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[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

I think Big E's sudden anger was because of the mention of glue. Remember, his favorite son is *_Horse._* Also, Grimal being Kitten's ex means she's the equivalent of Shadowsun. Meaning Grimal is a TAU!

[@tobster9567]

She is an anime, and look at that hair color

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

@@tobster9567 Sure, but the whole "Ex of Kitten" deal just screams "Commander Shadowsun". A lot of these characters are based on TTS things. Big D is the Emperor, Kitten is Kitten, Door is Rogal Dorn, Marckus is Magnus, Boy is Boy. Brok Blacklaw is clearly an Ork, hell one of his flunkies is literally named Git. Is it that hard to draw the connection that Grimal is the H:tP version of Shadowsun? Hell, if you watch the live chat replay of the original video, you'll see that all the commenters are outright screaming that she's very much like the Tau.

[@danvojnovic6804]

big d, but yes grimdal is a tauwabbu

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

@@tobster9567 That only ADDS to the evidence she's a Tau expy.

[@acrux1918]

@@HunhowsShadowStalker i think they're pointing out the evidence for the shadowsun allegory, not refuting it. Weeb=tau, hair color=blue-tau.

[@tudormuresan2055]

Gonna be honest, by the sound of things, i would legit like to get a beer with friends like these. Beyond their weirdness and shenanigans, they legit sound weridly wholesome in their friendship.

[@baileybrute5486]

Honestly yeah, I agree

[@ayanleman]

They're all horrible gremlins in their owm way and its charmimg

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

I like this lot, but there's a joke here somewhere. A Mummy, a Weeb Goblin, a BBW Goth and a Scotsman walk into a pub. The bartender grabs his phone, dials a number, and says "Hey there, your order's ready for pickup."

[@alejandrorivas4585]

I dunno how to explain it, but they remind of me going to conventions some 11 years ago. Man. I really need to to cons again

[@zipscool]

47:25 Brit here: Tesco's value wine is dirt cheap, and about as nice to drink. A White Lightning is... basically just moonshine. Three guesses as to which 40k Brock and his cronies are meant to parallel...

[@tekaname4188]

An Ork and definently one of his lackeys is meant to be a grechin

[@alphashocker7458]

I feel like that Kuei-Jin argument was just an excuse to make another reference to Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines. “LARP group in LA” indeed! XD

[@CommissarMitch]

Also "I would not he where I am today if it was not for Hobbyshoppen" is real. Bruva Alfabusa is from Gävle, the same city. Bruva started TTS that grew into what it is today thanks to Hobbyshoppen. Also Hobbyshoppen did not pay for this ad. It was a free shoutout.

[@afqwa423]

I think it's almost certain Markus actually was the one that caused the curse. 1) He had the Blacklaw heirloom and made Slackjaw agree to a trade. You can interpret this as an 'object of power' or something similar. 2) Markus pronounced that if he broke the deal Slackjaw would be affected by the sickness of dogs long past and that he'd regret harming them tenfold. 3) Slack jaw breaks this agreement, activating the curse. 4) The "sickness of dogs long past" is the salmonella in Slackjaw's drink. 5) Markus's counterpart in 40K and TTS is Magnus the Red, who is basically a wizard. 6) The goth chick says, "Hm, I wonder." She's the member of the group that studies curses and probably was wondering if Markus had cast a curse.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

Or maybe the goth chick, Elise, was the one to curse him with "Curses!" Uttered.

[@giuseppenimis8057]

So Markus was an Awakened? Idk if he's a Technocracy one or a Traditions one... but he's probably not so superior to a sleeper, maybe recently awakened and trined by D?

[@greedavaricious7760]

Being horrible to a mate (least in the way Markus And his friends are being) is a true sign of friendship here in England. Honestly, it’s when a friend greets you normally that you know something is wrong

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Same over here in america if you don't see my ragging on my friends then something must be wrong

[@greedavaricious7760]

@@theenderdestruction2362 a healthy friendship indeed sir

[@DerMannDerSeineMutterwar]

Kuei-Jin are in offical lore a vampiric species which is not related to the kindred. In Fact they hate each other. But they were so bad written without any basic knowledge about asian cultures that this became a meme itself.

[@Wnations95]

well, they WERE official lore, they are formally retconned out of existance as of V5

[@Desiremademanifest]

I feel like V5 retconned a lot of stuff... some of it was necessary, others... not so much.@@Wnations95

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

​@Wnations95 Not gonna lie, that kinda sucks. I mean, I get why, but I wish they reworked it to better fit the style of the Kuei-Jin operations. I mean, it fits in with the idea of different Vampires around the world, especially since they're based on Jiangshi. And some of their beliefs and functions are based on things like the Six Heavens and Feng Sui's Wu Xing star. It feels like a waste for sonething that could be made more interesting and cohesive to the setting.

[@ryanlorenzo5003]

​​@@b3rz3rk3r9honestly making all of them vampires is much better because it doesn't conflict established canon even if we do lose the flair. All kindred must come from the curse of Cain, not some super special and totally unrelated thing that also makes vampires but not the same thing and very specifically Asian.

[@tonydanatop4912]

@@ryanlorenzo5003I wouldn’t mind if they just made new splats the world has plenty monster and myth left to have a new creature crop up from…

[@fyraltari1889]

HoobyShoppen didn't pay anything for this add-read, this is just Alfabusa's way of thanking them for gbeing the cool shop he buys his tabletop wargaming stuff from and who got his into the hobby in the first place (hence the "I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for HobbyShoppen"). This isn't even the first time he's given them a shout-out, one of the owners voiced the menial with the horse-skull back in _Unsubtle Criticism starring the Adeptus Astartes_ video.

[@owenkasaboski6902]

That's it! I'm joining CHAOS!

[@benjaythewhite]

@@owenkasaboski6902 Did i hear somebody say "Join Chaos?" _uh-oh_ SMASH IT!

