Why Gilear Is Integral to Fantasy High (Fireside Chat Clip)

Warning: light spoilers for Dimension 20 Live
During the Dimension 20 Live Fireside Chat, we got an important question: "When did you realize Gilear would be integral to the story?" And so Brennan revealed how Gilear got to be so...Gilear.
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If you missed our fireside chat, check it out here: www.twitch.tv/videos/575559903. It'll be on DROPOUT soon with subtitles n everything! The finale of FANTASY HIGH: SOPHOMORE YEAR is coming next week, so get ready!

[@ethanjones3676]

Make a miniseries for gilear

[@hunter5822]

7:44 it’s his daughter saying I hate you and saying “you aren’t my father”.

[@amongmateswithmodbrat6799]

is dropout still a thing? im wondering about buying more access to d&d stuff

[@Luesium]

Yes, PLEASE senior year is needed!

[@kairuw6477]

Clear answer is the party is his nightmare

[@evertime123]

"HE'S NOT CURSED HE'S JUST A GUY"

[@Echo_Reyes]

evertime123 with some of the worst luck

[@agentwashingtub9167]

He’s just a regular guy! Some people just have to be normal!

[@grimgreycastle5141]

lol he some of the few normal people shown in the campaign everyone else is able to do cool junk

[@Lord6]

Finally watching this series for the first time - just came across this part a few moments ago and I damn near died seeing how many hit points he had. What a great character lol.

[@whatinthek7931]

Tbf normal people don’t exclusively eat yogurt

[@yake222]

I love how GIlear talks with the gravitas of a stereotypical elf but says the most absurd things.

[@emilysmith2965]

Just Brennan’s grandiose wizardy elf voice talkin about foot fungus

[@kris778]

It’s like the bones guy from Escape the Blood keep 😂

[@xyzen9673]

Gilear: "Im not the chosen one!" The bad kids: "He IS the chosen one!"

[@princepartee725]

Good ol' Life of Brian. "I'm not the Messiah!" "Only the Messiah would deny his divinity!" "Fine, I am the Messiah!" "HE'S THE MESSIAH!"

[@emilynelson5985]

Realistically he could have served as their spiritual guide through the forests and been the chosen one if he didn’t die in the ritual.

[@helios5752]

@@emilynelson5985 lol I can see it now, they do the ritual and Gilear is strangely unaffected. Turns out that Gilears normal life is far more terrifying for him then anything the forest could conjure and since he is always moving towards his greatest fear (what tomorrow brings) the forest automatically guides him to its heart.

[@travislyonsgary]

@@helios5752 Yeah if they hadnt given up at the threshold Gilear would have been perfect for the forest. Like he is so good for the conditions of the nightmare forest

[@ginoclaves]

Campbell's stage 2: Refusal of the Call He *IS* the chosen one!

[@JETTMC]

I love the implication that Gilear's nightmare is literally just his everyday life

[@manticorephoenix]

Implication, you can see it on Gilears face that it ain't no implication

[@guywhotellsthetime1585]

Thats why hes the CHOSEN ONE

[@VonSnootingham]

I would love the series to end with Gilear waking up in the nightmare forest as some impressive hero and the entire series WAS his nightmare: being a weak timid nobody constantlt being dragged out of his depth.

[@toribiogubert7729]

I think would be super cool see all kids (pcs) loose their shit on the nightmare forest and Gilear super chilled being like "nah this isnt worst than my life, why are you kids complaining?"

[@Mooverine]

Relatable

[@SultanoX]

My favorite Gilear quote is "This yogurt taste just like potatoes" the first time I heard this I spat my water on my monitor lol

[@basketballaholic_5818]

And it was just mashed potatoes lol

[@myguyguy575]

Zac deadpanning "that's potatoes" in response absolutely fucking levels me every time I see it

[@matt-lang]

When Gilear's character stats were revealed I fucking lost it. That was the most "The DM wants this NPC to die" character sheet I had ever seen.

[@ttttillermand]

AC:10 and HP:5 Yeah, Gilear should not be anywhere near danger.

[@someusername9591]

Followed up by the Barlgura s ganging up on him, even though he's the least threatening, probably looks like a bystander, with both a dodge action and sanctuary on him.

[@stm7810]

@@ttttillermand still better than a commoner.

