@@SeedlessProductions I can’t remember which episode but it was the one where the harvestmen are first mentioned I’m guessing Ep9? It was mentioned how it was originally halfling nation then colonised by the humans and then became the mixed species/race nation state it is now.
Also: wouldn’t it be extra dangerous for halfling farmers to grow a crop as tall as corn? Now I’m just picturing cornfields deliberately planted as barriers between halfling communities. But y’know, Praise Helio I guess.
Ride or Die is definitely traditional halfling values. Like your cousin's cousin you sometimes smoke weed with gets stuck with a cursed ring his uncle stole, so you, your cousin, your cousin's cousin and your cousin's cousin's uncle's gardner's son ... Well to make a long story short, shit goes down, trees walk, buildings explode, and the gardner's son stabs a bunch of people and also a spider.
"Well, y'know, sometimes we have to come to terms with our loved ones not being the best of folks, and just, y'know, keep in mind that forgiveness comes secondary to justice."
“We’re law abiding citizens” Couple episodes later.. *the cubby’s and their fellow resistance fighters break the bad kids out of jail and shoot up the police station*
"Laws are threats made by the dominant socio-economic ethnic group in a given nation. It's just a promise of violence that's enacted and police are basically an occupying army. You know what I mean?" I'm totally going to be using this. I don't know when or where but this is getting used.
Wonderful Communism pushed through a game of D&D. I wonder what the demographic is for the crowd that would watch a show like this? Colledge age I assume. By the comments alone it seems there are plenty of you brainwashed Marxists to go around. I have a question for you Commies, do you ever get tired of playing the victim?
schmidt I'm as about as butt hurt as anyone who wants to play a game of d&d and not being forced to identify my or anyones gender or brand of politics in a make believe world. You seem to think that everyone should not care if someone plays a game of d&d that particular way. Your next comment would probably be don't watch then. I happen to like d&d I've played since 2nd edition and I've never seen such madness (until now), of wanting to play characters based on politics and gender dysphoria.
@Tadd Hawker I definitely wouldn't want to play any of the campaigns you've played then lol. Must be boring as fuck to play a campaign where you don't include any philosophical, economical, theological, or political themes etc. Some of the best campaigns I've played in have had multiple radically different kingdoms directly opposed to each other in every way filled with philosophical, theological, and political themes. Causing the players to constantly look at things from different perspectives to see the good and bad in everything. They've been the most interesting campaigns I've played in. And what's wrong in wanting to have characters based around politics or gender? Hell that sounds like potentially awesome characters. It could lead to interesting conflict between characters and npc's and could potentially lead to interesting character growth depending on the direction the character goes. D&D is a fantasy game where you can be anyone and do anything and yet here you are saying people can't be anyone or do anything because you disagree with that thing. You are a closed minded person and should really work on fixing yourself.
I guess has there been a new wave of radicalization with the BLM protests and things? I remember for me it was 2016, I still feel like a baby leftie but hey, it’s cool to see more people becoming aware of these things. Personally I worry that our trend will go less anarcho-socialist and more progress liberal/social Democratic because that’s what happens a lot of time, but hey. Shoutout to all my far left homies.
This will never not be relevant. Especially given how frequently cops murder innocent people. As of writing this, another police murder was just ruled as ‘accidental’ and protests are really kicking up.
Yea, the way police function in America has been an issue since the very beginning, it's just that it's become more obvious where the cracks are and how shoddy the construction is
brennan just like. pulls these beautiful parallels and speeches and wonderfully constructed sentences out of his ass constantly and it never ceases to amaze me
How about just no idolization of the cops at pride and have them be discrete? As many problems as I have with them, a few would be nice to respond to any potentially violent homophobes.
@@agentjj1237 Bud isn't just an anarchist. There is a socialist in there too. he simply believes that the way that laws are enacted heavily favors the most powerful group of people in a given nation. However, if Elmville really runs how America does then the most powerful group doesn't actually represent the majority. Instead, it is the indecently rich capitalists that control our laws and therefore our armies. AKA an oligarchy. Bud just wants to bring down the oligarchy and replace it with a government that actually represents the needs of its citizens.
when you realize the model minority is legit the defense mechanism so many use to justify their own existence so some coked out piece of shit doesn't shoot them in the face or mistake what is a 13 year old kid as an adult and waste them. This is America, don't catch you tripping up...
I like how Emily completely proves the point by saying “It doesn’t sound like this is something someone who looks like you should say” immediately after. And I’m honestly not sure if she got that or not when she said it. She’s pretty quick though so maybe she asked it as an extension of Brennans joke but it didn’t seem like it.
Ain't no better NPC than Bud Cubby, and I'll say it again, every time something comes up missing, the guards wanna hassle the halflings or the tieflings even if they were all the away across town, Ol Bud was just speaking truth
I love how revealing having friendly radical anarcho-socialist NPCs was regarding the actual players politics here, you can see who gets it right away and who has trouble seeing things from that perspective. Brennan pushing those buttons at the right pace while being hilarious is damn impressive.
I know Murph is the most hesitant to side with the Cubby's, but I really just think that's good roleplay on his part. Riz was raised by cops, and has spent his entire life wanting to be like his parents. it would be extremely out of character for him to act otherwise
@AliceVie I mean Fig’s whole life was recently turned upside down but she was used to a pretty suburban privileged life before. She wants people to see her as tough and aloof but clearly is still a softie and grew up privileged. Ofc she finds the people trying to burn down the status quo off-putting. For most of her life she *was* the status quo.
