unarguably the funniest moment in the entire podcast so far
summary (because this audio isn’t edited and has irrelevant filler)
-Taako purchases The Slicer of Tapeer-WheerIsles: “A stone which, on a successful Persuasion check, can be traded to anyone for the most valuable thing they have in their possession” for 900 gold.
-He also purchases a book that increases his persuasion skill, and uses it.
-Taako convinces Garfield the Deals Warlock to give him the Flaming Poisoning Raging Sword Of Doom (an extremely overpowered weapon worth 60,000 gold that Griffin placed in the game as a joke.) for The Slicer of Tapeer-Wheer Isles.
-The trade succeeds, and Taako (a wizard who has no use for a weapon like this) immediately straps it to his back, revealing that he purchased it as a fashion accessory.
You don’t need to know DnD or even this podcast to understand how great this is. Because you can hear the moment that Griffin realizes the shit his brother is about to pull, and simultaneously that he can not only do nothing to stop it, but that he gave him the tools to pull it off so *perfectly*
full offense but the mcelroys encapsulate modern nerd culture a million times better than the big bang theory ever could.
Counterargument: The McElroys do not embody the sexism, racism, and other forms of bigotry often found in “Nerd Culture” anywhere near as (unintentionally) effectively as TBBT.
Counter-counter argument: the McElroys embody true nerd culture while BBT emvbys fake geek culture. You know the kind that thinks deadpool is straight.
I was so foolish. Now I have seen the light. I am now clear minded.
“You’re rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, my friend.” Is such a brilliant line that sounds like it came outta the cigarette addled mouth of some noir detective interrogating a slimy perp, but no, it was actually Justin McElroy admonishing his brother’s driving skills in American Truck Simulator™️ and I think it’s beautiful how we can all just say words
I mean, it’s a common idiom. It’s been around for a while – first used in print in 1969 in Time magazine.
so…not to say it isn’t a great line, but he didn’t make it up.
Yeah, I love the McElroys like crazy and it was a great use of the idiom, but…it’s a very common idiom
this looks like a half-finished poster for a wacky 80s comedy where travis is trying to teach justin and griffin to be cool
See I was gonna say a half-finished poster for a wacky 80’s comedy in which Justin and Griffin are trying to kill the others for inheritance money and Travis is completely oblivious to their constant failed Spy vs. Spy-style assassination attempts.
that time when carey thought magnus was hitting on her and she was like “you’re not my……. cup of tea” and mag was like “i know you’re gay” and made her a ring
it ended on episode 69, which is the sex number
lup was looking after her dumbass brother and the first thing she did when she could talk to him was kinkshame him
angus mcdonald, boy detective
the moon base, home to the bureau of balance and also fantasy costco and the chug n squeeze
the form of transport between the planet and the not-really-the-moon moon is cannons
the lack of description of garfield the deals warlock, leading to most fanart of him being garfield the cat
when lup made the umbra staff, which justin knew would become an icon of his character, taako made fun of her for looking like a clown
lup is arguably the coolest character and she’s trans
all the gays
boyland’s 400 sons and 13 daughters and unknown number of wives and husbands
the big enemy is basically vore
team sweet flips, which is 2 lesbians and a robot who is also probably lesbian
abraca-fuck-you
merle has completely forgotten that kravitz was responsible for the loss of his arm and continues to blame magnus
magnus eating the philosopher’s stone
everyone just assumed that the reason tres horny boiz could resist the relics was bc they were dumb as hell
they almost always refuse to take anything seriously, but when they are serious… oh boy
garyl the binicorn
klarg just wants to drink tea with taako
characters such as tom bodett (who is every citizen of rockport), della reese (a powerful angel), and clint mcelroy (the embezzling janitor)
taako wore a skirt and the other boys kept trying to make it a Man Skirt™ but justin was like “no dudes it’s just a skirt”
merle switched gods and clint immediately forgot who his previous god was
“taako went on a date with death” “[you hear a very familiar voice that makes you so happy but you don’t know why] is it kravitz?” “you’re dating the grim reaper??” “i love you, taako” “i saw my boyfriend” “my boyfriend is death”
the way the boys get so invested in the npcs
all of the antagonists are so good (magic brian, jenkins, sloane, kravitz, the purple worm, lydia & edward, john hunger) (actually fuck lydia & edward. jenkins also is kinda shitty. of course the hunger isn’t great exactly. but yeah magic b, sloane, krav, and that bigass worm are all wonderful and gay)
the ipre, aka nasa but with wizards
griffin’s elevator fetish
it’s me, taako. you know, from tv?
taako’s relationship with paloma. his disappointment when he was tryin to talk about baking and she was like “uhhhhhhhhhhhhh scone magic”. him calling her the oldest woman he had ever seen.
the cleric never heals anyone but damn he can make people tell the truth
the whole thing actually
feel free to add on
34. the music 35. how clear it is that, despite their mocking of each other, they love each other 36. the character development and the detail that went into every character 37. when taako casts a spell and griffin goes “oh my god, justin” 38. how furious justin gets when travis & clint don’t do character voices 39. “your dungeon master, your best friend, and your ______” 40. “sturdy. denim. and blue.” 41. kravitz’s accents 42. the trinity of rad magic objects: the umbra staff, the extreme teen bible, and the flaming raging poisoning sword of doom 43. justin immediately hopped aboard the lup appreciation train, as did everyone else 44. when things start out as goofs but then get serious 45. this applies to all mcelroy products: their unique dialect/slang 46. the pocket spa & workshop 47. magnus’s ending except only the part with the dogs 48. the deities: pan, istus, the raven queen, jeffandrew, 49. how open the boyz are to all interpretations of their characters 50. refuge (especially roswell, the nonbinary clay guardian you never knew you needed) 51. the wlw/mlm solidarity between taako and hurley & sloane 52. when they call each other by nicknames (ditto, juice, scraps, etc) i’ll think of more and rb some responses later but i’m very sleepy and it’s almost 1 am so i’m going to bed
You’re gonna find an abandoned West Virginia town where the only remnants of people are the leavings of a parade for tarantulas that was going on when they bombs dropped
okay but for real if this game doesn’t include AT LEAST one McElroy reference of some kind, I will be very disappointed in everyone involved
I'm a defeatist but I don't have to be 