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[dukeofonions]

sooooo, latest video

Well... it seems like there is a video XD

Jokes aside, thanks anon for letting me know Mr. Sanders posted a video that was Sanders Sides related. Kudos for that <3

Then... I have some thoughts about this video. Thoughts I will divide into pros and cons, to make everything easier to explain.

If you don’t like long posts or reading criticism of any kind, please save yourself (and myself) some time and ignore this post. I won’t get offended, I promise.

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PROS

A real Aside

It looks like Thomas finally learned the difference between Asides and main episodes. It took him three years, but he finally realized that the Asides should be simple, no plot-related stuff. Good to see he finally got it.

(Still don’t understand why ATHD is a main episode, tho. It’s not plot-related and it’s very clearly more low-effort than FWSA and DWIT. Maybe Thomas didn’t want to leave it all by itself?)

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Some hopes for the characters

I was very relieved to see that the characters’ personalities are not completely butchered. There are a few things I will talk about in the cons section, but the overall vibe has stayed more or less the same. I’m especially relieved Virgil isn’t the fratboy he was in Thomas’ latest Instagram post, in which he talked all fratboy-esque and I almost expected him to bully me and steal my lunch.

The most in characters are Janus and Remus, which is nice to see too. Remus in particular, is still a chaotic rat man and I love him so much.

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Remus is my chaotic child

I personally think the best part of the whole video is Remus saying the others told him he could kill Bing Bong. I laughed so hard, I had to stop the video. That wonderful, chaotic rat man deserves to kill everything, as a treat <3

But actually, everything Remus says is great and that proves he’s the best, in this essay I will-

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CONS

A weird start

Let me recap my experience while watching the video for the first time.

So, the video starts and I’m welcomed by this guy with an orange shirt and blue hat, all happy and excited. For a split second, I think he’s Patton… but then, a Patton-esque guy with a sweater appears.

Okay, now I’m confused because I have no idea what’s happening here and don’t know who these guys are - I mean, if sweater guy is Patton, who is the orange guy? The orange side was introduced and I missed it? What’s happening here? Who are they? Are those the Inside Out characters as seen by Thomas? Will these guys meet their Sanders Sides “counterparts”?

But then another guy appears and he looks like Janus, so now I’m really lost because, seriously, who are these people? They call each other by name so they should be the Sides, but they also call the orange guy “Joy”, so who is this guy? Who are they? Are they the Inside Out characters cosplaying the Sides? Or vice-versa? What’s happening here?

I got my answer, only when Virgil appeared and clarified this was all a weird roleplay.

I have several questions:

Was it really necessary?

Why?

No, seriously, why? The Sides are the first to admit they aren’t an exact match to the Inside Out characters, so why doing this? Why flatten their multifaceted roles and personalities to do this? Because Mr. Sanders isn’t able to handle them?

Okay, fine, I know why Mr. Sanders wanted to do this weird roleplay and it could’ve been fun to see the Sides acting as the Inside Out characters… if only the Sides’ personalities stayed the same. But since their personalities are not the same anymore, all the viewers feel are confusion and a weird sense of “something’s wrong here”, which they can’t exactly pinpoint.

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Wrong aesthetics and confused personalities

In order to explain this point, I will bring two examples: Janus and Roman.

First of all, Janus. I know, he’s our beloved sassy queen and we all love him… but his aesthetic in this episode was completely wrong.

Janus is a character who wears layers upon layers of clothing. That’s the first thing you get, the first thing that characterizes him. But in this episode, he wears nothing but a gilet and a scarf. He shows with bare arms, bare shoulders, a deep V-neck and doesn't wear his gloves: for his standard, he’s basically naked.

You can tell me: “It was to match Disgust’s dress”. But since Remus put his own color on the costume, why couldn’t Janus put his own twist too? He’s not doing a perfect cosplay after all. So why not wear a sheer shirt underneath the gilet, to mimic the “nakedness” without showing his skin? Or a greenish/yellow shirt to match both his and Disgust’s aesthetic? I know Mr. Sanders loves to show his skin, but since he created a character whose aesthetic is to not show skin, why “strip” him just to show some more skin? Did Mr. Sanders forgot this aspect of Janus’ character?

