#m9 rewatch

[beauregardlionett]

i don't think you all understand how much they mean to me

[hinumay]

Der Katzenprinz

[non-neutoniangender]

I'm rewatching the first episode of campaign 2 and. Holy shit.

The way Beau is in love with yasha from the second she sees her.

The circus is much more shifty than I remember.

It's a lot of fun though, to see where they came from.

I'm in love with yasha and Beau all over again.

[edelgarfield]

the mighty nein fail at every single persuasion roll except the one to get drugs from the general store. iconic.

[stupidsexygrizzop]

ashley johnson coming back into the game and immediately rolling two nat 1s in a row moment of all time

[staticrevelations]

i forgot laura’s pregnancy announcement, marisha sneezing so hard she cracked a rib, them being named The Mighty Nein, them getting their first magic item info card of the campaign, the first mention of The Gentleman, caleb’s “take them out take them out” backstory tease, the first appearance of the Bad Luck Bandits, them pretending to have “extreme syphilis,” them finding out jester's mom's whole deal, “the Ruby of the Sea is the best lay ever,” and the debut of Pumat(s) Sol all happened in the same episode

[addamii]

Post campaign Yasha sketches <3

[essektheylyss]

I'd thought I remembered, in the Knights of Requital planning, someone mentioning the gala being moved, because it gave the Nein an extra day to prep, and Dolan did specify that it had been unexpectedly pushed back a day, but doesn't suggest he knows why. (It's not clear to me based on the conversation when this change happened—it's possible Dolan has simply heard this update recently, but it also might've been a last minute change.) I was wondering because the timing of the Zauberspire attack coinciding with the gala seemed odd.

It is very narratively convenient, of course, and certainly the Kryn spies could've been using it for the same reason that the Knights of Requital were—important figures of the city were distracted and otherwise occupied, and Thuron does give an indication that Ulog was feeding them information as well, so he certainly could've suggested that timing to both.

But two things about the attack struck me: first, that the Zauberspire does not seem to be very far from where the gala is held, which makes it less of a distraction and more of a liability for covert military operations; and second, the Assembly reacts instantly. Moreover, Trent is already there, though he normally resides in Rexxentrum. He doesn't exactly seem the type to show up for annual holiday festivities, given he doesn't stand to gain much if anything from hobnobbing with a bunch of regional socialites, and Ludinus later suggests he is not exactly being dispatched to events as a diplomatic entity. Of course he can be in another city quite quickly, but this all happens so quickly that I find it unlikely that there would've been time to inform someone in another city prior to apprehending the infiltrators, given the immediacy with which the mages respond.

The point being, I think they were warned.

[the-kaedageist]

The first Xhorhas episode of campaign 2 is fascinating because the Mighty Nein are clearly expecting it to be an awful place filled with bad people. Knowing the home they discover within it, this arc is a masterful way of showing the power of dehumanizing propaganda.

They constantly refer to the people they encounter as “the bad guys” even to their faces (especially the Kryn) and barely seem to consider the idea that the people there will be just like people anywhere else. They’re reluctant to help fellow travelers, they hold a lot of ignorant prejudice based on what they heard back in the Empire, and it’s hard not to almost wince at the things they say, knowing the actual culture they’re about to encounter.

This is an experience the audience has alongside them, which also makes it notable. I don��t remember these comments from my first watch; this is insight that I’ve only gained upon rewatching these episodes and realizing exactly how little the Nein understood about the Dynasty, and exactly where all of that information had come from. 

Given where they end up, I had genuinely forgotten that propaganda was all they’d known of the Dynasty before they made the snap decision to go through that tunnel and change the course of the campaign. I’m excited to watch this shift in perspectives happen with the wisdom of hindsight as I continue my rewatch!

[augentrust]

liam, roasting marisha for having beau sleep with an older elf: "you're probably nailing a 250-year-old!"

matt, knowing full well that caleb’s Attractive, Elvish, Morally Dubious Narrative Foil is coming down the pipeline: :)

[beauregardlionett]

fjord, as yasha: yasha winks at beau beau/marisha:

bonus: a man who knows exactly what he has done

[non-neutoniangender]

I made a post about rewatching episode 2 of m9, but then it got eaten by Tumblr, so here's what I remember lmaoooo

I forgot how much Caleb just bluescreened

I forgot how much Caleb was just soft on people and fucking pined for them

I forgot how much the nein just...... lied. All the time.

..... im so Normal about Them.......

Aaaaaaaanyway, bed time for me.

[she-aint-no-slow-regard]

Maybe it’s my mighty nein brainrot but was the Yussa mention maybe an opening for a m9 one shot ??

BH is not going this way at all but some m9 are close and Essek is in contact with Caleb and probably know that Yussa is an important ally (that they have an habit to rescue at this point lmao) so it would make sense for them to go and search for him

[stupidsexygrizzop]

Caleb “i’m going to stare at the wall because i don’t know how to deal with attention very well” Widogast you are everything to me

[casukaga]

MIGHTY NEIN ANIMATED SERIES REAL NOT CLICKBAIT