Short Rest - Britt Scott Clark

Rob is chatting round the campfire with Britt Scott Clark, Actor and Writer and Stardew player who never gets Elliot as Rob wins him first. Check her out at ‪@VivaLaDirtLeague‬ and on Tales of the Misfits on ‪@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD‬. She also has her own youtube at / brittscottclark
Thanks to Jen Toher for editing.
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[@RobertHartleyGM]

around 1:54:30 we are talking about the Minotaur mythology and, looking it up now, I get a little misremembered. I say that I think one of the gods became a bull and tricked King Minos' wife (Pasiphaë) into copulating with him. It was close but not quite. Minos asked Poseidon to send him a Bull to sacrifice but then chose to keep the bull instead. So Poseidon made Pasiphaë fall in love/lust with the bull as punishment (because why punish the guy responisble for the slight when you can punish his innocent wife? Typical Greek gods). She then 'willingly' copulated with the bull (with the help of a fake cow suit) and bore the minotaur.

[@LarthV]

Just my stupid take: The punishment was indeed for Minos, not his wife. It was that his wife cheated on him with his sacrifice, thus undermining his masculinity. Bestiality however was totally o.k. for everybody involved, just that Pasiphaë had a new kink afterwards...

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Also, we then eventually move onto mercury poisoning and I wrongly state that mercury stays in the body forever and eventually may require a process to get rid of it medically (Chelation is the word I was looking for). Looking it up now, no, mercury doesn't stay in the body forever, just a really long time, so build up can be an issue.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

And at 2:11:15 i say red-shifted and mean blue-shifted, ironically incorrecting myself from moments before, when I got it correct

[@markmongan]

Typical! :)

[@EskiltheWanderer]

@@RobertHartleyGMI had the feeling you'd correct yourself again in the end!

[@BRITTSCOTTCLARK]

Such a fun chat! Love your work Rob!

[@RobertHartleyGM]

@@BRITTSCOTTCLARK Likewise!

[@PalleRasmussen]

You are awesome. And you might love history, but do not ever change carreer- it is very hard to get a job, and you are good at what you do. Also, become a GM.

[@WildLastFrontier]

The discussions on mental health really help me feel like I'm not alone. Not many people around me understand the difference between executive dysfunction and being lazy. Thank you for putting words to it.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

glad to help!

[@PalleRasmussen]

You are not alone. I teach in the Danish gymnasium, and I see many of you; you are not alone. The last gymnasium I worked, I created a D&D group for the students. Every Thursday evening. Eight students who had felt lonely, unhappy, struggling alone, from all classes (1-2-3 here) joined, and in two months they were each others' best friends, happy, etc. At least half of them struggled with some kind of mental difference, at least two had childhood trauma. Playing helped. And their GM/teacher also made some, seek treatment.

[@c.johnaustin4713]

"Rule, Brittānia, Brittānia rule the League"🎶🎶 Ok, I'll let myself out... 🤟💣🤟

[@Petes88Face]

Glad I'm not the only person who made that connection

[@mrbaab5932]

I was thinking that too and my country has not been part of the Brittany empire for almost 250 years.

[@Zakkrifice]

I came here for this! Great work!!

[@Krakas_Kul]

Great chat guys. I saw the length of the vid & thought, "I'm never going to sit through 2 1/2 hours of two people talking": how wrong I was. No waffle or small talk, it was all genuinely interesting stuff. Thanks.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@OytheGreat]

2h20 of D&D talk? That's a feature length film... FOR FREE! We rolled a nat 20 on the luck dice today, fellow fans!

[@markmongan]

I'm with Rob on this one. I'm a co op guy. Never liked playing against others. There was an old Cludeo game that allows you to play as a team, trying to find a theif. Always just picked flowers as a druid in WoW. Never cared for fighting.

[@Legionaire42]

The Great Museum Caper (US Name) was an amazing game! I still pull it out an play with the kids.

