Heartwarming / Jemjammer

• Cacophony trying to assure Jylliana in episode 10 that even if she can't hear Ethla, that doesn't mean she isn't out there. It's like writing a letter—eventually she'll get a response. Of course she undercuts it by muttering "unless she hates you" afterward.
  • Jylliana used to get night terrors, but after she communed with Ethla she no longer felt alone in the darkness.
  Jylliana: I guess a best friend doesn't describe it, it's like—
  Cacophony: It's like someone who's always there to take care of you.
  Jemjammer: It's a part of you.
  • Cacophony believes Jylliana is strong enough to get through to Ethla because she's able to tolerate both her and Aelgfifu. She also offers to just silently sit with her in her room just so that she's not alone.
• Although they get off to a bad start, the Fallen Gods party and Cacophony take time to try and encourage Jylliana on her abilities as a cleric.
• When Jylliana is concerned that she's bad at speaking to people, Xilwin reassures her that she's great at inspiring people to keep going forward. Or to stop doing things.
• Jylliana comforting Cacophony about her separation from Chastity in the aptly named "Don't Be Cry".
• Cacophony and Aelfgifu return the favour when Jyll has a breakdown after discovering that Max is a secret prince and has been lying to everyone.
• The party goes out of their way to save all the residents of Castle Kronos before it's destruction, and even manage to incorporate some of them into their crew!
  • They also help Mathilde and the Forgemaster affirm their feelings for each other.
• Artie and Cacophony are able to haggle their way to a very good deal for a Pearl of Power that can help Jylliana restore one of her spell slots.
• Jylliana is a bit of a mess over the course of episode 52 because she's trying to figure out how to ask out Lachlan, but the more she spirals the more seriously her friends take it as they assure her that she's not pitiable, she's not a disaster, she's a great person and Lachlan would be happy to go on a date with her.
• The party comforts Aelfgifu when she sees her dad's body for the first time since he passed away, without any jokes or anything. Then Jyll lets her know how Speak With Dead works and helps her get closure with everything.
  Jyll: We're doing this on your time.
  • He didn't have many personal affects, but Aelfgifu takes his favourite mug back to the ship with her.
  • After Aelfgifu worries about only having one question left, she decides to ask Greyson what he wanted her to be when she finally left home. His answer? "Happy".
  • In her own personal way, Aelfgifu marking his grave by whipping a rotten apple at a nearby tree, then planting the exploded goop on top of the grave.
• The last five minutes of episode 58 are just the party giving Jyll encouragement for her upcoming date.
• THE DATE
  • Lachlan gets concerned when he thinks Jylliana is distant.
  Lachlan: Are you afraid of me? Because if you're afraid of me there's no point.
  Jyll: I'm not afraid of you, I'm - I'm afraid of me?
  Lachlan: 'kay. How so?
  Jyll: I just...I don't...it's kind of hard to explain. I'm bad at a lot of things and I'm very good - look, I'm an anxious pessimist, I'm very good at spinning out ways in which anything could go wrong. In a certain regard, y'know, it helps me sleep because then I'm prepared for the worst and then if the worst doesn't happen I can be pleasantly surprised. And then at least I feel I can handle the situation, but I'm not...I don't know how to deal when things might be good.
  Lachlan: Would it help if I told you that's kind of what I like about you? Not the anxious mess part, the bit where you care so much. About everything. You're very passionate.
  Jyll: *stutters for a moment* Uh...thanks.
  • Later he reiterates that he didn't want to make the first move and set her anxiety off, and wasn't going to try anything without her asking for it first.
  • After briefly ranting about how ridiculously hot Lachlan is, Jylliana explains the genuine reason she's attracted to him.
