COMEDY - Ep. 68. Story and Song - Finale, Part Two

COMEDY - Ep. 68. Story and Song - Finale, Part Two
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[@GippyHappy]

"Something falls from the sky-" "I catch it!" "No you don't...it's very big" "I'm very strong" "No"

[@omg_falafel]

I mean. Stronk fighter man catch big object

[@SomeoneNews]

You know I love that line

[@caspotato6525]

Griffin: we did the crystal kingdom like a year and a half ago Me who listened to it last week: *stops chewing crackers and has a time based mental crisis*

[@FaliusAren]

yeah man biweekly podcasts sure do take a long time to make, huh? it's part of why i'm anxious, yet excited to catch up to graduation!

[@thecurtains]

I JUST HAD THE EXACT SAME REALISATION

[@faroshscale]

MOOD

[@caseolum]

Yeah, I listened to all of TAZ Balance in like three weeks

[@sammie4166]

@@caseolum same here, and its a goddamn journey

[@tarensGambit]

"See, there’s magic in a bard’s song. They call it inspiration, and it tells the listener what they need to hear right when they need to hear it. And right now, you hear it too. The message in the music heard round the world."

[@MrJikoui]

That whole part was amazing, but the end of it truly gave me goosebumps.

[@zhilemon923]

This, along with Johann's voice, shook me toy very core

[@OrangeOctopi7]

I love that the first thing Merle does when he gets his divine power back is cast friggin Zone of Truth

[@liamm2122]

OrangeOctopi7 Very on brand

[@ZariesTheHealadin]

And the truth hurts.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

And I like how not surprised anyone was about that.

[@notinspectorgadget]

"...to what end?"

[@Uncle-Jay]

I mean, I personally feel like it was the best choice. Their Dad likes to come off as a buffoon with D&D, but I think he's pretty clever. Of course it's a little more annoying now that he has like several seasons under his belt.

[@Lily80278]

I love how Griffins gone from "hey we have to roll dice in d&d we cant just say things and they happen" to "nah you dont need to roll a dice for that heres some cool shit"

[@seniorhill1667]

Everybody gets character development. Even the dm

[@MorallyUnacceptable]

He went from DM to story teller.

[@TheBoomstickBros]

How many Bards with perfect pitch had the march of the forgotten implanted into their heads and just went... Egg Babe?

[@aaronhartmann5661]

Then those same Bards would then look at each other, nod, take up their lutes, and shout "HELL YEAH EGG BABE"

[@Marzianpack]

under rated quote from this episode: "And the world starts fighting back."

[@LemonReaper]

I just hear “-and we got friends down there” I’m just thinking “oh goddamit, the purple worms”

[@sofialaya596]

the music is a very good touch

[@Duck-mn8xp]

The purple worm music is so good

[@lukeharding4996]

43:28 A great lesson, friends are your real strength - and there are no dogs allowed on the moon!

[@lewissmith5759]

Magnus - knight Merle - bishop Taako - queen

[@katrinaroof5573]

Yassss Queen!!

[@faroshscale]

Taako is a queen tbh

[@tremolo312]

Lol no Magnus would be a rook obviously

[@sammarino7357]

@@tremolo312 because his attacks are straight forward eh eh I’ll see myself out

[@FuckoTheFool]

The ending of this literally gave me chills Griffin is a goddamn poet

[@gonzosidaryc1424]

There's something poetic about one of the Judges, beings based on an uncaring judicial system, being taken down by Legion, a shitton of imprisoned souls

[@hound8801]

nice catch!!

[@liamm2122]

I love how Takko ignored the FUCKING Apocalypse to learn how to make a taco... it’s entirely on brand. Joaquin, thank you for the end to the taco quest

[@crowspeaches5123]

This entire episode gave me chills but had me smiling happily and nervously. There have been multiple times where the series made me cry but I've never had to nervously sit down and stop what I'm doing in order to catch every detail of an episode before

[@Sco6014]

Wow I'm so invested in this story and I'm very satisfied with how everything is being tied together. Griffin must have spent a long time and exhausted lots of creative energy putting together this whole project. the narrative keeps me ensorcelled throughout and I've teared up a lot during the story.

[@blahblah9036]

This is 4 years old at this point, but I just dig that you used the word ensorcelled.

