Post by Dash Sean the Ragemonster on Aug 21, 2016 22:00:45 GMT -6
OK, time for me to do something new. Since I no longer have VIP status in Neverwinter, and podcast + Marvel Heroes 2016 = blue screen of death, I'm going to use this post to pull a Jade and live blog Dice Funk. Totally stealing her gimmick, but I bet she won't even be mad. Also, dope ass new Sennheiser headphones will make this the richest and most comfortable Dice Funk audio experience ever. And we begin.
Wow, this has nothing to do with the podcast, but this is a different experience with good headphones.
Yeah, I've always viewed Violet up on two legs piloting the boat like a people.
"Sorry about the slavery thing, my bad"
"I have lots of things inside me"
I kind of like Leon doing actual serious character development stuff, telling Violet's motivations.
Poor Violet can never get drunk again
Overall this is opening with a lot of deep character stuff. Considering that the characters have generally been kind of sillier this season it's nice to see that there is a lot going on behind the scenes with why they do things.
And now I pause because my brother gave me his WWE Network login and Summerslam is streaming live...
Dean Ambrose over Dolph Ziggler. OK, I know that Dolph is a two time world champ but how the hell can I take a guy seriously when his name sounds like the main character in Boogie Nights?
OK, that Divas 6 woman tag match was WAY better wrestling than the world title match that came before it. That was some great wrestling. It's so good to see women on a wrestling show who are valued for their skill in the ring and not just as models having fucking pillow fights in the ring (that was an actual thing in the late 90's)
God, I forgot how slow paced WWE PPV's are. Like there is 5 years between matches. I could sworn they used to have at least backstage stuff, now it's just all promo reels followed by pure filler.
Seth Rollins just dropped a Michinoku Driver...
Holy fuck, they put the WWE Universal Title on Finn FUCKING Balor.
Roman Reigns vs Rusev... snack break time
I guess a garbage non-match is better than a garbage match. It's almost like they had to write Rusev off for a month. Wonder if Rusev is going to have "violated the WWE wellness policy" tomorrow.
Main Event time. Brock Lesnar vs Randy Orton. This could be really good. I mean, it could be a poorly booked crapfest, but both of these guys can WORK. Let's see if they let Orton lead and make this great.
Brock's shorts make me hungry with the Jimmy John's adds...
This match makes so little sense. No belt at stake, neither guy could be helped by going over, and the only thing that could be affected is throwing shade on Undertaker if Orton beats the guy who beat him...
Orton with at least a .9 Muta
Crowd with a GOLDBERG chant...
Well, that just sucked. It was pretty much a squash match where Lesnar ate Orton for lunch interrupted by an RKO and maybe 2 minutes of Orton being alive before he bladed to hard that he might actually be dead. A PPV Main Event should end with me being either happy or sad, not just confused by the booking and there being no fucking point to any of it. I literally had standing derp face at that ending. I guess Orton had to take some time off?
Though the RKO being beaten by TKO... somebody at WWE creative is giving themselves such a pat on the back for that one, the clever dick.
OK, PPV over. BACK TO DICE FUNK!
Also, Johnny is simply wrong. Gif is not spelled like peanut butter.
Wait, guests can post to the forums? I just noticed the post above this.
I love Violet's fake buttons, btw.
New headcannon: Violet leaps directly from the boat every time they disembark, flying at least 40'.
Coyne... there was a kid who was a Freshman when I was a senior in high school with that last name. He had long luxurious hair and and literally looked like a girl. This episode is the first time I've thought of him in 20 years.
"And I'm a fucking Unicorn"
It reminds me of a shirt I have with David the Gnome on it that says "You Don't Gnome"
"Do glisten" no, Leon, that's what your horn does.
Violet's reaction to the gnomes is just so good. "It's the Violet 1"
I love how Leon is actually playing through exactly how he said what was going through Violet's mind.
And Vinnie is kinda snapping in just the cutest way.
I like the distinction, "flesh murderer"
"Kills the Dracula"
The whole I'm inside him thing just makes me think of my own fics
I really love how they made like all the worst choices and somehow everything worked out. They probably should have party wiped.
I do like Vinny being troubled and talking to her dad about these things and dad being all protective. Very nice roll play by Lauren there.
