Big-D's "Guide" to Avoiding Arrest - Hunter: The Parenting Audiologs

[@alfabusa]

Sorry, this was supposed to be released last Friday but then we found the audio was desynced so we had to rerender the whole thing. I hope it is at all mortally possible to enjoy this on a Sunday instead of a Friday. We will have to see... This one is quite experimental, quite long and drawn out but pretty cozy and with a fun final act for those who enjoyed our last audiolog. I hope you've had a good weekend, and THANK YOU for your time.

[@---cy5gh]

The new stuff is really great, keep it up.

[@Tinkercraft4592]

for a series as good as this it is well worth the wait

[@CPL.van7]

Take your time. I think it's better to wait & get something good than to sit through a rushed "shit show". Will be eagerly awaiting the vid.

[@tagrerte4701]

More like thank YOU for your time and efforts. The team is doing an amazing job with this new series, it made me genuinely interested in Vampire : The Masquerade (didn't read much fluff about the hunters yet).

[@AnshumanKantiBose]

Another masterpiece I'm sure. I just hope you return to the second arc soon.

[@green_creeper288]

I just realized how clever D is. During Kevin's interrogation we learned that the family doesn't have any source of income because Kitten lost his job. But then at the end of this Big D states that he intends to sell/rent Kevin's apartment, something he showed disdain for prior but is doing it anyway. So in the span of one interview he managed to avoid getting arrested, got an ally in the local police department, and got the family a new source of income. This dude is a genius.

[@vicenterodriguez4604]

Truly the gigabrain of all time

[@rancorious7785]

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[@residentsleeper8639]

His funny crackhead facade hides a deeply intelligent and downright scary sort of guy, And I'm obsessed with it. He's goofy, But he's no fool for sure.

[@emetanti]

@@residentsleeper8639 I call it "Crackhead genius" afterall, how else do homeless crackheads keep managing to get by.

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

But to achieve it he had to become the very thing he swore to destroy: A landlord.

[@gumebe4349]

"An advanced technique I refer to as "lying"" is an absolutely golden line

[@JammesJammes]

Such a great technique

[@MatthewCSnow]

I must learn about this new technique

[@oscaranderson5719]

imagine existing before and after the concept of lying.

[@guywhotellsthetime1585]

9:56

[@owlismyfavouritecolorflame2325]

Im not sure if they made a technoblade reference, just did the same thing coincidentally or someone else made that joke before and they both referenced that

[@Jokerke12]

I LOVE how the Camarilla cross signifies how suspicious of Big-D the Detective is. It starts small, but gets bigger when he's suspicious, but it starts to fade as Big-D goes on, and it disappears by the time the topic of the cellar comes up. And then it gets HUGE when Big-D f*cks up with Kevin's sister. It's amazing.

[@danielramirezgarcia2104]

i just noticed. wtf

[@nonyodambiz]

Now that's some attention to detail!

[@Jokerke12]

@Clu Rosencrans Looking at it from that perspective, it does seem more like that the cross' size represents how much trouble they are in rather than the cop's sus level. But on the other hand, Big D's confirmation that they ran into people, people whom the copper surely knows were vampires, would raise or give confirmation to his suspicion that a Masquerade breach has happened. Chapman doesn't have to suspect the family of any wrongdoings to be suspicious of them. If they've done nothing wrong but a Masquerade breach occured they'd need to be eliminated anyway. That or the cross represents how screwed Big D THINKS they are and it isn't indicative of the cop's actual thoughts. After all, he still believes Big D's story when they are arranging his new ghoul bond, even though at that point it should be obvious even to him that the whole thing was a lie.

[@korstmahler]

@Clu Rosencrans With that info I dare say it represents D's anxiety over Guy being a Cammy agent. We don't get any give-away from Guy whether he's a ghoul or not until the end that way.

[@songbird515]

Oh so thats what that symbol is, cool.

[@kingdomrains]

I will admit that at the halfway point I was expecting the detective to leave the room, talk to the kids and say something along the lines of "Yep, you're were right, your father is completely insane, I'll release him back into your custody".

[@dagdammit]

That's a great guess, I love it.

[@clydecraft5642]

i was scrolling down and clicked on your name accidentally and now i shall say you have good taste asdf movie was great

[@Shark_Rock]

That would have been hilarious

[@joyner92]

i waited the entire audiolog for a punchline that never came, i didn't expect they'd go through Big D's incredible deductive and deception skills completely straight

[@888fevertime]

@@joyner92Someone as crazy as Big D in a setting like the World of Darkness has to be good to stay alive.

[@rybread3981]

"I'm a terrible detective" No son, you nearly caught the main. Character, as far as antagonists go, your among the BEST

[@cloudydaykumo]

I'm grateful Big D's mind was "sober" enough that we could be let in on his inner thoughts without instant psychic contact highs, as far as I can tell.

[@patrickmcginty3234]

I wonder if Big D spends more time sober than he leads us to believe. Sure, there are probably things in the World of Darkness so unspeakably horrifying that you would need psychedelic drugs to combat them. But for the majority of the things they would face as Hunters, especially an organization as large as the Camerilla, Big D would need a sound mind to outmaneuver them.

[@rexlumontad5644]

He is a high functioning Hunter

[@aldar8240]

considering the ending it's actually just him summarizing his thought process to someone else, so it's still being filtered

[@Wedolko]

Don't know what you mean, I watched this at noon and I'm still tripping balls

[@halo-qu2es]

The only police drama I'm invested in lol

[@juliengosselin4277]

"-You calling someone a degenerate is very- -WEIGH YOUR NEXT WORDS CAREFULLY. -Okay, consider this: Fuck You" Man, I love the writing...

[@justintaylor2235]

Not gonna lie, since I watch Rotgrind my mind half replaced Big D and Kevin with Tannhauser and Baldrick, voiced by the same people, and it just fits too well

[@manticore6963]

@@justintaylor2235 Big-D and Kevin talking is just SpeakerD and Earndil arguing while being recorded.

[@vadandrumist1670]

Timestamp?

[@Xirce]

@@vadandrumist1670 1:05:41

[@slayer0235]

0:48- He initially gave the door’s stopping power in minas, then metric. Minas are an ancient unit of measurement dating back to Ancient Sumeria. And he defaulted to it. Very sneaky Alfa.

[@timjones5953]

Motherfucker might literally be a still recovering Abel, or maybe a fallen angel trapped in a human form or something.

[@Hailix4240]

I don’t remember when he said this but big d complaining about Mario party and bringing up “The Game of Ur” as an alternative also accomplishes this, though the royal game of ur was originally played in Mesopotamia in the early third millennium BC

[@lollikabosso.w.n7153]

​@@Hailix4240still could be used, as Big E was born in 8000 BC

[@zapan9643]

​@@lollikabosso.w.n7153this is a deboonked cumspiracy theory

[@gungisgrand225]

​@@lollikabosso.w.n7153either that or he is big time crazy

[@RelativelyBest]

Man, despite Big D's eccentricities, he's actually terrifyingly smart. That was some Sherlock Holmes level deductions to pull on the fly _and_ very impressive improvisation skills as well.

[@45calGunslinger]

Oh, and hid any expression on his face whenever Guy caught him off guard and he had to think on the fly. Cops aren't listening to your answers, they're watching your face to see if you're choosing your words or speaking without thinking.

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

Honestly the man seems to be immortal himself must be all the years of experience

[@janedoe4929]

@@augustuslunasol10thapostle He's clearly a mage of some kind.

[@Eckef]

@@janedoe4929 Yeah I think the death magicks enchanted sword revealed that. Dunno what kinda mage he would be though.

[@OldJerzyDevil]

Ikr? And detective sergeant ghoul Guy pulling the old Columbo "One more question." schtick almost had me rolling on the floor.

[@longwlenguyen4214]

"Officer, please I can explain, heh, heh, heh... It was them! They did it! They forced me into this! They're all guilty, especially the Boy!" Big D being a responsible parent.

[@1nekrus]

No. Big D is mad but not illogical, F*%# on MTD? part of plan freak-out after spilling name of vampire cabal? realization he told his son-in-law forbidden knowledge But who knows! maybe this will be part of the plan. Edit: NOPE, I WAS RIGHT!!!

[@zackkilgore528]

Yep probably accurate

[@siberiancactus2309]

Sir let me explain, the guy in the basement escape so the kid shoot him

[@hiddenshadow2105]

Actually I think BigD is much better parent than that. I think he truly cares and won't blame the Boy. He isn't Karstodes, after all.

[@zackkilgore528]

@@hiddenshadow2105 nah he would definitely blame boy, he wouldn’t ultimately hang them out to dry and would eventually spring them from jail. But he’d won’t be the one going down, even if it is temporary, his crusade against the supernatural it’s too important and some causalities to said crusade are worth having.

[@theeshyguy]

I love how Kevin keeps being more human than most of the human characters in the series “You have kids? That is fucking TERRIBLE” caught me off guard lmao

[@nickchavez720]

It is terrible. The horrors of being the child of an addict aside...blood bonding is enslavement. Kevin was enslaved himself under the camarilla, then the Sabbat. He's been in that and is terrified and confused by the idea that someone would willingly want to to be enslaved. It's very human of him and shows a moral side to him.

[@zacariasdelalcazar8873]

That quotation in particular is the opposite of being human

[@fildariusv7045]

@@zacariasdelalcazar8873 The quotation works, due to the fact that an addict has kids, and I am not saying he is a terrible father don't get me wrong, but he is an addict and an enslaved one at that, I am not sure what could happen if he gets desperate enough for vampire blood (he even injected some heroine in order to simulate his true addiction, quite dangerous)

[@zacariasdelalcazar8873]

@@fildariusv7045 Well yeah, I didn't say it _didn't_ work

[@Haloister]

@@fildariusv7045 Let's not forget the other real problem that none of them might be aware of, blood bonds make you ageless until it's broken. He'll outstrip his kids, wife, friends, etc. in the WoD there's only one fate for those who forsake their family for the chance at immortality, and that's going straight to hell.

