I was talking to some friends about how much this campaign needs a tv show like Critical Role, and it would be amazing as a Roger Rabbit style hybrid show with any magic being animated, and hearing "i live in a fucking cartoon" again would make it SOOO much funnier!
@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 well brennan has to play all of the characters that aren't players, so it's not like he's specifically doing it, but like... 1 in 4 campaigns or so? enough that it's a thing. Clearly it works.
“You can’t just be a *thing* that lies around *my* house” has got the be the most brutal thing to hear from your child, especially when you know they’re right.
@@bumblerbree Frankly I've always seen that as him treating his family's shared space as his, rather than as outright ownership. For the majority of the first season he does behave like his parents', or more specifically his father's achievements are partially his own, and he says "he is rich", despite apparently little or none of the fortune actually being his.
"SHES A GODDAMN CENTAUR" was very serious in the moment, no one even laughed, but as an isolated statement, is one of the funniest ways to bring a yelling match to a grinding halt that i've ever heard, and I quote it all the time
To me it feels like a really cool Kingston moment that really underlines where their relationship went south. Where Liz sees herself as trapped in a world she never wanted and never knew, she trivializes the people and things that are most important to Kingston. When Liz abstracts Epona as a "horse lady", Kingston immediately pushes back. In addition, and in true D20/Lou style, is a fucking bonkers line that is extremely funny.
It's in New York but secretly magic. Also they're exes who got divorced because of his (lou's character's) commitment to the city being too much for him to maintain their relationship. It's SO emotional
Brennan as a wife would be loving and supportive and an absolute treasure. Brennan as a caramel lesbian who’s true love died and then had to marry their loved ones shithead little brother- would be brutal.
It reveals a lot of their relationship. Especially since he begins with “I am faithful”. At least in his mind, for a moment, he considers himself to still be committed to her. Even if their relationship has ended the love is there.
The way Lou and Brennan sink their teeth into the relationships between these characters is unparalleled. They commit so hard to loving each other, resenting each other, pleading with each other. It's beautiful and chilling. I love Dimension 20.
The fact that they’re best friends IRL lends everything they create together on D20 *so* much power. They build off each other so well. Just a privilege to experience, every time.
You should all listen to Worlds Beyond Number. Aabria, Brennan, Erika, Lou and their wicked talented producer Taylor making magic. Even the prologue to the first campaign made me cry many, many times. Making magic is not in any way an overstatement.
"you have to be some kind of person! you can't just be a thing that lies around my house!" is an INCREDIBLE line and sets off such a great arc for Hilariel
right like i remember listening to fantasy high while doing other things but when that line happened i had to give it my full attention, it's SO good?? lou can say so much with so little
it's especially amazing considering they hardly spent any time with her as a character in-game and it wasn't brought to attention often - lou really plays fabian as a real kid that goes home to that mother every day even when it isn't relevant or necessary for whatever the plot is actually doing. hell, fabian doesn't even express discomfort with his family until later in freshman year because his character is so devoted to his parents and doesn't want to admit his life isn't perfect.
@@bumblerbree I love when Lou and Fabian are clearly very different people, so much so that the obnoxious things Fabian says (tbh, mostly in sophomore year) break the other cast members
@@PotatoKing16 my favourite Lou line is basically the first one I ever heard His dad: what is the relationship between luck and talent Fabian: 500 gold pieces And when he says Papa. That whole thing caught me off guard and I’ve been binging all of D20 since then. It was so funny.
[1:28] “oh what, so you can do your magic hands?” let’s not forget that in addition to having 30 years of experience as a cleric, kingston has 30+ years of experience as an ER nurse. so liz was just being nasty with that line
Nasty, but also truthful… because relationship wounds can’t be healed with magic hands or medicine, and being married to the guy who everyone loved and who could fix just about everything besides his own marriage would be a uniquely painful experience.
“I AM faithful! I WAS faithful! I would have CONTINUED to be faithful!” Is such a powerhouse line and delivered so well. Brennan and Lou are such good actors and improvisers.
I've said it once and I'll say it again, "Please don't call me Mr. Brown" is one of if not the most heartbreaking line in D20 history, in no small part because of Lou's incredible delivery.
I'm sitting here math formula meme-ing in my head trying to figure out what kind of test such an accurate and relevant comment could be. I love your user name.
@@jay-gf7lmI honestly wished they managed to repair their relationship by the end of the campaign. I felt like that was the only loose end that didn’t get tied off
@@brandonjones5879 I think the way their relationship ended up is really realistic. They lost a daughter. And they didn't actually love eachother. That they ended up as "we'll be polite and cooperate, separately" is very very reasonable in my eyes.
Lou Wilson (in my opinion) doesn’t get enough credit for how good at acting especially in tense or dramatic moments. These + the scene where he says he will choose NYC over Pete always impress me so much from the sheer quality of acting
Lou always knocks it out of the park. His characters are all so different and every one of them are roleplayed so naturally. I love all the dimension 20 cast, but I'm pretty confident in saying that Lou has had most of my favorite moments.
