Turmoil 278: Blood Money

I put all this in Discord when I read the werds earlier today, so I guess I'll archive it here too.

in show discussion news, Cort's show opening promo is a masterclass on weaving current stories with tidbids of a character's past without overdoing it

also his stupid non-sequiturs and one liners are always fun

also how the fuck did Chance Williams get an invite to the GOAT academy before me

I wanted to be berated by #Austin Lee

GARCIA GOT ONE TOO

Jokes aside, I kind of appreciate how Jasmine Kaffee is just Garcia's internal insecurities manifested into human form

CG: IM A ROUGH AND TOUGH SOB GIMME THAT TITLE

Jas: scared kid trying to prove he belongs

CG: punches someone in the back of the head

NUH UH

that flojo promo is a strength, no need to try and get artsy fartsy or overly wordy, play to strengths. The sudden shifts in personality could be reeled in just a tad, I feel she's ver different from week to week depending on the situation

but this one is the highest ceiling for a Face flojo, imo, rather than the Steve Austin thing

Danny seems to be relying a bit too heavily on the fact Parca is a bitch coward to be cheered. Maybe it's not even his intention and he doesn't care, which is also fine, but if he is trying to "turn a new leaf" acknowledgement of past transgressions and speaking, even if just a little bit, to the nature of his past decision making would go along way

and the very next promo, I think Derek does a better job of that, even if not directly speaking to his past, talking about how people have perceived him in the company up to this point and his tonal shift are exactly what someone needs to view him as a face

Per El Brian:

i really really want TWC (john specifically) to find his voice

he carries himself in the discord, and in VP as this confident person but in his promos he sounds like an automated robot

"we're gonna do it!" "no matter who wins... TWC wins!"

nah bro i want you to show me why you were such a confident, arrogant, rookie champ

you took out DOC at Lution and caused Quartz to wanna murder you and your goons

you're strongly disliked why isn't John acknowledging this and trying to piss even more people off

My response: This is exactly what I was trying to verbalize but couldn't when I read the last two shows of promos

It's not that you can't be a varied and dynamic personality, it's just that one segment seems to fly in the face of another, without directly acknowledging why that personality shift happens

I will say about CG, he does this sudden shift better

because for Marcus, it seems like he has a window where he could be "putting on a show" for certain people or masking insecurities

but I'm not clear that's what is happening, just feels more directionless

at least when CG goes out of pocket, it's usually later reconciled with the fact he's got a lot of conflicts and barriers up and is trying to move away from that

so yes the Marcus feedback is on point

also agree about John

His strongest RP work has been with Marisa

everything else seems too boilerplate and doesn't vibe with how John acts in DC

There was more good discussion, but there ya go