[@48787]

I dunno if anyone's mentioned it before, but I love how when talking about recognizing Pyotr, D says "He was wearing a bandana" to avoid saying he saw a Nosferatu's hideous face because that'd be a Masquerade breach.

[@somethinganonymous1723]

That actually didn't occur to me when I first watched

[@icefire5799]

I notice that he pointedly mentioned that it just didnt occure to me why he did so amazing

[@morgantaylor84]

Yeah, he really is as careful with his words as how he was coming off like a complete mad man before we learned his inner monologue and reasoning for his language choices.

[@Valentine011]

@@morgantaylor84 and now i want a cut of this without the internal monologue

[@ehhorve857]

​@@Valentine011 not a official cut, but this could help. a do it yourself jumping point guide. 3:26 start here. 4:58 introductions 6:52 time confirmations 10:04 read of rights 12:23 what happened this morning? 13:42 cold cases 14:55 laying bait 16:27 yes, we did. 17:43 the first divergence 18:21 PAPERWORK 19:30 pyotr 19:54 was he there? 20:14 21:05 how many? 21:49 guy has a think 22:25 back at the house 22:44 23:24 hmmmmmm..... alright. 23:58 when we got home? 24:50 malcolm 25:24 too good to be true 26:00 gun descriptions 26:34 owned explosives? 28:20 were they involved? 29:09 doubling down! 29:51 a professional in the field 30:30 STEAKHEAD! 31:27 rather disconcerting. 32:06 relevant authorities 32:15 sorrow 32:33 apologies 33:26 the gang? 34:32 the car? 36:38 the pit? 37:07 the window 37:47 yea I LOVE movie 38:15 sorry, um 38:44 one of the bikers 39:20 horrifying moment 39:57 a summary 40:38 could you? 41:45 good mood? 42:57 the cellar? 43:18 live feed? 45:12 were the cages used? 45:52 richard and david? 48:06 a few more questions 48:01 to clarify. most of the rest is real time. 52:30 ah, detective.

[@barabbabaruffa9289]

"We are entirely secular in our orthodoxy" "Wow, neat" A moment so English it drinks tea.

[@tantalus44]

The Detective really hit him with the Columbo "Oh, and by the way, one more thing" move.

[@Ironsnake345ify]

"The Vinculum's making me want to stab you forty times, but it also feels like I've dumped my way out of a psycho polycule. So I'm feeling like hitting the town and injecting some crack." That is such a fucking perfect line. It requires quite a bit of setup, but it's been set up perfectly, and executed without flaw. Well done, writers.

[@taddad2641]

think if anyone the one he actually got alnog with would have been shitbeard. mofo was in the same boat as kevin. he had a life, one taken from him so callously. shitbeard though had the problem AND 'luck' that he wasn't also rejected by his own group. poor guy was probably selected deliberately. could be his own hell fucker's pals encouraged him to join.

[@jacoboconnell7518]

"You don't inject crack, Kevin! You fucking office worker!" Man every episode there is always one line that gets me and this is the one for this episode. Amazing stuff

[@a.bdioro5302]

Kevin had like three different lines that equally floored me this episode one of them when he called D a river troll but the one that always gets me is the one where he just goes “one road leads to hell and the other leads to hell but what you don’t realize is that I could just walk off the Fucking road “

[@MichaelTheRead]

My favorite Kevin-ism will always be "The margins on NINETY-NINE PENCE blender would be 29 Pounds in the RED, you OIL BARREL!!"

[@mrwtfwhy]

for anyone curious you can actually inject crack.

[@hpph7133]

​@@mrwtfwhywho hasn't?

[@cheesemanmaster]

@@a.bdioro5302 the "walk off the fucking road" is something I'm personally putting into my everyday speech

[@KarcharodonAstra]

I just love Kevin's delivery of "ok consider this; fuck you" goddamn brilliant

[@captainflapjax7240]

After watching all of Warhams and Narrative Declaration, that part just straight up sounded like Earndil to me haha

[@오주환-b1n]

Same

[@TeamOneDay]

"You do not realize that I can simply walk off the fucking road!" Honestly every time Alfabusa uploads I get a dead sea scrolls worth of quotes to yoink.

[@Elenrai]

As a DM that line upset me. My players watch this and now they learned of that option!

[@roboticfish317]

@@Elenrai the way I deal with it is putting temping degenerate bait in front of them and making sure the binary choice is actually trinary to make sure they stay on a path to my perfect ending (or have the weregoblins hunt them for killing the kenku prophet)

[@OmniGSage]

@@Elenrai I know this pain all too well

[@MouldyBoss]

Is walk off the road an expression or is it ment to be taken literally?

[@OmniGSage]

@@MouldyBoss possibly both

[@trifontrifonov4297]

I love that Big D's inner monologue starts as complete insanity and paranoia. Funny as all hell. Then as you keep watching, it starts to make sense. Him double checking and obsessing over simple turn of phrase and checking for traps, makes sense. His paranoia starts to seep in your own thoughts. You start to ask yourself if the cop is truly a Cammy agent and Big D is saving the day. You get to see the world through his eyes. This is some truly incredible writing.

[@mr.textwall5327]

But he still missed that one time Guy sharply inhaled after "Evil dead" moment. Also, hey, his thought process feels natural, incredible in its ability to catch and put together even the smallest hints. As the saying goes, you're not paranoid if you're really being monitored. Personally I'd use a vampires presumption and keep it no matter what. Because Guy could be clean but in that case his boss (who must receive Guy's report) is 90% involved. And even in case he's not it takes little for a secretary or coffee boy or a janitor to skim through papers on boss' table. Then in another, fully controlled police station all the family will have their cases fabricared or their names put on a list of witnesses for some majors case.

[@ozfifer7392]

@MegaProudAlbanian I did

[@carissamace]

@MegaProudAlbanian Ancient Hebrew actually, a minas is part of the sacred system of weights. It equals 60 shekels, and 60 of itself is equal to one sacred talent.

[@carissamace]

@MegaProudAlbanian Ah, my bad. I was just reading up on the sacred weights old old Judea for a project the other day, and so I focused on those.

[@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120]

@@carissamace Which is more of a carryover from the Emperor of Mankind which we know was middle eastern.... it could mean... it makes sense... Big-E/D is immortal... notice how he treats the family... and his level of skill... no... he is much older than he looks... now... what could he be...

[@daganverone8373]

Everyone is talking about how smart and deductive Big D is but look at the cop. He's basically doing the same thing as Big D, trying to lure out any masquerade breaches like a good ghoul and he's so good at being subtle about it that it tripped up an expert hunter like D. The only reason he even got caught is his blurt about the tunnel at the very end.

[@beepbeepo1542]

Guy didn't know that Dee Dee was lying about the story, he had no idea vampires were involved.

[@bigbadbob7070]

@@beepbeepo1542 I’m pretty sure he would have pieces together that the Sabbat was involved with the Hell’s Fuckers and the decayed corpses in basement, probably just figure that Big D and his family were just innocent civilians who got caught up in a Sabbat scheme.

[@gabrielkrone237]

@@beepbeepo1542 well he probably knew they were vampires since he was with the Camarilla and it would explain the thrown car, the corpses with fresh clothes and the fact they were burying mines to ambush the Anarchs...(which big alluded to by calling them a rival anarchist gang) I think he just didn't realize Big D was aware of all this and bought his lies about him believing his own explanations

[@fyraltari1889]

@@beepbeepo1542 Yes he knew vampires were involved, as a Camarilla operative within the police he'd be told what to look for to recognize Sabbat and Anarch activities. He most likely knows what the Hell's Fuckers are and also knew about the tunnels. He was trying to figure out what the Sabbat were up to, whether these random people worked for them or not, and whether they knew vampires were real or not.

[@juliane.mfarias9285]

And he nailed with Kevin's sister. Bravo my guy!

[@fenrirunshackled4319]

I love the voice of the detective. They really sell the calm and ingenunine friendliness of an interrogator trying to coax out information

[@Wormworttea]

i loved him by the end. reminded me of a character from sealab

[@Detahramet]

Its fantastic, and genuinely unsettling

[@j.g.3293]

D came for his whole ass at the end of that interrogation and I absolutely LIVED for it

[@LesserOfTwoWeevils]

Nah he just was a good ghoul bloke

[@Maxibon2007]

well it's the Norfolk Constabulary not the LAPD! 😅

[@nickchavez720]

I just realized on the second viewing, the detective dropped an unintentional hint of his Camarillla allegiance. When he said 'I always respect titles, ye Great and Mighty one.' Who talks like that; even in jest? He didn't say rank, or job description; as people day to day would maybe say officer, or doctor, or Justice. He said title. Most people would laugh it off, because frankly who is used to that. But a ghoul under the Camarilla would undoubtedly be expected to address any vampire by a title being that they are essentially the bottom of the totem pole. He follows it because its become second nature to him. He blew it as soon as the interrogation began. Also Big D bet all the chips on Black at the end there and it paid off.

[@rustyyamate5888]

@Nick Chavez Holy cow man, a brilliant observation! Just shows how incredibly layered and subtle the writing is.

[@MattManDX1]

To be fair he is British. Aristocratic titles are still a thing over there.

[@45calGunslinger]

Yeah I picked up on that immediately; but the leap from "this cop is a Ghoul" to "this Ghoul is desperate for blood" was a bit riskier.

[@asasas9146]

@@MattManDX1 There is also the thing that the cop was playing "good cop" to get Big D guard down. That's the reason why i (and probably Big D as well) overlooked it as mere flattering. Very glad to see such deep level of writing put into the series.

