the matron of death

personal interpretation of THE RAVEN QUEEN as seen in critical role; drawing inspiration directly from exu: calamity, other pieces of canon media, & personal headcanon; as ascended by MONARCH.

[ravensmantle]

RAVENSMANTLE is a semi-selective, heavily headcanon based portrayal of the raven queen from various critical role medias; based heavily in period before the age of arcanum, when the matron was still a mortal woman, as well as in the age of divergence, post calamity & into the present day; as adored & ascended by monarch (any/all; twenty-one). CARRD. MUSINGS. MEMES. THREADS. MAIN.

[cameron-possibly]

behold the raven queen

[ravensmantle]

@firepassed asked: ❛ How did suffering become so endless? ❜

it's a quiet thing, her laugh. the sound of it isn't quite malicious, but it's certainly not very kind either - because, well, no one and least of all her ever claimed that she was kind. death and fate were not kind concepts, not even to a champion's beloved. the matron's voice seems to come from both nowhere and everywhere all at once, quiet and steady: " that is where you are mistaken, tempest. everything ends eventually. "

[ravensmantle]

if you get a random follow from @stubborngods, dw that's just me following from a place i'm more active!!

[aishespoeticmuse]

[crownmemes]

Parents, Children, and Family Sentences, Vol. 2

(Sentences for parents, children, and family in general. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"She's just young. She's trying to do the right thing."

"You're spoiled because you're an only child."

"What happened to our family tradition?"

"I love it when you cook for me!"

"I guess nobody gets to choose who their parents are."

"When you have kids, you do anything to keep them safe."

"No wonder your son behaves as he does. You're his role model and you don't care about anybody but yourself."

"Sometimes we don't teach our children. Sometimes they teach us."

"You may be family and everything, but I'm not siding with you."

"There aren't any pictures of me as a kid."

"From what my mum told me, I think you're my dad."

"There's no denying that the two of you are related."

"I keep making the mistake of thinking he's family, but he's not."

"I don't need a babysitter!"

"Would you like to hear a family secret?"

"You're an only child, aren't you? Everything is about you."

"Even the best-intentioned parents end up damaging their kids."

"Can you ask your brother about this for me?"

"Full disclosure, he's actually my brother."

"The only people who keep insisting they're not terrible parents are terrible parents."

"Your family is a mess!"

"Since when did I become my father?"

"If something happens to me, I want you to watch out for my daughter."

"You know, you turned out remarkably close to normal, considering the genes in play."

"You'd use your gun on my mother?"

"You're not responsible for your brother."

"You remind me of your mother."

"Perfect families don't exist."

"If you bring disgrace on this family, you will regret it."

[ravensmantle]

thinks too hard about the age of arcanum and about how there was a moment where the raven queen looked her spouse in the eyes for the last and final time as they were killed in the process of helping her ascend to her place in the heavens. i just have so many questions about that. about all of it. was their soul the first one she collected? were they the first occupant of her house of mirrors? did she cry even as she was getting the very thing she had worked so hard to achieve because they weren't there to see it through with her? is that why she erased all the notes on the ritual? was it so that no one else would have to feel the same sort of agony that she felt to get to the place she got? and what about her friend / maybe lover, the previous god of death? do you think there was this sense of grief about her as she rent their name and likeness from every temple in the material plane and beyond? did she realize what the consequences of her own actions would be? did she realize and just not care? and what about her daughter? what happened to her daughter? we know what happened to her daughter; she caused the supposed end of the world. but would she have done that had her mother not left her to wipe a god's name (and her own name) from existence? do you think the matron was lonely? do you think she was lonely and that's why she had champions? maybe all her champions were just as lonely and despreret as she was? don't you just wonder?

[saltair-and-webweaves]

Who will come into my kitchen and be hungry for me?

you say you don’t want a boyfriend, but you know that’s not true - Charlotte Green/the voice - Anaïs Nin/the unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath/tolerate it - Taylor Swift/the unabridged journals of sylvia plath - Sylvia Plath/the unexpurgated diary of anaïs nin - Anaïs Nin/ @treebloods/@lovebeing-a-girl/@ sanwtch on instagram/ @onlyanothermundane/@tullispink/I am an observer, but not by choice - @fatimaamerbilal/the prophecy - Taylor Swift/criss cross - Lynne Rae Perkins/Vladimir Mayakovsky in a letter to Lili Brik/what I could never confess without some bravado - Emily Palermo/little weirds - Jenny Slate

requested here

[calliesmemes]

EPIC: THE MUSICAL — ACT ONE

ASSORTED SENTENCE STARTERS featuring lyrics and dialogue pulled from EPIC: THE MUSICAL by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, a new concept album adapting the story of Homer’s Odyssey into a musical.