[@gabewright5571]

The March of the Forgotten always gives me goosebumps

[@mangocat1235]

i love your pfp also sAME

[@transsnack]

Just a heads up, it's called Voidfish (plural) and it was a fan made song that the boys loved so much they made it cannon.

[@gabewright5571]

@@transsnack oh ik this comment is from 5 years ago

[@TheREALBOJACK]

"One taco..... _with extra destiny."_ is the best line in all of the Balance arc. Possibly in all of fiction.

[@Graycata]

I though for a long while they dropped this little subplot. When wad the last time an ingredient was mentioned?

[@gataslice7663]

No dogs on the moon!

[@garbagemandotjpeg6517]

“no” i got chills all around my body griffin you mad genius

[@PinkApocalypse]

Johann is what made me start crying.

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Horde of Tom Bodetts!!!

[@jacobgarsson2447]

Thanks for not making the finale "the entire world hides under a desk while the important characters fix all of it." Because that happens way too often and in a well developed fantasy world full of heroes and magic, that is not how it would happen.

[@notinspectorgadget]

Even the goddamn purple worm made an appearance.

[@Duck-mn8xp]

I love how they brought back people from past arcs and gave them cool shit to do! Roswell summoning the purple worm is one of my favorites

[@malpheus4299]

"Everything is gonna be ok, I got magic powers". I really love Griffin man, god dammit.

[@zombiekim]

“You will always be my .....” and I lost it.

[@Peachzelf]

I audibly went “AWWW”

[@psychedelllica]

MY LESBIANS ARE ALIVE OH MY GODDDDDDDD

[@aethernaut1899]

so much ugly crying. T_T

[@DunkmasterYiOnSoundCloud]

Everyone's talking about taako and Kravitz but no one gonna talk about how Merle and John just chatted to up during the end of the world? That first bit where hes talking about how he has kids just warms my heart

[@jessicacreed7773]

John is calling Merle his old friend, after his negative reaction when Merle asked if they were friends before- that made my heart hurt. It's so sweet that Merle tried to save him, they were genuinely buds, somehow.

[@taylordiclemente5163]

Their friendship reminds me of a bit from the Sandman comics about the interaction between medieval person named Hob Gadling and the personification of Dream.

[@larryy5166]

One Taako... You know, from TV? With extra destiny.

[@m88nlighter]

When travis' voice cracks asking if fisher and the baby are okay 😭😭😭

[@niftythrifty2927]

1:56:10 ''Yo, Billy. Didja ever hear the story of those spacey boys that flew around a lot?" "Yes, Jojo, we all did. It was freaking broadcast across the world."

[@christopherpugnetti5827]

Lol I cannot wait for the illustrations of Merle having delusions of shooting "Truth Beams" out of his patched eye after reuniting with Pan, then coming-to in a muddy ditch.

[@raebaer8580]

I hate that Griffin can give me chills with a monologue that includes the words “Graham the Juicy wizard”

[@schmendrake]

spoiler alert, it turns out the final relic was friendship the whole time

[@AceAttorny]

In which a married grown man with a child RP's smooching his own brother, another married grown man with a child.

[@nealbrewer3799]

And?

[@adambrook4741]

Its character development, yo!

[@namelessjamestaylor9482]

Griffin McElroy's callbacks > The Rise of Skywalker's callbacks

[@ordinarytree4678]

Im kinda sad that Clint didnt figure out what John was trying to tell him. At least Justin got it, but I think Griffin was trying to give Merle a big moment where he figured out the 3rd option and he just didnt figure it out x'D

[@purplechaos1238]

Yeahhhh :(

[@MorallyUnacceptable]

Well it was Taako's prophecy. But either way.

[@Elias-fe9fs]

Chase Szafnicki hey could you actually explain what the option given to merle was? because i’m really confused lol

[@gwencere9383]

@@Elias-fe9fs Lucretia can isolate The Hunger in it's own plane and cut it off from the rest of the planes

[@notinspectorgadget]

@@gwencere9383 bummer

[@carcinogenicoak3057]

Time for Taaco Prophecies©

[@calcifer6142]

53:38 HELL YEAH THAT'S THE MUSIC FROM THE TAZ TRAILER GET PUMPED

[@cscotch1127]

Wonderland Round 3 is a fucking banger to be sure

[@madbobproductions]

I keep crying, I had no clue I was this invested in this story.

