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Other DMs: we're gonna have a good story with some fun action and a few plot twists it'll be good. Felix: MY CAMPAIGNS ARE THE CANVAS YOUR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ARE MY PAINT.
People act like not being special is bad, what it means is no matter what, your not alone out there, there are people exactly like you going through the same things you are and thinking the same things you do.
Yea, really went from killing a drunkenly released lizard demon thing, to very deep curse quelling, god arguing, therepy needing, forclamer finding, pure dnd hell, and I LOVE IT
Erina is a little menace who needs to be locked up! No, like, seriously. She really needs to take a look into herself and stop being so toxic, because any time they try to address how dumb she’s acting she just goes and says “what about ME??? What about MY FEELINGS!” Like, dude, you’re not the center of the universe!!!!
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words."
@@Sireington I mean, consider her screentime in this entire serie. There is very few plotpoint where Sips isn't the fucking center of the universe which includes the freeing of her own country. The shit the character had to go through while Sips was in permanent therapy, some of which he caused by being dumb. I mean: - Homecountry taken over by a shitstain covered in glitter due to Sips & Gothi - Parents reported dead - Unwillingly part of a genocide plan - Had a rough breakup - Forced to bother with Sips behavior which includes but isn"t limited to: Menacing them with a MF Dragon Spliting the party forcibly Using magic for no fucking good reason while it freed a tarraske Stealing shit Selling cursed items Sips get access to godlike powers, she has 1 shard of the stuff which in turn will be taken away locking her entire class Creating an antagonist who overtake her country and the whole Kalandria arc The whole casino accident is due to Sips & Sneeze behavior On the way to fucking Kalandria, Sips is still moping and talking to Gothi about his curse while no fucking one gives her the time of the day except the NPC panda she has for a GF. This serie is from the point of view of Sips' player with the DM on the wing. But yeah, I understand that if for 90% of the campaign most of the shit going on is about the other players, I'd like them to take some time for me instead of bellittling it as shown by those words. The degree of toxicity she has is nothing compared to our main protagonist who in false honor fucks it up around each corner while being at times close to a murderhobo. Don't get me wrong. I love Sips and the serie. Just keep in mind, this is a D&D campaign from a viewpoint where said shit is never adressed properly for Erina or at least none of it shown. Which might explain why it might seem toxic for us but while I enjoy the serie if the table was like that with one of my characters I wouldn't enjoy it.
@@Devilspade it will get better when you work on it. cause finding good friends starts with beeing healthy enough to find some. most learned that from birth. some have to put in loots of hard work.
The way sips 'smiles' when he whispers 'im not surprised' and "what a waste of a life" the sorrow contained within that expression. A smile that acts as a shield, to try to hide from the hurt thats been brewing inside for a lifetime, finally boiling over at what he thinks is the end. I don't know how this story ends. I just hope, it ends with him happy.
Oh my god... And that's all started from a drunk monkey, that wanted to summon funny dancing lights, and released tarassque accidentally... Holy murderous sheep, so many likes! Спасибо!
The watchwords of DMs, "never let them know your next move", "gonna have to yoink that idea", and "can't be predictable if you allow enough room to make stuff up on the fly"
Love how the old lady was MOST DEFINITELY not being a figment of Sips' imagination. I was ready for heartbreak this episode, though. I was not ready for baby stone monkey.
Next episode. Sips slowly opens his eyes. They dart back and forth looking at his surroundings. Then lets out in a loud voice. "What the fuck happened to my body?!"
So... Are we all going to ignore the fact that Sips and Sneeze are probably soul linked like the old lady and the frog? Possibly as a result of the hug that happened when Sneeze was saved from the soul gem?
@@nemo53 I was really convinced for a long time that Sneeze had a shard of his own and that's why they bonded. I hope this link finally gets addressed next episode.
I could be wrong but I think sneeze is part of sips period. The old lady even said your subconscious is sleeping and you gotta go. I took that to mean sneeze who was asleep on the couch
@@brandontsosie4514Yeah that’s what I’m worried about now, like is Dingo going to still be in control or is Felix making Baby Sips a temporary NPC. That is the thought that’s been bouncing in my Brain since yesterday
This is like having a fully evolved Pokémon as your trusted partner along with your allies and then suddenly mew comes along to heal it at the cost of devolution and everyone just gushes when they see the starter come out of its egg
hold on can we just talk about how quickly erina went through the stages of grief and just said f*ck it lets smash him open like a watermelon you fellow nerds are so sweet, have a hug 🤗
I love how messed up the ending is. Felix straight up made you think Sips was dead and then goes to another player character and is like, "NOW SMASH HIM WITH HAMMER!"
This episode is the perfect demonstration of why this party needs Erina and how important she is. Out of the 3 main cast, she is the one who appears the least, talks the least, is in the spotlight the least, and yet, she is there to act when nobody else can.
The entire party is a party because they compliment each other so, wouldn't be a story without the entire cast and they made a masterpiece with a brilliant conductor
@@firedirewolf I do wish that Gorthan and Julian had remained for the whole campaign, to see how they'd handle things, and what they'd do. I can imagine her commenting on Sips gaining new mechanical minions, saying he's going to need to get paid more, or whatever, for repairs.
Wait!!!! Sips and Sneeze are Soul Linked!!!!! That’s why they sneeze passes out when Sips is near death, it’s why he is in his soul room. It’s why he can understand him without words!!! It all makes sense!
Update: I have also now watched the newest episode and have thoroughly enjoyed the baby Sips. It's a good watch, watch it now, even if you have already watched it or I will ring your doorbell a thousand times. (If you do not have one I will install one ring it 1000 times and then uninstall it)
Edit: decided to add the Wukong bit cuz I though of more about it. Ok, I can't be the only one noticing the heavy parallels between Sun Wukong's birth and Sip's rebirth. Wukong was born out of a stone, and Sips was reborn from a corpse that might as well be made of stone. Not to mention that the ending was foreshadowed by the lotus that bloomed from a rock. Wukong and Sips were already pretty similar as is. Both are impulsive and stupidity powerful monkeys whose companions are the only people preventing them from creating more chaos. Like, summoning a giant monster by singing is legit something Wukong would do. But I feel that scene at the end is all of those parallels coming full circle. On a side note, can we also appreciate Dingo's acting in this episode? You could literally feel the pain in Sip's voice during her conversation with the elder.
Oh my god yes! The Monkey King is awesome! Monkey birthed of stone, now I just need to baby to pray in all four directions and shoot lasers out it’s eyes
The line of "everyone has curses, you just can't see them" really remindes me of invisible disabilities for some reason, and it made me genuinely cry. Dingo, I don't know how you do it, but you do it so well.