@@graveholmes7814 Ally in earlier campaigns was definitely annoying at times but I love them in starstruck. Playing more serious and structured characters suits them a lot. But starstruck is my favourite d20 campaign anyways. Each character is different but they all just perfectly fit together.
God I ALWAYS cry when Caramelinda says "Lazuli not telling me hurts, because Lazuli I loved with all my heart, and this is just politics" while referring to her marriage TO HER HUSBAND'S FACE and Amethar just responding with "I'm gonna be better" looking like a f*cking kicked puppy on the street in the rain. IT'S SO BAD Y'ALL WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS TO ME SPECIFICALLY
@@chrismanuel9768 I wouldn't say racist so much as hysterical and ignorant. Also, drinking half a bottle of whiskey every night will leave you almost permanently drunk/hungover.
This is still Lou's best delivered line. It's perfect. It's why I would love an Unsleeping City animated show. Just to have Lou absolutely knock scenes like this out of the park.
“you have to be a person, you can’t just be a thing that lays around my house” oh how i burst into tears. fabian might be a daddy’s boy but he still wants his mom in his life so much
i dont think you have it here but the part in the fantasy high fight where lou says "mama, just be a person, for once!" broke my fucking heart the first time i heard it. Fabian was my absolute favorite part of that last episode, Lou played the teenage-ness (that everyone the whole season did so magnificently) mixed with sudden trauma so perfectly!!
One of my favorite Lou moments was in ACOC when Emily as Jet is begging not to be rescued and to stay with Amethar and Lou just completely ignores her while plotting how to get her out. Does not interact, talks to Brennan over her, and plans her rescue. Exactly as Amethar, as a dad trying to save his daughter, would do.
i love it. and you can see emily-as-jet panicking for real, i think partially because she knows there’s a real chance that amethar is trying to die for them and also because she knows jet is not gonna let that happen without dying herself
Duuuude......and his visible frustration when Jet was saying she wouldn't leave. He gets soooo imursed in his characters. He WAS a Dad in that moment. I legit thought he was gonna curse Emily out
The core of the argument between Caramalinda and Amethar hits so hard. Lou's patient delivery of the line "I'm gunna do better" seems so sincere, and then he's hit with the "what does that even mean." 🥺
That interaction is really emblematic of who Amethar was at that point: he *is* sincere in wanting to do better, but he just doesn't know *how* to do it. He was and continued to be surrounded by people more capable than him at his own role's requirements. And yet those same capable people needed to rely on him and were let down by him and suffered in ways he couldn't or didn't protect them from, so he's got all this *wishing* and *expectation* (external and internal) but none of the skills or experience. It's heartbreaking that he was in that role at all, when he truly was not suited to it and then, once in it, didn't feel safe or confident enough to ask to be taught about all the skills he lacked.
Ugh every Caramelinda and Amethar fight just filled me with gut-wrenching anxiety because of how real it felt. Candy ppl RP’d by some hilarious dudes and I had nausea inducing levels of anxiety over the drama. Loved every second of it!
Absolutely, horrible pit in my stomach every single time man. I can see why they’ve been so hesitant about a second season of ACOC I can only imagine how much of a toll it took on them mentally to inhabit these deeply flawed and hurt characters. But honestly? I think it’s maybe the most well acted campaign we’ve gotten so far.
Yes! I started it thinking it was going to be the silliest campaign. While it had more than its fair share of silly moments, it was also heartwrenching. I was in tears so many times.
Brennan is so good at bringing these characters to life that he morphs into whoever he plays. I don't see him in the moment, just a disgruntled ex, a disappointed wife, and an alcoholic mother
lou commits to his characters so well he balances comedy with heartbreaking storytelling and its so amazing to watch especially between him and brennan
A highlight for me is the fight between Evan and Jammer in Misfits & Magic, when Jammer is desperately trying to convince Evan to have some self-worth. Absolutely gave me chills
You forgot Fantasy high episode 8. Fabian: Call of the beast! Torek: I would die before calling off- Fabian: THEN YOU WILL! *Drop* My respect for Lou as a RPer grew exponentially in about 7 seconds.
The Liz and Kingston fight is still some of the best roleplay I have ever seen. It is so good. It is what got me to start watching The Unsleeping City series. I saw a clip of it somewhere online and knew I had to watch it.
All of Lou's characters are pretty great in different ways, but I think the specific thing I love ablut how he makes them is he always makes them a product of their environment. The way they are is always a direct response to how they came up. Fabian, raised in wealth and heard tales of his father's greatness his whole life, being showered with praise by the man. Of course he'd become a confident (usually overly so) and spoiled little daddy's boy. Through that though, we see he really more has an idea of who his larents are than who they really are. He needs a reality check and to find who he wants to be away from them. Kingston grew up in a big community during civil rights era Harlem. He had 2 loving, old fashioned parents and neighbors he could rely on. Of course he'd grow up wanting to do his damndest to defend that community. They've gone through so much together. He wants to do more than just his part for them. What he learns throughout the series is that he shouldn't put everyone ahead of him all the time. They don't want that from him. Amethar was 5th in line for the throne. He lost his parents pretty young, but always had 4 reliable sisters who hardly needed him. Of course he wouldn't have needed to learn the intricacies of courtly workings. He had no shot at the throne and he knew that. What he learns painfully is that that isn't how his world works. He can't sit on the sidelines anymore. To make their sacrifices matter, he needs to be better. All of them are a direct response to how they were raised and how they view the world. They only change when their world-view is genuinely challenged and they're forced to re-examine it. I love that about his way of making characters and think it's worth examining for other characters we might want to run.