[@Galaxy613]

@@someusername9591 He was CLEARLY casting a huge important spell tho! xD (At least the gorillas thought so)

[@pablofierros6975]

“HE’S JUST A GUY!”

[@breadddie]

the fact that you didn’t include brennan saying he wants gilear dead in the ground is, frankly, propaganda

[@kjkj6826]

Hey

[@Glowdude]

when did he say this?

[@breadddie]

Glowdude in the same livestream

[@noahsalvio9649]

Wait why did he say that though? What was the context?

[@mosesfox52]

@@noahsalvio9649 probably exactly the context it seems to be. he wants him dead.

[@cmattss4]

Hearing that Emily the player cares about Gilear’s well being is the sweetest thing in the world.

[@isaacBCM]

I love that he's her dad and yet she's got that classic mum of an angsty teenager thing of "I don't know what to do about Gilear, I feel really bad for him"

[@Pixel11235]

I wonder if she realized that has a "pit fiend" she could have gave him a level of warlock.

[@tabithafox7324]

@@Pixel11235 holy fuck season 3 gilear is a level 1 warlock semi against his will/best instinct

[@kaelalist9656]

@@Pixel11235 that would be hilarious considering his charisma modifier is -2, and warlocks are charisma based spell casters

[@1206549]

@@Pixel11235 she tried. Brennan didn't allow it

[@FreakDaMIghet]

One of my favorite moments that showed Fig really cares about Gilear was in one of the episodes, she said something like, "I should go check on Gilear. I worry that if I'm not around, he won't eat." Lol

[@jadeyu7197]

THAT WAS SO WHOLESOME

[@random_david5704]

Everyone else was like, “yeah, that’s probably true”

[@garrettcarter5622]

I firmly believe that Brennan regrets ever having made Gilear, simply out of spite over the PCs declaring him their favorite character.

[@1manorgy]

He should have made him less awesome then. Gil is love. Gil is life.

[@stwbmc98]

With the sheer number of times he’s tried to get Gilear killed, I can see it.

[@HollowGolem]

Man, as a DM, I LOVE it when my players attach to an NPC like that. It means I've done a part of my job well.

[@tatersalad76]

@@HollowGolem I had my party quite literally killing each other because of their disagreement over whether or not a very underwhelming NPC should die. He was just an aspiring merchant that somewhat helped the party once and was raising a family (AC: 11, HP: 4). Until the Vampires the group were hunting threatened to kill the NPC's family in secret, so he gave them bad intel and got them imprisoned to save his family. Half the party wanted to kill him, the other half adored him, his wife, and their daughter. And that's how we had to roll up 3 new characters the next session and had to dig 3 graves

[@MartinTraXAA]

@@tatersalad76 But the merchant and his family was fine tho, right? They're fine? Totally fine, right?! O.O

[@quinnlee-newbury9003]

I'd love to see Gilear's final arc is him just being good and fine. Not an epic hero or anything, just on top of things and confident and happy. What I'm saying is: Gilear needs to be on Queer Eye

[@xanderphillips66]

Senior Year: the Bad Kids hire the fantasy equivalent of Queer Eye, and gets his life back on track

[@RegstarRogstar]

Oh he is SUCH queer eye hero material

[@aduckinlingerie]

CAN WE PLEASE GET HIM ON QUEER EYE

[@Krensharpaw]

I would love to see him open a shop where he sells things like Turkey crackers and yogurt. People visit his shop and think he's a kind guy and does well. He isn't rich, but not poor and is doing well.

[@sporeman1331]

Gilear Eye

[@ardawen]

I honestly think that getting Gilear into therapy would just depress the therapist and do nothing to Gilear, and make the therapist basically into a 2nd Gilear.

[@bicarbonat1]

At which point, Gilear's asexual reproduction season will be complete

[@dethbreth8]

Or maybe like the therapist in Escape from the Bloodkeep who had a session with Keldriel, Librarian of Madness, then promptly turned into a swarm of bats that hanged themselves.

[@pop-tartdepression393]

The bad kids would probably try and set Jawbone up as Gilear’s therapist which is a whole other kettle of fish considering Jawbone is dating gilear’s exwife

[@aduckinlingerie]

That's the Halloween special

[@nicksurfs1]

@@pop-tartdepression393 They definitely would and I have no choice but to believe jawbone could handle it. I do think most therapists would struggle but jawbone came from such a dark place, I think it would be difficult to bring him down too much.