@AliceVie I don't think so, to be honest. If there's one thing I remember about Fig, it's that she is paranoid as shit. She questions everything and everyone at least once.
@AliceVie As someone who’s done political agitation with a couple punk witches who grew up upper-middle class and got disowned by their parents, I related super hard to Fig rolling to see if they were secret demons
While this is true, what is the inherent problem in that? Laws without the threat of force behind them are meaningless, and without law, society breaks down
@@amberbee1053 oh I’m not saying that America’s system is perfect, far from it. I absolutely support reforming how we treat criminals, because a revolving door on a prison is *not* a good thing. But all laws need to be backed by the threat of force, or they will be ignored.
@@olorinmagus4479 There's something to be said about the legitimacy and authority of laws: laws that one follows almost naturally, and laws that one follows purely because of the threat of punishment. Both types of law exist within any legal system. This comes up in a lot of legal philosophy, and I remember none of the book titles I read them from. So... yeah lol
Brennan's genius in story telling and quote selection with the line "I'm not advocating that you put a pig down" is memorable alone so that as a viewer you don't forget it and then later adding the "You guys want to make some bacon" is genius writing.
Brennan hit the nail on the head with this one. Gotta support this amazing group and make sure they stay in business. Despite losing almost their entire staff 6 months ago, College Humor is giving all merch proceeds for June to BLM and affiliate organizations. Keep Bud Cubby in your hearts, I already bought the Mug they just made with his quote.
I try not to steal from other DMs I see online... But friendly anarcho-socialist halflings are something I need to incorporate into my game at the soonest earliest convenience.
One of the beautiful things about D&D is that we can insert ideas, characters, plots, etc into our games *by design* and as *norm* within the community. It's false to think of inserting things like this as theft - the context, meaning and consequences are different. You're playing not producing, it's private not public, etc.
I made one of my characters come from a small multi-community federation of prototypical ancoms whose home was destroyed by enclosure and land developers whom they defeated in a campaign similar to the Scouring of the Shire from the end of The Lord of The Rings. Even has an evil wizard in his backstory like Saruman.
I stole from it, but just made an american redneck with a mullet who owned a gunshop, but believed in anarcho-socialism. It threw my group for a loop that's for sure.
Hey do Midwesterners count as model minorities among the greater white population? Because I feel like there's a lot of stereotypes about "nice" Minnesotans that is really portraying you guys as cute and cuddly teddy bears, and frankly, I've been to the bush and I know you can't all be like that.
The only bad part of this campaign is the fact that Bud Cubby never met Bill Seacaster. Because... my god. Imagine that friendship... and Brennan's inevitable narrative exhaustion.
Tbh I think Bud would have *hated* Bill, given Bill is literally a pirate who made a fortune exploiting, robbing, and murdering innocent people and came to Solace so the government would protect him against retribution. Bill is the 1% that cops exist to protect.
So while an encounter between these two would’ve been epic, their ideas about WHY laws are bad would’ve been a powder keg. Cubby says “Laws are threats by the dominant socio-economic”, while Bill says “Laws are fiction invented by the poor to harass the powerful”. I’m not sure the two would’ve gotten along
Lol they either be best friends or mortal enemies, because one believes laws was invented by a strong to suppress the weak, one believes laws were created by the week to annoy the strong, same belief, just coming at it from opposite angles 😂
“Wow this is relevant NOW” Brennan didn’t just make these up out of thin air 😭 he based it off something, and now YOU have heard of that something, it’s always existed, Brennan is just very creative and uses what he knows for art
I fucking love the cubby's i love that Emily thought it was funny how innocent and nice they were and how radical their views are but i genuinely think that made them realistic!
i remember losing my fucking mind during the prison scene. i had just fully embraced ACAB and both brennan and bud shattered my expectations. the cubby's are so damn iconic
I love the idea of a perfect nuclear family that are also straight up anarchist terrorists this needs to be a show on Netflix "oh honey you having trouble with bullies at school? Well just remember you can't rely on a system to protect you" *hands his 11 year old daughter a glock*
@@Da_Shark terrorism refers to attacking civilian targets, particularly outside the main area of conflict. As Bud says: "Laws are threats made by the dominant socio-economic ethnic group in a given nation. It's just a promise of violence that's enacted and police are basically an occupying army". It is insurgency no doubt, but not terrorism. Terrorism would be if he, say, bombed a school or kidnapped the relatives of cops to extort them.
@@Mewobiba ok I have been educated but still you have to admit that would be a fucking amazing Netflix show perfect family who are also anarchist terrorists at night
This makes them better! The best community leaders have been politically radical! Look up the Black Panther Party programs. Radical politics is more of an indicator that a person cares about the collective society rather than an indictment that they dont. EDIT: radical as in communist or anarchist
@@charliecoke7396 right, well while their politics seem radical to our sentiments, they are really just the right wing of an uncertain empire, their political project in reality is very much in line with US politics not even a century ago.
I recommend "anarcho-syndicalism: theory and practice" by Rudolph Rocker or "Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution" by Peter Kropotkin. The former is quite short and definitely my favorite writer in theory and the latter is a refutation of Darwinism by the author of "the bread book" Cheers, friend.
