Dice and Critical Role!

sophie // 23 // they/them // dice and critical role // main is @postpvnk

[criticaldicerole]

‘we dont have time but were best friends’ - I need a spin off of deanna and ashton bonding and being besties because I think they’d be good for eachother honestly like..... my ‘theyre made to be besties’ rant can be saved for another day but like.... theyre made to be besties and im so sad they didnt have any time together

[daggersandarrows]

the thing that people don't acknowledge about caduceus is that he's a 19 year old accidentally goth homeschooler (in the way that only people who don't know what goth is can be like the truest fucking goth) whose main hobbies are being the most gossipy, judgiest bitch in the mighty nein, talking to plants as if he can understand them in a universe where he canonically CAN communicate with them, he just doesn't fucking get them, and making tea. he dyed his hair pink. he is terrified of water. he carried a bone flute hundreds of miles for the specific purpose of terrifying his sister out of her mind before he even knew she was alive for sure. his response to a one night stand with a hot but evil girl was "sleep well with your bad decisions". he's a middle child. he keeps getting stuck in mud puddles. he spends 90 episodes teaching fjord about how to accept death and then while fjord was extolling how great caduceus was at acceptance, caduceus was pleading with god to resurrect a dude he never even met. "wise old guy who counsels the group" couldn't be further from the truth. that's what he WANTS you to think. plus this is objectively funnier

[natp20]

caleb and caduceus are in the building

[nothingwithdignity]

Like it or not, Ashton is their moral compass. I mean think about it. Old man with werewolf bloodlust. Socially stunted dead woman. Assassin robot from the dawn of time. Fey creature with a completely different moral system. A woman paralyzed by everyone else’s thoughts on top of hers. A man from an insular community lost in grief.

Comparatively, we have a punk rock kid who lives and breathes the city around them. He is by far the most connected of all of them. He knows people, he know culture, and better than any of that, he knows consequences. They are grounded in reality in a different way than all the rest. Of course they are the moral compass. They always have been.

[fiendfluid]

sam and laura realizing the people attacking them are none other then the syphilis bandits in 3 frames

[freizusein]

You know what I love so much about Orym? How beautifully understated he is in everything. How quiet he is, how he always defers the lead and the final decision to others, and how, in the end, he is just... a man (halfling) with a sword and a shield. Inbetween this group of characters, Orym is - what many even expressed as criticism about his character - boring, too lawful, too... adherent to morals. As Ashton says, he is not the powder keg, he is the sane one; as FCG says, he is too nice of a guy, etc. He has a shield and a sword and he druidcrafts flowers for Dorian to encourage him (and *cough* express his love) and for Ashton to stop his bleeding and calm him down after the psychic session with Imogen and FCG. He doesn't have magic; he doesn't have telepathy or telekinesis and powers of healing; he can't teleport, he can't fly, he can't transform into another form to help himself (or others) out. He just has what he has learned and trained for since his childhood, and his resolute discipline in keeping up his physical strength and skills through daily training (which Liam integrates so pointedly into his roleplay of Orym).

But the more we see of him, the more it becomes obvious that this is what makes him so brilliant as a character: the simplicity and yet the complexity; the oh-so relatable doubts he harbours for himself, the absolute humanity in his moments of panic and weakness and how he isn't afraid to show when he is in pain and physically hurting; the even greater humanity in his mourning of Will and Derrig and in preserving their memory and honouring their sacrifice, but also the strength he takes from it; his awkwardness in certain social situations, his dry & rare humour - but when he has fun, when he smiles, it is as if the sun is rising; and the clarity he has concerning the group, the devotion to them, his friendship and trust and loyality, and yet, how he keeps them accountable; not just himself, but all of them around him - that they have to stand together, what they have to do, and how strong his moral compass is in steering them ahead through all those terrible things.

