@@edwardt.8704 man what?! The absolute divestment from anything that even suggests empathy is heavy in this one. Good thing it’s still intended to be a “comedy” 😂😂
i don’t know if he intentionally sounded like kermit when he says “that’s why they build’em” but the delivery kills me EVERY time. he knocked it out of the park comedically in this episode
@@Teletheus YES that's the exact phrase I was thinking of. Can't wait for him to pull out a banjo and give a haunting rendition of It's Not Easy Being Green
‘Sometimes it feels like theres not one real beggar in these lands’ is such a hilariously raw sentiment for this setting, knowing that while there is economic social difference, its as likely the person you offer charity to becomes a witch or djinn or beggar
To me, the fun thing about Lou’s Pinocchio voice is that it’s in the same pitch as his hysterical laugh. So when Lou actually laughs uncontrollably, it still feels in character! Also, I’m watching through Neverafter for the first time at the moment, and it occurs to me that the gingerbread man is from a nursery rhyme thing… so I’m kind of hoping swifty becomes the first character to appear in multiple D20 franchises
i am always unsure when rosamund said "that's terrible. you're married?" the greenleigh whether she's commenting the fact that he's married or that his wife is missing
i thought it was something like, she's the polite princess so she takes a moment to dispense the courtly sympathy, but in reality she's far more interested in marriage, because her entire upbringing taught her that marriage is all that's important and vital, more important than literal life and death like gerard implies is possible
11:25 Zac's "hey-ee" once more proves he is the king of one word retorts - he knew the ramifications for Lou saying that immediately, and Pib being an experienced liar would know it was a problem. Gosh this gang is talented.
For me the funniest part was when Brennan spent a long time explaining in detail this extremely gross wet scary lump in the carriage w/ Siobhan. Then he turns to Murph and is like, "...so, do you wanna introduce your character?".
I didn't quite notice it on my first watch but there's a masterful bit of DM/player cooperation at around 3:30 when Murph rolls a Cha save vs. trying to catch the fly. Brennan doesn't actually say that Murph failed the save, he didn't directly compel any action from the character even with a failed save. He just mocked the result and then very strongly implied what the character wanted to do, then Murph picked right up on it and went for the fly.
I think my favorite part about 17:47 ish is how Ally immediately busts out laughing because of the face Brennan pulls. Like they know him so well and the characters he makes for one off jokes it's just funny before it happens, and then Brennan does not disappoint
There's an interview Lou and Brennan do together where Brennan starts to mime an awful cursed creature for half a second + Lou fully stops the conversation to make him complete the action- so I'm now convinced all of Brennan's friends are intuitively trained to recognize the look of Incoming Bit
@@marzipanmenthol thank you for reminding me of probably my favorite moment still in this whole season, please, what interview is this? Unfortunately I haven't kept as up to date since neverafter aired.
0:46 Again, Siobhan is too underrated. Her jokes are genuinely too smart and subtle. The way her very slight difference in intonation makes you understand she's thinking "oh that's terrible, you're married" instead of "oh that's terrible. You're married ?"
There's something incredibly comforting about the return of short-haired Murph with glasses. I felt like I didn't even know or recognize long-haired Murph with shades. It was a novel shake-up for a season, but for me, Murphy Prime is and always will be the Murph that looks like Michael Douglas in a prequel set 30 years before the events of Falling Down...
Ally starting to laugh at whatever cursed animal was coming out of the woods before Brennan even described it was perfect. This crew knows each other so well. 😅
I admire so much how completely dialed in they all are into their characters, but Murph especially plays Gerard in such a genius balance of hilarious, bearably intolerable, and genuinely compelling👏
The fact that the "rrright?" at the end of Murph's flashback didn't make it devastates me. Like admittedly it's a sad moment so it's fair, but at the same time the little frog ribbit affectation he adds to it?? I love murph he's so excellent
yeah there are a couple moments I wish I had added but completely forgot about when I was making it 😭 it runs down my battery too so it was a race against time
As tragic as it is, Gerard's scene in the banquet hall just had me thinking of Queen Caramelinda in Ep1 of ACOC. "IN THE BANQUET HALL? FOR REAL?" Just a very prim and proper lady getting not even four words into a sentence before shenanigans start happening.
@@edwardt.8704 like they said in the talkback episode this is kind of their first season going into it with the pc’s having their own secrets and mysterious backstories instead of everything just getting told to us or later plot twist reveals. for everyone we got just enough but it left us with so many questions and i’m excited. especially since they’ve apparently kept certain things from each other so they’ll be just as shocked as we are at some points
I think my favorite part of that interaction is that she failed the roll with a nat 1. The result wasn't that no animals showed up to help but that abomination did.