[@swootymedia6398]

Yeah, and Big D is crazy enough for a ghoul to MISTAKE him for being a vampire, so that could've tipped the investigator over to switching to being more differential even if he would've been more informal otherwise, as a way of hedging his bets.

[@dialaskisel5929]

Kevin is right: This was an absolute rollercoaster of emotion. From funny to tense to confusing and back to funny again, really quite the masterpiece of writing.

[@Soundwave142]

There isn’t a lot of good writing these days.

[@iambumbo7534]

thank fuck GW cant get there gremlin hands on this

[@unwillingbulwark1553]

Do you think that kevin Malcom wettsworth is this universes and big-Ds malcador the first four letters of the middle name are the same and he is shown to be growing into a friend of Big-D and he is the only wizard we know of yet that’s my thoughts on it though.Some evidence for the name change can be found in the difference of magnus and marckus door and dorn.

[@dicerson9976]

Something just struck me. If the theory that Big D is in fact *extremely* ancient is true, then it could be the case that he really wasn't kidding when he said, "This is an advanced deception technique I *invented*! A technique I refer to as... lying." What.. what if he actually did?

[@douglasallar9176]

That!..... Doesn't sound far off.

[@Word46]

Okay wait hold on If Caine is legit in this series and the bible is actually accurate for WoD (which it probably won't be but hey we're theorycrafting here) The first man that lied was Adam. Is... Is big D Adam?

[@ebtheartist3843]

@@Word46 Or… What if he’s Able?

[@pessimisticnihilist3691]

@@ebtheartist3843 Abel is very dead.

[@patch-fm]

@@ebtheartist3843 Pretty sure Cain DisABLEed his own brother

[@V0idIntruder]

I love how after an hour of interrogation and mind-games, all it took was 1 word for Big D to find the answer.

[@elijahjarman2837]

Sometimes, that's all it takes to find fault and snoop a mole

[@bravojr]

Let us all take some time to appreciate the fact that they made such strong characters and in doing so were able to translate it away from "Games Workshop" into a whole other themantic world. Not even Games Workshops' Legal team can stop Bruva Alfabusa!

[@vivamexico254]

Buva lives ! *Stomp stomp*

[@yaphongjie8551]

@@vivamexico254 BRUVA LIVES! STOMP STOMP

[@henryheavy8044]

Fuck yeah

[@darthrevan3342]

Still I wnat the conclusion to TTS.

[@mcapollodiomedes3620]

@@darthrevan3342 well i died kitten maybe *just maybe* posibly died Emprah was so tripping that he almost destroyed terra Dorn ....eh i think he maybe died we went centurion mode at the last moment to calm emprah Leeman is still in khomorah in an arena with the rest of the inquisition And thats .....that? ......... 🗿

[@archsteel7]

Seeing Pyotr’s previous, human, face was far more impactful to me than I was expecting. God just… That was a person at some point, before the Sabbat took him and made him a monster.

[@MyRYNOrunsHot]

I did a little research on the clans after watching this series. Nosferatu tend to turn people who are traditionally handsome because they'll become hideous as vampires, part of some sadistic streak they have. So Pyotr looking as good as he does in the photo makes sense.

[@archsteel7]

@@MyRYNOrunsHot That makes sense. To some extent, I imagine it’s probably a bit of a self sustaining cycle. Someone beautify is transformed into a horrible monster, and so does the same thing to other beautify people later on as a way of taking from that person what was taken from them originally. Endlessly perpetuating the cycle of abuse.

[@NoTimeAllTime]

If I recall in Vampire the Masquerade Bloodline the ex-model Nosferatu was constantly angry about it, while there was another Nosferatu that was apparently so ugly in life this was a lateral move for him and he was pretty chill. I think, it is been a while, time to reinstall I guess!

[@laughingalex7563]

@@NoTimeAllTime Isobela(i think) and Mitnik, such memorable characters, even if only briefly encountered. Edit: model is Imalia, now i remember.

[@nickchavez720]

Another fact about the Nosferatu embrace; unlike with other clans, the transformation into a Nosfertu is painful. Sometimes taking hours, maybe days to complete as the body warps into its monstrous form. An experience like that can make a man cruel. Let alone being turned into a hideous freak against your will.

[@youngarchaeotech189]

“I CURSE YOU WITH BALLS-FALL-OFF DISEASE! I GIVE YOU LUPUS! AND NOT THE WEREWOLF ONE YOU JUST HAVE A WASTING DISEASE NOW!” This. This awoke suck wonderful mirth in me. Thankyou.

[@falsehero2001]

The “plastic toy soldiers” and how god damn expensive they are was a solid Easter egg. Kind of took me out of the video for a moment to mull it over though. Such is the double edged sword of such things. Oh well, back to painting my own inordinately priced plastic models.

[@Pyreleaf]

Aren't there like a fuckton of models available online that randos 3d print themselves which are exactly the same but cheaper?

[@sephrosemary]

@@Pyreleaf Yes, but not in the early 2000's

[@meganobgutzkraka2398]

and back to some of us putting getting, putting together, and painted the same models but stolen just like Big-D advises >:D

[@TheThestudent52]

Just steal them if you can!

[@falsehero2001]

@@Pyreleaf Yes. But also, no. When you start to add up all the costs of 3d printing, the pricing of some GW kits are competitive with 3rd party models. At least if you care about quality.

[@CometCommentator]

Okay, it's official. Kevin is totally a Malcador figure. He's very human and humane, despite the awful things hes been forced to do, and he's the one character who gets to call Big-D out on his bullshit, debate him, argue with him and yet still retain chummy banter that only true bros can retain while disagreeing. Love it.

[@narutony1916]

Oh my god, you're right. I fucking adore that link

[@matrixtrollmarine]

İ really hope that he won't sacrifice himself for big-d

[@CommissarLORDBernn]

Also, canonically in 40k, Malcador the Hero turned to ash when he finished using the Golden Throne while the Emperor fought Horus... Vampires turn to ash when they die to the sun, or they revert to how their body should look if they died when they were first turned. If Kevin is Malcador, then by that time he would be a 28000 years old corpse...

[@utubrGaming]

Kevin, the bearer of Big E's sigil. And let's assume that his middle name is Malcolm all along. So Malcolm, the... Sigilite?

[@kanevivi]

@@CommissarLORDBernn that or the priest in the story about the final church?

[@BoisegangGaming]

Door being described as having the "creativity of a sea cucumber" is spot on, and I can pretty much imagine his response.

[@TooBadThatDidntKillMe]

_"A Sea Cucumber is an unintelligent animal, it is incapable of being creative."_ Then the self own sinks in.

[@zeppelincraft1443]

Flashback of naming the castle, castle

[@korstmahler]

Spills it's guts as a defensive mechanism too. Door's defence was likely how badly asking him to be specific backfires on anyone with a mortal lifespan.

[@rythofthefourthhouse7104]

@@zeppelincraft1443 flashback to approaching the Slabnasium of the Quivering Isles and the air being thick with musk

[@fishpop]

@@rythofthefourthhouse7104 Dunno what the "Quivering Isles" are cos Google just corrects it to *Shivering Isles* instead.

[@ummdustry5718]

31:52, big E mistaking Guy's withdrawal symptoms for concern is such a good detail on rewatch.

[@fyraltari1889]

Good catch!

[@BluJean6692]

that flew right over my head, very excellent craft there...

[@adamr1949]

The fact that there is, in fact, a village by the name of *Warham* in Norfolk is just too perfect, almost like it was destiny that Big-D and his family would end up being here.

[@FLMKane]

I guess they're Warhamers then?

[@Bluecho4]

@@FLMKane Probably pronounced "war'amurs" or something.

[@FLMKane]

@@Bluecho4 and theres 40k people in warham

[@Mr_Bunk]

Wells-next-the-Sea is a real place too, and it has its tiny trainline. And a lot of pubs. I’ve visited it frequently since my childhood.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@FLMKane it’s chosen. Also the reference of Marcus’s plastic toy soldiers.

[@takthechroniker456]

When Chapman said he had killed 6 people in service of the Regent, I wasn't too surprised as I could have expected this from a ghoul... But when he mentionned "Two of them with my teeth" I genuinely felt threatened.

[@DGneoseeker1]

Vampire fanboy I guess.

[@judgemental3110]

@@DGneoseeker1 Its stated somewhere or other that ghouls sometimes wind up drinking human blood in an attempt to get high kind of like a alcoholic drinking chemicals to try and get drunk. It doesn't work but well people do stupid shit when desperate

[@gustavwood0064]

I’d imagine he killed them like the monkey who ripped someone’s face off

[@AW-sx8hm]

@@DGneoseeker1 a fanpire possibly

[@babagoogie6231]

@@DGneoseeker1 or because he was a crackhead equivalent for a ghoul

[@barcacarthago5972]

This audiolog goes so much into why Big D is such a great Hunter. Although largely played for jokes, Big D was skilled enough to infiltrate a police station multiple times, had the foresight to school his family on how to properly lie to the authorities and what to be aware of when dealing with possible ghouls, was confident in his ability to fight his way out of a police station _with a knife_ , smuggled said weapon into a police station without being caught, has an dagger enchanted with death magicks, and is a skilled enough orator to accurately harmonize a disparate alibi without arousing suspicion until the very end. The guy is a legend, and, given the clues we've seen (Big D's mental oddities and his talking about the path of "Peace" local cops use), we haven't even seen his _actual_ powers.

[@paulcruz168]

I thought PEACE was an acronym for something. Never crossed my mind it mightve been anything supernatural

[@Microsoft-Excel-2010]

@@paulcruz168 If this is set in the World of Darkness setting, then Big-D might actually received the Call. He might also be a Redeemer.

[@paulcruz168]

@@Microsoft-Excel-2010 that makes sense, he did outright say redemption at the end. I just meant that the PEACE technique D talked about sounded like an acronym for something mundane.