[@Kaarl_Mills]

"I hope he's the result of some kind of genetic mutation" Of course he is Airer, they're called Brits

[@thomasfoster4370]

wha- OI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

​​@@thomasfoster4370od save the Queen, eh? Lol jk

[@cameronmcindoe6119]

I feel like you glossed over the fact Marckus almost got himself, his family and friends killed. He broke masquerade in front of a ghoul, the only reason they didn't have a vampire hit team being put together to hunt them was because Big D got to the ghoul first literally a few hours ago. Marckus said their interrogation was literally the night before meaning Big D only recruited him last night. Marckus himself prob hasn't fully realized how close to being killed he got his friends.

[@greedavaricious7760]

Oh good god, you’re right! Damn that would’ve been a bloody catastrophe

[@hollowparagon1102]

And Markus gets upset that Big D doesn't tell him anything important beyond the basics due to not being trusted to keep a secret. Utter lack of self awareness

[@savvythedivineyethuggable7493]

Wait, familiar? I've heard avatar, memes, and different spheres of magic, and hedge-magic. But what is a familiar?

[@gokbay3057]

What the heck, my comment got deleted after I edited it a little for grammar. Rewriting it: Tbf to Marckus I am pretty sure it was an Arcanum pub rather than any random pub. Thought yes, Marckus/Magnus is defined by lack of caution.

[@cameronmcindoe6119]

@@savvythedivineyethuggable7493 oh i derped on the terminology there by bad

[@thebluecloak7273]

Currently theory as to the wierd: Markus is a Latent Entrophy Mage! Backing the theory: He held the Blacklaw Chairloom, a close-to-victim object, made eye contact, and cursed him with sickness if he tried anything, which is what he got, sick! Along with Entropy magic would be best at explaining the knifcident, and the pre-emptive Salmonella bottle! It's the current running theory, and I'm hoping it's true! Thanks for reading, enjoying your videos!

[@oliviernaud4373]

... Actually the bad bottle was probably just the barman really really really not wanting to see those 3 troglodytes again in his bar... the sickness kicking in almosr immediately on the other hand ... 🤔

[@BenisDD]

@@oliviernaud4373 and the probability of salmonella surviving in an environment with ALCOHOL

[@marmyeater]

The knives falling apart and exploding were also part of it.

[@datkhornedog899]

Two puns in this comment.

[@aldar8240]

chairloom... knifcident... you are just a portmanteaurnado in this comment

[@llemn5118]

super surprised no one pointed it out but BIG D LITERALLY DROPPED HIS FULL NAME WHILE RAMBLING TO HORSE, HE NAMED “Horse” and “Ditryk Tettela” IN HIS STORY ABOUT FLEEING ACROSS STATE LINES, AND LATER CHANGED DITRYK TO “I” IN A LATER SENTENCE

[@rustkarl]

It’s probably an alias. Knowing Big D he probably has gone through several pseudonyms in his life.

[@ayanleman]

@@rustkarl yeah Big D has been implied to be some ancient middle eastern being, Ditryck Tattela doesn't sound like the name of an ancient far eastern immortal

[@panniguin862]

@@ayanleman On the contrary, it sound a lot like names from ancient Anatolia & the ancient Levant region.

[@ayanleman]

@@panniguin862 i mean, I cant speak for the last name (tho it sounds Italian?) the first name is just a german name spelled differently

[@CommissarMitch]

So I have visited Hobbyshoppen a lot of times. The owner is THE guy who got me into Warhammer in the first place. I Owe him a lot more than words can describe.

[@CommissarMitch]

Also no it is NOT *That* kind of game store. It is actually super family friendly and and the owner is the sweetest bean this side of candy.

[@morthasa]

@@CommissarMitch I mean, if it had been *that* kind of game store, I doubt Bruva Alfabusa would have turned out like he di- [thinks about the Fab Custodes] nevermind...

[@datkhornedog899]

​@@morthasa A dingus. You mean to say a dingus.

[@Kodaemon]

Loved the "not dividing this into multiple parts so I get revenue each week and just react to all of it at once" bit, honestly.

[@tudormuresan2055]

I think Marckus might actually be unconsciously using magic. that cringey phrase he thought sounded menacing could have qualified as a curse. Basically he cursed Brohk with horrible bad luck and salmonella.

[@migrivp2672]

My bet is on guy Chapman the cop doing wizardy thing... or time travel and future Marcus did manage to set the domino in places for that event.

[@ChiotVulgaire]

​@@migrivp2672 nah, but as a ghoul Guy Chapman has demonstrated use of the vampiric power of Auspex.

[@bthsr7113]

From the contents on the source vid, Markus filled all the conditions for an entry spell in the Entropy domain. Not an expert here, just a parrot.

[@oliviernaud4373]

@@migrivp2672 Meta wise, its impossible for ghouls to use the more esoteric vampire discipline such as thaumathurgy (wizardly thing), protean (transformation) or viscicitude (fleshcrafting). Also time travel is an ability almost enterily out of reach for even the most accomplish blood wizard. You need true magic for that... and i cant imagine being a ghoul for years does much good to your avatar (the thing that wizard need to awaken as a mage, kindred lose that thing at rebirth).

[@marmyeater]

@@ChiotVulgaire And Potence.

[@joemomma2189]

The Fae are very rarely encountered by the Arcanum and Airier, you can do a basic level of a research on the Fae and realize how *ridiculously* powerful those critters are. Though I am not sure if Elise is referring to the True Fae themselves or the Kithain. The Fae you typically see in the Deep Dreaming, which would require a whole DOCKET of information that I do not have the ability to give, but just know- its a lot.

