#midst appendices

[midstpodcast]

Season 3, Episode XI Appendices 🔎 | A Hastily Scrawled Note On A Napkin

#midst #midst podcast #third person #critical role #podcast #podcasting #audio drama #audio fiction #fiction podcast #midst appendices #appendices #phineas thatch #moc weepe #lark #scifi #fantasy #western #surreal

[playerkingsley]

#sorry not sorry I’m obsessed with the latest of the midst appendices #midst #midst podcast #midst spoilers #polls

[ghor-dranas]

Teletheric Transduction Pocket Guide - Table of Contents!

So, the appendix for Season 3 Episode 2 of Midst [link] is a pocket book, opened to its introductory pages, but I noticed that if you look closely, you can see the text on the previous and next pages! It's a little hard to read [to say the least], but @captainofthetidesbreath quickly flipped and edited the image which made it much easier!

And to make things even easier still, I am going to give you a full transcript.

Table of Contents Actual Adventure is All Around - 4 Transducer History - 6 Priathic Impulses - 7 Tele-Aetherics - 7 Transduction - 8 Bocular Energy Transference - 8 The Stymie Prototype - 9 Teletheric Transduction: The Modern Standard - 9 Building and Tuning Teletheric Transducers - 10 Building a Teletheric Transducer - 10 Recommended Retailers and Parts List - 10 Tuning - 11 Where to Buy Teletheric Equipment - 12 Common Models - 12 How to Evaluate Controls and Material - 13 Teletheric Science - 14 Broadcast Standards - 16 Upper Un Signal Boost Equipment - 16 Forbidden Broadcasting - 18 Safe Harbor Hours - 19 Teletheric Licensing - 20 License Tradition - 20 Study Guide - 21 Index of License Posts - 22 Shorthand Signals - 24 Teletheric Communication Codes - 28 Distance and Signal Strength Maps and Overlays - 32

The other page shows a variety of signals, with the only text reading "FIG. C: SIGNAL STRENGTH IN IDEAL CONDITIONS"

#midst #midst podcast #midst spoilers #I just love the appendices and want more people to look at them #they're full of lore!!! #anyway you don't want to know how long it took us to figure out that it said 'energy' #also today I learnt that what we call watershed in Britain they call safe harbor hours in the US #are there other tags I should use? maybe #midst podcast spoilers #midst season three #???

[utilitycaster]

The answers Marisha gave in this 4SD felt a lot more realized than in the past, which is good! But it still makes me feel like this character concept is incredibly ambitious and when juxtaposed with the various "I don't want to think anymore"/"go with the flow" statements I'm not sure she realized that.

The biggest example is that Laudna has two conflicting traits: she is extremely sensitive to betrayal, and she is very quick to trust even after experiencing a number of betrayals in her life. And when I say "conflicting" I mean that they are in conflict with each other, not that it doesn't make sense for a character to be a complicated person with traits that frequently work against them; in fact that's in my opinion a fantastic way to create a compelling character. But it feels like the why is only just starting to get explored in any capacity, and because of that even good choices raise more questions: why is this only coming out now; why so young a regression; why has it peeked out so weirdly and inconsistently in the past; why haven't the repeated betrayals in the past two months affected her mindset and made her more closed off. It once again makes me really wish we'd gotten a sustained outburst after the party reunited, because that would have made far more sense - a fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me situation.

I agree with the opinion that Laudna conceptually just fits far more with being an actual child herself - her desire to befriend children frankly comes off slightly weirder (not line-crossing or anything, just a little off) than it would had she died younger, as does her approach of dolls, and her failure to do anything with Delilah would make a lot more sense if she was at an age to be much more reliant. It would also make her inability to just blend into a city much more reasonable; no one is going to rent to a lone 11 year old. It really does feel that when the creepy child idea was rejected - which is a valid choice - it wasn't reworked sufficiently to fit someone who died in her late teens or early 20s.

I also don't really get the idea of her childlike nature being without malice. A pretty consistent theme for the various traumatic childhoods the characters of Bells Hells (and, tbh, past parties as well) has been the cruelty children are capable of - Ashton even says it in 3x78. Delilah being stuck with someone without malice would honestly lead to a situation in which Laudna was very trusting of her, which isn't the case, which again goes back to the conflict of betrayal as a trigger vs. being so quick to trust. Given that Laudna was frequently bullied and rejected as a kid, one would think she'd be aware of this. The specific example of Delilah calling Ashton a child and Laudna making him a doll still works wonderfully, but the overarching theme falls apart in places.

I think things have been on an upswing as of late, but ultimately we're at a point where, without some retcons I don't think Laudna will ever truly make complete sense because it's just such an intensive concept that did not get the work that required, and still feels reliant on a now-rejected premise.

