#rqg prague

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Bertie in RQG 64

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RQG 68 Funky to Funk

Back to the action in Prague!

The idea is born for a campaign with just Ben’s characters - spoiler, it happens

Paladin Grizzop 💚

[incorrect-rqg]

[Curie turns Bertie into a newt.]

Hamid: Neat polymorph!

Sasha: Newt polymorph.

[indigospyder]

Gonna be so real: I adore the RQG characters so much BECAUSE they are flawed to hell and back. And I don’t mean “oh they’re all murderers!” No, I mean Zolf is a hardass. Hamid started out as a coward. Grizzop is utilitarian to a fault. Sasha can’t trust farther than she can throw for a good long while. Honestly I started the podcast obsessed with Hamid and by the time we got to Egypt I realized I would have HATED him IRL. But that’s why I LOVE them so much; they’ve GROWN. Hamid is taking charge and pushing past what he grew up learning. Sasha learns to open up and trust her friends without hesitation. I’ve currently just got to the part where Azu gives Zolf a bit of a dressing down. And I LOVE it. I love characters who grow and are ALLOWED to grow. I love seeing the people around them help them grow, and the people from their past either struggle with or embrace the change. It’s SO GOOD.

Also hot take but Lillian gets way too much hate, as a Hamid lover I think he deserved that slap.

[angryducktimemachine]

Hey guess who listened to their favourite three Episodes again ✨

[ID: a digital, fully coloured drawing of Hamid in his baby dragon form from Rusty Quill Gaming.

He is a dragon like creature, without wings but with a dragon tail. His scales are brass and there's a spiral scar running around his left arm. He's also wearing green underpants with a lace rim.

His eyes are glowing yellow and he's making an arch with his back like a cat.

He's standing on a grey rooftop with a railing in the background and rain falling. /End ID]

[ducessaeva]

cool guys don’t look at expl-GUYS LOOK AT THAT IT’S REALLY COOL

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Sasha: Hey, Hamid, mate, you seem to know a lot 'bout magic stuff, so... uh... why isn't the statue smirking at me?

Hamid: Oh! You see, it isn't smirking at annyone, Sash, they are just imagining it.

Grizzop: Ey, three people saw it! Me included! How do you explain that?

Hamid, pointing at Wilde: Sleep derivation.

Hamid, poiting at Grizzop: Paranoia.

Hamid, poiting at Bertie: Delusional Personality Disorder.

[loverboybrightsideghost]

is earhart canonically she/they...

[miscreantahead]

The funny thing about Wilde is that he isn't really THAT bad until late season 2/season 3 when it feels like Alex went "everyone hates this guy I'm gonna validate that" and then even I want to kill him. From a narrative standpoint it looks like he had some time to think back on everything that happened in Paris and went 'oh gross I think Hamid and Sasha actually might have started to like me better double down on being annoying and rude as fuck.'

[utilitycaster]

Saw your answer to the TAZ arcs; would love to know your thought on the RQG arcs?

I truly do not know the RQG arc divisions. Basically I found everything pre-Paris to be a little slow though there was some good stuff in Dover; Paris was extremely upsetting (Mr. Ceiling happens to hit a number of things I Don't Like); Prague was good but sad and frustrating in parts; things started to take off in Cairo/Damascus and got awesome in Rome. Everything post-Rome was great until the last half of the last episode, roughly, though iirc Svalbard did get a little bit like "ok we did Shoin, I love a dungeon but like, wrap it up" and then the epilogues made me a little less annoyed at the ending.

[shejustcalledmeafish]

what have you done wrong? lets see - still hasn't finished warehouse 13, hasn't written the horrendous crack fix about john hart meeting david 7, hasnt heard the bifrost incident, cancelled coming to my city at the last minute, is still on the prague arc of RQG, wont admit that i'm a genius and the smartest prettiest greatest boy of all tim-*gunshot*

Dhdhdhd taking these accusations in turn

1. Yeah fair shhhh I’m incapable of finishing shows

2. I Started it but I am also incapable of finishing fics

3. Okay yeah fair

4. THAT WAS NOT MY FAULT

5. I’m on the last episode 😤

6. You are <3

Drink some fucking water vince

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Polls for the other seasons will be linked in the reblog.