Oh this is GOOD. They revived him via turning the 'uncursed' body into a new one, while channeling the curse into his outer shell. They basically molted him like an insect.
"I've been waiting all campaign for this!" Truly, this is D&D. Between the sorrow, the laughter, the twists and turns, and the unexpected moments, you really can't get closer to how real life can be, and yet further away from it either. And I feel like that's how a game of D&D should be.
God, what an amazing end to Sips’ main arc. The final culmination of him learning self love on his deathbed is so cathartic. I am so glad he has been given a second chance at life, quite literally. Wether this is a pure reincarnation of the old Sips or a whole new Sips (baby Groot style) is uncertain, but I know it will be amazing regardless.
I'm assuming it's reincarnation, minus the memories. It would be weird if it wasn't considering how pointed the "Would you want to do it again" portion of the deathbed conversation was in retrospect.
Never have I ever thought i would sob over a story with the first episode being about a monkey with a cursed hand, getting drunk and singing so bad that he summoned a tarrasque!? But here i am now, I AM BAWLING MY EYES OUT FEELING AN EMOTION I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD FEEL AND I'VE GROWN A STRONG ATACTHMENT TO ALL OF THE MAIN CAST!!! this... Is beautiful! Thank you Felix, Dingo doodles and the rest of the fools gold cast members for this amazing story!
Dingo's voice acting in this series has gone from tired artist recounts that one silly time she and her friends accidentally released a Tarasque to Emmy deserving performances that rip every piece of your heart to shreds. You've grown so much Dingo, take a bow. P.S. We're getting baby Sips plushies right? RIGHT?
For sure, she and the rest of the crew could be professional voice actors if they wanted to, i for one would watch whatever series they would be working in.
Something is definitly up with Sneeze. The way he collapsed when Sips died back in Pink-glittery-town after killing Potato girl, then whent up again when Sips woke up. The way he fell incouscious again outisde the portal after the fight between cursed-Sips and Gothi. The way he's in Sips mind space, sleeping, while Sips is dead. And now we learn the chief is soul-linked with her toad. Are Sips and Sneeze soul-linked?
Xanu: sorry, nothing i can do. he's just dead. Random ass frog grandma who didn't even want to help: *works through sip's trauma in a matter of minutes, lifts the curse, and brings him back to life.*
To be fair Xanu is an artificial god and not omniscient, but most importantly, he was still influenced by the foreclaimers , even if he was seen as a test subject, he probably still absorbed part of the culture around, he may be resentful of what they did to him, buy they were still his main point of reference, so it makes sense there is a huge gap on his emotional intelligence skill tree, and how it would interact with his soul magic. Meanwhile, Stella's children are precisely a group who seeks to develop the empathy the foreclainers as a society had abandoned long ago.
Like that you also included Gorthan and Julian even though they aren’t in the group anymore. Also just the implication of “hey yeah your friends dead, use this convenient sledgehammer and crack open a baby out of it”
It does make a ton of sense, since I believe Gorthan and Julian were pretty much in this campaign for around half of it. We, the audience, only really got to see a bit of their characters (since we started in the middle), so I can only imagine the feels they felt when Sips was reminiscing.
The items around the room were all things from Sip's memory... the "antique things from the store" were Gothi's party mask, Sips' cursed hairbrush... the cupcake holder and the chairs from when they took down "Potato Girl" Bou-claire... Jack's hat... Quinn-ora's mask and one of the Tarrasque-controlling gauntlets... A Rascam banner... So many callbacks so beautifully done but not made blatantly obvious. Stellar.
The place he’s in is the cabin the one where he met Vicky just got that I also saw the lantern he put in front of the curtains gothicas rock Dwain and the apple Vicky gives him for food
There was also the cursed dress he gave bou Clair and I think the food is apple slice but unsure there are also probably references to things whe haven’t seen like the lute slippers those fuzzy dice the bow the mittens and the paintings
Is Sips Sun Wukong now? He’s (re)born from stone, gives the middle finger to godlike entities, has the impulse control of three year old, and is incredibly powerful.
I WAS NOT EMOTIONALLY PREPARED FOR THIS, I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL WHEN IT WAS ONLY THE FIRST EPISODE. Sips felt like a character in my own game, its hard not to grow attached to someone after however many years. Rock on little keroke monkey, rock on.
“When we don’t love ourselves it’s the people around us who do, Until we can do it ourselves” was not a line I thought I needed to hear, but it makes me very thankful for the ones who put up with me
@@ag-13studios51 I don't know you, but I know how it is to hate yourself... I don't want that for you or for anyone. I will gladly be a sympathetic ear and a hug for anyone, even if you don't want it, you might need it.
"When we don't love ourselves, it's the people around us who do until we can do it ourselves" That sentence right there. If you ask me, that's the best sentence in the entire series. God, I love it so much.
Dude, this was fucking powerful. I'm not ashamed to admit I shed a single manly tear at that gift/curse monologue. Every successive tear after that was proportionately less manly.
I think I found this series around episode 3-4, and through that time I’ve gotten to see it and the characters grow. And I love it. I also love stories that set its tone in the beginning and progressively gets darker and darker as it moves forward.
I went from sobbing to howling with laughter in a split second. Holy hell what a roller coaster. And the old lady's speech was exactly what i needed to hear right now. Edit: I would like you all to know that I was so absorbed in this episode that I didn't notice the guys being arrested 20 feet behind me
Sounds like the time I didn't notice a riot cos I was reading The Master and Margarita. (It was the bit around 'Manuscripts don't burn' and 'He has earned rest not light')
I don't cry much, but Sips reflecting on his life really got to me. Motivational, YES. I can't even form sentences right. The music, the animation, the voice acting, the expressions, the angst AND comedy. Everything converging in this beautiful piece of art. It may not be perfect but that doesn't mean it's any less amazing. Thank you, Felix for the idea, and Dingo for the art, of the cuteness that is baby Sips. And with that said... I'M KEEPING HIM, AND NOBODY CAN STOP MEE!!!!
This episode (especially the talk with sip's deep subconscious) legit made me CRY, I never cry usually sometimes I'll tear up, but NEVER cry THIS WAS SO GOOD
That “I’m not surprised….” “What a waste of a life….” “I should have been stronger” Dang that hits. And that lesson she gives to sips in response. Amazing ending to this episode can’t wait to see what happens next
I am 51 years old, I got into watching this series because I am an old DnD vet, and my daughter joined a DnD group at her school which led to her watching your channel. She sent me a link many episodes ago and we have been making your videos a daddy daughter thing for over a year it seems. I am not an emotional person, but you guys have had us screaming as well as you have nearly brought this crotchety old cuss to tears a few times. I have grown to love and hate you guys all at the same time. After this episode, I just wanted to say thank you for giving me and my daughter something to share that goes deeper than a stupid tiktok trend and lets us connect.
