I'm getting the feeling that this season is more about the Bad Kids confronting their flaws that have been slowly bubbling up in the past seasons, namely Fig no longer being able to rely on her frankly insane luck, her pathological need to just lie at any given moment, or her self image, Kristen's tendency to run away from her problems at the drop of a hat, Riz taking pretty much everything onto himself as 'The Ball', Fabian's tendency to rub people the wrong way without thinking (while also just not thinking in general before doing something very stupid and impulsive), Gorgug's self-identity and, at times, inability to stand up for himself, and Adaine still being almost chronically unsure of what she wants out of life (though I may be incorrect on a few things), which will, in turn, be reflected with the Rat Grinders.

Man, I wish “here’s a pause you can read with an insight check” was something we can use in daily conversation.

Holy crap, Brennan and Ally going all-in on addressing Deconstruction through D&D. "You never dealt with Helio. You said 'This is bullshit' and walked away, but you never addressed the parts of that that worked for you." Gah. Can't just walk out of the church and automatically be fine; there's a ton of self-work required to fill in the gaps that leaving opens up, particularly if you don't have a replacement community.

“That’s really nice.” That was so fucking real holy shit.

I feel for Kristen. Put yourself in her shoes. Religiously traumatized, and when you finally break out, you're told during prom of your freshman year "create a god on the fly RIGHT NOW or all your friends die" Cut to Junior Year, you're getting haunted for a snap decision you made as a 14 year old. Kristen could be handling things better, sure. But Kristen has a VERY fraught relationship with all three of her gods at this point.

As a queer ex-fundie with ADHD, Ally is killing the "Junior Year has hit" vibes for the avoidant, confused, teen who was handed too much with no tools. She is FAR from perfect but her flaws are where she's growing and woof is it intense.

i get why it’s frustrating to see kristen keep struggling. but like… jesus the amount of vitriol towards allys really excellent and honest portrayal of a character whose struggles are based on their own experiences is. sheesh!!! i hope they aren’t reading any of it lol

…This… really hurt… but she wouldn’t say it if she didn’t care. Like… there’s still affection there even if Tracker’s moved on.

I really like this push back from Tracker. Well done Brennan.

The fact that this episode came out on Valentine's Day is criminal

Gods damn. That was more closure than any of my ex's gave me. I feel bad for Kristen but at least Tracker was decent enough to respect thier past relationship. Or at least respect it more than Kristen. Great RP.

I feel like I walked away a more complete person having watched this. There is no joke.

God, Tracker has the patience of- well, a saint.

Tracker is speaking the goddamned truth, and it is so refreshing to hear her say exactly what Kristen’s issues are. And even when Kristen falls back to being avoidant and dismissive, Tracker still tells her exactly what she needs to hear; Tracker still cares about Kristen immensely and it’s so bittersweet. Like, Kristen created YES!?, a BRAND NEW GOD during her FRESHMAN YEAR, then restored the Nightmare King into Cassandra a year later. Kristen, out of everyone in her party, has done the most impressive shit PERIOD, and yet her constant self-sabotage and lack of commitment is so frustrating. I’ve never felt so invested in a D&D character’s arc, and I genuinely cannot wait to continue seeing Kristen’s arc develop.

This was a great arc of dialogue that gave great growth to both parties even if it wasnt the nicest who cares they needed to talk

“Tough but fair, have a great life” I’ve never seen Lou laugh at anything like that Fucking hell

Ok, to all of the people who are being very weird about Kristen right now. I'm not sure if you've been through a break up of a serious relationship before, but calling up your ex and putting it ON THEM whether you go public with your new partner or not is not actually respectful. It's shunting responsibility in the same way that all of these comments say Kristen does. And Kristen responding with her honest feelings as well as the most mature response of "you don't need my permission, do what makes you happy and I'll find a way to do the same" actually shows she's more level headed about this interaction than Tracker is. What Tracker has to say is very valid and Kristen needed to hear it, but the impetus for Tracker reading Kristen the riot act is her feeling defensive about being implicitly called out for an unfair and immature ask. The group even addresses it in the adventuring party (which I'm guessing a lot of these comments were made before that adventuring party was released) and said "Yeah Tracker's in the wrong, Kristen needed to hear what was said, but that doesn't give Tracker the right to have asked that". Like Siobhan says in the AP, it's a question you CAN'T say no to so it's not really a question.

