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rhythmshock

#xenogears #bartholomew fatima

dumbass-effect

#xenogears #bartholomew fatima #fei fong wong

rhythmshock

#xenogears #bartholomew fatima

thelordsoftherings

The Mighty Nein // 1.07 "Belonging"

#mighty nein animated #eadwulf grieve #astrid becke #caleb widogast

greetingsprogramms

#critical role #mighty nein #the mighty nein #mighty nein animated #m9 animated #caleb widogast #astrid becke #eadwulf grieve

somewhatsentientspellbook

Incredibly fucked up (affectionate) of The Mighty Nein to go all in on the Volstrucker being groomed to see Trent as their father. Like, there's a lot of "come home" style rhetoric that's aimed at Caleb in the original campaign, but the animated show does away with any pretence of those kinds of phrases being metaphorical

Owelia outright calls Trent "father" and expresses the kind of jealousy one sees from an angry child that's bitter about their fuck-up sibling being given preferential treatment. And based on the flashbacks, it's clear that Trent is the one pushing that cult-like father/child bond with the Volstrucker (rather than the other way around)

When he's coaching Bren through the residuum insertion, Trent says "your father needs you to be strong." The first layer of meaning is Trent reminding Bren of Leofric. He's reminding Bren that his parents sent him to the Soltryce Academy for a reason, and succumbing to the pain means failing them. But it's equally (and more so) evident that Trent was referring to himself as Bren's "father". It also would not surprise me if we learned he pulled the exact same move on Astrid, Eadwulf, and eventually Owelia, in their respective tests. One has to assume that using childrens' weakened states to plant such an association would be quite effective in ensuring that it's deep-set and goes unnoticed! After all, I'd say it's quite difficult to recognise a violation of healthy boundaries with your teacher when you're in the middle of withstanding literal torture, let alone call the perpetrator out on it

What I'm now curious about is the depths of the programming. I want to find out if some part of Caleb is still wired to call Trent "father" in spite of everything he knows. I hope we get to explore if Astrid and Eadwulf, who've been Volstrucker for years, possess a child-like association to Trent akin to Owelia's

#critical role #mighty nein animated #m9 animated spoilers #trent ikithon #astrid becke #caleb widogast #eadwulf grieve

aspiringwarriorlibrarian

I love how deeply fucked up the aesthetics of the Blumendrei mission flashback are.

It's hands down the most colorful part of the episode. The three of them are flirting and bantering the whole dance. The character designs and voice performances are very "teenagers acting a bit older than they are". Dressing up to infiltrate, the clever key handoff, the synth-y spy music...It feels very much like a teenage spy movie. And then the mission really kicks in and the killing begins, and the colors slowly darken as the deaths get more and more gruesome, as you are reminded this is only a teenage spy movie to the three of them, and this is actually a story about children being molded into killers.

One thing I learned while researching child soldiers is that they remain children, and they are subtly encouraged to remain children in between the bouts of killing so that they stay manageable. Trent made the pain a bonding experience, the killing a fun little adventure. Keep them young, keep them dependent, keep them obedient. Father wants you to come home.

#m9 animated #m9a spoilers #blumendrei

shrugsinchinese

Give us a twirl, darlings! ✨💃👯

(+Bonus Dane)

#critical role #critical role fanart #caleb widogast #astrid becke #eadwulf grieve #blumendrei #blumentrio #mighty nein animated

greetingsprogramms

It hurts so much. Ja, but that's okay. You will not have to endure it alone.

#critical role #mighty nein #the mighty nein #mighty nein animated #m9 animated #blumentrio #blumendrei

nydoorins

#eadwulf grieve #astrid becke #caleb widogast #blumendrei #blumentrio #the mighty nein

orions-garden

trent said this to them btw

#critical role #mighty nein #caleb widogast #blumendrei #blumentrio #astrid becke #eadwulf grieve #bren ermendrud

sunnyblaze29

Not Danny immediately shipping odysseus and polites

#epic the musical #odysseus #polites #shipping #odypoli #jorge rivera herrans #danny motta

fandomsandflyingstingrays

Epic but it's just a DnD game

DM: “The cyclops pulls out a club and takes a swing. Everyone make a dexterity saving throw” Odysseus: “Nat 20!” Eurylochus: “17!” Polites: “That’ll be a nat 1…” *Polites’s miniature is knocked from the board*

DM: “Odysseus walks off with the wind bag. Everyone make a wisdom saving throw” Eurylochus: “…I got a 3” DM: “You gotta see what’s inside that bag” Eurylochus: “But I’m Odysseus’s second in command, surely I’d tru-“ DM: “YOU GOTTA SEE WHAT’S INSIDE THAT BAG”

Odysseus: “I must be a god like you, ‘cause I got this root from the ground with my bare hands!” DM: “Make an intimidation check” Odysseus: “…yeah that’s a 1” Circe: “Hermes gave it to you, didn’t he”

Circe: “I roll to seduce Odysseus… 17!” DM: “Not bad! Odysseus, make a wisdom saving throw” Odysseus: “Nat 20, baby!!” DM: “Sorry, Circe, Odysseus really does just love his wife that much”

DM: “A siren appears, wearing Penelope’s face… Odysseus, make a wisdom saving throw” Odysseus: “Another nat 20 let’s gooo-" DM: “Okay so you can just sail on by-" Odysseus: “No no let me roll for persuasion, let’s have some fun with this”

Odysseus: “Please don’t tell me you’re about to do what I think you’ll do” DM: “Roll for persuasion” Odysseus: “…nat 1” DM: “your luck has run out. Eurylochus, steak time. Nom nom nom”

Eurylochus: “But we’ll die” DM: “Roll for persuasion” Eurylochus: “…nat 1” Odysseus: “I know” Eurylochus: “dude come ON-“ DM: *lightning noises*

Odysseus: “If you’re plan’s so great, then why’d you wait to say it?” DM: “Hermes, make a performance check” Hermes: “NAT 20 DARLING” DM: “This campaign is now a Hermes dance party. Ody, you’re fighting those sea monsters on your own while Hermes just tears it up in the corner”

Poseidon: “After everything you’ve done, how will you sleep at night?” Odysseus: “Next to my wife” Literally the entire party: “OHHHHHHHHHHH” DM: “THAT’S AN INSPIRATION POINT FOR YOU” *Cut to Odysseus beating every single suitor in the span of like an hour*

Part 2

#epic the musical #epic odysseus #epic eurylochus #epic polites #epic circe #epic poseidon #dnd