#nif wbn

[youweremyversaillesatnight]

watched the new mismag and then immediately upon finishing it listened to the new wbn and. to begin with, a little bit of whiplash going straight from one to the other, but also watching/listening to them back to back, nif and evan are so clearly cut from the same brennan character cloth. they have the exact same “i’m going to tell you something that YOU will think is sad/distressing/terrible but is normal for ME and i need you to not make a big deal of it” way of explaining their pasts and also just general. bad situation made better by. well. in evan’s case friends. in nif’s case, getting kidnapped i guess.

[thedeadhead]

Indri, crying, wrapped in a robe in her room eating the last of Ame’s lemon squares, watching real housewives: “Fuck those wizards.”

Indri: “NIF Bring Me More Wine! FUCK, I FORGOT, DAMN YOU AME.” throws lemon squares at wall

Kosta walking by in the hallway, turns around and goes the other way

[hellishfig]

just finished listening to episode 34 of worlds beyond number, "something to remember you by," which is the end of arc 3 of the wizard, the witch, and the wild one, and i feel sick from how incredible it was. the physical reactions my body made to some of the words and music in this podcast really took me by surprise. i'm still reeling.

some thoughts:

i'm so happy that suvi is questioning the citadel, her reaction to silver's letter was inspired, and i LOVED her interactions with the quartermaster. she's so clever and intimidating (holy shit that was HOT), but i'm worried about what's happening to silver. i have an inkling that the witches may have already started making moves alongside the man in black, and i wonder how that will affect suvi going forward. and going to try and save silver before returning their "precious cargo" to the citadel... i hope suvi can keep questioning, and that whatever she faces, she doesn't let the justification machine run its course any longer.

eursulon meeting up with tefmet was really cool. i enjoyed the return of the strongest man in silbury immensely. it was extremely funny. and then, when eursulon asked to help and succeeded on his persuasion checks, it was solemnly touching. i love eursulon's power being in steadfast support and protection, and how to him, it's not about opposing the citadel in its entirety, it's about saving spirits, great and small, from those who would use them. and that's something he can do while still protecting his true friends.

ame let the chaos OUT this episode, and it was delightful and nerve wracking and thrilling to listen to. she's very bossy and it's so funny to hear how immediately eursulon goes along with it, despite not knowing what "it" is. growing up watching grandma wren, she seems to have gained a natural authority that makes people who love her listen to her when she asks them to perform innocuous menial tasks. but that's also interesting, because her chaos is focused, if imprecise. she knows what she needs to do and will do it, damn the consequences. as long as she can get away, who cares what she leaves in her wake? that's a problem for future ame.

they stole some brass knockers and a lion! they kidnapped nif to save her from being killed by indri! tof burned bright to free a vrock! suvi heads to war, eursulon and ame TO TOMA! (i almost cried when eursulon said those words and the music swelled. what the fuck, lou. what the FUCK taylor and jared. i'm not okay!!!)

and then of course, brockvale. holly hill. the resting place of sir curran of the hawthorn, who unknowingly sent eursulon on a quest that would lead him to our story. the man in black, the pilgrim under stars, the king of knight, the stranger, holds sir curran's shield. he comes to make an offer. will this poor old guard bid a weary traveler to step over this threshold?

this is why worlds beyond number feels so different to me from other dnd shows and podcasts. these artists have come together with the shared goal of not just playing a fun game that they all enjoy, but with the express aim of crafting a brilliant story. i love a goofy campaign full of shenanigans as much as the next person, but i adore how every choice in this show is given weight and meaning. there are no decisions made for laughs. it doesn't feel like playing a game. it feels like living in the story.

and there are also moments like the ending of this episode. a snapshot of elsewhere in the world, something the players don't know, but the audience gets to. it fills out the edges of the story and provides a richer tapestry of lore and reasoning behind the machinations of those who oppose our heroes. it gives life to the tale.

my heart is beating so fast. this show is incredible. thank you, @worldsbeyondpod , for the world you're creating.

[ianthewife]

okay okay okay okay but HEAR ME OUT— what if……………….. Nif becomes Ame’s apprentice— LISTEN i just think it would be actually so good for Nif who spent all this time virtually alone on that icy top of the world, under the thumb of a cold unkind mistress who is so so old, being just perpetually overworked and anxious and probably lonely. And Ame knows so well what it’s like to be a lonely 15 year old!! She could teach Nif so much about the beauty and value and warmth of human connection!! All this to say… Mr. Lee Mulligan can we please please please keep her?

[thedeadhead]

Fun fact, 36% of the statues in Indri’s garden of frozen things, are actually the CPS agents who have shown up over the last several hundred years to do welfare checks

Tof at an ice pay phone: “I’d like to make an anonymous tip about a child endangerment situation at the palace of the Witch of Wind and Stars. […] . Yes ma’am the one at the North Pole.”

Tof watching them from a window: “c’mon, c’mon, aw they failed the aura saving throw. Oop now they’re ice. Back to work I guess.” (bullet ricochet away)

[thedeadhead]

I feel like we should ask too, WHERE is Indri getting these children, they certainly aren’t coming to her all the way at the North Pole

Put that bitch on a WATCHLIST now

Is there a milk carton somewhere with six year old Nif’s face on it that says “Have You Seen Me?”

Indri watching the whole world through her stars: “oh look an unattended child, KOSTA, get the sack, time for me to get a new apprentice”

If you’re not laughing you’re not imagining Indri with a large burlap sack going full Krampus

[thedeadhead]

I’ll be real, I thought Ame was going to boop Nif with the wand, and then when Brennan said she was dead I thought she was like an undead child

To like explain how she can do all this crazy chore labor in the freezing cold