17:50, Ally didn’t even need Brennan to describe the ostrich to know something insane was about to walk out of that forest, just seeing the look in Brennan’s eyes said it all.
Lou hiding behind Beardsley whilst Brennan is describing the least-gruesome aspect of the campaign will never not be funny to me. Emily's character as a wolf; blows her whole family away = scary. A psychopathic god-like big-bad that snapped off your nose, manipulates you into doing her bidding AND happens to be your stepmom = Okay, but HOTDOGS!
I honestly think one of the coolest things about this entire series was Gerard's growth from husband in denial, to divorcee who is his ex's best friend. He goes from being a coward obsessed with maintaining happily ever after, to understanding his wife's deep dissatisfaction with her own story, to showing her that her story isn't over, to giving up his own life for the party's cause. FanTASTIC character development on Murph's part. You can tell he's a DM by how he creates these arcs for his own characters as B stories to Brennan's main plot.
There's a moment right after Zack says "Yes, that's what I said. What did you hear?" as soon as the last syllable is off his lips he laughs the laugh of a man who knows he has just made his bed by saying something insane and now must lie down in it.
the stephan bit i think is made so much better by the fact that its one of the only times theyve played a nat 1 properly in my opinion. The players obviously know its a nat 1 but the characters dont so they should think the bad info they got is actually correct and should act on it. e.g. in acoc when they got nat 1s on the hay bale and thought it was full of enemies they kinda laughed and brushed it off. I understand why cos it would be annoying to deal with but its too funny when they do
PIB is out here gaslighting, gatekeeping, catbossing
Pic could definitely trick his way into being the CEO of Five separate companies
Gaslight gatekeep gatoboss
I just need more of those lil beans!
@@btmhorner genius
Murph is REALLY dialed into this character. Like the conversation he has with his wife in the flashback was… sheesh
The discussion that he had with Gerard's wife and the fly bit had me sharp inhaling. Completely uninvested in anyone's plight but his own.
@@edwardt.8704 man what?! The absolute divestment from anything that even suggests empathy is heavy in this one. Good thing it’s still intended to be a “comedy” 😂😂
Murph especially was on fire this episode, I think the heightened stakes of the horror vibe makes the moments of levity so much funnier
i don’t know if he intentionally sounded like kermit when he says “that’s why they build’em” but the delivery kills me EVERY time. he knocked it out of the park comedically in this episode
I agree but I have to say that the prince of shoeberg thing had me in tears. I think it was more Lou's voice than anything else haha
@@clearlynotchloeit DOES SOUND LIKE KERMIT
Is it just me or is Murph putting just a touch of Kermit in there
I heard that to...
“That’s why they build castles! That’s why they build ’em.”
@@Teletheus YES that's the exact phrase I was thinking of. Can't wait for him to pull out a banjo and give a haunting rendition of It's Not Easy Being Green
YESS! I heard that and loved it so much!
“that’s why they build em” was full kermit
“2-3 years???”
“An amount of time that is not upsetting to a cat 🙃”
😂😂😂
‘Sometimes it feels like theres not one real beggar in these lands’ is such a hilariously raw sentiment for this setting, knowing that while there is economic social difference, its as likely the person you offer charity to becomes a witch or djinn or beggar
Honestly my favorite part is that Lou is using almost the exact same voice as swifty from A Crown of Candy despite how much he hated him
Swifty was on a whole other level of unhinged to be fair
@@RebekahFinley Pinoccicrow-esque, was Swifty.
To me, the fun thing about Lou’s Pinocchio voice is that it’s in the same pitch as his hysterical laugh. So when Lou actually laughs uncontrollably, it still feels in character!
Also, I’m watching through Neverafter for the first time at the moment, and it occurs to me that the gingerbread man is from a nursery rhyme thing… so I’m kind of hoping swifty becomes the first character to appear in multiple D20 franchises
i am always unsure when rosamund said "that's terrible. you're married?" the greenleigh whether she's commenting the fact that he's married or that his wife is missing
Might be she’s sad - he’s a prince who is already in love and she’s looking for a prince who isn’t
I think it's both
Both, but probably leaning more towards fact that he isnt a prince that could break her curse
i thought it was something like, she's the polite princess so she takes a moment to dispense the courtly sympathy, but in reality she's far more interested in marriage, because her entire upbringing taught her that marriage is all that's important and vital, more important than literal life and death like gerard implies is possible
Yes.
Brennan and Lou LOSING IT from 14:50 to "chaotic entitled" is just EVERYTHING
Honestly love a Lou character break moment
I think Lou USUALLY plays chaotic entitled. King Rocks, Fabian, he's just good at it. But can also play humble like Kingston.
