MIDST | Crossroads | Season 2 Episode 9

[@TankyCrobat]

I know y'all said you aim for people to come in and enjoy this cast for the story, but the narration is part of said story, and those moments like... everyone chuckling at the slimey descriptor of food, just make the storytelling that much more enjoyable. Love this

[@AoAD]

12:33 This is one of the many reasons I appreciate multiple narrators

[@redpepper74]

I had to laugh along with them, there’s such a great energy to this story

[@Dairkun]

I haven't even gotten there yet and I already agree with this. 😆

[@Canml]

The moment at 12:36 made me realize that they do hardly have a script. Such a fun genuine moment

[@GamerJV]

Did you not listen the interview with the midst cast, Marisha Ray, and Sam Riegel?

[@Jack101Damascus]

​@GamerJV hey no need to be an asshole about it

[@LailaDragoness]

Man, this episode was a treat! I really appreciate the change in the pacing this week. Feels like a moment to catch your breath after all that amazing tension we had so far. Feels like something our protagonists desperately needed. I love Sequester! Every piece of world building we get just draws me further in. I'm excited to find out what impact this new surrounding will have on Phineas.

[@justiineniicole]

hopefully more people realize it's out now. Such a good episode!

[@zloot_goblin]

This episode is giving me strong Sunless Sea vibes. Sunless Sea is a great narrative game btw.

[@ethanrappthefilmmaker]

7:44 is such an awesome setting description

[@zlatan_2197]

I have no words to express how much I love this world building. Thank you third person.

[@MrTinybit]

I can't truly find words for how much I love Midst. This show, this world, is my muse!

[@Draange]

Sequester is such an amazing piece of narrative construction.

[@luaevablue]

Starting to realize Tzila and Lark are more similar then it might seem. A mirror to who lark was as a child, maybe.

[@kadoj]

It actually crossed my mind that, considering the sheer bizarreness and unpredictable nature of the fold and the Tearror, it occurred to me that Lark might actually _be_ Tzila. I mean, probably not, but wouldn’t that be wild?

[@willcaster819]

@@kadojthat would be… distressing. Y’know, given that Lark and Sherman have definitely been… intimate.

[@kadoj]

@@willcaster819 hm, that’s right. I forgot. Maybe lark is her mom then. Anyhow it was something g that just crossed my mind, and I smell some kind of weird plot point here, I’m just not sure yet what it is heh

[@willcaster819]

@@kadoj It was a good thought anyway. And Lark definitely isn’t her mom btw. Sherman and Tzila had only been on Midst for about a year before the events of season 1. Ages don’t line up. I like you’re thinking though.

[@kadoj]

@@willcaster819 well, considering the weirdness we’ve already seen from the effects of the fold, I wouldn’t entirely rule out temporal fuckery. That seems like something that would be entirely possible, and I certainly wouldn’t put it past our legendarily unreliable narrators, but you’re probably right. It just seems to me that there’s something going on there, I just can’t quite work out what the specifics of it are yet. I’m sure we’ll find out in due time.

[@sarahraynore6713]

Lark's mom lore!!! This world was already interesing but with this whole new layer it has become absolutely fascinating. I had already wondered that a campaign setting book (prob system agnostic) would be pretty cool but now I don't wonder anymore, I know I need one!

[@feitocomfruta]

I know I keep talking about the parallels between this and the Convergence Station Meow Wolf, but this episode has me imagining a full Midst-Con like event. Like, I’m envisioning how it would run between the different worlds of Convergence Station and the parallel settings in Midst. I’ll need to write this down later…

[@LukeOr98]

"It's like light doesn't interact well with them"... Are you trying to tell us something?

[@life-destiny1196]

Eight months later and I'm not caught up yet, but... wasn't a certain someone we know pretty well described in a similar way?

[@pyrosianheir]

Sequester's pretty dope. Im wondering where Tzila, Lark, and Phineas are going from here. Especially the former. Hopefully Tzila will be able to tease out some real deets about Lark's past. I gotta know what she thought was worth killing Fuse over. Then again, that would set Phineas on her and... well, idk that that's something I actually want.

[@brunahmorais9620]

one of the best episodes so far! the art is beautiful and paints such a good vision of this new town, the soundtrack is amazing the narration the comversations i love itt

[@KinKramin]

This is my comfort episode that I keep coming back to after hearing horror stories from the Un.

[@adrianaromani7899]

I always look forward to a new episode every week!!! Keep em coming!

[@gr1th1n13]

Oooh loving this. I am enjoying Lark and Finnus’ journey together. I hope more and more people find this podcast. ❤

[@Ironicteachings]

Gorgeous art, beautiful words….in the Midst of greatness

[@puppetdoll2331]

Sequester and the mothers are my new favorite thing in this series xD

[@torresgio6148]

Once again i find myself in complete awe by the story telling it's just soooooo good

[@phoebica]

Uuuhhh I like Sequester. Can we stay here a bit, please? At least until Halloween?

[@domizoo]

the music in this one is just sooo goooddd

[@mikeage9824]

Finally I was waiting all day my itch can be scratched

[@BrysinSelim]

This place is absolutely gorgeous and I hope we get to spend some time there!

