@@LiaaaaaaaaAAAAAHH It is funny to think how Elias Hodge changes by the end of the season XD. He goes from an emotionally repressed and selfish kiss-ass to a hedonistic, paranoid, but ultimately good-hearted person XD
Oh you didn't get the best part of this a bit later: Imelda: "Just so you know I'm definitely going to be fooling around with other people!" Lance: "That's great, because my kink is always being suspicious of my partner!"
Siobhan and Brennan are absolute masters of their craft. That “You wanna go to Vagus?” line was absolutely inspired. I’m not ready for Mentopolis to end!
glad someone realized how good this scene was enough to edit it with the full batshit noir energy it deserved. they both clearly love their tropes and im thrilled they got a chance to fire ‘em off like a tommy gun
People sometimes sleep on Siobhan because she doesn't have the unhinged chaos of Emily or Beardsley or the perfect comedic timing of Zac but she's such a great role player, she really gets to shine outside of the Intrepid Heroes and I can't wait to see what she can do in the new season
If I had a nickel for every time Siobhan asked a brennan NPC "You had that the whole time!" and he said yes, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.
I need a compilation of every Mentopolis romantic/shipping moment because they were all so good. When H. V. Lance says he's got all the copper supplements and Siobhan pantomimes running away together while saying "I'm in love with you!" *chef's kiss*
I love Siobhan as Adaine in Fantasy High, but I have to say Imelda is one of her best characters I've seen yet, she just fully embodies the chaos and complete "fuck around and find out" attitude in while still adding that poised femme fatale energy to it
the irony of paranoia is that paranoid people are the most vulnerable to con artists. Phone scammers can get you to obey them by claiming hackers are in your computer. Conspiracy theorists use it to make money and occasionally encourage acts of terrorism. The whole advertising industry is built on creating new insecurities in people and selling the solution.
pretty much as soon as this scene started i sort of jokingly thought to myself, “they should kiss” and then they DID and it was funnier than i could’ve imagined
Siobhan is the most underrated cast member because she plays more cereberal or "smaller"* characters, but she is the emotional heart of the show. She's amazing at what she does, and the way she matches her wardrobe to her characters is so fun
I absolutely agree! She still taps into the comedic moments very well (like in this scene), but it always comes from a very honest and human place that also allows her to play the emotional beats so well, like you said. Also, the wardrobe is always on point. I think the contrast between Pulse and Jaysohn shows just how much thought she puts into it.
I didn't really like Siobhan at first but having watched more d20 I realized how casually great she is at roleplaying. She doesn't beat people over the head with her acting, but the way she subtly gets into every character and how she makes them all distinct...now I'm a huge fan. Glad her improv skills got to shine this season!
Watching Fantasy High I initially found it difficult to like her, but she grew on me pretty quickly as the campaign went on. I've since immediately loved every single character she's played. Looking back i think she was just a bit anxious and unsure of herself at first.
I can't believe I haven't seen this sooner! As good as The Fix & Pasha N. are, this happened and I was *immediately* boarding the ship! This became my favorite pair immediately, it was just too good!!! 🤩 Also, I just have to say - even though they kept maming jokes about "it'll *definitely* last", I actually think it would! Because it's kind of genius - she justifies his hypervigilance because he really does have to be ready for anything with her! And she can wild out and do whatever craziness comes to mind, because he'll always be watching her back! I can't even, this whole season was just. SO. *GOOD* ! 🤩
This is still Impulse and Hypervigilance we're talking about. He could be worried about Imelda cheating, she could get bored of just having the one partner.
@@Landis963nope. she explicitly tells him in like their next conversation "By the way, this will have to be an open relationship type thing because there is no way I'm setteling down, ever." and he replies "Haha, joke's on you, my kink is being CONSTANTLY suspicious of my partner!" it's basically the cheating equivalent of CNC. they really are like a perfect storm of each being precicely unhinged in the exact way needed to counterbalance the other.