The brilliance of introducing politically awakened halflings, discovering your players are uneasy with that, and just leaning in to it, rapidly escalating the halflings into violent revolutionaries... Fuckin' masterclass DMing.
I love that Brennan's natural instinct at the parties viceral reaction to the Cubby's extreme political views was to up the ante and literally full-send them as accelerationist revolutionaries.
@@SupSatire you want allies that are anarchists? You absolutely do not say you have close family that’s from a government or extragovernment agency like that. That’s how we just completely shut down any further conversation with you.
@@commanderfoxtrot They had just met this family. It'd be weird if he didn't take offense at the idea of kidnapping/killing random cops when his mother was one.
@@YorkJonhson The family was pretty open about being anarchists. Unless you're living under a rock, one should know that mentioning they know cops to an anarchist is out of the question.
I don't know why the algorythm decided I need to see this but... I've been mulling a setting if I ever get back to TTRPGs where most halfling communities are anarcho-communist (agrarian), most dwarven communities are marxist-leninist (heavy industry), and the dispersed gnome nation is a co-operative commonwealth (manufacturing, trade, but especially postal/telegrams/librarians).
Bud Cubby coming back to save them was one of my favorite moments of the show, hes such a good character, cute little halfling who's an anarcho-socialist, love him
The thing that radicalized me was that song from that Warframe expansion with the robot people debt slaves. Basically straight shot from there to actual leftist music to fucking Kropotkin
Last week I re-went through every episode they were in to get my fill of my favorite crazy socialist halflings, and now I can do it whenever with a single clip
All these amazing years and characters later, and I'm still coming back to the Cubby's as my absolute favorite characters and moment in all of Dimension 20. The raw political honesty, the meek midwestern affect, and the downright radical IRA/Black Panther inspired viciousness of the halflings has got to be one of my favorite moments in all D&D and college humor. I think a lot of people over this world know what it's like to have that occupying swine army force unjust laws upon us, a lot of our generation know the failures of capitalism, and it's comforting to know that there are people who can acknowledge all of that and still work at the post office and get ice cream with their kids on the weekends. When it feels like we've lost all stability, and am left frustrated by leftist infighting and horrified by the rise of fascism, I look to the Cubby's. Be kind, enjoy the good things in life, but take no ship from the powers that be. Solidarity and power to the Halfling Revolution and to Brennan.
It's good to see that a video with even slightly political ideas expressed, even comedically, doesn't immediately turn into a conservative dumpster fire in the comments!
Okay but like. This isn't slightly political, this is about the maximum amount of political lmao. Don't get me wrong, I love it! But "let's make some bacon" is pretty damn political lol
I mean, we´re talking about halfling anarchists in a fantasy setting. While the people watching are probably all law abiding citizens that would never go out of their way to actually "smoke a pig" if you catch my drift.
@@sweatyskeleton7390 Yeah, that's almost always the problem - replies are chronological rather than by whatever arcane scoring algorithm TH-cam has. So you will just see who wrote first.
*LETS MAKE SOME FUCKING BACONNN* Lmao still one of my favorite scenes ever from dnd play throughs. I just love these absolutely adorable and based characters. Top tier! The chaos, the everything
@Elijah Fair. Libertarianism is bordering on just anarchism anyway in my opinion - definitely not left wing though, like the above examples. Did start as a left wing ideology in fairness.
@Elijah Where would put Libertarianism on a political compass? It approaches the same concept as no centralised government just from a capitalistic view.
I keep coming back to this video again and again. There is just something about these characters and how Brennan plays them that fascinates me over and over again.
I just realized. Brennen saying "take it down from the inside" is kind of a hint towards Goldenrod being the bbeg for this season. Best way to topple the highest power? Work your way from the inside, and the second most powerful position will have the most options
"I'm not advocating that you put a pig down..."
*Proceeds to put down the whole ass farm*
The sty is straight up empty
Let's make some bacon
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Feed the pigs to the pigs
Made enough bacon to feed a diner at breakfast.
This subplot gets bonus points because Solace used to be a totally independent Halfling nation until humans came in and colonized the fuck out of it
Yeah, I love how it makes even more sense that the halflings are anarchist freedom fighters
Damn I never realized that
When do we find this tidbit out? Because that's incredible.
@@SeedlessProductions I can’t remember which episode but it was the one where the harvestmen are first mentioned I’m guessing Ep9? It was mentioned how it was originally halfling nation then colonised by the humans and then became the mixed species/race nation state it is now.
Also: wouldn’t it be extra dangerous for halfling farmers to grow a crop as tall as corn? Now I’m just picturing cornfields deliberately planted as barriers between halfling communities.
But y’know, Praise Helio I guess.
“I’ll be fucking dead in the ground before I say something to anybody”
This family is immediately ride or die for these kids and I love it
Human lives are too precious to give up to the authorities.
@@ldobehardcore 1 human, 1 half/full (not sure) orc, 1 full (high?) Elf, 1 half elf, 1 telling, 1 goblin... not a lot of human lives lol
Ride or Die is definitely traditional halfling values.
Like your cousin's cousin you sometimes smoke weed with gets stuck with a cursed ring his uncle stole, so you, your cousin, your cousin's cousin and your cousin's cousin's uncle's gardner's son ...