#cr tag #laudna #didn't want to distract from the main post but honestly i again think the book coming out is debatably worse #when i think of successful supplemental material (eg: midst appendices; nine eyes of lucien/VM and MN origins comics #they are 1. optional to understanding the original material; they enhance it but aren't required #and 2. do not have any real twists from the source material merely expansion #backstory should explain current behavior but you need to establish current behavior first

[captainofthetidesbreath]

god, Costigan is AWFUL but in a way that FASCINATES me, I love her as a character and hate her as a person, her entire deal and influence on this mess is just SO fascinating

#AND she dresses like a Bond villain based on that one appendices #a marvel truly #Midst things #Midst spoilers

[essektheylyss]

What are the Midst appendices? I’ve been vaguely meaning to listen but that sounds super interesting conceptually

They're REALLY interesting! Basically later in the day after every new episode, Midst puts out some kind of found document(s), often related to the episode, but also sometimes not!

The range of these is pretty broad, from magazine covers to the contents of someone's desk to excerpts of textbooks on different aspects of the universe, so you get a really interesting set of perspectives on small aspects of the world, and the worldbuilding for Midst is utterly buckwild in the best way, so it's SO fun. (This week's was a public transit map, and I had some delightfully punctilious conversations about the weird nuances of how transit even works in that particular location.) There's weird stuff about megafauna! The timekeeping is wild! This society has its own version of Teen Vogue and Jonas Spahr is the sexiest man alive!

Midst is such a delight of a show because the attention to detail is painstaking and astounding and if you like lore and worldbuilding, it is really phenomenal and a master class. (Genuinely, I will keep saying it, but it makes me writhe with envy.)

Also, if you do listen, I gotta plug the episode coverage over on @encyclopediacr which now has all of the appendices linked on their episodes list (and in individual episodes' infoboxes)! Which is much easier than trying to sort through the hellscape that is the twitter feed.

#midst podcast #I love the midst appendices. third person truly living the dream in terms of what I wanna do creatively. #put out insane and incredible stories while also getting to make the most random asides of found documents. #this is no joke my absolute dream

[mehoymalloy]

Lark (and Landlord) in MIDST, Season 2 Episode 19: "Exposed"

Artwork by Will Kirkby

#midst #midst podcast #lark #putting my mostly unconnected ramblings in the tags: #as far as im aware this is the best official look at lark we've gotten #that said i dont have access to the appendices (i think they're called?) that folks that subscribe and are couple episodes ahead have #and it is so weird how much she looks like otohan in my mind #i based otohan's scar headcanon off of lark's scar patterning #and while i knew she had darker skin greying dreads and a stoic attitude #so like the similarities were THERE #i think the nose is particular just sort of smacked me

[aanarres]

god midst has been SO good so far, the structure of having it be semi improvised plus the triple narration is so cool, and each main character is flawed in ways that are super interesting, plus the music and sound design are fantastic, and the world building is horrifying in both subtle and overt ways

#midst #I Cannot Wait for season 3 #I forget which narrator described it as burecratic horror but they were right (at least in part- some of it is horrifying in other ways lol #the art they have in the video versions is really nice too #adds an extra layer of immersion #I also started subscribing to their actual site recently and the appendices are really well done #lots of little bits of foreshadowing and worldbuilding tucked into them #also I can't spell burecratic #I like it a lot if you can't tell

[ohporcupine]

just finished c1e18 of midst and uh. i think i need to lie down.

as a recap: - the piece of shit businessman realised he had a conscience as soon as it was too late - the sympathetic cop who wasn't sure if he could or should be a cop has finally snapped - the rugged lone outlaw might now be forced to be an adoptive mother - the moon is finally exploding

#midst #midst spoilers #this show is incredible. i have listened to 18 episodes in 2 days #and as soon as i finish it i need to relisten to it all again with the appendices this time #i'm in love with all 3 of these chars btw. lark is the coolest person alive. phineas is my sweet child who deserves better. #and moc intrigues and compels me and i can't wait to see where his arc goes #everyone listen to midst please

[midstpodcast]

Season 3, Episode X Appendices 🔎 | A Phosphorfest Band Poster

#midst #midst podcast #third person #critical role #midst appendices #appendices #podcast #podcasting #fiction podcast #audio drama #scifi #fantasy #western #lark #moc weepe #phineas thatch #jonas spahr #kozma laszlo #tzila guthrie #imelda goldfinch

[lynmars79]

About Imelda Goldfinch

Looking back over episodes, transcripts, and the wiki as a friend experiences Midst for the first time, I keep coming back to Imelda.