I really like hearing older (no offense I’m 18) people talk about the things they love because it seems so inevitable that adulthood will drain all the things you love out of you, but hearing from people like you give me hope.
@@JosekTheNecromancer Don't ever give up on your dreams, hopes, and desires. Despite what the world tells you, you can still keep your "childish" self alive and have fun. I am what the youngsters would consider as old, already, being on the verge of turning 30 (insert bo burnham song here), but i will not give up on playing D&D, pokemon, sports, and have fun on any given occasion, despite having an 8-5 job and a shit ton of responsibilities. Don't let the world annihilate you!
@@JosekTheNecromancer I'm 31 and I play dnd with my friends every second sunday. Our campaign has gone on since 2018. The trick is to never stop doing what you love, and make sure you have reasons to catch up with your friends often, it's harder to start that when you're older.
When Sips asked if Sneeze was okay, I started crying and I did not stop until the end of the episode. You should become a voice actor cause God damn you can convey some emotions ❤
. . . All the emotional, heart wrenching, and crazy *duck noises* aside. Since Erina broke the vessel open does that technically make her Sip's new mom? 😂
*SPOILER* (if you're one of few people who are watching it late) The reveal, and leading up to, of Baby Sips is both funny and amazing. It felt out of pocket the old lady would pull out a *quack*ing sledgehammer, encourage Gothie to crack him open like a pinatas, and just for our magical girl to do it, basically waiting the whole campaign to do it, and for it all to reveal Sips was reincarnated. Old lady tries to monologue, only for the two to scream out of levidy and joy of a baby boy coming into the world.
Did it really feel _that_ out of pocket that the old Sage would pull out the hammer out of nowhere? I feel like that's just the most basic pocket thing she's done in the list of possibly out of pocket things she's done.
Elowen is the best Npc ever and I just adore her. The entire episode I was crying my eyes out then Elowen is like “Here take this sledgehammer and and smash your friends body with it”, I seriously could not stop laughing. This episode is nothing short of a masterpiece and I can’t wait for the next one. Also it was nice to see Julian and Gorthan again even if it was all just a flashback.
i don't usually cry at fictional works, so the fact that Sips' convo genuinely moved me to the very brink of tears really says something. This, right here, is how every major death of a beloved character should be handled in any fictional work, ever. The whole idea of being in a room with your most beloved memories, with the person you felt you were on the best terms with at the moment of your death giving you a "was it a good life?" kind of therapy session - it all felt so unapologetically real and comforting.
and a species to reintegrate (getting Elowen, her tribe and all the rep-techs back to the old world) and a certain character to have a character arc with (someone needs their slice of humble pie stat)
She found a different way to use Soul Magic. There are many forces opposite in existance, which are the same time are simply reflections from one another. You may call them creation and destruction, life and death, ying and yang, good and evil... I believe Xanu, having lived a life of pain and suffering at the hands of the foreclaimers, learned to use Soul Magic only to harm and control. He was attuned to the yang of his particular type of magic so to speak. Meanwhile, grandma sledgehammer over here has had many years to regret the mistakes of her past, develop empathy and try to be better. She is attuned to ying. She could "heal" sips (it feels more like reincarnation) not because she was more powerful than Xanu, but because she knew things he didn't. Compassion, love, that people can be better and time heals all. Can you imagine Xanu doing what she did? Speak directly to a tortured soul and convince it life is worth living? Not even a God will ever be able to heal if they don't learn how to do it. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
@@axios4702 A solid theory, a few small observations though. Yang is associated with life, passion, energy, drive, emotion, heat, etc. Yin (spelled without a "g" ) is the one usually linked to logic, cold, death, stasis, etc. So since Xanu only learned to use his gifts for survival and revenge before fragmenting, despite gods having an absurd int and arcana score, it makes sense its all he knows, he never had time to practice. Elowen is his mirror image, a wise leader in contrast to his cold brilliance. I think you hit the nail on the head, or rather the sledgehammer on the stone monkey.
"We never know how... but we learn. When we don't love ourselves, it's the people around us who do... until we can do it ourselves. It's normal." The most powerful line in the whole episode for me... It's so true, so many of us have a hard time loving ourselves until we have someone help show us how, but you're not alone. We are all like Sips in a way.
There is no other series on this earth that can balance humor, sadness, storytelling, excitement, drama, and shit like this one. I wish i could animate just so I could help this series succeed. I was crying a one minute, then AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CUTE BABY MONKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Sips: "you saved me... why?" the party: "hmmmm... baby monke" This series is awesome and it's one of the few things in media that makes me have to stop everything that i'm doing because the new episode came out and i HAVE to watch it
OMG DINGO!!! I was sobbing when the leader and Sips were talking, sobbing when I thought Sips was dead, sobbing at Gothi's reaction to Sip's being gone only to do a 180 and begin laughing at the immediate readiness of Arina and bashing the corpse with a hammer. Only to cry in sheer happiness when we got a baby monkey. How dare you madam! How dare you play my and everyone else's emotions so well! ...Bravo...I now need a moment to recuperate
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Ok so are more episodes coming please tell me tellllllllll ussssssssssssssssssssss
I really hope this isn't over :(
Day 3 of asking what are you going to do when fools gold is over
Stay safe also is this the end
It turns out soul magic was just the ability to make someone actually go to their therapist's office all along.
fr on god
Wait so therapists are just wizards who specialize in soul magic?
@@CLNCJD94they're necromancers that raise your spirits.
@@papierowyszczur9234 hold up, my spirit was never dead just unconscious 💀
@@CLNCJD94sound like your fine then
Other DMs: we're gonna have a good story with some fun action and a few plot twists it'll be good.
Felix: MY CAMPAIGNS ARE THE CANVAS YOUR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ARE MY PAINT.
damn thats actually good
Yes, yes. Felix is my new favorite person 🥰
Meanwhile 90% of non D&D GM: Yeah that's the basics, let's go for another round of Vampire/Thirsting Sword Lesbian
based
I’m just sitting here like “FELIX WTH ARE YOU????”
“Everyone’s cursed” felt like a cross between “Your not special!” And “Your not alone.” At the same time
With a dash of “first time?”
Heh
People act like not being special is bad, what it means is no matter what, your not alone out there, there are people exactly like you going through the same things you are and thinking the same things you do.
@@Nyghtking yeah, but it’s probably not helping that when people say “you’re not special,” there’s usually some hostility to it
if everyones super then no one is
I’m getting whiplash from how this series went from, “I got drunk and summoned a giant monster” to being able to make me teary eyed.
