Fireside Chat for WWW ep43 “Speak With Animals”

Omg that clip 😂😂😂 PLEASE share more outakes, whenever you have them!!!

YES WE WANT HELP! We need adultier adults on this! 😅

This episode is wild and I love that the whole deal with Joren has been turned on its head and now Steele’s whole deal is up…

“Moving perpendicular to empire” is the most beautiful encapsulation of my political beliefs.

Wasn’t Ame / Erika NOT a fan of Silver two arcs ago? What happened to “you can do better?” 🤣

STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️

I need Guildmage Keen in the ground.

Facts. 1000% the hottest man alive. God I love Horner Corner <3 I'm partically rabid over Toshiro Mifune's look in 'Snow Trail' (1947).

I’m just catching up to the game and now the firesides and this is the BEST thing ever. Literally the whole gang behind this podcast is brilliant! I love the soundclip of Aabria going nuts! Love it!

I cried so many tears at this ending. SO good. Classic fucking twist & shout. I called this frame one of Suvi's intro (evil werewolf man good, pretty badass knight lady bad) and we're halfway there! Dont get me wrong, idk that i wanna be right, but... STEEL GOTTA BE BAD. I love her, and I know she loves Suvi. She's probably not completely evil... But she's a co-BBEG.

Suvi: 🎶"THEN I'LL BECOME THE MONSTER!"🎶

"I've been thinking about pony play for a while now"

“Muh immersion” - Erika Isshii

Hot mic is so funny! I can't quite make it all out. Someone post the transcript here PLEASE?

This pod is starting to depress me, is the world really this bad? We need more of these four and definitely more Fox, much more Fox. I don't know who I'm rooting for here and I love it.

Not suprised Brennan guessed it right, I very clearly remember a line of his from the Tumbler Ceo, "So you're telling me if I got to 'Yiff Party' *(Vomits)*"

TAYLOR, DROP THE WBN SOUNDTRACK AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

i havent heard this fireside yet the moment brennan brought out Joran(idk how its spelled) i fuckin lost it cuz gotdammit is there always a fuckin twist with this man! im gonna get whiplash over here, fuck! amazing

Can I be the wizard Source? Is that name cloak taken?

I know this is semi unrelated but... I found a fox supercut.... https://youtu.be/oLDsGX2r_JQ?si=DHKtg2Y7pSCwcJDx

Toshiro Mifune?! As a classic Japanese cinema lover, this is the best. Eioghorain now is my number one!

So when do we find out that Steele is responsible for the deaths of Suvi's parents and it's a play on "Steal" because she stole Suvi's childhood

My The Fox arrived he's so perfect!💚💚💚💚

breaking down exactly why Suvi growled her ‘yes’ at the end. So sick, good god, Aabria.

The notion of Eioghorain as Mifune has me picturing an alternate timeline where he DID go back for Suvi and raised her Lone Wolf and Cub style. And I'm sad we'll never get that story... sigh...

After listening to this episode almost the day it aired. I had to go back to the beginning and listen with a mindset..has Steele been playing Suvi? Does she know the King of Night? Or maybe the she has trusted the wrong side of the citadel. Needless to say I have listened to arc’s 1-3 about 4 times now and I always catch something new from the story. Now I wait a little more than 24 hours until next episode drops. AAAAAHHHHHH🦊🔥🤗❤️

It's always incredible to me how well our players handle their emotions, but I understand now that so much processing is happening during breaks and in moments that get cut.

How much Heroism did I give these horses?! 😂

Guild mage can catch ALL this smoke!!!! I love to hate Brennan villains 😂

"People can and do turn themselves into monoliths for pleasure and profit." BLeeM, I blame you for the real-estate that's going to be taking up in my head.

The bridge scene was such a big, wild moment. I was so confused for quite a while, and I really thought it was not the shapeshifters, but Hakea of the Woodland Green. Ame had just had a moment earlier of threatening the wizard Keen with her status as a member of the Coven of Elders, so it was on my mind. And then especially when Brennan mentioned a big snake I thought it was her familiar! I thought the horses and riders were all being dragged off of the bridge by water creatures controlled by the Woodland Green. ... I mean, that woulda been dope too, right? =P

Ah! Thank you for answering my question and warming my heart with some Wizard Sunny/Brennan/Curran lore 🥰

I had to sub after this episode

Eurselon's "quest fever" early on was a sudden grasping for a fleeting glimpse of a quest that he had not felt yet. Now that he has a grounded feeling of his quest, he is not so hot headed, and therefore so much more efficient. He has a pure and stable flow of purpose in his blood that does not spur him on, but pushes him steadily forward. (almost with the same nature to another spirit, who walks forward on a long road at his own pace...)

