i hear a good lyric and start mentally holding up blorbos like im in the home depot paint aisle comparing swatches

Unfortunately, Murph will never live this down

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happy hot murph week (spiritual) he's being a lil dm guy at the table again

underrated make some noise bit (thats somewhat adjacent to how brennan feels abt the meaningless point system) is sam awarding vic his nonsense points and vic desperately trying to transcribe it into numeric values. i can only hope this continues in s3

just rewatched murph's junior year bts and i gotta say that him saying 'theres something so dumb and funny in the season that absolutely breaks me, so look forward to that' did not disappoint

Transcript:

Emily: I have a stupid question, because I don't really eat cereal except for Fruity Pebbles on Christmas. Uh-- [Everyone laughs.] Murph: Moving on. Jake: So you do love the Flintstones! Caldwell: Right! Yeah, as god intended. Murph: Moving on. Emily: (shocked) What? Are they Flintstones related??? Murph: Of course! Caldwell: (yelling) What?! Jake: (yelling) What?! Caldwell: Emily!! (laughs) Jake: No! No! Murph: Emily, they're on the-- they're on the box. That you have. In our home. Emily: (yelling over him) I only eat them once a year! I-- (laughing) eat them once a year! Caldwell: (laughing) what are you… Jake: Impossible. How did you not know that?! Murph: And the Flintstones are on it! Emily: (still yelling) I don't fucking make-- Murph: (yelling) Surely-- surely-- Caldwell: (laughing) It… what do you mean?! Emily: --what's on my cereal box! Murph: Surely you've watched television once! In the past 40 years! Emily: Yes, I have! (laughing) I have. Caldwell: Wha-- do you like pour the box and then instantly put it away? Are you not looking at the box while you're pouring it? Murph: They're all-- Fred and Barney are all over that shit. Caldwell: They're all over it. Emily: (calmly) I have a very… (laughs) Murph: They're Pebbles. Flintstones. Emily: My… my attention is precious to me and I gift it only to the things that deserve it. (laughs) Caldwell: He named the cereal after his daughter, don't you understand? [Emily and Jake laugh.] Emily: Well, so I didn't know that context! So that went unnoticed by me. [Caldwell sighs.] Murph: Moving on. Jake: Insane. Emily: Anyways, um, do they still-- so since I only really eat that like once a year, do cereal, like-- is cereal still going nuts with mascots?

oh also i missed all the sol analysis and tbh i dont have anything better to add compared to the cool stuff i saw other ppl saying(!!), however while i cant elaborate on sol specifically, i think there is an interesting evolution in the way anger is displayed and used thru caldwell's (main) pcs that is like. a little neat n cool to me so yeah

sorry the stella post i just saw reawakened the obsession and i reeeeeally need to go to sleep however let me at least say this. the thing about zirk and stella is zirk is the only one who has the key. he is the only one who could ever win stella's game along with her. he is the only one who has that option. but he lived life and he cannot be the person who fits stella's win condition. i cannot elaborate further but i would love to at a later date

on the topic of eldermourne. never recovering from the absolute ease with which zirk slips back into his dynamic with his mom. and more than that, the simultaneous shame of his friends not really seeing what’s so bad about his mom at first and then later them seeing the full ugly truth of zirk’s roots - either it wasn’t all that bad and he’s ashamed of how deeply she’s affected him or it was entirely that bad and he’s ashamed he was a part of it for so long. there’s never any winning when it comes to Stella vervain, bc she’d never play a game that wasn’t rigged.

in which murph has a very normal time at the hands of his players

Transcript:

Murph: Wel-come back to Bahumia everybody! [Jake, Emily, and Caldwell echo him with "Bahumia!". Caldwell sounds incredibly enthusiastic.] Murph: He's so excited! Caldwell Tanner, thanks for being here. Caldwell: Ye-ah! Murph: It's not your turn yet, dude! Caldwell: I'm so sorry sir! Murph: Okay? I'm your Dungeon Master Brian Murphy, joined by Jake Hurwitz-- Caldwell: Bahumia! Jake: [laughs] Hey! Dude! Murph: Caldwell! Caldwell: Sorry! Emily: [laughs] Bahumia! Bahumia! Jake: I'm trying to rhyme, man! Murph: Quit stepping on him with your enthusiasm! Caldwell: I'm just so ready to go! Emily: Bahumia! Jake: I worked really hard on this. I di-- [sighs] well forget it. Fuckin' forget it. Murph: No you gotta! Emily: Bahumia! [Overlapping crosstalk as Caldwell and Murph encourage Jake.] Caldwell: You've got this. Murph: You got this. Jake, go ahead, don't let these two enthusiasms get in your way, alright? Jake: Yeah. Alright, no, yeah. I got this. I got this. Yeah. Caldwell: Whoo! He's got this! Jake: Fighting alongside-- Caldwell: You've got this man! Do it! Murph: Stop! You have to stop! Jake: I know I got it! I'm doin' it! (Calder voice) Fighting alongside a frog and a bard with my brand new sword, Shard. [Emily and Caldwell laugh.] Murph: Yeah! Pretty good. I do feel like we built it up though, at a certain point. And there was just-- there was no way you could fully deliver. Jake: Yeah. It would've been perfect if I got it out clean right up top as soon as you introed. Murph: Yeah, if we did a super low energy intro. [Jake: M-hm. Yeah.] Caldwell: I think it was great man, I think it was amazing, I can't wait to hear it again! Murph: Who is this person. And then of course we've got Emily Axford-- Emily: Bahumia! [Everyone laughs. The others continue laughing harder as Murph talks.] Murph: Ohh. Okay?? That's the name of the world. Her character's name is Calliope Petrichor. If for some reason episode 57 of campaign 3 is the first thing you've listened to. That's Emily Axford. (laughing) She plays Calliope Petrichor. She did say before we started, I think almost as a counter-bit to Emily's bit, before we started (laughing) Emily said "I'm not gonna do a rhyme I don't feel like it." And I said "wild energy to bring into the episode!" so Caldwell went the opposite and went overenthusiastic. They're just fucking with me! Everything we do is just an inside joke to make me upset. Caldwell: And now you're caught up! Murph: Yeah, and now we're caught up. Caldwell: Bahumia! Murph: And-- [laughs] and Bahumia. And-- Uh, and then of course we've got Caldwell Tanner-- Jake: (yelling) Bahumia! Emily: Yeah!!! Jake's in on it!! Caldwell: See, it feels good! It feels good. Murph: Okay. Caldwell Tanner, of course, plays Sol-- Caldwell: Ohhh, Sol Bufo [Murph: Okay.] I'm feeling fine, just found out I'm two of a kind, [Emily: ooh!] and now I'm gonna go and find out if Swag's still alive. I'm really trying to thrive here. Bahumia. [The others laugh. As they talk, Caldwell laughs too.] Murph: You lost me. But you had me for a moment. And that's more that can be said for the other guys. Jake: Wow. Emily: Bahumia. Murph: [laughs] Bahumia. Jake: Bahumia, guys. Murph: Sure. Hey guys, Bahumia. We did it. We did it everyone. Alright? Everyone settle. Settle? Okay?

[The others sigh as if relaxing, and chorus "yeah."] Murph: Ready? Alright. Let's do-- let's do-- Caldwell: Eldermourne. Murph: Not the right campaign. Not the correct campaign. Caldwell: Shit, sorry. Murph: Let's go ahead and do a little-- [laughs as Emily interrupts him] recap-- Emily: That's Calliope's middle name. [Everyone laughing.] Murph: (through laughter) Shut. The fuck up. Everyone. Alright. [Pause as everyone continues to laugh.] Jake: S-- sorry. Murph: So last time, you left Calder's home to pursue Gowan to the Ice Knife, but received a call from Albin along the way-- [laughs] Shut up, dude. Jake: Bahumia. Bahumia. [Everyone laughs.] Murph: This is precious information! Jake: Bahumia! Emily: Bahumia! Bahumia. Caldwell: (exaggerated) Bahumia! Murph: Yeah, okay. You guys are like pokemon now? [The others laugh.] Okay. Alright. Worst bit ever. Okay. [Jake: Bahumia] You recieved a message from Albin--

Murph: -- You were greeted by a ghostly message in the ice that said Friends… Murph and Emily: Betray! Emily: I remember! Murph: You remember. Good job, Em. Jake: Holy shit. She's back. Murph: You get a sticker. Emily: I wrote it in my notebook. Murph: Very good! [Emily: Yeah, yeah, yeah.] That almost makes up to your behavior for the first three minutes of the show [The others laugh.]