Tbh I feel Imelda would be delighted at the prospect of having an estranged husband she has a turbulent relationship with. Yes they would last, but it would be the kind of relationship that’s like “This is objectively unhealthy but you guys are fucked up in complementary ways so you should stay together.”
@@MorriganReadsI think it’s more “this would be so toxic and unhealthy for ANYBODY else, but you two pair together in your neuroses in a way that somehow functions.” Kind of like S&M. Individually, each side would be a bit worrisome, but together both parties are having fun!
"But then... all of that changed when I found you two, the most broken, sociopathic players I had ever laid eyes on. Less people than a loose collection of character defects. But somehow, together... you were happy. Everything I knew about human relationships told me that one would eventually kill the other. And yet, no matter how often you fought, your bond only seemed to grow stronger.” Yui - SAO Abridged
Gosh I love your edit. The black and white and tilts and crops and subtitles added up to form sth fucking incredible xDD especially loved Lance's noises of confusion and how you subtitled that 😂😂
"That guy was a red herring the whole time!" "A red herring?!" "A red herring, I tell ya!" "Well, I want a normal colored herring!" "Well, you can't have one - not in this town, not in these days!" "Look: you can put an anchovy on toast all ya want, but we still got a fish to catch! "- We _do?"_ "What?" That head tilt and look from Siobhan when she says "We do?" has absolutely sent me multiple times tonight. This whole exchange was _chef's kiss._
I've watched this video maybe 10 times since I finished watching Mentopolis. It's one of my favorite scenes with incredible editing and it's perfect in every way lol
I didn't understand until this moment that Mentopolis was an Osmosis Jones type beat and not just a weird 1920's with anthropomorphized objects and i have absolutely no idea how to feel about it
Fun Fact those are called Gizzard stoned. They are the reason the triceratops in Jurassic Park was sick, it would ingest the stones from the ground and eat those poisonous plants. It was cut from the movie
This was the best season of Dimension20 I've watched yet. 😂 I've heard lots of people like Starstruck or Fantasy High best, but I'm not into sci-fi and the Fantasy High characters are too jerkish for me.
This or Neverafter are up there for my favorite seasons. I really enjoyed Starstruck. It certainly has some sci-fi elements, but is more goofy and ridiculous than anything else. It feels a lot like a Borderlands game, honestly.
For what it's worth, the jerkish nature of the characters gets pretty much entirely resolved by the end of season 1 for fantsy high. they are much more coherent and cohesive at season 2 when they've each gotten through their initial character arc and the players can focus on the deeper dynamics of the characters :) Ragh Barkrock's character development alone is reason to immediately watch season 2 after season 1 lol. Also, if you are interested in the world of Spire still but with a different cast, I cannot recommend The Seven highly enough. the group has entirely its own dynamic and it is so infectiously good vibes. There's also basically no required reading in regards to Fantasy High save knowing that Zelda and Gorgug are dating (and even then it hardly ever comes up), that Penny was Riz's baby sitter (mentioned even less), and that Sam and Penelope Everpetal were pseudo-adoptive sisters/are exes (but the dynamics of which are pretty much entirely new to The Seven's characterization of Sam).
the show is definetely getting better and better! which is so exciting because i really thought there would be nothing better than fantasy high freshman year when i first watched it, but now a court of fey and flowers, starstruck and mentopolis are my favorites! i also really love mice and murder, which mentopolis reminded me of
Fun fact about Dutch angles! They’re not actually Dutch. They are German, Deutsch angles. They came out of some artsy German film and the word got Anglicised
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The blossoming romance of paranoia and proactive reflexes. What a clusterbomb.
Brennan as Elias a bit later: "Everything is a threat, and I HAVE to act."
I feel like this union is the beginning of Elias Hodge becoming a superhero 😂
@@LiaaaaaaaaAAAAAHH It is funny to think how Elias Hodge changes by the end of the season XD. He goes from an emotionally repressed and selfish kiss-ass to a hedonistic, paranoid, but ultimately good-hearted person XD
It's always so delightful in this series when Siobhan makes the rest of the cast fully commit to circular noir cliche nonsense dialogue
She and Trapp were fully immersed in noir tropes the entire time and it was so good.
