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* BrainBleach: The narrators are completely, utterly horrified when Weepe and Imelda have sex and desperately try to change the scene so they don't have to watch it. Well, two of the narrators are horrified. The third is pretty into it.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Moc Weepe begins the series as the co-owner of a small cabaret on a backwater planet. He eventually becomes [[spoiler: dictator of the Trust.]]
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Midst originally released its first two seasons between 2020 and 2022. After being purchased by WebVideo/CriticalRole, Franchise/CriticalRole, the podcast began re-releasing remastered versions of those episodes throughout 2023. In addition to the traditional podcast format, episodes are also released on Critical Role's [=YouTube=] page with a visual component.
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* ForWantOfANail: Assuming [[UnreliableNarrator the narrators]] can be trusted, if Weepe hadn't bumped into the nice old lady at the post office, everything would have been fine.
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* ForWantOfANail: ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Assuming [[UnreliableNarrator the narrators]] can be trusted, if Weepe hadn't bumped into the nice old lady at the post office, everything would have been fine.
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* DirtyBusiness: Imelda acknowledges that her torture of Weepe is a terrible, odious act. But she believes it's necessary to both prevent Weepe from eventually screwing over the Trust (which he 100 percent intended to do) and to take advantage of Weepe's undeniable talents for the benefit of the Trust.
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** Jonas has another such moment when he watches Imelda torture Moc Weepe. He's utterly appalled, but Imelda's high position in the Trust, sublime sense of self-confidence, and threats to Spahr's position renders him basically incapable of stepping in and stopping it.
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** Jonas has another such moment when he watches Imelda torture Moc Weepe. He's utterly appalled, but Imelda's high position in the Trust, sublime sense of self-confidence, and threats to Spahr's position renders render him basically incapable of stepping in and stopping it.
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** Jonas has another such moment when he watches Imelda torture Mock Moc Weepe. He's utterly appalled, but Imelda's high position in the Trust, sublime sense of self-confidence, and threats to Spahr's position renders him basically incapable of stepping in and stopping it.
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** Jonas has another such moment when he watches Imelda torture Mock Weepe. He's utterly appalled, but Imelda's high position in the Trust, sublime sense of self-confidence, and threats to Spahr's position renders him basically incapable of stepping in and stopping it.
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* SymbolMotifClothing: An in-universe example with the various ways high-ranking Trust officials display their valor. At one point Imelda Goldfinch explicitly acknowledges that the physical valor beads are strictly symbolic -- like every other bank in the world, the Trust keeps detailed accounts, and everyone's valor balance is carefully tracked, so characters in this universe no more ''need'' to carry around valor beads than you in the real world need to keep all of your money stapled to your clothes. But the conspicuous display of valor is a quick and easy way of demonstrating to everyone around you just how valorous you are.
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* "BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Humorously averted by the [[LemonyNarrator narrators]] with Concord.
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* UndisclosedFunds: It's never specified exactly how much Valor Moc Weepe receives when he creates his account, but it's the single largest payment that the Notary's ever handed out, and the machine runs out of beads halfway through. He's last seen carrying his new abacus back home in a sack. He's so richly rewarded, in fact, that he isn't even happy about the size of the reward: he's terrified.
* VastBureaucracy: the Trust is one. The Notaries are halfway between clerks and priests.
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* UndisclosedFunds: It's never specified exactly how much Valor Moc Weepe receives when he creates his account, but it's the single largest payment that the Notary's ever handed out, and the machine runs out of beads halfway through. He's last seen carrying his new abacus back home in a sack.sack, and [[spoiler: is immediately accepted as a member of the Trust]]. He's so richly rewarded, in fact, that he isn't even happy about the size of the reward: he's terrified.
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Midst originally released its first two seasons between 2020 and 2022. After being purchased by WebOriginal/CriticalRole, WebVideo/CriticalRole, the podcast began re-releasing remastered versions of those episodes throughout 2023. In addition to the traditional podcast format, episodes are also released on Critical Role's YouTube page with a visual component.
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* ReclusiveArtist: The triumvirate that writes ''Midst'' (known as "Third Person") makes a very deliberate point of staying out of sight, saying (in a rare voice-only interview with their CriticalRole patrons) that they want the show to speak for itself.
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* ReclusiveArtist: The triumvirate that writes ''Midst'' (known as "Third Person") makes a very deliberate point of staying out of sight, saying (in a rare voice-only interview with their CriticalRole patrons) that they want the show to speak for itself.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Spahr is appalled when Phineas finally breaks down and [[spoiler:nearly beats Guthrie to death in his desperation to get him to talk.]] It's not the violence that bothers him: it's the desperation in Phineas' eyes.