[@toxicoffeevevo8611]

wtf i love all of the characters so much

[@toxicoffeevevo8611]

UPDATE: WTF I LOVE THIS DAMN PODCAST

[@littlepoet257]

Break ends 1:15:32

[@skiesquiggles7319]

Thank you!

[@Peachzelf]

Thank u

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Griffin as John, very desperately trying to give Clint as Merle subtle hints in the chess game, c'est magnifique

[@ekaterinao1709]

Griffin has been planning this story forever. Remember the eyes at the first summer festival thing? A year before this, which makes sense in the context. Everything is so well planned out and he didn’t HAVE to tell us this story, but oh boy he did.

[@jessicacreed7773]

It took so long for the hunger to appear that I remember thinking "huh, guess we're just never getting an explanation for those freaky eyes in the sky". Dead fuckin wrong lmao

[@jonpinyan]

The first time I put that together, I just had to sit down and process it. Just as enough of the Light started getting put back together for it to be found by the Hunger, and exactly one year after that, the Hunger attacks.

[@transsnack]

​@@jonpinyansomething else that someone pointed out that I didn't catch was the fact that, pre-conservatory cycle, the Hunger's scout was silent. The noise that accompanies it now are the screams of the consumed voidfish.

[@brooklyn9923]

i am not ready to watch the final episode lord give me strength

[@deadchannel8211]

Same lmao

[@niftythrifty2927]

JOHANN OH GOSH YOU WERE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE AND I HAVE BEEN CRYING SINCE YOU DIED AND IT JUST GOT WORSE

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

"No dogs on the moon" Was a perfect line

[@monkeycake2612]

I was both horrified and excited to hear Upsie return

[@wintrelin_6944]

Very first episode/chapter of anything where i was grinning the ENTIRE time

[@alexbaker7243]

I'm not crying you're bawling who is cutting onions no I've got sunscreen in my eyes what's with the water wo... *Drowns in his own tears*

[@wyv4066]

"And at the same time, across two universes, two food trucks explode."

[@lukaduke3459]

Griffin is too good of a writer.

[@ff-pj3de]

I like Cliff'a approach to playing a cleric. Like I would play a warlock.

[@purplechaos1238]

What is your one spell

[@nedwardnobqop6568]

Say it with me ELDRITCH TRUTH

[@zayne______80]

Bardic inspiration

[@dancingcat1796]

timestamps 2:55 episode begins 11:53 Royal Bear 15:03 lup's idea 25:13 bag of necessity 29:30 chess 36:54 what is strength 44:15 no dogs on the moon 45:28 tacos with taako 57:00 break the bonds Merle 1:02:38 Pan 1:07:34 break begins 1:15:28 break ends 1:24:32 Taakitz reunion 1:33:28 purple worm 1:37:33 so what did you guys do 1:42:36 third option 1:52:24 epilogue

[@hound8801]

thank you :)

[@luise3334]

Thank you again. I don’t know if I’ve already said it, but I will, for sure, always remember your name when I think of the adventure zone ❤️

[@cyborg7567]

Thank you for all of these timestamps

[@kennethsmith383]

I just want to say that I have literally cried over these fictional characters. And there is so much great storytelling. And a lot of it comes from Griffin. But "I'll tell you what, if we ever meet each other somewhere in infinity, you can apologize to me and tell me you were wrong." is such a fantastic probably improvised line from Clint. This can barely be called DnD with all the liberties taken, but what it is, is a fantastic story.