Love these moments and I haven't seen any of them elsewhere on yt, thanks for sharing them. Their chemistry together may be my favorite thing on the entirety of dropout.
Same here. I just feel like it recontextualized everything about Fabian's life all at once. It's confirmed in the freshman year finale that Hallariel has been on a bender for 14-15 years. Fabians only memories of his mom are of her being wasted and disconnected from reality, and him realizing that this is completely unacceptable after meeting his friends' moms all season really stuck with me.
It’s been 2 years since this video was uploaded and I still come back to it. I think Lou’s ability to fully inhabit the characters he plays is so masterful, even though it’s often to the detriment of his own character (like losing all his abilities as Fabian in FHSY). What a man.
the savagery of caramallinda (no clue how to spell that) is honestly unprecedented. Like GOD DAMN I felt hurt and that shit wasn't even directed towards me.
That last fight always hits hard because Amethar being told he “just waited for the problem to go away and fix itself and you forgot about it” is something I have been told before. And it is one of the biggest insults I could ever imagine.
Dimension 20 is so good its 100% worth the subscription, all other dropout content is nice but it doesn't even begin to factor into paying for the service
Ironically, a Crown of Candy is the most brutal Dimension 20 season to date. It wrecked me, made me weep and gasp out loud in surprise and shock and horror. A must watch, but watch at your hearts own risk
I don't think people talk about enough how intense the characters from a Crown of Candy were. That interaction was just the culmination of this tenuous marriage and it was amazing
What's crazy to me is how foreign dnd was to Lou before D20 but he plays like he's had years upon years of experience, I know he's got the bases covered in terms of acting and improv but it takes skill to immerse yourself in DnD like this, to stop thinking about the game and the imaginary numbers it provides to your imaginary character that lives in a sheet of paper and instead, become someone, in an universe that someone else made for you, to be part of. It's amazing to watch.
I may have watched the first scene so much that I'm seeing things, but I can imagine Brennan's improve brain going "I was on track to *be somebody*" shit, this is a comedy show "I had to watch them fingerprint a pile of shit" and the juxtaposition between those two gears is why Unsleeping City will hold a place in my heart for a LONG while.
Lou yelling "I am faithful, I was faithful, I would have continued to be faithful" honestly love ves in my mind rent free. It's been at least a year since I first watched this and I still think about his character Kingston, and the way those two fought in that scene.
God I love them SOOO much, everyone is fantasy high is so talented and I especially LOVEEE the chemistry woth all of them and Brennan, the character interactiosn are like none I've ever seen
I love these, but one thats on my top 5 is Brennan playing Evan Kelmp when he says "look at this! This is whats on the inside & it takes alot of effort to keep it down!"
Brennen has a amazing way of narrating the world as they go through it to not only make it enjoying to watch but also impactful. The perfect example of this I think is when he acts as Galeer in fantasy high season 1, he’s hilarious but when he does the bit inside of shellberts head, it’s so depressing and takes a deep turn into how people like shellbert must think
The best Lou v Brennan fight in D20 imo is the prison fight between Fabian and Bill. I know that Lou's series of bad rolls in Sophomore year is the real kicker for the "I am my own man" arc, but I think that fight is what really started that arc for Fabian. He finally gained the courage to be BETTER than his father, not just a shadow. That is the perfect fight to me.
No idea what is happening, but what I do know is that I need to watch these people, because holy shit was I engaged in the first clip and I don't even know the context of the situation.
For enough context to begin to appreciate how amazing these people are, the first clip is the Unsleeping City set against the background of a magical New York city and its inhabitants, most of whom are unaware of the true nature of reality. The second is Fantasy High, which is like id John Hughes' coming-of-age teen movies were in a fantasy world. The third is if you took Game of Thrones and smashed it full force into Candyland. There's all the savagery and heartbreak one would expect and as one can see from this clip, it is in no way diminished by the fact that Lou is a hulking Pop Rocks king, speaking to his queen, who is made of caramel toffee. (Or the twin royal princesses who are, respectively, red and black liquorice)
That first clip gets me every time. It's a masterful performance from both of them, but Lou's delivery on his last line is incredible. He makes it damn near impossible not to sympathize with his character.
I was talking to some friends about how much this campaign needs a tv show like Critical Role, and it would be amazing as a Roger Rabbit style hybrid show with any magic being animated, and hearing "i live in a fucking cartoon" again would make it SOOO much funnier!
The idea of a Roger Rabbit style TUC show is the BEST oh my god
That is GENIUS!
WHAT CAMPAIGN IS THAT FIRST SEEN FROM. I need to watch that next.
@@LanceNotHiding The Unsleeping City
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Brennan playing Lou's spouse is always a home-fucking-run
without context this sounds like some sort of kink thing/hj
Almost like it was meant to be
As someone who has not and will not watch this… does it come up often?
