That is an interesting point because look back to how it started. He was an absolute prick to Fig for something that wasn't her fault. I was 100% on board with writing him off as that guy forever but then he started a shift (admittedly fast) towards the Gilear we know and love. I imagine it being Brennan helped to sell it as well as he did but still.
the fact that murph confirmed that emily, while going home from an episode specifically during sophomore year would sit there and physically worry about him literally KILLS ME
The law of improv dictates that Gilear began as a slightly sad wood elf and ends as a dude that ends up stuck under a van's wheel well with an apple in his mouth for several days as a result of his own incompetence.
@@SweetPeaPD I'm with Gilear on this one, why escape the inevitable conclusion and worry about it. Instead just get it over with and come to terms with being in the wheel.
I will *never* get over Gilear bumbling his way into becoming the hen-pecked (not even by her) pet of one of the most *badass* women in all of Solace. Woman is at her husband's funeral, sees this pathetic mess of a man and is just like "Oh, I *have* to have him."
When you realize if Fig hadn't made Gilear change all his clothes that he might've gotten there before Jawbone, and that they werent being picky in who they were gonna hire.
As a DM I’m gonna say, probably not. Jawbone as the guidance counselor is a much funnier choice, especially when it also turns out that Jawbone is good at the job.
@@emilysmith2965 certainly; it wouldn't have influenced the result that Brennan would have given for that interaction, however within the context of the fiction it's more tragic to think that hypothetically Gilear could have gotten it if he'd just arrived earlier
I'm just trying to imagine what Gilear looks like eating yogurt. Just staring off into the distance with a defeated look as he slowly, gently lifts the spoon towards his mouth - only for a good bit hanging precariously off the end to fall directly onto his shirt. Gilear, however, is too preoccupied to notice as he looks into his neighbor's window where he can barely make out what's on the TV, half the screen blocked by a very large, very hairy orc sitting on a LayZBoy. Gilear doesn't have a TV of his own, and for now the orc is watching his favorite halfling show host's cooking segment where - oh, nevermind, he changed it to flying monstertruck bash. That's... fine. Gilear can focus back on his yogurt for now. Ohh, there's nothing on his spoon. Did he take a bite without noticing? Oh, how... unlike him.
Can't wait for Gilear to get the life he deserves. A good job, a nice car, a luxury yogurt subscription that comes with a little pot of honey. On an unrelated note his car engine IS filled with bees..
Gilear: "Ash I wash shtarting up my honey-fueled car thish morning, I musht have accidently shaken the queen from her chambersh and she shent a bee sh.w.a.t. team to attack me and now my face hash shwollen to about twice the shize it should be." XD
I do love the genuine character development between Fig and Gilear. She realized that she treated him like garbage and wants to connect as a family again. Gilear also made huge mistakes. When he said “That demon is not my daughter” it was the thing that tore the relationship. But she comes to see what he had to go through and learns to forgive him. He sacrificed an amazing career working with the elven government to be a father. And he was happy with that. He thought he found the women he loved and wanted to spend his eternity with. Only to find out that it was a lie.
omg love Gilear but also am also loving Fabian's mom... "I'll kill you first; it's not up to you." ... Fabian's family seems so bittersweet in the best way possible. Also, can you pretty please make a compilation of Bill Seacaster/Seacaster family?
Honestly she's a great "o I'm dope I'm just drunk as hell rn" character, feels fully earned when the PCs are shocked to learn she's a better swordswoman than Bill
*Fabian attempt a sneak attack on Gilear* *Coming out of nowhere a swift rapier strikes Fabian's dagger and it flies to the ceiling* "You have been disarmed son, now leave Gilear alone, we are going on a date tonight" "But mama..."
People! People! Please gather around, and let us all pray to the glorious Dungeon Master, Brennan Lee Mulligan in the hopes that he will grace us with a campaign, even if it's just a one-off, featuring the endearingly pathetic Gilear.
I want them to journey to an alternate world where Gilear is really hot shit, im talking either legendary hero, or perhaps some sort of supreme overlord.
1:39 I realize now that Brennan was giving big clues about the crystals thing but everyone was just laughing and didn't think it was important. And he actually does that so many times about all different things, but just gets interrupted by a perception check or a different question
At that timestamp upon first viewing the episode, I assumed Gilear was overblowing the importance of the position or outright lying about it. I haven't seen season 2 yet so I don't know if these clues are relevant in the future. But it might be?? Hmm!
