Talks Machina 105: The Favor

is the one hundred and fifth episode of Talks Machina. Liam O'Brien and Marisha Ray discuss with host Brian Wayne Foster.

GIF of the Week

 * Will Dooling's gif of the moment Caleb brought out the beacon.

Fan Art of the Week

 * Nikki Dawes aka @NikkiDawesDraws' "Bright Queen (Mommy of Light)."

Quotations

 * Dani: "YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST WEEK."
 * Brian: "Sam was in a tuxedo that night." Marisha: "I knew it was gonna be a funeral tux."
 * Liam: "That's what she said. Who knows what we are."
 * Liam: "Everything was on fire. I wouldn't have taken that gamble two minutes before."
 * Marisha: "Beau has issues with authority, but she's not stupid enough to get herself seen as a literal traitor."
 * Dani: "It's my notes. Very important notes."
 * Marisha: "Streamies here we come."
 * Liam: "He has done the last thing his parents would ever, ever want him to do."
 * Liam: "Some people are saying that Fjord and Caleb are sleeping together. That doesn't make it so."
 * Marisha: "Beau is gonna have a talk. Beau didn't like it. Marisha has laughed at every piece of fanart...I think Beau was surprised. They were going with the illusion, it didn't mean to go so far as being a literal bully."
 * Marisha: "Oh, this is horrible."
 * Liam: "Travis and Laura are the biggest piss taker trolls in our lives so they were just fucking with us."
 * Marisha: "She knows how shitty the empire is and she's watched her father also be a loyalist and the effects that that's taken on her, so she's like 'fuck these guys' but she's not like 'I WANT TO SEE IT ALL BURN!!' No offense."
 * Liam: "I think Caleb has a high Charisma that he just doesn't use anymore."
 * Liam: "It's there, and he can hold it together like a sandcastle for an hour if he needs to...but it gets washed away pretty fast."
 * Marisha: "Everybody's got a voice, and some might be a little more bracing."
 * Marisha: "Your stats are there to influence the effects of what happens. They're not a bible, they're not law."
 * Brian: "Bowlgate, my favorite -gate of this year."
 * Marisha: "I think it's colored because Caleb is known to be such a selfish character."
 * Dani: "What scrolls did you get out of that guy? I'm still so-" Liam: "I don't remember." Dani: "No! You have to remember cause I want know if it was fucking worth it!" Liam: "I don't know if I do."
 * Liam: "It wasn't 'I'm the hero,' it was math."