[@moonlightshadowpony]

Senior year: Gilear is the mayor of Elmville, on one hand he's got the highest paid position in all of spire but he still cant afford ramen because he was tricked into signing a bill that stated that he's not allowed to spend his own money without approval from the city congress, and they refuse to talk about the approval process with him because they're busy with actual legislation meaning that he has millions of gold pieces in a vault that he simply cant access, so he has to resort to either begging for food from fig, which is hard because she's either at school or on tour, or he has to rely on going to the mall and attempting to search in the furniture store couches for spare change so he can afford to buy things.

[@GamerJosh2611]

The worst part is that I can see this happening

[@guywhotellsthetime1585]

@@GamerJosh2611 i think you mean best part

[@artemisfowldragon]

I low key want it

[@connerscott2687]

What's he doing in Junior year? What's the next step up from Vice Principal?

[@personman8734]

@@connerscott2687 becoming principal i guess. Maybe he tries to get a job and start a career so he can support himself.

[@haroldyoung2361]

I unironically believe Gilear's nightmare is either not having Fig in his life or Fig still hating him. Like, the dude's life is a mess, but Fig is that last decent connection.

[@alecLogan]

Worse, things would be _better_ for him up until he realizes what’s different. Much like Fabian’s (Leviathan) nightmare, he’d get the “… I thought this was a nightmare?” vibe up until he realizes exactly what has changed.

[@3ndlessL00p]

Later, in the same fireside-chat (by the very end): Emily: "...I think I would really like for Fig to see Gilear happy" ☺️ Brennan: "What's funny about that, as the person who *plays* Gilear, I really wanna see Gilear... Dead in the fucking ground" 🙂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@hellostrangers7016]

I mean, why not both?

[@Glmorrs1]

@@hellostrangers7016 “Count no man happy until he is dead.” Herodotus, The Histories

[@novaiscool1]

@@hellostrangers7016 "First time I've seen him smile in years' George Jones

[@GrigoryTingus]

brennan has said in a reddit AMA that he wants to kill Gilear because he wants to turn him into a Planetar, but everytime he dies everybody else do everything in their power to revivify him 😂

[@kaddotta4926]

I think it really started with him rolling a nat one on detect thoughts and with that one bad roll immediately becoming the sad yogurt man with an illusionary fedora for the rest of his life

[@jadeyu7197]

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHA OH RIGHT HAAHAHHAHAH HELP

[@DeathnoteBB]

Wait what

[@liamross340]

yeah because emily thought he was kinda funny so wanted to get him a job at the school so they’d see him more and maybe start making up with him as a character arc and then that moment really just accelerated it and everyone needed more of him

[@samreid6010]

@@DeathnoteBBthe group is hanging out at Gilear’s sad, run down apartment and someone decides they want to know what he’s thinking so they cast detect thoughts on him and rolled a nat 1. Brennan decided that merited the hearing Gilear thinking about how he felt so lonely last night so he tried jerking off but he ended up hurting himself. It was so incredibly out of left field and just hilarious

[@HYPERxPOPTARTS]

"You guys have talked to Gilear.." *uncontrollable laughter*

[@loganstock8023]

I would like to believe with all my heart that if Gilear had walked into the nightmare forest he would have been untouchable. Simply because as they said everyday for him is a nightmare so what could that forest create that was scarier or more convoluted than anything else Gilear had experienced up until that point?

[@DINGOlord]

Like Usopp Vs Perona

[@Doodle_Dunce]

I'm pretty sure his nightmare has 300% come true. He quit his prestigious job for a promiscuous woman, fathered a daughter who is not his, fig literally saying she's the manifestation of the betrayal of his marriage, letting down his daughter he still loves by existing in his miserable state, ex partner is THRIVING, man who cuckolded him also THRIVING. Someone please assist me I am missing so many things

[@kennybrightwell1877]

Claire Wright The current woman who claims to love him forced him to sleep in a cot in the garage until he can “prove himself worthy” of her, the son of that woman was desperately trying to kill him for a while, his car got repossesses by fantasy Uber, he somehow got forcibly wrapped around the axle of the hang-van and at some point had ants crawling all over him, and no one noticed he was missing until much later. He has died three times, and one of those times was by the pure force of nature his current paramour was married to. Also, I think the biggest nightmare for Galear would be a normal day where everything went suspiciously well, like, everything goes just as he hopes, leaving him in a state of constant anxiety waiting for something to go wrong, for the other show to drop, and it gets to the point where he is obsessing over all the bad things that could happen that he can’t even enjoy what is happening.