11:25 Zac's "hey-ee" once more proves he is the king of one word retorts - he knew the ramifications for Lou saying that immediately, and Pib being an experienced liar would know it was a problem. Gosh this gang is talented.
Right?? I can’t get over that small moment
Would've been wild if the dice were on Lou's side.
I’m so stoked for this pairing of Lou and Zac. Especially since they’re both playing such assholes.
For me the funniest part was when Brennan spent a long time explaining in detail this extremely gross wet scary lump in the carriage w/ Siobhan. Then he turns to Murph and is like, "...so, do you wanna introduce your character?".
Somewhere in gerard's castle is one of those cheesy signs, but instead of 'this too shall pass' it's actually "This is temporary"
This is temporary and good and normal
And "my wife still loves me".
The Pinocchio v Stephan bit was so funny man
Chaotic Entitled is an alignment Lou plays to a T.
that's why they build castles!!! ...that's why they build 'em.
Emily saying, "You play bridge, that's what my grandma likes." had me in stitches.
ally and lou cuddling into each other in fear at 16:20 is fuckin adorable
I love Zac/Pib just telling pinochio that he's the one person who knows he's not the prince of shoeberg
Pib may be the most oyama-esque character zacks ever played and I'm here for it.
I didn't quite notice it on my first watch but there's a masterful bit of DM/player cooperation at around 3:30 when Murph rolls a Cha save vs. trying to catch the fly. Brennan doesn't actually say that Murph failed the save, he didn't directly compel any action from the character even with a failed save. He just mocked the result and then very strongly implied what the character wanted to do, then Murph picked right up on it and went for the fly.
I think my favorite part about 17:47 ish is how Ally immediately busts out laughing because of the face Brennan pulls. Like they know him so well and the characters he makes for one off jokes it's just funny before it happens, and then Brennan does not disappoint
lol yesss
There's an interview Lou and Brennan do together where Brennan starts to mime an awful cursed creature for half a second + Lou fully stops the conversation to make him complete the action- so I'm now convinced all of Brennan's friends are intuitively trained to recognize the look of Incoming Bit
@@marzipanmenthol thank you for reminding me of probably my favorite moment still in this whole season, please, what interview is this? Unfortunately I haven't kept as up to date since neverafter aired.
I love that with Pib Brennan rolls for gaslighting and fails
Timothy grabbing bainbridge and hissing “im a cursed man” is already so funny, but the way Ally whips their head around at 8:20 kills me even more
Murph and Siobhan (sp) meeting for the first time was just pure comedy gold
0:46 Again, Siobhan is too underrated. Her jokes are genuinely too smart and subtle.
The way her very slight difference in intonation makes you understand she's thinking "oh that's terrible, you're married" instead of "oh that's terrible. You're married ?"
Stephan's fearful chuckle of "you're gonna die" is so funny somehow; something about Brennan's delivery sells the character so well!
There's something incredibly comforting about the return of short-haired Murph with glasses. I felt like I didn't even know or recognize long-haired Murph with shades. It was a novel shake-up for a season, but for me, Murphy Prime is and always will be the Murph that looks like Michael Douglas in a prequel set 30 years before the events of Falling Down...
He was in the Zone.
long haired murph with glasses was perfect for barry though
I didn't even know it was murph for the longest time
Apparently it’s 100% Murph’s hairline that makes him at all recognizable.
Both versions are very handsome and fit their characters well, however.
you better not talk shit about Barry. you mess with one Barry you mess with all the Barry's!
"Lord Bainbridge, stephan is being crazy out here"
“You’re gonna die!”
Ally starting to laugh at whatever cursed animal was coming out of the woods before Brennan even described it was perfect. This crew knows each other so well. 😅
11:27 I love this moment, because it’s clear that PIB recognizes the mistake Pinocchio is making, like some sort of advisor-y thing
I admire so much how completely dialed in they all are into their characters, but Murph especially plays Gerard in such a genius balance of hilarious, bearably intolerable, and genuinely compelling👏
My personal favorite was The Gander saying “I put it on myself!!”
The fact that the "rrright?" at the end of Murph's flashback didn't make it devastates me. Like admittedly it's a sad moment so it's fair, but at the same time the little frog ribbit affectation he adds to it?? I love murph he's so excellent
I love Neverafter so much because Lou, once again, proves his willingness to commit to the bit.