Me too
Literally how did this start from funny monkey man summoning d&d godzilla
Yea, really went from killing a drunkenly released lizard demon thing, to very deep curse quelling, god arguing, therepy needing, forclamer finding, pure dnd hell, and I LOVE IT
Just teary eyed??? I FULL ON BAWLED
I am crying with you T^T
Felix : *casually plays your heart like a fiddle*
Everyone watching : "HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!"
call him Paganini because he makes it look easy
A good DM will ALWAYS get away with using his player's heart like a fiddle. Means they are invested in the story.
Yes he can. Its his job
Playing with mine like a harmonica during a panic attack
Played us like the cheap dollar store kazoo we are
Dingo and friends: Can we get a happy ending?
Felix: You can certainly try...
One of the most underrated comments
368 likes and one comment, let me change that
I mean they got a baby monkey/sips
I think Dingo was actively trying to prevent a happy ending I think
Picking up "you can certainly try" to use on my players has been one of my best decisions as DM. 😂
"People do not risk their lives out of pity!" That line hit me like a truck
No shit
That line made me vow to prove Felix wrong
Every person saving a life then geting get by a truck.
of course sips last words before being reborn like a fucking phoenix are "ah fuck it"
Dingo: *makes sips do the ultimate sacrifice to try and do good and has accepted his fate*
Felix: he's just a baby
Gothi: "There has to be something I can do."
Old Woman: (Best Yzma impression) "Smash him with a hammer!"
Erina: "BET!"
Erina is a little menace who needs to be locked up! No, like, seriously. She really needs to take a look into herself and stop being so toxic, because any time they try to address how dumb she’s acting she just goes and says “what about ME??? What about MY FEELINGS!” Like, dude, you’re not the center of the universe!!!!
Cue the horrified Kronk face
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words."
@@Sireington I mean, consider her screentime in this entire serie. There is very few plotpoint where Sips isn't the fucking center of the universe which includes the freeing of her own country. The shit the character had to go through while Sips was in permanent therapy, some of which he caused by being dumb. I mean:
- Homecountry taken over by a shitstain covered in glitter due to Sips & Gothi
- Parents reported dead
- Unwillingly part of a genocide plan
- Had a rough breakup
- Forced to bother with Sips behavior which includes but isn"t limited to:
Menacing them with a MF Dragon
Spliting the party forcibly
Using magic for no fucking good reason while it freed a tarraske
Stealing shit
Selling cursed items
Sips get access to godlike powers, she has 1 shard of the stuff which in turn will be taken away locking her entire class
Creating an antagonist who overtake her country and the whole Kalandria arc
The whole casino accident is due to Sips & Sneeze behavior
On the way to fucking Kalandria, Sips is still moping and talking to Gothi about his curse while no fucking one gives her the time of the day except the NPC panda she has for a GF.
This serie is from the point of view of Sips' player with the DM on the wing. But yeah, I understand that if for 90% of the campaign most of the shit going on is about the other players, I'd like them to take some time for me instead of bellittling it as shown by those words.
The degree of toxicity she has is nothing compared to our main protagonist who in false honor fucks it up around each corner while being at times close to a murderhobo.
Don't get me wrong. I love Sips and the serie. Just keep in mind, this is a D&D campaign from a viewpoint where said shit is never adressed properly for Erina or at least none of it shown. Which might explain why it might seem toxic for us but while I enjoy the serie if the table was like that with one of my characters I wouldn't enjoy it.
@@MarkBonneaux Coll. Both of you.
Nothing has hit me so viscerally in the heart as "When we don't love ourselves, it's the people around us who do, until we can do it ourselves"
Me looking around myself: damn
@@Devilspaderelatable lmao
FUCK THERAPY THATS WHAT DND IS FOR
My heart got smashed by a sledgehammer
@@Devilspade it will get better when you work on it. cause finding good friends starts with beeing healthy enough to find some. most learned that from birth. some have to put in loots of hard work.
The way sips 'smiles' when he whispers 'im not surprised' and "what a waste of a life" the sorrow contained within that expression. A smile that acts as a shield, to try to hide from the hurt thats been brewing inside for a lifetime, finally boiling over at what he thinks is the end.
I don't know how this story ends. I just hope, it ends with him happy.
Another way to interpret it is as a fear grimace. Many non human primates smile out of fear.
Edit: just a personal headcanon
A monkey born magically from the inside of a rock... Ohmygod, Sips has become the reincarnation of Sun Wukong!!
Sound the drums of liberation!!!
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT
this was the final evolutio, this was to DEFEAT THE ARMY OF HEAVAN- I MEAN THE FOR CLAIMER ARMY
Can't wait for him to shoot lasers in the sky lol
I mean, he's certainly enough of a chaos gremlin to be Sun Wukong. So who, in their party, is the remarkably useless dragon horse? My vote's on Jack!
Oh my god... And that's all started from a drunk monkey, that wanted to summon funny dancing lights, and released tarassque accidentally...
Holy murderous sheep, so many likes!
Спасибо!
But before that there was a weird thing with sheep that was never explained
@@Xenothecursedking most likely just some mudersheep, those are a bloody classic!
If only they killed the tarassque and not just trap it and if old gothi didn’t give a child poison and potato
Hey, it's worse. He didn't *summon* the tarassque, he freed it.
Well “realeased” 😂
I feel like Felix's mindset is the literal meme of Never Let Them Know Your Next Move
Frrrr the sledgehammer part was so unexpected it didn’t even register first 💀
The watchwords of DMs, "never let them know your next move", "gonna have to yoink that idea", and "can't be predictable if you allow enough room to make stuff up on the fly"
Isn’t that typically what All DMs mindset is
In the beginning: okay it’s time for pain and suffering
In the end: omg I’ve never been this happy in my entire life
Love how the old lady was MOST DEFINITELY not being a figment of Sips' imagination.
I was ready for heartbreak this episode, though. I was not ready for baby stone monkey.
That was just straight up a lie. That was Elowen imparting wisdom before he dies
BABY MONKY BABY MONKEY HE'S SO FUCKING PRECIOUS IM SOBBING! Incredible pay off for so much heart break!!
Oh wait. Baby stone monkey… was this just one huge Sun WuKong reference?
The nature of Monkey was... _irrepressible!_
*MONKEY!*
One thing, Elowen feels to me like old toph
Next episode.
Sips slowly opens his eyes. They dart back and forth looking at his surroundings. Then lets out in a loud voice.
"What the fuck happened to my body?!"