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Phineas Thatch is an earnest young man who, through grit and determination, risen high within the interplanetary Trust. He is now the Adsecla to the Prime Consector of the Trust, but he is not a free man. Despite his valor, despite his courage, he is still in debt to the Trust.
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Phineas Thatch is an earnest young man who, who has, through grit and determination, risen high within the interplanetary Trust. He is now the Adsecla to the Prime Consector of the Trust, but he is not a free man. Despite his valor, despite his courage, he is still in debt to the Trust.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Spahr is appalled when Phineas finally breaks down and [[spoiler:nearly beats Guthrie to death in his desperation to get him to talk.]] It's not the violence that bothers him: it's the desperation in Phineas' eyes.
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* MovingTheGoalposts: Phineas learns that saving a hostage is, somehow, not Valorous enough to eliminate his debt.
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* MovingTheGoalposts: Phineas learns that saving a hostage is, somehow, not Valorous enough to eliminate his debt. It's heavily implied that this is how the Trust usually operates. Breaking even by merit is something that takes a lifetime, when it's possible at all.
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* IndenturedServitude: Until you break even with the Trust, you belong to them.
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* IndenturedServitude: Until you break even with the Trust, you belong to them. People can easily be trapped in debt for life for circumstances beyond their control. As a result, the hopelessly indebted sometimes try to breach contract and flee--but if they do, they're hunted by the law until the day they die.
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* UndisclosedFunds: It's never specified exactly how much Valor Moc Weepe receives when he creates his account, but it's the single largest payment that the Notary's ever handed out, and the machine runs out of beads halfway through. He's last seen carrying his new abacus back home in a sack. He's so richly rewarded, in fact, that he isn't even happy about the size of the reward: he's terrified.
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* AdviceBackfire: Spahr tells Phineas that he's going to lose his job if he keeps showing weakness. Phineas takes it to heart.
* BlackmailBackfire: In hindsight, threatening Weepe was a bad plan.
* DecadentCourt: the Trust's aristocrats aren't cruel, but they're oblivious to the lives of the less Valorous. They have so many Valor beads that they've had to get creative about wearing them: Loxley's entire dress is made of Valor.
* EldritchLocation: The universe is not as we know it. The Fold is an endless sea of microorganisms, or something like them, and it apparently reacts violently to light. Far more people live in the Unfold, which is filled with mica dust but otherwise is far more habitable. Midst is remarkable for floating right between the two.
* ForWantOfANail: Assuming the narrators can be trusted, if Weepe hadn't bumped into the nice old lady at the post office, everything would have been fine.
* IndenturedServitude: Until you break even with the Trust, you belong to them.
* LemonyNarrator: ''Midst'' has three of them. They snip at each other, wax eloquent on the lives of background characters, and cheerfully assure the listener that both Fuse and Weepe are screwed.
* MovingTheGoalposts: Phineas learns that saving a hostage is, somehow, not Valorous enough to eliminate his debt.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lark admitting that she cares about the kid, Weepe showing guilt, Phineas' explosion of rage.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Spahr might want Phineas to succeed, but his hands are tied.
* TransformationHorror: Bad things happen if you run out of lightbulbs in Midst. It's the reason why Moc Weepe's skin and eyes are alabastar-white. It's also why Fuse's mouth is upside-down. Tongue on the top, roof of the mouth on the bottom, and so forth. (The narrators assure us that it's gross.)
* VastBureaucracy: the Trust is one. The Notaries are halfway between clerks and priests.
* WeirdCurrency: You can get more Valor just by walking the neighbor's dog, as long as your local Notary knows about it. Of course, that also means the worth of your good deed depends on who you know, when you joined the Trust, and the stock value of Valor on that day.
* WeirdWeather: Midst is wracked by "tearrors", when the Fold kicks up a storm, and unleashes monsters and random mutations on the inhabitants. They have weather almanacs to predict when they'll kick up. Sometimes they're even accurate.
* BlackmailBackfire: In hindsight, threatening Weepe was a bad plan.
* DecadentCourt: the Trust's aristocrats aren't cruel, but they're oblivious to the lives of the less Valorous. They have so many Valor beads that they've had to get creative about wearing them: Loxley's entire dress is made of Valor.
* EldritchLocation: The universe is not as we know it. The Fold is an endless sea of microorganisms, or something like them, and it apparently reacts violently to light. Far more people live in the Unfold, which is filled with mica dust but otherwise is far more habitable. Midst is remarkable for floating right between the two.
* ForWantOfANail: Assuming the narrators can be trusted, if Weepe hadn't bumped into the nice old lady at the post office, everything would have been fine.