[@markmongan]

@@Legionaire42 Yeah, that's the one. With paintings and cameras :)

[@LarthV]

Yeah, a lot of older mythology is really, really dark. For this reason, I do really like the depiction of the Greek Gods in the new series "Kaos". They are petty, vain, and give literally a f*ck about (human or any other) lives - which is precisely as the myths tells us they were. Now, to be fair, having your gods be all powerful but really messed up makes the fact that bad things happen in the world a lot easier theologically: "Why did that island explode and kill a ton of innocent people?" - "Because a god felt like fireworks today, I guess? Not really sure. Just try sacrificing more and hope for the best on our island."

[@Mixxie67]

Britt around 1:0:28 completely verbalized my frustration a few days back. I was diagnosed in the late 90’s when I was in my late 20’s and it is still a constant struggle when I have things around the house I have strong internal motivation to get done but I become paralyzed and just wind up reading or playing video games while berating myself all day long. I find setting a timer in 45 minute intervales throughout the day helps. I do what I want in 45 minutes and for 15 minutes I work on the thing that is bugging me. I use the stove timer so I *have* to get up to turn it off. But the other day, I did this until 5:30-ish and all I did all day was read. I have to clarify I have a lot of unstructured time as an empty-nester with no job.

[@BRITTSCOTTCLARK]

I feel this!!

[@TheCrazyPozavnist]

Never been so fast to click a notification!

[@bubbaray998]

My favorite NPC Man Skit is with Britt doing crafting - she creates a baby, looks at Greg the Garlic Farmer and yells, 'I don't need no man!' Robert is an awesome DM, Britt is funny and my favorite VLDL cast member.

[@HarleenCrimzon]

Haha this is one of my favs too amc makes me laugh harder every single time 😅

[@doorofnight87]

The Medusa being a normal woman cursed to be a Gorgon is a very late tale (as Greco-Roman mythology goes) from the Roman poet Ovid. There are some vases showing her as a beautiful woman from earlier than that, no description of why, or how she was transformed into a Gorgon exists in Greek sources. In Greek mythological stories that we still have, Medusa and her symptoms are simply monsters. Poseidon in Greek Mythology can be temperamental, but is one of the least troublesome gods and actually is helpful more often than not, which is a pretty good analogy for the sea/ocean being unpredictable and potentially dangerous, but the sea was also hugely important for Greek life and commerce, etc.

[@Veritas.0]

Well, I just learned something... I didn't realize British acting slang called breaking character, "corpsing".

[@Difficult1427]

When Rob talked about being a kid, fidgeting while listening, but thinking about something else when making eye contact. I remembered, that I have the exact same memories about myself.😅

[@stephenmoore1541]

I almost can't believe the misfits campaign is so short! They barely started compared to the guys campaign.

[@pedroalbuquerque4537]

Very important to hear other people's neurodivergent stories! Thank you for sharing, Britt and Rob!

[@Mixxie67]

Sad about Tales of the Misfits is ending.

[@TurtlesLV]

timestamp?

[@symphonixblades]

but we have more Britt in Ryoko's Guide

[@grishnak3772]

​@@symphonixbladessadly the last one just dropped today. The one shot is over. 😞

[@symphonixblades]

@@grishnak3772 Just saw it like an hour ago, sad news :(

[@OldOneTooth]

As a community and occasional film actor this was a really great conversation to listen too.

[@grayhatjen5924]

There is nothing like listening to other actors talk about their process. It's like a mega endorphin flood.

[@BRITTSCOTTCLARK]

@@grayhatjen5924 It's one of my favourite topics to listen to too!

[@OldOneTooth]

The nicest thing is I can follow both your trains of thought as they arrive at multiple destinations.