GOD THAT WOULD BE HILARIOUS 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Erina: *happy face immediately falls to a grimace* Aaannddd he’s back…
Gothi: *cuddles him both out of relief but also BABBY MONKEE*
I fucking hope so! 🤣🤣🤣
Hey you, you're finally awake.
that's EXACTLY what i would exprect from Felix at this point...
Dingo’s animation is always amazing, but the voice acting is CRIMINALLY underrated
I hate how right you are
Yea the va was 🤌 chefs kiss 10/10 emotionally devastating
Something more underrated is the background sounds and music hahaha
the voice acting, the music, the editing and animation. It has been a joy to watch we it all gets better and better!
Underrated?!
What??
just a reminder, this entire series started with dingo wanting to talk about summoning a terasqe with karoake ending going wild
So... Are we all going to ignore the fact that Sips and Sneeze are probably soul linked like the old lady and the frog? Possibly as a result of the hug that happened when Sneeze was saved from the soul gem?
Well I guess they were linked even earlier as all this crystal killing shit happened to both of them at the same time
@@nemo53 I was really convinced for a long time that Sneeze had a shard of his own and that's why they bonded. I hope this link finally gets addressed next episode.
@@Takisan111 then Sips would feel that with Zanu, no?
I could be wrong but I think sneeze is part of sips period. The old lady even said your subconscious is sleeping and you gotta go. I took that to mean sneeze who was asleep on the couch
@@jordanbroyles3549She said "the subconscious is fleeting", which means temporary
Felix, reforms Sips into a cute form....and is shocked that the whole table is squealing?
Dude, that's the power of cute.
I don't think shock but knew it was going happen. Only thing I'm worried about is being truly reborn and has no memory of everything or not
@@brandontsosie4514Yeah that’s what I’m worried about now, like is Dingo going to still be in control or is Felix making Baby Sips a temporary NPC. That is the thought that’s been bouncing in my Brain since yesterday
@Mango13th i believe sips going be pc toddler or child wild magic haha
This is like having a fully evolved Pokémon as your trusted partner along with your allies and then suddenly mew comes along to heal it at the cost of devolution and everyone just gushes when they see the starter come out of its egg
BABY SIPS!!!
hold on can we just talk about how quickly erina went through the stages of grief and just said f*ck it lets smash him open like a watermelon
you fellow nerds are so sweet, have a hug 🤗
Or a piñata, to reveal the sweet baby monkey inside 🥺❤️
Makes me think skips did something that wasn't told In The story.
He plays pranks on everyone even sneeze.
as sips says: She cares in her own way XD
Also, note that dingo said "shell" and not body
We all have our ways dealing with grief, who are we to judge Erina for how she deals with hers?
Gothi: "I can't destroy my best friends corpse!"
Irina: "COWABUNGA IT IS!!!"
Irina: you live an asshole, you die by an asshole
*Erina
I love how messed up the ending is. Felix straight up made you think Sips was dead and then goes to another player character and is like, "NOW SMASH HIM WITH HAMMER!"
This episode is the perfect demonstration of why this party needs Erina and how important she is. Out of the 3 main cast, she is the one who appears the least, talks the least, is in the spotlight the least, and yet, she is there to act when nobody else can.
It's a Sips centric story. I feel like if it was Erina's player telling the story, things would be quite different.
@@chadnorris8257Well, Sips and Gothi centric, tbh. But yeah it is largely told from the perspective of Dingo the player so it makes sense lol
Yeah, like smashing your friends body in with a sleg hammer
The entire party is a party because they compliment each other so, wouldn't be a story without the entire cast and they made a masterpiece with a brilliant conductor
@@firedirewolf I do wish that Gorthan and Julian had remained for the whole campaign, to see how they'd handle things, and what they'd do. I can imagine her commenting on Sips gaining new mechanical minions, saying he's going to need to get paid more, or whatever, for repairs.
Wait!!!! Sips and Sneeze are Soul Linked!!!!! That’s why they sneeze passes out when Sips is near death, it’s why he is in his soul room. It’s why he can understand him without words!!!
It all makes sense!
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW
IT ALL MAKES SNEEZE NOW
get it sneeze sense sound same kinda
Wait we have a baby sips is there a baby sneeze now?
@@Shapeshifter_bot Firstly, Sneeze is already baby. Second, I don't think so. We were told he was fine and just sleeping
@@theironarmada1308 then newborn sneeze
It took me three days but I have fully re-watched all of Fulls Gold for the third time. This episode is still an emotional gut punch.
Update: I have also now watched the newest episode and have thoroughly enjoyed the baby Sips. It's a good watch, watch it now, even if you have already watched it or I will ring your doorbell a thousand times. (If you do not have one I will install one ring it 1000 times and then uninstall it)
@@rawkth5996 Sounds nice. But is the doorbell free? If so, keep it
I DID IT IN ONE DAY PEASANT
How
@@learnasienes2983 My superpower is being an insomniac. Downsides is it only activates when I'm depressed.
Edit: decided to add the Wukong bit cuz I though of more about it.
Ok, I can't be the only one noticing the heavy parallels between Sun Wukong's birth and Sip's rebirth. Wukong was born out of a stone, and Sips was reborn from a corpse that might as well be made of stone. Not to mention that the ending was foreshadowed by the lotus that bloomed from a rock. Wukong and Sips were already pretty similar as is. Both are impulsive and stupidity powerful monkeys whose companions are the only people preventing them from creating more chaos. Like, summoning a giant monster by singing is legit something Wukong would do. But I feel that scene at the end is all of those parallels coming full circle.
On a side note, can we also appreciate Dingo's acting in this episode? You could literally feel the pain in Sip's voice during her conversation with the elder.
Was looking for a comment mentioning the parallels
Honestly, my first thought was Momotarō.
Oh my god yes! The Monkey King is awesome! Monkey birthed of stone, now I just need to baby to pray in all four directions and shoot lasers out it’s eyes
FINALLY SOME ONE ELSE NOTICED
@@jacksonlai7590 which includes hitting some chief deity in the ass with said lasers
When you least expect it, that's when it hits hardest
Ooohh now I'm scared FUCK
Just like that sledgehammer
OAHH PFFF SMACK EMMM
@@kyra6775YOU TOOK MY JOKE!
HOLY SHIT A BABY MONKEH FUU THIS IS TO MUCH FOR ME
"Everyone is cursed. Everyone suffers, and we must forgive ourselves for it."
Found my new motto.
The line of "everyone has curses, you just can't see them" really remindes me of invisible disabilities for some reason, and it made me genuinely cry. Dingo, I don't know how you do it, but you do it so well.
I was fully prepared for Sip’s death experience to be the old lady pulling a prank on him to admit he loves his friends
I think he would have killed her if this had been some kind of illusion she cooked up when he was revived.
