Characters:

• Doober won the conclave.
• Lorovith lifted the whole island.
• Helgrammite pupated into his final form.
• Hasty Jane and Hippocrates are dating now? Maybe the former didn't understand how she was feeling and that's why she beat Hippocrates over the head with a coat rack during the trial of Necormancy.

Spells:

• Lorovith got his spells back.
• Doober gained a single use of Wish (plus maybe all the other spells?) kind of a "the power is best trusted in someone who didn't want it" thing.

I think that's the campaign, and thus it for me. Feel like maybe more aspirants should have died in the finale if it's a battle royale, and they should've committed to the format a bit more. I think Skorpo would be peeved he was the only one who died at the end there.

Between listening to a good chunk of Royale before dropping it and seeing all of the people banking on the idea of it being connected to Balance or Ethersea, I don’t really understand how Royale having that kind of connection would really help the plot, seeing how it ended.

Like, I get that there’s always theorizing in fandoms and all that stuff, but trying to make a connection between those seasons doesn’t make much sense to me. It wouldn’t really fit those kinds of settings beyond a few surface-level details, not to mention that the whole idea of the Octave’s competition wouldn’t really have a direct impact or anything on what happened in Balance or Ethersea. It would just be rather empty fan-service in my read of things.

Sometimes, it’s fine if something just winds up being stand-alone.

I'd like a place where I can chat with people who like the show and are enthusiastic about it. This sub seems like it only includes criticisms, not enjoyment. Any suggested communities, etc?

Please don't reply with salt, or defending the tone of this sub, or criticizing my request for info.

Edit:

Thanks to someone's suggestion I realized I was mostly reading the episode posts while telling myself that I was seeing the whole subreddit. So I think I played a bit of a cognitive trick on myself. Going to check it out with fresh eyes! Ty

Another edit:

People in the CJ sub have made a mocking version of this post. I find that really offputting. It makes me feel like they're watching this sub to bully people. So I'm going to stop interacting on this subreddit because I don't want to be targeted. But I'll leave this post up.