[@mk__cyanheron1154]

D&D Idea: Lich bard that was an actor and wanted the immortality to play every role. What better way to play EVERY role than stalk the party, kill one member of the party in secret and replace that person, before getting bored and repeating the cycle. It would be easy to replace an NPC but you could use 'Possession' technique to replace the player as well. 'Possession' technique is smth me and my group devised during lockdown (Discord with 4 hidden channels with every player and the ghost player having access to all of them, when ghost started possession it would simply state you are possesed at the hidden channel and from now on the player would need to follow all of its commands (say what ghost tells them to say, use actions as ghost requires them to do), without any way for the players to say when and if the possession started. At the end of the possesion (event or ghost deciding to 'stop possesion') players would be able to speak out what was happening. During session 2 ghost player forced the plyer to do smth stupid and then forced them to say that the possesion has just ended. Until the end of the run there was so much paranoia that the key item to players winning was destroyed by a person that was not possesed. I guess by using earpieces this could be done in a studio. DM does not have to listen to possession commands as they would already resolve them only at the table (if ghost asks for something impossible for a player to do, the DM simply responds to the player that it is impossible when they attempt the action). Of course DM has exclusive channel to ghost but is was very rarely used mainly to tell the ghost to stop the current possesion or if ghost wanted some clarification about the objective, so usually they communicated by text only.

[@markmongan]

Pretty sure we have a new theory on space expanding. I ain't a physicist. We'll know one day. Check out Dr.Becky.

[@LamaitreFotografie]

Hi Robert, it is Red shifting (stretched=longer wavelength goes to the infrared) and effects on time because of speed is indeed special relativity but the effects of mass (gravity) is General relativity. Very interesting and funny talk!

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Thanks, I always get the two mixed up. Special is the one I understand! ... to an introductory level.

[@High-Tech-Geek]

Sad to learn Misfits is concluding soon. I thought they were just getting started and would intersect with the guys in the future. I hope there will be more DnD.

[@jasonhuckeby5784]

How long do you suppose they've actually been filming this though. Might still be plenty to come.

[@High-Tech-Geek]

​@@jasonhuckeby5784my understanding is they film a 3-4 hour session and break it into 6-8 30 minute episodes. Then sometimes don't film again for months. I don't think they get too much farther ahead than that. So, best case, maybe 8 episodes max in the can? But I honestly don't know. N this chat, they mentioned the misfits on a ship and I noticed at the end of the last episode, Ellie's promo spot had a ship on the table and the misfits minis were on Rob's screen... So I'd guess the end is nigh. 😢

[@markmongan]

You know, it's really nice to just hear about your craft. Good to see a nice side of acting.

[@doorofnight87]

Loved your discussion! The rambling nature of it definitely shows the ADHD'ness and I love that you talked about that as it is so, so important to break down the stigma's around mental health. I got my diagnosis almost a year ago, and while I am still working on how to adjust my coping skills and better use the advantages of it, it has been an eye opener as to some of my behaviors from my 37 years and I think the diagnosis was worth it just for that, but also have the diagnosis allowed me to get on meds which has been hugely helpful.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

I got a diagnosis shortly after this chat and started on Ritalin but they just make me feel unsettled and anxious so gunna switch to try some other drug for a bit.

[@jeroenpoels9493]

@@RobertHartleyGMObviously, I do not know which exact kind or dose of ritalin you use, butI remember having similar issues when I first started with regular ritalin. My doctor then switched me to the (unfortunately named) ‘retard’ version of ritalin, which spreads the dose over 10-12 hour period. This helped me out a lot in terms of stabilizing my mood and reduced my anxiety. I can only wish you all the best during your starting phase ‘Retard’ in this case by the way just means it is a delayed activation over a longer period, rather than the relatively short span of regular ritalin. (Desperately making sure that I put the word into context as it is also used as a slur)

[@coffeeguyd]

@@RobertHartleyGM Not sure if "congratulations" would be appropriate in this context, but happy to hear you are making progress in your journey! It stinks that the meds situation wasn't nailed in one shot, but it seems that's just part of the process, sometimes 😕 (Ritalin can be great in low-energy scenarios, but yeah can be a bit rattling... it's most of the way to an amphetamine!) Here's hoping that you and your care provider can hone-in on it sooner than later!