But if Janus had at least his face and personality to remind us who he is, Roman had nothing. Seriously, look me in the eye and tell me that, when you saw that guy in orange, you immediately thought: “Ah yes, here is Roman”. There was no way to recognize him, because he had nothing of Roman.

First of all, not a single drop of red anywhere. And I know, roleplay and whatever… but Mr. Sanders is a theater man. He knows the importance of colors. He created seven characters by associating a color to each of them. And yet, Roman appeared without a drop of red, while Remus had no problem turning Fear’s sweater into green.

That doesn't mean Roman had to turn full red, but he could wear a red accessory at least: a bracelet, a necklace, a pin on his hat, whatever. Logan’s tie was blue after all. Or wasn’t Roman allowed to put a twist on his cosplay? This weird roleplay session gives me more questions than answers :/

Second (and most important), Roman’s personality was nowhere to be found. This guy is a more obnoxious, forced version of Roman. When he talked, I didn’t see a person talking: I saw Mr. Sanders reading a script. Or better, screaming a script. Seriously, why was he so loud? Why was he screaming this much, during the roleplay session? I almost got a headache and I don’t get headaches so easily. Seriously, if I needed to hear him louder, I could’ve turned up the volume of my computer, no need to scream this much.

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The makeup and the importance of details

The dark sides’ makeup has been butchered.

Remus’ eyeshadow used to be of a deep dark black/blue/purple. So why is it so light? Because of the roleplay? But it’s still light after the roleplay. What happened, did Thomas finish the eyeshadow? It’s not too expensive, can’t he buy some more?

Same goes for Virgil: his eyeshadow is basically non-existent. And that’s even weirder, considering that in the Christmas episode, he said he wanted darker makeup to match the darkness of his soul. Does that mean his soul isn’t dark anymore?

And then, Janus. My poor, beloved Janus. His makeup used to be impressive, with scales of a deep green/yellow/brown hue: now they look more like a weird, yellow-y rash, with a thin black line crossing them (probably made with an eye pencil?).

I know Thomas doesn’t have the same makeup artist, but experts exist. And if the one he has isn’t doing their job well, then I’m sorry, but he should hire another one. That’s not being mean, that’s being real.

And before any of you says: “That’s just a detail, you’re being nitpicky”... sure, you can see it like that. But let’s say someone gives you a cake and when you see it, there are missing decorations, the fondant doesn’t fully cover the cake and the phrase “Happy birthday” is wonky. And when you eat it, it has a weird aftertaste too. Sure, it was a gift, but would you think “That was the best ever!” or would you think “Thanks, but you could’ve spent a little more time making it better”?

Heck, you can apply the same concept with this post too! If I posted something with incorrect grammar and misspelled words, would you be happy? Or would you think “man, you could’ve spent a couple more minutes to correct it”?

Skipping details doesn’t make me think you care about your work: it makes me think that either you’re lazy or don’t really care. And if you’re okay with something with missing details, good for you. But from someone with a certain degree of expertise/professionalism like Mr. Sanders, I expect something professional too.

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Subtle vs thrown in your face

I enjoy the “Janus being a wine mom” thing: it’s funny, it makes me smile, poor boy dealing with the little shits he has around, please give him wine.

But you know what’s really funny about this? That it’s subtle. It happens once in a while. It’s not thrown in the face. And it’s not thrown in the face like that, with Sides luring Janus with wine, almost as if he’s an alcoholic and you can use wine to make him do anything.

Also because the whole “Janus loves wine” thing doesn’t work too well with the functions he embodies. I mean, this guy is responsible for lies. Do you really think lies and alcohol work well together? You need to be extremely lucid and focused to be a good liar. And I don’t think I have to explain to you why alcohol and self-preservation don’t work well together either.

So seeing him with a glass once in a while is funny, but seeing him being all like “you promised me wine” as if wine is his drug… that’s not funny.

Speaking of things that are funny when not thrown in the face, let’s talk about “falsehood” too.

Just like the wine, falsehood was funny when it came once in a while. It wasn’t a switch you could press and bam, Logan says “Falsehood!”. It was a momentarily outburst because Logan’s main reaction isn’t to yell: Logan’s main reaction is to explain things by using cold logic. Because that’s who he is: logic.

So, when I see him dropping a “falsehood” like this, I don’t enjoy it. I feel it old and stale. And it saddens me too, because it looks like Thomas is using the easiest bait to get his fans’ attention. A bit like a bunch of dangling keys: see? Your favorite character says his catchphrase! Now laugh!