Oh you didn't get the best part of this a bit later:
Imelda: "Just so you know I'm definitely going to be fooling around with other people!"
Lance: "That's great, because my kink is always being suspicious of my partner!"
That's the problem with a show where every successive bit is the best part. You never have a place to end the clip!
I was just thinking that! like, where could you even end a clip in a show this full of amazing roleplay dialogue@@adt4864
@@adt4864 time to rewatch Mentopolis! Just last week finished Neverafter again
Siobhan and Brennan are absolute masters of their craft. That “You wanna go to Vagus?” line was absolutely inspired. I’m not ready for Mentopolis to end!
Their chemistry is always so good, but they've been killing it this season. They are always so committed to their characters.
I just landed here. Is this story taking place inside a human body? Or was Vegas just misspelled Vagus?
@@kedabro1957It takes place in a brain, Disney's Inside Out style.
@@kedabro1957 Within this world, there's a casino in the pleasure center of the brain called "Los Vagus"
@@kedabro1957 it's a play on the vagus nerve and Las Vegas, since this takes place in the brain
glad someone realized how good this scene was enough to edit it with the full batshit noir energy it deserved. they both clearly love their tropes and im thrilled they got a chance to fire ‘em off like a tommy gun
“Dutch angle, dutch angle, high contrast, high contrast. Huge shadows, big shadows!” 😆
@@MorganBondelid “TROPES! TROPES! TROPES!”
Hank looks so happy with this banter, like a kid in candy store kinda happy
It's my favorite cut. He's so joyful.
As a fan of D20, it must've been so surreal for Hank to have that POV of Brennan and an Intrepid Hero RP-ing live in front of him
I love that people empathize with Hank so much that he's become a viewer proxy.
@@aquartertwo Hank mentions in the very first Mentopolis adventuring party that he genuinely forgets he's playing, because he's too busy fanboying
@@flippinkamikaze8738based hank
People sometimes sleep on Siobhan because she doesn't have the unhinged chaos of Emily or Beardsley or the perfect comedic timing of Zac but she's such a great role player, she really gets to shine outside of the Intrepid Heroes and I can't wait to see what she can do in the new season
I don't know how they could. "spicy siobahn" is like my favourite D20 character right after "chaos Queen Emily" and "never back down from the bit Lou"
I think the intrepid heroes are all spectacular for such different reasons! I gotta say no one hits me in the feels as much as Lou
"Please Hold" will forever be my favorite part of any Dimension 20 campaign.
Her timing and delivery was so on point this season!
@@badflamer”how could you say no to a fresh glizzy”
"Everything's a threat but we have to act."
Ah yes, the Anxiety 😂 I am well aquainted...
Absolutely slaughtered me with that last line, my god
It's the way he screams that gets me.
If I had a nickel for every time Siobhan asked a brennan NPC "You had that the whole time!" and he said yes, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.
Remind me what the other time was?
@@ieverneon616 More you know. ua-cam.com/video/bmaoNLSHx_w/v-deo.htmlsi=vptKLoej06_ahGIQ
@@ieverneon616 Fantasy High Prison Break
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@@ieverneon616Bud Cubby with the lit molotov in his mailbag
@@ArkegoxTHE WHOLE TIME KIDDO!
if anyone wants to understand "Yes, And" just watch this scene
They read each other so well and don't hesitate for a second to make the natural choice. It's genius.
0:00-3:20 adversarial noir banter
3:20-4:54 sudden pivot to sexual noir banter
The line is very thin.
@@baugkelly The difference is a single sheet of paper, and the tropes are doing shadow puppets _at_ each other enough to poke holes right through it.
"Love, hate. Two sides of the same coin, see? Flip it off and it'll flip right over."