CHANGE gendered words and in-universe phrases as needed.

SPECIFY muse for multimuses.

❛ I know that I’m ready. ❜

❛ I don’t think that you’re ready. ❜

❛ Know that he will grow from a boy to an avenger. ❜

❛ I could raise him as my own. ❜

❛ Please don’t make me do this. ❜

❛ The blood on your hands is something you can’t lose — all you can choose is whose. ❜

❛ This is the will of the gods. ❜

❛ You’re as old as he was when I left for war. ❜

❛ Will these actions haunt my days? ❜

❛ Every man I’ve slain is the price I pay. ❜

❛ I would trade the world to see my son and wife. ❜

❛ When does a man become a monster? ❜

❛ When does a reason become the blame? ❜

❛ Six hundred men under my command. ❜

❛ The problem’s not the distance; it’s what lies in between. ❜

❛ My kingdom is waiting. ❜

❛ So Captain, what’s the plan? ❜

❛ Look! There, in the distance. I see an island. ❜

❛ I see a light that faintly glows. ❜

❛ Something feels off here. ❜

❛ I say we strike first; we don’t have time to waste. ❜

❛ We should try to find a way no one ends up dead. ❜

❛ You can relax, my friend. ❜

❛ I can tell that you’re getting nervous. ❜

❛ Is this how we are supposed to live? ❜

❛ Here we have a chance for some adjustment. ❜

❛ Give it a try, it's not that hard. ❜

❛ This life is amazing when you greet it with open arms. ❜

❛ Whatever we face, we'll be fine if we're leading from the heart. ❜

❛ Stay back, I'm warning you. ❜

❛ Kindness is brave. ❜

❛ Have you forgotten the lessons I taught you? ❜

❛ I see you changing from how I've designed you. ❜

❛ Have you forgotten your purpose? ❜

❛ My life has one mission. ❜

❛ We'll make a greater tomorrow. ❜

❛ Enlighten me, what's your name? ❜

❛ If you're looking for a mentor, I'll make sure your time's well spent. ❜

❛ If there's a problem, we'll have the answer. ❜

❛ I still intend to make sure you don't fall behind. ❜

❛ Don't forget that you're a warrior of a very special kind. ❜

❛ It’s almost too perfect, too good to be true. ❜

❛ Who are you? ❜

❛ We’re just travelers. We come in peace. ❜

❛ What gives you the right to deal a pain so deep? ❜

❛ Your life now is in my hands. ❜

❛ I’ll take from you like you took from me. ❜

❛ There’s been a misunderstanding. ❜

❛ Maybe you and I could make a deal. ❜

❛ I’m so glad we see eye to eye. ❜

❛ If we're defeated, they're good as dead. ❜

❛ No backup, no chance for support. ❜

❛ Our foe must be thwarted right here and now. ❜

❛ Show me how great is your will to survive. ❜

❛ Stand up and fight for your lives. ❜

❛ Defeat is not allowed. ❜

❛ We must live through this day, so fight! ❜

❛ You’ve hurt me enough. ❜

❛ You won’t live through this day. ❜

❛ We must move quickly, we don't have much time. ❜

❛ But captain, what'll we do with our fallen friends? ❜

❛ We are not to let them die in vain. ❜

❛ Our comrades will not die in vain. ❜

❛ Mercy is a skill more of this world could learn to use. ❜

❛ The blood we shed, it never dries. ❜

❛ I am neither man nor mythical. ❜

❛ You're a warrior meant to lead the rest. ❜

❛ That's just like you, why should I be surprised? Selfish and prideful and vain. ❜