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Apollo gave me the gift of prophecy (or maybe it was just too obvious this would happen)

Right after Roman stops screaming, Virgil starts screaming. And he does it in the most out-of-character way, for the most out-of-character reason.

Since the Q&A episode from season one, Virgil was the first one to tell Thomas that Anxiety looks different for anyone and that he specifically chose the dark persona to keep “everyone’s guard up”.

So why is he complaining so much about a movie representation of Anxiety now? And why should everyone remind him that hey, Anxiety looks different for everyone? He should already know that. He was the first to tell that.

Do you know what this is? No, not a pathetic excuse to talk about a trending topic (i.e. Inside Out). It’s proof I was fucking right and of course I was, because I experienced it too.

What did I say in my old post about the problem with this series? That SaSi doesn’t have an outline. And what happens when you don’t have an outline and, instead of focusing on that project/writing an outline, you do 20 other different things instead? That more time will pass. And the more time will pass, the more you will forget things you already talked about.

Like, you know, a topic from season 1 that was clarified, over and done by the same character who now forgot it.

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The golden goose will never die

Call me a conspiracy theorist or just an old hag with a heart of stone. But I really would like to know the real reason why, deep down, Thomas made this video.

I doubt it was because he missed the Sides and wanted to do something with them. He doesn’t miss them the slightest, it’s quite clear. He doesn’t even care enough to remember what their personalities are supposed to be, how can he "miss" them?

But oh look, there was new merch to advertise. And Inside Out is a trending topic and the fandom knows about the association between SaSi and the movie. So if Mr. Sanders makes the right video at the right time, he can get a lot of views with minimal effort.

But he should advertise a shirt with all Sides in, so he can’t just make a video about Virgil reacting to a trailer: he needs all of the Sides to be there. So, let’s rush a video with the first idea that popped into his mind: that Virgil doesn’t like the Inside Out take on Anxiety.

Maybe that’s not what truly happened in his mind and behind the scenes. Maybe Mr. Sanders really just wanted to make a video with the Sides and I’m a cynical, heartless person. Personally, I would be way happier to know I was wrong and there weren’t ulterior motives behind this video.

But without any actual proof, I won’t believe this video was made just for passion. Passion doesn’t make you skip details. Passion doesn’t make you put on a sloppy video, without taking two more minutes to check if your characters are IC or the topic you want to talk about makes sense.

Believe me, I’m very sad to say this. I don’t want to think all of this. I always try to be optimistic and think good of people. But if this is what I get, how can I believe this video was made with good intentions and no ulterior motives? Especially since it’s coming from a guy who can be accurate, detail-oriented, and very subtle while acting? He did all of this in the past: now it looks like he forgot everything.

If you want to still watch this Aside, do it. If you enjoy it, even better. For me, that was just a tiny waste of time and it left me nothing except a momentary smile. At the end of the day, I don’t even care enough to watch it twice. And for me, that's a failure, coming from a series I used to watch on repeat.

[dukeofonions]

Completely forgot it’s been that long since the last main SS video and have been out of touch with Thomas in general, only to see your recent reblog and be reminded of it all. God, I can’t believe that is the most info we have on where the series finale is at! Good to see you pop back up on my dash, are you doing alright? Have you any thoughts, or has it slipped away from you as it did with me?

Lol, yeah, it's definitely been a while! Honestly, I don't care much about it anymore. I found a new interest that's taken over my life and fills me with joy, so I'm doing pretty good! I've also just kinda given up on the series. But hey, one reblog won't hurt, and I do find it crazy (but at the same time not surprising) that nothing has changed in all this time. I'll be actually surprised if the finale does come out this year, but even if it does, I just can't be bothered to care anymore. They briefly caught my interest back with the last Asides video, and that interest has shriveled up and died.

[dukeofonions]

I think I perfectly know what you’re talking about, so let me tell you some trivia.

When someone acts very defensive about something, in Italy we say that they have “la coda di paglia” (which can be translated as “they have a straw tail”). This saying comes from an old tale of a fox, whose tail was cut off by a trap. The animal was so ashamed, that its friends decided to give it a straw tail, so beautiful that anyone could never have suspected it was fake.

