AVA.

wouldn't you like to know.

[patopq]

HENRY WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE

[asturlavi]

mollymauk tealeaf.........

[californianedgeworth]

Mighty Nein portraits because I'm becoming re-obsessed with them

[leoholzer]

The Mighty Nein 1.05 / 1.07

[oddthesungod]

Sunk Cost

[sky-scribbles]

The face of a man who just hyperfocused for eight hours and single-handedly cracked the secrets of how to preserve a soul, only for no one to gaf because of stupid political bullshit (that he caused)

don't worry king, one day you'll meet someone whose favourite style of date will be an all-night study session. you just need to stand in the smoking ashes of your own life first, and know that it's no one's fault but your own <3

[jazzums]

let's keep him

[coffeeecatss]

“The sun still shines. And truth remains forever”

Characters created by Sam Riegel and Laura Bailey for @criticalrole

[Artist’s note: I’m sneaking at least one falcon into all my cr4 art for personal reasons (I like birds and also symbolism) so… have fun playing where’s Waldo with that]

[undead-knick-knack]

[emily-axford]

CRITICAL ROLE: CAMPAIGN 4 Episode 7: On the Scent

[xfulcrumx]

New meme format just dropped

[vethbrenatto]

The Mighty Nein ★ Little Spark (1x05) “Don't you feel it? War is brewing.”

[spocktheestallion]

Caleb Widogast really might be one of The characters of all time bc what do you mean you were so pathetic you triggered your muggers maternal instincts and she not only gave you your stuff back but adopted you forever. And you were a grown ass man at the time. I love him

[alapricity]

there's light behind his eyes,,,,, he loves books,,,, he can do wonderful magic,,,,

and he's about to have the worst twenty years of his life

[anutzica]

the way molly is absolutely charmed by jester in this moment :')

[vethbrenatto]

Sorry, I don't do magic.

[stickandthorn]

I’ve seen a lot of posts about how good it is that the show forces the audience to acknowledge just how evil Caleb was, of his own free will, and I fully agree. But the other thing the show establishes about Caleb’s past that is really important is how big a role Empire nationalism played in him becoming a Volstrucker.

No one forced Caleb to do what he did, to murder, torture, or make a man to kill himself. No one HAD to force him, all they had to do was reminded him that he was serving the Empire. He made the choices himself, and it clearly wasn’t just nationalism that caused him to become a Volstrucker, but it is the constant throughout his decision making. Thats what Ikithon reminds him of, that’s what he, Wulf, and Astrid remind each other, and thats how he was convinced to kill his partners.

And the most important thing the show establishes is that this propaganda didn’t start with Ikithon. Empire above all is what Caleb’s parents taught him. That’s what his mother invoked to convince his father to let him go to the academy. Caleb was already primed for a life of murder because he was raised Empire nationalism, Ikithon didn’t even have to try to indoctrinate him, the work had already been done.

And this isn’t just true of Caleb, it’s true of the greater story. The Empire doesn’t need to convince its people that going to war with the Dynasty is good, because most already believe it is because of years of propaganda about the Kryn. The Empire’s propaganda is just as deadly a weapon as the Volstrucker themselves.