@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 well brennan has to play all of the characters that aren't players, so it's not like he's specifically doing it, but like... 1 in 4 campaigns or so? enough that it's a thing. Clearly it works.
“You can’t just be a *thing* that lies around *my* house” has got the be the most brutal thing to hear from your child, especially when you know they’re right.
Also the fact he says *my* house.
He fully expected and accepted that Bill would die there
@@exzyyd392 and that out of the seacasters HE would have to be the one to step up because he knew his mother wouldn't
@@bumblerbree Frankly I've always seen that as him treating his family's shared space as his, rather than as outright ownership. For the majority of the first season he does behave like his parents', or more specifically his father's achievements are partially his own, and he says "he is rich", despite apparently little or none of the fortune actually being his.
@@bumblerbree I mean, I think Bill made it clear that he was the heir. Guess that's just how it is with pirates.
why is brennan so good at being a stressed (ex) wife
one of the first things we learn in drama class is how to be a stressed wife
And with Neverafter he gets to play Murph's PC's stressed (potential ex) wife
@@PrimRooks its okay because they are friends now.
Considering he was raised by one, it tracks.
He plays everything well!! Just a very insightful person and a great actor.
"SHES A GODDAMN CENTAUR" was very serious in the moment, no one even laughed, but as an isolated statement, is one of the funniest ways to bring a yelling match to a grinding halt that i've ever heard, and I quote it all the time
To me it feels like a really cool Kingston moment that really underlines where their relationship went south. Where Liz sees herself as trapped in a world she never wanted and never knew, she trivializes the people and things that are most important to Kingston. When Liz abstracts Epona as a "horse lady", Kingston immediately pushes back.
In addition, and in true D20/Lou style, is a fucking bonkers line that is extremely funny.
In what situations could you possibly get into in your day to day life, where it would be appropriate to use the phrase “she’s a goddamn centaur”
@@Zach90888 you would be surprised
Liz essentially slipped into a slur is how I read it
please don't quote it all the time ... saying this on behalf of everyone you know
i have like NO context for it but that first one got me emotional.... "and please dont call me mr brown"... "mr brown thank very much for your time"
Oh you should definitely get some context. Its from the first season of the unsleeping city and takes place in New York City
And that season is also free on youtube. I am currently watching it for the second time. Sooooo good.
@@alisonoconnor6864 I could tell bc of the accents! (/only joking a little bit)
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It's in New York but secretly magic. Also they're exes who got divorced because of his (lou's character's) commitment to the city being too much for him to maintain their relationship. It's SO emotional
What I've learned from this is that Brennan as a wife would be the most brutal being on earth
Brennan as a wife would be loving and supportive and an absolute treasure. Brennan as a caramel lesbian who’s true love died and then had to marry their loved ones shithead little brother- would be brutal.
And before anyone gets weird yes Caramelinda may be bi but “caramel lesbian” is one of the best phrases on earth. Signed a boysenberry bisexual.
@@NT-ys3oh Yeah, haha, that's what I meant. As an unwilling wife or a scorned ex whose career you changed, oh, man, get ready to feel like shit
This is an underrated and incredible observation
@@NT-ys3oh we're all sleeping on the portmanteau of caramelesbian
"I *am* faithful, I *was* faithful, I would've *continued to be* faithful" has to be one of my FAVORITE LINES from any season of d20
"Thank you for your time, Mr. Brown" had me SHOOK.
My favourite is, and I think always will be "where is your bulb now?"
@@macrothump i love "speaking of 'boning down' have you seen my mother lately?"
It reveals a lot of their relationship. Especially since he begins with “I am faithful”.
At least in his mind, for a moment, he considers himself to still be committed to her. Even if their relationship has ended the love is there.
My favorite line is "Oh good you speak English, because the next two minutes are gonna be really important to you"
The way Lou and Brennan sink their teeth into the relationships between these characters is unparalleled. They commit so hard to loving each other, resenting each other, pleading with each other. It's beautiful and chilling. I love Dimension 20.
This comment so succinctly captured the essence of why D20 is everything I love.
The fact that they’re best friends IRL lends everything they create together on D20 *so* much power. They build off each other so well. Just a privilege to experience, every time.
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You should all listen to Worlds Beyond Number. Aabria, Brennan, Erika, Lou and their wicked talented producer Taylor making magic. Even the prologue to the first campaign made me cry many, many times. Making magic is not in any way an overstatement.
"you have to be some kind of person! you can't just be a thing that lies around my house!" is an INCREDIBLE line and sets off such a great arc for Hilariel
right like i remember listening to fantasy high while doing other things but when that line happened i had to give it my full attention, it's SO good?? lou can say so much with so little
it's especially amazing considering they hardly spent any time with her as a character in-game and it wasn't brought to attention often - lou really plays fabian as a real kid that goes home to that mother every day even when it isn't relevant or necessary for whatever the plot is actually doing. hell, fabian doesn't even express discomfort with his family until later in freshman year because his character is so devoted to his parents and doesn't want to admit his life isn't perfect.
