YMMV / Rusty Quill Gaming

• Alternate Character Interpretation: For Liliana. Whether she's a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing or a victim of her circumstances depends largely on whether you believe that Gideon is manipulating her in the same way that he did Hamid.
• Archive Panic: Over 190 episodes and counting, clocking in at 40 minutes to 1 hour each, just in the main canon, as well as regular special non-canon episodes.
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • With The Magnus Archives — unsurprising, given that they're two of the Rusty Quill's biggest shows. All of Rusty Quill Gaming's players have featured as voice actors in The Magnus Archives and many of The Magnus Archives's voice actors have been guest players in Rusty Quill Gaming's specials.
  • Also with Stellar Firma, which also features a lot of the same voice actors.
• Ho Yay:
  • Zolf/Hamid is a very popular ship, despite Hamid claiming to be straight. This is likely due to the large number of intense emotional interactions they had in season 1, especially towards the season finale when Zolf had a Heroic BSoD and Hamid confessed to hero-worshipping him. The ship is so popular that both Ben and Bryn have made references to enjoying Zolf/Hamid Fan Fiction and Fan Art.
  • Then there's Zolf and Wilde's relationship which by Alex and Ben's own admissions is somewhere between platonic and romantic. Ben eventually said he ruled out any 'on-screen' romance due to Wilde being a historical figure.
• Idiosyncratic Ship Naming: Several.
  • Aphroguedite for Azu/Sasha, as a combination of "rogue" (Sasha's class) and "Aphrodite" (Azu's god).
  • Palapals for Azu/Grizzop, the group's two paladins.
  • Riverbank for Zolf/Hamid, as a nod to Zolf's connections with Poseidon and the al-Tahan Family Business.
• Launcher of a Thousand Ships: It's hard to find a notable male character that hasn't been shipped with Oscar Wilde.
• Memetic Badass: The old man the party tries to catch during the Paris arc. The party botches their attempt at the parkour chase so astoundingly badly that Sasha, Bertie, and Brutor all come within inches of death. The party proceeds to Never Live It Down, and the old man is continually referenced as the most dangerous creature in their entire adventure.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • "But we respect his craft" every time Alex twists the story in an even darker direction.
  • Describing Mooks as "lads and/or blokes."
  • Grizzop will shoot off your kneecaps.
  • Ben's got LOADS of hitpoints!
• One-Scene Wonder: Both Grag and The Channel Tunnel Train Driver provided surprisingly long-lasting memes, to the point that both KEEEEEESH and DOOOOOOOM (their respective Signature Quotes) can be found on official merchandise.
• Portmanteau Couple Name: Loads. Notable examples include Zamid (Zolf/Hamid), Zoscar (Zolf/Oscar Wilde), Sazu (Sasha/Azu), Hazu (Hamid/Azu), Wildezop (Wilde/Grizzop) and the surprisingly creative Amstahan (Grizzop/Hamid.)
• Shipping: Almost every combination of any of the player characters has a ship associated with it... even characters who haven't met.