She "mistook" Weepe for the Mayor of Stationary Hill when they bumped into one another (literally) in S1 E5 "Missions". She spends the rest of S1 pester-courting Weepe into the Trust, starts him at Zero, and then grants him enough Valor to become Upper Trust for the Cabaret betrayal. She makes sure he gets off Midst in the Consector's flagship.

In S2 she continues her Weepe project, showing him around the city, introducing him to people, accompanying him to Upper Trust meetings. And then the Arca, S2 E13 "Inside." Where she uses her zealousness to torment Weepe until he (outwardly) acquiesces to her.

She knew about his condition, and his medical treatment. In detail. Cameras aren't that advanced in this cosmos, and Weepe keeps that knowledge quite secret; Saskia knew after four years as Weepe's business partner, and being noted as perceptive. When and how did Imelda find out, enough to gauge a normal day's risk (if not enough to know what happens when Weepe gets excited/stressed)?

In S3 she is front and center at the naming of Weepe as Tripotentiary. She automatically becomes his Archauditor, a minimal show made of having to create the position and choice to fill it over brunch. She attends high end meetings like the dinner with Kozma, where Imelda makes interesting notes on her menu (per the appendices) about what Weepe does and doesn't like, among her other notes and reactions.

Then we get to S3 E9 "Baron."

And I have to wonder: Did Imelda "mistake" Weepe in S1 when they met? Was she there not just because of the Breach investigation and/or Moon sale, but for him? Does she know, or at least suspect, who Weepe was before his first Fold-induced transformation and the salvation from the Mothers?

Imelda is a character that fascinates me, and is a bit frightening when thinking about her. She gives some of the same vibes as HP's Dolores Umbridge, but with the caveat that Imelda seems to be a True Believer in the Trust--while also being extremely driven and ambitious. We saw in her Notary prep school yearbook that she had Caenum as a girl (with the note "most likely to Break Even"). When we meet her, middle-aged, she's wearing a wide sash of Valor and regularly rubs shoulders with the Upper Trust.

It took Fuze Peabody his entire working life to Break Even by retirement (and given Lark's past, they start working rather young in the Trust; no child labor laws in the Highest Light I suppose, for those in debt). Most Trustees never reach Zero; it's why so many Breach.

And so much of Imelda's recent Valorous momentum has been due to her maneuvering of Weepe. Of the things she has done with, for, and to him.

Did she gun for Jonas Spahr being removed as Prime Consector? Was it convenient, or targeted? Disdain for the Company or just a way to maneuver Weepe into power? And why? Did she see the incompetence at the top and think it could be better? One of her menu notes is re-starting Valor checks for Upper Trust and other important meetings. Did the Fleit scandal make her think change was needed? Does she think Weepe can get her what she wants when the rest of the Upper Trust cannot?

What does she know? Why is she doing all this? Personal power? Grandiose zealotry? Revenge? A little of everything? Is Imelda the real mastermind and arch villain?

I dunno, and that last may be a bit silly (??) but something is going on with this woman, and she stands somewhere near the heart of this tangled web.

"He's totally fucked" the Narrators say of Weepe when he bumps into Imelda that first time. That's certainly been true in many ways--and I don't think it impossible that it will continue to be, with Weepe maybe not expecting the damage this scarily cheerful little lady with Pollyanna curls can still do to him before the end.

For the good of the Trust.

#Midst #Podcast #Midst Podcast #Midst Spoilers #Imelda Goldfinch #Moc Weepe #character analysis #Scheduling this for S3 E9's release as I'm ahead #And a LOT of things are coming back around to the very early episodes in these latest ones

[playerkingsley]

a potentially true fact about moc weepe: he likes birds

#the real reason why he got on with imelda goldfinch (a joke. mostly. lark was obviously not extended the same courtesy) #going through all the appendices now that I’m caught up: legitimately so fun #midst #midst podcast

[encyclopediacr]

Last month at the wiki — March 2024

Every month, we highlight significant work done in the previous month by our editing community at Encyclopedia Exandria. This one is a LONG one, so fair warning...

March 2024 saw the creation of 83 (eighty-three) new mainspace articles! A bit more on why so many later, but first here's a selection of ten of them. You can find more at the 50 newest pages report.