But one day a rooster let this secret slip away and once the peasants knew about the straw tail of the fox, they lit fires near the chicken coops, so that the fox could no longer steal their chickens anymore: straw catches fire very easily and so the fox was forced to stay away.

From this story comes the expression “having a straw tail”, which means fearing any kind of criticism for a behavior they are well aware of. If you have a straw tail, if you have bad behavior or did something wrong, you know it. And so, you act defensive to hide it.

Thomas is doing exactly that. He’s getting very defensive over simple questions, he’s making childish excuses in a desperate attempt to show how good he is, but all he’s doing is showing us he knows he’s in the wrong.

So here are the tweets you (probably) wanted me to talk about and yes, I will talk about them both (special thanks to @transfemlogan​​ who posted them on Tumblr first).

Those are both very recent tweets, but let’s start with the first one dated October 2022:

Okay, let’s recap everything Thomas did wrong here.

1) That person was not pressuring nor threatening him. They asked a simple, genuine question and they did it very politely and very calmly. This wasn’t an angry fan. And yet, Thomas went in full passive-aggressive mode, as if that person was insulting him. This is the best example of what “having a straw tail” means.

2) “Keeping people posted” means giving real updates, not a vague “working on the script” written months ago. It means telling people how much has been written, if he’s close to the end or not, how long he thinks it will take to reach the end, what his plans are, even if he’s just working on the actual script or not because he’s doing other stuff. Those are updates.

3) “Updating to the extent that I feel comfortable doing” is just a more convoluted way to say “I do not have any real update, so I am giving you crumbs, because this is all I have”. But he’s hiding it behind the excuse of “I’m taking care of myself”, which could’ve worked years ago, but after three years it’s not so convincing anymore.

4)  Pressuring someone to deliver content is not healthy nor productive, but if someone is clearly doing nothing, some pressure makes the work done. As a writer, I learned long ago that, if I want things to get done, I have to do them. I won’t enjoy the whole process and there will be times I don’t really want to do it, but it’s the only way to do stuff. You can’t wait forever for the inspiration to come because, flash news, it won’t magically fall from the sky.

And sure, taking care of yourself is important too, but using your well being as an excuse to always postpone is just laziness.

5) Since Mr. Sanders is thirty-three years old and not five, I think he is old enough to accept someone asking him what is going on with the season finale and not overreact like he did. I could understand if he was a teen, but when you’re 33 you’re old enough to deal with something as simple as a question.

Oh and since I’m here talking about this post and since Mr. Sanders didn’t do it, I would like to formally apologize to the person who wrote that question. You did nothing wrong, dear. Your question was valid and polite and I am sure that another, more mature person would’ve given you the proper reply you deserved.

And if any of you is curious, would you like to know what the real answer to that question was? “The season finale is not here at all, because I am barely working on the script. And I am barely working on the script, because I don’t know how to handle it. And I don’t know how to handle it, because I am not a writer - but I want to write it anyway”. Here’s your answer, you’re welcome.

Believe me, I hope to be proven wrong, but this is what I got from Thomas’ over-the-top reaction. And if any of you think I am too hard on him, then sorry again, but it pisses me off to see a grown-ass man whining like a child because someone just asked him something he doesn’t want to talk about.

And here is the second tweet, dated December 2022:

Not only this is another textbook example of what “having a guilty conscience” means, but Mr. Sanders’ reply is - if possible - even more childish: I work very very hard! See how hard I work? I am right and you are wrong! And If you keep saying these bad things, I will tell mom.

In addition to that, he wasn’t even clever enough to turn the topic away from him. That person said that his supporters got nothing in turn and are more excited than him? He could’ve said that this was offensive towards his supporters, because if they are trusting him it’s not because he’s forcing them to do it, but because they like what he’s doing and want him to create these things he’s passionate about. But nope, he was too butthurt and he clearly knew that person was right, so he overreacted like a child.

This also proves that, sadly, he doesn’t believe his supporters are following him out of trust or because they like everything he’s doing. He’s probably very aware that the reason most people are following him is Sanders Sides - and that puts him in a difficult situation.

Why? Because he’s not able to handle the series. And he’s aware of it: he knows he’s taking too long with the script, he knows there are no real updates, he knows he has nothing to give. And yet, this series is his main income: there are people, merch, contracts. He can’t just drop or cancel it.