as someone who is also adhd, i relate so so much to kristen. but ive gotten a lot better at finding ways to deal with the uncool shit, so hopefully kristsn can too

I think at the very start Kristen did nothing wrong. "I want to say no but you don't need my permission" I feel like is the correct response, but that isn't what Tracker wants. Frankly that's Trackers problem, sorry you feel bad for dumping Kristen that's on you. It's nice for you to check in but also you knew she wouldn't be ok so why ask the question just tell her and apologize. That being said Kristen really fell apart towards the end lol.

my favourite part of the episode. very bittersweet and touching bit of rp

I gotta be honest, Ally's energy going into Junior Year kinda threw me - not saying it was bad, but it definitely felt like doubling down on wacky Kristen shenanigans - and then the realisation that she and Tracker never did get back together hit, and then this moment came, and it was like "oh. oooooooh. it's not wacky hijinks - this is avoidance, this is denial. oof." Hit a little close to home in some ways, but it at least makes sense.

God this is...hitting too close to home... Just hearing your faults be laid out cold to you from someone who you value (or even just realizing them yourself after hearing it from a third person perspective -which is what this clip is currently doing to me- ) can be so unbearable. Truely the uncoolest part of life, but so so necessary for self improvement and growth, and getting yourself out of the rut you've, knowingly or unknowingly, let yourself spiral into. .....uhmm.. talking completely about Kristen here..of course (sweats) I'm gonna go do some self reflecting now.......good shit!!!!

god this scene made my heart feel so heavy I wasn't expecting dimension 20 to make me feel so emotional

I appreciate that Kristen's absolute inability to take anything seriously has some consequences.

They touch on this with the Adventuring Party episode, but Tracker was kind of in bad faith "asking for permission" just to justify all the actions she's taken up to now. And there is a point to respecting your previous partner in that way, I suppose, but just like Kristen said, "We're broken up." and that is exactly what it is. Tracker, in this way, is bringing herself back into Kristen's life just to get permission to do something that she's going to do anyway? And then criticized her about how much she's messed up her religions? I mean, don't get me wrong. It's rather constructive (also critical, but constructive still), and that's good, but she's piggy-backing it off of a tough conversation that *she* initiated when Kristen has so much other stuff on her plate that, if I was in Kristen's shoes, I'd be putting myself through to specifically *not* think about my bad relationship. It just kinda feels sour and a bit selfish for Tracker to even open the door to "It's your call if I make my new relationship public" when Kristen AND Tracker have other things to worry about. Not to mention how disrespected Tracker's new girlfriend could feel. "Hey babe, I know I've been putting off going public with you. Let me call my ex and make sure she's ok with it." It shouldn't matter, and if Tracker had really moved on, she shouldn't need to be blowing up Ragh and Kristen just to get an answer. Through Kristen's insight check, we know this is just a formality and that Tracker has no intention of holding any feeling for Kristen anymore. Some may find it a bit endearing that Tracker gave that respect to Kristen but it's a type of pity that Kristen probably doesn't want. It's Tracker on her high horse looking down and being like, "Oh you must be so hurt I have to make space to ensure your comfort." I realize I have a lot of feelings about this, and yea, I'm probably projecting a BUNCH but I really liked Tracker as a character and while it makes sense for Kristen and Tracker to split, much for good reason as Kristen is a traumatized and damaged person who is trying their damndest to figure themselves out, I just think Tracker could have been more graceful about it. She split up with her serious relationship over long distance, and there's speculation that she knew about this princess character *while* she was still with Kristen, and then she has the gall to demand Kristen's permission to go public with her new relationship. It just doesn't sit right in my stomach.

bless you for these

Tracker said some real shit about responsibility and all that but tracker is fucked up for putting Kristen in that position do decide if she announces her relationship, like duh she doesn't like that tracker is dating someone else,

Bro why’d I click on this video I know what I’m getting myself into already, and now I’m sad

I’ve never been in a romantic relationship, but as someone who was forced to cut ties with those I’ve loved more than anyone and couldn’t give or receive the closure that any of us really deserved, I wish I had someone as honest as Tracker who was willing to tell the hard truths to me. Everyone at the table constantly blows me away.

