I definitely love that in canon they refer to themselves as “Team Rizten” but also mourn the potential of “Applegak” as a duo name

Being a simultaneous Bad Kids AND Rat Grinders apologist is a nightmare because like 90% of Solo TBK Apologists are like “I hope all TRG suffer forever and get murdered in a humiliating fashion for their crimes” and 90% of Solo TRG Apologists are like “How dare TBK not devote themselves to saving this other group that are actively trying to kill them and bring about the apocalypse”

Like. Guys. There simply needs to be more nuance on both ends.

Manifesting Kristen either falling, being thrown, or jumping from the flying Hangman and Divine Intervention-ing to save herself by gaining the power of flight via Ribbon Dance™️ tonight. Btw.

Or Ally straight up going “Divine Intervention and the fight is over/dragon dies/Cassandra is back RIGHT NOW”

Bad Kids Class Swap (with some light "evil" influences) AU featuring:

Artillerist Artificer & Shadow Sorcerer Riz. Undead Warlock Kristen. Ascendant Dragon Monk & Fathomless Warlock Fabian. Storm Sorcerer Adaine. Vengeance Paladin Gorgug. Wildfire Druid & Zealot Barbarian Fig.

I have many thoughts about those class+subclasses but they're all very disjointed since I also haven't thought up a more cohesive way of getting them all in the same party since their "evil" influences all come from the different seasons.

I won't get too deep into it but the general inspirations are,

Riz: Artificer > Rogue, less focus on mysteries + more focus on his parents legacies. Shadow Sorcerer levels are developed after deepening his connection to Kalina, again reflecting the deeper focus on his relationship to his parents.

Kristen: She starts as a Devotion Paladin of Helio. Dies. Starts doubting the church. Becomes an Oathbreaker Paladin. Dies again. Is brought back by The Nightmare King as an Undead Warlock. Drops her levels of Paladin to focus on that connection.

Fabian: This one is the most canon divergent tbh. Has a more strained relationship with Bill. Doesn't take that 2 year gap to travel with him. Monk > Fighter is meant to reflect the shift in dynamic there. Ends up falling in with Dayne since they're closer in school year now, eventually learns from Kalvaxus (hence Ascendant Dragon). I still think Bill would eventually die and that death would impact Fabian. A Fiend Warlock would be more reflective of their canon dynamic imo so Fathomless helps separate that.

Adaine: Starts as her canon class, Divination Wizard, but her connection to magic is altered by the spirit of the former Oracle upon being awakened. Forcing her to lose her Wizard levels and pick up Storm Sorcerer, as like a "corrupt" Oracle. Honestly I could maybe see her eventually picking up levels of a martial class to regain some sort of control in regards to her adventuring experience.

Gorgug: Also starts as his canon class, Berserker Barbarian, but never goes down the Artificer route and is influenced by Porter into reframing his relationship with rage towards a pursuit of righteousness. I think Gorgug would've been leaning more towards Oath of Glory but Porter would've seen it as too passive and pushed for Oath of Conquest. Oath of Vengeance is what ends up being the "happy medium".

Fig: Instead of her infernal heritage coming out as her tiefling status, it presents a bit subtler with her connection to a Wildfire Spirit. I think that would allow her to live in denial about her heritage a bit longer since her mother has such a clear connection to nature, putting her in a more vulnerable position to be influenced by Porter as well. When the dots eventually connect, he acts as a "support" system encouraging (and actively empowering) her to channel and work with rather than against her rage. Hence levels in Zealot Barbarian.

I completely forgot about Brennan being a Theopin guy. I've never been a big Theopin fella myself but it's so funny, he's looking at them like "👀 🏳️‍🌈?"

The contrast of Kipperlilly hiding her plans from Oisin VS Riz trusting Adaine even more so than himself sometimes to take charge of things.

Of Ruben who voted against “High Five Heroes” with the sole intention of hurting Kipperlilly because he knew it was important to her VS Fig stepping back and asking Riz if he was ok with everyone flashing a picture of his dead father around him all the time like it was nothing.

Of Mary Ann who seems like she couldn’t care less about anyone else in the group on a personal level let alone Kipperlilly VS Gorgug and Riz having a joint 17th birthday party and growing closer than ever despite the rising stressors and tension because they love each other enough to keep that bond up regardless.