[@MakeVarahHappen]

I think his nightmare is a world without Fig.

[@ThirrinDiamond]

@@MakeVarahHappen that broke me and i love it

[@EyebrowsGaming]

I'd imagine Gilear's nightmares would culminate in an illusion of Fig, his daughter and the only person who Gilear knows loves and believes in him for reasons he can't seem to fathom, telling him he's a disappointment and a failure as a father. Basically how Emily was initially going to play Fig before she realised how adorably pathetic Gilear was. YES I KNOW IT'S MEAN, THAT'S THE POINT.

[@sirlightningpotato]

That or fig straight up dying infront of him

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@sirlightningpotato I can’t imagine he thinks or fears Fig could ever die before he does

[@sleepycritical6950]

@@DeathnoteBB the thing is, he knows how useless he is and the only one who has never hurt him was fig not counting the begining where he says something stupid and she gets angry at him, and he always thought he would die before her, that if she was to die first he would really crack.

[@AlyssaRicks]

@@DeathnoteBB he is essentially immortal and Fig is not, barring violent intervention, so I imagine it is a fear of his

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@AlyssaRicks Why not? Isn’t she mixed with immortal Hell demon? Or Tiefling, at least.

[@erikandchristine102]

He is just a normal guy who is being dragged into danger by these crazy teenagers 😂 I love him and I hope he has a bright future ❤️

[@Galaxy613]

He gets upgraded from garage to master bedroom at the end of season 2 soooo...

[@netherveilgames996]

The part in the chat where Emily was talking about how her dream was for Fig to bring Ayda on tour with her, and everyone started dunking on Emily for being so naive that she thought she'd inevitably end up with her first high school girlfriend forever, and Emily got legitimately upset and offended lol.

[@jacobclements3652]

It’s the genre mismatch problem, when you think of it through the lense of a high school/coming of age story of course fig isn’t going to end up with the first person she dates But if you recontextualise that to the epic fantasy genre of course fig ends up with the woman who leapt into (and tried to flood) the 9 hells to save her

[@jadeyu7197]

@@jacobclements3652 I would like to take the epic fantasy genre route PLEASE

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@jacobclements3652 100% they separate at some point but come back together later. It just feels better to me if they have experiences outside of the first ever date

[@queenidragon4489]

​@@DeathnoteBB if they broke up on anything less then stellar terms I would be legitimately worried about Hell and Solace going to war

[@not_zippy]

Meanwhile in junior year, she’s the only one of the bad kids still in a relationship. They’re gonna last I know it.

[@MystLunarabne]

I kinda hope Gilear makes a Warlock pact with Basrar (the ice-cream genie) or something. It'd be a food (legit meant to type good but typoed) promotion from Lunch Lad to Dessert Lad.

[@alexryll9237]

Ice (cream) lad has a nice ring to it.

[@divout6688]

Gilear will try to hoping to be granted frozen yoghurt-powers only for Basrar to start crying about only being able to make icecream...

[@Nightshade_98]

Lunch Lad to Dessert Dad.

[@alisondices]

YOGURT LAD

[@aileenzhao7951]

Frozen yogurt only

[@grimmgaw278]

I've said it before, Gilear needs his own mini displayed on the board at all times

[@maskedkitty7350]

we seriously need a side story campaign for him, how and where do we pay to make that happen, i want to see him doing better at some point.

[@nobody5333]

For how frequently it may happen, we also need a separate mini for when Gilear is inevitably knocked either dead or unconscious.

[@willscott6194]

When alley leaned in an yell "he is NOT enough. " I almost did a spit take of a mouth full of hot tea

[@LunaTheNeko3]

Ok, but what if, since just a normal day in his life IS his nightmare, the nightmare king would have no effect on him. Cause he lives his nightmare everyday.

[@guywhotellsthetime1585]

THAT'S HOW HE'S THE CHOSEN ONE!