@@bumblerbree I love when Lou and Fabian are clearly very different people, so much so that the obnoxious things Fabian says (tbh, mostly in sophomore year) break the other cast members
@@PotatoKing16 my favourite Lou line is basically the first one I ever heard
His dad: what is the relationship between luck and talent
Fabian: 500 gold pieces
And when he says Papa. That whole thing caught me off guard and I’ve been binging all of D20 since then. It was so funny.
Dude yeah that shit hit me hard the first time I heard it
[1:28] “oh what, so you can do your magic hands?” let’s not forget that in addition to having 30 years of experience as a cleric, kingston has 30+ years of experience as an ER nurse. so liz was just being nasty with that line
What episode is that?
@@itamarbar9580 I believe that would be episode 3 of The Unsleeping City season 1
Nasty, but also truthful… because relationship wounds can’t be healed with magic hands or medicine, and being married to the guy who everyone loved and who could fix just about everything besides his own marriage would be a uniquely painful experience.
@@feuilletonistehe was more saying that so he could cast some form of healing spell on her liver.
“I AM faithful! I WAS faithful! I would have CONTINUED to be faithful!” Is such a powerhouse line and delivered so well. Brennan and Lou are such good actors and improvisers.
I've said it once and I'll say it again, "Please don't call me Mr. Brown" is one of if not the most heartbreaking line in D20 history, in no small part because of Lou's incredible delivery.
I'm sitting here math formula meme-ing in my head trying to figure out what kind of test such an accurate and relevant comment could be.
I love your user name.
@@postbunnie Why thank you!
Sounds like they need a therapy session with FCG.
@@RashaundaSpears I know him! I kept getting rejected by his sister Pussy.
"She, I loved with all my heart...and this is just politics" hurts me, everytime.
Just the reality that neither of these candy ppl love each other, but are basically stuck together is heavy
The way Lou acts the whole time in this scene like a puppy who was kicked down but is somehow guilty of it breaks my heart every. Single. Time.
@@jay-gf7lmI honestly wished they managed to repair their relationship by the end of the campaign. I felt like that was the only loose end that didn’t get tied off
@@brandonjones5879what is there to repair they never had a real relationship
@@brandonjones5879 I think the way their relationship ended up is really realistic. They lost a daughter. And they didn't actually love eachother. That they ended up as "we'll be polite and cooperate, separately" is very very reasonable in my eyes.
Lou Wilson (in my opinion) doesn’t get enough credit for how good at acting especially in tense or dramatic moments. These + the scene where he says he will choose NYC over Pete always impress me so much from the sheer quality of acting
I feel like this is why the D20 cast volun-told Lou to be Amethar. Everyone knew he was the only one who could pull it off.
he was good in The King of Staten Island
Lou always knocks it out of the park. His characters are all so different and every one of them are roleplayed so naturally. I love all the dimension 20 cast, but I'm pretty confident in saying that Lou has had most of my favorite moments.
God the 26th is gonna be spectacular
Yeah the first clip with Kingston really solidified how great he is as an actor for me.
Lou is my favorite RP'er in D20, he just always manages to slip entirely into his character, and still make jokes, no metagaming needed!
“I got a date with a woman named Boudicca.. so..”
I love Lou so much
Him and Murph are my faves. Honestly can't stand Ally though.
Agreed, and Kingston Brown is actually one of my favorite DND characters I’ve seen. A truly pure soul.
@@graveholmes7814
Ally in earlier campaigns was definitely annoying at times but I love them in starstruck. Playing more serious and structured characters suits them a lot. But starstruck is my favourite d20 campaign anyways. Each character is different but they all just perfectly fit together.
I just realized that when Brennan says that he "lives in a fucking cartoon" he slipps into his voice of the mayor of toontown.
Wait what? Mayor of Toontown??
@@chicken3295 look up mayor of toon town it’s a stand up bit Brennan did pretty funny too
God I ALWAYS cry when Caramelinda says "Lazuli not telling me hurts, because Lazuli I loved with all my heart, and this is just politics" while referring to her marriage TO HER HUSBAND'S FACE and Amethar just responding with "I'm gonna be better" looking like a f*cking kicked puppy on the street in the rain. IT'S SO BAD Y'ALL WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS TO ME SPECIFICALLY
The truth is he felt the same way
the entire _"click_ FUCK you" segment is just pure gold for me
i dont not know how no one broke on "she's a GOD DAMN CENTAUR"
Too serious in the moment. Couple arguing, racist comments, shit was too real
@@chrismanuel9768 I LOVED when Kingston got mad at Liz's statement, cuz it was honestly really fucked up.
@@chrismanuel9768 I wouldn't say racist so much as hysterical and ignorant. Also, drinking half a bottle of whiskey every night will leave you almost permanently drunk/hungover.
@@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657 yeah... as someone who drank a 6 pack of Mike's every night for 6 months... yeah....
@@bellringer53 You HUH?
“I _am_ faithful, I _was_ faithful, I would have _continued to be_ faithful” fully knocks me out every single time
This is still Lou's best delivered line. It's perfect. It's why I would love an Unsleeping City animated show. Just to have Lou absolutely knock scenes like this out of the park.
