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Brennan Lee Mulligan’s charming fox foil has a message for the haters
“What would you do if you did what you really wanted to do?” It’s the kind of question that a child would ask, but one that’s harder to answer than you might think. It’s also a moment shared in a podcast literally years ago, but one that I still remember fondly — and one that […]
“What would you do if you did what you really wanted to do?” It’s the kind of question that a child would ask, but one that’s harder to answer than you might think. It’s also a moment shared in a podcast literally years ago, but one that I still remember fondly — and one that speaks very clearly to the given moment.
In this animated scene by Danica Dickison, a story artist and writer whose clients include Riot, Netflix, Disney, and A24, the questioner is a fox — a very special fox, in fact, having been magically awakened and only recently given the gift of speech. The answer, part of an early scene from The Wizard, The Witch, and The Wild One, put an unexpected emotional button on my morning. So I’m taking the fox’s bold statements — and perhaps a bit of his fuck the haters energy — into the rest of my week. Here’s hoping it does you some good as well.
The Wizards, The Witch, and The Wild One is a high-concept Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast by some of the very best in the business: Erika Ishii as Ame the witch, Aabria Iyengar as the wizard Sky, Lou Wilson as the Great Spirit Eursulon, led by Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan and produced by Taylor Moore. Together they form Worlds Beyond Number, a popular actual play podcast and, at time of publication, the 14th most-funded Patreon in the world. This, the third season of their first storyline together, feels more powerful and more potent than ever before.
Mulligan’s fox is an elegant foil, equal parts expeditious plot device and a kind of moral compass for the entire program. Dickison’s animatic is a delight in its own right, but taken in full with the rest of the narrative — especially where the current episodes are, in their own storyline and in the story of the world around them — it feels especially resonant. If you’re between podcasts, looking to pick up a new book or streaming addiction, or just need a little boost in these troubled times, give The Wizard, The Witch, and The Wild One a try. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
