[video description, mostly courtesy of @creachur-captions :
A TikTok video by user @mrkurtwise, who plays all characters. As Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody” plays, both the Players (embodied as one person) and the DM lipsync to the lyrics that are (or aren’t) playing as the actual questions are asked via the captions. The perspective switches back and forth between the DM and the Players:
Players: So we defeated all the enemies? [“Am I original?”]
DM: “Yeaaa-ah” (in time with the song)
Players: And were the only ones here? [“Am I the only one?”]
DM: “Yeaaa-ah” (in time with the song)
Players: So were out of combat right? [“Am I sexual?”]
DM: [smiles without saying anything, head bopping. No lyrics play.]
Players: [stares, brow furrowed, looks around frantically] “So were out of combat. right?” [“Am I sexual?” replays]
DM: [smiles widely while rolling dice, still not saying anything. No lyrics play.]
Players: [stares, distressed and hesitant] “We’re out of-” [“Am I se-?” The lyric starts to replay but is cut off.]
DM: [zoom on DM, bopping hard] What’s your AC? [“Everybody-!”]
Players: [wailing, clenching their character sheet, throwing their hands up in distress] [“Yeaaa-ah”]
stereotypes about people “really interested in WWI” are wildly different than stereotypes about people “really interested in WWII”
What to do when cornered by a WWII buff: Brace yourself and take stock of your surroundings. Your first course of action should be to assess the sort of person you are speaking to. Notice any tattoos or personal decorations they might be displaying—hopefully you are already familiar with common Neo-Nazi symbols. If you see swastikas, the numbers 88, 14, or 18, or the letters SS shapes like lightning bolts, then run and/or fire at will. Be very wary of skulls, eagles, German words, and runes; they may be innocent tattoos, but they may also be red flags. Proceed with caution and listen to how they talk about Hitler. If you can determine that the buff is not an overtly far-right Nazi sympathizer, they may have a weird obsession with the idea of a Just and Noble War and have some fucked up ideas about what is good for humanity and/or the natural order. Make a quick escape if they start referring to Japanese people with a single syllable or talk about how Americans were “better” back then. If none of these, you can probably relax—you may be talking to someone whose family fled the Holocaust or were forced into Japanese internment camps and took an interest in the period out of necessity and frustration and the immediate relevance to their lives. Look for bags under their eyes or corny science joke T-shirts; you might be talking to a physicist interested in nuclear history. Maybe they’re fascinated by modern world politics or planes or weaponry.
What to do when cornered by a WWI buff:
Point over their shoulder and say, “Hey, look! A collection of depressing poetry by dead gay soldiers!” and run while they’re distracted. If this doesn’t work, brace yourself for a long, dreary explanation of the mechanics of trench warfare or early planes.
just a reminder - do NOT boycott streaming services or not watch new things. the unions have not called for one for a reason. for one, it affects residual payments, which as minimal as those currently are, actors are still getting them during this time, and for two, studios will use lack of viewership as an excuse to cancel shows because you are showing them there is no demand. it deeply affects the industry the writers and actors stand to come back to once the strike is over
Also: going to these places puts pressure and demand on the company. Demand they can’t meet without actors and writers. That puts stress on them, and stress is good.
^^^^ive been looking for a rb with this addition because YES. if a customer wants a burger and there is no cook to make it, that puts pressure on the owner to pay the cook what they want so the customer will still give them money. if there is no customer, the owner has no reason for the cook to make burgers
Stop watching IF AND ONLY IF the unions call for a boycott. For the time being since they haven’t, streaming the shows actually helps. You’re not crossing a picket line to watch because that picket line does not exist unless a boycott is called for.
the red rabbits dodgebolt pov was so intense like Ant was handling it pretty well while the other three were having a collective meltdown and the spectator teams like Orange were bored outta their minds I was watching both these teams and the dichotomy..
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