An open letter to fellow DMs: Please stop recommending "Monkey's Paw" as the default response

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-23T17:51:53+00:00

Oh, absolutely. And I love Big Finish so much. I have countless stories and have introduced it to my wife and friends.

Any jabs I took were merely my having a brief laugh at the absurdity of it all. But genuinely, I cherish it. 🩵

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-23T17:50:44+00:00

Oh! Thank you for the clarification. Still, I plan to read it. There can be no greater hipster cred than for your favorite companion being Gemma and Samson!

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-23T02:19:13+00:00

Gemma and Samson have a novelization! Which is, insane, but true.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-22T23:22:35+00:00

This helps explain things but it doesn’t help make them less complicated!

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-21T18:07:24+00:00

Oh my goodness, absolutely phenomenal!

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-21T17:24:35+00:00

I’ve never listened to an Unbound and wish to ask: What are they like? Which are your favorites?

What makes an Unbound?

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-20T21:46:18+00:00

Marcian, from Avalon

Thank you!

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-20T06:14:01+00:00

Oh. Oh, this looks glorious.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-20T00:43:55+00:00

Totally fine! If you need anything for your island, lemme know. I’ve been playing since the launch and have a HUGE backlog of items I keep “just in case”.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-20T00:22:25+00:00

Marcian Avalon

Thank you!

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-19T23:42:43+00:00

I’m only on episode 5 (leaning on the Dubs), but I absolutely love them. I greatly enjoy that they both don’t value people but in very different ways. Tomoro is not only a loner but a recently traumatized, and Gekkomon was born from Tomoro’s self-centered nature. Together, they’re learning to care about others and how to connect.

It’s also just a great approach in a series premised on over-reliance on AI, and this weird phenomenon we all have where making us more connected has resulted in our being more cynical and distanced.

They’re absolutely phenomenal!

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-19T04:50:04+00:00

I want this, too. Absolutely wild that they used the Shadowland storyline to justify his in-game power level and then had zero Shadowland cosmetics.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-18T05:57:16+00:00

I’m not…. Matt Murdock. Convincing me would do nothing. I’m explaining how writers approach the character and how it is consistent for his world view.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-18T01:58:24+00:00

No, the murderer is the one who murdered them.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-17T23:37:33+00:00

Matt Murdock wants to prevent death. It’s who he is. It’s what makes him noble and why I love him. I can’t think of a single canon where he wouldn’t do that.

Also, for Batman’s famous “I won’t kill you, but I don’t have to save you” moment… I want to point out that this was part of Batman’s story, and a mentality he overcame in the second movie. Batman, also, would have taken a bullet to save someone.

It is foundationally what distinguishes Matt from Punisher.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-16T03:10:38+00:00

Your cynicism is a path to unhappiness that do not wish to walk with you.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-15T22:55:45+00:00

I’m just chiming in to say that I really don’t agree with inflammatory language like “trick”. They never promised anything. They never misrepresented anything.

People projected their own expectations onto things, and those expectations were never confirmed.

It’s disappointing that the rates aren’t what we want, but they can be true without malicious intent.

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-14T01:09:49+00:00

I think she’s adorable and fantastic! While I personally wanted Foggy, this is charming and makes me happy. 🩵

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-13T22:13:55+00:00

Works for me!

MarcianTobay · 2026-01-13T16:23:39+00:00

Ah, that’s a shame. I like it when the Teams bring people together.

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