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Okay my intent here is not to start drama in the rqg fandom in 2024 because I love this community and frankly it's not that deep, but there's something I just wanna talk about for a sec.

I've seen the sentiment around lately that the party is unnecessarily cruel to Wilde - from the Prague arc all the way up to Damascus or even Japan - and that this specifically contributes to Wilde's guardedness and unwillingness to be emotionally open with the party throughout the show. That he goes "oh, you want me to be the snarky punching bag with no feelings? Then that's what I'll be."

While this is a sentiment I generally agree with, I take some issue with the idea that the party - Grizzop specifically - is mean to Wilde for "no reason".

Grizzop has a very good reason to dislike being around Wilde, which he expresses on numerous occasions - Wilde's lack of respect for Grizzop's personhood and his use of condescending and demeaning language.

While Wilde never actually calls Grizzop "It" like he'd later claim (just a result of long gaps between sessions and Ben being a human being with imperfect memory), he does call him "this one" and generally treat him in a dismissive and condescending way, even after being told to stop numerous times.

Now, I've seen the argument that this is kind of just how Wilde talks to everyone. That's just who he is, especially in earlier arcs. This isn't entirely untrue, but that doesn't change the fact that like... Grizzop is a goblin (in the RQGverse a minority race with a history of oppression), who has been the target of this kind of language and attitude from humans his entire life. He's entirely warranted in being upset at being treated this way. Wilde doesn't ever really give Grizzop any reason to like him, and frankly Grizzop doesn't owe Wilde jack shit.

Another scenario is the iconic moment where Grizzop punches Wilde in the dick. I made a post about this a couple days ago while Very High and then forgot to delete it in the morning so it's just up now. But I've seen a couple comments (on the post and elsewhere) being like "poor Wilde :(" or "he didn't deserve that" and like... He kinda did? He was being antagonistic and negging Sasha, deliberately trying to make her feel worse about her upcoming Risky Medical Procedure. Even if it was just him being silly that's still a pretty shitty thing to do. You can argue that Grizzop went overboard with the physical violence, but arguing that it wasn't at all warranted doesn't make sense to me.

I love Wilde as much as the next rqg fan. He's probably my favourite character, maybe behind Sasha. But in order to appreciate the extent of his character growth it's important to recognize situations where yeah, he was being shitty and antagonistic.

And, even in a scenario as silly and fantastical as this, I still think it's important to not brush off the experiences of a marginalized person who says they're a target of discriminatory language, even if the perpetrator is someone you like. Wilde is white, and charming, and wealthy, and in a position of power over Grizzop as his handler and as a government representative. He is not the victim in this situation.

Again, very much not looking to start shit here, especially because "aw, poor Wilde :(" is definitely a thought I've had while listening to early RQG. This is just something I've been thinking about a lot during my current relisten and wanted to share with you guys.

[indigospyder]

Me, early into Rusty Quill Gaming, playing around with the idea of a self insert character: oh haha yeah they’d get along really well with the gang!

Me 100 episodes in:

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It is finally done! I finally did a version of this scene that I'm happy with! I can rest easy now except for when I progress with my art enough to feel like I can do this even better.

Anyway y'all know by now that the three Prague Opera Episode's are pretty much my favourite RQG episodes. They got everything. Drama. Baby Dragon Hamid. Necromancy. Music. Cool Evil Voice. Bertie dying. /j you name it.

[ID: a digital, fully coloured drawing of Bertie and Kafka from Rusty Quill Gaming. It's depicting the final scene with Bertie in the Prague Opera.

Kafka is in the background, only shown up to his mouth, he is floating and smiling, one hand on a large, open book the left one slightly lifted. He is wearing a dark green suit and a black cloak.

Bertie is in the front, only his head visible. He's wearing a gold helmet with the visor up so one can see his eyes. He's staring towards the viewer with his eyes wide open in fear.

The background is dark red, resembling theatre curtains. /End ID]