[@alek7998]

Honestly, Hunter is pretty much 40k levels of OP at times lmfao, they use the same idea of 'if everything is OP, nothing is' as that franchise. Like seriously: Kindred are immortal and absurdly powerful Garou are...well, we all saw how Big D talked about them Awakened. I will not say anything else. And so on (this is why the second inquisition is the best group and I will die on this hill]

[@Da_Shark]

where does one learn about WoD? I keep looking for KZbin videos and finding nothing

[@joemomma2189]

@@Da_Shark If not from the books themselves (I look online for PDF's for free) then from the Wiki which provides...'some' information.

[@gamingweeb2-842]

The true fae are absurdly powerful and can wipe the floor with antediluvians via their sheer reality bending But they can be defeated by being a super boring crusher of dreams, who doesn’t believe in anything wonderful or imaginative. Doing so makes them go poof in a puff of logic But they are likely taking about changelings. In which case, prepare for an insane gnome playing poking that acts as a bunk to turn your intestines into vines that strangle your heart

[@bthsr7113]

Just looking at old legends should tell you not to frick with the Fae, so they are almost certainly dangerous AF here.

[@MarqFJA87]

27:08 Uh, no, "blank" refers to how a vampire's body (which is biologically a corpse) is more or less equal in temperature to the ambient one, and so they appear as "blank" bodies against the background of thermographic images.

[@darthskarr8975]

Oh that's cool *pun unintended

[@alphashocker7458]

What’s kind of crazy is that it’s exactly the same name that the Second Inquisition gives to vampires in the V5 edition. And this series takes place in like 2005.

[@durema9720]

@@alphashocker7458 To be honest I feel like they are using 3-4 edition because 5 edition is just a mess. Nothing happened if it would've been 5 edition. Tremeres can't blood bound anyone and the pyramid is gone. It's only logical why they refer to them as blanks since hunters called them like this for a very long time.

[@alejandrorivas4585]

​@@durema9720its hard to say. I love 5th, but all the lore events in it take place after 2012

[@durema9720]

@@alejandrorivas4585 Thing is in 5e Sabbath was kinda retconed and they basically go to Asia to find old vampires slumbering there to consume. And considering there is also horse possessed by a demon and ghosts I feel like it can't really be 5e. (Cause demons started appearing more in the world only near the end of the world when Lucifer showed himself in Chicago.) 5e has too many blank slates left to retcon.

[@redgunnit]

Since no one's said anything about it, I can explain the record Grimal showed them. Masayoshi Takanaka was an 80s Japanese guitar god, absolute legend. The album "The Rainbow Goblins" is real, and based on a children's book of the same name following a group of evil goblins who lasso rainbows and drain them of color for sustenance. They learn of a "rainbow valley" and journey to drain it and end up drowning along the way. I only knew because Primus did their own adaptation in 2017 called "The Desaturating Seven".

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

So to explain the song at the end. For the last 4 or so episodes/audio logs karl the deranged has been telling a story about a boy being chased by his undead grandmother. This one and the previous one were in the form of songs. The one before that was a story told over stick figures and the one before that was just karl talking in darkness. If you go back and listen to just those segments in order it might make more sense. Also, while I think there are only four it is possible I am forgetting one so maybe go back one episode more just to make sure.

[@Malroth00Returns]

In the world of darkness "Grandmother" has another connotation as well, a nickname for an entity known as "The Grand Maw" the incarnation of entropy and oblivion.

[@mr.nutcracker8957]

"the sickness of dogs long pass will haunt you" My boy Marckus just cast his first curse! He cursed Brok and when he broke the curse he got salmonella

[@Rhinemann]

And the knives broke and the policeman too.

[@zarenkoblutkrieg5919]

@@Rhinemann wait... CHAPMAN GUY BROKE?! Big D! QUick! Grab his Spine! Kevin! Grab me the Flextape and Glue!

[@Mask3dShadow]

36:56 The fact that the entire group could have gotten themselves killed by talking this stuff and none of them seem to realize that except maybe Harry. It’s shocking.

[@TheLangenator]

There was literally a ghoul eavesdropping on them too. They're _extremely_ lucky Guy had been turned to their side earlier, or else they 100% would all have died.

[@Mask3dShadow]

@@TheLangenator I really want guy to report this back to Big D and D basically being forced to have a talk with Marcus about the masquerade and what not to do. Because either it was a lapse of judgment or he doesn’t and that needs to be rectified.

[@CountDVB]

Yeah, and this is one of the reasons why I think Big D keeps stuff from Marckus.

[@Scream_Lord]

The gang's all here with; Warcrime Wizard Violent Weeb Spawn of Corvus Corax And Suspiciously Normal Dude

[@cerberus0225]

Oh boy, I get to share my probably-unhealthy knowledge of alcohol again! Applejack is a spirit that used to be popular in colonial America, particularly New England. It was typically made from apple cider, by a process known as "jacking". The beverage would be left in barrels during winter to freeze, and the ice was removed periodically. This would concentrate the alcohol content and the flavor. This form of "freeze distillation" can be applied to many beverages, including "ice beer", wine, cider, and really any spirit. I should probably add that, unfortunately, doing this to wine, cider, and anything aside from beer (and then up to only 0.5% of volume) is today entirely illegal in the US for personal consumption. Doing this in order to concentrate alcohol counts as distilling, and thus requires a distillation license. However, in reality, homebrewers/moonshiners do this all the time as there is really no way to enforce the law unless you start selling it or publicly say what you're doing. The TTB isn't exactly going to get a warrant to search a random freezer, after all. However, for anyone reading this, jacking cider will concentrate not just alcohol and the flavors, but methanol as well, and can lead to "apple palsy" which is just an old name for methanol poisoning. However, applejack is still available on the market. It is considered a form of fruit brandy and is available from several different producers. If you're looking for historicity, go for Laird & Company of Scobeyville, NJ, who has continuously produced applejack since 1780 (aside from a pause during Prohibition) and, indeed, were founded by the grandson of the drink's inventor. Until the early 2000s and the Cocktail Renaissance (idk if that's the official name but it gets the idea across) they were also the only producers of applejack left. Since the early 2000s a few other distillers across New England have began producing their own varieties. Any well-stocked liquor store should have some and the prices are comparable to other brandies. Fun fact, applejack is also associated with four US Presidents! George Washington wrote a letter to the Laird family asking for their recipe, Abraham Lincoln served it when he was a tavern keeper in Springfield Illinois, Franklin D. Roosevelt preferred applejack in his Manhattans, and Lyndon B. Johnson gave a case of applejack to Soviet statesman Alexei Kosygin during the Cold War.

