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laurasbailey · 3 months

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ONE CRITICAL ROLE SCENE PER EPISODE C2E7: Hush

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nikolailantsovhoe · 9 months

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#stray gods: the roleplaying musical #stray gods #stray gods pan #pan x grace #laura bailey #khary payton #critical role #summerfall studios #this is like my otp at the moment #ahhhhh #let's go

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vikaq · 3 months

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Vic this week 011724

#victor stone #cyborg #ray fisher #khary payton #dc comics

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that-ari-blogger · 6 months

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What exactly does Pan teach you?

So, Pan's inclusion in Stray Gods is weird, right? Not in a sense of he doesn't belong or fit in the story, because he certainly does. But why Pan?

When you think of the Greek gods, chances are you think of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. In Stray Gods, these big names are absent, and here is Pan, someone a large portion of players had never heard about before now, offering you some advice.

SPOILERS AHEAD

First up, mythologically, Pan was the god of the wilds, usually. I say usually because there was no cannon for Greek Mythology because of how ancient Greece works. It wasn't so much one unified nation, but a collection of city-states with shared cultural elements. As such, different states had very different views of the deities, and these shifted over time. For example, Artemis is usually defined by a lack of romantic interest, but Sparta worshiped an epithet called Artemis Orthia, who was a goddess of fertility and childbirth. You can see why this gets complicated.

With that said, Pan is usually a god of nature and freedom, sometimes associated with medicine, sometimes associated with madness and fear, and sometimes associated with music. This is a figure who is hard to pin down.

This doesn't really answer the question: Why is Pan?

I think the answer is his distance from the rest of the idols. Olympus is defined by tradition and the past. It is burdened by trauma, and Pan, the god of freedom, represents the exact opposite. This is a character who is desperately looking forward. He seeks grace out because of guilt over Caliope's death, and instead of confronting that, he runs as fast as he can into the future. He isn't as free as first impressions would tell you.

Ok, enough preamble, what is this song about?

First up, this song takes the "why are they all singing" comment about musicals and looks you directly in the face to say "its magic, deal with it."

But second, and more importantly, this song offers you another choice. Stray Gods is about choosing your own fate, and the teaching song gives you an obvious one. Freddie, Pan, or neither.

Stray Gods isn't short of incredible visuals, but this is by far my favourite. And it isn't what you think. In any other story, this would be the choice between going on the adventure or staying home, but you're going, otherwise, Grace will be killed. This is asking you how you will go about that.

Freddie, identified with small comfort, is contrasted against Pan with the very whimsical imagery of the tree. Freddie represents safety, Pan represents urgency. Freddie represents using what you know, Pan represents diving headfirst.

Speaking of that metaphor, welcome to the waters. It's deep, you can't see the surface from here, and the murk stops you from seeing much other than Freddie and Pan. Who do you choose? Who do you trust?

What does Pan actually teach you? Not much, he explains how Grace's powers work and that's pretty much it. Except for one thing, Pan, quite accidentally, teaches you how this story will work.

Welcome to the world, it's going to be murky, you're not always going to be able to tell what is in front of you, but you can always make a choice, and you have to deal with the consequences.

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#rants #character analysis #literary analysis #greek mythology #stray gods #literature analysis #what's so special about...?#stray gods pan #khary payton #khary payton kills in this role

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dailymarisharay · 26 days

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#critical role #marisha ray #matt mercer #matthew mercer #undeadwood #khary payton #arabella Whitlock #aloysius fogg #Clayton sharpe

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haveyouseenthisseries-poll · 6 months

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#tv shows #tv series #polls #teen titans #greg cipes #hynden walch #khary payton #2000s series #us american series #have you seen this series poll

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expositor-jo · 9 months

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So...

I finished my first playthrough of Stray Gods

I'm crying so much

This game is so incredible

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abs0luteb4stard · 1 month

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W A T C H I N G

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crowreys-wormstache · 8 months

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You SUSPECT Pan?! You accuse him of the murder?! Oh! Oh! JAIL for Grace!

#stray gods #pan stray gods #khary payton #humble bundle #grace stray gods #laura bailey #jess talks

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stardusted-bookworm · 9 months

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Godsdammit. Why can't I kiss Persephone in the game?? Let me romance the Queen of the Underworld properly, gosh darn it! I could've easily played an extra few hours if it meant taking her out on dates and romancing her the way she deserves!

Yes, I am complaining like a spoiled child. In my defense..... I'm very gay.....

But ANYWAY, Stray Gods is so good!!! The music is beautiful and hearing all these talented voice actors interact is the stuff of dreams! Laura Bailey, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Khary Payton, Anjali Bhimani, Ashley Johnson, Erika Ishii, Troy Baker, and so so so many more!!

The artwork is also just incredibly beautiful.

10/10 would play again

#stray gods #laura bailey #mary elizabeth mcglynn #khary payton #anjali bhimani #ashley johnson #erika ishii #troy baker

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animatejournal · 4 months

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