  Jyll: The thing is...the last time I was here on Port Meridian...that was when I found out exactly how...impossible it is to commune with a god in Wildspace. The thing is, I've been at the Temple pretty much my entire life. Every time that matters had been in the Temple. I have always been able to reach out and feel that warmth and love and light and acceptance and safety and it has always been there for me - she has always been there for me every time that I've been worried or unsure about anything I've always had her. I figured I'd always have her. Until I didn't, and I reached out and there was...nothing. There was just this emptiness and cold and nothing. I fell apart, and it took a lot - it took so much time, it took so much - I almost died before any of that started feeling remotely okay again, and y'know you just live with it. I have good days and bad days. And the reason I want you to hear that is because in the middle of that crisis on the way to Krynn, that was when we first started talking and I was nervous and everything and I had a bunch this other baggage happening at the same time, but you were so kind and sweet and funny and patient, I mean you didn't even know me, you didn't have to give me the time of day, you had no obligation, but you gave me your time anyway. And the thing is just talking and stupid shit like throwing apples around the hallway, I found myself...smiling and laughing and just for a little while I was able to forget that I was going through one of the scariest, loneliest things in my entire life. And I mean, maybe that wasn't a big deal for you but for me it was significant. And I guess after I just felt like, well, y'know, that kind of person, that's someone you want to get to know. Maybe if you're really lucky that might be someone you can build something with. What I mean is...that's why I like you, Lachlan. That's the reason I wanted to go out on a date and why I keep making an ass out of myself every single time I try to talk with you, I just - I don't know what to do with good things. Especially when I want them.
  • And after all that, Lachlan asks her if she wants to make out. Rio - not Artie, Rio - starts fist pumping in the background.
• Jylliana bonding with Artie over the pride they have in their hair and how she's also gone through a severe hair cut when she was young. She also tells him that even after her hair was cut, she knew it didn't change who she was, and the same applies to him. He's still the same dumb, sexy fishman he's always been.
• While shopping for Midwinter Birthinox, Jyll grabs a stack of periodicals for Dewey to sort.
• In the JAILJAMMER oneshot, everyone else chips in and burns their flashback to say that Countess Aguilar put a potion of Greater Restoration in their pack in order to restore Lasmo's hit point total back to what it was at the start.
• Atra's explanation of her deity-free cleric power to Jyll, both for how it sets off another round of self-discovery and Atra's own self-confidence.
  Atra: What you are - you gain your power because you are a promise. You promise to act when needed. To be what's needed. Yes?
  Jyll: I don't think I understand.
  Atra: I said my power comes from my purpose. These things that I can do - they're needed. People need them, so then I can do them. Yes?
  Jyll: I - I guess?
  Atra: What we share is a promise. To be what is needed.
  Jyll: Hmm...I guess that's true.
• Jake's surprise opening narration for Midwinter Birthinox is very cute.
  'Twas the morning of Birthinox, and the whole crew lay still.
  Well the whole crew, that is, with the exception of Jyll.
  She was up early putting down decorations.
  Nothing could ruin this, not even jerk penguins.
  She cast magic flames with a note that said "Warning:
  This is not a real fire, or we'd wake up dead in the morning."
  "The presents are wrapped, I hope Lachlan likes mine,"
  Jyll thought, "but if he doesn't that's fine. That's fine. That's fine."
  They'll eat and they'll chow and they'll feast, but of course
  They'll have to save some for that scary-ass horse.
  And the sun doesn't...rise...in the phlogiston per se,
  So she'll get to decide when they next greet the day.
  All the time in the world to be with those she holds dear
  As they ride this old boat over to the next sphere.
  And all the time to reflect, wherever they roam,
  As long as they're together, they'll always be home.
  Oh this has gone on quite long, I am known to yammer.
  But enough of that now: it's time for Jemjammer.
  • Jyll gifts matching bandanas for Aelfgifu and Breadsticks.
  • Lachlan gets Jyll a small silver lightning bolt pendant. Jyll is truly flustered by it, and her friends start chanting for them to kiss (they do).
  • Aelfgifu gives Jyll an enchanted ugly fish that sings "The Immigrant Song" from Aelfgifu and starts tearing up out how stupid and thoughtful it is. She also drew little pictures of everyone.
  • Jyll's speech to the crew at the end.
  Jyll: I just wanted to say, um...listen I know this isn't - everybody's got their own solsitce traditions but I - I wanted to say thanks for indulging me, I guess? Um...it's been...about six months now since we left home and...I guess...it's been really weird, um, but it's also been really great and...I'm glad that we could kind of bring a piece of home with us and...well, I guess I'm glad that home can be somewhere besides a planet. I'm glad home can be this and family can be this and...thanks for tolerating me. Us.
  Cacophony: There's no toleration about it. Love you, Jyll.