@@aughhhhh8304 you know what, it's kind of poetic in a way because Gortholax's domain in heaven and hell relates to food and Gilear is constantly consuming yoghurt and failing to get it all in his mouth. (Incidentally I almost called him a yoghurt junkie because his yoghurt consumption verges on an actual addiction but I quickly realised that the term sounds like something else 😂)
Actually, gliear (although questionable) is a good role model to them, I mean he's resilient and he keeps getting up*even if most of them were Revivify.
I have no idea what this is, but I am absolutely DELIGHTED that this has come across my feed. I haven't had this many awkward laughs since i graduated from highschool.
I also love that Brennan was definitely going to add more to the scene where they find Gilear in his apartment with empty yogurt cups, but everyone else reacted so strongly to the yogurt that Brennan just went “well fuck whatever else I was gunna say. Guess Gilears the yogurt guy now”
I got one of my friends into Fantasy High and he just started a colony management game. One of the members is a sad elf and he named him Gilear. Gilear managed to work his ass off enough to learn a new skill, and my friend said "is Athlete's Foot a skill?"
we’ve never really had a conversation about what kind of yoghurt gilear eats. my guess is completely plain and he doesn’t add any sugar or flavourings offered he just. eats it
Every time Gilear opens his mouth, it' s like a brand new tragedy is unfolding before me.
He's so sad that a totally unprompted speech about having foot fungus is what he does on a nat 20 Charisma check.
@@AnEnemySpy456 he has a -2 to charisma and that destroys me
@@FraiserBlaze “i know a really good, very charismatic elf…”
You can see the moment in Brennan's eyes when he decides that yes Gilear IS going to be the Lunch Lad lol
Lunch DAD?
Gilear: I don't like lunch lad
Brennan: _L U N C H L A D_
Begins at 3:04
Lunch lad is the best of lads, no one will ever surpass his laddy greatness
The unfocused, dead-eyed stare that Brennan gets whenever he's doing Gilear just kills me.
All life has to leave Brennan just to get him down to the pit of despair that is the happiest moment of Gilear’s life.
@@TheEvilMrJeb I feel that way too deep in my soul.
"Mm, this yoghurt tastes just like potatoes."
"...that's potatoes."
"...hmm?"
Cracks me up every. single. time.
That scene gave me the headcanon that Gilear eats regular food, he just thinks all of it is yogurt
Another own-goal for Gilear Feyth
@@DeathnoteBBwell outside of the plate cheese of course
Emily went from hating Gilear to wanting him around all the time.
He is the chosen one
His comedic misery sustains her, and i'm loving it.
thats the magic of dnd
Gilear is gonna roll a NAT20 one of these day and “United States of Yogurt” someone into the ground and I’M JUST WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPAN
@@KumaoftheForest just wait until you see the finale of season 2!
The thing I love about Gilear is that he genuinely loves Fig and wants nothing but the best for her despite how sad he is.
“I HAVE NO PRIDE!!” If you know you know 😂
@@DuncanDisordelyHe’s got a massive hog though 😂
That is an interesting point because look back to how it started. He was an absolute prick to Fig for something that wasn't her fault. I was 100% on board with writing him off as that guy forever but then he started a shift (admittedly fast) towards the Gilear we know and love. I imagine it being Brennan helped to sell it as well as he did but still.
@@Blasted2Oblivion I always saw it as realistic. He said some things in a blow up, meaning to hurt his wife but accidently hurt his child instead.
@@emilylewis5373 That's actually a really good point I hadn't considered.
the fact that murph confirmed that emily, while going home from an episode specifically during sophomore year would sit there and physically worry about him literally KILLS ME
where did she say that?
@@joshm977 i couldn’t tell you which one specifically but one of the earlier adventuring parties murph talks abt it!
@@joshm977 Yeah there is a behind the scenes clip where she stated this.
@@joshm977 found it! it’s from the fireside chat. if you want the specific clip, it’s here at 5:06 ua-cam.com/video/ZuKmiMtj_Zo/v-deo.html
@@joshm977 there's a UA-cam video called why gilear is integral
Gilear : “I am not the messiah.”
The bad kids : “HE IS THE MESSIAH!”
This so underrated
he does have the Biggest Schlong, so it's fully deserved
But literally
gilear is a source of comic relief but i love how down for him Fig is throughout the series an even into the live show
One of my favorite parts of UA-cam is seeing people I'm subscribed to watching the same content as me!