[@ayanleman]

Tell the truth, did you smile as you typed "in a process called 'jacking'"

[@themalcontent100]

A thousand son, a tao, a space marine and a chubby necron walk into a bar. Then the orks turn up.

[@marmyeater]

1:14:47- Elise may be a Slaugh: a type of changeling (or she might be one of the punk wizards given her wondering about what Marckus said). Grimal is almost certainly a "normal" human. Well, maybe not, after all: she mentioned how she fell asleep around the boring elders even better than when using drugs, and that could be that they are so boring that it actually weakens the fey soul in her.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

And Harry is just 100% human but if he does die I kinda want him to haunt a suit of armor cause imagine how terrifying it would be to see a living suit of armor chasing your ass with something like idk a 12 gauge shotgun

[@Dostoron]

he IS errand boy for the arcanum, if that counts, Harry might be the local "tour guide" correction, i think he might be Decius' counterpart. as for the diablerizing part, some big D could have put down so much as a post-it saying "don't give a vampire vamp blood it will boost them" Kuei Jin: vampires, but Asian (not to be confused with the hopping vampires, jiang shi.)

[@datkhornedog899]

Following up the hopping vampires, they're more like revenants or zombies.

[@marmyeater]

@@datkhornedog899 They also are like ghosts because they fly and go through walls.

[@TheBanatter]

I remember when I played Sly Cooper as a kid and they made them mantises lol

[@ImprovmanZero]

An officer retains power and duty on or off the clock so it really isn't a problem to wear the uniform off duty.

[@oliviernaud4373]

The Arcanum: as stated, not quite a "hunter organization" rather than a scholar one. They prefer investigation in supernatural rumors and legends they hear about rather than what activities hunters are all about (neiberhood patrols, ghost hunting, exorcisisms and supernaturals hunting in general). They are a rather recent addition to the world of darkness (late 1700s, early 1800s i think) as a british gentlemen club interested in the occult. Not quite "we want power so lets summon demons", but rather lets try that Ouija board just for the thrill of it... and then they dug deeper... and found more concrete proof of supernatural society. They were terrified by what they found, but they still adopted a moderate reaction along the line of "lets gather more information before we decide what we should do"... and well they kept doing that to this day. Basically, they are not hunters because they do not hunt. They are not the inquisition (neither the old spanish one or the 2nd, more recent and modern one, that function along the line of the CIA), nor are they awakened (from hunter the reckoning wich would just be another curious occult subject to them). They are investigators and researchers of the occult that seek to understand the occult by cataloging them. They are not (usually) actors ine the WOD, they are observers... but they do on occasion provide informations to protagonists (read players) in occasion where they believe the situation does require it. Otherwise they dont usually mingle with more active hunters organizations like the inquisition (narrow minded zelots those) or normal hunters (blunt blood thirsty barbarian) that tend to attract a lot more attention than the Arcanum is comfortable with. Hunters are after all usually really mobile. Chapters house, lot less so.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Sound like a ghoul or a vamp or something here lads and lasses

[@SoulOfTheReaver]

27:07 "Blanks", short for blankbodies actually refers to vampires not showing up on thermal imaging scans, because they're room-temperature corpses. Has nothing to do with souls, and means vampires specifically.

[@setsunatenma9467]

11:38 pentex is a company in WoD btw 30:42 it's fear actually. The last time they went after vampires, one of their libraries got destroyed by the Vampires so they don't go after them because of fear that the Vampires will retaliate 35:17 Eastern undead. People whose soul have escaped yomi back to their bodies. They are retconed out of WoD so why the joke that they don't exist 1:28:16 entropy magic to be exact it deals in luck

[@CountDVB]

Pentex is the evil megacorp we fight as werewolves

[@marmyeater]

@@CountDVB You can fight them as other factions, too. Like vampires from lots of sides have reason to go after at least one of the board of directors.

[@HORRIOR1]

I'm kinda disappointed we didn't see Door take part in this brawl. He would have wiped floor.

[@TalsarGeldon]

He would have spent the entire fight fortifying his position.

[@geoffreypershouse70]

in the uk it is illegal to carry a blade over a certain length without the proper paperwork, (originates from a old school sword ban actually) so getting in trouble for carrying a big knife is a actual legal issue there

[@ghoulred8352]

Can't have any form of self defense without government can ya?

[@shmee123ful]

I forget what the cops name was but he is a ghoul. (Apreantly the cops name is guy) Ghouls can beyond their enhanced longevity, strength and abilitys do sometimes gain. Traits of the vampires that ghoulafie them These traits tend to be many many times weaker than their vampire master even among low generations but they do sometimes manifest Since this cop is a ghoul for the great and mighty Kevin and Kevin's sire before him. He might have gained some mild magical abilities which he used to sabotages that brock strong jaw fella

[@datkhornedog899]

His name is really just Guy Chapman. Very unimaginative, amirite?

[@shmee123ful]

@@datkhornedog899 thanks for the reminder

[@marmyeater]

Nah, it was probably Marckus unconsciously using Entropy.

[@owenkasaboski6902]

@@datkhornedog899 Nie, his names a triple play. Guy, Chap, Man. His name is literally man 3 different times lul

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

You should look up the yule goat. It is a real thing and yes it gets burned by hoolagins more often than not. Sometimes by surprisingly elaborate means. One channel I used to follow had an annual goat watch where they would start their Christmas episode by checking whether the goat got burned or not.