• In episode 99 Aelfgifu and Jylliana discuss how the latter is communing with more and more gods lately. While Jyll is defensive at first, Aelfgifu is able to explain that she doesn't think Jyll is doing anything wrong and knows she's being careful, she just wants to make sure she's safe when she goes to places Aelfgifu can't follow. It ends in a hug!
• In episode 101, a force in the dungeon the party finds themselves in tries to convince Aelfgifu that she'll never have a moment of freedom again if she continues to be responsible for the party. Her friends immediately rush to her defence.
  Voice: Is this what you're going to become? Are you going to leave behind all this freedom? Are you going to take responsibility for this? Because if you do, that's all you're gonna get. People will heap it on your shoulders. You will be worn down by this burden.
  Wyn: Nature's always about mediums, give and take. You can't have an extreme of one or the other or the world would destroy itself.
  Jyll: And you're not alone.
  Wyn: Yeah, we're here to help you carry burdens.
  Aelfgifu: Yeah but you start carrying a few and then you're carrying a lot.
  Voice: That's right. What is value anyway? Are you valued, or are you just another beast of burden.
  Jyll: Hey, fuck off! Fuck you, that's our friend.
  Wyn: Fuck off!
  Jyll: Fuck off entirely, that's some incredible bullshit!
  Artie: Nap squad is life!
  Aelfgifu: Nap squad is life.
  • She then thinks about how yes, she left her home and then her planet and got embroiled in loads of drama, but has also had so much fun at the same time that she can't claim her life is all one or the other.
• Episode 102 has Jyll confronting two images of herself in the future, one in simple robes and the other powerful and happy with Lachlan and her friends, but Jyll can't accept that she could ever attain that - even saying that she's not supposed to be taking this test and that some other cleric should be on the mission.
  Jyll: That's probably the one that can handle this.
  Wyn: You're handling it.
  Artie: You're here.
  Wyn: Yeah, you're here, you've dealt with us through all our issues. You've thrown out your wings to save us how many times, a hundred?
  Simple Jyll: Don't worry about [the other image]. It's okay! We can be safe. We can be ourselves.
  Wyn: Both of these are you!
  Jyll: But that one seems happy.
  Resplendent Jyll: Yeah, what she said. You'll never be me. Go be her. Go be nothing.
  Aelfgifu: Hey, rude.
  Wyn: You are something, you're the one walking towards Ethla - maybe not singing but basically! You're the one who's going to weild her powers and abilities and we're gonna save the fucking universe.
  Aelfgifu: It's not extremes. It can be both! You can make saffron buns and have simple times, and you can sometimes pop crazy wings and talk to a god!
  Artie: You can't ever be nothing. That's not possible.
  • What starts getting Jyll out of the funk is the party telling her that her relationship with Lachlan is a lot closer to the simpler version and he likes her because of that - and they should know, they spied on her a lot. This leads to Jyll bursting into laughter and rejecting the illusion's argument.
  Jyll: I can trust them to see what I can't. I can't see myself in you but they can and I have to do my best to believe that.
• Artie's confronted by an image of himself partying, and another of him acting as a meat shield for the party, both of whom are declaring that this is all he's good for. Everyone quickly assures him that he's plenty good at both, and they love him for it, and that he never has to do anything alone. But that's just the surface of his issues.
  Artie: But if I'm not good at - if I'm not good at something you'll just - you'll just -
  Aeflgifu: Oh. Oh. Artie, we're not dumping you anywhere.
  Artie: I'm tired of being thrown away.
  Jyll: We're never going to throw you away, Artie.
  Aeflgifu: Nap squad for life!
  Jyll: You don't just have a utility to us, you're our friend. That's not something you have to do or be.
  Wyn: Honestly if we meet any of the people that did throw you away I'm going to beat them up.
  Jyll: Artie, you're our friend. That's not a job you have to do, that's just a thing you are, you don't even have to try to be that. Also that doesn't even involve either of those things, you don't - we may not always need you, but we always want you.
  Aelfgifu: I mean Artie, I don't have a lot of...friends...or people I'm comfy with. I like that we've got our special little thing and it's...important to me! I mean - no one could replace that. I would be very...sad if you...left, and I kinda don't give a damn about the rest of - if you're strong or whatever. Even if you couldn't do that. I want you around!
  • They go on to assure Artie that he doesn't need to know exactly who he's meant to be, because who he is right now is plenty good enough, and there's nothing wrong with him figuring it out slowly along the way.
