Short Rest: Ep. 75: This is War

Just booked my tickets to the London live show this September and realised there’s an exhibition on the Mongols in the UK while they’re here. I forgot how much Emily references them. The exhibition’s in Leeds Royal Armouries in case she’s still a fan 😉.

Cannot picture Caldwell playing football!

I think this was the ep but loved when the crick told Bev to shut the fuck up lol I wasnt expecting Thiala to be there in disguise but was thinking "If I was her, this would be a great place to sneak into" im getting a little anxious that there's only 24 left!

I was voted weirdest noises/voices lolol

At my high school, the girl who won prom queen was also voted class president two years in a row. She got the vast majority of most votes in most elections because she was very genuinely a kind, thoughtful, responsible person that everyone liked. I'm glad I got to go to a school where popular meant well-liked instead of most powerful

I went to a high academic and high sports school so there was a variety of “popular” students that ranged from the athletic to the academic to the comedic to the kind. I think my year’s prom king and queen were the top athletes at that time.

I know that you all get a lot of comments and I feel a little cringe to be genuine on a main feed with my full government name. But I just wanted to thank you for making this wonderful podcast. It’s scary in America and anyone that’s been in a dark mental place knows that it’s often the smaller things that keep you going. Having so much remaining content gives me a lot to look forward to and you all are making me laugh during a time where I can’t get out of my brain easily. So thank you. I know I’m not the only one who feels this way about you guys and your content too. The months that I’ve spent on the first arc has lead to me having more time present to find other things to look forward to. So now I have a list of reasons to keep going and it’s not just your podcast. I hope that you are staying safe and mentally healthy during all of this 💜

I was 'Most likely to lead a revolution'. Haven't led one yet but I'm part of a lot of movements and when the UK govt topples, and Palestine is free, my high school classmates will know about it ✊🏼

Stormlight Archives mentioned!!!

Having heard so many horror stories about high school, I’m happy (in hindsight) I was part of a kinder, more cooperative class. This will make me sound like a psycho, but I still think about the only person (teacher kid) who was truly a shithead with no redeeming qualities.

Late to this one — but I graduated in 2021 and fully got MOST STYLISH MASK WEARER. So that’s what I have to live with

Omg "who's rolling hot for me" is my new tradition! Thanks!

And now today, three years later, Emily has now proven she is the Emmy voting body with Zendayas SECOND Emmy for Euphoria

I am YEARS late to this convo but I wanted to share my high school superlative was "most likely to heckle the second coming"

Emily predicting Zendaya's Emmy win is maybe the best part about this episode 😂

Wait how was the room inspired by the Way of Kings? I can’t seem to remember anything really similar to that in the book, but it’s been a long time since I read it

Emily’s fish pun with Sole and soul is the best thing I’ve ever heard and no one reacted!

Wouldn't hooking up with Thiala have lead to a chance of saving the world from her? Like maybe she falls madly in love with Moonshine and renounces her ways lol. Or Moonshine could get close enough to kill her

All I can say is that if, and that's a big if, they can take down Thiala here, and Hardwon has the killing blow, he should force Thiala to resurrect Gemma to save her own life...then kill her anyway. I mean, we all know what Gillad was willing to do to stop Hardwon, so......

I feel like getting cosmological is a result of reading anything from Brandon Sanderson. That man and his Cosmere is what any author wishes their world building could ever be.

Woah its super uncommon to use my name as a throwaway name in a joke but when they were talking about how last night Eli had a hard fall, i legitimately did a double take and I'm still not sure if im concussed or not

I ignored the name "Egwene" because I was 100% it was a coincidence, but now that I know that it's NOT, my entire life has been changed

Not sure if y’all read these this late after it’s released: will you try to recruit the trolls you released on the pixies in the fey?

The filet song was definitely my rose for this episode 😂😂

Stormlight Archives is one of the best fantasy series of all time. The magic system is SO GOOD 😍

You know,.. They were talking about receiving the dungeons&dragons films in their PO box. It just reminded me of other campy fantasy flicks that inspire me as a DM. The Last Unicorn was an animated film that paired so well with the second edition vibe and still inspires me today. And oh that soundtrack. You need dubs for your sesh? The Last Unicorn.

...I won best smile

I was waiting for Caldwell to hit us with the “if I just filet here, would you fry with me”

CSPAN 💛

Pretty unrelated but I just started listening to 8-bit Book Club and I can connect so many things from there to NADDPOD. One Big Barb isn't nearly as wholesome as One Big Bed though

I got huge Palanaeum vibes from the meeting chamber. I was so excited to hear Murph confirm it was inspired by the Way of Kings. The Stormlight Archive is one of my favorite series, definitely want to see if it inspires any more of the campaign.

Hey dudes if you're reading this, how about "duel pool"?

the fact that 3/4 of you were class clown is truly incredible what a beautiful thing

The superlatives really got me 😂😂 We didn’t have those at my high school, but my grandma’s favorite bragging point was being voted “best legs.”

@emily I love don quijote

I was thinking along the same lines as Murph that the B.O.B. would have to side with one deity or the other. It's really interesting that they're making it a three way war. Can't wait to see how it progresses. Sadly we won't get any developments for four weeks since we have two weeks of Trinyvale and a week of one of the live sodes coming up

We have to wait so long for the battle... I dont know if I can make it...

I don't know if I felt more or less nerdy when Caldwell made a nuzlocke reference, but I loved it...

The mental release when they remembered CawCaw gave me life.