#sfth fact checking

[je-lurk]

I gave omgitaj a(nother) rewatch and noticed… something. When French chariot-driver Sam meets Jean-Luc, he says they’re in Bordeaux. Let’s say near, to give them all a bit of grace (They can’t actually be in Bordeaux for reasons. Also where would you raise chickens there).

(Sam also later corrects Tom by saying "les coqs" which is 1) wrong, because in this context "coq" is singular, so it would be "le coq", and 2) wrong, because in this context "coq" is indefinite and it would be "des coqs", which, as stated in the first point, is also wrong, since it should be a singular, finally giving us "un coq". Which is stupid, because Tom already used the, albeit English (although it does sound like the French), singular indefinite article. Sam, with all due respect, you know nothing, stfu.)

Anyway, back to Bordeaux, it means that Jean-Luc ran all the way from (supposedly) near Berlin without meeting anyone nor realising he crossed the border (and probably without taking a break).

Bordeaux is here:

LOOK! Bro ran at the very least 700 km in 1942 France territory. And that’s being nice! The shortest distance between Berlin and Bordeaux is 1300 km.

Let’s do some unrealistic maths. I know someone who has been running marathons for a long time. For his last run, his speed varied between 8 and 10 km/h (well it was mostly between 10 and 11 but that’s not the point).

Assuming Jean-Luc, a trained spy and soldier, ran all the way without stopping to eat, drink or sleep, at a sustained 8 km/h speed, he made the 1300 km in 6 days and 18 (and a half!) hours. A WHOLE WEEK. That’s 3 days and 16 (and a half!!) hours FULLY IN FRANCE. How did he not notice we’ll never know.

Anyway, props for Sam for at least choosing a city that was actually occupied (I’m not entirely sure he knew, tbh, he might have just said the first thing that came to his mind). It does raise an issue, which is the number of borders Jean-Luc went through without noticing.

Below is a map of France in 1942. The blue (as well as the green-striped) part is the free territory, the light orange the occupied territory, the red, the forbidden zone, and the bright orange, the annexed one.

Notice how Bordeaux is in the forbidden zone? That’s the reason I evoked earlier.

Let’s be kind and say they were indeed fully outside Bordeaux, this makes a whopping 4 borders Jean-Luc crossed, again, while running without meeting anybody, you know the drill by now.

To break down the numbers, Jean-Luc ran:

150 km (18h45 min) in the forbidden zone,

225 km (1d4h) in occupied territory,

225 km (1d4h) in the free territory,

and another 75 km (9h30min) in occupied territory.

When you see how much work was done by the Résistance to smuggle Jews to the free territory, this is crazy.

There’s no real point to this post except making you all aware of the additional absurdity of this play and maybe let’s change Jean-Luc’s assignment? He would work miracles

[drownedscribe]

Luke in the live chat timeeee

[sam-russell-fact-checker]

Fife, PA

Source: Patreon Exclusive Play #7 - "The Mystery Of The Cloud House"

As you can see from the image attached below, there is no place in Pennsylvania called either Fife or Feef. There is, however, a town called Somerset [insert Andre Beetroot]

Conclusion: ❌Bullshit❌

[pandoraaudaxfanart]

[dies of laughter]

POOR YBBOB 3:

Ok but for real that is way to pretty I love that... Their outfits and designs are stunning

Thirsty vamps more like sapphic vamps

Oh, and Ybbob is there too

[milk-is-stable]

Fun fact about me I love discord but I am very slow to join a new server because the way I use it is very sporadic, and I have to get my brain into the right mode where it's willing to accept a new server. Randomly this evening said brain has, without any input from me, decided it wants to join the sfth server, so if anyone has the link I'd greatly appreciate it, I checked the places I expected it to be and couldn't find it <3

[beetroots-and-murder]

my overanalysis of stag husbands

or why Tightrope from The Greatest Showman is their song!!!

inspired by @gray-sfth’s series which is absolutely amazing check it out 🙏

‘Some people long for a life that is simple and planned.’ This could be Jim and Jamie at the start of the play. They are both in shock and horror of the previous night as it went in a different direction than expected, with Ethel’s shenanigans. It also shows how unplanned the entire plot was, neither of them were expecting it to happen. And what happened was far from simple.

’I’d follow you to the great unknown.’ This is clearly a line from Jamie’s perspective. He follows Jim through the tunnel, supporting him all because it is Jim’s stag do. As I said above, neither of them knew what would happen, but Jamie, who clearly doesn’t like Ethel, goes through with it anyway. For his best friend.

‘Hand in my hand and we promised to never let go.’ This line makes me think of the many times Jim and Jamie reassure themselves that they’re sticking with the other. (Also the constant repetition of best friend) ‘We have to get through this weekend.’ ‘Just us three.’

‘We’re walking a tightrope.’ Circus imagery can also link to the cabaret scene and the whole element of performance that is interwoven throughout the play. Tightropes are all about balance, and we can see Jamie and Jim’s friendship losing that all too important balance through the tests.

’Never sure, never knowing how far we could fall.’ Again, back to the fact that the two friend didn’t know what they were getting into. The danger is unclear which makes the entire plot all the more tense.

