Speaking Of Slowly Dying On Camera

30s, Queer (Lesbian), I love D&D. My brother got me hooked on Critical Role. (She/her)

[jackeloop]

Ive been chewing on this for a minute

I dont think that the insinuation from Einfasen was that Azune is one of theirs. I think Otto's insinuation, especially because he says something like "we'd be lucky if you were one of ours" is that Azune is a sorcerer from a Sundered House. But not one we've seen yet. One of the lost ones that died out in the Shaper's War. And that Otto thinks someone needs to figure out which lost heir to a destroyed Sundered House he's found.

I think they wish he was theirs. And they know he isn't.

[redjennies]

like Murray couldn't have been more clear in her talk with Azune after the sewer fight that her protectiveness over Demodus has everything to do with that Demodus took a job through the school and ended up almost dying because of it. she wants the Penteveral to be a safe place for young arcanists like Demodus to learn magic, and within a day of the Sundered Houses' power grab, they exploited a financial aid student and framed him for theft, which directly led to him almost bleeding out in the sewers. making sure things like that don't happen is something Murray considers directly under her responsibility. this lines up with the fact that while she's less fond of him for being a rich boy, Murray also sprang into action to find Occtis when it became clear he was in danger from his father and literally performed a miracle to resurrect him. may I remind y'all, while it wasn't as explicitly about that, she also immediately stepped in when Azune suggested Occtis go in Demodus' place.

you can boohoo as much as you want about Azune but he's a grown ass man who isn't one of her active students. she's still pretty sympathetic to him, but he's a peer in her eyes because it's a whole ass different situation.

[redjennies]

I know some of y'all zone out and go into selective hearing mode when a woman is talking, but if you pay attention to her personality and values, Murray has actually been remarkably consistent in the way she treats all three of these men. she puts in a sort of gruff tough love approach with all of them and is, unsurprisingly, the most protective of the financial aid student directly under what she considers her responsibility. any other interpretation is just woobie googles rotting your brain.

[luckthebard]

My mother has been cleaning out her basement and sending stuff to her adult children that we never collected. I thought my brother had taken all of our 3.5 Edition D&D books but it looks like we left this bad boy behind.

This was a supplemental book that provided new subclasses and RP suggestions for Bards and Rogues. The art is absolutely the highlight.

[stickandthorn]

I’d die on the hill that “stranger danger” is a deeply unhelpful mentality to have. “Ooooh everyone is out to get me they’re all gonna perpetrate harm that’s actually more likely to come from someone I already know. I better never talk to anyone in my community who I don’t already know, just to be safe. I’m sure there are no other biases interwoven with this mentality” like oh my god human traffickers do not just randomly spawn in every parking lot. You don’t have to go solo hitchhiking across the country but you also don’t have to live in fear that every guy on the street is the knife man who’s gonna get you. Like have situational awareness, yeah. But most of the time the guy on the street is not knife man he’s actually just a guy on the street and he’s probably pretty chill, and you’re driving yourself crazy by living in a constant state of unnecessary fear.

[stickandthorn]

Like always safety comes first, especially if you’re in a marginalized group more likely to be targeted by random people around you. But that’s different from stranger danger. I might even say that stranger danger is something that contributes to marginalized groups getting targeted by random people. Which strangers do you find distrust worthy? Why? Does vague distrust justify harmful actions in the name of self defense? Stranger danger draws everyone away from more important issues of safety (underlying bigotries, systemic injustices, abuse in the home, etc) and towards an amorphous boogeyman that has no solution, because it’s not the real cause or culprit.

[aquazeu]

[nvexe]

my pronouns are she/her bc I'll never be him (anthony head playing on his pink ds in full costume on the set of merlin)

[megsart822]

“I think she hated us.” Couldn’t get this conversation out of my mind holy crap I need more Vaelus lore

[ccalarts]

Please don't die in a dark hole where i can't find your body

[guidingb0lt]

CRITICAL ROLE 4X28: Chasing Shadows

[no-atheists-in-fckstles]

I adore Wick (he's so much smarter than anyone gives him credit for,) and I also adore that Thaisha recognized his only crime is being annoying and told him not to apologize, even in full "fuck the Creed" "mage slayer" mode, even after he snapped at her. The narrative among fans that she's this incendiary pot-stirrer needs to die already; idc if they claim to "like it" about her.

[fjordfocused]

Kattigan is so horribly awkward in all ways, i want to do mundane things to him just to see what the fuck goes wrong. i wanna send him to the grocery store.

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital drawing of Kattigan Vale from Critical Role. He's grinning, saying "Oh-ho-ho getting tense!" and cracking open a can. A little doodle to the side of Occtis and Julien looking angry with each other is labelled "posh boys bickering". End description.]

Rich pretty boys fighting is a spectator sport

[squirrel-stowaway]

crazy lore drop

[marvelous-belladonna]

Falcon.

Nick Falcon

[charliecornwalls]

my favorite part of critical role is when sam riegel says its riegeling time and riegels all over the place

[utilitycaster]

ok Sam MVP this episode

[luckthebard]

Brennan meant “blended family” (as someone who grew up in one) but the “broken” gaffe was hilaaaaaaarious.