* IndenturedServitude: Until you break even with the Trust, you belong to them.
* LemonyNarrator: ''Midst'' has three of them. They snip at each other, wax eloquent on the lives of background characters, and cheerfully assure the listener that both Fuse and Weepe are screwed.
* MovingTheGoalposts: Phineas learns that saving a hostage is, somehow, not Valorous enough to eliminate his debt.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lark admitting that she cares about the kid, Weepe showing guilt, Phineas' explosion of rage.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Spahr might want Phineas to succeed, but his hands are tied.
* TransformationHorror: Bad things happen if you run out of lightbulbs in Midst. It's the reason why Moc Weepe's skin and eyes are alabastar-white. It's also why Fuse's mouth is upside-down. Tongue on the top, roof of the mouth on the bottom, and so forth. (The narrators assure us that it's gross.)
* VastBureaucracy: the Trust is one. The Notaries are halfway between clerks and priests.
* WeirdCurrency: You can get more Valor just by walking the neighbor's dog, as long as your local Notary knows about it. Of course, that also means the worth of your good deed depends on who you know, when you joined the Trust, and the stock value of Valor on that day.
* WeirdWeather: Midst is wracked by "tearrors", when the Fold kicks up a storm, and unleashes monsters and random mutations on the inhabitants. They have weather almanacs to predict when they'll kick up. Sometimes they're even accurate.
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''When you’re starting a new life for yourself on an otherworldly frontier, the last thing you need is for the moon to fall out of the sky, reality to eat itself alive, and heavily-armed interplanetary bureaucrats to decide to murder you. Unfortunately, it’s just one of those days.''
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Midst is a tiny islet in the center of the universe, halfway between the Fold and the Un. Despite (or because) of its position, its residents have done quite well for themselves. Sometimes people's mouths flip upside down in the dead of night, and sometimes monsters skulk out of the wilderness, but on the whole Stationary Hill is quite a lovely little mining town. They even have a cabaret.
Then the enforcers of the Trust touch down, and that status quo is gone.
Lark is a hunter who lives in the red wastes outside the town, selling monster skins and telling fortunes, and she does her level best to be left alone. The locals are afraid of her, and rightly so.
Phineas Thatch is an earnest young man who, through grit and determination, risen high within the interplanetary Trust. He is now the Adsecla to the Prime Consector of the Trust, but he is not a free man. Despite his valor, despite his courage, he is still in debt to the Trust.
Moc Weepe is the cunning manager of the Black Candle Cabaret, the grandest (and only) feature in the night life of Stationary Hill. Best not to ask about the cause his surreal alabaster skin. Certainly best not to ask about some of his...business practices, some of which might make certain people very angry indeed. When the Trust arrives in Stationary Hill, he is the first to see the opportunity--and the danger.
Then there is the Trust. It's a bit like a government, a bit like a religion, and quite a lot like a great galactic bank. Status and wealth are based on Valor. You can earn valor with good deeds and hard work, but the exchange rate is hard to pin down. Every Trustee has an abacus with their Valor beads on full display. As a rule, new Trustees start out in debt. If you leave the Trust without zeroing out your account, the Trust will track you down.
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Midst is a tiny islet in the center of the universe, halfway between the Fold and the Un. Despite (or because) of its position, its residents have done quite well for themselves. Sometimes people's mouths flip upside down in the dead of night, and sometimes monsters skulk out of the wilderness, but on the whole Stationary Hill is quite a lovely little mining town. They even have a cabaret.
Then the enforcers of the Trust touch down, and that status quo is gone.
Lark is a hunter who lives in the red wastes outside the town, selling monster skins and telling fortunes, and she does her level best to be left alone. The locals are afraid of her, and rightly so.
Phineas Thatch is an earnest young man who, through grit and determination, risen high within the interplanetary Trust. He is now the Adsecla to the Prime Consector of the Trust, but he is not a free man. Despite his valor, despite his courage, he is still in debt to the Trust.
Moc Weepe is the cunning manager of the Black Candle Cabaret, the grandest (and only) feature in the night life of Stationary Hill. Best not to ask about the cause his surreal alabaster skin. Certainly best not to ask about some of his...business practices, some of which might make certain people very angry indeed. When the Trust arrives in Stationary Hill, he is the first to see the opportunity--and the danger.
Then there is the Trust. It's a bit like a government, a bit like a religion, and quite a lot like a great galactic bank. Status and wealth are based on Valor. You can earn valor with good deeds and hard work, but the exchange rate is hard to pin down. Every Trustee has an abacus with their Valor beads on full display. As a rule, new Trustees start out in debt. If you leave the Trust without zeroing out your account, the Trust will track you down.
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