[@phantomlord77]

I kind of want a scene where all the PCs are paralyzed with fear over their own nightmares thanks to the nightmare king and Gilear just strolls up. Looks at all their fears and laughs saying t:his is what you guys fear after all the stuff you've done this is what your afraid of." Calling out how stupid the fears are giving the party strength then walks up straight to the king and says "You may controlled the nightmares but I've lived through mine everyday of my life since I've met them and to me you are nothing"

[@fukoff2327]

@@phantomlord77 then he tries to hit the nightmare king rolls a nat1 whiffs it falls on his face and has to make death saving throws

[@JBCBlank]

Galearr's nightmare would be fig dieing infront of him and you all know it. He can make it through all this sadness that is his daily life, but just knowing his daughter is happy and safe keeps him going. He would have nothing to live for without his daughter.

[@NicholeParker]

This is the saddest but most true answer

[@beckettericsson2554]

hey dawg why would you make me experience emotion

[@noahwesterberg8566]

I dont think it would be Fig dying. She's an adventurer, she's going to die, and I feel like Gilear would accept that. I think it would be Fig saying that he isn't enough, an embarrassment, and her abandoning him.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@noahwesterberg8566 No she’s never going to die

[@jollimaiahtacksworth]

It's weird to think that since jawbone is dating fig's mom, fig has 3 dads. Her biological father, the father who raised her, and the guy who's dating her mom.

[@nobody5333]

Figaroth Faeth will not rest until she has an entire adventuring party of dads.

[@erikpope1305]

She's gotta get her kisses in.

[@aloe8078]

@@nobody5333Fantasy High Spinoff but it’s just Fig’s dads

[@manticorephoenix]

There's that old classic College Humor video where Brennan plays an elf coming home for Christmas and he uses the voice he would later give Gilears, and so I always felt since seeing that video that that confident character is what Gilear used to be and could still be when he eventually gets his groove back. Everybody loves an underdog story, and he's due for a win

[@piequals314]

it's crazy that the elf sketch is now considered "old classic collegehumor"

[@Jacko8638]

this is the only clip from this chat I saw live as it was when Matt and Marisha's house was burning down

[@dimension20show]

a truly chaotic stream if there ever was one

[@glowmilk7948]

I'm sorry-- _what happened?_

[@Chaz1871]

Huh????

[@mixmastermind]

@@glowmilk7948 they hadn't cleaned their chimney. Ever. So when they lit a fire their house filled with smoke

[@glowmilk7948]

@@mixmastermind i love two (2) Disaster Humans

[@joshsmith8475]

The Legend of Gilear: The NPC Living In A Hero's World

[@Dream146]

the most heartbreaking line, "we're not going to go through to senior year" *single tear*

[@holl3iemarie]

why nott thouugghhh??? We would all love it!!!

[@conner.j.a.wilson]

Well, what he said was, “not that we’re going to,” suggesting that they’re keeping their options open.

[@caleblindsay-manning8895]

Didn't rule out a high level Reunion in later seasons

[@nicksurfs1]

I don’t think Brennan has fully considered what would happen on discord if he didn’t. We would just have to tattle and daddy (Sam) would make him. We learned that trick from Ally.

[@GOMO26]

Senior year is all that's going to be left now. We will sit and hope

[@avigailhashkes2958]

I have a feeling that there is build up to an endgame where Glear appears with a crown of yogurt and accidentally stumbles directly into the nightmare king, swapping crowns in the process and fulfilling the prophecy being the chosen one, doomed to wear the crown for eternity

[@liamross340]

You just spoiled the ending of a crown of candy omg

[@hisspopfizz]

That implies the nightmare king wears a crown of yoghurt

[@avigailhashkes2958]

@@liamross340 truly I haven't seen crown of candy but if that's the case then wow, all this quarantining is making me psychic (or just crazy)

[@garrettgrosser313]

Honestly I just picture Gilear pondering aloud after being hit by the fear spell. "How on earth did I end up back home so fast?" (Heavy sigh)

[@themoderncaveman9586]

I think that if Gilear did not immediately die of a physical hazard, he would have been the most effective in the nightmare forest. He's already at rock bottom, what can they show him that would break him more? and becoming increasingly afraid so as to progress through the forest would be second nature to him as he is more frequently anxious or frightened than nearly any of the bad kids. He could walk through his nightmares with comparative ease and come out the other side with little to no difference.

[@helios5752]

Brennan, I imagine that Galear's nightmare would be if he was granted immortality but nothing else. Still just as pathetic but now even death is rejecting him.