Well to make a long story short, shit goes down, trees walk, buildings explode, and the gardner's son stabs a bunch of people and also a spider.
@@basketballaholic_5818 intelligent life
@@basketballaholic_5818 they're still humanoids though.
The power behind Bud Cubby's quiet disdain when he finds out Riz's mom is A Cop.
It's like, "I did admit there are a few good apples, but all the same, there's now a great big wall between us, kiddo."
Alright, well, you know…
"Well, y'know, sometimes we have to come to terms with our loved ones not being the best of folks, and just, y'know, keep in mind that forgiveness comes secondary to justice."
@@ErikratKhandnalie what are you talking about Riz’s mom is great
@@Butterratbee I mean, she's a cop.
"i'm not advocating that you put a pig down" iconic line
Yes
next appearance "LETS MAKE SOME FUCKIN BACON"
@@LoganWH8 Hey, they never advocated that anyone else do it
instant classic
@@Alpacnologia Do as I say, not as I do.
“We’re law abiding citizens”
Couple episodes later..
*the cubby’s and their fellow resistance fighters break the bad kids out of jail and shoot up the police station*
"I'm not advocating that you put a pig down"
"Wanna make some bacon?"
Look, they have a right to form a well regulated militia to battle against tyranny. Foreign or domestic.
@@internetfriend6701 making bacon yourself is not advocating that other do it. They never advocated for others to do it. Just them.
I’m fully for the idea that the other halflings in ski masks were actually the Cubby’s kids repelling in and fighting
@@james_no_last_name I never imagined that scene any different from that
All
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1'3",1'2" - and that's not just the Cubby's height.
You’re my hero
Bring
Lit
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Based
"Laws are threats made by the dominant socio-economic ethnic group in a given nation. It's just a promise of violence that's enacted and police are basically an occupying army. You know what I mean?" I'm totally going to be using this. I don't know when or where but this is getting used.
Same
Wonderful Communism pushed through a game of D&D. I wonder what the demographic is for the crowd that would watch a show like this? Colledge age I assume. By the comments alone it seems there are plenty of you brainwashed Marxists to go around. I have a question for you Commies, do you ever get tired of playing the victim?
@@taddhawker7741 someone got really butthurt about a make believe world
schmidt I'm as about as butt hurt as anyone who wants to play a game of d&d and not being forced to identify my or anyones gender or brand of politics in a make believe world. You seem to think that everyone should not care if someone plays a game of d&d that particular way. Your next comment would probably be don't watch then. I happen to like d&d I've played since 2nd edition and I've never seen such madness (until now), of wanting to play characters based on politics and gender dysphoria.
@Tadd Hawker I definitely wouldn't want to play any of the campaigns you've played then lol. Must be boring as fuck to play a campaign where you don't include any philosophical, economical, theological, or political themes etc. Some of the best campaigns I've played in have had multiple radically different kingdoms directly opposed to each other in every way filled with philosophical, theological, and political themes. Causing the players to constantly look at things from different perspectives to see the good and bad in everything. They've been the most interesting campaigns I've played in. And what's wrong in wanting to have characters based around politics or gender? Hell that sounds like potentially awesome characters. It could lead to interesting conflict between characters and npc's and could potentially lead to interesting character growth depending on the direction the character goes. D&D is a fantasy game where you can be anyone and do anything and yet here you are saying people can't be anyone or do anything because you disagree with that thing. You are a closed minded person and should really work on fixing yourself.
I think that "halflings with black ski masks rappel in and just start opening fire" will forever be one of the sickest fantasy high moments
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People being like "This is weirdly relevant now, so surprising"
It was always relevant. Brennan was simply ahead of you on the curve.
He's awake and he's not going back to sleep
I guess has there been a new wave of radicalization with the BLM protests and things? I remember for me it was 2016, I still feel like a baby leftie but hey, it’s cool to see more people becoming aware of these things.
Personally I worry that our trend will go less anarcho-socialist and more progress liberal/social Democratic because that’s what happens a lot of time, but hey. Shoutout to all my far left homies.
@@code8825 hell to the fucking yes, my comrade
This will never not be relevant. Especially given how frequently cops murder innocent people. As of writing this, another police murder was just ruled as ‘accidental’ and protests are really kicking up.
Yea, the way police function in America has been an issue since the very beginning, it's just that it's become more obvious where the cracks are and how shoddy the construction is
brennan just like. pulls these beautiful parallels and speeches and wonderfully constructed sentences out of his ass constantly and it never ceases to amaze me
Hes like rumplestilkskin but with stories
He's a psych major i think, so thats probably why
@@bepis602 philosophy!
@@seopark7467 also he was homeschooled and somehow turned out this well-adjusted! literally a miracle as far as I’m concerned.
He does the same stuff with parental advice with Gorgugs parents
i need a Bud Cubby shirt that says "you guys wanna make some bacon"
SECONDED
Third!
FOURTH!✋
Fifth!
I would wear almost any Bud Cubby shirt they put out, honestly.
No cops at pride, Only the Cubbys.
How about just no idolization of the cops at pride and have them be discrete?
As many problems as I have with them, a few would be nice to respond to any potentially violent homophobes.