I need a compilation of every Mentopolis romantic/shipping moment because they were all so good. When H. V. Lance says he's got all the copper supplements and Siobhan pantomimes running away together while saying "I'm in love with you!" *chef's kiss*
PLEASE let me know when you find one
As this conversation was going´I already went "... is it just me or is there MAD chemestry here?" Turns out Brennan and Siobhan agreed 😁😄
I love the cuts to Hank and Alex looking at Siobhan and Brennan in absolute awe and delight and representing all of us lmao
I love Siobhan as Adaine in Fantasy High, but I have to say Imelda is one of her best characters I've seen yet, she just fully embodies the chaos and complete "fuck around and find out" attitude in while still adding that poised femme fatale energy to it
I agree! She interweaves both sides of that energy so perfectly.
“ARENT YOU SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN?”
“Well, not generally myself but I’m starting to wonder if I should be.” 😂😂😂
like a certain detective says, "Suspect everybody - even yourself." 🐸
the irony of paranoia is that paranoid people are the most vulnerable to con artists. Phone scammers can get you to obey them by claiming hackers are in your computer. Conspiracy theorists use it to make money and occasionally encourage acts of terrorism. The whole advertising industry is built on creating new insecurities in people and selling the solution.
Dutch angle, dutch angle! Tropes, tropes, tropes, tropes!
High Contrast! High Contrast!
@@baugkelly big shadows, big shadows
pretty much as soon as this scene started i sort of jokingly thought to myself, “they should kiss” and then they DID and it was funnier than i could’ve imagined
You know I don’t know if it’s because she usually seems to play more timid characters but Siobhan is a really good character actor
The Margo Martindale of DnD
I think it's her physical comedy. She's hilarious just watching her subtle expressions.
It had similar energy to her character in Unsleeping City, but more unhinged. I absolutely love it
@@BarackObamaJediShe's one of my favorite actors in Secretariat.
Brennan was at the top of his game in this entire season. Figures that his psychology education and improv skills pay off all at once!
Siobhan is the most underrated cast member because she plays more cereberal or "smaller"* characters, but she is the emotional heart of the show. She's amazing at what she does, and the way she matches her wardrobe to her characters is so fun
I absolutely agree! She still taps into the comedic moments very well (like in this scene), but it always comes from a very honest and human place that also allows her to play the emotional beats so well, like you said.
Also, the wardrobe is always on point. I think the contrast between Pulse and Jaysohn shows just how much thought she puts into it.
the eye zoom in at 0:57 really killed me
"The whole time, kiddo!"
If I had a nickel...
"You're so brave!"
okay, this scene made me want to check out the whole series
Do it! This season was so fantastic.
It's GREAT
This is one of the most underrated seasons already and I can't believe how much people are sleeping on this absolute hit
It's probably my favorite "side-quest" season.
The way she just interrupts him to agree at 1:00 tickles my lungs for reasons I can't explain
All of the Intrepid Heroes have exceptional chemistry with each other and it leads to simply inspired roleplaying.
"Dutch angle dutch angle dutch angle"
High contrast high contrast
HUGE SHADOWS
Siobhan doing that almost transatlantic voice 😂😂😂
I didn't really like Siobhan at first but having watched more d20 I realized how casually great she is at roleplaying. She doesn't beat people over the head with her acting, but the way she subtly gets into every character and how she makes them all distinct...now I'm a huge fan. Glad her improv skills got to shine this season!
Watching Fantasy High I initially found it difficult to like her, but she grew on me pretty quickly as the campaign went on. I've since immediately loved every single character she's played. Looking back i think she was just a bit anxious and unsure of herself at first.
@@paulschuchts3837 for sure!! I think what is realized is that I don't love ADAINE necessarily, but Siobhan herself is a delight
People really underrate her and Lou.
I can't believe I haven't seen this sooner! As good as The Fix & Pasha N. are, this happened and I was *immediately* boarding the ship! This became my favorite pair immediately, it was just too good!!! 🤩
Also, I just have to say - even though they kept maming jokes about "it'll *definitely* last", I actually think it would! Because it's kind of genius - she justifies his hypervigilance because he really does have to be ready for anything with her! And she can wild out and do whatever craziness comes to mind, because he'll always be watching her back! I can't even, this whole season was just. SO. *GOOD* ! 🤩
This is still Impulse and Hypervigilance we're talking about. He could be worried about Imelda cheating, she could get bored of just having the one partner.
