PALISADE

PALISADE is the eighth full season of the TTRPG actual-play podcast Friends at the Table and the fourth full installment of the Divine Cycle. It is a direct sequel of the show's sixth season, PARTIZAN, and the interstitial mini-season Road to PALISADE.
PALISADE has a smallish but active fanart- and fic-producing fandom on Tumblr, Twitter, and Cohost.
==Popular Characters==
===Player Characters===
Like most seasons of the show, a lot of fan activity centres around the player characters. In PALISADE, these are:
*Kalvin Brnine (they/them), f.k.a. Kal'mera Broun, played by Ali Acampora
*Thisbe (she/her), played by Janine Hawkins
*The Figure (they/them, he/him) and Levitation Cascabel-Gardner (he/him), played by Andrew Lee Swan
*Coriolis Sunset (she/her), played by Sylvi Bullet
*Phrygian (they/them), Eclectic Opposition (he/him), and Exeter Leap (he/him), played by Keith J. Carberry
*August Righteousness (he/him, they/them), played by Jack de Quidt during the season finale
*Clementine Kesh (she/her), played by Art Martinez-Tebbel during the season finale
===NPCs===
*Gucci Garantine (she/her), an aristocrat and leader of the revolution on the planet Palisade
*Jesset City (he/him), another leader of the revolution and an old friend of Brnine and Thisbe
*Mustard Red (she/her), a cyborg and weirdgirl who has been taken in by a Divine with its own malevolent agenda
*Misericorde (he/him, they/them) and Cor'rina Corrine (cor/cors, they/them), rival soldiers with sexual tension
*Gur Sevraq (he/him, they/them), the ghost of a self-styled prophet and miracle worker
*Elle Evensong (she/her, they/them), a cultist-turned-spy who is declared Coriolis' rival
==Popular Ships==
*Brnine/Gucci
*Brnine/Jesset
*Cor'rina/Misericorde
*Cori/Elle
== Memes ==
=== #DIDTHEYBLOWITUP2k23 ===
In the summer of 2023, PALISADE entered an arc, known informally as the Stellar Combustor arc, with higher stakes than anything preceding it in Friends at the Table history: several players intended to embark on a stealth mission that, should their characters fail, would result in the death of not only every character in the show but also the destruction of the entire game setting, the setting from Twilight Mirage, and a sizeable chunk of the wider Divine Universe. Austin Walker, as the GM, went to great lengths to ensure that everyone (both in the cast and among the listeners) was aware that these stakes were real and he would blow up the setting if things went wrong.
This announcement was followed by an episode-release delay. The delay was caused by scheduling issuesPost by Austin Walker (Jul 31, 2023): "finding it very funny how many fatt fans are jumping to conclusions because we skipped a week / sometimes people get sick! the absence of information is not always information!" Cohost. (archive link) - the episode that was meant to air that week had in fact not yet been recorded - but fans wasted no time in posting anxious (and light-hearted) speculations about whether the delay meant Palisade had blown up.e.g., this post Archived version by heliological collecting screencaps of posts from the cast's social media accounts to paint an ominous picture in aggregate Sylvi Bullet, a member of the cast, egged the fandom on with a Tumblr post of her own:Post by Sylvi Bullet (Jul 30, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
Fans took the hashtag #DIDTHEYBLOWITUP2k23 and ran with it, continuing to use it right through the end of the arc in early September 2023.Post by fourteenfishteen (Sep 07, 2023): 6 minutes on the clock…. aaaaaaaa. Tumblr. (archive link). As of November 2023, the most recent post in Tumblr's #didtheyblowitup2k23 tag. On the day the Stellar Combustor arc's last episode aired, Friends at the Table's storefront updated with new (spoilery) merch commemorating the arc. The storefront bore a header with a hashtag of its own: #ISURVIVEDCOMBUSTOR.Friends at the Table storefront. Accessed Nov 19, 2023. (archive link)
===Brnine's Love Interests===
In October 2023, a meme cropped up on Tumblr regarding Kalvin Brnine's messy polycule, referring to the fact that multiple NPCs appeared to be conveying romantic feelings for, or otherwise developing shippy tension with, everybody's favourite ship captain with no social skills. Many hilarious posts ensued.
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanart===
====The Blue Channel====
A number of fanartists have drawn group shots or series of portraits depicting the season's original five party members, collectively known as the Blue Channel.