❛ Every time someone dies I'm the one who is left to deal with the strain. ❜

❛ This way, you won't plague my life. ❜

❛ What a waste of effort spent. ❜

❛ At least I know what I'm fighting for. ❜

❛ Since you claim you're so much wiser, why’s your life spent all alone? ❜

❛ This day, you lost it all. ❜

❛ Is it nature or divine or a blessing in disguise? ❜

❛ Our home's in sight. ❜

❛ Brace for a storm, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. ❜

❛ I'll ensure that we prevail. ❜

❛ We're taking too much damage to survive. ❜

❛ At this rate, we won't make it out alive. ❜

❛ Please don't tell me you're about to do what I think you'll do. ❜

❛ You've heard the legends; this proves they're true. ❜

❛ Don't forget how dangerous the gods are. ❜

❛ How much longer til your luck runs out? ❜

❛ I still believe in goodness. ❜

❛ I just don't wanna see another life end. ❜

❛ You're like the brother I could never do without. ❜

❛ Don’t forget how much we’ve already faced. ❜

❛ I need to talk to you in private. ❜

❛ I can't have you planting seeds of doubt. ❜

❛ I ask for your assistance so we at last can go the distance. ❜

❛ Sounds too easy, what's the catch? ❜

❛ Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ❜

❛ The end always justifies the means. ❜

❛ Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ❜

❛ Time for me to be the father I never was. ❜

❛ Why are my eyes and my heart and my soul so heavy? ❜

❛ It isn't very often that I get pissed off. ❜

❛ I'm left without a choice. ❜

❛ I’ve gotta make you bleed. ❜

❛ I need to see you drown. ❜

❛ Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves. ❜

❛ You are far too nice. ❜

❛ I've got no mercy left to give. ❜

❛ The line between naïveté and hopefulness is almost invisible. ❜

❛ I am your darkest moment. ❜

❛ What have you done? ❜

❛ Any last words? ❜

❛ There's only so much left we can endure. ❜

❛ I'm not a player, I'm a puppeteer. ❜

❛ I can’t sleep now knowing everything we've done. ❜

❛ I must say what a brilliant speech you gave. ❜

❛ I don't know who you are nor why you're here. ❜

❛ One wrong move, then you're done for. ❜

❛ All I hear are screams, every time I dare to close my eyes. ❜

❛ I no longer dream, only nightmares of those who've died. ❜

❛ I am the prophet with the answers you seek. ❜

❛ I see a man who gets to make it home alive, but it's no longer you. ❜

❛ How has everything been turned against us? ❜

❛ How did suffering become so endless? ❜

❛ Do I need to change? ❜

❛ What if I'm the problem that's been hiding all along? ❜

❛ If I became the monster, and threw that guilt away — would that make us stronger? ❜

❛ I must become the monster. ❜

[ravensmantle]

the Problem TM with deciding to be feral about a character who is literally a deity that just kind of exists in the background of everything always in that i don't quite know how to go about plotting for her......

[fatherless-behavior-prompts]

Normalize sending good anons to blogs. Ask about headcanons. Throw little what if scenarios at them. Send them responses from characters in their canon they don't normally get to interact with!

[ravensmantle]

being someone who is not at all caught up with critical role (point and laugh at the guy who is only like half-way finished with campaign one), i love watching everyone freak out about stuff i will not get to for a million years. it's free entertainment!

[ravensmantle]

drop a like on this post for me to go through your open meme & starter calls and send you stuff ♡

[wintercorrybriea]

lily hsu for the cover of juksy magazine photographed by poyen chen

[chandelyer-deactivated20241003]

Weiraen collection 02

[mcflymemes]

RECOVERING AFTER THE BIG BATTLE PROMPTS *  assorted dialogue for conversations after you just went through absolute hell to protect something, get somewhere, or fight your way through hordes of bad guys, adjust as necessary

how are you holding up after that?

they knew we were coming.

i didn't think we were going to survive that.

can you stand? do you need me to help?

take some deep breaths. it's over.

i need a headcount!

there was nothing we could do to stop them.

i've never seen weapons like that before.

don't you dare close your eyes. stay awake for me.

let me go grab you something to drink.

i'm sorry. they didn't make it.

get me a medic.

we won't survive another battle like that.

we should have been more prepared.

the odds were stacked against us.

sound off! who's not dead?

if you're bleeding, tell me now.

don't bullshit me. you're limping. when did you start limping?

just a few more steps and we can rest.

they knew we were coming.

i'm going back for them. you stay here.

there's nothing else we can do to help them.

our world is lost.

i saw you out there, fighting for your life.

i'm sorry i couldn't be there to help you fight them off.

given what i just saw out there, i think your training is complete.

you saved my life.

they were never going to get past you.

we all need time to rest after that.

maybe we should set up camp, take turns keeping watch.

we did it! it's over!

next time, we won't be so lucky.

have you seen [name]? did they make it out?

they were stronger than we expected.

we have to prepare for the second wave.

there's no time to run.

get me the healer.

just lay back down, and i'll take care of you.

you're not going to die, not under my watch.

you showed up the second i needed you, like you heard me.

i don't think i can face a battle like that again.

we got lucky, but the next time they attack, they'll be ready for us.

we cut down their numbers, but they're still strong.

there must be something we can do.

i thought you said you weren't injured!

think you're going to have to go on without me.

i wasn't prepared for any of that.

i need more training.

we can't face that kind of firepower alone.

how long until they send reinforcements?

they've got us trapped here. it's only a matter of time until they come back to finish the job.

there has to be some other way to defeat them.

we underestimated their power.

thanks for coming back for me.

we need to come up with a better strategy.

[ravensmantle]

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