@@Landis963nope. she explicitly tells him in like their next conversation "By the way, this will have to be an open relationship type thing because there is no way I'm setteling down, ever." and he replies "Haha, joke's on you, my kink is being CONSTANTLY suspicious of my partner!"
it's basically the cheating equivalent of CNC.
they really are like a perfect storm of each being precicely unhinged in the exact way needed to counterbalance the other.
Tbh I feel Imelda would be delighted at the prospect of having an estranged husband she has a turbulent relationship with. Yes they would last, but it would be the kind of relationship that’s like “This is objectively unhealthy but you guys are fucked up in complementary ways so you should stay together.”
@@MorriganReadsI think it’s more “this would be so toxic and unhealthy for ANYBODY else, but you two pair together in your neuroses in a way that somehow functions.”
Kind of like S&M. Individually, each side would be a bit worrisome, but together both parties are having fun!
"But then... all of that changed when I found you two, the most broken, sociopathic players I had ever laid eyes on. Less people than a loose collection of character defects. But somehow, together... you were happy. Everything I knew about human relationships told me that one would eventually kill the other. And yet, no matter how often you fought, your bond only seemed to grow stronger.”
Yui - SAO Abridged
Pure "What am I doing here? What are YOU doing here?!"
Gosh I love your edit. The black and white and tilts and crops and subtitles added up to form sth fucking incredible xDD especially loved Lance's noises of confusion and how you subtitled that 😂😂
Dutch angle, dutch angle
High contrast, high contrast
Huge shadows
Big shadows
@@Owlbear26Tropes! Tropes! Tropes!
"*sigh of noir sexual tension*" *I'M ON THE FLOOR RN*
The extreme zooms are sending me, amazing lmao
3:39 “This is definitely a thing. Hypervigilance and impulse? Absolutely!”
Slick difficulty 6 and rolled a 9, nice.
the black and white filter elevates this in a way I wasn't expecting, I'd love to watch all the ic scenes in it
"That guy was a red herring the whole time!"
"A red herring?!"
"A red herring, I tell ya!"
"Well, I want a normal colored herring!"
"Well, you can't have one - not in this town, not in these days!"
"Look: you can put an anchovy on toast all ya want, but we still got a fish to catch!
"- We _do?"_
"What?"
That head tilt and look from Siobhan when she says "We do?" has absolutely sent me multiple times tonight.
This whole exchange was _chef's kiss._
Another banger as usual
I'm not proud that hearing the phrase "slick check" gave me such whiplash 💀
oh NO i was so numb to it this far into the season 😂
I was not expecting Lance to be one of my favorite npcs when we met him, but man this scene really knocked him to the top
wow, Brennan's facial expressions for this character are something else!
Your editing is excellent! Props to you!!!
Brennan is already an improv god, but with a partner this excellent?
pure cinema
This was such a goated campaign. Everyone was super funny and great at their roles
I've watched this video maybe 10 times since I finished watching Mentopolis. It's one of my favorite scenes with incredible editing and it's perfect in every way lol
Absolutely my favorite sequence of the game. I love them both.
I didn't understand until this moment that Mentopolis was an Osmosis Jones type beat and not just a weird 1920's with anthropomorphized objects and i have absolutely no idea how to feel about it
Oh yeah, especially with the characters' creative designs.
I love the zoom in on the eyes
This was SUCH a good series! So many good scenes and the intelligence level is just *chef's kiss*
This was my favorite interaction this entire season
love the way the cuts from in and out of character are shown with the black and white!! so great
Great clip and edits! Really enjoyed this and will keep an eye out for more 😁👍
This is some of the best & funniest cutting of a scene I've ever seen
I am in love with these characters your honor
Those cinematography choices were gold. Well done.
Brennan turned into the continental for a moment there
Really nice to see shobian play someone who isn’t a massive bully
I was already working through the D20 games but this just got bumped up to next in line.