@@vikmanphotography7984 no we don’t need them the cubbys have it under control
@@vikmanphotography7984 nah the cubby’s are ok
@@vikmanphotography7984 Absolutely fucking not. ACAB.
@@vikmanphotography7984 why would they respond to themselves?
why am I getting this recommended this now of all-
"now I'm not saying you put a pig down"
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
"Wanna make some bacon?"
Does the state know about second breakfast?
@@coreywalker9996 fucking based
I just liked this and made it wicked.
You're most welcome.
This aged like a fine wine
I think literally everything Brennan does it ages like wine
Juanpablo Montalvo Brennan is my literal dad and no one can tell me otherwise
Harrison Kyriacou "Are you my dad?"
Agreed. There's a Dimension 20 sidequest for the Cubbys waiting for us somewhere in an ideal future...
it aged even finer now after jan. 6 2020 when those crazies stormed the white house and the cops dindt do diddly squat
"You look so innocent like the things you're saying shouldn't be coming out of your mouth."
That's the whole model minority thing; isn't it?
Nailed it
See you get it
Also anyone with a baby face that expresses slightly ~spicy~ opinion. Source: am in possession of a baby face
It’s a micro agression
@@arctrog I feel like calling micro-aggressions directed at halflings "Micro-Aggressions" could also be called a micro-aggression
*pulls a lit Molotov*
"That was on fire the whole time?!"
"THE WHOLE TIME KIDDO!!"
Bud for president 2024
...
Uhh...
Do you not know how anarchism works?
@@commanderfoxtrot we make him president so he can officially dismantle the government from the inside.
And screw over other countries too, I guess.
@@agentjj1237 the Robert Evans method, I see.
@@agentjj1237 Bud isn't just an anarchist. There is a socialist in there too. he simply believes that the way that laws are enacted heavily favors the most powerful group of people in a given nation. However, if Elmville really runs how America does then the most powerful group doesn't actually represent the majority. Instead, it is the indecently rich capitalists that control our laws and therefore our armies. AKA an oligarchy. Bud just wants to bring down the oligarchy and replace it with a government that actually represents the needs of its citizens.
@@hoseadowning2814 I'm glad somebody else has proficiency in History and Insight.
As an Asian-American, the comment about Model Minority thing hit different ;-; Amazing worldbuilding, my guy.
:)
when you realize the model minority is legit the defense mechanism so many use to justify their own existence so some coked out piece of shit doesn't shoot them in the face or mistake what is a 13 year old kid as an adult and waste them. This is America, don't catch you tripping up...
I like how Emily completely proves the point by saying “It doesn’t sound like this is something someone who looks like you should say” immediately after. And I’m honestly not sure if she got that or not when she said it. She’s pretty quick though so maybe she asked it as an extension of Brennans joke but it didn’t seem like it.
Fuck, as a white dude didn't quite get this till just now. Omg lol
Frrr.
Ain't no better NPC than Bud Cubby, and I'll say it again, every time something comes up missing, the guards wanna hassle the halflings or the tieflings even if they were all the away across town, Ol Bud was just speaking truth
I read this in buds voice
Absolutely fantastic character creation by Brennan. And this was like, very on the fly if I remember correctly. So amazing
They are like the most awesome characters ever
You're at 666 likes so consider this comment my agreement.
Says a lot about brennan that these are the kinds of people he creates off the top of his head 💛
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Brendon mulligan going off on politics and anarchial direct action using the medium of D&D is the funniest damn thing
I think it's brilliant!
I love how revealing having friendly radical anarcho-socialist NPCs was regarding the actual players politics here, you can see who gets it right away and who has trouble seeing things from that perspective. Brennan pushing those buttons at the right pace while being hilarious is damn impressive.
I know Murph is the most hesitant to side with the Cubby's, but I really just think that's good roleplay on his part. Riz was raised by cops, and has spent his entire life wanting to be like his parents. it would be extremely out of character for him to act otherwise
@AliceVie I mean Fig’s whole life was recently turned upside down but she was used to a pretty suburban privileged life before. She wants people to see her as tough and aloof but clearly is still a softie and grew up privileged. Ofc she finds the people trying to burn down the status quo off-putting. For most of her life she *was* the status quo.
@AliceVie I don't think so, to be honest. If there's one thing I remember about Fig, it's that she is paranoid as shit. She questions everything and everyone at least once.
@AliceVie As someone who’s done political agitation with a couple punk witches who grew up upper-middle class and got disowned by their parents, I related super hard to Fig rolling to see if they were secret demons
@AliceVie especially since there was literally an anarchist symbol on her door in episode 1 art.
The Cubbys may just be my favourite npcs of all time. Of. All. Time.
Sarah Clay Arthur Aguefort is number 1 for me but the cubbys are very close
Personally, I'm more of a Jawbone fan. But the Cubbys? Definitely my number two.
I must say, Gilear and Jawbone are definitely my favorites
"The Hangman already explained everything to us."
Bud Cubby fuckin' rules.
"All laws are just structured threats"
Brennan Lee muligan 2019
wheres the lie
@@jjjx32 none here
While this is true, what is the inherent problem in that? Laws without the threat of force behind them are meaningless, and without law, society breaks down
@@amberbee1053 oh I’m not saying that America’s system is perfect, far from it. I absolutely support reforming how we treat criminals, because a revolving door on a prison is *not* a good thing. But all laws need to be backed by the threat of force, or they will be ignored.
