I Am So Normal About EXU: Calamity

Pronouns are They/Them or Ey/Em Follows from theoctopoda

[1well-this-is-new1]

[jadeandquartzes]

[ID: The title card for Exandria Unlimited: Calamity. At the top and bottom, it is overlaid with two layers of white text in block capitals, following a meme format. The top layer reads “I am just a normal actual play miniseries, come closer look at cool wizards doing cool shit.” The bottom layer, beneath it, reads “I will rip your fucking heart out, I will make you cry so hard.” End ID.]

[imogenlaudna]

The way they all IMMEDIATELY slip into character, with no previous notice. How happy they all are, how happy MATT is. Fearne and Jester just absolutely enchanted by each other immediately. Veth losing her fucking mind of Sam’s other character, who was created specifically as a thirst trap for her, way before Sam had any clue they would ACTUALLY MEET. Chetney might die at any minute. Jester is a pirate. Laudna is Laudna’ing. Beau is skeptical at best. You can clearly see which character each actor is playing when, even before they speak. I want every Critical Role episode to be like this forever. Get Vox Machina in there too. Give them all little banners. Make Matt also play every single living NPC at once and also a few dead ones. Get the guest players in there. This is the best thing that has happened in my life.

[roseart72]

Asha, Avatar of the Wildmother

[dathen]

Team alloaro Ashton Greymoore where we at. I know you’re out there

[lostsometime]

i just... it's so important to remember that Jester and Fjord are not actually pirates.

Kingsley is a pirate, but Jester and Fjord run a completely legitimate company and own a small fleet of totally above-board merchant vessels.

Fjord is dressed like that entirely for the aesthetic. Because he likes it, and he knows he looks good, and he knows that Jester likes it, and he's comfortable being like "yeah I'm gonna dress sexy for my super hot girlfriend and i don't care if people stare at me!" Insecurity time over, time for Admiral Tusktooth now!!!

[shrugsinchinese]

It’s so funny because people would be like “alright let’s discuss possible trade routes with the head of this shipping company”

and they see the hottest half orc with his poets shirt open enough to show a happy trail saunter in and. That’s all they’re gonna be focused on during the discussion.

It probably looks like a strategic persuasion/ tactical choice and it’s working, like I don’t see anyone complaining

[staticrevelations]

i forgot laura’s pregnancy announcement, marisha sneezing so hard she cracked a rib, them being named The Mighty Nein, them getting their first magic item info card of the campaign, the first mention of The Gentleman, caleb’s “take them out take them out” backstory tease, the first appearance of the Bad Luck Bandits, them pretending to have “extreme syphilis,” them finding out jester's mom's whole deal, “the Ruby of the Sea is the best lay ever,” and the debut of Pumat(s) Sol all happened in the same episode

[worldsbiggestalpaca]

Critical Role gets so much weirder when you remember that lines like “I wish for you in the future, to find someone who will mourn you when are gone” and “You were not born with venom in your veins” aren’t scripted, but lines like “Mother, I bring news from the womb” and “Meow. I’m a cat” are

[vaxieth]

imogen temult + reductress headlines

[crypticamanita]

They are everything to me.

[horse-immorality-deactivated202]

One of my absolute favorite CR moments ever is still in ExU when Ashley and Aabria were trying to figure out why Fearne had disadvantage on stealth rolls and Robbie Daymond, playing his first ever game of D&D, looked at them in absolute disbelief and said "because you're a six foot tall goat lady?????"

[bocularwings]

Nydas <3 painted with gouache and edited digitally!

[utilitycaster]

I need a Coexist bumper sticker but with the symbols of the prime deities

[captainofthetidesbreath]

[artliara]

pop pop ✸

[demartinidesigns]

And though Calamity is here, because of you it will not be here forever.

Guess who has two thumbs and made herself tear up re-watching the outro to transcribe some quotes?

Please let Calamity become an OVA or movie. I need my friends who don't watch actual plays to experience this story.

Bonus quote because it got me in a chokehold when I was listening for the first quote:

But at the end of it all: hope will return. As many times as it needs to.

[captain-narava-felidae-riggs]

I cannot wait to see Ashton’s new outfit

[captain-narava-felidae-riggs]

I cannot wait to see Ashton’s new outfit

[captain-narava-felidae-riggs]

I cannot wait to see Ashton’s new outfit