This is my personal favorite side quest season.
Fuck, incredible edits. Loving those dutch angles.
Fun Fact those are called Gizzard stoned. They are the reason the triceratops in Jurassic Park was sick, it would ingest the stones from the ground and eat those poisonous plants. It was cut from the movie
I think you're on the wrong video, my friend
I mean it was a good fun fact
Oh my God! A fun fact! 😨 I'll do whatever you want! Just don't hurt me.
@@inwemeneldur2025 yeah it was supposed to be on a short I clicked on from this video but I guess there was some kind of miss input
Coming in here like the Fix with an animal related fun fact 😂
god i love siobhan so much
I'm in the middle of this episode and it's giving me the most horrible craving to go watch some film noir b-films
I love the cutting to Hank who is having a ball cause it's me
God these two are fantastic.
Siobhan is one of the things i missed the most about college humor skits
ngl big kira and odo from ds9 energy from these guys :)
Such a great series!
Mentopolis was the best season of d20 so far
This sounds like an absolute nutty game.
They left the copper tablets part of this clip out. That was the ultimate end! H.V. Lance saves the day. I suppose it would be “saved”.
Their baby is going to be
restlessness or anxiety
Resley s Ness
Annie Ziyati
Resley Ness really tickles me. Thanks for that.
I haven't watched this season yet because it didn't look very interesting to me, but after seeing this I HAVE to watch it. That was so funny
Oh, definitely do! It is super interesting and thought out.
I haven’t watched this series yer, but this is beautiful
It's possibly my favorite side quest season. I can't recommend it enough.
incredible 😂
Batman and Catwoman....
Absolutely my favorite part of the episode
Siobhan looks stunning
SO GOOD
That was legendary
This was the best season of Dimension20 I've watched yet. 😂 I've heard lots of people like Starstruck or Fantasy High best, but I'm not into sci-fi and the Fantasy High characters are too jerkish for me.
This or Neverafter are up there for my favorite seasons. I really enjoyed Starstruck. It certainly has some sci-fi elements, but is more goofy and ridiculous than anything else. It feels a lot like a Borderlands game, honestly.
Just finished A Court of Fey and Flowers waiting for the last episode of Mentopolis. Loved it.
For what it's worth, the jerkish nature of the characters gets pretty much entirely resolved by the end of season 1 for fantsy high. they are much more coherent and cohesive at season 2 when they've each gotten through their initial character arc and the players can focus on the deeper dynamics of the characters :)
Ragh Barkrock's character development alone is reason to immediately watch season 2 after season 1 lol.
Also, if you are interested in the world of Spire still but with a different cast, I cannot recommend The Seven highly enough. the group has entirely its own dynamic and it is so infectiously good vibes. There's also basically no required reading in regards to Fantasy High save knowing that Zelda and Gorgug are dating (and even then it hardly ever comes up), that Penny was Riz's baby sitter (mentioned even less), and that Sam and Penelope Everpetal were pseudo-adoptive sisters/are exes (but the dynamics of which are pretty much entirely new to The Seven's characterization of Sam).
unsleeping city will always be my fave but starstruck and this season are really up there for me
the show is definetely getting better and better! which is so exciting because i really thought there would be nothing better than fantasy high freshman year when i first watched it, but now a court of fey and flowers, starstruck and mentopolis are my favorites! i also really love mice and murder, which mentopolis reminded me of
Fun fact about Dutch angles! They’re not actually Dutch. They are German, Deutsch angles. They came out of some artsy German film and the word got Anglicised
damn shiobhan stumbled into and past the mayor being dirty
Hyper Vigipulse foreva
Holy shit! Holy golden shit!
And suddenly, the big guy developed OCD.
Reminds Boyd from psychonauts
gwnelll oOhwUhe hrrr hrNaUgg
~Spoilers~
Wow I never realize elias’ own self loathing and ambition murdered his interest in science
looove the subtitles on his confused grunts, especially 1:39 🤌chefs kiss
I was gonna say the same thing!