[@berkleypearl2363]

Helios575 I mean he’s already an elf so as long as he’s not instakilled again he is just stuck being alive forever

[@fukoff2327]

@@berkleypearl2363 he is granted basically infinite hp but can’t do any damage Even with enchanted weapons he does like negative damage

[@MusicalPlayground717]

“Now even death is rejecting him.” This might be one of the most caustically beautiful thoughts I’ve heard expressed about the folly of immortality.

[@littleblueclovers]

It’s canon in my soul that Gilear would be unaffected in the nightmare forest because he is already living it. This man has hit rock bottom and has been living there ever since

[@PopStrikers]

After all the shit he went through in Sophomore Year, I refuse to believe Gilear hasn't earned at LEAST Level 2.

[@Sootielove]

Unfortunately he's taking levels in commoner, with no class buffs

[@tjfm2456]

Okay but the Nightmare Forest is all about giving in to your fear and Gilear is the king of being resigned to his terrible life and just continuing to live in whatever hellscape he’s put into-I think he would have gotten to the center of the forest IMMEDIATELY because he wouldn’t even bother running away from his nightmares. He would have just been like “well, I guess this is my life now, not much worse than it was before”

[@Will_Grey]

Gilear needs to get his diplomatic status back. Maybe he replaces the Abernants as ambassadors. And the diplomatic immunity gives so much potential.

[@Breezey357]

When they were looking at the 7 sins armour in hell, Emily was considering putting Gilear in the Gimp suit of Lust, but I was like no no no, Gilead needs to be put in the Pride armour because it is truly the most antithetical to his nature and I think it would be good for him to have some magical bolstered dignity. That's all I really want for Gilear, I don't need him to be the chosen one, but if he could be allowed to have just an ounce of dignity I'd be so pleased for him

[@PezzaTheFlezza]

Breezey357 so you’re a Divination Wizard right?

[@mikhielbluemon4213]

He'd make it become the armor of self respect, changing the magic from his own depression.

[@TheDirtyPineapple]

Gilear is basically the magikarp of this campaign.

[@Masn157]

"If we do end up taking fantasy high to senior year, which is probably not going to happen." Oh well well well, look who's funny now.

[@lindseymassie9067]

I think one of the reasons Gilear is such a big deal for fans, other than just being funny, is that he has these moments like going into hell with Fig or wearing the Pride Armor where we get to see a normal person be “good enough”. Like yes he fumbles the bag a lot but in this magical world as an audience member it is nice to see someone with no super human powers still making a difference in a human way through his relationships with these kids. Like Gilear’s power lies in how much people care for him and the comfort he brings people and there is something so real about that.

[@DreamWizardMedia]

I just wanna say: I can not be convinced Gilear ISN'T the CEO of the Breaking News News Station. Listen to the voices. Pay attention to those kinks. It's very clearly Gilear.

[@Blucham]

If I may be so bold, I feel like Gilear’s nightmare would be reliving the day he learned Fig was a Tiefling. He got very angry and said hurtful things. He lost his daughter and he lost his wife. To this day, even though the kids love him, he has never felt good about himself, and doesn’t allow himself a simple luxury in life. He has no pride because he knows he has done wrong, and it haunts him to this day.

[@ShashaStudios]

I agree! I think his nightmare is Fig gives up on him. If he didn’t care for her, he wouldn’t have gone on the adventure

[@adrivoid5376]

Gilear became the group mascot and parent. Like the kids really end up loving him. He went and slaughtered a hoard of demons for them, went through so many deaths for Fig’s sake. I adore Gilear every time he wins and improves I cheer for him. I want him to be happier

[@Nyan_K_P]

Gilear is best dad and no one can convince me otherwise 😂

[@andruulrich4021]

BECAUSE HE IS THE CHOSEN ONE

[@T1J]

"not that we're going to" -- junior year just announced 👀

[@RashidMBey]

I have yet to see the second season of Adventure High, but I _LOVED_ the first season and The Unsleeping City. They pack an immense amount of charm in every episode, and now that I'm listening to this exchange with the crew, I realize that I've missed out on some really good roleplay, improv, set design, etc. Gotta check it out.