And so he keeps everything as vague as possible. If everything is vague, people will still trust him, they will think he’s working on the series and patiently wait for the next episode.

This can work with kids. But when kids grow up or teens grow tired, they start to rightfully ask questions. And if you don’t have answers, you end up replying like this - thus involuntarily showing how aware you are of your situation.

And now, let’s take Sanders Sides out for a moment, because this isn’t about the series, but about him.

This behavior is very, very disrespectful. Adults should be an example for younger people, they should be someone the next generation will look at and take inspiration from, to grow into even better adults. We can’t pretend kids are better than us, if we are not the first to show them how to be better.

Thomas isn’t just an adult, but a public figure, so he’s not just an example for his friends or relatives: he’s an example for a lot of people. He should show them what a proper, mature, adult reply is. What he did instead was attacking with a lot of passive-aggressiveness an innocent fan who just asked a question and a more sarcastic one, who just poked him.

Do you know what he could’ve done instead? Not reply at all. Or just grow a pair and reply like an adult. He could’ve thanked the first fan and said that, unfortunately, there are no real updates on Sanders Sides for now, because he’s working on other stuff - and added that he hopes they will like this stuff too. While to the second person, he could’ve said that people are following him for more than just Sanders Sides and that he’s sorry that person thinks he did nothing, because he worked on different things. Was it so hard to do?

This is not a good way to handle criticism. And I hope he will grow up a little: all he did now was showing us how long his straw tail is and how easily it catches fire.

[dukeofonions]

Do you ever feel alone in your opinion? Like everyone else is like on board with a theory/headcanon/upcoming change and you’re sitting in your corner thinking “Nope, I don’t vibe w/that” but no one else seems to share the same sentiment as you?

(Doesn’t have to be for just SaSi; could be for any fandom you like)

Yeah, every once in awhile. Both with fandom and other things in life.

#dukeofasks #these days i just vibe alone in my corner #as y'all can probably tell from my inactivity #that and i just happen to have a new thing I'm fixating on so that's taken a lot of my attention #but yeah when it comes to this sort of thing you're bound to find at least one person who agrees with you #most just tend to stay quiet about it if it's not what the majority thinks #when it comes to theories and headcanons i don't mind hearing other people's takes #even if i don't agree or vibe with it #there's just so many ways people can interpret things #different ideas #i find it both fascinating and daunting at the same time

[dukeofonions]

Lol I just thought I'd get in trouble because I would make my toys have boyfriends and girlfriends and that wasn't allowed. 😅

do kids in real life talk out loud when they’re playing alone? like saying things out loud and making voices when they play with dolls and stuff?

as a kid i didn’t do that (i would just move the dolls but play the whole thing out in my head) and thought it was just a movie thing, like when people talk out loud to themselves when the audience has to know their thoughts.

but then i grew up and i haven’t interacted with kids much throughout my life so. idk.

#forbidden love #that and some of the plots got really dark for my child imagination #for some reason a big favorite of mine was #and epic battles against the forces of good and evil #all featuring my littles pet shops

[dukeofonions]

Oh I always did that when I was little. I never wanted anyone to know what was happening in my head. 😅

do kids in real life talk out loud when they’re playing alone? like saying things out loud and making voices when they play with dolls and stuff?

as a kid i didn’t do that (i would just move the dolls but play the whole thing out in my head) and thought it was just a movie thing, like when people talk out loud to themselves when the audience has to know their thoughts.

but then i grew up and i haven’t interacted with kids much throughout my life so. idk.

#one time my aunt saw me playing and asked if there was something wrong with me #I'd also never want to play with my siblings because they'd talk and it was just too noisy #i liked to play in silence

[dukeofonions]

unpopular opinion: the dnd roleplaying with roman is clearly a way to get views and Thomas literally used roman to get ppl to watch the series bc he knew that if he used an OC then the viewers would be considerably less...also to those out there who consider 'role-playing with roman' as sanders sides content, I wish you some rest and to find a content creator who actually listens to his fans✌

I kinda disagree on the first part, given that this series has been in the works for awhile I think it was just something fun they wanted to do.

I do sort of agree on using Roman when, to me, it feels odd that they kept referring to it as a "Roman series" even going as far as to have Roman himself react to the news in the update video he did with all the Sides. Only for the series to come out and throw up the disclaimer that the Roman in rswr isn't the same as the one from Sanders Sides, which if that's the case then why not just make up a new character? Why give the audience the impression that it was going to be a series about the Roman we're all familiar with when that wasn't the case?