As SOON as Brennan said the word Caramelinda I felt like someone had gut-punched me. Lou OWNED that entire season
KING AMETHAR WAS A MF B E A S T AND LOU SHOULD’VE WON A FUCKING GOLDEN GLOBE FOR THAT SHIT.
“you have to be a person, you can’t just be a thing that lays around my house” oh how i burst into tears. fabian might be a daddy’s boy but he still wants his mom in his life so much
"You can't just be a thing that lays around my house." Rip my fucking HEART out why don't you Lou???
i dont think you have it here but the part in the fantasy high fight where lou says "mama, just be a person, for once!" broke my fucking heart the first time i heard it. Fabian was my absolute favorite part of that last episode, Lou played the teenage-ness (that everyone the whole season did so magnificently) mixed with sudden trauma so perfectly!!
oh yeah it's the second clip ^_^ it's my favorite part of fantasy high
It's literally at 3:30 lol
One of my favorite Lou moments was in ACOC when Emily as Jet is begging not to be rescued and to stay with Amethar and Lou just completely ignores her while plotting how to get her out. Does not interact, talks to Brennan over her, and plans her rescue. Exactly as Amethar, as a dad trying to save his daughter, would do.
i love it. and you can see emily-as-jet panicking for real, i think partially because she knows there’s a real chance that amethar is trying to die for them and also because she knows jet is not gonna let that happen without dying herself
Duuuude......and his visible frustration when Jet was saying she wouldn't leave. He gets soooo imursed in his characters. He WAS a Dad in that moment. I legit thought he was gonna curse Emily out
this is usually THE clip i show to the friends i wanna indoctrinate into dimension 20 shows, its just so fucking good
I use the riz cornbutthole question clip 😂
The core of the argument between Caramalinda and Amethar hits so hard.
Lou's patient delivery of the line "I'm gunna do better" seems so sincere, and then he's hit with the "what does that even mean." 🥺
That interaction is really emblematic of who Amethar was at that point: he *is* sincere in wanting to do better, but he just doesn't know *how* to do it. He was and continued to be surrounded by people more capable than him at his own role's requirements. And yet those same capable people needed to rely on him and were let down by him and suffered in ways he couldn't or didn't protect them from, so he's got all this *wishing* and *expectation* (external and internal) but none of the skills or experience. It's heartbreaking that he was in that role at all, when he truly was not suited to it and then, once in it, didn't feel safe or confident enough to ask to be taught about all the skills he lacked.
It’s the “Mr. Brown thank you so much for your time” for me. I literally gasped!
“You can’t just be a THING that lays around my house!” -dips
Fucking COLD
Lou Wilson and Brennan Lee Mulligan are the two best partners in all of CollegeHumor. They are both polar opposites AND peas in a pod.
Mess with the goat…
Goat house!
Seeing this intense level of role play while watching Brennan speak from the other side of a magical candy castle setup is why I love D20
Ugh every Caramelinda and Amethar fight just filled me with gut-wrenching anxiety because of how real it felt. Candy ppl RP’d by some hilarious dudes and I had nausea inducing levels of anxiety over the drama. Loved every second of it!
For real. I was watching the first episode and was like "... I came here to watch Candyland GoT parody, not a divorce simulator..."
Seriously, it was like the air was sucked out of the room and all you could hear was how broken they were together.
Absolutely, horrible pit in my stomach every single time man. I can see why they’ve been so hesitant about a second season of ACOC I can only imagine how much of a toll it took on them mentally to inhabit these deeply flawed and hurt characters. But honestly? I think it’s maybe the most well acted campaign we’ve gotten so far.
I cried so much with that season, it's a miracle I didn't die from dehydration
Crown of Candy had so many gut punch moments. Wasn't expecting that series to be so good but definitely became my favorite season of dimension 20.
Same here, with how the campaign played out you can barely call it a GoT parody and that's only when factoring in all the characters are food.
Yes! I started it thinking it was going to be the silliest campaign. While it had more than its fair share of silly moments, it was also heartwrenching. I was in tears so many times.
"I AM FAITHFUL, I WAS FAITHFUL, I WOULD'VE CONTINUED TO BE FAITHFUL!" hits entirely too hard coming from Lou. Him and Brennan are something else.
Brennan is so good at bringing these characters to life that he morphs into whoever he plays. I don't see him in the moment, just a disgruntled ex, a disappointed wife, and an alcoholic mother
"thank you for your time mr brown" is a devastating line and ive never watched dimension20
it is sooooo worth it. Brennan is one of the best DMs ever. there are so many moments like these
“and this is just politics” makes me feel like a feral raccoon
Incoherent, possessing subhuman command of reason, and eating trash?
I fucking love Lou I always believe whatever it is he’s doing at the moment and any character he’s currently playing
lou commits to his characters so well he balances comedy with heartbreaking storytelling and its so amazing to watch especially between him and brennan
A highlight for me is the fight between Evan and Jammer in Misfits & Magic, when Jammer is desperately trying to convince Evan to have some self-worth. Absolutely gave me chills
You forgot Fantasy high episode 8.
Fabian: Call of the beast!