Btw. If you even care.

Have reached the ACOC portion of my d20 rewatch and am losing it over this Live Thaddeus Reaction

I see peoples belief that Aguefort "loves The Seven, couldn't care less about most other parties (including The Rat Grinders), and actively dislikes The Bad Kids" and raise you:

He loves and respects The Seven in the closest way Arthur Aguefort is physically capable of approaching towards a sensible mentor figure (which is still not very much)

He is neutral towards most other parties

AND he loves The Bad Kids except he is doing so in the way that an absolutely unhinged friend of your parents who calls himself your uncle cares for you (he is sleeping off a hangover on your couch, eating all your snacks, and engaging you in psychological warfare but also he has some wild stories to tell you while taking you into the woods and teaching you how to throw knives (if you promise not to narc on him to your parents))

no more cold and calculating i want warm and calculating. i want characters who use deductive reasoning to figure out whether their friend would like a wool or cotton quilt based off of their lifestyle, career, hobbies, and habits. i want "your nails are often chipped because you work for a law firm as a typist for this company which notoriously underbudgets their IT department, so ive bought you a keyboard cover that will not only prevent manicure damage but is also sensory friendly because I know you dislike certain clicking noises". i want characters who figure out their friends entire schedules and social battery levels just by examining who only use that info to know when the best time is to hang out with them. i want characters who create elaborate, supervillain level schemes just to get their hands on some collectible they know their best friend wants. most of all i want characters who do not use intelligence and reasoning skills as a reason to be cruel but as a means to be kind

Putting my incredibly loose theory out there before the episode drops tonight:

I genuinely believe at the very least KLCK is knowingly doing “immoral” shit for her own benefit. HOWEVER. I am also fully conspiracy theorizing that the reason KLCK has been so sneaky specifically in regards to “shielding” Oisin from what she’s doing is because she’s afraid of him being susceptible to getting rage-crystaled due to heightened feelings of anger, betrayal, and injustice.

I also fully believe that while the rest of the Rat Grinders may not have been treating Lucy fully in good faith that ultimately she was killed as a result of HER getting rage-crystaled. Lucy being overtaken with feelings of anger, betrayal, and injustice. We already know she wasn’t happy with the “rat grinding” OR the implied pressure to change her deity based on how Yolanda and Ruben spoke of her.

Then the Lucy situation ends up being what sparks the heightened concern in Kipperlilly towards Oisin since he’s pretty conclusively shown to be the second most prone to actually stand up for what’s “morally right” based on what we’ve seen from him thus far.

Which I believe will still ultimately culminate in Oisin finding out and being overtaken regardless. Due to spoilers from that one battle set in the trailer where they’re in a flying boat (*I look at the unaccounted for cloud engine*) battling against a blue dragon (*I look at the rage-crystal wizards just being insanely jacked versions of themselves*).

Either accidentally due to the lack of communication between The Bad Kids who believe The Rat Grinders to all be 100% immoral revealing everything to Oisin under the assumption that he’s been in on it.

OR on purpose at a specific time and place, meaning that rather than KLCK being worried about Oisin being overtaken in general she’s worried about it happening before she wants it to. Which with this theory would also imply to me that maybe someone being rage-crystaled is necessary to bring Ankarna back and that Lucy was intentionally rage-crystaled but in the wrong place (as KLCK was inquiring about how to create/rebirth Gods and discovered it needs to be done in “the correct place” in order to work). So the ritual failed and she’s trying it again but needs it to be done right this time.

