Jun 9, 2023
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I get that there's needs to be nuance with Vasselheim being an oppressive force in Exandria. It's pretty clearly meant to be a message of how religious structures stray beyond their original intent and grasp for power in a desperate need to spread a certain doctrine.
The thing is, I can already tell that there are going to be people who use what's happening in C3 as ammunition for an anti-pantheon interpretation. But I desperately want to grab those people and shake them telling them that "it's not the fault of the fucking gods."
Do you genuinely believe that the Wildmother, or the Everlight, or the Platinum Dragon are the type to tell religious leaders to go out and kill/silence/oppress anyone who disagrees with Vasselheim? Because based on what we know (based on previous appearances and that these gods are canonically good/neutral aligned) they would be against it!
But, of course, the gods can never win in this debate. Because if they don't do anything - they are apathetic or hubristic and deserve to be taken down a few notches for not caring about their creations. But if they do step in and do something - they are interfering with or restricting free will and deserve to be taken down a few notches for being too controlling.
Like, obviously religious trauma is a very real and valid experience for many people both in our world and Exandria, but once more, this is because of the people in power within the religion, not the deities themselves.
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CR3: EPISODE 60 SPOILERS
(as I'm typing this out I'm still in the middle of watching the episode so this is just a train of thought mental rant)
I love a good philosophical debate as much as the next guy, but there's something about the pro-god vs anti-god debates in the current campaign (and all the other campaigns too tbh) that hits different.
in our world, gods/god is more of a blind faith or theory but in exandria the pantheon is real. they exist. it's not up for debate that they are there and they have power and influence. some of them are good. most of them are bad. their followers are capable of good, and bad.
and that's true for the real world as well. as someone with a lot of religious trauma, i am always going to be on the side of caution when it comes to anybody exerting religious power over others, BUT -- especially for orym -- hearing someone who hasn't seen what ludinus has done and is willing to do to destroy the gods basically imply that he's just lost his way irritates me. in a good way.
it's never gonna be a "im right, you're wrong," clear cut answer, but like orym has said before, as noble as we can pretend ludinus' goals are, he has killed innocents, destroyed countless lives that were not involved in his beef with the gods. his ambition and cruelty and callousness is driven by his hatred of the gods, and that's just as bad as the pantheon preying on followers and non-believers alike.
ludinus cannot free predathos and he cannot kill the gods, if only because i do not trust the kind of man who is capable of all of those atrocities and all that darkness to hold all the fucking power in the world. who could go against the man who destroyed the gods? it's a recipe for disaster.
Just thought of another sticking point about the Exandrian gods, Aasimar
Aasimar usually have human parents but are born aasimar thanks to being touched or blessed by an angel of the gods or the gods themselves
Eradicating the gods kinda sounds like it would lead to no continuation or at least a decline in the already rare aasimars. And who’s to say that once Predathos is done eating the gods and their celestial agents that it won’t turn around and start eating the much smaller pieces of divinity?
Who’s to say Da’leth - who we know doesn’t really have a “That’s too far” cap - won’t hunt aasimar down either. He has no qualms about killing holy/faithful people
Just some thoughts…
This is a humble PSA that I’m tired of giving out but I think is important after the most recent episode and the fandom response
If you don’t like the Bells Hells campaign…don’t watch it
This is not at all to be gatekeepy. If you’re going to watch this campaign strictly for the other campaign characters and then bitch about the bells hells or the storyline involving the past campaign characters, either don’t watch it or don’t bitch online.
If your dragging yourself through this campaign and you still hate it by episode 51, just give yourself a break my man. No one is making you watch it, you are free to go, enjoy what you enjoy and leave what you don’t in peace. Cause other people like it and you’re not the only one on the internet. I’ve said it before I’ll say it again, I am not a fan of the Mighty Nein campaign. Personally the characters aren’t my favs. But hey I’m not bitching about the new series, I’m not complaining about the inclusion of a couple characters into the Bells Hells narrative. Matt made an incredible intertwined world with characters that have connections across the world and the cast made incredible PC’s that have similar connections. Of course they’re going to connect, especially with a world ending situation like the current Apogee Solstice. I’m very excited for everyone excited for the animated series. I’m so proud of the cast for achieving this and I’m excited when they get to see their beloved characters again. This is still an actual play series with real people influenced by what’s happening, im so happy for them that they now have eight years of stories packed into this vast fictional world. It would be unrealistic if they didn’t create interconnected characters and if the characters somehow had similar interests. Just take a step back and look at what is happening, why it’s happening and how it affects others before you start complaining.
You’re just hurting yourself and you’re also blocking up the tag feeds with your hate. Simply, don’t watch it and I guarantee your life will be so much easier when you can just watch the content you want to. You’re entitled to your opinion but your not required to hate on content that a lot of people really enjoy. In a digital world no one seems to get how to keep their mouths shut when all they’re talking is hate.
i am now 90 episodes into critical role campaign two and i do not think a single thing has shook me to my core as much as the fact that exandria’s summer solstice is the hottest day of the year. there is no seasonal lag in matt mercer’s world. how the fuck do thermodynamics work in his universe