[@EnigmaticPeanut]

Everybody loves Britt :3

[@VonUndZuGeist]

That comes with being the wisest and fairest of all the VLDL cast. And yes, I believe there are elves in her bloodline. She lives in NZ after all so it's quite possible.

[@thatguyRoy3304]

We all love Britt! Hopefully you can get Ellie on here too.

[@Famtornhult]

So you should do a One-shot with Britt as DM/GM!

[@RobertHartleyGM]

For sure!

[@MixedFeelings-um1uf]

As someone who never had the wish to act, or being part of of anything close to movie production, I find it very very interesting to hear you guys talking about your experiences and giving us some insight. I learned stuff today 🧐.

[@PalleRasmussen]

You are both great, and from what I can see, also nice and kind and good human beings. And I would love to play in one of Britt's campaigns; she has the same kind of "curly" brain that one of my students and players does. Approaches things in alternative ways.

[@markmongan]

Yeah, PE teaches suck arse! Nah, no joke, I'm excellent at maths but in Yr.10 I was put into the advanced class. About the 4th month, April, we were forced to learn probability. I'm sure you're amazing at this Rob, but I just couldn't fathom it. I was so demoralised I gave up high school :( Teachers are very important.

[@YRMYPPPT]

I really didnt understand what New Zealand was until Flight of the Concords, then nothing again until LOTR and Sphagnum Moss.. But seems like New Zealand is actually very awesome.. Glad yall are doin what you do! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@Zakkrifice]

Im only 45 minutes in and this chat is such a treat!! Thank you so much for this! Since i came in in the Corona years and was graced with Britts streams, its so beautiful to see her being herself and her insights (as in the good old stream days), and not "just" acting. Love it! Also: Moon Moon sends her regards!

[@sanderbrouwer4949]

Not a nurse. But someone with (used to be ADD) From what i searched up, was if you get a blood donation from the wrong type of blood, you get an feeling of impending doom. Dont know what that would feel like. But it definitely wont feel good i guess.

[@markmongan]

Yeah, this is what I came for. I reckon right! Britt would make a brilliant DM. Bringing everybody together. Should lend her your rule book. Crunchy eh. I'm sure you can do the numbers and Britt navigates the story. Or she can read the rule book :) I can't wait to hehe.

[@markmongan]

Oh I've seen some stuff on the Freddie's Groove (i forgot the name of the warhammer spell) From Thoughty2. Oh, Freddie's dance macabre:) Think Britt's right, it has to of been an ancient form of ekkies

[@Sumppen]

For me the H in ADHD doesn’t fit me at all, so I never figured I might have it (also when I was a kid, nobody knew about it ), but I’ve also noted recently that I find that my behavior (and problems) match ADD like 95%

[@petrhladik7026]

Mythology nerd here - the issue with yarn isn’t that Theseus was the first to try to map his way but that he got the ball of thread from Ariadne (which was possibly magic - according to some sources she was the one to give him the sword as well). In other words, it wasn’t like nobody before him tried (we do not know, the myth doesn’t describe that) but that he basically cheated, getting help from the one person, who was in the best position to decide his fate. Without Ariadne, it is very likely Theseus would have died in the labyrinth. 😊 (Oh and in most versions, Theseus is an asshole, abandoning someone who literally saved his life on an uninhabited island. 😂 )

[@drearmouse9510]

Brit! Huzzah! Wld be so crazy to watch those old soap operas yall were in now. Used to watch one here in America called 'Passions' w my ma when I was little & it was sooo absurd, but still so fun. Good times.

[@KastnerMJ]

I've heard y'all vaguely reference this channel on the DnD channel, but Britt brings it to the forefront of the algorithm. Also thought this was a fifteen minute interview and I'm like 75 minutes deep into it.

