#it’s gorgug. keep going.

[only-as-sane-as-me]

Having no sense of the passage of time means that I woke up today and realized that it was the 29th, and the Dropout Discord closed on the 26th, and I missed it. That discord got me through the pandemic, through Covid, and even though I became a lurker more and more through the years, it got me through a two job losses, a work injury, and more. I know it’s too late, but I’ll see you in the stars.

[the-greatest-magic-of-all]

I don't know if anyone's mentioned this yet but... Jace, while still alive, is probably going to jail, which leaves Aguefort without a Sorcery teacher for next September.

Do you know who: 1. just came to town, 2. is staying for at least a year, 3. seemingly has innate spellcasting, and 4. has actual experience taking care of and stewarding teenagers?

Picture it: First day of Senior Year, Gorgug Thistlespring walks through the halls, a rockstar drummer, pioneer of the Barbificer multiclass, and four time savior of the world. He's feeling great, this is gonna be a good year. Then he turns a corner and sees him.

There he is, in all of his High Elven glory, trying desperately to wrap his head around to whom his new students are referring to when mentioning this "chat" person. Professor Telemaine Lomenelda, Aguefort’s newest Sorcery teacher.

[cinnamonhex]

i love riz gukgak because hes a little cunt but is also kind and gentle at heart and i love gorgug thistlespring because he is kind and gentle at heart but is also a little cunt

[tinyabbey]

the greatest wizard of all time

ungug (gornit?) stans unite

[eiuuei]

Fabian Aramais Seacaster and Gorgug Thislespring! After finding each other in a clearing of the forest of the nightmare king at the end of Sophomore Year!

A fast sketch but this scene moved me a lot, had to share it!

[let-me-sleep-or-die]

Anyone ever notice how similar Lydia Barkrock is to Gorgug? like just

Gorgug is a barbarian but is somehow the most gentle member of his party, the most thoughtful, easily the most in touch with his emotions. He only uses his rage to protect the people he cares about, his family is incredibly important to him, and his friends are family.

Lydia is another gentle giant. She is in a constant state of rage so she may protect her son (and the rest of the world). She is kind, she is nurturing she is a loving mother to Ragh and to everyone else who needs her. She also loved her party.

She and her friends set out to stop a fiend, to save the world. She’s clearly smart, even if she doesn’t have the classic knowledge that is associated with it she’s obviously intelligent. She didn’t need to know all the history, she had her friends for that. And then she was the last one standing, the only one alive, her friends were dead and she was holding the thing that killed them right next to her heart.

It makes me wonder if Gorgug could end up just the same. If the bad kids didn’t survive an adventure, he was left alone with his anger, his artificers instinct and a family to avenge. He uses his rage to protect people, he doesn’t like just lashing out, he makes machines so he can connect with loved ones, so he can understand the world. He’s so smart, but he doesn’t have to know all the history, he’s got Adaine and Riz for that, he doesn’t need to know about the way gods and the nine hells work, Kristen and Fig are right there. He doesn’t need to lead the Owlbears, Fabian his trusty captain will light the way.

What if they all were gone. And he was left,

a hole in his heart, an ache and a gentility not caused by an absence of anger, but by a deep deep understanding of it.

What does he do then? I think he does the only thing he can

after all

He’s Gorgug, he keeps going.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

prayer of the day:

[sixthsensewulf]

I have mentioned this before talking about Junior Year was Gorgug's year... But in all honesty....

Gorgug is one of my favourite d20 PCs because of his growth.

He is intelligent. He is smart. He is confident. He is protective. He is strong. He is one of the voices of reason in the Bad Kids (the other one is Riz and occasionally Adaine) . He is the heart of the group. He is also the quieter one of the group.

It's not seeing yourself as smart that just makes me so happy that he has that development throughout Sophomore and Junior Year. It's that lack of confidence that turns into the first Barbarian and Artificer multiclass and it works. It's him going, I need to figure this out in order to help understand and solve this part. He put a satellite into space to contract Elmville to get help. He fixed the Hangman, he created that Solar Lasso. Before deciding to become an Artificer.

Literally Leviathan was mostly Gorgug asking questions which got the others thinking. He is sometimes the catalyst for them to slot the puzzle into place (if that makes sense)

His friendships with the Bad Kids are amazing. He cares about all of them so much. He knows he can put himself in front of the weaker players (Adaine and Kristen) knowing that they have his back. That his team, his friends are going to be there to pick him back up and keep going.

The whole "It's Gorgug, Keep Going". . Yes that is important to the character and his relationship with the rest of the Bad Kids. But if your Barbarian says "I'm here. I'm right here. You can keep going. I've got you. I'll see you on the other side", then you know everything is going to be okay. Gorgug will keep going. You can get back up and keep going.