Torek: I would die before calling off-
Fabian: THEN YOU WILL! *Drop*
My respect for Lou as a RPer grew exponentially in about 7 seconds.
Any clue generally when in the episode this was?
@@weepingwalnut It was in the 2nd half, I believe. But im not sure specifically.
@@weepingwalnut havoc on the half pipe
@@weepingwalnut Necro post, but a more specific time frame is Episode 8 "Havoc on the Half-Pipe" at 44:14
Is it weird that I am most attracted to Brennan when he is playing an angry female love interest
Im just glad im not the only one
the man who has The Most for lesbians
@@starfrog1999 it’s really a lot when I am also gay and generally have no interest in girls and we’re all here
Somehow the most accurate line in this is "SHE'S A GOD-DAMN CENTAUR"
The Liz and Kingston fight is still some of the best roleplay I have ever seen. It is so good. It is what got me to start watching The Unsleeping City series. I saw a clip of it somewhere online and knew I had to watch it.
"You hear screams down in your mother's sensory deprivation egg," what an incredibly surreal statement.
All of Lou's characters are pretty great in different ways, but I think the specific thing I love ablut how he makes them is he always makes them a product of their environment. The way they are is always a direct response to how they came up.
Fabian, raised in wealth and heard tales of his father's greatness his whole life, being showered with praise by the man. Of course he'd become a confident (usually overly so) and spoiled little daddy's boy. Through that though, we see he really more has an idea of who his larents are than who they really are. He needs a reality check and to find who he wants to be away from them.
Kingston grew up in a big community during civil rights era Harlem. He had 2 loving, old fashioned parents and neighbors he could rely on. Of course he'd grow up wanting to do his damndest to defend that community. They've gone through so much together. He wants to do more than just his part for them. What he learns throughout the series is that he shouldn't put everyone ahead of him all the time. They don't want that from him.
Amethar was 5th in line for the throne. He lost his parents pretty young, but always had 4 reliable sisters who hardly needed him. Of course he wouldn't have needed to learn the intricacies of courtly workings. He had no shot at the throne and he knew that. What he learns painfully is that that isn't how his world works. He can't sit on the sidelines anymore. To make their sacrifices matter, he needs to be better.
All of them are a direct response to how they were raised and how they view the world. They only change when their world-view is genuinely challenged and they're forced to re-examine it. I love that about his way of making characters and think it's worth examining for other characters we might want to run.
THIS is why Lou was the best person to bring from D20 to Critical Role Calamity
also the heartbreak I felt when watching Calamity before Fantasy High… the parallels between Nydas and William Seacaster make me sick
God the fight with his wife...when i first watched that it genuinely shook me how much they committed
Love these moments and I haven't seen any of them elsewhere on yt, thanks for sharing them.
Their chemistry together may be my favorite thing on the entirety of dropout.
"Please let me win.."
“You can’t just be a thing that lies around my house,” I have literally never forgotten this line I don’t know why.
Same here. I just feel like it recontextualized everything about Fabian's life all at once. It's confirmed in the freshman year finale that Hallariel has been on a bender for 14-15 years. Fabians only memories of his mom are of her being wasted and disconnected from reality, and him realizing that this is completely unacceptable after meeting his friends' moms all season really stuck with me.
The Kingston flashback/memory museum scene deserved to be here.
What was that again?
@@amiri3276 Pete had the opportunity in the mueseum in Nod to look at all the memories of one of the party members and he chose Kingston
@@jasonninja55 oh ok. I couldn't remember which Kingston flashback they were talking about
Those two have some kinda acting chemistry goddamnit because i feel it when they rp…
I need you to know that this vid got me to watch dimension 20 and ill never be able to thank you enough for that
that makes me SO happy
Brennan should get a fucking Oscar for the way he delivers the line “what does that mean?” After Amethar says he’s gonna be better
If there are only 3 scenes, how did I get goosebumps FIVE SEPARATE TIMES. MY GOODNESS THIS S#!T HITS
“She’s a centaur!”
I will always remember the beat of silence after that comeback. Their improv is top tier.
It’s been 2 years since this video was uploaded and I still come back to it. I think Lou’s ability to fully inhabit the characters he plays is so masterful, even though it’s often to the detriment of his own character (like losing all his abilities as Fabian in FHSY). What a man.
the savagery of caramallinda (no clue how to spell that) is honestly unprecedented. Like GOD DAMN I felt hurt and that shit wasn't even directed towards me.
God damn i wish I could play Dnd like this!
"Amethar the unfallen. Let's see if Candia can earn the same title" is... ooof.
and then immediately after that amethar falls off a cliff and candy castle falls with him. BRENNAN U GENIUS
“this is just politics” kills me every time
I don’t understand how people aren’t clawing at Brennan/Lou for writing scripts or something, it’s unreal
That last fight always hits hard because Amethar being told he “just waited for the problem to go away and fix itself and you forgot about it” is something I have been told before. And it is one of the biggest insults I could ever imagine.