[@nathanh5965]

Not sure if someone else has mentioned it, here are the references Markus’ friends are: Grimal is Shadowsun lite, Elise is a raven guard reference (and the fairy is a reference to one of their trials wheee they must catch a bird) and Harry is an Ultramarine.

[@matteocdt5214]

grimal was easy to figure out. weaboo and kitten's ex? pretty obvious

[@harrari]

Bruva mentioned that recent bills and realities has forced him to 'get the f- over himself. But before he does real sponsorships he did a freebie for the game store he's been going to since he was young. I'm honestly not sure if the hobby shop themselves know he did this for them. Or to them.

[@darthskarr8975]

34:44 perhaps take into consideration that Fairies and Fairytales these days are "washed down" and that the word Eldritch originates from the German name for the "Fairy Kingdom."

[@thejestor9378]

Ya don’t mess with the Fey, lest ya want some bad things ta happen.

[@GraveRobbinJake]

Arier, Regarding Harry: "he looks normal" Alfabusa: "That is the Joke, yes funny youtube reaction-man"

[@Dostoron]

Applejack drink, highly alcoholic, made from apples, popular in the colonial age.

[@thejestor9378]

Applejack Brandy, one of the few drinks that I would say if your gonna get some, make sure it’s American. Other alcoholic apple beverages like Cider and Whiskey, go for Canadian.

[@UrFremJoJo]

I love how if you can read between the lines and look at the general appearance of Marcus's friends you can kind of get an idea of who they used to be.

[@UrFremJoJo]

Space weebs

[@lieutenantdan9337]

I absolutely loved the Ork archetype Alphabusa created here

[@Kaymazo]

At least according to what they said in the pinned comment, it isn't actually a sponsored ad. Alfabusa literally just shouted a local (to him) shop he liked out for the sake of it.

[@GundamChief]

Before even watching your reaction, Grimal is a treasure, and I listened to the Rainbow Goblins here on YT after this audio log and it's _really_ good.

[@loganhowe9496]

As said in a comment on the original video Every friend group has -Warcrime Wizard -Seemingly Normal Person -Violent Weeb -Edgy Goth

[@khylerbane4523]

To clarify Airier, here are the spiritual successors of Markus’s friends and Brok’s gang: Grimal is Shadowsun Harry is Ahriman Elise is (probably) Sevetar or Talos Brok and his gang are Da Boyz

[@Haloister]

I dunno about Elise, but the rest do make sense

[@Kaarl_Mills]

One of the writers said no one in this episode has a perfect analog to TTS except Marcus

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Harry is the most likely to become something even more dangerous like a living suit of armor or if god is willing (personally I would like this) a one in a while generation saint and for those who don't know what a saint does in WOD of I remember correctly a saint can pretty much be summed up as "the sun is loving and it's name *BLANK* gaia/cain/what ever god help us"

[@raw6668]

Arier, the Arcanum is more of a research club looking to research the supernatural. Some also want to bring magic to the world even if they don't fully understand why it is a bad idea for a lot of knowledge is lost and destroyed. They also have a semi-close relationship with actual mages.

[@chakradarrat8832]

41:00 it fits with the joke that tau's are weebs. since in tts. kitten's ex is shadowsun

[@gokbay3057]

8:35 it is the glue. His favourite son is Horse. 33:10 real album btw, did try it a little. It is actually pretty good. 34:00 the comments of Alfabusa's video has some translations but what she actually said was something along the lines of "I know a little Japanese". 59:40 yeah, real thing, combination of phone and gaming handheld. 1:28:24 Apparently Marckus cursed him. Like "sickness of dogs past" and all that. Marcky is a mage, it seems.

[@marmyeater]

Kue-Jin are from the Vampires of the East book that was made to draw in weebs. It's not particularly good, and it's kinda old, but it is a thing that can be either implemented or ignored and replaced easily.

[@dakkath414]

41:00 Yeah, Grimal is voiced by the same person who voiced Shadowsun in TTS, so Kitten's ex both ways XD 41:41 yeah she is definitely not over it 58:40 the old Nokia N-Gage 1:07:40 apple brandy, if I understand it 1:17:00 Yeah, gotta be wary about the /seemingly/normal dude in this kind of setting 1:19:00 and here Marckus might have just cast his first curse, using a beloved possession of the victim as the focus 1:28:39 up until this point during my first watch, I had though Elise had actually done the cursing. But, here it seems she suspects Marckus being the source of it all

[@miroslavradev9006]

Ooohoho, hoping by the end of this reaction another episode drops

[@Airier]

If only. 😁

[@deadshields8561]

I don't think we really have any 7/11 analogues over here. Just smaller versions of the main shops: Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

For reference, Marckus's phone is a Nokia N-Gage: a gloriously infamous piece of gaming history. This side-talking taco was Nokia's attempt to create a mobile gaming console that was fairly ahead of its time: it could play games, go online, text, make calls, and play videos I think. Pretty much anything an early 2000's snartphone could do, it could do... slightly worse. Yeah, the buttons were hard enough being a phone with hard-to-use physical buttons, but it also sucked ten types of Ass as the buttond were super clunky for gaming. Plus, the microphone and ear piece were on top of it, which meant the face of the N-Gage would be pointing out wherever YOUR face was at; leading to a very awkward and silly look. In fact, I think was the first thing to receive wide-scale online mockery and memery. Heard it has good ports of Tomb Raider and Duke Nukem though.

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

An hour and a half?! Well I know what I am doing tonight.

