hello.

I need to rant about critical role now, please.

[kerosene-in-a-blender]

Kattigan, man who lost his daughter in extremely traumatic circumstances was just stuck in a sack listening to Primus being like: "Yeah I killed my son, what of it?"

Kattigan was ruined for years. Primus is clearly only emotionally disturbed by the idea that he shot his alliance in the foot.

[somewhatsentientspellbook]

thanks for the idea bolaire :D

[trailertrashgrog]

and if i said romantic gesture —

[trailertrashgrog]

also first overt confirmation that the destruction of druidic orders is a shared goal of theirs. they're both after the fey, both after the path.

[immablogaboutcrnow]

So Primus killed Mariana. 4 theories:

1. He was just going around killing everyone associated with the falconer's rebellion. Kat's house was on a list because, for a time, Kattigan was part of the rebellion. Mariana and the baby were innocent causualties. Primus doesn't recognise Kattigan because he just kills so many people that he can't possibly remember all his victims. Primus not remembering because it's not important to him fits, but this is not my favourite theory because it doesn't give Mariana any agency of her own. Right now, she doesn't feel like a real person, and I want that to change. This leads us to a slightly modified theory:

2. Mariana was also in the Falconer's rebellion, and she was the one on the list. (The idea of Primus not recognising Kattigan because Primus has hurt and killed so many that it's mundane is really compelling to me. I like the idea that he'll be hunted down not for any of his big dramatic plots but for some small murder that he doesn't even remember.)

3. Mariana was a secret Taconis bastard and he killed her as, like, research or practice for the big murder ceremony. He doesn't know Kattigan because he didn't care enough about his bastard daughter/niece/whatever to do research on her. (This is extremely out of left field and there is no evidence for it, but I think it would be cool.)

3. Mariana was up to something Kattigan didn't know about, and we will discover some plot against the Sundered houses that she was killed part way through completing. Kattigan will then have to complete her plot for her. She kept her plotting away from Kattigan to keep him safe, which is why Primus didn't know about him. (This is my favourite theory because it gives Mariana agency, and it would let me get to know Mariana more as someone other than 'the dead wife'. It's also out of left field and has no evidence, though, especially because we know she had a young child and Kattigan left the rebellion to be with her.)

[acebender]

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[triaelf9]

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[lynati]

There's NO WAY Yanessa actually cast the real version of that spell. The two of them are fucking in on this fuckery together.

[immablogaboutcrnow]

Julien + Occtis moments are great. I'm getting really invested in their friendship.

[immablogaboutcrnow]

Okay, did I get Vaelus' scene right? Elves went to faerie when they died. The implication was, I think, that dead elves become faeries? I didn't make that up? Some faeries are dead elves the same way some dogs are hounds of the king?

Because if so, I think it could be really cool if they go deeper into this lore. Also, unlikely but possible, Vaelus could find the reincarnations of her family! Maybe they won't remember her but maybe she knows them and it could be a really interesting character moment.

[ariadne-mouse]

Thimble, wielding a tin blade meant to slay children's nightmares, facing down actual necromantic shadow creatures: you're not fucking real and I'm gonna kill you anyway

[raisondetriment]

What if you died trying to make your people free, thinking you had failed and not knowing if they'd ever have a future... and then you were called back many decades later and saw your people happy and healthy and well-clothed and FREE. And you could take up your blade one more time to celebrate with them.

[falconscry]

bolaire watching amariya cormoray walk into the room: she was— she was in a box. i put her in a box. she was IN a BOX how did she get OUT of the box!!

[kerosene-in-a-blender]

Just cause you're goth doesn't mean you're tough

Tyranny/Whitney, casting Power Word Kill on Primus Tachonis

[jackeloop]

Fuck yeah Azune isn't even in this scene and he's smashing it fuck yeah

[falconscry]

otto einfasen, to primus tachonis: you are not the house of death. you are the house of the dead. and your aesthetic enthusiasm for dead things does not make you the most dangerous man in this room.

[trailertrashgrog]

sorry he uses Yanessa's first name and offers her an insanely specific thing for her that isn't just turf...

[trailertrashgrog]

they're ALONE TOGETHER

[immablogaboutcrnow]

Terminaaaa ❤️❤️❤️