, are you, YN?" He asks you. "I'd hate to leave Charlie to celebrate such a big win by himseslf."

"Right." You nod, catching onto what Regal's trying to swing here. "No, I'm not busy after the show at all." You turn toward Charlie. "If you'd like to meet me outside my office after the show then I'd love to grab dinner, Charlie." You smile at him.

"Sounds excellent." Charlie agrees. "I guess that I'll see you after the show then, YN. Take care." He matches your smile before walking off back to the locker rooms.

You wait until Charlie is gone before you turn back to your mentor.

"You don't happen to be trying to set me up with your son, are you, Regal?" You ask him with a playful smile.

"I haven't a clue what you're talking about, my dear." Regal smiles right back at you. "Do have fun at dinner, though." He winks before walking off as well.

[intertexts]

EPISODE 6 TRIVIA aka YAYY FANTASY BULLSHIT WORLD:

- PRIME DEFENDERS DND CHARACTER SHEETS COMING SOON BABYYYY

- this was all the way leading up to a split the party scenario where vyncent would have gone with minerva on his own BUT that changed all because she said ONE LINE that sounded sus that made charlie immediately like "nope no we cant let him go by himself"

- EVERYBODY LOVES WORMY !!!! "i hope wormy like snuck onto one of our pant legs or something. i want wormy with us always"

- wormy the worm is like this campaign's goobleck (<< context: goobleck was a temporary player character in riptide when gillion went missing and when goobleck stopped . being needed . i guess. he split into like a million pieces and has tiny versions of himself across the entire multiverse goobleck is canon in every campaign. in riptide he lives in the floorboards of the ship and occasionally says things. i only explain this bc im pretty sure they make a goobleck joke in pd at one point but i cant remember when)

- at the end of the episode grizzly said "it was really hard not to say 'vyncent you better come back soon before william falls in love with me'"

- some cool powers the toy guy had that bizly didnt get to show off: a barrel of monkeys that would hinder, immobilize or paralyze; wind up robot toy with a DC 20 WILL CHECK because it makes this loud screeching sound; and a couple more that he didnt say because theyre cool and he might use them later :]

- bizly likes to sit on his roof when he writes. this is SO REAL of him. also when he writes the beginning of an episode he actually draws out a little comic book format and writes in the panels whats happening in each of them. i think thats such a cool process

- they rolled for stats but ended up scrapping those numbers because charlie rolled SO BAD (unsurprising) and it made bizly nervous bc "if you die in the dnd world. you die. none of the bs mutants and masterminds death rules we are playing dnd full tilt william wisp WILL BE DEAD FOR REAL"

you know what i'm SO glad charlie was like "nope no we cant let him go by himself" because LITERALLY as soon as she said that line i also was like oh FUCK no they can NOT let him go alone with this strange lady through the hell portal. so glad they didn't split the party man.

I LOVE WORMY.. he is my favorite too.. also delighted by this goobleck lore?? also dakota third wheelisms 2 their bullshit will never not be funny 2 me. god. he's so real its so delightful.

+ thats so fun......... thats such a cool process i like it sm!! he's so good at specifically like, the visuals & framing of every scene it's always so evocative so kind of storyboarding it like that makes a lot of sense 2 me... i LOVE hearing gm thought processes so this is awesome yayyyy :]

ALSO SHAKING U. YEAH THIS WAS WILD TO READ FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE WILLIAM WISP JUMPS OFF A CLIFF HOLDING ONTO SOME GUY AND ALMOST FUCKING DIES. head in hands. great timing!!!

[mattpoitrass7thgoal]

You are Don Sweeney, GM of the Boston Bruin and most annoying man in the known world. You were hired to improve this team and GMing is an arduous business. You could use some help within your already signed players.

Where do you turn for it?

Patrice Bergeron

Pros:

- he is Patrice Bergeron

Cons:

- Nil

Brad Marchand

Pros:

- his really good at annoying people

Cons:

- he annoys me

Taylor Hall

Pros:

- is a Boston Bruin

Cons:

- you just traded his wife so he may not like you at the minute

Matt Grzelcyk

Pros:

- is underrated

- is so small

Cons:

- is so small

-his last name is hard to spell and the one vowel is silent

Linus Ullmark

Pros:

- future Vezina winner

Cons:

- once had a minions mask

Derek Forbort

Pros:

- Darla

- Likes laying on the floor

Cons:

- packs a lot of things on road trips

Trent Frederic

Pros:

- he will probably bite someone for you

Cons:

- once he bites once I don’t think he could stop

Charlie McAvoy

Pros:

- is a horse

Cons:

- he hasn’t been given the Norris yet

David Pastrnak

Pros:

- so Elite

Cons:

- you still haven’t paid him to hang around next year

[radiantmorningstar]

Consolidating my solo gaming for the time being.

I have a tendency to expand my activities, when I'm enjoying myself. And solo RPGing is pure enjoyment. However, I do think I have too much going on at the moment. Too many games. Too many books open on my desk (or on my desktop).