Absolutely stunning as always yall!!! I can’t wait to see where this goes next ʕ•̫͡•ʔ

That Horner corner was so out of pocket, absolutely insane

Ahhhhh thank you so much for taking my question!! I’ve listened to this three times LOL. Y’all are incredible ✨

Brennan, as a forever GM, I understand. Especially since my wife is one of my players. It KILLS ME sometimes how I can't tell any of the people closest to me the cool stuff I have planned!

I love conflict ame is fucking killing it I love a character that causes problems (so long as everyone is having fun above the table obviously)

thank you for this bonus hot mic audio! XDD

I'm thankful y'all talked about Erika's Big Red Plot Button choice. My knee-jerk reaction was... critical, but I'm working on cultivating a greater appreciation for story over game strategy, and moments like this show me I have more work to do on that score. 😅 Point of interest (language nerd edition): the "g" part of the "-gli" in Italian-based words (i.e., "consigliere") is more like the "-lli" part of "million" in English, making "consigliere" more like [kon-see-Lyeh-reh] rather than [kon-sig-lee-Eh-ree]. #TheMoreYouKnow

Let’s be honest we already knew Steel killed Suvi’s parents, now we Know Steel killed Suvi’s parents, soon we will KNOW that Steel killed Suvi’s parents!!!! And she calls her MOM. Aabria knows what’s she’s doing to herself and all of us w that. I say this but steel literally DISARMS me every time, she’s so charismatic and her interactions w Suvi are so perfect, til at the last second she hits u w a little sting.

I just realized something that might have been an improvising blip or might mean something interesting. Eioghorain tells Suvi, "You killed a lot of good people of mine at Abyssin." How would he connect a Citadel wizard riding under imperial guard (in a war zone with lots of Citadel wizards) to what happened at Abyssin two weeks ago? Have the birds been following the group from Abyssin and reporting back, and was he specifically after that wizard? Brennan said it was a random attack. Also, if the shapechangers at Abyssin were Eioghorain's people, how is he involved with the bigger war between Gauthmai and the Kemsarazan Empire? It sounds like he's still working against the government of Gauthmai, but it's pretty clear that the troops at Abyssin were part of Gauthmai's forces. I wonder if some of the shapeshifters in the armies of Gauthmai are secret revolutionaries. Or maybe Eioghorain thinks of all shapeshifters as his people even if they aren't working with him directly. More mysteries.

Googles yiffing so I can figure it out before Brennan and Lou. First definition; yelling and sneezing. Nope that can’t be it. Scrolls down to furry sex. Yep. That *has* to be it.

Listening to the series again from the beginning and I’m on Episode 20 and Suvi just asked the Wizard Sly for a bad news / prediction for her and he says “you’re not ready for it.” Is this what Suvi wasn’t ready for at the time??

This episode should be public based on relevance of vague description of character decisions being so well related to... everything... there could be dissertations on this episode

“This is just a continuing streak of my incredible ability to osmose from context clues, which I consider to be a form of b-s-ing, but many people tell me is smartness”. Why did the quote Brennen gave that sums up my life come directly in correlation to the “yiffing” convo…..

Steel now has SO much to answer for.

More player reactions please! So good

Brennan called Ser Curran (sp?) the “Knight of Knights” but could he also have been saying “Knight of Nights” ?

A fun fact of the day that everyone definitely wanted: The particular act which Brennan described as yiffing is known as murrsuiting! Etymology of the word is also onomatopoeic.🫣 Murrsuits are like normal fursuits, but with,,, , some modifications

Fun fact: Brennan already learned what yiffing is when he was the CEO of Tumblr. https://youtu.be/LFB-ZhKAPPw&t=19m17s

So quick correction from the town pervert, what Brennan defined is actually called murrsuiting (Man-purr-fursuiting). Yiffing is more of an outdated term for watching furry porn. Thank you for your time.

Aabria is so in command of her character. It's like watching the D&D version of a concert pianist shredding some Rachmaninoff. I find it very inspiring as both GM and player.