Zora Manning, Lightkeeper for the Circle of the Crimson Mirror

Nokari, Lightkeeper for the Circle of Tide & Bone

Isle of Serenity, island in the Glass Sea

Nymph, type of fey

Pyre, sect of the Ascendancy

Ashley Middlebrook, producer at Critical Role Productions

Ruidian glass, material found on Ruidus

Rashinna, leader member of the Volition

Gaz Tomo, member of the Volition

Vezoden Amerai, champion of the Strife Emperor

So, why so many new articles? We created individual articles for every episode of Midst! Using information we already had in list of Midst episodes, we were able to create episode articles painlessly, programmatically, and promptly with Python magic. We've also made updates to our episode infobox for Midst to document airdates for the re-releases and for subscribers, illustrators for the video versions, and appendices links. Now that we've got individual articles, the summaries on the list were made more concise to provide different levels of summarization and to make appendices links easier to see. Work is also underway on the individual articles, including more robust summaries (now that they're standalone rather than in a table), appendices summaries, and illustration galleries. You can check out the articles for Unrise, Switcheroo, and Tempest for a peek at what we're aiming for and slowly moving toward.

Character infoboxes now have a place for movement speeds, making it easier to do thought experiments about which PC will win in a race. Also, we've historically had explanatory notes for multiple stats or DCs in a hover. We've changed our best practices to instead place these into a footnote formatted similar to references so that these notes can be accessed by mobile users.

The character infobox was also updated to handle stats for systems other than Dungeons & Dragons. We've added new items for Daggerheart (we're still getting a feel for what should be included), and we have options for a full custom stat array. This allows us to better handle Daggerheart characters in the future, should we see more of them, but also to better handle PCs in past one-shots who were not well-serviced by the less flexible stat handling. We've also inserted new fields to properly reflect Daggerheart's Community and Ancestry character options.

As always, check out our Candela Obscura coverage. Newfaire has been updated with more points of interest from the core rulebook. We've also got a lengthy bibliography of interviews related to the show on top of our regular coverage for this month's continuing adventures of the Circle of the Crimson Mirror.

#Critical Role #Candela Obscura #Midst #Midst podcast #Critical Role wiki #last month at the wiki

[stickandthorn]

I think it’s fascinating that, according to the “Sevunteen” Midst appendices, not only does prom exist for teenagers in the Trust, but ditching caenum before prom is something culturally relevant enough to teenagers to put it on the cover of a magazine, like how finding a date or picking out the perfect dress is important to real world proms.

#midst #midst podcast

[captainofthetidesbreath]

Basically every time Jonas Spahr is depicted out of armor in the appendices and video illustrations, he's wearing all white. Seeing as the teases for this upcoming episode tell us he's making a social call, he's presumably out of armor, so here's a question...

Personally, I think he should be in all white this time, then the NEXT time he's depicted, he's not. But, vote as your heart desires. Unless you already know because you're a subscriber, then hit that last button, or you don't know who Jonas Spahr is, then hit that last button and go listen to Midst.

If you picked "he's in a color," tell us what color you think in the tags.

#Jonas Spahr #Midst #Midst podcast #Midst things

[essektheylyss]

Open, non-exhaustive list of content I would read/watch in a heartbeat about the political situation in Rexxentrum post-Solstice:

One-shot or mini-arc of the Nein going full National Treasure level heist on the Cerberus Assembly records management department before a Ludinus simulacrum can reach the burn boxes

Faux Trump aide exposé-style novel of Athesias Uludan compiling and publishing The Dirt in the aftermath as part of his apology/comeback tour

Colville-run Dirty Dozen one-shot or EXU of Oliver Schreiber dragging some particularly unruly ex-Scourgers out of semi-retirement (read: house arrest) to take Ludinus out once and for all in exchange for full indemnity

Found documents a la Midst appendices of the Cobalt Soul documentation and evidence compiled about the incident

The Archmage: An Autobiography by Martinet Ludinus Da'leth (discovered and published posthumously) [1500 pages and riddled with exaggeration and inaccuracies, the last 20% has clearly been written by AI a simulacrum]

Lorekeeper rundown Youtube video from Dani Carr

Yet another novel: Wildemount's most (in)famous and (un)reliable documentarian smelled a story (Taryon's version)

Literally just a main campaign episode of the Nein infodumping to Allura at a war council meeting with the Hells present. I need this information so badly. I am fucking begging.

This sounds like it runs the gamut in level in terms of seriousness but I would like it stated for the record that I would unhinge my jaw to consume any item on this list.

#why do people run to creators for ship vindication when they COULD be out here asking for the most niche worldbuilding content #if there's one thing we learned from the midst ama it's that the people want the DEETS (about mundane civil processes and politics) #critical role #anyway lmao please note that i WILL write that athesias fic if I have to but that's just SPECULATIVE I want the DEETS #EVEN IF A LIAR IS RECOUNTING THEM I WANNA KNOW #anyway what you can really deduce from this list is that I want more CR novels of the most niche shit. will I get them? unlikely. alas. #I will continue to bang my pots and pans about it and write my silly fics regardless