[@TabbyDapperSir]

This podcast has some of the best written LGBTQ characters written by cishet men. There stories aren’t about coming out or the characters struggles as LGBTQ characters or hell, it’s not their entire personality. They are characters with their own flaws and their own accomplishments who just happened to be LGBTQ. I especially like how they did Lup because yeah she’s trans female, but she doesn’t act “traditionally feminine” but instead, she blasts fireballs, she explores the depths of the galaxy And she isn’t afraid to get dirty. She not only shows that trans people have personalities and aren’t on one end of the spectrum or the other, but it also shows that if people do their research and actually listen to the people who they are trying to portray, you can have good representation and omfg I love this podcast

[@Duck-mn8xp]

Taakitz reunion always makes me cry, unburying the gays with Hurley and Sloane, Killian and Carey’s wedding, Lup being Lup, Roswell (even though they don’t do a great job with their pronouns)... they’re all just so good! I’m listening to Amnesty atm, and Aubrey and Dani, Hollis (they actually use the correct pronouns this time, we love growth) own my being. I’m literally in love with Aubrey Little

[@Genderanarchy]

@@Duck-mn8xpI do think with Roswell it was griffin trying to be the best ally at the time and use they pronouns, but I do think it’s a little funny (as a trans person myself) to think how the McElroys use my boy and little dude and he as their sort of default pronoun? So I don’t think any of it was malice. If that makes sense? And if anything Roswell being a they/he little bird friend fits with my French vanilla fantasy.

[@jamespocelinko104]

World: is ending Taako: "I'll take one taco with extra destiny!!!"

[@clourenskidmore9190]

Finally the nature box story is finally is complete

[@kat4910]

Busting whole uwus about kravitz being so good for taako

[@kalmorasvanhala1860]

Dudes grif needs to be an author

[@Ged____]

53:07 One of my favorite moments from balance and I don't know why...

[@KBriHugs]

Because its awesome

[@minerman1019]

Takko always kills me he is by far the best damn part of this whole story. He gave a taco man taco powers by making a taco with takko.

[@skiesquiggles7319]

Was the "South Beach Tacos" thing a big reveal other than being a taco place? Like it sounds like we've seen it before but I don't remember.

[@skiesquiggles7319]

Oh, of course. Thank you!

[@nukenson2157]

My first thought was that was the same decal Taako decorated his surf board with.

[@pajamapartyremix2255]

Puts pressure on us DMs I want to create a story this amazing and captivating for my group. Love this podcast so much

[@Graycata]

Mat Mercer did that too

[@lux1020]

THE CRYING LAUGHTER AT 23:30 MADE ME CRY SO HARD

[@saltrosegold]

I swear to god, no matter how many times I've listened to Balance, I basically cry non-stop from Stolen Century on and it's the WORST in the finale, I'm fucking dehydrated. Those McElroys hit me straight in the heart and nothing will be as magical or as emotional beautiful as the HOPE of Balance

[@niftythrifty2927]

1:18:00 ish Shadow gets legit hugged to death

[@TimeturnerJ]

Oh gods oh no stop making me cry every few minutes please my face is very wet and I have to leave for uni in half an hour help

[@ShadowyKatz]

This might be wrong, but I love that the Wonderland theme played for Joaquin.

[@donnel736]

the ending gave me CHILLS, i absolutely ADORE this show with everything i am... thank you for this adventure, griffin. truly. it's helped me through so much.

[@lel1160]

oh my god i nearly started weeping at "im already kissing him" 1:24:47 EDIT : laughing so hard at everyone's "so what'd you guys do ?" at 1:37:43

[@sqwooshh]

I'm making a note so I can eventually animate this scene 1:55:12 - 1:58:09 Griffin McElroy is a fucking genius

[@killerqueen6114]

Have you made it yet?

[@crunch1216]

It's the best part of taz.

[@khakis69]

This music is kickass bro

[@quietsamurai1998]

44:40 No dogs on the moon Oh dammit they made that joke just a few seconds later

[@transsnack]

"A squad of TOM BODETTS" I love this show so damn much.

[@MrMatthias]

You could not make a more friggin awesome end to the Taco Quest than this. That was incredible how you took a joke and made into this

[@jamezsmall6590]

Me: listening to this in the garden My mum: is that about dnd

[@ekaterinao1709]

Kravits and Taako is the representation we need

[@massimoserafini4999]

this episode has made me a very happy gay

[@prettymuchyeah7520]

Especially when Taako and Kravitz kissed. I squealed 💀

[@600deadmonks6]

when kravitz appeared i cheered so loud that I startled my sleeping cat and she fell of the bed

[@bingo1371]

This is my third time listing to the adventure zone and it never gets old

[@calcifer6142]

Aww I love Taako and Kravitz

[@eternalmiasma5586]

“Two universes apart, two food trucks explode” how did griffin make a fucking COOKING section on tacos into something bad ass

[@alanhoover2214]

54:08 Just say no. The hunger legally cannot end your existence without your consent

[@jasper3706]

Magnus's scene in this episode, the one with the bear, is so underappreciated. The timestamps, mostly for myself lol: 10:20 36:53

[@elysebrown4468]

Catch me on the floor crying while taako and kravitz reunite

[@LucaxCorp]

Break ends at 1:15:30 My mind breaks at 53:31

[@hollis8349]

if you're not in tears at the end of this episode there's something wrong with you

[@luise3334]

“You’re going to have to fight. And you’re gonna win.”