@@olorinmagus4479 There's something to be said about the legitimacy and authority of laws: laws that one follows almost naturally, and laws that one follows purely because of the threat of punishment. Both types of law exist within any legal system. This comes up in a lot of legal philosophy, and I remember none of the book titles I read them from. So... yeah lol
Gotta love the time when Brennans love for philosophy meets his quick wit and improv skills. This man is what I wanna grow up to be xDD
Yes the *one* time
Brennan's genius in story telling and quote selection with the line "I'm not advocating that you put a pig down" is memorable alone so that as a viewer you don't forget it and then later adding the "You guys want to make some bacon" is genius writing.
Friendly reminder that, since the hangman only speaks infernal, the cubbys do too. I don't think they teach it at mumple lmao. True chaotic family
Well to be honest I’d doubt they’d teach Anarchist literature at Mumple too, they do their own study too
wait, *are* they demons?
"That was lit this whole time?!"
"THE WHOLE TIME, KIDDO!"
It's really hard to chose, but I think that may be my favorite part
YOU'RE SO BRAVE!!!
LET'S MAKE SOME F*CKING BACON!!
I'm 100% ride or die for the Cubbys
I love to imagine these tiny Halfling children in ski masks with full rifles, just fully heisting with their parents
Teach em young
Brennan hit the nail on the head with this one. Gotta support this amazing group and make sure they stay in business. Despite losing almost their entire staff 6 months ago, College Humor is giving all merch proceeds for June to BLM and affiliate organizations. Keep Bud Cubby in your hearts, I already bought the Mug they just made with his quote.
THERE'S A MUG?!?! TO THE SHOP!!!!
Damn, I liked them
@@robinbanks1007 Theyre still around man! Dimension 20 is on its 7th season right now!
I try not to steal from other DMs I see online... But friendly anarcho-socialist halflings are something I need to incorporate into my game at the soonest earliest convenience.
One of the beautiful things about D&D is that we can insert ideas, characters, plots, etc into our games *by design* and as *norm* within the community. It's false to think of inserting things like this as theft - the context, meaning and consequences are different. You're playing not producing, it's private not public, etc.
I made one of my characters come from a small multi-community federation of prototypical ancoms whose home was destroyed by enclosure and land developers whom they defeated in a campaign similar to the Scouring of the Shire from the end of The Lord of The Rings. Even has an evil wizard in his backstory like Saruman.
I stole from it, but just made an american redneck with a mullet who owned a gunshop, but believed in anarcho-socialism. It threw my group for a loop that's for sure.
“You guys wanna make some bacon?” God bless you Bud Cubby.
no line in film history will ever top "let's make some bacon"
I rewatched this instantly once he said that line.
i’ve already got dwarves living in a commune, time to add some anarchist halflings
Hell yeah
As a Midwestern anarchist, I LOVE that the badass ansocs are Midwestern AF
What state?
@@Liam-Welch Minnesota.
Hey do Midwesterners count as model minorities among the greater white population? Because I feel like there's a lot of stereotypes about "nice" Minnesotans that is really portraying you guys as cute and cuddly teddy bears, and frankly, I've been to the bush and I know you can't all be like that.
anarkiddes are truely shameful I'd rather agree with a communist, socialist or a tankie than you complete clowns.
QAP
,8D
The only bad part of this campaign is the fact that Bud Cubby never met Bill Seacaster. Because... my god. Imagine that friendship... and Brennan's inevitable narrative exhaustion.
I feel like they'd party for a week straight
The government would not have survived their friendship
Tbh I think Bud would have *hated* Bill, given Bill is literally a pirate who made a fortune exploiting, robbing, and murdering innocent people and came to Solace so the government would protect him against retribution. Bill is the 1% that cops exist to protect.
So while an encounter between these two would’ve been epic, their ideas about WHY laws are bad would’ve been a powder keg. Cubby says “Laws are threats by the dominant socio-economic”, while Bill says “Laws are fiction invented by the poor to harass the powerful”. I’m not sure the two would’ve gotten along
Lol they either be best friends or mortal enemies, because one believes laws was invented by a strong to suppress the weak, one believes laws were created by the week to annoy the strong, same belief, just coming at it from opposite angles 😂
Anarchosocialist halflings: that’s my people right there!! \,,/
“Wow this is relevant NOW”
Brennan didn’t just make these up out of thin air 😭 he based it off something, and now YOU have heard of that something, it’s always existed, Brennan is just very creative and uses what he knows for art
Bud in his first introduction: I'm not advocating you put a pig down
Bud when he returns: *LET'S MAKE SOME FUCKING BACON*
remember guys All Cubbys Aren't Bud, show some appreciation for daisy and the kids too :)
I see what you did there :D
Facts
Who do you think the halflings rappelling in with ski-masks were? :P
I can't decide which I like better, "LET'S MAKE SOME F*CKING BACON" or "but if you step to the tree, you'd better be ready to never f*cking leave."
I fucking love the cubby's i love that Emily thought it was funny how innocent and nice they were and how radical their views are but i genuinely think that made them realistic!
Is it radical if it’s true
@@DeathnoteBB yes, at least to a capitalist society
i remember losing my fucking mind during the prison scene. i had just fully embraced ACAB and both brennan and bud shattered my expectations.
the cubby's are so damn iconic
Siobhan’s “You’re so brave!” about the lit molotov always slays me.