[@rubyparker93]

Just FYI, there is no set design, because season two has been played live on twitch, with no miniatures or set. Its all been pure roleplay. Defiantly still worth it to watch though. In my opinion, in some ways it is actually better then the first season, because the lack of set lets Brennan really go wild. The only restrictions are the players imagination, its really great!

[@jwomackandcheese73]

We are getting FH Junior year sooo that means we get more Gilear... hell ya dude.

[@tasmaniantortoise]

Let’s hope that for The Crown of Candy Brian will still not have a character over 5 feet tall.

[@dimension20show]

👀

[@guiltriple]

Being over five feet tall is, one might say, *massively* overrated!

[@problematicgoose]

Murph? Murph, right.

[@tasmaniantortoise]

@@dimension20show Update: Murph is in fact, very tall. The curse has been broken.

[@xerodd13]

@@tasmaniantortoise and yet, EMOTIONALLY...

[@mc1853]

I love that it keeps giving close-ups of Emily laughing because she truly does love all things Gilear related.

[@Nortarachanges]

I think his nightmare would have to be something like failing so hard, he gets Fig killed. Or she just gets fed up with him and leaves. Fig is the constant good in his life, though. He’s not the worst off if he has her still

[@The_Huntsman]

Gilear: I'm not the messiah! The bad kids: HE IS THE MESSIAH!!

[@EThack]

I have an uncle that exudes true Gilear energy. Thank you for giving my uncle the adventure he never wanted!

[@DeathnoteBB]

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[@jedinxf7]

Emily's sincere love for Gilear will never stop being hilarious and sweet at once

[@bchamness6]

I'm sure somebody has said it, and it's too late since Jr Year is about to start, but it'd be funny if all the revivifies had given Gillear powers - like Janet/Derrick from The Good Place. He's been rebooted so many times that he's got some levels in something

[@Dan-qy6zv]

"Leaving him was like saying 'You're not enough'." "HE'S NOT ENOUGH!"

[@ninjabgwriter]

I think Gilear is only The Chosen One *because* the party has chosen him

[@cronushi9219]

Can’t wait for junior year gilear

[@badtaco2266]

You guys should DEFINITELY go until senior year

[@cruizlee214]

Gilear is possessed by the Night Yorb.

[@butterflytaster5553]

knowing that this is what emily thought about gilear before the finale i can only imagine the sheer euphoria she must have felt during That Scene

[@Kaotiqua]

Wait.... why the hell _wouldn't_ you go on all the way through Senior year?!!!!

[@jacobb5564]

Gilear, obviously the strongest and most important character of the party!

[@stormcloudsabound]

One of those things is true.

[@arthurcosta1657]

The chosen one

[@Thornshock]

my head cannon would be that his nightmare was actually a really wholesome reality where things are going his way, he feels loved, is successful, and feels fulfilled. And then he woke up. The real nightmare is that he will never be free of his torment

[@joeljude9180]

Emily already plotting when Siobhan suggests therapy 😂 (*wistfully* "yeah"...)

[@mixstardust429]

I think Gilear would just not have a nightmare, he's already living a hell, there is nothing he could truly fear more than what he has already experienced

[@laurena3139]

Okay but y’all hear me out, gilear’s nightmare would probably be Fig when she first found out about being a tiefling and the idea of her going back to resenting him

[@canoerar393]

Siobhán: "We gotta get him back into therapy, get his self esteem back up." Brennan: *completely ignores it, looking for the next question (because he knows it will never happen) Emily: *vicious staring*

[@geminitricks2332]

I hope when they get to the nightmare king the nightmare king just removes his cloak to reveal gilear as the nightmare king

[@liamross340]

i kind of wish that happened because in episode 1 of freshman year she says “is my dad the nightmare king? he’s the nightmare king!”

[@MarDamas]

I've almost fallen out of my seat multiple times when Gilear was around.

[@Doomstar16]

This was my favorite part of listening to the fireside chat. It's strange how I'm so invested in just some random dude. They never got Gilear armor either. Looking forward to what he does at the end of this season of fantasy high.

[@spideyfan804]

My favorite Gilear moment was Fabian's "GILEAR LAUNCH ME"

[@gocle]

The trick is that Gilear would have been fully immune to the nightmare forest because his life is a nightmare

[@colinfewell2943]

"Not that we're going to?!?!" Dude, I hope you guys do the show through their college years. Fantasy U, anyone?