Throwing this theory out into the ether because I genuinely believe that from the episode previews Kristen will bring Lucy back but Lucy will still be dealing with the rage-crystal consequences (explaining Brennan acting out someone gasping “awake” and going straight into pained/angered screaming)

I gleefully move Rosamund up to time quangle queer status

Heard about the time quangle shenanigans and decided to make this. Please know that anyone in the "i could buy them being cishet" is walking the very thin line of me seeing them as queer regardless, I'm just also unbothered by the idea of them being very supportive allies of the rest of their groups lol

Heard about the time quangle shenanigans and decided to make this. Please know that anyone in the "i could buy them being cishet" is walking the very thin line of me seeing them as queer regardless, I'm just also unbothered by the idea of them being very supportive allies of the rest of their groups lol

Collection of Brennan "ah, shit" reactions to character moments from the main campaigns:

Fabian eye patch immunity to fear versus Daybreak in hell

Liam Detect Poison And Disease on Amethar

Theo Knock + Swirlwarden out of the ocean

Saccharina saving Jawbreaker first turn insanity

Pete Null banishment nat20 + subtle spell & psychic link nullifying Tony's throat chop

Sydney shatter bomb on the Plinth

Margaret falling out of the crows nest and Call To The Guards-ing

Gorgug rage nullifying charm & fear effects

there are definitely more that i can't remember atm. but im rewatching TUC2 and just got to the subtle spell thing which has gone unappreciated for too long. iconic.

Its finally time: Port Cliffbreaker FHJY's red herring but not how you think theory

Heya everyone after rewatching episode 15 FHJY multiple times and with only 5 episodes left i think its time to present my theory about the man the myth the legend Porter Cliffbreaker. Especially because I think he's a red herring for FHJY but not in the way most people think

Potential spoilers below for people blow the read more if you aren't caught up yet:

Ok, my big theory is he is not the Big Bad of the year but he is in fact trying to revive ankarna but in a good way.

Consider that some of his decisions and actions in the series were annoying, controversial, or just mean the series is priming us to think at first that he's either a dick. i mean making gorgug suffer without an MCAT, requiing another student to join his class to help, not letting fig be a paaldin of casandra its all suspicious. NTM the whole spies tongue curse stuff where people pointed out ragh saw kalina talk with jace and porter. Its all pointing to an evil mastermind right?

WRONG. He's meant to look like the bad guy.

Th simple fact is for as much frustration as it caused Porter did help gorgug figure out his rage and reiterated something that kristan said to cassandra when she was taken over by the rage crystals, rage isn't evil. Its tool and its healthy at times to let it off but it needs to be controlled. And in the end he did sign Gorgug's MCAT and legitamately was onboard with the barbificer multiclass.

Then there's fig! Consider that by signing her MCAT porter saved fig from academic jeopardy and helped her realize she wanted to be a paladin.

But why not let fig be Cassandra's paladin? Clearly he's trying to push her ankarna? YES he is and thats where the red herring comes in.

My theory: He's trying to help fig revive ankarna bu as the goddess of her original domain.

Consider that Port is an earth genasai from the mountains of chaos. Aka where Ankarna and her sister Ruvina originated from. Its entirely possible that there could have been leftover markers of ankarna where he grew up and he figured out she was corrupted and removed.

So he and the bad guys of the season ironically have the same idea but they want vastly different outcomes. And given that fig is trying to devote herself to ankarna and is resonating with her (the daymare, bottomless pit, the rage crystal spirit guardian) he wants the exact same outcome fig wants. Which is ironically hillarious since fig suspects him of being evil.

Long story short: Port - not evil, just kind of a dick at times but he has genuinely offered some good lessons and ultimately helped both gorgug and fig's overall academic standing so they got that extra prep time for the last stand.

If I turn out being wrong I will admittedly be sad. But its just too funny to have him not be evil and instead maybe be the BBEG in FHSY idk

I don’t actively draw fanart anymore so please instead envision Fig and Gorgug taking a selfie where Gorgug is doing a 🤘 hand on his forehead to give himself fake horns and Fig is also doing that but from her chin/bottom lip to give herself fake tusks.

Forgot that Cumulous is canonically supposed to be like 30-40. In my heart he is such a weird “old soul” 20 something guy.

My personal dream quangle is Liam, Ylfa, Cody, Rosamund, Cumulous, and Kingston. In the Starstruck setting.

Put that old man in a situation (surrounded by absolute disaster teens and young adults on a high tech space ship that not a single one of them understands how to operate)

If you are ever sad please remember that the material component of the Warding Bond spell is a pair of matching rings that the two subjects of the bond both have to wear for the spells duration and imagine that any time any of The Bad Kids cast that spell they’re wearing friendship bracelets instead