Bud Cubby: I'm a mailman, I work in the postal office.
Cuts to Bud going full postal.
Well he wasn't lying.
I love the idea of a perfect nuclear family that are also straight up anarchist terrorists this needs to be a show on Netflix "oh honey you having trouble with bullies at school? Well just remember you can't rely on a system to protect you" *hands his 11 year old daughter a glock*
The Cubbys aren't terrorists though; their attack doesn't target civilians, it targets the occupying army.
@@Mewobiba dude attacking a police station is terrorism it may he justified terrorism but it's terrorism all the same
@@Da_Shark terrorism refers to attacking civilian targets, particularly outside the main area of conflict. As Bud says: "Laws are threats made by the dominant socio-economic ethnic group in a given nation. It's just a promise of violence that's enacted and police are basically an occupying army".
It is insurgency no doubt, but not terrorism. Terrorism would be if he, say, bombed a school or kidnapped the relatives of cops to extort them.
@@Mewobiba ok I have been educated but still you have to admit that would be a fucking amazing Netflix show perfect family who are also anarchist terrorists at night
Kinda like The Family
ok but i LOVE the cubbys they are iconic.... never judge a book by its cover
This makes them better! The best community leaders have been politically radical! Look up the Black Panther Party programs. Radical politics is more of an indicator that a person cares about the collective society rather than an indictment that they dont. EDIT: radical as in communist or anarchist
@@cravinghibiscus7901 *Rewatches capital hill footage*
Ok maybe not all politically radical groups are great...
@@charliecoke7396 right, well while their politics seem radical to our sentiments, they are really just the right wing of an uncertain empire, their political project in reality is very much in line with US politics not even a century ago.
The frictionless arc of that monologue up to the already-lit Molotov cocktail is one of my favorite things ever.
Who woulda' thought this would be SO RELEVANT IN THESE TRYING TIMES WE FIND OURSELVES IN. Bud Cubby was ahead of his time
Bud Cubby inspired me to start reading Anarchist theory.
I recommend "anarcho-syndicalism: theory and practice" by Rudolph Rocker or "Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution" by Peter Kropotkin. The former is quite short and definitely my favorite writer in theory and the latter is a refutation of Darwinism by the author of "the bread book"
Cheers, friend.
You may have given me an excuse to start reading theory again.
youre on a list now congrats someone is now actively watching and reading your posts instead of having the AI do it.
@@ohmygoditisspider7953 Kropotkin is good, but I've always preferred malatesta, and Bookchin.
Gotta do the three.
ABC's of Anarchism by Alexander Berkman, Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin, and Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderlew
I still love how I caught on to Brennan giving the _halfling_ family a Minnesota accent.
...because they're _mini, sorta..._
I was expecting Gorgug to go "Are you my dad?" After he rolled a 5
Lmao!!! "Wanna make some bacon?" **Throws a Molotov*
brennan calling out cops a real ally
It's a really "Ally" move
I'm sorry
@@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 Brennan pulling an Ally before the term was even created
His initials are BLM. the guy was destined to be
@@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 Bodum tss*
The brilliance of introducing politically awakened halflings, discovering your players are uneasy with that, and just leaning in to it, rapidly escalating the halflings into violent revolutionaries...
Fuckin' masterclass DMing.
I love that Brennan's natural instinct at the parties viceral reaction to the Cubby's extreme political views was to up the ante and literally full-send them as accelerationist revolutionaries.
I love how a few of them are trying to do a little cop apology but he's just not having it lol
In fairness That characters mom is probably the only competent cop in that town 😂
the not wanting his mom to murdered is a cop apology now? wtf
@@Kris-wo4pj "A lot of them are very fine people" is cop apology
And that’s a perfectly accurate statement. ACAB is for lizard brained idiots that are easily fooled but half truths and propaganda.
@@arturasar It's also just true?
"My mother is a cop."
That was the wrooooooooooong thing to say.
Why?
@@SupSatire you want allies that are anarchists? You absolutely do not say you have close family that’s from a government or extragovernment agency like that. That’s how we just completely shut down any further conversation with you.
@@commanderfoxtrot i totally agree, but in riz’s defence he’s like 14 lol
@@commanderfoxtrot They had just met this family. It'd be weird if he didn't take offense at the idea of kidnapping/killing random cops when his mother was one.
@@YorkJonhson The family was pretty open about being anarchists. Unless you're living under a rock, one should know that mentioning they know cops to an anarchist is out of the question.
When I heard of "The Tiny Hiest" I was hoping that it was just the Cubbys.
that would've been so dope
Our world desperately needs more Brennan Lee Mulligans.
sucks that gorgugs five insight check didn't trigger a "are you my dad?"
I haven’t seen Junior year yet, but I’d KILL for more Cubbys content. Desperately.
I feel very represented
You're a Halfling?
Have you ever killed a cop?
@@User-he6zd not yet
Who is the one dislike??? Bud Cubby is arguably one of the best npc’s Brennan has ever created 👌😎
The dislike is the policeman that got Molotov'd
This anarchist halflings are my favourite side characters of this show. I love them. They represent me so much.
LET'S MAKE SOME FUCKING BACON!!!