[@Airier]

No breaks. Doing it all in one go. 😁

[@spacecowboy3719]

@@Airier that's what I did

[@Scream_Lord]

Kuie-Jin are basically but not really Asian Vampires. They have a few favore differences but they are basically the exact same thing as vampire. It's like the differences between African and Asian Elephants. Minor, and inconsequential

[@tanall5959]

So, for the benefit of anyone that has not tried to google it: The Rainbow Goblins is a jazz/rock fusion album. I think it was still pretty rare at the time the story takes place.

[@ComingSoonEntertainment]

The reason for the word **Blank** is actually in line with the term **Blank body** is referring to the low body temp vampires naturally have. It is a recent term BTW.

[@raw6668]

Actually, the squats Marcus talked about doing are impressive. Low bar squats are you lean forward and do squats while moving into a forward angle and back up. That means he is doing an exercise that has him leaning forward and moving the entire body up and down with 260lbs multiple times without falling on his face or breaking his back. I assume multiple items as exercises like that are generally in sets of 5-20. With 5-10 being on heavier weight. It is less impressive if it was single set to see how strong he is, but still, that is doing a combo of bending over and squatting over 200lbs, not a lot of people can do that. I mean I could, but I can do a straight squat of over 350bs, but it can be hard without proper form.

[@Airier]

😯 Oh wow. That is impressive.

[@Mare_Man]

-Kitten's ex -Weeb -Blue Connect the dots

[@Airier]

SHES A NECRON!!!?

[@marbles4442]

Im still thoroughly lost

[@marmyeater]

Near as I can figure, these are some of the stats of Markus, Harry, and Brok Blacklaw: Brok Blacklaw- Strength 5 Stamina 5 Wits 2 Brawl 5 Merits: Huge Size (4 points) Health 8/8 Markus- Strength 4 Charisma 2 Manipulation 2 Appearance 2 Perception 1 Intelligence 5 Wits 1 Arete: at least 5 Spheres: Entropy- 5 Health 2/7 Harry- Strength 4 (Heavy Lifting) Stamina 5 (Tenacious) Health 7/7 (For most playable races Attributes [Strength, Dexterity, Stamina, Charisma, Manipulation, Appearance, Perception, Intelligence, and Wits] and Abilities [Brawl, Firearms, Driving, Academics, Occult, etc.] are measure 1-5, with average being 2, and at 4 specialties in a particular field are chosen)

[@Rhinemann]

Nah, no way Markus has that high Arete and Entropy, it's almost certainly Wild Talent merit, if we want to get really mechanical, because otherwise the Arete would show much more narratively and the Spheres are normally about conscious understanding of principles governing such a Sphere, which Markus seems to lack.

[@Scream_Lord]

Hokuto no Ken is the Japanese name of Fist of the North Star

[@MarqFJA87]

So, uh, some parallels to WH40K that you appear to have missed: Grimal being Kitten's ex, blue/cyan-haired, *and* an extreme weeb makes her seem like she's this world's version of Shadowsun. With Marckus as the obvious Tzeentchian stand-in with his intellectuality and interest in the supernatural (and now the hints of him being a latent mage), Harry seems to represent Khorne with his physicality (big muscles, regularly goes to the gym, was pissed and about to get physically violent with Brok and his flunkies when they started throttling his friends), Grimal seems quite Slaanesh-y with her shameless degeneracy, and Elise's morbid humor and interests along with her rather... large build remind me of Nurgle. Brok, Git and Spit come across as quite Ork-like in designs and behavior, like either a Warboss and two regular Boyz, or an Ork and two Gretchin minions. Also, fun fact: Salmonella infection is commonly passed on to humans through infected animals, especially pets... like dogs. Puts the "sickness of dogs past" curse into a different perspective, huh?

[@zombieslayer2016]

Grimal is a lot closer to tau, hell she's even supposed to be kittens rx AKA Shadowsun and Harry is way too nice to be a khorne analog

[@MarqFJA87]

@@zombieslayer2016 Yeah, well, Marckus is a lot nicer than canon Magnus and even TTS Magnus, so you could say that the four represent a positive and "lite" version of what the four Chaos Gods stand for.

[@Kaymazo]

Harry seemed to mostly actually hold back from getting violent and wanting to deescalate somehow... Which doesn't feel very Khorne.

[@MarqFJA87]

@@Kaymazo Hence what I said in my above reply about them being "positive lite" versions of the Chaos Gods. He's not going to pick a fight, but he's definitely going to end it; he's basically a "gentle giant" that you'd do well not to give a reason to stop being gentle (well, at least in theory; by his own admission, he doesn't have combat experience, likely because of his peacefulness).

[@Kaymazo]

@@MarqFJA87 except that's not positive lite, that's more the opposite.

[@davidfrancisco3502]

Mummies are actual undead entities alongside vampires and wraiths.

[@marmyeater]

Aren't they completely reincarnated?

[@davidfrancisco3502]

@@marmyeater Kind of, I think remember reading their reincarnation is some sort of symbiotic possession with living humans and the mummies comes from the many civilizations where the preservation of the dead bodies of kings, heroes and sages was practiced aka the egiptians, the ancient chinese and many south american kingdoms.

[@thorveim1174]

about the ad at the start: its Alfa doing it for free to prop up the local hobby store that got him in warhammer in the first place. Its a real life statement when he sayd he wouldn't be here making videos without it. also, grimal is shadowsun's equivalent to kitten: past relationship, and something to do with japan... yeah :p lastly, tesco is a store like walmart is. So basically you expect tesco wine to be crappy box wine i guess.

[@Tucker0603]

While I think all of Markus' friends are great I must admit....dayum I got a crush on Elise.

[@Airier]

The artist, who's linked to the original video, was already commissioned for full body art of her. 😁

[@Tucker0603]

@@Airier already seen some full body art of her, love it 😎

[@readcall3612]

I havent started the video and i allred excited for this

[@morthasa]

An appropriate reaction.

[@marmyeater]

29:00- 100% carries. Big emphasis on corrupt officials and higher ups that break their own organizations rules to retain: power, prestige, and to just screw over people they don't like.