@@thefamouscommenter same
It’s both wild and great to see someone I’m subscribed to in the comments of something like D20
I have never seen one of your videos but I swear I see your comments on almost everything I watch. Might have to start watching your content. Lol
The law of improv dictates that Gilear began as a slightly sad wood elf and ends as a dude that ends up stuck under a van's wheel well with an apple in his mouth for several days as a result of his own incompetence.
I think Gilear is a high elf, Sandra Lynn is a wood elf
@@DeathnoteBB nah they are both wood elves, but Gilear was a cultural ambassador for Fallinel so he got that aristocratic air to him
And then soils himself after being under there for only a couple of hours ‘not in a pathetic way’ 😭😭😭
@@SweetPeaPD I'm with Gilear on this one, why escape the inevitable conclusion and worry about it. Instead just get it over with and come to terms with being in the wheel.
And now we know it’s far more than that…!
Gilear isn't the stepdad, he's the dad that stepped up.
I will *never* get over Gilear bumbling his way into becoming the hen-pecked (not even by her) pet of one of the most *badass* women in all of Solace. Woman is at her husband's funeral, sees this pathetic mess of a man and is just like "Oh, I *have* to have him."
Lou’s reaction got me so bad I relistened numerous times
Even on a nat 20 charisma check Gilear is still incredibly sad
This man somehow rolls LIFE with disadvantage
Rolled a nat 20 cha check with a -19 modifier lmao
Okay but on the flip side, hes functionally immune to Detect Thoughts.
this is dumb, he clearly should have been called a lunch lord the entire time
you saying you don't like lunch lad?
a lunch ah lord
@@stormcloudsabound
Lunch Lord of Lads.
Senior year when he becomes cafeteria manager, that'll be his title
the most charismatic thing that Gilear is capable of is leaving
can I also say it took him both a nat 20 and a bardic inspiration dice to get there
"I shall repay you as only a father can - in love, and if you want, yogurt."
I love how Fig went from 'You're not my dad!' to 'Fuck yeah, that's one of my dad's!'
When you realize if Fig hadn't made Gilear change all his clothes that he might've gotten there before Jawbone, and that they werent being picky in who they were gonna hire.
As a DM I’m gonna say, probably not. Jawbone as the guidance counselor is a much funnier choice, especially when it also turns out that Jawbone is good at the job.
@@emilysmith2965 Idk, I think Brennan could've made it swing either way.
@@emilysmith2965 certainly; it wouldn't have influenced the result that Brennan would have given for that interaction, however within the context of the fiction it's more tragic to think that hypothetically Gilear could have gotten it if he'd just arrived earlier
10:25 “This is a 20?” what everyone was thinking.
Gilear is so so sad, and everything you shouldn’t want to be, but he’s so perfect.
You saying you shouldn’t want to be a great dad
@@joejoeington6899 You are so right.
This is the greatest comedy character I’ve ever seen in a role playing game. Brennan is seriously a fucking genius.
I'm just trying to imagine what Gilear looks like eating yogurt.
Just staring off into the distance with a defeated look as he slowly, gently lifts the spoon towards his mouth - only for a good bit hanging precariously off the end to fall directly onto his shirt. Gilear, however, is too preoccupied to notice as he looks into his neighbor's window where he can barely make out what's on the TV, half the screen blocked by a very large, very hairy orc sitting on a LayZBoy. Gilear doesn't have a TV of his own, and for now the orc is watching his favorite halfling show host's cooking segment where - oh, nevermind, he changed it to flying monstertruck bash. That's... fine. Gilear can focus back on his yogurt for now. Ohh, there's nothing on his spoon. Did he take a bite without noticing? Oh, how... unlike him.
Yo y u gotta make me feel so sad for a fictional character in a UA-cam show I’ve never watched
Aside from the parts that involve having no TV that sounds depressingly like me...
@@michaelringel273 have you watched it yet?
@@eliza6971 think I binged watched the entire first season 1 week after this comment would absolutely recommend
I wanna give him a hug
Gilear gets so much better in Sophmore year. The poor poor man. #ChosenOne
He is the night yorb
Peter Dine oh shit i fully believe this now
I one hundred percent believe he’s destined for amazing in season 2
Gilear is the Nightmare King, like I can't explain my certainty but I am certain
@@peterdine6601 How dare you speak of the Night Yorb!?
Can't wait for Gilear to get the life he deserves. A good job, a nice car, a luxury yogurt subscription that comes with a little pot of honey.