Amazing title

shit that bit was really good fuck i need to watch the new eps IMMEDIATELY

this made me cry so much

oh my god that did happen on valentines day i'm ruined

This is an amazing convoluted plot made by Brennan and I loved it. Here's the thing, tracker doesn't really care about how Kristen is doing. She never called her until she needed something from her, which is absolution and permission to something she needs to do. She wanted to be able to post that thing with a clear conscience, which is something a religious person would absolutely do. But that doesn't mean what she said here about Kristen isn't valid though, she was there when it all went down.

I have like maybe 65% of the context here, but Still Ouch. Tracker's being really kind! The melancholy acoustic guitar backing track was a nice touch. Ow 😂

Idk, this felt like Tracker was fishing for a confrontation. Or maybe meant well and tried to get closure but subconsciously wanted to say the hurtful things. It feels like Tracker was too supportive and almost infantized Kristen and enabled her bad habits. Even here, she has a new girlfriend and she wants to go public but Tracker hesitates and thinks "How will this affect Kristen?"

am i the only one whos not okay with the Gorgug Zelda split I neeeed answers

Tbh Kristen navigated it as best she could. And Tracker needs to get over Kristen and not need their permission post breakup?

This maked me scared but SO excited to watch junior year ‼️

Honestly, grown adults cant even get a good grasp or understanding of religion unless they are hardcore-cult-like into it till death. Most have that existential "what is happening?" "I'm so confused and scared." So, Kristen being a literal teenager- basically a child who hasn't even taken her first philosophy class- did about as well as anyone else in her shoes on average.

Does it rub anyone else the wrong way that tracker is calling up her ex to ask permission to post her new girl????? It’s so weird and also disrespectful to your new person. Red flag fr

Yeah I will say I hope Emily isn't right and Tracker's new partner is not plot relevant, because their breakup is killing me. Idk why it hits so close to home but it's just so painful and I would love to not see Tracker again

Ngl the only thing more painful than these scenes is rewatching Mirror Madness right after

This episode came out a week after my ex started posting about her new girlfriend literally less than a day after we broke up. So tracker talking about how she cares about Kristen's feelings and doesn't want to disrespect her by posting about her new gf BROKE ME

One of the only scenes in dimension 20 history that triggered me so bad I had to skip through it

From what I remember, Tracker dodged a bullet. Yes, Kristen did the right thing getting away from the cult, but her god brought her back from certain death and she accused him of having date-rapey vibes and ditched everything about him, created a new god out of whole cloth and promptly forgot about it and it died, and then the fiasco that was Cassandra that initially started with such promise… It’s stopped being funny this year: I’m not sure I care what Kristen believes, but she better pick something soon.

The way I’d be ready to stop by Falenel to give Tracker a middle finger while yelling, “Well aren’t you SO NICE.” and then simply leave. Kristen is far from faultless and yes l, they are both teens but damn. Our chaos president was given a shit hand of cards and was expected to make a royal flush out of it.

This moment killed trackerbees for me. This isnt closure. Nah... this is my take: Tracker isnt that into her new boo and is looking to make Kristen the bad guy/ excuse why she wont publically commit in her new relationship (she cant reject it because the new relationship is a beneficial political move). Shes hesitating and projecting that onto her care for Kristen. What ex calls you to ASK for permission to be in a new relationship??? This is a powerplay. Tracker doesnt want to be "the bad guy" and I wont be suprised if at one point a "crazy girlfriend" elf princess comes after Kristen for being "everything wrong in her relationship" if Tracker is pulling her out as an excuse

I honestly can't tell whether Kristen being irresponsible, dismissive and lazy is a part of her character or just Beardsley not taking the character seriously. She's the most non-committal, just do it for the LOLs cleric I've ever seen. It's pretty frustrating.

Honestly, I’ve grown to really dislike Kirsten. She’s become a rather terrible person.