It's Fabian going straight to hug Gorgug when they reunite during the forest. It's Kristen using her low dex to keep Gorgug alive on a moving airborne ship during Junior Year. But it's also "remember when we died? It might happen again" conversation. It's Fig being in Barbarian class and gifting Gorgug those drum sticks. That helps him work out there is math to being in a rage. It's Riz and Adaine taking on his stress by helping him do 4 years of class in one year, but also there to give Gorgug the support that he needs.

It's Gorgug tanking the blows from the bigger creatures in the Last Stand-ard, especially from the Purple Worm. Since he knows and is comfortable that the others have his back and also dealing with the smaller creatures.

It's Gorgug taking hit after hit from Porter, surviving because of his friends and his will to Keep Going. Him dropping out of rage to help the final moment. It's Gorgug keeping Porter occupied throughout that fight. Even in his teacher's grasp.

It's Gorgug, Keep Going.

Just keep going and everything will be okay. You can get knocked down but get back up and keep going. Keep pushing. Just keep going.

[gorgugplushie]

how i live my life rn

[lunylune]

"Will it not break your hearts, when inevitably... the child grows to know only rage?"

"Did you prove your parents right, or did you prove your family correct?"

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I drew this when stress-tested came out because I have a lot of feelings about Gorgug fighting so hard for people to see him as he is. I think Gorgug knows rage is a part of it, and his protective instinct builds from that. But he knows other people don't know that. Many people only see what he bring to the table as a barbarian.

And with everything that happened in the nightmare forest i can't help but wonder how the world would have remembered Gorgug if he did die on that first day of school, the kid who got detention on the first day for fighting another kid.

Gorgug knows he is more, but the pressure of making the world understand that might just break something.

(No worries i'm working on a follow up :D )

[feelingtheaster99]

Oh my goodness, The Bad Kids trying to keep the party from panicking while also trying to get Jawbone informed was so fucking funny

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Track list for Fig and the Cig Figs independently published Junior Year album (officially named “Infaethable”)

Teenage Rebellion

Night Yorb (a heavy metal banger)

Summer Scaries

Devils Nectar

Time Quangle (a love song about Ayda)

Multiclass (Gorgug sings on this!)

The Ballad Of Lucy Frostblade (Kristen was the one who convinced Fig to write this)

So Late, So Tactical

Do You Have A Fucking Warrant

Cassandra (Can You Hear Me)

Hall Of Mirrors

President Applebees (written entirely in the night after Kristen gets elected by a drunk Fig with extremely drunk notes by Kristen)

Raging For Love (inspired by Gorgug, of course)

The Elven Oracle (Has A Day Job) (So Stop Bothering Her)

Maximum Legend

Fury Of The Ball

Cursed

Infaethable

The Bad Kids

[t1r3dr3pt1l3z]

Hey gang.

So, I already talked about the throwaway line “remember when we died,” and I have more throwaway lines to talk about 🤗

“I got kissed at prom”

Ragh Barkrock, I love you so much. It was such a perfectly delivered line, and the context of it is AMAZING. Your former bully is having a full on identity crisis over losing his crush, who was violently homophobic, and in the midst of him calling himself ugly and an idiot and saying that no one will ever love him, you kiss him. Not because you like him like that, but because that’s the only thing you can think of that might help him. Because if you can do it, if you can be comfortable enough in your sexuality to kiss someone of the opposite sex and it not be a big deal, then so can he.

And then Ragh got to go home to his mom, and tell her the good news. He helped kill a dragon, and he got kissed at prom.

I have similar thoughts on “being gay: when you’re here, you’re family” and “check it out, im gay”

“Spring Break, I believe in you!”

It’s just such a fucking encouraging line??? And coming from that group who has now been friends for three years, it’s just such an incredible thing to hear. Your friends should always be your hype guys.

“I can’t believe you found me, kid”

POK GUKGAK WHEN I GET YOU‼️‼️ GOD I have so many lines from him that I could just talk about forever. He cares so deeply about his kid, and he knows that he has very limited opportunities to connect with him. They have such a very special relationship,,, the lines “tell me about all the unimportant things” from him and “I don’t know how long it’s gonna take, but I’m gonna eat YOU” from Riz are so god damn amazing. They are so special to me guys

[ribbittrobbit]

he built built a cell tower (satellite phone?) for her!!!! but also they;re like michael cera talking to michael cera and that's adorable

[aryci]

the greatest wizard of this age (with freshly painted nails)

[eiuuei]

“It’s Gorgug, keep going.”

Much needed affirmation from yours truly!

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