My favorite part of this is that like 3 episodes before Kingston leaves a room and misty says I’ve been trying to sleep with him for 40 years
Dimension 20 is so good its 100% worth the subscription, all other dropout content is nice but it doesn't even begin to factor into paying for the service
Ironically, a Crown of Candy is the most brutal Dimension 20 season to date. It wrecked me, made me weep and gasp out loud in surprise and shock and horror. A must watch, but watch at your hearts own risk
"Please don't call me Mr. Brown"
*CLICK*
"Mr. Brown, thank you for your time"
Wow, I actually got invested.
I need to get Dropout
Plenty of other good content on it too z not the least of which is Game Changer
It is so worth it to support these artists and get good shoes in the mean time
100% buy Dropout, it's so so worth it
Lou and Brennan have the most amazing chemistry together. It's a treat to watch them work.
I don't think people talk about enough how intense the characters from a Crown of Candy were. That interaction was just the culmination of this tenuous marriage and it was amazing
What's crazy to me is how foreign dnd was to Lou before D20 but he plays like he's had years upon years of experience, I know he's got the bases covered in terms of acting and improv but it takes skill to immerse yourself in DnD like this, to stop thinking about the game and the imaginary numbers it provides to your imaginary character that lives in a sheet of paper and instead, become someone, in an universe that someone else made for you, to be part of.
It's amazing to watch.
The first one hit different... 'mr.brown, thank you for your time' ... ice cold
"lets hope candia can earn the same title"
lou wilson is a GENIUS
It's absolutely CRIMINAL that we Lou and Brennan roleplaying Fabians dads death isn't here.. that was a death that hurt
The line "SHES A GOD DAMN CENTAUR" doesn't just live rent free in my head, it is holding my family hostage for ransom money
I may have watched the first scene so much that I'm seeing things, but I can imagine Brennan's improve brain going
"I was on track to *be somebody*"
shit, this is a comedy show
"I had to watch them fingerprint a pile of shit"
and the juxtaposition between those two gears is why Unsleeping City will hold a place in my heart for a LONG while.
That first fight go me so deep in my feels, especially that "I'm sorry!" part. Having said the EXACT same thing to my kid's mom a couple years ago.
“Mr Brown thank you for your time”. Dam thinking so hard about my life RN 😢.
Lou yelling "I am faithful, I was faithful, I would have continued to be faithful" honestly love ves in my mind rent free. It's been at least a year since I first watched this and I still think about his character Kingston, and the way those two fought in that scene.
Watching this with no context
Honestly it’s the best form of drama to consume now
Wait until you see, “Here’s to a future you can’t ruin.”
Brennan and Lou do improv together and it shows. They play off eachother fantastically.
"Crown of Candia" is one of the best roleplays I have ever seen. I have never cried so much in my life over roleplay.
God I love them SOOO much, everyone is fantasy high is so talented and I especially LOVEEE the chemistry woth all of them and Brennan, the character interactiosn are like none I've ever seen
I love these, but one thats on my top 5 is Brennan playing Evan Kelmp when he says "look at this! This is whats on the inside & it takes alot of effort to keep it down!"
Brennen has a amazing way of narrating the world as they go through it to not only make it enjoying to watch but also impactful. The perfect example of this I think is when he acts as Galeer in fantasy high season 1, he’s hilarious but when he does the bit inside of shellberts head, it’s so depressing and takes a deep turn into how people like shellbert must think
That first exchange might be the most New York Fantasy shit ever.
Just so great how these shows can have these moments that go so hard, out of Improv essentially, long-form, collaborative Improv.
The "I am faithful. I was faithful. I would have continued to be faithful" is the line that made me want to try DnD for the first time!
The way they can just have full three dimensional conversations in character is incredible to me
They are so good at being divorced
god i need to pay the 5 dollars to binge this shit omg
Following up “Please don’t call me Mr. Brown” with “you hear screams from down in your mother’s sensory deprivation egg” is incredible
The best Lou v Brennan fight in D20 imo is the prison fight between Fabian and Bill. I know that Lou's series of bad rolls in Sophomore year is the real kicker for the "I am my own man" arc, but I think that fight is what really started that arc for Fabian. He finally gained the courage to be BETTER than his father, not just a shadow. That is the perfect fight to me.
No idea what is happening, but what I do know is that I need to watch these people, because holy shit was I engaged in the first clip and I don't even know the context of the situation.
For enough context to begin to appreciate how amazing these people are, the first clip is the Unsleeping City set against the background of a magical New York city and its inhabitants, most of whom are unaware of the true nature of reality. The second is Fantasy High, which is like id John Hughes' coming-of-age teen movies were in a fantasy world.
The third is if you took Game of Thrones and smashed it full force into Candyland. There's all the savagery and heartbreak one would expect and as one can see from this clip, it is in no way diminished by the fact that Lou is a hulking Pop Rocks king, speaking to his queen, who is made of caramel toffee. (Or the twin royal princesses who are, respectively, red and black liquorice)
That first clip gets me every time. It's a masterful performance from both of them, but Lou's delivery on his last line is incredible. He makes it damn near impossible not to sympathize with his character.
"I'm gonna be better."
Too few people say that and mean it in this world.
"Thank you for your time mr brown" YOUCHHH THE DEDICATION
The main party clicked so hard since Fantasy high it's crazy