QoA Catch Up and Q&A

Screen shot from the Live Stream

> "*Enough with the pageant answers. Tell us the truth!*"
> ― Fraya Love
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**QoA Catch Up and Q&A** is a live stream event on twitch. In it, DM Matt catches up with three of the cast as they discuss life during quarantine, becoming streamers, and answer listener questions.

## Summary

### Around the Mic:

* DM Matt
* Arson Nicki (twitch)
* Fraya Love (twitch)
* Londyn Bradshaw (twitch)
* (Special Off-Screen Appearance) DM James

### Catch Up

After welcoming viewers, DM Matt asks the queens what they have been up to since quarantine started.

Arson has been streaming a lot, building a community on Twitch. Did a photoshoot for a secret project 5 minutes before call time for the stream.

Fraya had to get a job. Was streaming weekdays but is down to once a week, Thursday mornings. Mixture of art and games alongside her dog Odin.

Londyn had started working at Nintendo right before quarantine hit. She followed the other two onto twitch streaming late nights. She recently bought body paint supplies for Halloween.

#### Stream Queens

As all three have been streaming, the topic shifted to the Stream Queens, a twitch team Arson and Londyn have joined and Fraya recently applied for. Founded by Deere, the first partnered drag queen on twitch, the Stream Queens team is includes all variety of Drag Performers. Over 50 are currently in the team. As far as they know, it is the only Drag centered Twitch team. Londyn feels the streams have no drama and they’re all positive, helping everyone to better.

Arson credits Matt and James for the help of getting started with streaming, citing a Nov 2019 Resident Evil stream from Matt and Jame's apartment. They also discuss Fraya’s PadThai eating stream from Oct 2019.

#### Dead By Daylight and Other Games

The Game of the Queens. Arson finds it to be a mixture of horror, camp, and meme-able moments. She likes to play matching survivors with other drag streamers, like her and Ophelia Up both playing ‘David’, eliciting comments that they are playing as boyfriends.

Londyn explains it gives her a chance to be salty, and she loves to be salty. She got into a fight with a 12 year old the other day.

In addition, Londyn has been playing Star Wars Old Republic and Sims. Arson has been playing Tetris with viewers, and Temtem. Fraya was giving away Pokemon on stream, and trying to beat classic Super Mario Bros.

And then Deere arrived in chat. “You know you’re streaming late if Deere is raiding you.”

### Q&A

**What kind of setting would you like for future settings?**

* Fraya: Not hell (after the NeoScum crossover).
* Arson: Lavender Town (Pokemon). They've done ghosts, but the vibe of a town where something isn't right and isn't fully solved.
* Londyn – Space.

**What has been your favorite moment?**

* Fraya – Tossing herself into goo to use wrath of the storm. (Operation Watersport - Chapter Six)
* Londyn – Taking over Cher Noble. (starting at the end of Whispers from the Heart - Chapter Three). Also, the incident with Alfonso the squirrel from the lost live show.
* Arson: Reading challenge in the Chicago live show. Loved the Trial and getting feet held to the fire. The final event before the covid break (Whispers From the Heart - Chapter Five).

**What are the two most important lessons you’ve learned about drag?**

* Fraya: Drag Queen produced shows are the ones to be involved in.
* Arson: Do what you love/listen to what you love.
* Londyn: The importance of respect and being nice.

**What are the two most important lessons of being a DnD player?**

* Fraya: Actions have consequences. You cant always shape water.
* Arson: Say yes. It’s just a game.
* Londyn: Just play the game, play along, and don’t overthink it. Leave what happens at the table.

**What song reflects your place in the world?**

* Fraya: Immigrant Song (shouting)
* Londyn: ISOU by Shaed (do to  the blm movement)
* Arson: Chosen Family by Rina Sawayama

**How would you perform that song?**

* Fraya: In a goddess outfit, cause Valkyrie
* Arson: Invite friends on stage for a step touch clap routine
* Londyn: Just performed it Friday (socially distant Drag Race viewing). A lot of shoulder brushing.