[@amandakrueger6462]

29:25 Hi Merle...you got a minute continued

[@massimoserafini4999]

I legit forgot about the taco thing

[@non_exist4nt462]

This entire episode is amazing. The sheer amount of effort that went into connecting every arc is absolutely incredible

[@jakeisjake112]

Such a very good story about tacos

[@infinikki]

During the entire Royal Wolf scene my mind was screaming "NO DOGS ON THE MOON" on repeat until Griffin finally said it 😂

[@niftythrifty2927]

What if Merle cast Zone of Truth on a cake?

[@thecurtains]

Space-time rips apart

[@purplechaos1238]

4 comments huh?

[@krisandthebluesurgeons]

imma update as I go 1: LUCUS! I love him so much 2. Grinning so widely rn 3. "My name is taako and I am pretty well fricked right now" 4. "you look- eugh, god- like puke" 5. "mavis is teenage...ish, and mookey is... younger-er... 6. YES OVVY! Asking for help is the strongest, bravest thing a person can do and it was so surprising but amazing to see/hear Magnus utter the word "help" and ugh I love Magnus and this is such a breakthrough 7. Taako being taught how to cook tacos by walkeene 8. HOLY FRICK THE POWER OF TACOS IS WHAT THE TRUCK 9. I LOVE WALKEENE 10. I LOVE TAAKO 11. No John!! 12. Wait, "break the bonds, merle, break the-" Lucretia's plan was going to work all along? 13. PAN'S BACK! Damn zone of truth woah 14. MAVIS NO! 15. HURLEY SLOANE OMG KSFGHSGHJHHGGFDSFAFDFCSDSDASASHHJHKKJKHSFJHHSGKK 16. NOELLE OMG 17. "my lab" (voicecrack) 18. CASSIDY!! 19. ROSWELL!!! 20. "HOLY SH! T!" i love luca and ren and roswell and everyone omg 21. There better be a soundtrack for all this 22. "I just got a splinter." 23. "Huh." x3 24. Awwww lucretia! She deserves all the hugs in the world 25. why won't the shadows leave Neverwinter alone 26. Angus is a sweetie 27. Magnus and karrie bffs 28. "CAN WE GO NOW!?" 29. "wait i wanna tell killian one last thing" 30. a horde of TOM BODETS 31. YOHAN IS THE FREAKING BEST

[@faroshscale]

Oh my god the misspellings of all the names: "Walkeene" = Joaquin Yohan= Johan Karrie= Carey

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

@@faroshscale and OVVY =Avi i think too

[@ASillyLittleThing]

I’ve never seen someone else who loves Lucas :00 everyone hates him, and I hate that fact, he’s an underrated character, he’s like my 2nd favorite lmao

[@aud7593]

@@faroshscale walkeene im dying

[@krisandthebluesurgeons]

lol sorry about that friends spelling is just real hard for me, a person who wants to be a writer 😔😔😔 but yo thanks for correcting me or i would've just said walkeene my entire life

[@mikacookiegaming1294]

I've only watched a few clips from this and I'm getting more and more tempted to watch the entire thing

[@dinochicken6100]

What is the song that plays at the end of the episode? Specifically the part at the end with the drums and the violin? I can't find it and it's driving me nuts

[@blossomgirl8]

According to the TAZ wiki, it's Voidfish (Plural), a cover of the Voidfish Duet by Rachel Rose Mitchell!

[@ZariesTheHealadin]

How was there not a "The truth hurts, don't it?"

[@Zoe-rr8wj]

i'm listening to this and i can't stop saying "HOLY SHIT!" out loud. this is fucking incredible.