[@odinlindeberg4624]

​@@paulcruz168 I immediately figured that Big-D was more used to having the police try to apply pressure and stress their suspects into saying something wrong where UK police instead give you no reason to be worried unless you have something to hide.

[@TheDeathMare]

I will also say that this is a British police station and a large majority do not actively carry firearms. Also out of curiosity I looked into the Wells-Next-To-Sea police station and they have very few officers

[@Insanity6419]

Kevin: “You calling someone a degenerate is very-“ Big D: “WEIGH YOUR NEXT WORDS CAREFULLY.” Kevin: “Okay, consider this; F*ck You. That segment had me dying of laughter.

[@gatordragon6140]

Lol yeah, kevin knows big d cant kill him because he needs him for something

[@BadassHater1]

The funny thing is that a vampire wizard is the most reasonable person in the room

[@samfire3067]

​@@BadassHater1hits with pan

[@Never_heart]

The way Erandil and Speaker bounce off of each other is so smooth in both their writing abd voice acting

[@pissedoffturtle7333]

I love how this episode finally lets Markus shine. Not as good at punching vampires as Door or big D, but he's clever as hell and big D finds himself helped out by Markus' testimony time and time again. This might be my favourite log yet.

[@gokbay3057]

I mean, do we know if he was right? He was making assumptions about the others' testimonies. Then again he probably does know his family well, so he is probably more right than wrong.

[@pissedoffturtle7333]

@@gokbay3057 I feel like figuring out which individual person was responsible for which discrepancy would be easier than deducing and tracking all of them in the first place, since he knows them all so well. But you do make a fair point.

[@MoriRoach]

I mean it’s his like “theme?” Because in the first PTH he succeeded by a clever but stupid “invention” stake jacket. And in the second he was the one to think up the vamp death match in the first place. Y’now smart but short sighted.

[@zushakon1]

@@MoriRoach he's a very much high int low wis character

[@Rage_Templar]

@@zushakon1 Wits in this case*

[@paulthemunstre]

There are no throwaway characters in this series, I for one was absolutely not expecting the bobby to have any importance outside of the interview. Now he's one of my favourite characters.

[@fyraltari1889]

Same, and with how much they've mentionned the Regent, I'm expecting her to show up in Arc 2. Which is good because there's a bit of a lack of women character in this.

[@inquisitorwalmarius6650]

he kinda reminds me of Barry from Archer

[@maximmachinegun7206]

@@fyraltari1889 I have a feeling that the Regent is that vampire lady we saw at the end of Ep1 and during every ending credits

[@dark7element]

I love the incredibly matter-of-fact way he says "I will kill again."

[@xaga8794]

Good I love how British people call the policeman

[@owleyes8600]

For most of the episode I genuinely thought big D was overthinking it and this was just an ordinary guy trying to figure out what the hell happened. But this is the world of darkness, nowhere is safe. Big D is weirdly good with people for how crazy he is, first Kevin now Chapman.

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

Someone pointed it out in the comments, but Detective Chapman actually gives the game away almost immediately: He unflinchingly agrees to use D's dumb made up title of "Great and Mighty", with the justification of "always respecting titles". there's no way a cop would give a fuck about some random dude's self appointed title... Unless that cop is a ghoul for the Camarilla, where not respecting some high on their own farts vampire's demand to be addressed by some dumb bullshit title would get you killed.

[@TheBobledanois]

@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong and beside, in the part with Kevin the cop litteraly admit he saw that the picture on Kevin's license (a weak short white dude) and big D (a giant middle eastern muscle man) are pretty different and it distracted him for the whole interview. So big D was busted from the beggining and overthinking all the time, which makes it even more hilarious

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong I got the impression that he was just playing Good Cop. It wasn't until his slip of the tongue near the end that I knew for sure he was an agent.

[@awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481]

@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong He was sort of joking around at the start, and the interrogation tactic he was using was intended to put D at ease so, yeah, rolling with what seems to be a light hearted joke title in order to get the suspect to lower their defences and feel like they have a leg up on you? Absolutely a good call.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong interesting, I only picked up he was a ghoul after that weird out of place snort he did

[@xoersummoner1336]

Man call me crazy but seeing Pyotr before he was turned into a fucking monster and the thing with Kevin and his sister just amplifies for me that feeling of tragedy that is a vampire’s existence that was introduced in the last audiolog. Vampires are terrifying… but they are sad as fuck man.

[@nicak777alex9]

Thats Classic world of darkness for you. Vampires are dammed, literally , they are going to hell no matter what they do. And most of the time it's not even their fault. Also forgot to mention, Nosferatus , the ugly vampires, like to embrace attractive people the most, they enjoy turning beautiful people into ugly monsters, because if they have to be ugly so should others. They are that petty

[@TheAngryXenite]

@@nicak777alex9 I don't think that's necessarily true. For one, I believe it's been confirmed that vampires can reincarnate.. I'm not actually sure you go to Hell unless you directly cut a deal with a demon or other assorted Umbral entity.

[@ariandynas]

There's a reason Vampire is called "The Game of Personal Horror"

[@Alex-cq1zr]

@@nicak777alex9 A vampire can live without being evil by buying blood from blood banks and such, but i imagine that's a rare case and most vampires and a system of "get screwed over and screw over someone else, probably as a pyramid scheme". This also means that there might be large groups of good vampires, but i don't know enough about World of Darkness to know that.

[@TyphoonMinecraft]

Yeaaaah. Friend of mine is running a v20 campaign. She really makes us feel for the people our characters have to leave behind to be Vampires.

[@robertsteiner4696]

I love how distraught Big-D is over Door being American in this series lol. Somehow it works perfectly and makes sense.

[@tomtheconqerur]

He is jealous that Door is a American and he isn't.

[@vintheguy]

@@tomtheconqerur yeah, how could be NOT be torn up about NOT being in debt over a fucking inhaler?

[@hunterkoons2008]

@@vintheguy I mean, I doubt big D trusts doctors and modern medicine. Plus it'd be easier for him to get firearms in America, legal or not, which he has mentioned he owns several illegal ones.

[@darkoracle7534]

@@vintheguy That's the spirit! Spirit of Freedom even! Freedom to die in debt!

[@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384]

@@vintheguy Cope and Seethe inferior life form.

[@weirdtyrant6274]

37:51 I love how they deliberately made this rather disturbing image of Guy Chapman for this highly tense audiolog and only used it once for when he snorts.

[@HellishSpoon]

i think that was his withdrawl kicking in for a sec

[@Wulgreath]

Seconded, that was a Junkie Jonesing For His Next Hit moment.

[@John-Stark]

That was the moment I realized that something was up

[@DM-Oz]

@@HellishSpoon I believe that was a joke about D saying movie when he was refering to the series

[@archsteel7]

I imagine we’ll see it again in future audio-logs. But damn did I spend a lot of time looking at it the first time around. Guy Chapman is up there with Diablery fueled Pyotr in terms of scariest characters in the series currently. Just because, unlike all the other monsters, he *wanted* this. He isn’t some poor victim pulled off the street and made into a monster, he’s actively choosing to consume vitae and get ghouled.

[@swootymedia6398]

Gotta mention that it's really kind of chilling how pragmatic Big-D has become. Like, yeah, his logic was sound: He maneuvered himself into a corner and he was making the best with the cards he was dealt, but to go from the last audiolog, where he's appealing to the MIGHTY AND POWERFUL Kevin's humanity and promising a life free from slavery... only to turn around and exploit an addict to turn him into yet another resource in his Crusade, to the point that the fucking VAMPIRE is the guy that's the most disturbed by his actions? It's really something. I can't WAIT to see how this plays out in terms of how the rest of the crew responds once this is all revealed in later seasons.

[@AshyGr33n]

Just like the big-E from the universe that shall not be named: he is whatever he needs to be at the right moment.

[@iambumbo7534]

a necessary evil but in D”s case its just necessarily

[@aceofspadesguy4913]

Well as he said, if they didn’t slake his thirst he’d just go crawling back to the Regent and then they’re all screwed.

[@laughingalex7563]

Pretty clear Kevin has an extremely high amount of empathy, his being disturbed from understanding exactly what its like to be blood bonded. But i also look forward to how the crew reacts to both a vampire ‘and’ a ghoul joining them.

[@lionmane3131]

I just hope he means it when he says he wants to turn kevin human again and to actually help people because I'll be honest, because he's based of the emperor I am worried.

[@ThisIsntMyHorse]

This episode really highlights why Hunters are antisocial misanthropes who fall out of touch with their fellow humanity. How could you hold down a day job when you suspect that every colleague asking innocuous questions over the water cooler is an agent of the Camarilla trying to sus out breaches of the masquerade? When every innocent question by the worried old lady next door becomes an intense interrogation? The veil has been lifted to you, the realization that the supernatural truly is everywhere, and that every last one of the supernatural critters can and will kill you if they ever find out what you know. Every interaction with a fellow mortal turning into a harrowing test of wits, for even if they are not some agent of hostile supernatural forces, you still do not want to enlighten them to the horrors that lie just beyond the veil of normalcy, to spare them the paranoia and inevitable early grave you are bound for.

[@redkun5]

The worst is that, at least in this situation, they are right to be like this.

[@ZergMeTaSWORM]

The one thing i don t agree with is them being mysanthropes. Some may be true but even if Big D has no concern for the bobby being basically an addict he does care about humanity as whole. He wants to rid humanity of the constant threat of vampires. He just applies very fucked up means to get to an end strategies, like keeping a ghoul permanently juiced up on his "drug" even though he clearly has a familly and is a human.

[@lukelblitz3627]

@@ZergMeTaSWORM i mean....what is the alternative here? dont do that,have him report to the regent since he WILL do that for his blood,and let everyone he knows be murdered?