On an unrelated note his car engine IS filled with bees..
Gilear: "Ash I wash shtarting up my honey-fueled car thish morning, I musht have accidently shaken the queen from her chambersh and she shent a bee sh.w.a.t. team to attack me and now my face hash shwollen to about twice the shize it should be." XD
Luxury yoghurt subscription 😂
I do love the genuine character development between Fig and Gilear. She realized that she treated him like garbage and wants to connect as a family again. Gilear also made huge mistakes. When he said “That demon is not my daughter” it was the thing that tore the relationship. But she comes to see what he had to go through and learns to forgive him. He sacrificed an amazing career working with the elven government to be a father. And he was happy with that. He thought he found the women he loved and wanted to spend his eternity with. Only to find out that it was a lie.
He's not cursed, he's just a dude.
omg love Gilear but also am also loving Fabian's mom... "I'll kill you first; it's not up to you." ... Fabian's family seems so bittersweet in the best way possible. Also, can you pretty please make a compilation of Bill Seacaster/Seacaster family?
Honestly she's a great "o I'm dope I'm just drunk as hell rn" character, feels fully earned when the PCs are shocked to learn she's a better swordswoman than Bill
This video aged well considering the bad kids think Gilear is the chosen one in their sophmore year
*Fabian attempt a sneak attack on Gilear*
*Coming out of nowhere a swift rapier strikes Fabian's dagger and it flies to the ceiling*
"You have been disarmed son, now leave Gilear alone, we are going on a date tonight"
"But mama..."
Gilear slips on a yogurt cup he dropped and Fabian’s attack misses but Gilear still dies with the fall
Emily's love for gilear is genuinely my favourite part of the show and one of my favourite things I've seen in DnD
Something enjoyable to watch as I eat my yogurt
Better be Lemon yogurt
People! People! Please gather around, and let us all pray to the glorious Dungeon Master, Brennan Lee Mulligan in the hopes that he will grace us with a campaign, even if it's just a one-off, featuring the endearingly pathetic Gilear.
He's featured in the first few episodes of the live versions, if you want more gilear
Don't worry, I'm getting to that.
I want them to journey to an alternate world where Gilear is really hot shit, im talking either legendary hero, or perhaps some sort of supreme overlord.
sophomore year
AU where Gilear was secretly Kalvaxus
where he never left as a advisor and rose through the ranks and became the evil dictator of Spyre
But he STILL talks like this tho
I can’t express how much I love how Brennan says “Jawbone” at 7:56
Jauhbown 😂
JAHbohn
How did we miss the beautiful Gilear moment when the Thistlesprings are trying to cheer him up??
I just need a compilation of every single gilear moment in the series one after another. what dark god do I have to pray to to get CH to do this thing
@Nat20 Damage I will happily submit to the god YES!!!! if they do this for me
he totally unknowingly made THE best npc
The fact Brennan keeps trying to kill him off and the party won’t let him
And then we were gifted with Plug of Plugs butt ugly stuff hut ❤
1:39 I realize now that Brennan was giving big clues about the crystals thing but everyone was just laughing and didn't think it was important. And he actually does that so many times about all different things, but just gets interrupted by a perception check or a different question
At that timestamp upon first viewing the episode, I assumed Gilear was overblowing the importance of the position or outright lying about it. I haven't seen season 2 yet so I don't know if these clues are relevant in the future. But it might be?? Hmm!
Gilear is living in someone elses world and he knows and fears it
I feel like season 2 is either gonna get real good for Gilear or real tragic
Tragic
Lets just say that if you had to choose between a kobold and Gilear as a fighting partner you’d have a higher chance of victory with the kobold.
in his case, tragic is the best possible outcome
It's somehow both
definitely both
Too cursed to live. Too chosen to die.
I am eagerly awaiting Gilear and Gorthalax to do what is best for their daughter.
Two words "demonic possession"
Gileartholax... Ultimate dad
GILEAROTHOLAX
@@aughhhhh8304 you know what, it's kind of poetic in a way because Gortholax's domain in heaven and hell relates to food and Gilear is constantly consuming yoghurt and failing to get it all in his mouth. (Incidentally I almost called him a yoghurt junkie because his yoghurt consumption verges on an actual addiction but I quickly realised that the term sounds like something else 😂)
I imagine them trying this and the epic moment is ruined by Gorthalax just IMMEDIATELY ending the possession and is sad the whole rest of the episode
Any scene with Gilear is instantly 1000x better
I love Gilear because Brennan loves to challenge stereotypes. Gilear, the Cubbys, and etc.