I don't know why the algorythm decided I need to see this but... I've been mulling a setting if I ever get back to TTRPGs where most halfling communities are anarcho-communist (agrarian), most dwarven communities are marxist-leninist (heavy industry), and the dispersed gnome nation is a co-operative commonwealth (manufacturing, trade, but especially postal/telegrams/librarians).
As Griffin McElroy once said, "Dungeons and Dragons is the best game ever!"
The Cubbys aged well.
My genuine goal is to become Bud Cubby
Good luck to you on that😆
Join the revolution comrade, you have only your chains to lose
Go burn a cop car
(Bill Wurtz Voice) No don't.
@@lordbuss how bout I do anyway
I mean Haflings live in Agrarian Anarchist societies in The Forgotten realms and fight oppression tooth and nail.
Bud Cubby coming back to save them was one of my favorite moments of the show, hes such a good character, cute little halfling who's an anarcho-socialist, love him
Not even gonna lie. The Cubbys are how I became a leftist.
No bad way or bad time comrade
love that for you
I ship that
The thing that radicalized me was that song from that Warframe expansion with the robot people debt slaves.
Basically straight shot from there to actual leftist music to fucking Kropotkin
Only good commie is a dead commie
I missed it the first *few* times watching, but the line “takin’ it down from the inside” has me dying and totally describes bud cubby’s character
Last week I re-went through every episode they were in to get my fill of my favorite crazy socialist halflings, and now I can do it whenever with a single clip
All these amazing years and characters later, and I'm still coming back to the Cubby's as my absolute favorite characters and moment in all of Dimension 20. The raw political honesty, the meek midwestern affect, and the downright radical IRA/Black Panther inspired viciousness of the halflings has got to be one of my favorite moments in all D&D and college humor. I think a lot of people over this world know what it's like to have that occupying swine army force unjust laws upon us, a lot of our generation know the failures of capitalism, and it's comforting to know that there are people who can acknowledge all of that and still work at the post office and get ice cream with their kids on the weekends. When it feels like we've lost all stability, and am left frustrated by leftist infighting and horrified by the rise of fascism, I look to the Cubby's. Be kind, enjoy the good things in life, but take no ship from the powers that be.
Solidarity and power to the Halfling Revolution and to Brennan.
It's good to see that a video with even slightly political ideas expressed, even comedically, doesn't immediately turn into a conservative dumpster fire in the comments!
Okay but like. This isn't slightly political, this is about the maximum amount of political lmao. Don't get me wrong, I love it! But "let's make some bacon" is pretty damn political lol
@@NearlyH3adlessNick Yeah but fuck the chuds so it's okay
Nah, the comments are alright. The comments on the comments, that's what fucks up the peace
I mean, we´re talking about halfling anarchists in a fantasy setting.
While the people watching are probably all law abiding citizens that would never go out of their way to actually "smoke a pig" if you catch my drift.
@@sweatyskeleton7390 Yeah, that's almost always the problem - replies are chronological rather than by whatever arcane scoring algorithm TH-cam has. So you will just see who wrote first.
*LETS MAKE SOME FUCKING BACONNN*
Lmao still one of my favorite scenes ever from dnd play throughs. I just love these absolutely adorable and based characters. Top tier! The chaos, the everything
Well, this aged like a fine wine
I want a Cubbys "let's make some bacon" shirt.
we stan the cubbys in this house
And that's how Brennan got put on a watchlist
Honestly, the cubbys are goals.
What bothers me more is the reactions at the time I guess. "Oh, is this guy demonically posessed?"
Typical conservative mindset right there
@@TheAnthery liberal mindset as well. although it could be argued those are the same thing lol
Suddenly want some Bacon. Weird.
YES!! LITERALLY JUST SEARCHED FOR THIS!!
LET'S MAKE BACOOOOOOOON!
My man aint just an anarchist, motherfucker is an early 20th century kind of anarchist!
We need a cubby sitcom
Most based sitcom ever
postal worker Bud Cubby and his lovely wife Daisy are true heroes
also “perhaps someday we will need someone like you” god, they didn’t even know then
More relevant now than ever, coming from MPLS.
Love D20 for their use of sound effects. It was something in ttrpg streams I didn't know was missing.
I agree with the Cubby's what does that say about me?
you're probably some form of anarchist;
probably anarco-socialist/communist
you're on the right side of history
@Elijah What would you identify as politically?
@Elijah Fair. Libertarianism is bordering on just anarchism anyway in my opinion - definitely not left wing though, like the above examples. Did start as a left wing ideology in fairness.
@Elijah Where would put Libertarianism on a political compass? It approaches the same concept as no centralised government just from a capitalistic view.
The cubbys are some of my favorite characters in d20 history, i fell in love with them in their first appearance and its only getting better from here
I keep coming back to this video again and again. There is just something about these characters and how Brennan plays them that fascinates me over and over again.
I typed in "based halfling dimension 20" and this was in fact the first result. Thank you TH-cam
Coming back to this video now is very weirdly inspiring
"You guys wanna make some bacon?"
Iconic. Just iconic
Meet The Cubbys? Fuck I want to live in their neighbourhood, DAMN!!!
I just realized. Brennen saying "take it down from the inside" is kind of a hint towards Goldenrod being the bbeg for this season. Best way to topple the highest power? Work your way from the inside, and the second most powerful position will have the most options