[@Batsquid_]

​@@ZergMeTaSWORM I am not confident that Big D is precisely human, lol. Lots of signs in the writing in this and previous episodes, plus the fact that the Emperor is his inspiration, indicates he is at a minimum very, very old. (Stuff like the Game of Ur, one of the oldest known board games, or minas, the ancient Hebrew measurement of weight he used at the beginning of this episode. Also stuff like his rapid healing factor, setting back his jaw at the beginning of this episode despite how apparently horrible-and recent- the injury was.) I think it's safe to say Big D is fairly humane, but I would not confidently say he is human.

[@ZergMeTaSWORM]

@@Batsquid_ oh most definitely he isn t a human. either outright mystical or some form of reincarnation. I liked the theory that he is Abel coming back to get Cain(e) but him being gilgamesh also is interesting. My poiint was that he 100% isnn t a mysanthrope. He has things he hates from humans like we all do but he is definently doing it to help the humans.

[@TheCutethulhu]

A thing I really like about Guy Chapman is that, as a character, he's very much aware of himself and is unapologetic about them. He's aware of his addiction and accepts it, he's aware that he's a terrible detective but will likely continue to do his job unchanged, he's aware that he was on the shit end of a deal with the Regent and is not at all afraid of finding a new master so he can get his fix. He's really well done in that he knows he's bad, or that he's the middle of the bad, but he accepts it and just continues to be as he is. It's excellent.

[@bartu913]

Almost like a polar opposite to kevin wont you say ?

[@ralphize5153]

There’s also the fact that he’s not a fan of his masters being evil psychos, so he’s more than willing to switch to a more sane/less evil boss at the drop of a hat. He’s not a fanatic, just an addict who’s using the Regent for his fix, and would drop her for a better deal immediately

[@AveSicarius]

Many addicts are self-aware of their addiction, and we accept it. It's just that actually moving past the addiction is a totally different beast to understanding that it exists. Unfortunately understanding what is wrong with your life and accepting it are very different concept's to actually doing anything about it. If anything an acceptance can make it even more difficult to move past a current state for some people. Though I'd say being hooked on Vitae that keeps you young and powerful is a different beast entirely to many addictions we deal with today.

[@CountDVB]

I mean, it's hard to tell if he's terrible given that Big D has the massive leg up on experience.

[@richmcgee434]

@@CountDVB Not to mention Guy is going through blood bond withdrawal, which has got to put you off your game. Big D is physically messed up some right now but I'm sure he's had worse. The playing field is even more uneven based on those relative conditions.

[@KillerOrca]

Absolute mad props to Guy's VA for making the most perfectly steroytypical English policeman. And double props to the artist who made his little face animations. He even LOOKS bland, just like his name is.

[@dragirby]

Oh my fucking god. Guy chap man. Why did it take till this comment to fucking get it.

[@nico6143]

Bland yet oddly menacing

[@DuckieMcduck]

But! But, but, but...

[@CodexQuinn]

@@dragirby Jesus Christ I JUST got this

[@mortarion9813]

@@CodexQuinn I don't quite understand this, could someone perhaps enlighten me?

[@lachlanmacrae1779]

"You present me with a two pronged road, one leads to hell, and the other also leads to hell. But meaty fool that you are, you do not realise that I can simply walk off the fucking road!" I love kevin.

[@thatotherguy8138]

"Okay, consider this - Fuck You." I was able to keep from literally laughing out loud until that line. That line broke me.

[@AnthonyFlames275]

It got me too.

[@stanleyholmes1266]

Halfway in, the story about the bikers choosing the house of an EOD specialist actually makes some sense because that would be the reasonable thing to shift any legal blame for the weaponry. Finding the people with related backgrounds to serve as patsys for their illegal activities simply makes sense.

[@deeznuts-kw6yv]

Plus, likely the bikers could loot the EOD specialists stuff for marginally better equipment, since veterans probably usually carry "souvenirs" of their time in battle

[@pandagamer-hg5be]

@@deeznuts-kw6yv especially Door

[@thenutella8846]

Yes, but that would imply that the men knew door and had planned to target him or by shear luck bumped into him and took them hostage from there. That kind of complicates the story and makes the family more suspicious in the eyes of an interrogator. I know it's better than nothing, but if it was me, I'd have tried to turn it around and say something along the lines of "how dare you imply that my boy has some connections to this criminal gang and has a hand in terrorism". Being an angry family member in denial will at least make you personally look sort of innocent.

[@quynlanvuorensyrja5484]

@@thenutella8846 Big D actually did say “The moment they learned about Door’s background, they decided to hide their arms there. It wasn’t random chance! It was an act of whimsey on their part!”

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

The story was "we happened to search for missing persons on our own, then we ran into them and then they took us hostage and took advantage of the expertise of our specliaist". There's no "choosing" from the bikers' side, just pure opportunism and happenstance. If you want to introduce "aha but they did it because they knew", you haven't actually resolved any happenstances of expertise + looking for lost persons but you have added an extra complicating factor where the bikers researched the victims carefully (to get to know them in such detail to know to appear in that location as the missing persons in need of help), before settling on this unusual move being the play rather than any of the myriad other, more reliable ways to take over the house. It looks weird and raises more questions ("how come they didn't also know X" and so on).

[@wagz781]

I love the fact that the cop gives certain things away that hint at him being a vampire agent from the start by using older-fashioned speech and words for things. Yet because big d is so focused on other things he doesn't pick up on it.

[@albertogregory9678]

Like what?

[@wagz781]

@@albertogregory9678 The use of "All hallow's Eve" as opposed to halloween is one.

[@albertogregory9678]

@@wagz781 nice catch!

[@jasperzanovich2504]

@@wagz781 I noticed that phrase as odd but didn't think anything about it. "Maybe that's how brits talk in the countryside."

[@zaganim3813]

he is a ghoul not a vampire tho

[@bored8321]

Going to be honest, this new series is currently my sole way of learning about masquerade lore. Never knew ghoulification in the Vampire Masquerade was akin to some sort of brainwashing-happy-narcotics

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Oh believe me from what I can understand it isn't just that but way worse like way worse then anything you will litterly do *ANYTHING* for your next fix so yeah it's a god forsaken nightmare

[@TheCreepyLantern]

@@theenderdestruction2362 Kevin is 100% right to be asking "WHAT THE FUCK" at this yeah

[@JLF-cn1rr]

I mean, TTS was my intro to 40k, so Alfa is two-for-two franchise-wise with me.

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

@@JLF-cn1rr same here. I wonder if GW understand what an incredible resource it was for people who might end up being customers? Oh well, fuck GW and the horse they rode in on.

[@chuckles3116]

A Vampire’s bite is also generally described as being way beyond normal pleasure, even for the recipient, to the point that the sexy vampires can just go into a closet with their prey to eat and the prey will just remember blacking out from the pleasure (the way they cover up the bite is by secreting some vitae from their saliva glands and licking the wound)

[@boltgun5129]

I love how Guy was playing Big D's like a flute while pretending to not know. He already saw the license, was slipping hints that Big D's did not pick and covered up errors in the testimony, like the part about the fall with a timing that does not work. Slipping away the tunnel felt like a last ditch attempt. And it continue right to the end, with Guy pretending to be a bad detective, because a good ghoul stroke their master's ego. I'll love seeing more of that sociopath.

[@Sormyr]

Agreed for the most part. I feel both were tangled in a dance through most of the interview; reason why was the detective's final question, about Kevin's sister. It brings Big D's inner monologue about using leading questions to full circle, as it was that little mistake that brought his entire house of cards down. Ultimately leading him into making the seriously risky gamble of outright calling out the detective for the ghoul that he was. It was probably his only option honestly, since it literally snapped him back against a corner.

[@zifer123]

oh god what if he is going undercover to help Big D under the Camarilla

[@dyer4677]

The only real flaw with that is that Guy will be bloodbonded to Kevin, he can't exactly easily betray him when you're bonded like that. Specially sense we have no reason to doubt Guy isn't suffering heavily from withdrawl or how the Cammies would know that Big D would happen to be in that station THAT day, with from what we can understand to be a rather neglected ghoul.

[@bingusshlingus1442]

@@dyer4677 Honestly, I think that he didn't even want to betray them. As he himself says, he's an addict who'll do anything for vitae. A shrewd fellow, even if he is a bloodbond-junkie.

[@HellishSpoon]

@@dyer4677 maybe he was planning on exposing big D to the cammies untill a better deal for him self came up

[@MasterOfTheBrood]

I like to think the "STORM THEM ,CHARGE!" is Big-D's strategy to board a overfilled trolly, lol. I hope policeman becomes a recurring character

[@MyRYNOrunsHot]

It's also a reference to the Imperial Guard dialogue in DOW.

[@MasterOfTheBrood]

@@MyRYNOrunsHot fair point 😂

[@darkswords147]

These audio logs are selling like hotcakes also after ep 3 I was wondering what they would say to cops since vampires are a myth to the public.

[@antke1472]

What if the cops are ghouls

[@kharn2472]

@@antke1472 definitely

[@darkswords147]

@@antke1472 Would be hard to show since it's an audio log I'm sure Big D is gonna talk the cop away since it's you know an Audio Log but if he is a ghoul you can say I told you so in a couple hours

[@FamusJamus]

"We were assailed by mythical ageless beings!" "Nice try, but the Queen was at Sandringham all morning."

[@nalrashido]

@@antke1472 If the Cops were Ghouls they'd be dead the moment they entered the police station. They'd be Dominated into telling the truth or Presence would *make* them tell the truth because they want to. The Camarilla are borderline inquisitiorial with how they protect the Masquerade. Similar with the Anarchs.

[@carlospomares3225]

The interrogation is so intense. Love how we see Big D expertly craft his responses and we see all his reasoning behind everything he says.

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

Proof he’s not as chaotic as he seems and also EXACTLY as chaotic as he seems

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

He’s crazy like a fox and also crazy

[@seamussmyth1928]

Death Note

[@darkdarius]

"Do you know the price of those plastic soldiers? They should just STEAL them!" -Genius!