Murph: And that's where we are now. Caldwell: Alright! All my real betrayal heads get ready! Emily: Yeah! Caldwell: This is where it starts! Murph: [laughs] Shut up. All of you. [Everyone laughs.] Caldwell: (through laughter) I can't. I have to talk for another hour at least. I'm so sorry. Murph: It's all good. Alright. So--

Murph: Sweet, well we'll talk more about this over on our Patreon. That's patreon.com/naddpod that's N-A-D-D-P-O-D-don't sing yet-- [Emily and Jake start to sing "We"] Caldwell: Bahumia! Murph: Yeah, remember that. [laughs] D-- Do you guys remember that? Uh-- Emily: Bahumia! Caldwell: What are you talking about, man? Murph: Bahumia! Does anyone else have anything they'd like to plug? Emily: Bahumia! Murph: Bahumia, yeah. Jake: Oh, yeah, I would love to plug Bahumia. Murph: Yeah. Check it out. Campaign 1, campaign 3. Caldwell: The world. Emily: Oh! [Murph: uh-huh] Uh, actually can I plug Bahumia? Murph: Great. Really good job, guys. Awesome. Caldwell: It's an incredible world. Incredible place. [Murph: yep!] Check out all of the incredible environs there. Murph: Yeah. Check it out. Uh- You can follow us on, uh-- Emily: Bahumia. Murph: You can follow us on social media that we may or may not use. @ chmurph's me, @ caldy's Caldwell, @ eaxford's Emily-- [Emily: @ bahumia] -- @ jakehurwitz is Jake-- Jake: I'm actually-- I'm actually @ bahumia. Murph: Follow our campaigns on Bahumia-- Emily: I'm also @ bahumia. Murph: I don't think you are. And you can tweet about the show using #naddpod that's N-A-D-D-P-O-D. [They sing "We are, We are" as the audio fades out, but Caldwell and Jake replace the words with "Bahumia"]

“Destined for greater things than happiness” ohhh brian murph murphy

brian murph murphy is at it again, saying insane shit i hear at 7am and then have to contend with for an entire workday

Other people and their dads:

"hey son" "hi dad"

Riz and his dad:

"Coming in for Agent Gukgak Jr. This is Agent Gukgak Sr. Checking in."

"This is he."

Just… just… thinking of the generational trauma of the Gukgaks.

What was it that Baron said to Riz? That his friends will never see as more than the little thing that finds the clues? That they will never understand him? Because I’ve got to imagine that’s not just a sentiment that applies only to Riz among goblins. That even the people who don’t see goblins as monsters see them as sub-person. As weird little creatures to be amused at.

In the first season, Sklonda talks about getting drinks with her coworkers but none of them seem to be there for her when her pension is stolen. Pok literally died for Solace and his widow and child don’t have enough milk between them for two bowls of cereal. We don’t know much about Sklonda’s family but we know Pok’s dad was an immigrant who worked for the police department around the clock, sacrificing his relationship with his family for his job.

A whole family legacy of giving everything to people who treat you like shit. To people who only care about what you can do for them. To people who don’t see you as a full person.

And we and Riz KNOW that the bad kids love him. Fabian crashed a boat in desperation to find him and ate glass. Fig writes him notes about how loved and appreciated he is and doesn’t even sign them as herself. Kristen gave her last greater restoration to save Riz instead of herself. We know that. Riz has come to know that.

But Sklonda doesn’t see any of that. Sklonda just sees Riz creating study and college plans for them, and helping their presidential campaigns, and taking on stress for them when otherwise he would have no stress. Sklonda hears them call him The Ball and isn’t that SO funny? GET IT? Ya know, CAUSE HE’S SMALL AND THEREFORE NOT LIKE THE REST OF US?

Just… Sklonda breaking a toxic generational cycle by leaving the police department and thinking her son is falling back into it. Of giving everything to a thankless job just for the chance to be accepted when you never will be.

Meanwhile, what is actually happening is Riz is following in a completely different family tradition: working night and day and tirelessly and self-sacrificing for his family.

already living in the au where riz is senior class president bc i know it's never becoming canon

YESSSSSSS MURPH BRING THE ALBIN THREAD BACK I NEED MORE OF THIS SAD SAD CRINGEFAIL MAN

HAPPY ARO WEEK EVERYONE shout out to the axmurph household for creating aro d&d characters of all time (moonshine cybin and riz gukgak)

ah yes another classic 'you ruined my night brian' moment. a story whomping. hell yes