Well at the end of the day it's not a huge deal for me because I do like the series regardless. I just find it odd that they went that route. Although if I had to guess it could be (like you said anon) they didn't think a lot of people would watch it unless they used Roman to draw Sanders Sides fans in. I mean we've already seen in the past that videos they make without the Sides aren't as popular (take Cartoon Therapy for example) people enjoy them sure but it's obvious that Sanders Sides is their most popular work so having a character from that series "star" in his own spin-off (even if it isn't actually a spin-off of that character since it's in a different universe I guess) would make sense if they were wanting to have people watch it.

#dukeofasks #and i mean hey it worked #people watched it #and like it #i was mostly drawn in due to roman and the d&d aspect #but yeah now that i have watched it i do kinda wish they could have just let it be its own thing #because seeing people constantly trying to bring sanders sides into it is kinda just #ehhhhhh #i mean I'm just hoping they don't feel pressured to force the other sides into the series just to make fans happy #like just let it be it's own thing #i mean they already kinda ruined that already by having a roman character in it #but hey maybe in the future they'll make more original stuff separate from the sides #even though that is difficult given that the majority of his fans are here for sanders sides #which is in a weird place right now #but I've rambled enough for now I'm done

[dukeofonions]

Me waking up: Ah today is going to be a great!

First thing I hear after stepping out of my room courtesy of my stepbrother: So the Bible says same sex marriage is a sin-

Me walking back into my room: Time to hide in bed until the sun goes away.

#tw religion #ah nothing like casual homophobia to start your day #via my self proclaimed not homophobic step brother #who once said that all gays should go to hell #in front of me #after i have been out for awhile #and then my sister trying to say he didn't mean it and i just needed to understand where he was coming from #ah good times

[dukeofonions]

full offense but I refuse to believe there's gonna be people who look at the across the spider-verse trailer and then are gonna be like "yea I'd rather keep giving money to the mcu instead of this.". Do you have eyes

[dukeofonions]

One thing that irks me about the Roman DnD is some people saw Youngblood in the trailer and made it about prinanxity (Roman x Virgil) and it :/ idk I don’t like the ship so o don’t like that fans are shipping it base of that one character looks like another character

Yeah I've seen my fair share of that and I am not a fan.

Like I was pretty sure it wasn't Virgil when I first saw the trailer, but part of me was kinda worried about the possibility of it being him, happy to see that wasn't the case as I really like Youngblood and it helps to separate the series from Sanders Sides.

Which, having Virgil around would definitely ruin. Although I wouldn't be opposed to the other Sides having little cameos (like as NPCs for example) that have no big impact on the plot and they just come and go so the focus stays on Roman and Youngblood.

#dukeofasks #but yeah thanks a lot virgil #now no other character is allowed to have a purple color scheme #this is kind of a joke #like the one thing that would ruin this series for me is if they brought Virgil in as a main character #he already has so much in sanders sides let roman have his own series #even if it's technically a different version of roman #and not the one we all know and love and feel sorry for #come to think of it is thomas just slowly creating his own multiverse #the sandersverse i guess?

[dukeofonions]

I actually prefer the DnD with Roman then I do with the sanders sides?! Maybe it’s because I think the DnD is neat and also because it about my favorite character! I wonder if it will get popular as DnD podcast (like the adventure zone)

Can't say for sure yet since it's only been one episode but it's definitely caught my interest (especially when I've been on a fantasy rpg kick recently) and I dunno the episode just had a really charming vibe to it?

And while it looks like they're setting up a story you can tell the three of them are still having fun with the little goofs here and there. And i know it's starting out pretty lighthearted now I'm wondering if it's gonna get a little more serious down the road.

I mean if you look at Roman here it definitely seems like a set up where the innocent, naive wannabe hero ends up learning about the hardships of reality alongside a character who's a little more experienced with the world, which is one of my favorite tropes.

I dunno, I'm excited to see where it goes. Haven't gotten around to actually playing D&D myself yet but I figure this could be a nice introduction for me.