That was essentially where I was expecting it to go, but what actually happened may be even better
Went from monke to mage, from mage to god, from god to monster, then from monster to lil dood. THIS IS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!!
Yes
12:40 " Everyone has curses. You simply can’t see them."
Ok, saving that.
True.
I'm glad EVERYONE at the table had the same reaction I did to tiny Sipps, haha. Absolutely adorable.
I gotta give props to Felix. This is one of the best and emotional internal monologs I have witnessed in a long time.
i read props as potatoes please send help
Props to dingo for animating it and giving it it's emotion here for us to witness
Oh this is GOOD. They revived him via turning the 'uncursed' body into a new one, while channeling the curse into his outer shell. They basically molted him like an insect.
"I've been waiting all campaign for this!"
Truly, this is D&D. Between the sorrow, the laughter, the twists and turns, and the unexpected moments, you really can't get closer to how real life can be, and yet further away from it either. And I feel like that's how a game of D&D should be.
Well said❤
Couldn't have said it better myself
Dude, the final nail in the coffin was 19:13.
And I thought I could get away without dropping tears.
God, what an amazing end to Sips’ main arc. The final culmination of him learning self love on his deathbed is so cathartic. I am so glad he has been given a second chance at life, quite literally. Wether this is a pure reincarnation of the old Sips or a whole new Sips (baby Groot style) is uncertain, but I know it will be amazing regardless.
I'm assuming it's reincarnation, minus the memories. It would be weird if it wasn't considering how pointed the "Would you want to do it again" portion of the deathbed conversation was in retrospect.
“Everyone has curses, you just can’t see them” that line hit hard
Everyone was Literally on the brink of tears, then...
THE BABY MONKEY HITTING LIKE A TRAIN. REINCARNATION SIPS ARK!!!!!
He's gonna be so pissed he has to do it all over again
@@entropy11 NOT WHEN HE'S RAISED BY MAMA GOTHI AND BIG SIS ERINA!
@@rose-mariedessert3117 especially when he's raised by sis Erina
@@rose-mariedessert3117 That's why he's going to be pissed
reverse truck kun
Never have I ever thought i would sob over a story with the first episode being about a monkey with a cursed hand, getting drunk and singing so bad that he summoned a tarrasque!? But here i am now, I AM BAWLING MY EYES OUT FEELING AN EMOTION I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD FEEL AND I'VE GROWN A STRONG ATACTHMENT TO ALL OF THE MAIN CAST!!! this... Is beautiful! Thank you Felix, Dingo doodles and the rest of the fools gold cast members for this amazing story!
Dingo's voice acting in this series has gone from tired artist recounts that one silly time she and her friends accidentally released a Tarasque to Emmy deserving performances that rip every piece of your heart to shreds. You've grown so much Dingo, take a bow.
P.S. We're getting baby Sips plushies right? RIGHT?
I need baby Sips merch oml
For sure, she and the rest of the crew could be professional voice actors if they wanted to, i for one would watch whatever series they would be working in.
i dont think the baby monkey is Sips. Sips is dead.
@@chobbis4341 That's my expectation as well, but we don't have a name for the baby so for now baby sips works.
RIGHT? you cant fuck with me here i need it....**ill kill for it**
Something is definitly up with Sneeze. The way he collapsed when Sips died back in Pink-glittery-town after killing Potato girl, then whent up again when Sips woke up. The way he fell incouscious again outisde the portal after the fight between cursed-Sips and Gothi. The way he's in Sips mind space, sleeping, while Sips is dead.
And now we learn the chief is soul-linked with her toad.
Are Sips and Sneeze soul-linked?
I'm pretty sure they are. But we'll see 🤷🏻♀️😊
AAAAYYYYYYEEEE THATS A REALLY GOOD POINT
I thought it just meant that he had a zanew crystal but you make a strong alternative.
I can’t wait to see his reaction to baby sips
Xanu: sorry, nothing i can do. he's just dead.
Random ass frog grandma who didn't even want to help: *works through sip's trauma in a matter of minutes, lifts the curse, and brings him back to life.*
The power of grandmothers
To be fair Xanu is an artificial god and not omniscient, but most importantly, he was still influenced by the foreclaimers , even if he was seen as a test subject, he probably still absorbed part of the culture around, he may be resentful of what they did to him, buy they were still his main point of reference, so it makes sense there is a huge gap on his emotional intelligence skill tree, and how it would interact with his soul magic.
Meanwhile, Stella's children are precisely a group who seeks to develop the empathy the foreclainers as a society had abandoned long ago.
I full on cried, oh my God. That soul room scene was beautiful.
Gothi “My friend is turning into a clay pot :c”
Elwin: “that’s rough buddy”
ERINA *Link moment engaged*
"Now you can give me back my son."
No, he's our collective son, now.
Like that you also included Gorthan and Julian even though they aren’t in the group anymore. Also just the implication of “hey yeah your friends dead, use this convenient sledgehammer and crack open a baby out of it”
It does make a ton of sense, since I believe Gorthan and Julian were pretty much in this campaign for around half of it. We, the audience, only really got to see a bit of their characters (since we started in the middle), so I can only imagine the feels they felt when Sips was reminiscing.
As an individual with depression, the whole sequence before sips accepts death meant a lot. I would do it all again too. 😭 in genuine tears rn
The items around the room were all things from Sip's memory... the "antique things from the store" were Gothi's party mask, Sips' cursed hairbrush... the cupcake holder and the chairs from when they took down "Potato Girl" Bou-claire... Jack's hat... Quinn-ora's mask and one of the Tarrasque-controlling gauntlets... A Rascam banner... So many callbacks so beautifully done but not made blatantly obvious. Stellar.
I noticed that too!
Don’t forget the apple slices on the table!
The place he’s in is the cabin the one where he met Vicky just got that I also saw the lantern he put in front of the curtains gothicas rock Dwain and the apple Vicky gives him for food
There was also the cursed dress he gave bou Clair and I think the food is apple slice but unsure there are also probably references to things whe haven’t seen like the lute slippers those fuzzy dice the bow the mittens and the paintings
Is Sips Sun Wukong now? He’s (re)born from stone, gives the middle finger to godlike entities, has the impulse control of three year old, and is incredibly powerful.
He pretty much already was Sun Wukong, he's just completely the transformation into finally becoming one.
Of COURSE, Erina jumped at the oportunity to smash sips the moment it came up lol. That swing had her whole back thrown into it🤣🤣🤣
a swing shes been holding in since she met Sibs
I just love how she like " PAYBACK A B***H MOTHERD**KER! " and smash him. 😂😂😂😂
I WAS NOT EMOTIONALLY PREPARED FOR THIS, I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL WHEN IT WAS ONLY THE FIRST EPISODE. Sips felt like a character in my own game, its hard not to grow attached to someone after however many years. Rock on little keroke monkey, rock on.