[@randomdoomer8549]

Yep Grimal is the Tau ex of kitten makes sense again

[@Airier]

... I just got home the weeb aspect of Grimal makes she Shadowsun's spiritual successor. 😯

[@mechafan1178]

Am I the only one that thinks Slackjaw and his goons are giving off Ork boi energy?

[@Airier]

Definitely intentionally. 😁

[@jush2000]

Come on, even orks have some level of politeness and you’re throwing shade on them by comparing them to slackjaw

[@Lord_Numpty]

Everyone who has _ever watched this audio log_ has thought that, so no. You most certainly are not.

[@antke1472]

The implication that American alcochol might be imported for a pub makes me shudder. And I'm not even German

[@Airier]

Actually, the majority of it is. And considering how far domestic beers you can come from, imported from another country might still be less distance (sometimes). Edit: And I just realized you were talking about American beer being imported to great britain. I'm an idiot. 😅

[@thejestor9378]

If it’s an Apple based alcohol, like Apple Cider, Applejack Brandy, or Apple Whiskey, it’s most likely coming from America or Canada. Canada is the one you want for Apple Whiskey and Apple Cider, America for Applejack Brandy.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Ah that takes me back to playing Mage: the Ascension back in the 1990s, and trying to come up with both excuses towards the non-Awakened to explain the magic effects away to avoid Paradox, and also coming up with ways to fit what you wanted to do into the mage's own paradigm.

[@EkoBahamut]

I wish Grimal had kept her proto design, where she was a hulking woman strong enough to, as the artist put it, crumple Marckus like paper, and still a weaboo 😆

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

Bog body is a reference to englands bog mummies. Fascinating archeological finds, kinda disturbing to look at though.

[@Palahniuc]

We got a hint of Big D.'s real name in the "Something is wrong with Horse" Episode. It was hinted to be Ditryck Tettela.

[@rustkarl]

Maybe? Knowing Big D it’s probably an alias. Dude says he’s fled at least one country on his shenanigans, not a stretch he’d change his name from time to time for the sake of anonymity or because he felt like it.

[@bthsr7113]

I'd actually heard about Gavle, Sweden and their competing traditions for the annual GoatS (they have a backup, but that gets burned almost as often) from Radio Dead Air, a great youtube channel for stupid local level news. And for poisoning your remaining faith in humanity while you laugh at idiots. A crazed man in Norfolk, England listening to a family station in Miami, Florida being hijacked for an add by a crazed Swedish man. I kind of hope that HobbyShoppen has appropriate units painted in Free Rassalhague Republic colors. It's the glue. His favorite son is a horse. I didn't notice the scowl until he mentioned the war gaming on the first go round, though. I.... don't know what you mean about weird things on the air in Florida. I know Floridaman is a walking statistical extreme outlier in any statistic, but I don't know what you're referencing. Didn't you hear, he's NOT paying them. There are European style pubs if you know where to look. To my understanding. Like there's a darn good German restaurant in Milwaukee. Near as I can tell, Harry IS normal. At least for now. I don't know about the paddle, but Yaoi is boy's love, and Markus is engaged to a dude. Yeah, he READ original series Dragonball. In the early 00's or earlier. Today, that is major veteran nerd cred. Grimal is Tau Empire to me. She notably fights like a Kroot with all the biting, so I see her as more than just a Tau/Shadow Sun stand in that others see. Elise is probably Necron. Sedentary, sneaky, has relatives scattered around, slow, wise, and still macabre. Not only is Marcus not sharing how he unwittingly helped the vamps escape, he's also leaving out how, which would be useful intel for his friends. Hmm, a big red dude making mistakes because of ignorance, but then not supervising or informing a friend who echoes that mistake. Sludge Lad is what they called the one who got out. The Nosferatu clan. From this episode, the Arcanum isn't really a hunter organization. It seeks and stores knowledge of the arcane, while SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWLY disseminating it amongst its followers, but it doesn't use it (which they may have valid reasons for, like avoiding their entire organization being considered an active and necessary target for all Camarilla before the Arcanum truly has enough knowledge to fight a full on war)). And another reason they call them blanks is a failure of detection on modern sensors. I think. I don't think they know how old Big D and the lineages he creates are given this is a stagnant organization that seems to respect age/seniority above all else, they would throw themselves at his feet if they knew. I think it's more about Big D being uncouth and, if I'm being generous to the "old fogies" drawing too much attention with offensive operations. Big D wants to inform people, but carefully. This sounds much more like petty old fops playing at internal politics more than actually being useful. Or if you want to culturally subvert a region, you rip away their stories and burn them. Or you edit out divinity and other things you take offense too. The English are hardly strangers to that kind of revisionism and selective preservation. I forget what episode 1 said about their ban. Dub. For. Life. It's for the best of her and her soft side she hasn't found a fairy. Fae aren't the Disney type of fairy. Probably a lot more like Dresden Files, and I'm not messing with that. You can get involved with the Fae if you want, but I'll be more inclined towards avoiding them like terrorists with chemical, biological, and radiological grenades. Kuei Jin seem to be one of those things made when Asian culture was really popular, but the insensitivity warranted removal from later editions. They were "special Asian" vamps who will not be appearing here. Apparently it's the Japanese name for Fist of the North Star. Or so I'm told. What's really surprising is that she slept that long. The fungal analogues. Yeah, it really is like how Umbridge is despised in a way Voldemort never. Or Odalia from Owl House getting more hate than even the second coming of Frollo in certain areas. This is the UK. Civilian handguns aren't really a thing. Their best weapons available are the cutlery and Grimal's paddle. He said imports, so it's not an English thing. The consensus is that Markus has his "Awakening" as an entropy mage. Grimal MVP of the friends.