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I loved how he was able to wear the Pride armor though. Sometimes, the greatest strength is to know your weaknesses and his was having no pride.

[@AVeryCasualGamerGirl]

PLEASE!! Please go to senior year. I would watch it all.

[@samreid6010]

Spoilers for Junior Year: It suddenly makes sense why Brennan sent Gilear off on his honeymoon for most of the season, simply to give his character some time to cool off

[@mistertea603]

Emily: Leaving him was like telling him that he was not enough... Ally: ...He Was Not Enough! That's not cruelty, that's just spitting straight facts y'all, (Edit: guess who edited to grammar check but didn't recognize that he somehow completely messed up one of his favorite performers names?...this guy!)

[@trueaidooo]

How is this edited and you still got the completely wrong name for Ally

[@mistertea603]

@@trueaidooo I'm only human... As far as you know.

[@travislyonsgary]

@@mistertea603 Like ironically Gilear was actually perfect for the given threat conditions of the forest once they actually got in it.

[@alannanelli8674]

Gonna be 100, I side with Zac on this one. If the entire group can survive an 100 ft drop with no physical harm, I'm not thinking I'm not enough I'm thinking my group is full of superheroes and I need a nap.

[@ClaireJamesLadybug]

4:04 "if we were - not that we're going to - but if we were to go all the way to senior year..." oh man, that is highly ironic

[@EthalaRide]

It's crazy seeing this pop into my recommended feed and watching this back knowing the "I HAVE NO PRIDE" Moment was going to happen in later episodes is kinda WILD.

[@Aweman11]

That's how Gilear is the chosen one. The nightmare king would be unable to create a nightmare worse than his life and would be trapped in his unconscious mind stuck trying to terrify him and endlessly failing.

[@jungtothehuimang]

I think Gilear is integral because he is just a guy, he's the everyman. He's funny, kind of pathetic, but also very heartfelt. You just need to love him.

[@kimaclaret]

No one will see this probably, but I have to say, my daughter saw this thumbnail, pointed at Gilear, and laughed instinctually.

[@NotEpimethean]

It's super weird trying to introduce friends to fantasy high and being like "You see that pathetic excuse for an elf? That's the best character."

[@ViruZ42]

Just a personal thought for Gil's nightmare have it play as a day in his life and he just rolls with it cause he lives it everyday so he's just numb to it until he catches a reflective surface and just sees a middle aged Fig staring back at him and that crushes him with psychic damage.

[@AL-bh4pm]

I have watched this several times now over the course of some weeks/couple of months, and I anticipate doing so several to many more times in the future.

[@austinparker87]

WELCOME TO JUNIOR YEAR BABY!!!! (Spoilers ahead:) Enjoy your Vacation Gilear!!!

[@aloe8078]

I love the idea of Emily being so worried about Gilear in real life, and I relate to it so hard. I don’t get to play dnd, but I do write with my friends, and I got a phone call from my best friend, in one of the few breaks between them directing their first show, assistant directing an opera, getting through college… just to talk about one of the stories because one of my characters was going through a major arc and another character in another story died (which I cried while writing because she was one of my favorites). No hello, no what’s up, just “I was thinking about (characters) and this upcoming arc, and…”

[@anshu_is_here6053]

I believe that Gilear is the chosen one

[@adithibhat5362]

fantasy high, senior year: gilear goes to therapy!

[@cmattss4]

Finally the important questions

[@badaboop2035]

I'm watching season 2 right now and Gilear is my favorite!

[@sirvemon]

7:30 or, maybe since real life is his nightmare, he just walks straight to the center un affected, and defeats Kalina by himself because his life is already so hell that this ain't shit. Make him literally the chosen one

[@thatmaninthevan3858]

When they entered the forest of the nightmare king I truly believed gilear would walk through bumbling and tripping completely unaware his unfortunate journey was anything unusual

[@alexandriatempest]

"You feel guilty about what happened?" isn't a perfect quote, but I feel like Gilear was living his worst nightmares. I loved how Fig was Daddy's Little Girl so much that she needed two dads, but not showing up for Fig and letting her down, actually not being there for her, I think would be it. I will say at the beginning of the arc I was hoping that Gilear would be The Chosen One, in that the Nightmare King would enter his dreams, or possess him, and then be faced with the unending horror of his life and nope out.

[@IrishBelle13]

I didn't know it but i needed this video in my life right now