The way my ears perked up every time one of the players addressed the guest this week... Great fireside! I was _very_ curious how the episode was going to end, and now seeing that the players were just as stressed out as me was oddly reassuring.

Does anyone have a link to the Kevin Stiller video referenced in the final question?

this is such a silly little thing but i really love how in these firesides when someone starts to talk at the same time as someone else they both stop and give the other the chance to speak first. idk that’s just something that really makes me feel like im sitting by the fireside with friends bc they both dunk on each other and have such deep respect for each other that feels really good to be privy to.

Oh the Curin reveal at the end of this chat made me cry😭 that’s so lovely

I love you all. Aabriya can do no wrong and I love you so much during this episode. Brennan is the perfect glue that holds this group together in this story. Erika is the right kind of chaotic alignment to keep things interesting. Rex / Lou reserving and embodying the honorable knightly energy we need and must see more of. Taylor and crew keeping every episode beautiful, horrifying, and dynamic. Thank you all. 🙏🏻

Y’all everybody listen to that audio clip it’s SO FUNNY

Fun facts about the pic it's a form of entertainment called "horse diving" which looks very dangerous but is weirdly safe as far as horse sports go with very few to no injuries reported and seemingly little to no force driving the horses off the dive platform. The most injuries are actually to riders most famously (cw for blindness and injury) Sonora Webster Carver who landed with her eyes open and suffered retinal detachment leading to lifelong blindness. I'm not really defending the activity I just care about animal welfare and though it looks dramatic the horse is almost for sure fine. :) yay horse 🐴

When the Boa Constrictor came up I really thought it was Hakaea or Grimore yoinking Suvi and I was like “oh this is either the end of Suvi or really good”

Thank you so much, Erika, for picking my question. The answer was everything I'd hoped for and more. Stay carnivorous!

Lou over here casually dropping "syzygy" in conversation

God i can petition hard enough for a horner corner lecture series

DO IT FOR THE PLOT THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY

Hey, uh, somebody find a picture of Brennan riding a horse asap?

Glad to know Lou and I had the same line of thought, that Heroism on the horses was REALLY working.

Ramadan Mubarak guys ❤️

Syzygy mentioned 🤩

I almost never post on here, but you guys are on a super hot streak and I'm enjoying the show so much! I hope we can hear more from Taylor on the Fireside soon, he adds so much to the story, and I love when he talks about how the music and the sound effects are made. Assuming he wants to of course!

yiffing at the fireside AND a car seat headrest single on the same day??? damn.

“That bullfrog was a big fat chicken, and I think that that is absolutely true.” 👌

I love Ame but her impulsivity this particular episode stressed me right out! If anything happens to that sweet little Fox I will personally hunt down Brennan Lee Mulligan and MAKE him bring him back!

"Are you familiar with....?" Brennan, eyes closed, slight smile on his face, exasperation in his voice. "No. No, I'm not."

"Do you want to be right or do you want to get shit done?" If you always choose "be right" you are a useless pedant. If you always choose "get shit done" you are a heartless mercenary. You gotta know when to stand on principle and when to be pragmatic.

* straping in * !!!!!!!!!!!

damn i'm constantly amazed at how y'all can simultaneously tell a beautiful and complex story AND analyze it (plot, characters, sound design, music, themes, etc.) with the same amount of depth!!! love this podcast 💗

Having my silly wizard name read out loud and my dumb ass question skipped was honestly ideal for me.

Im fckn Obsessed suvi and yoren are in the saME MOVIE ?!! Y A S ! !

Aabria NEEDS to watch epic the musical! The monster motif in that is so Suvi!

Brennan Lee Mulligan, the KING of making DnD travel the most tense experience known to humanity.

Goddamn it Aabria Iyengar- there isn’t a day that’s passed in the last year where I didn’t mutter to myself “Aabria is a genius” the work of art that you’ve created in Suvi is beyond exceptional, it brings tears to my eyes. Wow wow wow.

A new Fireside AND Brennan on Wired on the same day is maybe the best day I've had in weeks.

How come the Wizard Keen doesnt have an S name?

My heart rate was at 91 while sitting just hearing about running 8 straight hours

I wasn’t on the Ioren train until they said “Toshiro Mifune” and now ALL ABOARD!

EVERYONE is in a Ghibli movie. Remember them past the cozy parts - they are ALL tied to, if not explicitly about, war & death.