[@gokbay3057]

Yaoi Peddle is an early 2000s weeb culture thing (which you know, Grimal basically is the early-mid 2000s weeb culture). Also, I think "Alfa" was paying the Radio host but Hoppyshoppen was not paying.

[@bthsr7113]

@@gokbay3057 I know they didn't pay. He said it in the source description. Side note, when he dies, Karl's brain needs to set aside for scientific study.

[@thejestor9378]

So, does anyone want to explain the differences of Applejack Brandy, Apple Cider, Non-alcoholic Apple Cider, and Apple Whiskey for Airier, or should I do so later when I got the time to type it all up? Cause that’s a subject in and of itself even within the realm of Alcoholic beverages.

[@marmyeater]

This wasn't a sponsored ad, this was him experimenting and letting us know they are coming.

[@MrOmoreau]

That my dear friend is a nokia n-gage..... Damn I fell old just remembering that

[@DarthSidian]

My favourite part of this was hearing you speak of your beloved wife out of a sense of fear of the hobby shop, because you know full well she's not going to accept denial of going to the shop.

[@samuelwhite1129]

Bog Bodies are a phenomenon where a body sinks into a bog and the acidity and saline content of the water, in combination with the isolation from air, causes the body to be preserved. The skin turns to leather but hair, bone and even tattoos are preserved. Due to the number of Marshes and Peat Bogs in the British isles, the UK has many bog bodies.

[@davidvosswater]

Listening to burgerkrieg's breakdown of Changling, I swear it sounds like he's describing Brok to a T when he's talking about Red Caps. I wouldn't be surprised to find out in a later portion that he is a changling.

[@Samuraiedge2]

For note: The Rainbow Goblins is a studio album by Masayoshi Takanaka.

[@quynlanvuorensyrja5484]

Blacklaw’s reaction to the chair was less “oh god, dad will kill me if I break that!” And more “oh god, a child just picked up a load gun and is waving it around asking to play cops and robbers!” I think there’s something nasty bound in that chair

[@chakradarrat8832]

33:20 it's a music album

[@Fort_Master]

Remember this show takes place in 2006, this is early 2000's Weeb culture going on here!

[@MrKangaroo123]

I really do hope they make reference at some point to clan Tzimisce, the Tzimisce mission in Blood lines absolutely traumasied me for weeks after playing it. I would not be surprised if Krakus was a Tzimisce

[@Crossil]

Big D was unhappy when they mentioned glue. You know how it was made, no?

[@jackmack4181]

1:15:45 not exactly, there are is trigger word for each individual that causes them to become instantly sober. Some can activate through pure will or just pure rage. How do you think the Irish and Scots are always so drunk yet so sober.

[@SwordlordRoy]

"Have we figured out if Mummies are real yet?" Good question. To my knowledge (never played World of Darkness properly, so at best know from Wikis) there have been no less than 3 attempts to bring Mummies in...all have been so obscure that not even most fans know for sure if they were official or not.

[@ComingSoonEntertainment]

Also most of this seems like world build for THIS iteration of WoD Norfolk. It's really good world building and I love it.

[@thejestor9378]

It’s Norfolk, they have lots of immature names for places.

[@rebeccathomas8024]

"Marckus might be a mage" I can see the reasoning here, considering where Marckus's main inspiration comes from, but I DONT think thats it. (I have a theory Big-D is a vampire of the 3rd generation, just with a wiped memory based on his insanity, and considering how old he claims to be, the fact that he claims to have bested an ancient vampire, talks about the past like he lived it, and how old Door is, so Marckus COULD be part vampire BUUUUT only time will tell in this story. Its just a theory on my end, lol) The cop was ghouled by Kevin, the Vampire Wizard. I dont know much about Vampire: The Masquerade, but i can wager a guess to say that him drinking Kevin's blood gave him magic abilities, based on how the whole Diablerization thing works in the Masquerade universe. The blades exploding was the cop casting a spell to dismantle them before he could use them. He stepped in when he did because he either hasnt had enough of Kevin's blood yet to be able to cast a spell strong enough for the big blade, OR Kevin's blood isnt as potent as the Lady Regent's, thus not potent enough to give him the ability to cast a strong enough dismantle spell to break it. EITHER THAT or hes not used to it, and with the second blade physically harming Slackjaw, he didnt wanna risk maiming him worse with the big blade. One of the three, in my opinion.

[@sullieduser6116]

See being a rougue hunter, is as it said are few who choose to go out int9 the nights alone, is like no back up and possible having more experienced hunters who gonna kill you before the vampires do. Like the concept is fun for a game but way more dangerous. Since you would have to steal supplies since the Arcanum controls your funds.

[@NocturnusArtemis]

I am so proud of Alfabusa giving himself voice roles and leveraging his Swedish-ness in this ad, while I will miss his role as one of the Perv-stodies in TTS I will always be happy to hear his dulcet Swedish harpy impersonations.

[@Master_E444]

Not directly related to the video but I think Kitten here is some kind of Kinfolk. Their the mostly human relatives of werecreatures who possess some latent genes from them but can't manifest their abilities. If I remember right though, they are tougher and still kind of animal like so it's certainly a possibility. Plus I think when he was referring to those dumb enough to trust them, I think he means he was betrayed by someone he trusted, possibly part of his family. Just my theory on the matter

[@zerosfan]

Am I the only one who likes Grimel

[@shador9560]

I like her, she's amazing.

[@gege0298]

no the goblin fiend is beloved and reviled in equal parts

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

She is amazing.

[@Airier]

She's a fun little weeb goblin. 😁👍

[@wolfenrichtophen6010]

Applejack is an American Whiskey, originated during the Colonial-era, if I recall... Made by freeze distilling, and a process known as jacking, it's a Winter Spirit. Warms you up a bit.

[@neogokiMK00]

Tell Potato, Marckus can SQUAT! XD

[@neogokiMK00]

...where is Kevin? Ya know the Vampire Wizard?