Mental image: blood hunter gerard and his rolls are to keep his frog tendencies at bay
Gerard is an instant favorite, I hope he never dies
😬😬😬
@@bananaboatcharlie rip the whole party
I wish you had added when Mother asks the goose if it put the bonnet on itself. I think I watched that two or three times over and died every time.
yeah there are a couple moments I wish I had added but completely forgot about when I was making it 😭 it runs down my battery too so it was a race against time
I was in shambles when I first heard Brennan's voice for the featherless ostrich. Pure hysterics
As tragic as it is, Gerard's scene in the banquet hall just had me thinking of Queen Caramelinda in Ep1 of ACOC. "IN THE BANQUET HALL? FOR REAL?" Just a very prim and proper lady getting not even four words into a sentence before shenanigans start happening.
I love Emily's character this season. She's so fucked up and strange.
I'm really excited to know what happened at Grandma's House. The mystery is enthralling.
@@edwardt.8704 like they said in the talkback episode this is kind of their first season going into it with the pc’s having their own secrets and mysterious backstories instead of everything just getting told to us or later plot twist reveals. for everyone we got just enough but it left us with so many questions and i’m excited. especially since they’ve apparently kept certain things from each other so they’ll be just as shocked as we are at some points
@@liamross340 Doesn't anyone remember Ricky's big secret in Unsleeping City Season 1?
He wasn't always a firefighter.
the way murph shouts "COUSIN" sounded exactly like The Bear, and now I wish that continued with them just shouting cousin constantly
every time lou wails as pinocchio i cry laughing
"That's why they build them" gets me everytime.
Watched NeverAfter at the first opportunity on dropout. Watching compilations like these helps the wait for the next episode to drop XD
Ngl unfeathered ostriches was something I missed and god am I distrubed
YOU SURE? YOU ALL GOOD? YOU DON'T NEED ANY HELP? /lh
I think my favorite part of that interaction is that she failed the roll with a nat 1. The result wasn't that no animals showed up to help but that abomination did.
i’ve never consistently laughed harder at murph than in never after
really enjoyed the prince of shoeberg bit. the way lou is just cracking up the whole time
Did I finish the episode and immediately search for a compilation? Perhaps. Thanks for this!
"oh thats TERRIBLE, you're married!" god bless Siobhan
17:50, Ally didn’t even need Brennan to describe the ostrich to know something insane was about to walk out of that forest, just seeing the look in Brennan’s eyes said it all.
ally's ''HIYAHH'' kills me every time it's so good
oh god who let ally have silvery barbs. now I have to watch this season just to see Brennan's designs fall apart to dice trickery
Lou hiding behind Beardsley whilst Brennan is describing the least-gruesome aspect of the campaign will never not be funny to me. Emily's character as a wolf; blows her whole family away = scary.
A psychopathic god-like big-bad that snapped off your nose, manipulates you into doing her bidding AND happens to be your stepmom = Okay, but HOTDOGS!
‘I’m a cursed man’ 😳 Gets me everytime 😂
I honestly think one of the coolest things about this entire series was Gerard's growth from husband in denial, to divorcee who is his ex's best friend. He goes from being a coward obsessed with maintaining happily ever after, to understanding his wife's deep dissatisfaction with her own story, to showing her that her story isn't over, to giving up his own life for the party's cause. FanTASTIC character development on Murph's part. You can tell he's a DM by how he creates these arcs for his own characters as B stories to Brennan's main plot.
Scaly unfeathered ostrich is so upsetting to me
The ostrich is my favorite thing that has ever happened on D20 🤣
I never want to watch a season where Lu and Ally aren't sitting next to each other ever again. The two of them next to each other is a joy.
the hat foreshadowing…the orange hat fairy is waiting in the wings
"Our whole thing is over" is one of my many favorite d20 quotes
There's a moment right after Zack says "Yes, that's what I said. What did you hear?" as soon as the last syllable is off his lips he laughs the laugh of a man who knows he has just made his bed by saying something insane and now must lie down in it.
My god that whole exchange starting from 14:48 just radiates with so much chaos, they can't stop each other fm cracking 😂
“im a cursed man” is one of the funniest thing s ive ever sene oh my god
Ive been on a little slump with neverafter so ig now i gotta go watch it to watch these without giving myself spoilers 😂
Can't wait for next episode
Pib
Gatekeep gaslight gurl bossss
loving the murph appreciation in the comments
3:30 and 16:26 Lou's horrified gasp/laugh!
I think at some point while watching this I realixed that I was high
the stephan bit i think is made so much better by the fact that its one of the only times theyve played a nat 1 properly in my opinion. The players obviously know its a nat 1 but the characters dont so they should think the bad info they got is actually correct and should act on it. e.g. in acoc when they got nat 1s on the hay bale and thought it was full of enemies they kinda laughed and brushed it off. I understand why cos it would be annoying to deal with but its too funny when they do
Murph is so underrated
Murph is my favourite this season
I forgot about the ostritch
That's terrible youre married