The more we witness, the more Orym overflows with his immense courage. He is this small protector, easily overlooked in a crowd, who subjects his life in the service of all those he loves, and with this, he isn't small, he stands so tall with his fortitude. He baits and he goads death and stares in its face unflinching. He attacked Otohan Thull - with nothing but his sword and shield and skill - and drew her ire without batting an eye, and now he got a massive scar straight across his sternum for it; he actually died for it, and we know Orym - we know he'd do it again at once if it would mean saving his friends or even just getting his friends some more time to save themselves. The more we see of his actions, the more the others turn and even seek out Orym for leadership and guidance in moments of turmoil even if he says, again and again, that he isn't a leader. And Orym, in turn, encourages the group around him, in particular their individual strengths, supports them and in everything he does, he gives, he gives, he gives, and he gives, above all, his wonderful kindness and his undiluted, unapologetic love.

And this is everything but boring to me.

[captainofthetidesbreath]

It's really weird watching so many people be like "Bells Hells is SO protective of each other and SO attached to each other, and they're all so supportive and positive, and it's amazing they refuse to hold grudges or be mad at one other, it's so inspiring" when those exact qualities make me go "Bells Hells is extremely dysfunctional, clingy, and unhealthily attached out of desperation and intense fear of traumatic loneliness, they are so attached while continuing to be incapable of true basic honesty or real vulnerability out of a desire to avoid conflict and maintain the peace at all costs, leading some of them to have extremely shallow understandings of one another"

It's what's fascinating about them as a group! That they continue to maintain this veneer of positivity, supportiveness, and congeniality while some of them outright avoid having difficult but necessary conversations about themselves and their struggles and issues, instead fostering nigh-codependency with specifically the surface level facades presented. It's an interesting group dynamic.

And it's wild to watch a lot of people have a different interpretation that goes "they're a FAMILY and it makes me emotional, it's so good and supportive and soft" when I've been perceiving the group dynamic as a whole as at least somewhat unhealthy and often lacking in deeper genuine understanding.

And I do think some of the Hells are turning the corner on this, but a lot of the sentiment they express about their relationships and closeness feel like there's clingy and possessive desperation about it. It's been wild to feel that personally, when it's the opposite of popular sentiment.

Like, I've been feeling like I'm watching a train wreck of people who don't truly understand many of their own companions even as they cling to them and profess they'd die for them and I have been wondering if they're going to develop more meaningful understanding before it blows up.

[criticaldicerole]

MATTHEW MERCER DONT TELL ME YOU KILLED LORD ESHTEROSS IM GOING TO RIOT

[umoras-archive]

‘Exandria may never know their names… but WE do’

[pocketgalaxies]

the idea of chetney meeting keyleth is so fucking funny. this is a guy who has spent his entire life probably dreaming of talking to wood. he unironically is trying to talk to the mast of this ship right now. he has no idea that he's about to meet someone who has legitimately talked to trees and in fact does so frequently. she is friends with wood

[lesbeauien]

IF THEY GO TO WHITESTONE THERE'S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OF THEM WILL ASK PERCIVAL FREDRICKSTEIN VON MUSSEL KLOSSOWSKI DE ROLO THE THIRD HIMSELF

FOR A GUN FOR FEARNE'S MONKEY

[sparring-spirals]

still thought it was hilarious that Ashton thought Orym was the well adjusted non-powder-keg of the group until i realized the "throwing myself in front of harm for My People and taking the hits so they don't have to" would not count as unexpected or unreasonable behaviour for Ashton.

...so now its still funny but in an "ah fuck" kind of way while i stare despairingly at these two self sacrificial tanks.

[criticaldicerole]

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO LORD ESHTEROSS IM KILLING EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND THEN MYSELF

[criticaldicerole]

I think the coin chose laudna, but fearne chose orym

[natp20]

the incredible expressions of someone who absolutely Did Not Think This Through

[jadeandquartzes]

[ID: Four pictures of Luis (playing Zerxus) looking back and forth with wide, panicked eyes,]

[polarsirens]

The Ring of Brass endures.

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[thevalleyisjolly]

Ngl, I was waiting for Travis to show up with his third PC - a 900 year old Cerrit Agrupnin, positively ancient bird-man and Exandria’s ultimate final girl.