[@planetbob6703]

Either Kevin was eaten or he’s gonna have a hard time explaining why there’s a bearded guy with a wizard hat chained up in the basement

[@VoltairePrime]

Big D could say that he’s kinky…

[@fyraltari1889]

What about the two exsanguinated corpses in the torture dungeon?

[@rexalley8397]

You fools, Kevin eats the police officer

[@thatromanfella8377]

They dont have a search warrent, i would be mlre concerned with the mone field

[@fyraltari1889]

@@thatromanfella8377 They've been called by an automatic house alarm, I don't know how UK law works, but I don't think they need a warrant to come into the house. Especially since the family are all showing obvious injuries including firearm-inflicted. They would need help naviguating the minefield, though.

[@Matihood1]

Wow, Big D's assumptions about his own children were correct! And Marckus being presented as a genius instead of the guy who'd always fuck something up is a nice refreshment.

[@dadab22]

I'm liking the sort of balance wavelength Marckus has in this. He's super smart, but doesn't always think things through. The stake jacket is clever, but is not practical. He was correct about Pyotr being an ambush predatory, and that he would be at a disadvantage in the open, but he was so focused on *that*, he forgot about the window height. They've done a great job of showcasing that wisdom and intelegence are not the same thing

[@archsteel7]

I like that it shows the children have somewhat different skill sets. Actually killing vampires? That’s Door’s game. He’s got genuine military precision and explosive armament training. But in terms of covering their tracks, giving a convincing story and keeping the Camarilla from blood-hunting them? Marckus is the trickiest of the group.

[@utubrGaming]

Marckus has done nothing wrong (so far).

[@blitzm4nn511]

@@utubrGaming he did let pyotr diablerise soooo..

[@bujabat4676]

You know, it’s my personal head cannon that Big D didn’t learn how to lie, but rather truly did invent it. Considering how much of the world is inside his head, I think it’s good

[@ComedicLetter]

Considering he used an ancient weight system, you’re probably not all that far off the mark.

[@lukeryall3309]

@@ComedicLetter what system did he use?

[@ComedicLetter]

@@lukeryall3309 it was right at the open of the audiolog, when talking about the force that the cellar door could withstand. I don’t know exactly when the measurement system is from, but I think I remember reading that it was Sumerian.

[@The-Samuil]

@@lukeryall3309 Most of the family use the metric system. Door uses pounds to measure weight/pressure. In the beginning of this video D says that minas should be used. I googled it and apparently minas originate as an unit of measurement from ancient Mesopotamia.

[@requiemlul3140]

@@The-Samuil My man is straight up from the first civilizations.

[@jonathangibson9482]

I think my favorite part of D's character is how deeply and sincerely he cares for his family.

[@bthsr7113]

It firmly cements him as a different entity. TTS Big E had some, but his golden gaucheness? None.

[@BreadKrumb]

52:31 Absolute *MASTERPIECE* of a scene for Big D. The absolute calm that washes over him as he takes one last gamble and just nails it. Using both his immense knowledge and a different voice, brilliant.

[@tremor3258]

Hell I almost believed him it was that smooth (that'd be a hell of a twist, frankly)

[@Emrod82]

Charisma 100

[@vigorouslethargy]

Question from someone not terribly familiar with WoD. If the cop was working for the Regent of the Camarilla, why would he be ok with blood bonding with someone he knows defected from the Camarilla? Big D made it seem like he himself was working for them, but Kevin straight up shows he wants nothing to do with them anymore. Seems like he could sell them out to the Regent and get the high quality fix he's wanting as a reward.

[@thetuerk]

People. Imagine every single conversation BigD had with anyone in this series, and he was seemingly overreacting. We now know EXACTLY why he acts that way and how he approaches every conversation! I can now say that I truly can respect D's vigilance and commitment to being a Hunter.

[@darling9413]

Likely his eccentricities are from years of hunting. According to him he had been doing this for a good long while and you don’t come out of that without habits, especially when dealing with a threat that could be all around you. That and his drug habits. Though considering his tactics he probably developed it to counter vampire feedings. Either way he isn’t dumb, a bit crazy but his intelligence is clear with his ability to casually play kitchen chemist and his wisdom of reading situations carefully.

[@rokinz3270]

@@darling9413 well for all you know he could have been doing it for thousands of years using Vitae to keep himself young.

[@darling9413]

@@rokinz3270 Not sure what that has to do with anything. If anything just further proves my point he has been doing this a long time. Though I am unsure if he is thousands of years old, the fact he helped kill a fairly high ranking vampire in his younger years suggests he might be fairly old as they are quite rare… but I doubt it.

[@lonestarlibrarian1853]

@@darling9413 From door being his son, and him trying to hide his relationship with door and boy from the cops making it seem like that’s not just adoption or some other similar shenanigans, I’d say it’s fairly certain he’s got SOMETHING going on with his age, though other then he’s almost certainly older then he seems not sure we know enough to conclusively say anything yet

[@jamesbuckner4791]

@@lonestarlibrarian1853 I'm banking on him being a mage...

[@lordfelidae4505]

23:40 Man. Seeing big D be so enthusiastic and loving about his son, and praising his ability with such enthusiasm and faith is really touching. You can feel the excitement and pride in his son having the same foresight to see the issues, and making the right choices to resolve them despite him being potentially centuries younger. It’s really heartwarming.

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

I love how it contrasts Big E in the tts series constantly berating all his children, because I like reinterpretations of characters and people being nice

[@iharpo9292]

​@@roguepsykerhaaker4813to be fair big E in tts lacks the fragment of the star child. Later in the show its shown he DEEPLY cares for his children and all of humanity

[@barrydalton4743]

@@iharpo9292not to mention being stuck in a constant state of pain and agony on a physical mental and spiritual level tends to not let you think positively of those that are responsible for that in the first place.

[@N0tsaved]

I absolutely adore just how much D takes Kevin seriously in all his musings and threats/snarks. "NO, KEVIN!! DO NOT CASTRATE THAT MAN" Even if he really doesn't, I almost believe he believes Kevin's every curse and pox upon people.

[@korstmahler]

He's familiar with the broken rules of WoD reality. He's trying to avoid those around him speaking themselves fast. He also tells Boy to master his own reality, linking back to how Mages work in WoD.

[@dinkules]

​@@korstmahlerSpeaking themselves fast? I politely must say I don't quite understand your meaning

[@korstmahler]

@@dinkules It's an old 'magical' term referring to ruining one's chances of altering reality by deciding what's possible before trying and thus dooming oneself to failure. Essentially Big D doesn't want the consensus reality of others generating paradox and affecting his quest, whether it's for a 99p Blender or victory over the Camarilla.

[@TobiasRD]

Watching this actually made me go back and view the Kevin tape in an entirely new light. Seeing how Big-D, behind the goofs and silliness, expertedly weaves the conversation to go the way he wants it to and guides it towards a desired result is something I totally missed there the first time. Brilliantly done.

[@DM-Oz]

True, gonna be honest, that makes me wish for the probing of Kevin again, but with Big D internal dialogue again, i cant help but wonder how much of the conversation he was being honest and how much he was playing mind games

[@HellishSpoon]

@@DM-Oz the most obvious lies i feel were about how he is worried about money big D doesn't seem like the type of guy who cares about paying bills he most likely steals what ever and only said he is worried about money to make kevin relate to him, make him think they are similar also the fact that he does a sinister laugh after kevin tells him of the secret is a big BIG red glowing sign that kevin was manipulated.

[@christaswista4014]

@@DM-Oz I’d love an internal monologue of this tape in Guys perspective. If it weren’t for the vampire sludge in his brain he’d be one layer removed from Colombo. He even says “one more thing/last thing”

[@brodyratliff7441]

​@@christaswista4014I want to here the interview of Markus's perspective I bet it would be similar to D's internal monologue

[@jorgedeanoperez2997]

I was already impressed by StellarElite's range with the voice progress of Fyodor and later Fyodperor, but damn, I'm blown out of the water by his Detective Guy. Goddamn

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

I guess he's got to have a bit of practice being the disarming negotiator with the whole "Bad Jokes and Dad Jokes" episode of TTS a while back. He knows the mood of the situation

[@wartorngaming1037]

I cud not even tell it was the same guy until the credits

[@jorgedeanoperez2997]

@@wartorngaming1037 wanna be even more impressed? Go listen to StringStorm's latest song. The growling guy who talks about the elves is Glowtide, fucking Apeboy

[@shellderbeast8064]

He was so damn GOOD! This whole episode had me second guessing myself, and Stellar was the one that sold it in perfect contrast with the insanity that is Speaker / Big D ♥ Alfa's team has such talented voice actors!

[@OperatorVanta]

I just realized, Fyodor = Pyotr. Damn

[@Nightly-]

Note how D states in his rage that he is 47, while Kevin is 27, a slight error on his end that was not spotted, but wouldve absolutely gotten arrested.

[@thecoolertoadman]

I don't remember him saying this, when did he?

[@Funstun-yk7oo]

@@thecoolertoadmanFunny enough its at about 27:00

[@thecoolertoadman]

@@Funstun-yk7ooAh I see, that's the autogenerated subtitles getting it wrong

[@korstmahler]

To have made this error, you must have the youtube auto subs on. You'd be the first to have the subtitles on for a show that already renders correct subtitles into it's videos. Man's got double subtitles, except the auto ones are Temu subtitles and prone to malfunction.

[@spectacular1spider]

at 4:20 the way Big-D says "even family" gives me the feeling that he has had family who had been embraced and turned against him before

[@iamnerose1658]

My guess is this version’s Hawkboy (AKA Sanguinius) but I can’t see him turned against Big D.

[@RemUchiha]

@@iamnerose1658 I would have assumed this version's Horus.

