taz is basically one giant power struggle between justin and griffin as they attempt to wreast control of each other’s creations.
obviously travis is the true winner, as he, with clint’s secret aid, smuggles steven and dr. harris bonkers into griffin’s playspace while griffin is furiously writing plot twists for justin’s newest npc.
it’s Istus from The Adventure Zone! tried doing something different with this one. it’s a bit…Much, but it was fun so whatevs, anyways, I’ve learnt and forgotten how to knit like 4 times and all I know that this is Not how knitting works.
[image description: an illustrated portrait of Istus from the chest up against a dark blue background. She’s a thin woman with dark brown skin, light freckles, extremely long wavy white hair and icy blue eyes. She’s knitting a skein of dark blue fabric and looking at the viewer with a smile. She’s illuminated by bright white light from above.]
ok, i’m gonna make a lotta connections here, but trust me and follow along
griffin had the plot figured out pretty damn well by crystal kingdom. he had determined:
who the seven birds were
that the red robe was barry and one of the seven birds
red robe/barry was in love with the red robe in the cave to whom the umbrella belonged
this cave red robe was lup, taako’s twin
that barry/red robe was a lich, so it is VERY LIKELY he had also planned that lup was a lich, bc i doubt he ever intended to permanently kill taako’s sister
i would like to posit that, based on these decisions, griffin had also:
realized the OP-ness of two in-control, immortal, undead characters
decided that he needed some sort of way to keep that in check
introduced the idea that barry (and by extension, lup) are not infalliable and can lose control as a way to check that
determined that, since this would no longer matter if/when lup and barry are reunited, he needed a stronger, larger control over their power
created an arc based around the dangers of messing with necromancy and introduced a character and deity whose purposes are to prevent reanimation and protect the sancitity of life and death
so what i’m getting down to is that kravitz/the raven queen were introduced in order to show that the constant resurrection of the ipre and, more specifically, barry and lup’s lichdom have consequences
let’s suppose that i’m right. let’s suppose that i managed to guess the actual line of thought behind the crystal kingdom arc and kravitz’s insertion into the plot.
then can you imagine griffin mcelroy’s fucking face when justin announced that taako, brother to two liches, was going to romance the grim reaper
i don’t draw anything but the adventure zone lately <:^)
[image description: an illustration of Angus, a dark-complexioned boy with dark brown hair and round glasses. He’s wearing an oversized, wide-brimmed hat and has a huge grin on his face as he says, “No I’m a flesh boy!”]
Today’s Davenport deals with dos hungry boys part 1
[image description start! Four achromatic panels featuring Davenport, a mustached gnome, and Taako, a chubby elf. Panel one, Taako looks aloof with his arms crossed saying, “I cook for you for 30 years and now you won’t even give me a single bite of your sandwich. I see how it is Captain.” Panel two reveals Davenport sitting at a counter looking tired while gesturing at the sandwich he’s holding while Taako looks over at him. The two go back and forth. D: “… Taako this is peanut butter.” T: “So?” D: “You’re allergic.” T: “So?” D: “You’ll die.” Panel 3, Taako is half heartedly leaning on the table reaching for the sandwich, while Davenport leans back holding the sandwich up and pushes at Taako’s face to keep him back. Taako whines, “So?? I’ll only – c’mon – be dead for a few months!” Davenport says haltedly, “Taako – I can make – you one – withou-” Panel 4, Davenport and Taako freeze looking done as Magnus, burly human man, has leaned in a taken a bite of the sandwich Davenport had been holding up in the air with a chomp. End description!]
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