Props to whomever took enough campaign notes to make this series a reality.
ngl it was prob felix the person who also plucks our heartstrings like the EVIL DM HE IS!
Dingo Doodles has said most of this is just from her memory. Even her friends don't remember all the details she remembers!
“When we don’t love ourselves it’s the people around us who do, Until we can do it ourselves” was not a line I thought I needed to hear, but it makes me very thankful for the ones who put up with me
"While it is always best to believe in ones self, a little help from others can be a great blessing."
As someone who massively hates herself, I agree
@@ag-13studios51 I don't know you, but I know how it is to hate yourself... I don't want that for you or for anyone. I will gladly be a sympathetic ear and a hug for anyone, even if you don't want it, you might need it.
@@AnoNymous-gn6tl Thank you. God bless you and your will to help anyone
"Your friends loved you"
I CRIED. WHIS WHOLE EPISODE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND HEARTBREAKING :(
"When we don't love ourselves, it's the people around us who do until we can do it ourselves"
That sentence right there. If you ask me, that's the best sentence in the entire series. God, I love it so much.
"We don't love ourselves it's the people around us who do until we can do it ourselves" almost made me weep. That entire scene was a masterpiece.
It did make me weep. The water stuff kept coming out my eye holes. Lol
I didn't cry, it's just the rain
Been crying before that, that just hit me hard with that wonderful line as well.
Sips talking about Gorthan and Julian is really sweet. He never forgot about them, even now.
Dude, this was fucking powerful. I'm not ashamed to admit I shed a single manly tear at that gift/curse monologue. Every successive tear after that was proportionately less manly.
Sorry but F(QUACK) that. every tear was manly. No real man could get away with out shedding tears from this roller coster.
Being secure expressing your vulnerability is one of the manliest things you can do
@@jiminymaccasigma
@@cherricake1796ligma
@@zenogias01 BALLS
The "i'm not surprised" line made me cry.
Me: I’m sure this episode can’t be as sad as the last one!
**10 minutes later**
Me: **Sobbing**
I don't cry over videos or movies and stuff, but this got me pretty close.
I think I found this series around episode 3-4, and through that time I’ve gotten to see it and the characters grow. And I love it. I also love stories that set its tone in the beginning and progressively gets darker and darker as it moves forward.
*Lie down*
*Try not to cry*
*Cry a lot*
I went from sobbing to howling with laughter in a split second. Holy hell what a roller coaster. And the old lady's speech was exactly what i needed to hear right now.
Edit: I would like you all to know that I was so absorbed in this episode that I didn't notice the guys being arrested 20 feet behind me
the power of good writing
You can’t leave a EDIT like that and not provide details. We’re you in a public place, or at work? Do you know what they were arrested for? Etc.
dude wtf how????? for what????? why????? WHO?????
Sounds like the time I didn't notice a riot cos I was reading The Master and Margarita. (It was the bit around 'Manuscripts don't burn' and 'He has earned rest not light')
yo, my guy, you need to give us more information than that, dont leave us on a cliffhanger, we have way too many of them
I don't cry much, but Sips reflecting on his life really got to me. Motivational, YES. I can't even form sentences right.
The music, the animation, the voice acting, the expressions, the angst AND comedy. Everything converging in this beautiful piece of art.
It may not be perfect but that doesn't mean it's any less amazing.
Thank you, Felix for the idea, and Dingo for the art, of the cuteness that is baby Sips.
And with that said...
I'M KEEPING HIM, AND NOBODY CAN STOP MEE!!!!
I CALL UPON THE POWER OF DIBS! MY BABY MONKEY!
Yea this episode has been oddly motivational
This episode (especially the talk with sip's deep subconscious) legit made me CRY, I never cry usually sometimes I'll tear up, but NEVER cry THIS WAS SO GOOD
That “I’m not surprised….” “What a waste of a life….”
“I should have been stronger”
Dang that hits. And that lesson she gives to sips in response.
Amazing ending to this episode can’t wait to see what happens next
ME TOO BUT WHERE TEHRE BE A NEXT EPISODE?? 😰
Dont think there will be, bud. @@Xx0Zoey0xX
I am 51 years old, I got into watching this series because I am an old DnD vet, and my daughter joined a DnD group at her school which led to her watching your channel. She sent me a link many episodes ago and we have been making your videos a daddy daughter thing for over a year it seems. I am not an emotional person, but you guys have had us screaming as well as you have nearly brought this crotchety old cuss to tears a few times. I have grown to love and hate you guys all at the same time. After this episode, I just wanted to say thank you for giving me and my daughter something to share that goes deeper than a stupid tiktok trend and lets us connect.
I really like hearing older (no offense I’m 18) people talk about the things they love because it seems so inevitable that adulthood will drain all the things you love out of you, but hearing from people like you give me hope.
@@JosekTheNecromancer Don't ever give up on your dreams, hopes, and desires. Despite what the world tells you, you can still keep your "childish" self alive and have fun.
I am what the youngsters would consider as old, already, being on the verge of turning 30 (insert bo burnham song here), but i will not give up on playing D&D, pokemon, sports, and have fun on any given occasion, despite having an 8-5 job and a shit ton of responsibilities.
Don't let the world annihilate you!
That is unbelievably sweet, got me squealing like the party at the end
That's so sweet! I'm glad to hear you found a way to share something like this with your kid.
@@JosekTheNecromancer I'm 31 and I play dnd with my friends every second sunday. Our campaign has gone on since 2018. The trick is to never stop doing what you love, and make sure you have reasons to catch up with your friends often, it's harder to start that when you're older.
When Sips asked if Sneeze was okay, I started crying and I did not stop until the end of the episode. You should become a voice actor cause God damn you can convey some emotions ❤
100% agree!
I can't believe I just binge watched 5 years worth of D&D animations
. . . All the emotional, heart wrenching, and crazy *duck noises* aside. Since Erina broke the vessel open does that technically make her Sip's new mom? 😂
fuck that, he's either gothi's or sneeze's. no-one else can have that responsibility
Erina is his bio mom equivalent but Gothi does most of the momming
Not sure how to feel about her becoming his mom out of the desire to smash his body with a sledgehammer-
No, she is the doctor that did the c-section.
@@demonicbunny3poseems legit, I mean gothi couldn't do it on her own, and Erina got baby sips out for her
5 years. 5 years ago, the very first Fool’s Gold story dropped. That’s Fucking crazy
“Everyone has curses” this hit me so hard 😭
You're gonna carry that weight.