[@DaintyMacroHobbit]

Man, I need more! This is such a great way to storytell, and what a story! ❤

[@ashleycook6025]

It just occurred to me... sorry if I'm a little behind... while using kynem (spelling?) and valor, people of the trust probably don't really keep proper track of what they actually spend or owe, especially if they grew up around, served in a way that their lives centered around or were, in fact, already among the very wealthy. It would have been nearly impossible given how the "exchange rate" fluctuates...CONSTANTLY... given this is VERY normalized, it's no wonder so many of it's citizens end up in eternal servitude....the system maintaining it's status quo probably DEPENDS on this though. Constantly chasing valor and romanticizing those who already have it or assuming you are already "valorous" and therefor, completely deserving of everything the lesser, indebted and "un-valorouse" citizens perform for you under an illusion that things just come so easy to those who "deserve" it. reminds me of prosperity doctrine combining with capitalism.

[@ThemermaidPearl]

Yes, it's giving very much evangelical prosperity doctrine. I love how their ignorance of cost is a feature of the system.

[@buffypoynter]

so good, as always. Sequester is really interesting!

[@patrickgarner1028]

Amazing tale this story keeps me guessing, wondering, yearning to know what may happen next.

[@Xarasiund-fg2pl]

My favorite art yet!

[@sandeman1776]

Straight out of the fold baby

[@Ristro44]

The description of this place cohabiting with the darkness is so beautiful.

[@PaladinGaymer]

Am I the only one who’s not entirely happy with the Mother’s greeting? Lol. That voice and tone and way of speaking is unnervingly close to Imelda’s. XD

[@juliataylor707]

Someone was certainly 'merciful' to that place. It was nearly as messed up up as Midst ended up

[@wizrad2099]

Season 1 was a much needed background/setup season. Isolated, it would have been largely a loss and ultimately uninteresting listen, like basing the worth of a an entire book only on chapter 1. Season 2 has been a WILD ride from the first episode and continues to deliver episode after episode, fully delivering on the setup of the first season. I'll be honest, I started listening because I trust Critical Role, they wouldn't deliver content if it wasn't up to their standards. I am still listening because season 2 has genuinely gripped my interest.

[@melindaestridge4167]

Awesome show!

[@theeutecticpoint]

exceptional! Leaves one wanting more!

[@drstone92]

Would love to see any Midst-themed Halloween costumes…

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

Perfect timing

[@Syco108]

I wish I was this good at world building

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

A real crossroad indeed

[@timwhite9255]

That Zenith crystal looks like a, "Johnson what are you watching on Midst?" 😲

[@calcite_dragon]

Sequester is so cool!!!

[@Dotexclamationmark]

Im loving this

[@LinaScott]

😳 ... more please. ❤

[@laurapace3938]

Beautiful beautiful ❤️

[@spyresoblazx]

Yay Midst!

[@ruidusborn]

Yessssss 💜💜💜💜

[@makcraft]

At this point in the story i understood that this is just Numenera. Would be nice to get a Midst supplement for cypher system. Midst doest fit nor Illuminated worlds/candela obscura, nor Daggerheart.

[@Imperial_Squid]

Do people in Sequester naturally develop Fold alterations, or is this the place where the Trust dumps you when you're touched by a Tearror and they can't bear to look at you any longer...? I have a grim feeling i know the answer here...

[@LuaEvaLazuli]

Spoilers for the apendix for this episode for people who subbed them: They seem to have some mastery over tearror effects with certain plants for some stuff (for example, encouraging pest repelent tearrors) so perhaps some of the alterarions in the bodies are not by accident too. But it would be cool if there ws a whole fashion industry based on fold research.

[@arnabghosh4124]

Why do I feel like I have heard/watched this episode before....???.... Kinda confused

[@Nylota]

They accidently posted it a few weeks early (when fold members got access) and then privated it when they realized

[@arnabghosh4124]

@@Nylota makes sence ... Thanks... I was looking at the comments earlier thinking what the f*** are they talking about.....

[@Nylota]

@@arnabghosh4124 it's silly, people getting mad in the comments over a simple mistake

[@ronanh.9261]

Oh yes

[@Ashmurtagh100]

Isn't this just eposode 7?

[@im9550]

Damn I’m here early

[@bigsarge2085]

✌

[@berriesblue4302]

Second view let’s goooo

[@transientanus]

Okay you guys clearly just dont care anymore. You already posted this 🙄 Like it's still in the playlist.

[@VI_VA.]

It wasnt visible on their page until 10 mimutes ago what😂😂😂😂

[@transientanus]

@@VI_VA. Uh yeah it was. That video has been up for two weeks. Now the one that was already there that had 1.4k views AND this one are visible. If you're going to try and "Well, actually..." someone, make sure you're actually right. I mean, you'll still look dumb but at least you'll be right.

[@mikedhcisia7277]

Right? It's ridiculous. It's bad enough that we have to put up with this crap, but if even the person managing the channel can't seem to care, how do they expect us to?

[@luaevablue]

But because it had already been posted before, people didn't see it in the subscription feed as being uploaded today due to the mistake two weeks ago. The logical thing to do to get more people to see that it was available already is to upload it again instead of making the other one Public from Private. I'm an example. I kept checking the chanel to see if there was a new episode of Midst but thought it was weird there was none. Until I realized they listed the previously mistaken video as public (when they uploaded 9 instead of 8 and took it out imediately) instead of publishing a new one. Now they must have realized this was a better option.

[@sinbycosvi9]

The other one's only visible in the playlist, but not if you're looking through the recent videos. I wouldn't have realized that episode 9 was out if they hadn't uploaded it again, so it's good that they did.