Actually, gliear (although questionable) is a good role model to them, I mean he's resilient and he keeps getting up*even if most of them were Revivify.
I dont watch this show but now I am fully invested in this character
Gilear is so unbelievably funny and sad all at once that it unlocks levels of comedy I don't think are even possible
the way lou/fabian reacts to his mother and gilear at 11:55 will always be so funny to me lmao
The best thing about fantasy high live is we get more content from sad elf dad
I have no idea what this is, but I am absolutely DELIGHTED that this has come across my feed. I haven't had this many awkward laughs since i graduated from highschool.
It's Fantasy High, and the character is Gilear, arguably the saddest elf ever but arguably one of the most lovable NPCs
Gilear is so pathetic you just can't help but feel bad for him and adore him
I cannot wait for Fantasy High to continue on Twitch just so we can get more Gilear goodness.
ITS HERE
YOU GOT LIKE 7 MINUTES FOR TONIGHT'S EP
We have not been disappointed but poor Gilear...
@@themastermason1 yo he died his first battle lol. Got a nat 20 on initiative then immediately died
@@SarahBarah that is TOP SHELF Gilear energy
my favourite D&D character ever
never meet another man like bill....
This yogurt tastes just like potatoes!
Gilear makes.me feel good about myself.
wow, that's a real website
Gilear's the best
Lunch Lad
I also love that Brennan was definitely going to add more to the scene where they find Gilear in his apartment with empty yogurt cups, but everyone else reacted so strongly to the yogurt that Brennan just went “well fuck whatever else I was gunna say. Guess Gilears the yogurt guy now”
All hail Gilear. Lunch lad/chosen one
i love that gilear became so beloved that emily the full person started worrying about him after one of the episodes in sophomore year
Gilear is like my favorite character and you can fight me on that. I love him
Nearly did a split take all over my computer for "this yogurt tastes like potatoes"
I got one of my friends into Fantasy High and he just started a colony management game. One of the members is a sad elf and he named him Gilear. Gilear managed to work his ass off enough to learn a new skill, and my friend said "is Athlete's Foot a skill?"
The personification of misery, depression and failing at life. Amazing :D
12:05
No. No mama no. MAMA! Mama no!
Gonna need a part 2.
8:38 I think about that line every god damn day it haunts me
this is what my life has led up to: depressing elf dads
Thank you for this
I like how a Nat 1 save vs Detect Thoughts just reveals that Gilear has the perfect defense against Detect Thoughts.
I am so deeply saddened that no one noticed that the inverse of Lady is not "Lad" but "Lord."
*WE COULD'VE HAD LUNCH-LORD GILEAR*
I dont understand, fantasy high is normally only about him, he is the chosen one
12:21 i love her "its not up to you"
QUEEN !
Our poor little meow meow 🥺
so....pretty sure gilear's irons in the fire bastion city crystal company is itself a clue.
I been waiting for something like this, thank u for my lyfe
11:10
For my own reference
I hate that i relate to Gilear so much.
Gilear saying "Sklonda, I..." lives in my head rent free
I read the title of the video and went, “oh, so it’s just all of fantasy high!”
You should have included the part where he dropped glamoured Fig off at school 😂
I'm having an existential crisis
I might be gilear
we’ve never really had a conversation about what kind of yoghurt gilear eats. my guess is completely plain and he doesn’t add any sugar or flavourings offered he just. eats it
"This yogurt tastes just like potatoes..."
If you listen to his other job "options" I'm pretty sure he had an opportunity with kvx. Something something crystals
Poor Gilear can do literally anything and we'll all die laughing
THE CHOSEN ONE
Honestly fantasy high is still my favourite.
Aka fantasy high but only the IMPORTANT parts
i love gilear
"I raised this young woman and I hate this..."
I don't know why but i need to see gilear as bob ross.
I hope Brenan sees this work of art. ^_^
For curiosity's sake: Why did you not include his intro bits?
As it should be
Poor Gilear lol
Did anyone else get big Michael Westin / Burn Notice vibes from Gilear and the yogurt thing?
Gilear is life.
She tries to play it off like 'yogurt' was wet but she knows the middle aged dad with the undershirt/boxers/robe description did it for her.
What do you mean? Fantasy High *is* only about Gilear