#i think its less of a trav problem and more of a group composition problem that griff tried to have them address and clint and justin never

[trustlup]

idk i never really got the feeling that magnus was "overriding conflicts" by rushing in, just being true to his character. and during the body conflict, merle and taako *were* able to stop him from going into it right away. travis isn't forcing anyone to "bend to what he wants," imo. he's playing the game in a way that best represents the character he's clearly put a lot of effort and heart into developing and allowing him to have genuine heartfelt moments, which is also what griffin wants.

I definitely do not blame Travis for this on any part, let me make myself clear nor do I think he’s being disingenuous to the character that Magnus is. I think it’s more of just an unfortunate combination of who Mags is compared to who Taak and Merle are as well and the fact that this is an hour long podcast. 

I’m more critical of the parts where say, before Wonderland where Taako has hesitated outside of it and Magnus has literally picked up Taako and carried him in (and I believe that has happened more than once? where one of the other two have objected and Magnus has sorta just gone ahead) granted I think if one of the boys had actually been really against it then Travis/Magnus would have definitely stepped back and asked the boys what’s up (...like Lup does as an example where she makes it very clear that she will not be pushed as a character and wants her point to be taken seriously as opposition when taako was not taking it seriously) 

But, the boys never really objected against Travis or Magnus and went with it which is where the part that it’s an hour long podcast comes in--they can’t spend an hour long lining out the pros or cons and Justin is very much the type of a player that doesn’t want to spend time muling over something (as seen how he constantly insists on moving on from a goof or other things to get to the plot) and Clint might not question as much (which this is all assumptions from my part) because he might feel that he has an inexperience with dnd and might defer to the other two so in no way would I consider this all on Travis’ own doing much more just how the whole story ended up on its own

I mean, along with this I am quite self referential when it comes to dnd and so I do relate it a lot to my own experiences where I have been there where as a player i’ve not been able to carry out my own ideas because a player has “rushed in” and because they play a larger character i’m unable to stop them, and as  a DM i’ve had players like Travis who do take the lead and the other players just fall into line behind them accepting whatever they choose (which is much more how I feel taz tends to fall) so Magnus as much as I love him I do have problems with him from a narrative stand point because for a long time through the campaign I would consider Magnus as the main character over the other two but that also comes from the fact that Travis has put in exponentially more care into crafting Magnus, which has paid off!! he’s the most fleshed out by far!! which griff did try to offer up for Justin and Clint to also flesh out their characters, but them being very closed off characters, ended up not happening...which harmed their characters leading to them feeling much more a secondary in comparison to mags 

again, i am very much projecting onto griff, and am only able to guess from the small hints that he’s dropped in ttazz and how he’s tried to set up the campaign itself with what he wants from the rest of the boys, but he has been trying to even out the playing field between them and player conflict would have helped so much from that but it just hasn’t happened because of the composition of the group, which itself is not in fault of any of the boys but more so the combination of the boys

if i’m not clear on anything or didn’t address what you asked feel free to message me again!! i am still a bit tipsy rn so this might be a bit rambled so please feel free to question anything