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I do think that ttrpgs as a storytelling medium popped off with pc relationships. imagine you have a story where all the characters are separate individuals developed by different people and their relationships develop organically over time and you STILL find interesting character dynamics and points of contact and foils and parallels and tropes and subversions and and

it's. the inherent humanity of finding connection without being scripted to do so. absolute character agency leading to a satisfyingly coherent narrative

#this post brought to you by #critical role #and specifically #the fated-to-live-a-thousand-years vs. promised-himself-to-death -ification of keyleth and vax

burntlikethesun

Not Carla Sunday clocking in for her shift at the Disown Ruby factory

#doctor who

macbethz

Doctor who it’s me your regency era situationship I’m in cgi hell. You have to remember that you’re gay

#not even disney money can break the bond between dw and silly special effects

whentheynameyoujoy

Nothing more realistic than Gideon acting like the most got-it-together "the world is my oyster thanks to the unrivalled power of my hotness and awesome" and sincerely believing in that facade, only to then turn into a wallflower the moment she's out of the Ninth and among okayish people because the only thing she knows social-wise is nonstop-hostile interraction with a cult of octogenarian nuns.

#the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #gideon nav

kinkajouonthebrain-deactivated2

every locked tomb character is one of the characters of all time but ortus nigenad really is The Character Of All Time my guy brought a fanfiction to the gun fight AND WON

#the locked tomb #ortus nigenad

imagine you meet a hot guy and become obsessed with him bc he reminds you of the men in your bodice rippers, then you get to know him and realize he's really not like that, but as you travel together you slowly fall in love for real and decide to spend the rest of your lives together sailing the seas and living that fantasy anyway 'cause it's fun and you’re both weird like that. anyway jester lavorre you’re so valid

#critical role #cr spoilers #jester lavorre #fjorester

yet again thinking about how wild it would be to get into cr through tlovm. just. hey, you like these characters? want to see more of them?

500 HOURS OF CONTENT BE UPON YE

#critical role #tlovm

it's so funny how the converging of storylines happening in cr rn makes it so clear that the ttrpg Batshit Character Syndrome™️ applies to npcs too.

like how all the parties have their magical hail mary npcs.

vm has retired adventurer turned government wizard allura and magic shop owner gilmore.

mn has essek "kinda commited high treason and started a war but we fixed him with the power of friendship" thelyss.

and bh have the nightmare king and nana morri, a wine aunt grandma who turns people into furniture and has beef with the goddess of death.

#critical role #cr spoilers

jester lavorre character of all time. she's a cleric but she doesn't heal people. she grew up in a brothel. she vandalizes churches. she broke a witches curse with a cupcake. she believed in a guy so much he became a god. she beats people up with a giant lollipop. she pulled off a successful parent trap. half of her adventuring party fell in love with her. shes even blue.

#critical role #critical role jester #jester lavorre #the mighty nein #can't belive she's coming back #and to fight the weave mind too #those recorated raisins WISH they could cause as much psychic damage as she does with a single sending spell

happy one week annivarsary to me watching the new outfit description scene with the cr wiki as visual aid, pulling up ashton's art and being immediately so overcome with bisexuality that I had to pause the vod

#critical role

consumed with thoughts of pickpocketing as an act of flirting.... the inherent intimacy of it... the excuses for touching.... the distraction.. the quick touches meant to go unnoticed.... observing and knowing where on their body the other person keeps things... keeping their things on your body.. just. the mutual unspoken game of putting your hands on each other as much as possible

#something something intricate rituals #this is about fearne & ashton criticalrole btw #always thinking about them #tall gorgeous morally grey fae creature adn he/they punk rock with built in chaos magic #my personal bi bait #critical role

no way a cr party is heading to aeor again and again they have a dead wizard lady throw them off balance the night before

#critical role #cr spoilers #not saying that bells hells were super balanced before but at least there wasnt pvp happening #when i catch you delilah. delilah when i catch you

theriverbeyond

the locked tomb asks important questions like "what if jesus died for you and it sucked?"

that kendall jenner "I'm literally built as an athlete" clip but it's me (looks for logical flaws in my own arguments by debating myself in my head to pass time) going "I'm literally built as a philosopher"

#adhd hours #and yes thanks for asking i am very annoying #you have to be a little insufferable to enjoy philosophy #specifically talking about logic (the branch of philosophy) here but it's also the basis for all sound theory and debate so

sapph0sfriend

Obsessed with the x files episodes where like someone will go missing and they’ll go to the victim’s last known location and see like a normal ant crawling around and mulder will go “I think the victim was kidnapped by two hundred ants disguised as a human being who took the victim because they need to digest organic matter in order to have the strength to build a giant anthill” and scully will go “that’s insane” but mulder will literally be right beat for beat

can't stop thinking about tamsyn muir's choice to present her deep, morally and politically complex science fantasy world with a central web of magic, secrets and lies reaching back ten thousand years through the eyes of three characters who:

1. tune out and start thinking about hot women whenever the magic system or worldbuilding are being explained

2. experience hallucinations on a daily basis, have brain damage and are being deceived and misled by their peers, authority figures, themselves and God

3. don't know who they are, have spent their entire life in one place and are, on all levels but physical, six months old

#she said: you will have concrete information when i say you can have concrete information #and then every new bit of information you do get fundamentally changes some earlier element of the story #like. rereading these books the first time doesn't even count as rereading imo #it's just an entirely new experience #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth

birdsong-18

percy: *hanging from a hole in the st. louis arch, about to fall to his death, half poisoned*

me: HERE WE GO, ABOUT TO FIND OUT HOW HE FALLS INTO THE FUCKING RIVER

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo tv show #i was a pjo kid reveal

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