[@markmongan]

Um, it's really kind of weird. I'm no longer depressed. Nothing has changed but I no longer am depressed. I didn't know there was life afterwards. Just the last 6 months. I'm still kind of lost honestly.

[@markmongan]

Despite our faults as humanity we do kick arse in medical science! Bring on the transporter! Have you guys seen the Superhuman program in Ukraine? Getting oomies back to having all their limbs.

[@DEATHMgck]

PC monsters and DM good guys: 2nd edition Reverse Dungeon Multi level dungeon with a bunch of different monsters the players can use to fight the incoming parties

[@markmongan]

Was talking to a mate today about Greek mythology and pregnancy. Zeus as a swan that spawned Herc. I've never read up on the Minotaur. Very cool. So my mate told me a story that a mother was incepted twice in one day. Different fathers.

[@markmongan]

Haha, Romeo and Juliet in school. We all had to take turns at the front of the class speaking out loud and paragraph or two. There was this one kid that walked up the front and recited the part where Romeo's dad rocks up and see's Romeo being dodgy so he went for his sword in anger. "Fetch me my longsword, ho!" Not realising ho meant haste he said it derogatory. That's not how you spell ho:D

[@pyresti]

I thought Misfits would go on as long as the guys game. I am now sad.....

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Nope, was always going to be a shorter campaign.

[@Iwanttodrawachicken]

The girls are so good. Like an entirely different game to the guys. Love them both.

[@markmongan]

Yeah, nah. You guys really struck gold with Viva and DnD. Couldn't ask for better actors, nerds and friends :)

[@FaultAndDakranon]

The dancing plague is a few forms. One is the Tarantella dance from Spain as catharsis for a possessing spirit (likely a form of mania), the mass dancing was likely ergot fungus poisoning from rotten rye grain. Food safety. It is important.

[@doorofnight87]

I am relatively certain that the 'Ship of Theseus' is a thought experiment from one of the Greek Philosophers, can't remember which one, and not something that is from any of the recorded myths that we have.

[@paulfarrant108]

What a wide ranging chat! Acting, gaming, mental health, Greek mythology, cosmology......

[@RealRex117]

Did anyone figure out the name of Rob's post apocalyptic book? Sounds like an awesome read xD

[@markmongan]

100% disagree with you there. Biology is just physics and chemistry mixed. It's science. It doesn't lie.

[@markmongan]

Yeah, see, that's the scary part. What happens after? My whole family likes the concept of cremation but even after death fire would scare the crap out of me. Is it for population area? We are dead, so who knows? Meh, scares the crap out of me.

[@markmongan]

Haha, your outro reminded me of the Flame Wreath chant. Super cool hanging guys. Thanks heaps for having us! :D

[@markmongan]

I've not read anything on the Fey World yet. I love the Emerald Dream from WoW and the Spirit World from Avatar. Would love to hear what you have created homebrew for your Fey World.

[@markmongan]

I came up with the same problem. And since then it has become a topic of harassment. I did the math in the Bible and came up with the conclusion we existed with dinos. Then you learn science. Its all a bit much for a human to comprehend. I just gave up. Let oomies be oomies.

[@uaputte]

The dance to death was in the vilage Hårga in Hälsingland, Sweden and we still have a circle carved in the rock from the plase. The devil drest up as a bard!

[@markmongan]

I know right guys. Blows my freaking mind! What tops it off is that I'm the end of my bloodline. It's so sad :(

[@markmongan]

Don't worry, I always felt Mongan was a drunken scribble of an Irishman named Morgan coming over.

[@markmongan]

I did a one shot where I wasn't sure if I should speak up in the party but I did. It all worked out but I didn't use an accent or posture. Next time :)

[@brianhopkins7308]

Is there ever gonna be a vldl campaign DM’d by one of the guys? Edit: I posted that comment two minutes before you started talking about wanting to do that -_-

[@markmongan]

Oh, the demogorgon. I loved Stranger Things. Don't think I ever want to come across one though :)

[@niteshyadav-fc2ub]

before knowing brittani I was really confused that why would her parents name her three surnames

[@nivalshade]

The fact Britt pays the paetron, and Rob was filming in that closed Techtown scene is wow Loved the other contents too!

