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How to explain KOllOK 2022 to new people.

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Any Kollok takes?

Reply under this either through tags or reblogs your takes on characters, plot points or more!

I wanna see more discussion and see more opinions. Either negative or positive.

#someone already said in the notes but i too am not an aj fan #i didnt dislike him but i kinda preferred the episodes where he wasnt there #also I've already talked about this but i didnt like season 3 as much and i stopped after episode 9

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Just wanna say ty for being some of the chosen Kollok people that carried the hashtag and are still around

hahaha yeah ofc!!

honestly i still need to like. actually finish series 2 (cannot call it kollok because kollok 1991 is always just kollok in my heart) i got maybe three episodes in because personally I wasn't enjoying the direction they went with it. i think it would've been better as an independent series, it just didn't have the heart and soul kollok 1991 had.

okay. i was like. i don't need to go on a rant....but i want to >:)

one of the things I liked about kollok 1991 was how messy it was, it was messy and fun and dark at the same time, there was a lot of cool stuff about it, and it felt like watching someone's beloved homegame with their unhinged dm, where not everything got wrapped up neatly and you never quite knew what was going to happen next.

the second series felt to clean to me, everything was put together, very streamline, very neat. it didn't have the edges or the humor 1991 had that was integral to [of course], my personal enjoyment of it. i feel like the ascended in general felt flat to me as well, like they were trying so hard to get us invested and interested in them that they wrapped back around to myself feeling like i didn't know them at all.

i think they tried really hard to do a little bit of everything, trying to let old fans see the legacy cast and their story, bring in a new audience with the ascended and the new story. it just all felt like? too much? like by catering to everyone and anyone they catered to no one. I remember zac saying that he wanted the second series to be something that anyone who'd never heard of kollok before could pick up and start watching, but to me that was so incredibly flawed. 1991 by its nature is a complex story, even if you created something new in the universe, the deeper lore and characters are still there, especially with how it was written.

my only pet peeve with zac's gaming style is that it's clear he almost always bites off more than he can chew, and when he needs to reconcile what he's bitten off, he almost always just spits it out (retcons) rather than just tries to swallow it (improvise, shift). he has extremely rich backstories and background written, and he likes to drop hints and ideas, but he never reveals any answers that are truly satisfying. (which maybe I missed because i didn't watch the second series). he likes to tease his audience, but never truly satisfy, in my opinion the most satisfying moments almost always came from the players.

imo legacy and the ascended should've been two different shows. they could've had the same format, they even could've existed in the same universe! [BIG BIG, "this is coming from someone who watched only like the first few episodes"], they could've just broken them up into separate shows at separate times. they could've given the old fans a satisfying ending, and given the new fans something to chew on with the ascended.

in my like. dream scenario, legacy's timeline instead takes place in 2002. (i've mentioned how i think a "kollok 2002" would be really cool, another palindrome year, most of the cast would be 11 years older, and in their late twenties/early thirties) they could still have mallory having gone into the black rock, tibby wracked with guilt, and the others sort of far flung. i think they could've pulled the same stuff and gotten a good result!! they could've even kept the timeline!! the ascended would rebel shortly after, the could've even done a series about that, which would've felt very similar, and ended where the show eventually got to, with the disillusioned ascended trying to figure out what the fuck they were going to do

idk! just my ten cents on it. sorry for taking your message and doing a lil rant lmao hope you don't mind

maybe i should do a sweet kollok rewatch in the future soon....like 1991 is pretty long but maybe i could swing it again >:)

#dude I'm literally in the same exact boat #i watched i think 8 and a half episodes of kollok? #i feel like at points the high production value takes away from it at points #like it looks really cinematic but it makes it feel like less of a game and more like a podcast #also i cannot say for sure but i feel like sometimes the players knew what was going on a bit more than i feel like they should #especially the legacy guys #and i get they want to tell a good story buttttt i just wanna see them play a game personally #season 2 for me was PEAK kollok #it had the perfect combo of production and still feeling like a game #plus it had my fave cast of all the seasons #I'm probably gonna rewatch s2 of 1991 again bc its my beloved

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Sometimes im upset that the kollok fanbase isnt bigger, but it does make me glad that i will probably never have to witness sammy reilly being someones tumblr bad boy fantasy

#trueee #i feel like people would act like all the characters are irredeemable #which obviously theyre not

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stranger things is like kollok for cishet people

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Troy Baker as God of Charm

#this look is awesome #but also i love what i can see of the set 👀 #looks so fancy schmancy

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⭐️The God of Night🌙

Please credit or tag me if you use!

#i need to catch up on kollok this stream looks insane

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This is literally the best casting for Night. I can’t wait for Monday

#I'm literally on episode 9 im so behind #i feel like this episode is gonna pull in the viewers if mark is involved

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Look what came in time for Kollok tonight!!

#i ordered this shirt and its being shipped atm so glad to see how nice it looks irl! #i was tempted to buy the cheese shirt bc it would be a conversation starter but i feel like it woukd be a very long conversation #and i dont have time for that

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I'm super behind on Kollok because I've been busy but also because if i dont watch then nothing bad can happen to Mallory

#also because ive been watching the gay pirates on repeat #so many things stopping me from watching but i WILL keep up #kollok #mallory jenkins

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Laura’s old look w/ one of aabrias recent ones woo

#i love this! #your art style is amazing op

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I told you so 😌

"Mallory Jenkins is dead " to YOU. I know him personally.

#I'm just always right I'm afraid

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mallory : she did something unspeakable

ascended : what did she do

mallory : she killed a guy

ascended : just one guy ? seriously ?

#this is why he is the best character 😎

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So through the Mallory/Tibby swap we have established that people can be exchanged through the Black Rock

So what if thats what the ascended have to do to get AJ out?

And if so...

Who would they put into the Black Rock in his place?

#kollok #my guess would be mallory but i hope it fucking isnt I'll cry #maybe someone else because all of the ascended seem to care a lot about him #i came up with this theory with a friend i cant take all the credit #kollok spoilers

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Call for the live KOllOK watchers

After the episode finishes airing…

Come back here. 

Let me know how you’re all feeling ;)

#ok update I've seen the episode and it was amazinggg #i was worried that loads of bad stuff was gonna happen and like i guess it did because the gang was in the black rock #but mallory was there so it made up for it all! #i love that guy! #kollok spoilers

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Call for the live KOllOK watchers

After the episode finishes airing…

Come back here. 

Let me know how you’re all feeling ;)

#sarah i was already shitting bricks about this episode and then you say this? #i cant even watch live because of time zones so I'm gonna be suffering for so long wondering what's going on

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It like 1:30am but look! I finished some more kollok fanart. Im going to post it on twitter later but look!!!! Im so happy with how it turned out!!! I was inspired by the scene where aj didnt want to look in the mirror and then when he did the compound fire was all he could see. My mom had a broken makeup pallet so i ripped the broken mirror out and used real ass mirror for this!!! Im so happy with it

#thats so cool and creative! #love it