I've been getting deeper into the complexities of OD&D. Yes, there seem to be many complexities for such a basic game, perhaps because it leaves much to be decided at the table—and I haven't even broached the issue of whether Chainmail absolutely needs to be included. The Basic Expert's Wight-Box: Original Medieval Fantasy Adventure Campaigns has my attention as does the White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game by Charlie Mason and Seattle Hill Games.

My eye has also been drawn back to Mörk Borg for the sheer evil joy of playing in a lethal grimdark world without real consequences. But the insanity has to stop. Even though I solo-adventure in a fantasy campaign world that has enormous oceans and continents (representing the many games I love and have going at once), I am but a single mage with limited spells per day, so to speak.

For some time, I've been wanting to get into a Killshot campaign (maybe a one-shot, no pun intended), experiment with some Hunt the Wicked sessions, and a friend of mine just approached me to fill in for their regular Tales of the Valiant GM (which I am just not prepared to do right now, but it's a pleasant thought and I'm flattered). There are too many good things at hand for the time, space, and energy available (plus all the other things I do in my life, which often compete for the same inner resources).

Consequently, I've made a firm decision. I'm going to focus on ONE campaign right now and one dungeon crawl. All others will be put on hold. I'm not using 1:1 time or any kind of strict timekeeping system (other than Advanced Fighting Fantasy's Titan calendar in the "Allansian Reckoning," which I apply to all my fantasy games). So it shouldn't be too difficult to use solo-GM time magic to freeze all the other campaigns and stories in place.

It has to be done. Otherwise, I'm not going to make much headway with any of my adventures and my solo gaming will blow away like so much smoke on the wind. My first thought was to keep the Ancient Odysseys campaign, but that is also very close to a dungeon crawl in essence (although it is still a traditional RPG in the expanded sense of the game). And I want to have two distinct games. So I think it's going to be the continuation of 2D6 Dungeon for the crawl and Tomb for the long-form campaign. At least right now, that's what I want to experiment with.

We'll see where it leads me.

[theuniverseawakens347]

equinox - phone being weird can’t video chat you so type bc library said shhh so typos still her BUT EQUINOX YOU WASTED ,Y DAMN TIME - NASM TRAINING TIME OUT DURING TEST N MAKE ME PAY $1400 AGAIN LEE GARLINGTON TAXES BS … so I did that $50 pay if you pass bs just so I cud train friends legally in 2016 / 2017 after sf bc Barry’s inspired me but like YAL FUCKED MY ARMS UP T REX ON STUCK AFTER A SESSION.. N I ASKED YOU HOW TO FIX THAT N YOU SAID “ that’s a good workout” - NIGGA I GOT A CHARLIE HORSE IN MY ARMS FOR A WEEK JUST ABOUT NICE INJURIES LAW SUITS. brad Mandi.

but I went to miracle mile across down the way from sag first SEMAR told me bout an opening n like well they didn’t hire me also I did ONE WORKOUT THERE W HIM FASTED BUT HAD A JUICE … was a Steven workout - TESTIE STERIODS “ protein” creative … mixing of EVERY FUCKING THING MAKING UR OWN STERIOD DUMBASSES - ALEX MJ JUST SCOOP MOUTH DROP CREATINE… I did creatine x 7 times in my life

CARBO GAINS JOHN AND THEN when I left Ben’s Aug 2021 coming home // my last two weeks of training w Ben bc I wanted to try the next thing - SEEN WHAT MY BODY CUD DO NATURAL … but also did t know when I’d be back in the gym - trying to keep my gains

BUT STOPPED THAT BC BABY BACK GREW 2021 in 3 months Lee .. thanks for the psychmeds BIG PHARMA …122 - 175/79 … by the time I went to clarity in March 2022 .. photo taken a week before clarity LAT marina bathroom “out patient” program.

Lee why you wasting my time like the rest of life.. I cud have beeen Ben on ,y mission in life you selfish cunt making money off the White House STEALERS GOING TO JAIL TOUCH DOWN.

anyways I did the equinox classes down town… hired right away MJ LEE TEAM PAID OFF idk but also this bitch smart n mj was excited to tell the team a no yal niggas was jealous … I got in there and was like “ew” after a week on the floor and minded myself feeling the environment watching you train

my goal was to train with THE PRESTIGES TRainers - EQUINOX but on the floor blue shirt was turned off jumped to tier 2 DID MY TEST IN FRONT OF MJ NO TALKING PASSED EVERYTHING … Claudia cheated her whole way … MJ YOU IN THE ROOM W HER HOW YOUNLETTING HER FILM 2nd you CHANGE THE TEST FOR EVERYONE DUMBASS CLAUDIA SO GIVING ME THAT VIDEO WAS STUPID ALSO YOU FAILED TWICE WHY WOULD I COPY YOU - U MAKE NO SENSE THATS WHY YOU GOT COLLAGEN ASS SHOTS OF MY FUCKING STEM CELLS BITCH. - ALEX TWO.

But mj YOU WRONGFUL FIRED ME for stupid lady beef GM AND JANA .. but I decided coo ima go back to building my own personal training .. but I need MY BODY WHERE IM PROUD TO USE AS MY BUSINESS CARD - THANK YOU 2020