[@markmongan]

My sister used to do that to me haha. I'd engage with her and she would turn her head slowly towards me but her eyes were still focussed on her previous task haha.

[@markmongan]

You want some external validation!? You don't know me. I am willing to DM because of you! Your voices and world building is amazing!

[@bagginssupercat]

Would 100% love to see Britt dm a campaign!!!

[@keyboardSmashed_]

Yay! Just what I needed on a rainy Thursday :)

[@CULLROY]

Wow this went super deep and philosophical at the end! Awesome stuff! 🎉

[@BigArmBoss]

I studied biology, chemistry, and classics among other things en route to medical school, so there was a lot in this video on which I want to comment, but it looks like others are already covering all that. So here's your blood type/donor summary: The red cell/plasma divide is because the antigens (the proteins that can stimulate an immune response) are on the cell, but the antiBODIES (which attack foreign antigens) are in the plasma. So someone with O negative blood who has been exposed to any other blood type will develop antibodies to that donor type. I.e., they will have anti-A, B, and Rh+ in their plasma. If you give that plasma to someone with A, B, or Rh+ cells, the antibodies will attack. Conversely, someone who is AB+ has red cells will ALL of the common antigens which will stimulate an immune reaction in everyone else, but they don't develop antibodies to proteins that they have naturally. Therefore, their plasma is antibody-free. It's a little more complicated than that, but that's the basic gist. The true universal donor is O negative LOW TITER, meaning O negative with little/no antibodies in the plasma. They are the best donors for whole blood in trauma, but they are rare enough that their blood is usually reserved for pregnant women and infants. O positive will usually be safe enough for others in an emergency and is more abundant. Obviously, the best is when the patient's blood and the donor unit are actually crossmatched, but this takes time and is not feasible in a many emergencies.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Thank you for that! And the other question was, if in an emergency situation where someone desperately needs blood but you're not a match, is it better to give the transfusion to try keep them alive long enough to get proper help, or is it worse? I imagine I, being A- would be able to receive A+ blood in an emergency situation, but not B+ blood, for instance?

[@BigArmBoss]

​@@RobertHartleyGM Short version: you can give a DIFFERENT blood type, but not an INCOMPATIBLE blood type without risking serious injury such as organ failure or death. The antibody reaction will destroy your own blood cells, so you're not even winning on that front! As A-, you can receive A- and O- red cells. If you were wheeled unconscious into a trauma bay, being a man, you would likely get O+, which isn't ideal but is weighing risk of transfusion reaction vs supply limitations. If you previously developed antibodies via prior transfusions, this could still be an issue. Best: Typed and Crossmatched - least risk of harm, most efficient use of a limited resource Better: Type-specific emergency release - we know the patient's blood type, but haven't had the chance to test specific units of blood for antibody reactions (there are tests beyond ABO/Rh). So you'd get Type A-, maybe Type A+ in a really dire emergency if you've never been transfused before. Good: Emergency release Type O. We don't know the patient's blood type, so we give the one that is unlikely to cause a transfusion reaction. Not ideal because it both hasn't been crossmatched and also is using an even more limited resource. This will occur in the trauma bay until the results of the initial labs come back with the patient's blood type. VERY BAD: Incompatible blood transfusion It's standard for hospital blood banks to have protocols for Emergency Release. The short version is that if the patient's type is unknown, the released units will be type O, with the rarer negative and low titer reserved for higher risk populations, even though the ideal would be for O- to be readily available for everyone. The Rh mismatch is not usually a big deal the first time; the risk of hemolysis goes up for Rh- people who have been exposed to Rh+ in the past, either through previous transfusion or pregnancy. (Rh- mothers now routinely receive prophylaxis for Rh+ babies they carry via a drug called Rhogam.) EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A UNIVERSAL DONOR, GIVING BLOOD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! Outside of trauma bays and similar scenarios, we use typed and crossmatched blood for transfusion. Every Type A, B, or AB whose blood is used for combatible patients is not only saving those lives, but preserving the type O for the situations where it is absolutely necessary. Also, giving blood does not results in a single unit. Except for when whole blood is used (typically in trauma), donated blood is broken down into components, so your donation results in multiple units of Packed Red Blood Cells (PRBCs), Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP), Platelets, and Cryoprecipitate (lots of coagulation factors that help control bleeding). Finally, if you're out in the field and your buddy gets a nasty injury, your concern should be stopping the bleeding via pressure or tourniquet and getting evacuated to a higher level of care. Doing something simple like elevating legs to divert blood toward the heart and brain (unless it's a head bleed) will be a better intervention than an ad hoc buddy transfusion.

