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Mollymauk Tealeaf | The Mighty Nein 1x08

#he mega evolved!

usergambit

THE MIGHTY NEIN Episode 6: 'Many Gifts'

ariadne-mouse

how sick is this Kryn armor design tho. I really like how, within the boundaries of what was feasible for animation, they developed a distinctly chitinous insect-like style per the canonical description, including the noises when the soldiers move. the split cape even looks like bug wings. 10/10

lalimauk

AND THE SOUND when they fly that was fuckin excellent

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Today my heart goes out to Astrid Becke, who DID have two boyfriends who were also boyfriends, but tragically lost one of them to a massive mental breakdown and, worst of all, morals. Stay strong queen

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

jesterlavorres

Bren Aldric Ermendrud Little Spark | The Mighty Nein 1x05

#a baby. a violent baby but a BABY #hes so smiley 😭

Bren meaning fire in the 'old tongue' is also diabolical btw

#the mighty nein #the mighty nein animated #caleb widogast

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I couldn't be happier that the show does not let the audience misunderstand the sheer level of horror and violence that Caleb has in his past and that he is STILL capable of. Liam O'Brien did not act his socks off for 500+ hours portraying Caleb's insane amounts of guilt and ptsd for us to think being a volstrucker was a chill walk in the park. It had to look brutal and visceral and truly scary because it WAS. Of course he kills his cat on screen. Of course it makes us horrified and disgusted and OF COURSE it makes some people question if he even deserves to be redeemed after that. That's the whole point.

#yes the point is that for a very long time CALEB himself doesnt believe he deserves happiness and forgiveness

ariadne-mouse

excuse me while I go insane about effective this frame transition is especially with the music

ariadne-mouse

sick sick sick sick

I also loved that Nott's "He's my boy." speech is almost exactly the same as in the campaign. It's soooo good.

#the mighty nein #nott the brave #the mighty nein animated

aetherixs

frumpkin and i had the same reaction to seeing trent ikithon

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someoneoffthestreet

I like that this episode gave the audience nowhere to hide from who Caleb used to be

with the campaign, there was a degree of separation between the audience and what Caleb was describing. the simple nature of the show's format provided the audience tacit permission to downplay and soften Caleb's story, even while Caleb himself tries to impress on everyone that he believed in what he did. ("It was a good time. We believed in the Empire, we were going to keep it strong. He was cruel. He hurt us a lot. Made us go through extreme circumstances, but we got strong." / "He made you executioners?" "We wanted to be.")

the animation provides no such luxury. we are given graphic, up-close depictions of the kinds of things Bren did to people as a Volstrucker. the camera lingers on the violence. nowhere to hide. that's also why it's so important that they removed the false memory Trent gave Bren and replaced it with the trio simply taking him at his word.

what happened to Bren was a horror and a tragedy, and the show makes you look at it, really look at it. it says "don't look away. this is what was done to him. this is what he did. this is what he believed in. will you accept him still?"

I'm so ruined by this episode holy shit.

Caleb was my favourite in the Mighty Nein from the start and to see the stuff that happened to him animated. To hear him scream like that. To watch him crack and break and just lose it was so fucking painful and so fucking well-done.

That blank-faced look shattering into pure rage and the anguish and-

I'm not ready for the next episode and I also need it now!

#the mighty nein animated #critical role #caleb widogast

I WASNT READY FOR THE CALEB EPISODE THANKS

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