Richer for Having Known You

Critical Role/D&D/The Adventure Zone sideblog for @breakfastautocrat. Follows from there. Expect a lot of fanart and shippy shit. There will probably be other fantasy content that I like here as well, like the works of Tolkien, The Dragon Prince, and Dragon Age. This is also where I throw my stuff for The Magnus Archives and other audio dramas. Sidebar image by @nueance. Icon by @hyperbali

[robink-archive]

wife

[saturdaysky]

intimacy

(a shadowgast chill-out drawing from last night)

[chalkbird]

brennan was like alright i will dm for critical role but im bringing my emotional support lou wilson

[luanna801]

I would honestly respect George R.R. Martin more if he would just say “I wanted to write about an incredibly dark, brutal universe, because I felt like that worked for the story I wanted to tell and I wanted to go deep into the darker side of human nature.” I know some people have apparently decided that’s Problematique™ in its own right, but I don’t think it has to be. I think it’s valid to want to tackle some very dark subject matter and intentionally create a very violent, ugly world that lets you do that. 

What bothers me is that whenever anyone criticizes him about his grimdark universe, he responds with “Welp, that’s just what medieval Europe was like! I’m just reflecting historical reality!” when obviously, anyone with a solid grasp of that period of history knows that the level of rape, incest, child marriage, extreme violence etc. in his books far outstrips the historical reality. It’s not that those things didn’t exist in the period he’s inspired by: It’s just that he makes them obscenely common in his fictional world in a way that was never the case.

And again, I think that’s a choice he could defend. He could absolutely say “I wanted to write an exaggerated, ultra-dark, ultra-violent version of medieval Europe”, and we could talk about how well he did or didn’t pull that off. But justifying it as ““based on historical reality”” simply isn’t true.

[gratuacuunart]

Maedhros the Tall, finally joining the family! <3

This entire series started bc I really wanted to draw Mae, now he’s finally here. Now I need to start thinking what comes next. XD

[noodle555]

something something pots and kettles

[noodle555]

Y’ALL ARE AS MERCILESS AS HE IS I LOVE IT

[ladysantos]

i think they should have an award for this scene

[larndraws]

Big moon, little moon.

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital illustration of Orym and his husband Will from Critical Role. Orym and Will rest their foreheads together, Will smiling and Orym looking peaceful. Orym's left hand cups Will's face, and Will has a hand resting on the back of Orym's neck. Behind them is a stylized cloudy night sky with Catha and Ruidus arranged as they are in Orym's tattoo, with Catha wrapping around Ruidus. Catha is positioned behind Will and Ruidus behind Orym, matching them. End description.]

Big moon little moon

[dare-to-dm]

We’re watching the Return of the King right now, and got to the part where Denethor is introduced.  My husband asks me for the context of why Denethor is Like That, since I just finished reading the book.  So I explained how Denethor has been using a Palantir for years to get information, and how Sauron has been manipulating him by only letting him see events that give him a worst possible impression of reality.

So my husband replies “Oh!  So Denethor is basically just like your grandpa after he starts getting all his news from Fox.”   And honestly, yeah pretty much.

[heretohelptheidiots]

Warn people before you make statements like that. I was not ready.

[beauregard]

vax is girlboyfriend material

[beauregard]

boygirlfriend material even

[beauregard]

the half elf is trans.

[sthuntress]

POV: your soul is forfeit

[revvethasmythh]

this is like. one of, if not THE funniest possible shirt to wear while playing Caleb Widogast

[anyataylorjoy]

The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begun; and it is your task to order its beginning and to preserve what must be preserved.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY   1954-1955, writ. J.R.R. Tolkien / 2001-2003, dir. Peter Jackson

[sum1tookish]

Probably one of my favorite random things about LotR is the fact that

a) Pippin did a Gollum impression in the books

b) Pippin had never MET Gollum before that point and never would

c) yet it was an ACCURATE impression, as it startled and was recognized by the orc he was speaking to

d) the only possible explanation for Pippin Took’s accurate Gollum impression is this: Bilbo, while telling stories to the eager children, must have imitated Gollum perfectly

[mirkwoodest]

Which also kind of drives home how weird it would have been for both Frodo and Sam to suddenly be travelling with what was basically the equivilent of like... rumplestiltskin... from their childhood bedtime stories.

[sun-critrole]

Dungeons and Dragons is such a powerful game. It can make a 6’3” man blush like a cherry when he pretends to kiss his wife’s pretend character.

[ishgardenjoyer]

Dude, he was 17 different shades of red ASKING to pretend kiss his wife's pretend character. This man has dated, married and fathered a child with this woman and yet he's like

[ladyintheattic]

i cannot believe that we were robbed of this book scene

[nocluesleft]

This is no joke. These are direct lines from the book.

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

Tolkien is under appreciated for his comedic genius.

[blueberryrock]

I love thess idiots