[@thebestnarcissist5464]

@@RemUchiha isn’t that uh horse, cause the names were never particularly subtle

[@JK-lv1zn]

@@thebestnarcissist5464 Horse is D's favorite son. Even with whatever is mutating him and making him cough blood what he told Boy was a warning. Horse is Sanguinius because he is both D's favorite and is willing to sacrifice his own ichor to try and save his father. Horus would have to be someone actively turning D's family against him

[@Hailix4240]

@@JK-lv1znhorse is both horus and sanguinius and his own thing. Most characters in HtP aren’t just 1:1’s of tts’ cast. Sure, door, kitten, Markus, and boy are, but big D is Emps AND the fabulously custodies mashed together. Horse being both Horus and sanguinus tracks with all we know of him.

[@MantraMan2077]

Fun Fact: The Minas is an ancient Hebrew method of Measurement one of if not the oldest form of measuring weight ranging from around 640g to 978g, with 60 Shekels equaling 1 Sacred Minas, and 60 Minas equal to 1 sacred Talent. What this says about Big D's true age on the otherhand, is a lot more interesting.

[@Raiden4019]

Obvious inspiration from Big-E's supposed origins aside, The World of Darkness seems draw substantially from elements of Biblical lore in it's own right. Is it possible Big-D is someone from that canon? Maybe with a connection to Caine?

[@woomod2445]

Minas was actually used all the way back to babylon, big D could be......incredibly old.

[@stonebehemoth2331]

@@Raiden4019 what if he's Adam? Or Seth? Or maybe someone far more ancient?

[@Raiden4019]

@@stonebehemoth2331 Well, I think we can eliminate the more ancient mythos beings on the basis that D mentioned that he has (or had, at one point) a father and siblings. So that knocks off Adam, or any other primordial figures who came into being largely on their own and not in the usual way.

[@stonebehemoth2331]

@@Raiden4019 OK, valid. Do you have theories on who or what he might be tho?

[@GearShotgun]

The truest curse of being a father is simply knowing too much. Like how much he spent on those miniatures! Goodness! He should steal them next time... I don't tell my parents how much I spend on my warhammer stuff, but if I did, I imagine this would be their reaction.

[@saphirone8030]

Honestly, you selected the best picture for our dear Detective. Dear god his poker face gave me the sweats the whole video, wondering whether or not he was compromised.

[@kanevivi]

Honestly there was a few moments that made me think he was compromised. The dragged out, the thrown car, and his face at the evil dead part. But your right he had a great agent 47 face most the time.

[@helton3425]

The moment he went a bit red when breaking his facade just slightly out of nowhere made me feel like he was indeed... Compromised

[@moistenvelopes]

Ngl his sudden .. fit outta nowhere terrified my whole ass off

[@ranieldale4842]

Genuinely, this was one of the most gripping and interesting things I've ever watched. Trying to find any hint that the cop was a vampire, listening to D analyse every single thing. Honestly stellar work, I've only just started this series and it's by far a worthy successor to TTS

[@theodorehodbor5080]

I really hope Kevin keeps returning as an ally, besides his amusing antics its interesting how in touch he still is with his humanity despite everything. Kinda sad he ultimately ended up in the same sect populated by violent power-mad control freaks and sadists that turn people into living furniture as a past-time.

[@coconuttydragoon3445]

Are you thinking of Tzimisce, that’s who I thought of when mentioning living furniture.

[@theodorehodbor5080]

@@coconuttydragoon3445 Yes, the clan that fleshwarps other people and even themselves for fun. I'm kinda curious how the family will react upon seeing one for the first time, since unlike Pyotr Tzimisce often *choose* to make themselves look alien and hideous.

[@coconuttydragoon3445]

@@theodorehodbor5080 Kevin is from clan Treme.

[@theodorehodbor5080]

@@coconuttydragoon3445 Yeah I know he is, I was just saying it was sad he ended up in the same sect that is ran be largely Tzimisce and Lasombra, who in several aspects are honestly worse than the Tremere, just in different ways.

[@coconuttydragoon3445]

@@theodorehodbor5080 Aaah, that is what you meant. Treme run by those two clans.

[@sirunklydunk8861]

I love how Marckus is getting praised in this one by D, considering he seemed to have given the best testimony

[@juliane.mfarias9285]

While in TTS Big E always expects Magnus to fail even while given him more than 2 opportunities to succed. Here in Hunter Markus is praised and Big D always expects the best of him.

[@1CJMac1]

@@juliane.mfarias9285 That's because in TTS the Emp has purged many of the qualities that make him a good farther while here Big E has all those qualities in spades. Magnus is the kind of child who needs room to make mistakes and grow from them. In TTS the compassion Magnus needed to be shown just wasn't there.

[@Zakvadr1995]

I like how in the end we get to see Kevin having a Turn away from Vampire Society, it makes him more sympathetic in the story and future events! Also I LOVE how Big D caught onto the Ghoul at the end and turned him to the team! Season Two is going to have one HELL of a story!

[@zeppelincraft1443]

Also...aside from the bloodbond it seems Kevin was really liked by the regent. Herbert? （noble or bright minded）thats actually a good name for a wizard.

[@robertjethrogallano1053]

Yesss the adventures of the Hunters, the Great and Mighty Kevin, annnnd Guy

[@ZionSype]

The officer says the date of this interview is December 1st, 2006. In the previous episode, they ask Door to play Gmod with them. Gmod came out on November 29th, 2006. They'd spent all of the day before this fighting and then interrogating Vampires. In less than 1 day they were on it and had already prepared multiple maps including an Eternal Kleiner Death Machine

[@norsethenomad5978]

GMod had been available as a genuine mod for Half Life 2 for some time before being released as its own game under Valve’s Greenlight

[@Mr_Bunk]

As someone who has frequently visited Wells-Next-the-Sea, I highly appreciate the shoutout of that lovely little town and its tiny trainline. I used to go fishing for crabs there when I was a boy, and it also has a ridiculous amount of pubs. *SPOILERS BELOW* I knew something wasn’t right with the detective when he hesitated after Big D mentioned the train. Just comes to show the value of insight…shit, I want to ride the Wells train now.

[@rumigraciea8216]

wait, that is the actual name? not just some nickname or something?

[@BigBossTussBall]

@@rumigraciea8216 That's England for you

[@AlL-tk6kw]

@@rumigraciea8216 Be thankful for your tongue this series is not set closer to Wales.

[@raw1175]

Of Course that is a real place fucking Britain

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@AlL-tk6kw every VA would have a stroke saying names

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

Big D is not only the best Dad but he's also a Big D for bringing them all to Danger.

[@HellishSpoon]

Big Danger Dad

[@brettgillespie7089]

Big D talking about how smart Marcus is honestly makes me so happy, I love it.

[@Levyafan]

for all the moments where Marckus fucked up, it's nice to see that not only is Big D not making the same mistake as his 'predecessor' in disregarding his child, appreciating and praising him, but also that Marckus is actually rather competent where it counts and has likely done the absolute best job amongst the rest of the group in terms of giving a good testimony.

[@utubrGaming]

MARCKUS HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG

[@screamingcactus1753]

@@Levyafan It seems like Marckus's only real problems are that he tends to be a little unaware of his surroundings (Walking into branches, jumping through a second story window), and overcomplicating his solutions to relatively simple problems (Stake jacket). Overall, he seems very competent and definitely pulls his weight in the team, even if he uses unorthodox and inefficient methods.

[@UGNAvalon]

I can just imagine some of the testimony the other family members gave! 😂 Markus: So we were investigating some Missing Persons cases in the area because my Old Man (he’s actually a friend but he’s like a father to me) he likes that sort of thing. Door: We then encountered a group of four very UGLY men that were living nearby. Boy: I didn’t trust them because STRANGER DANGER! Kitten: So we invited them home! ^w^ Big-D: NOOO!! Damn you SON-IN-LAAWW!!!”

[@devilred18]

This feels very accurate.

[@Yamato12345666]

Except Door wouldn't say 'living'. More like 'Roaming the area'.

[@avrie6668]

​@@Yamato12345666 YEEEAH 😊

[@brodyratliff7441]

I really want to hear Markys's interview and how he handled it

[@Klint_Izwudd]

Oh man I really was ready for him to legitimately just be an ordinary cop caught up in Big D's incoherent rambling.

[@hariman7727]

My meta-think guess was that of course the officer would be in on the Masquerade, because him being ordinary would be anticlimactic. I did NOT guess the ending/reaction from D though.

[@electricangel4488]

never doubt BIG-D's mastery of the vampiric

[@mozerella8657]

Just want to say how much I absolutely love Kevin and big D’s relationship, every scene between them is so much fun

[@fyraltari1889]

In the episodes, Big-D is always scolding Marckus to his face, but in the audiologs he's always praising him behind his back. He really need to work on his communication skills.

[@ShaunOfTheN00bs]

@@fyraltari1889 Actually, that's perfectly normal (and dare I say healthy) behaviour among the straight male population: talk shit to each other's faces, occasionally boil over into a fist fight to cool off, and say how much brotherly love and respect there is among the bro friendship group behind each other's backs

[@fyraltari1889]

@@ShaunOfTheN00bs Yeah, no. Being honest about your feeling for your friends is very important. This kind of macho behaviour we teach our children is the main reason why so many men feel like they can't confide in any one when they're at a low point because we're taught to act stoic. There's a reason there are so much more suicides among men than among women. Also, neither D nor Marckus are straight.

[@gentleshark972]

I love the parallel it makes of malcador with the emperor.

[@mozerella8657]

@@gentleshark972 Oh my god I just realized that

[@JiJ1511]

Combined with the juicy dialogue and SpeakerD's glorious delivery, Big D is easily the best character in Hunter: the Parenting.