*the freaks Archived version by ahcoffeebeansthe freaks by ahcoffeebeans (Aug 26, 2023). Tumblr. (archive links: Wayback Machine, archive.today)
*headshots of the party from Palisade Archived version by pleasantchimeraForgot to post this here but heres headshots of the party from Palisade, these guys rule by pleasantchimera (Jul 11, 2023). Tumblr. (archive links: Wayback Machine, archive.today)
*What a team, huh? Archived version by vlasdygothWhat a team, huh? by vlasdygoth (Mar 13, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
====Gen Fanart====
*Captain Brnine, once a very private person, has been opening up as of late. by Arp. Fanart of Brnine literally opening their body up to other characters in the season.[CONTENT NOTE: gore, body horror Captain Brnine, once a very private person, has been opening up as of late.] by Arp (Mar 10, 2024). Tumblr. (archive links: Wayback Machine, archive.today)
*Untitled fan comic Archived version by humanmorph illustrating a monologue by Gur Sevraq from a Road to PALISADE episode.so that’s what i’ve been working on for the past 2 weeks! by humanmorph (Aug 11, 2023). Tumblr. (archive links: Wayback Machine, archive.today)
*Mustard red is here to help! Archived version by guccigarantine. Fanart of Mustard Red as she appears in PALISADE.Mustard Red is here to help! Don’t worry about what’s in that contract you just signed it’s not a big deal :) by guccigarantine (Sep 13, 2023). Tumblr. (archive links: Wayback Machine, archive.today)
*STARGRAVE ELCESSOR Archived version by caninesolars. Fanart of Stargrave Elcessor, an antagonist who looms large in the season's popular Stellar Combustor arc.STARGRAVE ELCESSOR by caninesolars (Aug 8, 2023). Tumblr. (archive links: Wayback Machine, archive.today)
*tomato plants are famously not war-weary by beeelderly. Depicts Thisbe and Phrygian in a hypothetical scenario floated during an episode of the show.tomato plants are famously not war-weary by beeelderly (Aug 16, 2023). Tumblr. (archive links: Wayback Machine, archive.today)
*a new kind of Devotion Archived version by pewterbee. Fanart of Coriolis and her god.a new kind of Devotion by pewterbee (Jun 10, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
*Well, they are, Archived version by vlasdygoth. Fanart of Brnine that riffs on the popular 2023 Barbie movie posters meme.Well, they are, by vlasdygoth (Apr 5, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
*[̴P̸A̵R̴A̷M̶E̴R̵I̸O̵N̸]̵ Archived version by themintyone. Fanart of Cori and her mech.[̴P̸A̵R̴A̷M̶E̴R̵I̸O̵N̸̵] by themintyone (Aug 23, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
*I love to draw player characters from the show friends at the table Archived version by Annie Johnston-Glick. Fanart of Phrygian.I love to draw player characters from the show friends at the table by dancy-nrew (Mar 14, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
*Elle Evensong + Cori and Elle at Devotion Academy Archived version by mrmarielda. Fanart of Elle and Coriolis, including of them at the training academy they both attended.Elle Evensong + Cori and Elle at Devotion Academy by mrmarielda (Jul 5, 2023). Tumblr. (archive links: Wayback Machine, archive.today)
====Brnine/Gucci Fanart====
*"What do you need?" by courbet-nft. Fanart depicting a fan-favourite phone call between Kalvin Brnine and Gucci Garantine in the season's 21st episode."What do you need?" by courbet-nft (Aug 15, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
*"I got it in my head that you and me were like a Primary and a Satellite" Archived version by guccigarantine. Depicts the same scene as the above work by courbet-nft.“I got it in my head that you and me were like a Primary and a Satellite” by guccigarantine (Aug 16, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
*🤕🫡✨💕 Archived version by mrmarielda. Fan comic illustrating another interaction between Brnine and Gucci, with the artist's interpretation of what was happening visually in the scene.🤕🫡✨💕 by mrmarielda (Oct 20, 2023). Tumblr. (archive link)
=== Fanfic ===
* just close enough to feel far away by meowclops. Clementine/Perennial PWP with flashbacks of Motion/Perennial.
* high pressure days by inward_outward. Brnine/Gucci pre-slash fic exploring the relationship between Gucci and Brnine in the timeskip between PARTIZAN and PALISADE.
* The Case of the Missing Movie by elanoides. A light-hearted gen fic about the crew of the Blue Channel.
== Resources ==
* FatTWiki - Independently-hosted fan wiki
* Search at the Table - Tool for searching the show's episode transcripts
* Transcripts at the Table - Episode transcription project
==References==
Category:Friends at the Table