Short Rest: Ep. 25: Into the Fire
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Being scared feels bad! I cannot comprehend how so many people like feeling scared.
Literally listening to this episode YEARS after the fact but just want go say: Emily was so right saying that Bev should be the fool card. The Fool isn't an idiot he's a perpetual innocent, and the major arcana is the fool's journey, he's literally the protagonist, it's perfect as a representation of Bev's coming of age. You could even reflavour the cliff's edge as the side of the tower Bev fell off of!
I dont do scary either, Jake. Very comforting hearing that from him
Hey it's okay, I don't do scary either haha
I just wanna chime in and agree with Caldwell and Emily - “Annihilation” absolutely rips. I will never forget THAT bear scene (IYKYK). While the ending might lose some people (I get why it would tbh), IMO the movie was incredible. If I feel compelled to watch a movie for a 2nd time a within a few weeks or so after first seeing it, then that usually means the movie left a great impression on me. Also, I agree that the song they’re referring to in the movie (with the trippy bass-drop) is fantastic and strangely hypnotic. It perfectly matched and amplified the “hauntingly terrifying yet also beautiful” vibe/atmosphere that the film had (especially the third/final act, as Caldwell and Emily mentioned). A day or 2 after seeing the movie for the first time, for whatever reason I couldn’t stop thinking about that song, and ended up finding a loop of it on YouTube that I could I listen to whenever I randomly thought of the song lol.
idk if murph is bluffing when he says he knows whete balnor's from but the idea that he came up with the endgame reveal this early is WILD
i wonder if at this point he just knew it was future bahumia. i’d even guess “future version of bahumia where BBEG wins” without details. if it was all fleshed out this early that’s truly insane. i mean either way it’s insane.
So funny to hear him go from a Hawk To A Crow!
Jake's story of the ring is my experience as well except I was 13. And I slept in my parents room because I only have one younger brother, what's an 8 year old boy going to do against the ring girl.
Jake, just know I was in a military barracks after watching paranormal activity in theater, and I couldn’t sleep for a week.
they’re right this IS what the people want
literally like…..are we kissing our friends on the lips or
Caldwell’s description of his plan against the fire titan perfectly exemplifies the difference between him and Murph. Caldwell wanting to make the fire monster cry and put itself out with its tears is pure cartoon logic and Murph is more into grounded fantasy.
Re: painting a hawk to look like a parrot: It turns out that falcons are genetically distant from hawks and eagles. Falcons are actually closely-ish related to parrots.
Yeah Jake! Get Hardwon a bird! That’ll go wonderfully
Love the Jake reveals in this episode! Hope Emily got around to kissing her friends lol, I had one friend give me one on my birthday but I’m still too scared to initiate that with any friends 😂
kiss! your! friends!
That story about Jake being so scared is the sweetest thing I have ever heard. I love that nobody in his family bullied him and none of you did either. I just wanna hug all of you! 🥰
Every episode I think I couldn't get more like Emily and then she starts talking about how she wants to kiss her friends. And tbh same. Kiss your friends!
Did the tarot deck ever come out? Because I will pay what I need for those!!
Oh I am listening these at work ...... i have never laughed so hard I almost peed a little in the work place more than when I started listening to this epoisode LOL Thank you!
also, hearing things in here is helping me understand more of what happened in the show hahah XD
Catching up now on this series I LOVE IT! just wanted to say JAAAKE!! I am the same with scary movies and because of the same movie!! Didnt sleep for two weeks after watching it!
Where is 24?
I'm assuming it was a livestream and that's on a different tier?
Going back and hearing Hardwon wanting a pet bird 😂😂😂
listening to this particular Episode of the Short Rest after listening to Episode (undisclosed) is quite the feelings inducer
Malnor
I drive a 1998 Toyota Corolla *looks off with a thousand yard stare*
The early Balnor speculation, and Murph's promises to reveal his backstory, are absolutely delicious on a re-listen.
#DontTellTheTwoCrew 😂😂😂😂
It's okay Jake, I went to see "The Grudge" with my friends and had to leave the theater.
Popcorn getting lost down your bra is 100% true!
What happened to episode 24’s short rest?
It is in the lists of all patreon posts, but not tagged correctly to show up under the short rests list
I am so late to this party, but Jake, my dude...I also slept on a friend's floor after watching something too scary for me, and I was also in high school. Same, dude. Same.
The Rig fucked me up something fierce too. Slept with my radio on for the next two years.
Dem 2 crew dont know what their missing xD
I am shocked that Jake knows what Banjo-Kazooie is
Maybe it's just me, but I feel like a character death would have to result in some kind of ressurection quest by the survivors. The Band of Boobs is too iconic.
Some Evil Balnor names: Balnor the Betrayer Balnor the Bastard Balnor the Belligerent Balnor the Bad Balnor the Broken
Just talking about something that was mentioned in this Short Rest: Balnor actually is in my D&D campaign now. I half heartedly threw in the deck of many things on a whim and when the knight card was drawn summoned Balnor! This podcast has given me so many fantastic NPCs. Thanks Brian!
I kiss my dad on the lips but he’s got a super scratchy face so it’s kiss the lips or get a freaking carpet burn on yours. :P
Couldn't Ol' Cob disperse the fog cuz he's champion of air now? Or would that be too easy?
I think right now he only has +1 dex and +10 speed and “in his time of need” he can summon the elemental’s full power. I think this counts as a “time of need” because the Crick folk are dying of Crick Rot.
Brilliant! Babysitting Balnor earns enough GP to awaken Pawpaw!
Did Balnor kill enough skeeters to level up? Has he unlocked Deck Building on his Dad skill tree? Will they leave him behind and return to a deck on every stump? Inquiring minds want to know!
This Short Rest made my stomach hurt I was laughing so hard. Jesus lol
Was about to say the same. The end bit on strategizing Balnors upper decker has me crying over here!
Balnor the Belligerent, a regular at the local drunk tank, was known far and wide in his former life for starting bar fights (which he would promptly lose).
So cool to hear you talk about Annihilation. You should check out the book too
Free the dwarphanage kids and make them the crew on the SS Stormborn
Yeah! And Balnor can be their butler.
Hardwon+Moonshine 4 Ever
How do i start kissin my bros on the lips
Has the episode been uploaded yet?
Has now
Why is it these come out first nowadays? Is it simply because the files are smaller and murph uploads them at the same time?