Overall great episode. Lots of character development, which is weird because the big set piece of the episode was a fight. But the way everything went down really fed into the characterization.
If you read this whole thing, even the fucking WWE aside, you are pretty strange and I wonder about your life choices.
Wow, this has nothing to do with the podcast, but this is a different experience with good headphones.
Yeah, I've always viewed Violet up on two legs piloting the boat like a people.
"Sorry about the slavery thing, my bad"
"I have lots of things inside me"
I kind of like Leon doing actual serious character development stuff, telling Violet's motivations.
Poor Violet can never get drunk again
Overall this is opening with a lot of deep character stuff. Considering that the characters have generally been kind of sillier this season it's nice to see that there is a lot going on behind the scenes with why they do things.
And now I pause because my brother gave me his WWE Network login and Summerslam is streaming live...
Dean Ambrose over Dolph Ziggler. OK, I know that Dolph is a two time world champ but how the hell can I take a guy seriously when his name sounds like the main character in Boogie Nights?
OK, that Divas 6 woman tag match was WAY better wrestling than the world title match that came before it. That was some great wrestling. It's so good to see women on a wrestling show who are valued for their skill in the ring and not just as models having fucking pillow fights in the ring (that was an actual thing in the late 90's)
God, I forgot how slow paced WWE PPV's are. Like there is 5 years between matches. I could sworn they used to have at least backstage stuff, now it's just all promo reels followed by pure filler.
Seth Rollins just dropped a Michinoku Driver...
Holy fuck, they put the WWE Universal Title on Finn FUCKING Balor.
Roman Reigns vs Rusev... snack break time
I guess a garbage non-match is better than a garbage match. It's almost like they had to write Rusev off for a month. Wonder if Rusev is going to have "violated the WWE wellness policy" tomorrow.
Main Event time. Brock Lesnar vs Randy Orton. This could be really good. I mean, it could be a poorly booked crapfest, but both of these guys can WORK. Let's see if they let Orton lead and make this great.
Brock's shorts make me hungry with the Jimmy John's adds...
This match makes so little sense. No belt at stake, neither guy could be helped by going over, and the only thing that could be affected is throwing shade on Undertaker if Orton beats the guy who beat him...
Orton with at least a .9 Muta
Crowd with a GOLDBERG chant...
Well, that just sucked. It was pretty much a squash match where Lesnar ate Orton for lunch interrupted by an RKO and maybe 2 minutes of Orton being alive before he bladed to hard that he might actually be dead. A PPV Main Event should end with me being either happy or sad, not just confused by the booking and there being no fucking point to any of it. I literally had standing derp face at that ending. I guess Orton had to take some time off?
Though the RKO being beaten by TKO... somebody at WWE creative is giving themselves such a pat on the back for that one, the clever dick.
OK, PPV over. BACK TO DICE FUNK!
Also, Johnny is simply wrong. Gif is not spelled like peanut butter.
Wait, guests can post to the forums? I just noticed the post above this.
I love Violet's fake buttons, btw.
New headcannon: Violet leaps directly from the boat every time they disembark, flying at least 40'.
Coyne... there was a kid who was a Freshman when I was a senior in high school with that last name. He had long luxurious hair and and literally looked like a girl. This episode is the first time I've thought of him in 20 years.
"And I'm a fucking Unicorn"
It reminds me of a shirt I have with David the Gnome on it that says "You Don't Gnome"
"Do glisten" no, Leon, that's what your horn does.
Violet's reaction to the gnomes is just so good. "It's the Violet 1"
I love how Leon is actually playing through exactly how he said what was going through Violet's mind.
And Vinnie is kinda snapping in just the cutest way.
I like the distinction, "flesh murderer"
"Kills the Dracula"
The whole I'm inside him thing just makes me think of my own fics
I really love how they made like all the worst choices and somehow everything worked out. They probably should have party wiped.
I do like Vinny being troubled and talking to her dad about these things and dad being all protective. Very nice roll play by Lauren there.
Overall great episode. Lots of character development, which is weird because the big set piece of the episode was a fight. But the way everything went down really fed into the characterization.
If you read this whole thing, even the fucking WWE aside, you are pretty strange and I wonder about your life choices.