I am in need of the full quote that came after that line. Cus it did.
I don't know why I heard Hideo Kojima at 19:22, but it made me burst with laughter. We really need this kind sponsorship
The sound that I made as soon as I saw this can be surmised as "a sound of pride, excitement, and dread; all packed into a single grunt"
*SPOILER* (if you're one of few people who are watching it late)
The reveal, and leading up to, of Baby Sips is both funny and amazing. It felt out of pocket the old lady would pull out a *quack*ing sledgehammer, encourage Gothie to crack him open like a pinatas, and just for our magical girl to do it, basically waiting the whole campaign to do it, and for it all to reveal Sips was reincarnated. Old lady tries to monologue, only for the two to scream out of levidy and joy of a baby boy coming into the world.
Hey, this is a pretty heavy spoiler! You might want to edit so there's a (Spoiler) header and 4 empty lines, so people don't get spoiled for this!
Did it really feel _that_ out of pocket that the old Sage would pull out the hammer out of nowhere? I feel like that's just the most basic pocket thing she's done in the list of possibly out of pocket things she's done.
And imagine if at the table GM just said she casts controlled version of reincarnate spell :D
Man, that monkey is gonna have weird parents.
Elowen is the best Npc ever and I just adore her. The entire episode I was crying my eyes out then Elowen is like “Here take this sledgehammer and and smash your friends body with it”, I seriously could not stop laughing. This episode is nothing short of a masterpiece and I can’t wait for the next one. Also it was nice to see Julian and Gorthan again even if it was all just a flashback.
She's like Old Gothi's good twin.
Plus, she's on top of the real goat all the time.
Kirk is the B O I .
I’m not crying, you’re crying! Oh screw it, I’m balling my eyes out
Finaly, an actual therapy session for sips + instant solution. This monke needed that.
“Sometimes I hate having empathy!” I felt that
I was not emotionally prepared to be torn apart by a story today. Thank you.
Let’s be honest, no one was.
The joys of the internet 😢
18:34 i freakin knew inside was a baby monkey i'm suprised how i even guessed it right
i don't usually cry at fictional works, so the fact that Sips' convo genuinely moved me to the very brink of tears really says something. This, right here, is how every major death of a beloved character should be handled in any fictional work, ever. The whole idea of being in a room with your most beloved memories, with the person you felt you were on the best terms with at the moment of your death giving you a "was it a good life?" kind of therapy session - it all felt so unapologetically real and comforting.
To EVERYONE asking if it's the final episode
Remember, they still have a monarchy to take down
and a species to reintegrate (getting Elowen, her tribe and all the rep-techs back to the old world) and a certain character to have a character arc with (someone needs their slice of humble pie stat)
@@thomasfoster7387the last part of your comment made me laugh. Congrats.
“IVE BEEN WAITING ALL CAMPAIGN FOR THIS!” - is now a line that will live in my head forever
There is only one thing I can say with how primally emotional this made me:
*M O N K E*
It really shows how amazing grandma Elowen is when she was able to cure Sips, something that not even Xanu, a god, could accomplish.
She found a different way to use Soul Magic.
There are many forces opposite in existance, which are the same time are simply reflections from one another.
You may call them creation and destruction, life and death, ying and yang, good and evil...
I believe Xanu, having lived a life of pain and suffering at the hands of the foreclaimers, learned to use Soul Magic only to harm and control. He was attuned to the yang of his particular type of magic so to speak.
Meanwhile, grandma sledgehammer over here has had many years to regret the mistakes of her past, develop empathy and try to be better.
She is attuned to ying. She could "heal" sips (it feels more like reincarnation) not because she was more powerful than Xanu, but because she knew things he didn't.
Compassion, love, that people can be better and time heals all. Can you imagine Xanu doing what she did? Speak directly to a tortured soul and convince it life is worth living?
Not even a God will ever be able to heal if they don't learn how to do it.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
@@axios4702 A solid theory, a few small observations though. Yang is associated with life, passion, energy, drive, emotion, heat, etc. Yin (spelled without a "g" ) is the one usually linked to logic, cold, death, stasis, etc. So since Xanu only learned to use his gifts for survival and revenge before fragmenting, despite gods having an absurd int and arcana score, it makes sense its all he knows, he never had time to practice. Elowen is his mirror image, a wise leader in contrast to his cold brilliance. I think you hit the nail on the head, or rather the sledgehammer on the stone monkey.
@@KaiserAfini I had them mixed up? Thanks for telling me, I could have sworn Ying was the white part and Yang was the black part of the symbol.
"We never know how... but we learn. When we don't love ourselves, it's the people around us who do... until we can do it ourselves. It's normal."
The most powerful line in the whole episode for me... It's so true, so many of us have a hard time loving ourselves until we have someone help show us how, but you're not alone. We are all like Sips in a way.
"Even just for them"
Never. Have I cried at any video or media I've watched.
This video has no right to go this hard.
This video has every right to go this hard
@@saratoga6663 she's literally one person, this quality of writing and animation is the worth of an entire team
@@JaidenSpardaDingo is a mother *quack*ing powerhouse and we love her and those she loves for that ❤
My heart has been torn apart, shredded and then stitched back together repeatedly. Worth it for this awesome story.
@@joesplace2960 couldn't have said it better
I teared up when it got to the conversation with Sips in his subconscious.
Seeing Sips cry hurts me on another level that I can’t explain
Edit: OH MY GOD!!! BABY SIPSSSSSSSS!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
There is no other series on this earth that can balance humor, sadness, storytelling, excitement, drama, and shit like this one. I wish i could animate just so I could help this series succeed. I was crying a one minute, then AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CUTE BABY MONKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
The squee at the end had me rolling. Everyone was having joygasms over the baby while Dingo felt like puking was priceless.
Can't believe 5 years have passed since the first episode! Its been a hell of a watch keeping up with this story. Cant wait to see what else you make!
Sips: "you saved me... why?"
the party: "hmmmm... baby monke"
This series is awesome and it's one of the few things in media that makes me have to stop everything that i'm doing because the new episode came out and i HAVE to watch it
"Everyone gift has a curse, but every curse has a gift" is such a beautiful quote I love it
OMG DINGO!!! I was sobbing when the leader and Sips were talking, sobbing when I thought Sips was dead, sobbing at Gothi's reaction to Sip's being gone only to do a 180 and begin laughing at the immediate readiness of Arina and bashing the corpse with a hammer. Only to cry in sheer happiness when we got a baby monkey. How dare you madam! How dare you play my and everyone else's emotions so well!
...Bravo...I now need a moment to recuperate
Let's also place some of that blame on Felix. This man is a troll GM and he owns it.
@@Takisan111 Agreed