Talks Machina 107: Wood and Steel

is the one hundred and seventh episode of Talks Machina. Taliesin Jaffe and Liam O'Brien discuss with host Brian Wayne Foster.

Part 1

 * Marisha invaded the set with a laser-sighted nerf gun.

GIF of the Week
Winner: GabeJamesGames (@GabeJamesGames on Twitter); gif of the "Big Shaft" jokes.

Prize: Critical Role Cobalt Soul journal.

Fan Art of the Week
Winner: Brandon S. (@Morphenominal12 on Twitter); "Sie sind das Essen und Wir sind die Jaeger!"

Prize: Tabletop tiles of various wood types from Wyrmwood Gaming.

Quotations

 * Liam: It's really a contest every episode to see if we can further deconstruct this show into nothing.
 * Taliesin: "I've got velcro, man."
 * Brian: "I found out something 30 minutes ago. DayQuil is orange. NyQuil you are not supposed to take at 6:30 on a Tuesday night if you have to host a talk show. Things could get weird, friends."
 * Taliesin: "Clay loves these people. He really loves them and he thinks that they're gonna do great things...On the other hand, he also has a sense of what an addict is, if that makes sense. So it's 'I love you, I trust you, I'm gonna go through your wallet really quickly. I love you and I trust you, just checking your wallet. Just going to go look inside your wallet, see what's there.' It was one of those moments of validating my own trust again, because if he was lying or he was being untruthful I'd want to have that for later. Just to stop him from doing anything dumb. Save him from himself."
 * Liam: "The filthy disguise that he's maintained for so long is pointless now...He's expecting somebody to come knocking at the door soon-ish."
 * Taliesin: "There's something about [consecution] that's rubbing him the wrong way and he doesn't know how to articulate it."
 * Dani: "NEXT QUESTION!"
 * Liam: "He doesn't know what they are anymore. I mean, he knows that he still cares for her. None of that's changed."
 * Liam: "He's grown accustomed to needing her and being needed...he's not even talking to her that much because he's not sure if the script is the same."
 * Brian: "Welcome to After Dark."
 * Taliesin: "He kind of figured out that he and Yasha have the most in common of anybody there. At first he thought he and Jester were going to have the most in common because they're both clerics and then he realized...no. He loves her but they are not similar people on any level."
 * Brian: "You guys, I'm not lying about which NyQuil I took. I wish it was a bit."
 * Taliesin: "I'd love to shove my crystal in that staff."
 * Dani: "Y'all make me so tired."
 * Liam: "Caleb can get knocked over by a strong breeze. Caleb needs help."
 * Taliesin: "He's a deep believer that if life gives you lemons it's literally because you're supposed to make lemonade...He always moves towards anything that feels meaningful."
 * Liam: "Not everyone always wants to do that."
 * Taliesin: "His whole goal is to get everyone in the group talking."
 * Dani: "Yasha needs some fucking armor."
 * Liam: "He definitely cares about the entire group now, against what he thinks is his better judgment."
 * Liam: "Everything's changed for him in the past couple episodes."
 * Taliesin: "I don't really know much about being an only child."
 * Taliesin: "He's very confused."
 * Taliesin: "He's starting to feel that there's a larger movement happening, there's a bigger story that he hasn't figured out yet. He hasn't brought that to anybody else yet."
 * Taliesin: "As a member of this family, if you find the kiln, you're doing everything you're supposed to do."
 * Brian: "What else points north?" Taliesin: "Well my staff, obviously."
 * Brian: "He's a sleepy boy."