[@inquisitorthornside3p494]

He is The Emp.... I mean THE DAD after all

[@henrypaleveda7760]

"Big D" is a funny way to spell Door

[@deadlydestroya]

I'm sorry, but Boy and Kevin are superior

[@jorgedeanoperez2997]

It's an ensemble cast. Everyone is equally amazing, even the villains. Plus it's obvious Krakus is gonna steal the show once he debuts

[@blargofallblargs3939]

Minor Spoilers for this audiobook, read at your own discretion. I would like to see where an audiolog of Kevin sorting things out with Kaitlyn. Even thinking gives me a mixture of intruige and sadness, like I imagine her pouring with relief and worry from hearing from her brother again.

[@couldbeusabaker7532]

i would love this too, it's a neat idea

[@ArchArturo]

A quick look into the Minah measurements puts “The mina, or minah, was a basic standard of weight among the ancient Hebrews. In the sacred system of weights, the sacred mina was equal to 60 shekels, and 60 sacred minas equaled 1 sacred talent. In the Talmudist system, 1 Talmudist mina equaled 25 shekels, and 60 Talmudist minas equaled 1 Talmudist talent. The Hebrew sacred mina has been estimated at 499 grams (about 18 ounces). The Greek, or Attic, mina, equal to 100 drachmas, has been estimated at 431 grams (about 15 ounces)”. And since it’s one of the oldest forms of measurement, it also was used by the Babylonians, Hitites, Egyptians and Greeks… And considering Big-D is of Turkish descent, it’s getting places…

[@coconuttydragoon3445]

He’s Turkish Descent? Where was that? I knew he was middle-eastern for that sun kissed skin and strong body. But, didn’t want to assume.

[@danielmclellan1522]

He's also mentioned the Game of Ur. Combined with the mention of being a mighty hunter, and the fact that he sees Caine as the ultimate Most Dangerous Game, I'm getting some serious Gilgamesh or possibly Nimrud vibes.

[@hallowedbeyourdays]

I'm of the opinion that Big-D was from Anatolia long before the Turks came to the region from the steppes.

[@fumarc4501]

Does seem like a man outside of time… like always living in a renaissance.

[@coconuttydragoon3445]

@@fumarc4501 There could be a possibility that he was raised more as a hunter than person of normal life. While his family have chances to grow up with civilization, a normal life, he did not. You see how he acts on living, grocery snatching(like hunting), hate of landlords(the desire of owning your own domain then live under others).

[@sergio9669]

D using Kevin’s identity s truly genius you would expect of any hunter of his calibre. He knows by using Kevin he is a former Camarillo thus any agents of the masquerade when looking into this may stand to assume D is Kevin’s servant and thus will unwittingly help in closing the investigation and eleminating risk of a breach, hell it may even allow D to uncover amy key agents in the local force

[@PeteandRepeat1]

Well, it’s more like D knew that Camarilla ghouls would almost certainly be unaware that Kevin is a vampire due to how the tremere erases references to the past lives of their new initiates in their own records. In that regard Kevin ironically was the safest option.

[@iambumbo7534]

who knew big D played 5d chess before

[@edalmirneto4246]

What intrigues me is the Camarilla doing this and not the Technocracy, they should feel amazing after killing the Anti-Flood Ravnos.

[@mikecampos1193]

And make sense why he's been able to get away with it for so long he always use the identity of those of those he's vanquished to stay ahead.

[@deeznuts-kw6yv]

@@iambumbo7534 5d Time travelling chess*

[@Alpha-ym4rr]

I'm gonna be real with ya', the part I loved the most about this is the fact that since he realized the fact that the others already gave their testimonies, Big-D ALWAYS had his trust on Marckus. And after TTS, seeing him praising and be 100% confident that his son with the glorious hair said the right things makes me very happy.

[@bartu913]

Truly the timeline where magnus did nothing wrong

[@darykeng]

@@bartu913 Except jumping from the window... making vampires eat each other... not owning a gun...

[@Franz0818]

@@darykeng and Stake jackets, definitely stake jackets

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

@@darykeng to be fair the vampires eating each other was kinda big D's fault for not telling Markus it would be a bad idea, he knows how curious his son is and he knows he would want this question answered

[@bthsr7113]

@@dionjaywoollaston1349 kind of like that certain golden @r$3.

[@roboticintelligenceunit1a652]

“I can walk off the fucking road!” And “What in the WEED!?” Are my fav lines

[@zackkilgore528]

Good we’re continuing this series! There’s so much to the World of Darkness setting to explore that it’ll be criminal to depart from it.

[@DestructionOfRome]

I don’t think its going away any time soon.

[@whyudoit4009]

yeah wasn't it said that they'll do more WOD stuff while also dealing with other settings?

[@jtlego1]

@@whyudoit4009 They’re doing a short Half Life series next before they do the next HtP arc, IIRC. Audiologs will also still happen in the meantime.

[@emilianomerendino3311]

My biggest hope is that they will do something about Exalted before or after. With how much their animations are improving, it would be criminal to not deliver us some mystical martial arts ass kicking

[@gentleshark972]

They were aparently going to make a half life series and afterwards returning to the crew.

[@mactiger98]

Interesting to see a universe where Marckus gets respect he deserves, this is gonna be fun going forward

[@Detahramet]

I love the bromance between Big D and Kevin. The fact that they will happily just go on a mini trainrod for funsies.

[@pieroguy]

Bold of you to assume it is only a bromance

[@Jak239JC]

@@pieroguy He does have many ex husbands and wifes. Funny enough there was the joke in ep 2 of Kevin getting to fuck.

[@bartu913]

@@pieroguy brrrrruh,not everything has to be gay

[@pieroguy]

@@bartu913 but it can!

[@brodyratliff7441]

​@@pieroguywhile D is a raving Pansexual, I do believe his and Kevin's relationship to be entirely platonic

[@timewalker4653]

I live not far from Wells Next The Sea, and you have just reminded me of the Mini Steam Train, now I am sad because it doesn't exist anymore. On a side note, it's really weird for me to have a piece of media set close to where I live and talk about a bunch of places I have been, Like the Great Yarmouth Pirate Golf from a few episodes back and how the water there feels off, because my first thought when he mentioned it was the water, then that is where the conversation went.

[@mrmilktrayman8002]

The Great and Mighty Kevin, Guy Chapman Big-D becoming best friends via cult initiation is by far my favourite thing to have happened in this series so far that ending feels like they're about to ride off and start a sitcom

[@requiemlul3140]

Since no one else seems to be talking about it I’m gonna give my appreciation for Guy Chapman here. Seriously, this is such a great character! He is good on his own already as the detective, but when his truth is revealed at the end he is amazing! Not only is it horrifying how you can disguise the horror of his words with comedy, but it’s also the perfect way to showcase how evil vampires can be! And it also goes well into the mind of a drug addict. This guy could literally just stop, something most addicts can’t, he just doesn’t *want* to. And the fact that he doesn’t actually realize the impact of his choices himself! This guy only thinks of the positives of his addiction, even in relation to his family, without even once considering that the cons far outweigh these few pros and will in the end only harm them. The way this is also perfectly conveyed hin his speech is just- AAAAHH! You are so good!

[@kanevivi]

I always say they get an A+ on writing, especially with big d. He is crazy but because of that mental gymnastics he goes through daily.

[@matthewmatthew981]

"Doesn't realize the impact of his choices, and only thinks of the positives of his addiction without considering how the cons well outweigh the pros". Why does that get to me so seriously....

[@nicak777alex9]

''This guy could literally just stop, something most addicts can’t, he just doesn’t want to'' To be fair, depending on your age, stop drinking vampire blood either makes you age into a feeble old man or die. Some very powerful ghouls capture weak vampires and drink their blood in secession to dodge the worst parts of the blood bond. But you need to be an extremely powerful and influential man to do so. Leader of an top organization dedicated to kill vampires kind of powerful. Like the Society of Leopold.

[@nicak777alex9]

@@matthewmatthew981 The worst part of being a ghoul, is that you become a willing slave to a vampire. And that's the only con. Everything else is a pro, immortality, super powers, top health. There are ways to overcome this as I explained above, but they are super hard to achieve for anyone but the most powerful mortals.

[@CrunkleVt]

Holy..fucking..shit. Big-D's 4-D chess played with the officer was fan-fucking-tastic. All of you did a amazing job, and thank you Alfabusa and crew!

[@WorshipperOfKhone]

No it wasn't 4-D chess that was fucking 8-D chess

[@Alignn]

@@WorshipperOfKhone Quite a short D.

[@g43https42]

@@WorshipperOfKhone no it was paradox billiards vostroyan roulette fourth dimensional hypercupe chess strip poker

[@lordfelidae4505]

@@g43https42 but there were no childrens card games being played.

[@darksteelhero1]

@@lordfelidae4505 Clearly it was being played in the scene. We just never got the chance to see it

[@panzergoat3133]

One detail I really like in this is the symbolism used for Big D's internal monologue with the ankh representing the looming presence of the camarilla and how it gets both bigger and closer the more paranoid Big D is

[@timjones5953]

Holy hell, you're correct! I never noticed that! I now must check if it continues in the later D-POV (DOV?) vids.

[@ДмитрийГусарев-ж8ъ]

The fact that Big-D has managed to successfully bamboozle a ghoul even when he was caught oh his lie shows that while he is insane and paranoid - he's NOT as dumb as many people think he is.

[@Levyafan]

dumb Hunters don't stick around, especially for as long as Big D implies he did. if anything, being properly paranoid is an essential survival skill when youre dealing with all kinds of dark things beyind the veil of normalcy

[@GreenDevil51]

Honestly props to kevins voice actor, he hits the nail on the head with playing an objective. Its honestly very impressive.

[@-Raylight]

*"Can't be arrested if no one to arrest me"* -Big D, probably Can't wait for the best parenting advices he's always giving us 😂

[@j.g.3293]

No witnesses, no crime 😜