[ SECRET POST #6814 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6814 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I was that way at some point and I found I had to make a clean break. It sucks because the show was sooo fun for me amd they definitely encourage those parasocial feelings, but I felt at some point it was creating more drama than joy for me so I had to let it go.

Now I'm into Dropout and GameChanger. Which maybe doesn't help becaise I just replaced one parasocial thing for another? But it doesn't feel as unhealthy, like it isnt the same level if relationship to the source. If any of that makes sense.

[iff_and_xor]

I feel like a see a lot more discussion of parasocial relationships with Critical Role compared to Dimension 20.

Does that tally with other people's experience or is it just a quirk of the things I stumble across? And if it is a difference, is there a reason?

[(Anonymous)]

As a fan of both, I definitely think there are different vibes. Maybe not so much now, but CR started with a very "invite you to our table" feel. Like you were really just joining some friends at the table for their D&D session. And they definitely encouraged that feeling. It was a much smaller community and they made it feel like they were genuinely interacting with individual fans and the fandom as a whole. Like they were in the fandom being a fan while also being the source, somehow.

D20 has aleays felt like a production. You are still watching friends, but there has always been more of a seperation. Theu also just have a very different style of play and a different style of interacting with the fans/fandom. It is still genuine but it is very separate.

[(Anonymous)]

SA - all that being said, you definitely get the parasocial fans with D20 and Dropout/CollegeHumor too.

[(Anonymous)]

i've watched both, but i think critical role is easier glom onto because campaigns are 100+ 4hour eps each (3 campaigns x 100 eps x 4hrs each? 1200hrs of content [at the very least] so you dedicate literal months of your life to the campaigns) and d20 campaigns are quick. even interrelated campaigns on d20 are pretty short.

there are definitely parasocial d20 fans though. i don't interact with the fandom much so i can't speak to their views.

[(Anonymous)]

D20 is very streamlined, each campaign lasts about 20 episodes, which are all edited down and probably average a bit over two hours. CR does weekly episodes of around 4 hours, with campaigns lasting years and it very much does feel like actual D&D including talking over each other, misunderstandings, and sometimes talking in circles for an hour and making no progress. Also, it did start as a home game that they started streaming in the middle of, whereas D20 is very much a show.

Dropout as a whole does have that parasocial fanbase, but I feel like that's driven more by Gamechanger, which does sometimes seem to really go overboard to be wholesome, or their targeted episodes that are an excuse to give a castmember a gift because they're friends.