[@happymonkey2013]

Woah. 2:17:15. 1:59:01

[@MuckyPup329]

This is such a neurospicy conversation and my AuDHD self is so here for it

[@jeremyvincent6771]

Enjoyed the discussion and the different topics! Learned a lot too!

[@GrahamDayFortressofGeek]

Rob, please GM L5R with the lads and ladies. I think it he great

[@mbr5742]

With all the weapons they have - Cyberpunk 2020

[@OldOneTooth]

I feel Rob is also going to love learning about the palace complexs on minoan crete and sea raids for women to work as weavers. Also ergot poisoning, outbreaks of laughter, and the play the "fantasticks"

[@mrbaab5932]

Rob is from an actual 'Shire', Yorkshire.

[@markmongan]

Haha, there's no way I'd be allowed into the bunker!

[@amandstunts]

1:11:00 FYI Britt is the only Viva Cast member that has actually done a proper stunt training course

[@BRITTSCOTTCLARK]

Need to do another workshop and freshen up the knowledge 👏

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Given that I have done several stunt training courses and am a Viva cast member, I find your statement hard to believe.

[@markmongan]

I know right Britt, Poseidon used to be cool! :)

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Britt is the best D&D player in the VLDL troupe, besides Rob himself (although Phoenix is making her mark!). The scene that sealed it for me was in the Descent into Avernus One Shot when the group had to offer something as a sacrifice. The guys joked about sacrificing things they didn't actually care about and I was worried it would dull the impact of the scene. Then Britt's character gave up one of the things she valued most, and you saw the impact it had on the guys. They all sacrificed these huge aspects of their characters in response. That's the kind of player every DM dreams of, someone who can inspire the table to get more involved in the story. Also, throwing this out into the universe, would love to see MissTwisted as a guest!

[@FaultAndDakranon]

Heck yeah. The guys aren't so experienced at having vulnerability and honesty in their characters. Britt can do both drama and humour ❤

[@davidbarnett342]

Two of the best editions to entertainment ever if you ask me.

[@causechaos1313]

If I had to guess glitter and dild. Would come up this interview. Lol

[@MikeJones-po7qh]

You two are delightful! I enjoy your work! Keep grinding!

[@BRITTSCOTTCLARK]

[@MrDwinstead]

So glad to have found this in my suggested feeds. I have been watching the Misfits adventures having followed VLDL. Said to hear that will be ending shortly, but I am hooked on your talents, Robert. And those of Britt. I have been told I have ADHD tendencies myself and your stories of your own life and Britt's as well, were epiphanies. Thank you for your content. I shall search you out on Twitch. Look forward to more from you. I sense binging and hyper-focus in my future... to the detriment of everything else I should be doing, like sleeping. Keep it up, please.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

@@MrDwinstead Glad to have you in the community!

[@markmongan]

Oh, Eric Idle. Galaxy Song.