#dukeofasks #ignore the fact i have a D&D starter kit just lying around #i dont have anyone to play with though #sad noise

[dukeofonions]

I'll be honest, I was kinda disappointed with Roleslaying with Roman. The production and animation was top notch, don't get me wrong. But the fact that it has three people talking almost at once, as well as music going on in the background is overstimulating, and making it hard to listen to. Only thing I like about it so far is Aunt Patty.

I agree with the music, sometimes it felt way too loud and I couldn't hear what they were saying. But all in all I honestly enjoyed it.

I'm not sure how much of it is improv, but maybe in future episodes they'll be a little more structured as far as the diqlogue goes and everyone will get a chance to speak clearly.

It is just the first episode though so hopefully they'll fix things like this down the road. If it gets bad enough though then hopefully people will bring it to their attention.

#dukeofasks #i honestly didn't think there was too much talking going on #it was mostly the music that bugged me #though it sounded really nice #just a bit too loud

[dukeofonions]

I see Thomas has done a reaction to Dan made things…

Suddenly I’m concerned he’s seen either some of my stuff or my friends’ stuff and I’m mildly curious to watch it

However if he didn’t get permission to post this stuff (and if he’s reacted to my creations) I’m going to be mildly annoyed.

People shouldn’t say one thing and proceed to do the opposite

[I also just woke up to find this out so I might be letting tiredness govern my annoyance]

I mean from what I know the stuff was found by someone on Thomas's team, not sure if any permission was asked for, but so far I haven't seen anyone upset if their content appeared in the video. Not saying permission shouldn't have been asked and if it was I hoped people's decisions were respected.

Personally, I wouldn't mind too much if something I made got featured like that (I've already thrown it up onto the internet after all) but I understand everyone's situation is different and some people may only be used to posting for a smaller audience and not have their work suddenly shown to thousands of people.

Which could have both positive or negative effects, but like I said so far nothing bad seems to have come out of it and I'm hoping nothing does.

#dukeofasks #i mean if anything has come up then i just haven't noticed

[dukeofonions]

Ok so the video we’re Gavin and Thomas react to fandom stuff is only 14 minutes long so idk if it’s long livestream but the pickle thing is Gavin acting like a fancy cretic.

The video was cute, kind of awkward, but I thought they would react more to edit and stuff on tumblr since I think that’s were most of the fan base is.

I wonder if now Thomas react to fandom stuff it means that the sides is either ending or going to get a massive change?

Yeah the stream was a few hours long but they were doing a lot of stuff in between reacting to videos. Not sure how much ended up on the cutting room floor but 14 minutes is shorter than I was expecting but eh, it's a good length.

And yeah I mean, Thomas has obviously reacted to fandom stuff before. He has art Sundays and has watched animatics, this is just the first time he's put it all in a video.

I know the series has one more season before it ends and as far as I know they've got most of it planned out, so I'm not too worried about fandom content making a huge impact plot wise, other than small things added here and there that are common fandom things.

But I don't think they'd alter the plot much due to a random animatic they watch, whatever the plot may be.

#dukeofasks

[dukeofonions]

I don’t really like Remus’ skirt outfit, personally. Can I explain why exactly I don’t like it? Nope, can’t pinpoint it. It just doesn’t feel quite right to me, is all.

I mean that's fair. Personally, I love it. Maybe wish the skirt was a bigger part of the outfit (I noticed just about everything but the skirt when I first saw it) but honestly I like it.

#dukeofasks #doesn't top the janus skirt pics at all #but i still love it #maybe the energy that the pics have has a lot to do with it #because it very much screams chaotic remus #which i love #but yeah I'm a fan of this one #still find it hilarious that logan virgil and patton didn't get actual photo shoots #but hey what can ya do? #except maybe a short video with the sides showing off their skirts to each other #which would probably mean character thomas needs a skirt look #eh it probably won't happen but one can dream

[dukeofonions]

I haven’t watched the we take requests video yet but it took me a minute to realise that I watched the livestream of it. It was so long ago I forgot about it.

I'm in the same boat as you my friend.

#dukeofasks #it's almost like i dreamt it #i vaguely remember something about a pickle #but i can't remember the context

[dukeofonions]

Do you want us to tell you want happens in the video or no?

Eh, I have vague memories of the stream when it was filmed but I'd be curious to know if anything was added or changed, so if y'all wanna share your thoughts about it go right ahead. I'm not too worried about spoilers or anything like that.

#dukeofasks