‘You pulled me in and together we’re lost in a dream.’ Skipping ahead in the song a bit. As said before, Jamie only goes through the tunnel because of Jim. He has a devotion to his best friend, one that succeeds the unknown.

’I risk it all just to be with you.’ Jamie faces near death throughout the play, and depending on what theories you believe, he could be trapped in Ethel’s world. All because he followed his friend. It shows a desire to be close with Jim, even though there’s a chance of danger when going into the unknown.

‘Never sure, will you catch me if I should fall?’ This question illustrates the drifting apart and/or tension between the two as the tests go on. Jim almost kills Jamie, surely confusing and making Jamie question how loyal Jim is to him. The whole conversation where he keeps asking ‘why would you go to that?’ shows that challenging of trust and loyalty. This could also be from Jim’s perspective. Once Jamie tells him about Julie, that sense of distrust and betrayal could creep in, making Jim question his friend’s loyalty to him as well.

This may be a bit messy as I’ve written this quickly but I have many more of these coming as my stag husbands playlist is nearly 4 hours long!

[dereks-unrelenting-heart]

SFTH Chaotic Highlights (Long Johns - STRIKE!)

The 5th longform commentary

Tom deciding 'yeah let's go for rhyming names, why not? I'm sure there will be no chance of future confusion!'

"We've been through a lot together" *coughs up blood* Such a funny 'that escalated quickly' moment because it's played so fucking casually too, just 'this is where you die' AJ characters stop not giving a shit challenge

"The hardest strike we've ever done, straight into the heart of London.. to take out the cops" "Jesus fucking hell- YEP THAT'S WHAT WE DID" Tom was so underprepared for this turn of events but fuck it's too late now

"You unfortunately got shot" "I'm aware" Yeah bro I think the dying man is well aware of the shitty situation at hand

Not the spit in AJ's face followed by an eyebrow raise, Tom I thought you were the exception to the spitting bit-

"Whatever happens from here" "I know what's gonna happen" Not to bring emotion into this comedic death sequence, but I'm getting adjacent vibes to that one scene from Falsettos. No I will not be clarifying, watch it if you haven't, it's available on youtube for free

"Cause I wanna hear about you right now, yeah" EVER HEARD OF FEMINISM- Oh wait he's a guy this time, nevermind

"Listen.. About your wife?" "What?? Wait a minute-" Tom 100% thought Jerry and Terry were lovers, he's like 'where did this heterosexuality come from??'

"Followed the blood all the way to Dagenham" "Where is he?" Constable, he just fucking told you

The fact it's canon DI Constable is butt ass naked from the waist down until the very end of the story is honestly more disturbing to me than the recent nymph sex scene

"Which one's left alive, is it Jerry or Terry?" "...." Oh no, name confusion! What an unforeseen turn of events for two character names one letter apart-

You know how fucking hilarious it would've been if AJ/Officer Exposition said the wrong name in this scene?

Somewhat off-topic, but I love the nonsensical police names they come up with. Officer Exposition is currently high in my rankings, but nothing's ever gonna beat Doohickey for giving Luke my current favorite insulting nickname to call people

Ah yes, 'tidilly-dee' the universal onomatopoeia for two school children running around

Imagining two 7 year olds walking into a bar, climbing onto the bar stools to order some alcohol, and the bartender just looks at them for a second before deciding 'fuck it I'm not paid enough anyway' and serves them

"I've been in discussions with the Czech-onon-vla-slovakians" The who?

"The French and the Czechoslovakians are really good at striking. Put those two together and no one will get any work done again. Because France is famous for strikes and Czechoslovakia I don't think exists anymore" I didn't know my geography and had to google it to be sure, but nope it definitely doesn't exist anymore, good job AJ

Love that it became a rule for all the characters to have names that also rhyme with Jerry and Terry

"Oui. I am sexy" Once again, we know Tom. You remind us in every play you're in

"You take a roasted pig, you butter it up, haha!" Yeah. Yeah alright, I'm sure that phrase exists somewhere. Probably not Czechoslovakia-

I genuinely forgot they were at a bar and for a split second I thought Harry just stepped into the bartender's pants Tony/Meth Wife style

"I'll just check with Officer Exposition" I wish they got a chance to use that joke more, that's good shit

"Ahh, A stand-off" *facepalms* "Ugh the other one had half a brain" I've said it before, but the boys taking a chance to call AJ stupid while in character will never not be funny

Okay but actually, the mistake of Tom/Larry getting shot turning into Terry having people on the inside was pretty good- Love when AJ gets to salvage a scene instead of fuck shit up lmao

"I was a rich and deep character!" Then they proceeded to ignore his please for help smh #larrydeservedbetter

You were the only one that could never get in my long johns" Is. Is this an innuendo- "As much as I tried, even when we were little kids" AJ WAIT-

"Now you do this by the book-" "AAaeEEhhH!" I don't think that's gonna hold up in a court of law, Constable

"Why don't you keep the law out of it then?" If I've been keeping up, sir, you are the law so I don't think that's an option