Goddamnit Aabria, don’t make me go from yiffing to crying in the fireside

Aabria made me woop and ballyhoo with her proclamation that she finally has an ally in her movie. Her description of it - hellll yes

god, that hot mic moment attached is incredible

I had to rewind to 1:04 to give Aabria's "best and worst day" speech another listen. GotDAMN!

If anyone loves Brennan's high stakes travel montage rolls and hasn't been watching EXU Divergence over on Critical Role, I highly recommend. He does it in a very intense way at the end of episode 1.

Yes!! I've been so excited for this episode that I'm vibrating my way into the Near Spirit

Hold on I gotta google Toshiro Mifune ... Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

Another episode without dime pimento this is bullshit

I am so glad a family member was kind enough to buy me a subscription, because fuck meeee I'm already going insane at the episodes and it would escalate to rabid and feral if I wasn't getting these talkbacks too on the in-between weeks. Jesus christ, yiz are fantastic, I'm so locked in even Houdini couldn't get me out (until my subscription runs out lmao).

YOU BROUGHT UP YIFFING TO BRENNAN AND LOU?! ERIKA, YOU MAD LAD

a wild hearts can't be broken image?!?!?! I swear I was the only one who watched this movie growing up!!!! Taylor your references as always are top tier!!

Shout out to Taylor for that scoring on the end. I SCREAMED so loud in my house. Truly incredible!

"Have you heard of 'yiffing'?" PAUSING HERE TO SCREAM. SCREAMING.

Ostertag mention! Last chapter of SFP WHEN Brennnan?!

Look the Ame and the Fox animatic is amazing, and, there are so many crazy lines in this Fireside that I want to draw, including "In real life, I'm a chicken snatcher."

Brennan PLEASE may we have a photo of Curran? 🥹🥹🥹

I do actually need Ame's playlist to be renamed Petulant Whimsy. Actually.

So glad to know my love for the music reached Taylor!! The Wizard Score drops ALL bangers NO skips 🤍

"In real life, I'm a chicken snatcher." 😂 These are the moments I live for on these fireside chats. ❤️

Great recap guys, by the way I was curious to know if we could get Taylor as part of these fireside I'd love to hear his thoughts on how he puts together the music for these scenes. I'm not sure if it's just a logistics thing that he can't but yeah would love some insight on the sound of the show as such a big part of how it all comes together with your wonderful performances!

“This world is a nightmare, and you are a monster, so what do you want to do?” Aabria, this whole part made me cry, it was incredible, you’re incredible.

It's always really fun when you get to interact with an antagonist that you can be pretty sure has no reason to be trying to manipulate you; all the people in my life have reasons why they might not be telling me what they really think, but you - person who could kill me at any moment - have no reason not to give it to me straight.

"That bullfrog was a big fat chicken and I think that that is absolutely true" is a top 10 of all time out of context quote

Lot of "Divergence" foreshadowing here 😅

That hotmic moment in the attachments is insanely funny, that’s exactly how I felt too Aabria!!

As the Wizard Slick, I must submit a clarification to the horner corner, Yiffing is more broadly used to refer to spicy images/acts of furrys, and the act of people in animal costumes having sex is known within the community as Murrsuiting. This was an absolute delight to listen to!

Love Aabria doubling down and making sure Brennan knew the *fox* context of yiffing.

expert use of the pic from wild hearts can’t be broken 🖤

“I feel sick!” Followed by giggles. Thanks for letting us into the room for that moment.

For the first few sentences Brennan truly sounds like Taylor doing a Brennan impression - what a switcheroo!

oh god... not the yiffing... i haven't gotten past 30 seconds of the fireside and the description already as me appalled and horrified

Aabrias reaction (in the Hot-Mic moment) was entirely appropriate

Hah Taylor thank you for this li'l sprankle of bts recording. Aabria you say what my heart is thinking

YessssAHHH

Ahoo hoo crackle crackle! Love you guys.

Ahoo hoo, crackle crackle y'all!💜

Not yiffing…🫡 Godspeed to Brennan and today’s special guest

Yessss

Ahoohoo!

Yay!

Hot mic, YES

Good morning, ahoo hoo, and crackle crackle!

Ahoo hoo, if this episode doesn't have a horner corner about eioghorain I'm gonna fucking lose it

Ahoohoo and crackle crackle yall💜

Ahoo hoo and crackle crackle!

Crackle crackle!