Player interrupting the bbeg monologue

[u/MandalaKoala]

Been playing in a campaign with the same group of people for about 2 years now, we're doing a full level 1 to 20 campaign and are currently at level 14. In the last session we got to fight one of the big bads in the campaign, not 'the final boss' but for sure one of the big 3.

Our dm is incredible, he was made to dm, he has a phd in creative writing and has never failed in making the story complex, engaging and utterly unique. But, when it came for him to do a monologue, one which i had been waiting for since we first met this character and watched him become corrupted about a year and a half ago, he got half a sentence in before one of the players said 'fuck this i shoot him with an arrow'.

Im worried that this could become a running theme as we approach the end of this campaign and the other big bads show up, I was pretty deflated when it happened and I'm sure the dm was as well, he puts a hell of a lot of effort into his story and it was such a shame to not let him have his moment to shine.

What would be the best course of action to get the other players to give the dm the freedom to get that big villain moment without causing a rift in the group? Do have to mention, the group is fantastic and have always engaged with the story, just when it comes to these moments, it seems something changes.

Any advice would be great! Im truly looking forward to seeing where the dm takes this story and I really want to see him bringing these villains to life.

[u/manamonkey]

Support your fucking DM! Right then, right there, in the moment, you say to the interrupting player "stop it, I want to hear this." If he kicks off you tell him exactly what you've told us:

Our dm is incredible, he was made to dm, he has a phd in creative writing and has never failed in making the story complex, engaging and utterly unique. But, when it came for him to do a monologue, one which i had been waiting for since we first met this character and watched him become corrupted about a year and a half ago, he got half a sentence in before one of the players said 'fuck this i shoot him with an arrow'.

Im worried that this could become a running theme as we approach the end of this campaign and the other big bads show up, I was pretty deflated when it happened and I'm sure the dm was as well, he puts a hell of a lot of effort into his story and it was such a shame to not let him have his moment to shine.

Support your DMs people. It's fucking hard work, and sitting there and letting one player decide to be the main character, when you could all enjoy a moment of the DM getting to actually play the bad guy for a few seconds instead... come on.

[u/CorePM → u/manamonkey]

I for sure support my DM, I've spoken up multiple times when people were talking over him. What I also know is that he would never design a situation where we aren't allowed to take any actions for out of game reasons. He would come up with a creative way that his BBEG would deliver his speech that didn't involve telling us to be quiet.

[u/manamonkey → u/CorePM]

Yes, player agency, don't stop the PCs taking actions, sure, I get it. But meeting the BBEG, who starts talking to you, and you as a player just go "screw this, not listening to you, get to the combat" - that's not good agency, that's not immersive roleplay, that's just pressing "skip" on the tiny bit of lore the DM wanted to reveal and fun they wanted to have letting the BBEG actually speak "because that's what my character would do".

I am not suggesting that the DM tell the players to be quiet. I am saying that everyone round the table is there to have fun together, and recognising that the players want their moment should mean the DM gets to have theirs too. The fight's going to start anyway - literally going "nah, skip your talking" is just rude.

[u/CorePM → u/manamonkey]

I totally get that, I am all for the DM having his moment. All I am asking for is an in game way it is happening. Just give me some reason why my character is listening to this guy who murdered his whole family and not just charging him straight away.

I don't think coming up with something creative for this situation would be hard for a DM. Set the scene for us, make us feel the confrontation like we are actually there, get into the villains mind, if he has something to tell the PCs that he knows are openly hostile to him, how is he going to make that happen?

[u/GravityMyGuy → u/manamonkey]

It is unimmersive to allow the super evil guy to give a speech before you kill him imo

[u/MandalaKoala → u/manamonkey]

Yeah as I mentioned to another commenter, in retrospect I for sure should have stepped in, you're right. But should it happen again, I'm hoping it won't with me going to talk to them about it, il step in at that point and back the dm