"He's killed 5 of our men, 6 if you include Larry from this morning!" #JUSTICEFORLARRY OFC WE'RE COUNTING HIM

"Alright, what if I make a promise, but wink at you" Bro really wants to beat the shit out of Terry

"Pinky swear.. The most sacred bond a Met officer can do" Damn right

Did Luke intentionally choose a name similar to his own or did he just say 'DI Mannering' without thinking-

"Do I make you nervous?" "I'm pissing my fucking pants" "Jesus, no need to be weird about it" How many times have you spit in Sam's face and/or mouth you hypocritical fuck (/lh)

Putting gibberish into Google Maps just to make sure the long johns aren't in a place called 'bahbababahbah'

"You know where I'm gonna hit so hard? Your heart" Made me briefly question whether AJ was about to turn this into a gay love story and come full circle from that bit in the beginning

Hey this was Sam's first 'What a twist!'

Another visualization I'd love to see is gradeschool Terry chasing Jerry and Mannering around with a pair of long johns

HE FUCKING BROKE THE PINKY SWEAR, THE MOST SACRED BOND A MET OFFICER CAN DO

And AJ saying "Do it" like he always does was funny too

Terry: "Any officer who loses control in the interrogation room is immediately relieved of their duty" The Actual Cop: "what..?"

"Actually you have two choices" No no, you were right the first time. he has one choice, PUT ON SOME FUCKING PANTS MANNERING

"I can feel it now, the power of the long john" Apparently the power of the long john is turning its wearer French

"Dark ending" "I'm happy with it though" Ending off with deja vu from the Meringue Haberdashery

Final Thoughts: Honestly the only final thought I have is that the man had no reason to be pantsless that whole time, that is not okay-

[ethernitty]

i've come to explain.

jrwi (or just roll with it) is a ttrpg podcast. they've done a good amount of campaigns so far but a great place to start would be riptide bc it is, i would say, their most newcomer friendly campaign. apart from the fact that it is over 100 episodes. but they are currently on hiatus so no better time to start than now.

i feel like ttrpgs and improv theatre (especially longform) are like cousins. similar goofy energy, whole plot beats caused by a stupid bit, surprisingly profound emotion, etc. and jrwi is very silly and at times, when they let themselves run rampant, incredibly profound (and sad. seriously this podcast will fuck you up)

plus the boys have a very similar vibe to the sfth boys, only american (and canadian) and usually not in person (except for jrweek and the first few episodes of the suckening i believe)

some of the campaigns they've done are patreon exclusive but if you know who to ask that won't be a problem (you didn't hear that from me)

for a quick rundown of the campaigns:

first one is riptide. as mentioned above it is very long, but very worth it. it's a dnd pirate story, overall very lighthearted vibes with lots of fun combat and funny bits, but it's a real hard hitter in topics of family, loss, abuse, destiny and belonging, with occasional dips into horror territory. so many scenes where the players really get to show off their acting chops

their other longer campaign is prime defenders, a mutants and masterminds superhero campaign. another pretty silly one, with lots of found family, growing up, crushing responsibility and mortality. they got the va of danny phantom to do a line once. so that's pretty fucking sick

one of my favourites and pretty short is blood in the bayou, a call of cthulhu horror campaign set in louisiana in the 80s. pure fucking vibes, we've got a lawyer, a rockstar, and a 30 yo fuck up living in his parents' house. and there's blood. and a bayou. and so much weed. themes of childhood friends, blame, growing apart and facing past trauma

another horror one: the suckening, a vampire the masquerade campaign. ignore how stupid the title is, this is actually the best dming i've seen from any of the boys, with a very rich lore and dense and complex characters, taking on the big question of morality, bloodlust and humanity. it's also full of some of the stupidest, funniest, most demented bits ever. ✨duality✨

the one campaign that most would say makes for the neatest story is apotheosis. it's a dnd campaign about slaying the gods bc the gods are fucking shit up. it's also very gay and also very sexual. be warned they do not hold back in this one. but it's also an incredibly beautiful narrative and unintentionally very well foreshadowed.

then there's wonderlust, currently ongoing, dnd again, it's steampunk and it's about a furry community living underneath the human town. and then some alice in wonderland shit happens. trust me it's much better than how i'm describing it, but it is also just as silly as it sounds. consumerism and privilege and honestly i haven't been keeping up with this one so i can't say how the themes have been developing in recent episodes

i haven't actually seen total monster kill beyond the first episode, but that first episode was wonderful and i've heard lots of good things. it's about a monster hunter society. and corruption?

the other currently ongoing campaign is judgement (dnd yet again), and i'll be so honest i have not seen a lick of it yet (though it is on my list). i have heard however that it's got incredibly lovable characters

there's a few oneshots that are worth checking out too, and there's two currently unlisted campaigns from before they kicked their old dm off the team for reasons that you can look for yourself if you feel up to it

sorry for the long rant but. man i love this show. the blorbos. they keep me up at night

kinda late reply but oh well

they sound really interesting and i think i may check them out sometime (probably when i finish fantasy high because currently thats the dnd campaign im watching)

the vampire one sounds really fun to me, as well as some of the other horror/monster ones