  Jyll: Just because you don't know who you are now doesn't mean you're nothing.
• Wyn has a breakdown because she's terrified if she ever stops running or stops pretending to be Cacophony that her family will be slaughtered by Olivette, only for her friends to point out that her burning the candle at both ends isn't helping her family either. They agree to visit them as soon as they can and assure Wyn that no matter what happens, they'll keep them save and anything going wrong won't be her fault.
• After Jyll gets snapped at by Max in episode 110, both she and Artie are distraught from their former friend being so mean. After getting a pep-talk from Wyn and Aelfgifu, Artie runs to a resting Jyll and lays down on top of her in apology. Wyn joins them.
  Wyn: It's a snuggle-pile Jyll! Accept it!
  Anna:Jyll you automatically fail your strength saving throw, you are in a snuggle-pile now.
  • The following morning, Jyll Sends Lachlan to let him and the crew know they're all still alive. His reply is very kind and happy to hear from her, and she gets flustered realizing how much he cares about her.
• Aelfgifu gets hit with 90 hours of hallucinations - but thanks to the Well of Infinity she knows they're hallucinations so they're just discracting, and Alexei jokingly calls them super-powered ADHD. She then takes a moment to say that she herself has dealt with mild hallucinations in real life and knows they're no joke, and while she's fine playing with them in the game space she wants listeners to know that she's coming at the situation from a place of personal experience and isn't trying to make light of anything.
• Jylliana has a brief moment of anxiety that Lachlan won't be into her any more because she's been gone for almost a week. This quickly subsides when the party enter the Kestrel and find that he's been planning them a "Welcome Home" party basically since they left on their mission.
  • The following episode reveals he also got everyone gifts, including makeup brushes for Wyn (who's been working on bringing together her persona and Cacophony's), gun oil for the captain, and flameless incense for Jyll so she can worship while in Wildspace.
  • After this, Captain Bondar announces that she needs to make some changes on the ship - namely, the party have been bringing in so much money that the whole crew is getting a raise, with backpay! She also declares that since it seems the party are the only people actively fighting against the World Eater Cult, the rest of the crew are officially throwing their hats into the ring.
• After clearing up some more miscommunication between them, Jyll explains to Lachlan that despite all her anxiety and instincts to flee from stressful situations she would never break up with him, calling him the sweetest guy she's ever met. They then officially, officially declare themselves each other boyfriend and girlfriend (which makes Jyll giggle like a schoolgirl).
• Flashbacks from space weed (it's normal, it's fine) reveal that Greyson raised Aelfgifu partly because of a Geas put on him. However, Artie is quick to counter her concerns that he didn't truly care for her.
  Artie: He didn't have to be your dad. He just had to keep you alive! He chose to be your dad.
  • After the rest of the flashbacks, where Aelfgifu has to see her dad pass away, everyone immediately surrounds her in a cuddle pile.
• While it's sad that she's leaving, Aelfgifu's reasoning as to why she wants to leave with Kieran and Seerca to learn more about her powers.
  Aelfgifu: I don't want to leave, but I was thinking...remember when we went to the crystal place and we had to be confronted with our fears and our worries and I had to accept that I am moving forward into my destiny willingly instead of just being a kid and letting things happen and pretending that it's all a big joke. And what I've learned more and more is that, a lot of people have done a lot and given up a lot and died to keep me sage and to give me the chance to do something with my life. That's what Greyson wanted, right? And I want to honour that and to really find out what I can do and what I can be, more than just a bomb or someone who's just along for the ride. And I've learned so much with you all on our adventures, and it turns out people are nice sometimes, and it's fun to have friends! And I want that, but I think that to really push it and to learn what the hell my destiny is I need to...take a different path for a while.
• In episode 118, Wyn's mother Megwen and her whole family being fully supportive of her being Cacophony, especially when she assuages her fears regarding Lady Olivette - after all, she and Wyn's father used to be anti-monarchist revolutionaries and they've been itching for a reason to get back into "the family business". The entire .
  Megwen: I don't want to just rush in and take over the reigns or anything. This is your nemesis, and I want to respect that as your mother.
  Wyn: Honestly mom, while sometimes I do get annoyed when you're overbearingly helpful, honestly this is really nice!