[@OldOneTooth]

Wants Rob to read about quantum biology. Like the quatum processes in photosynthesis.

[@Supe4]

All the stuff about acting at the start has made me so nervous for the future as a young actor, I have no idea what I'm doing, great interview though, loved hearing about your acting experiences.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

@@Supe4 Just know that acting for a living requires a healthy dose of talent (natural, can't be taught) and skill (learned, practiced, work). You may have each in different amounts but if you have less of the former, you'll need more of the latter!

[@brianupsher6675]

Minotaur origin summarized. There are 3 different bulls in this story. Zeus "seduced" and abducted Europa, the mother of king Minos, as a white bull and left her on the isle of Crete, where minos would eventually rule. King Minos was given a magnificent bull to sacrifice to Poseidon, but kept it for himself instead. The queen, who went crazy after the death of her son fell in love with the bull. She has Daedalus build a device to help her get impregnated by the bull. She gives birth to the minotaur, Daedalus is forced to build the labyrinth and sealed away. Btw Minotaur means Mino's bull.

[@brianupsher6675]

If you want a really good classic myth look into house of Atreus. It's an epic tale of the cursed family that united Greece against Troy.

[@MatthewKai-cf8ld]

Would love to see a full group long video of you all playing cards against humanity together. Everyone from the men's and women's d&d teams with Rob. That would be absolutely awesomeness.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Meh, not a fan of CAH, tbh. Those sort of games I call 'forced humour' and I don't find them that fun

[@levisaunders2642]

Correction: cattle do in fact eat flesh. They tend to eat small animals if the opportunity presents itself.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Yeah, as mentioned, biology is messy and filled with exceptions. Even animals comsidered herbivores will eat meat and bones and bugs and such as the opportunity arises sometimes.

[@levisaunders2642]

@@RobertHartleyGM to make it more confusing, there is a type of baboon that very much looks like it would tear flesh apart and consume flesh on the regular, but its main source of food is actually grass.

[@levisaunders2642]

@@RobertHartleyGM Honestly, these could be inspirations for characters and creatures in your campaigns if there was a way to incorporate them.

[@markmongan]

No way that barber pole is a real thing? Really haha

[@Leviazel]

I would love to play in a game with Britt as a GM!

[@kdemetter]

Wow, this looks like a romantic setting. Sorry, that might sound wrong. I mean that in a positive sense, like very nice... ah I always suck at compliments

[@RobertHartleyGM]

It is a very nice setting.

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

Great set up. Love the in house interviews

[@stephenremnant8151]

I thought it was called the Trigger Paradox. If you replace the broom handle X times and the broom head Y times is it still the same broom?

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Yes, a more modern and simpler equivalent!

[@SinisterHns]

It's a shame living in the US I can never watch these when they're posted! Very much a treat to hear from both of you and the little inside details to your acting careers all the way to how you guys started with dnd! I haven't finished misfits yet so this was a spoiler to learn it's ended so soon!

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Finished filming. Won't be done airing episodes til several months from now

[@FaultAndDakranon]

Talking about jobbing actors, it's the reason why so many diversify into related things like Twitch, KZbin, tiktok... if you love it, you find a way to do it, somehow, somewhere, even if it doesn't pay -.- just to get experience. It is a hard way to live.

[@doorofnight87]

I think the trouble with a lot of Math teachers IS the fact that Math is very black and white. It is natural in any field that at a certain point of expertise, the expert forgets what it is like to NOT get it. With a field as black and white as math, a teacher that does not understand not getting it is a huge detriment.

[@RobertHartleyGM]

As a math tutor, one of the first things I would reinforce was 'if you do not understand something, that is on me, not you. There are a dozen ways to explain it and, if you don't understand it, it's because I chose the wrong approach. Tell me.'

[@markmongan]

Aw, that's awesome guys! You actually finished a DnD campaign!?

[@ilpoomatili9549]

I'm actually impressed that you managed to legitimately write half the text in this comment section. Bravo..