**Fraya asks how Londyn is liking Drag Race season.**

* Londyn: Is there another question, Matt?

**Do any of you accept Steam donations of games?**

* Arson: Yeessss. Steam is my life.
* Fraya: It’s covid. I’ll take any donations.

**Does anyone have a favorite npc?**

* Fraya: Jim-Jim and Throbardon
* Arson: Barb
* Londyn: Whose the crazy fem queen masked psycho climbing up the elevator? – Belfry! – And King Crab

**First reaction when asked to join.**

* Londyn: As a pageant queen, when Butch Alyce asked Londyn, she turned it down. She did two more times due to commitments with pageants, until she realized being a nerd was part of her too.
	+ Matt said he first saw Londyn at a Jurassic Park themed show, which inspired him to reach out to her
* Fraya: Got same message from Butch Alyce. Thought it was a dnd themed drag show, not a drag theme DnD show. Was confused why they needed to have a phone call until Matt described the show. But she was still down.
* Arson: They had worked with Matt on things before. Matt is one of those people where if they say they’re interested in working on a project it is an automatic yes. When it became a podcast, Arson knew it was going to be really good for her career and last a long time.

**Tips on giving other players space to play/Making sure everyone is involved.**

Fraya/Londyn talk over each other...

* Fraya makes sure to ask players their opinions.
* Arson: When there are times where she feels like they haven’t been working as a unit, she will back off to make room for other contributions and add her ideas at the right time. She also reads each other’s body language for clues they have ideas or want to speak.
* Fraya: How can I swan dive off of this person’s idea.

**What advice for how players should prepare for the table?**

* Fraya: Im a goldfish, I have no idea. When I’m there, I’m present. Have a good attitude.
* Arson: Be as familiar with abilities as you can. Know your stuff, but be willing to experiment.
* Londyn: Usually brings starbucks egg mcmuffin and non-caffeinated coffee. Still learning the game from Refgemlin’s handbook. Don’t be afraid to not know what everything means.

**If you had to change character sheets in**
game, who would you hope to get?

* Fraya: Londyn or Butylene. Londyn because of wild shape and talking to animals.
* Arson: Fraya. The creative potential of a gigantic list of spells.
* Londyn: Irene cause she is a lizard, but also that bitch who warns people about her rages. Also loves Sallie Joe Hanson’s curse (Arson's *Samantha's Curse)*.

**Any short form games you’d like to explore?**

* Fraya: Quest (a game that was possibly going to be played this stream). It seems easy to create characters.  Liked Londyn’s idea of Space
* Londyn: Shadowrun. Something Mythological
* Arson: Isn’t as familiar with ttrpgs right now.  Ooky Spooky.

**Chat asks who Matt would want to play as.**

 The queens lean in to listen.

* Matt: After attempting to avoid picking a favorite with pageant answers, Matt tries to say he'd like to be a mishmash: likes drider form, animal changing, rage, worshiping Cher.
* James (off camera): You’d be Londyn cause you want to talk to animals and befriend squirrels.

**Any point in the adventure you wish you had some something significant in a different way?**

* Fraya: Trial. Huge game changer. Would have tried to bring up more memories.
* Arson: Has questions about what would have happened if they had handled the first encounter with Barb differently. What if they had gone with Barb.
* Londyn: What if they didn’t do what they did in the last episode of Whispers From the Heart (where the main story left off prior to covid-19 preventing recordings). Or if the group had split up in the turtle since everyone but Londyn is against splitting up.

After this, Matt wraps up the conversation, and encourages listeners to keep posting questions on twitter and discord for them to ask the queens to record. The queens plug their Twitch channels (see above).

## Behind the Queens

Initially there was talk among the cast of making this stream a test of a new table top game, Quest. However it was decided to be a Q&A and casual conversation as it was the first time getting the Seattle cast together since quarantine started four months before.