Valkyrie's Scribblings

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

Callsign: MasterPost

Figured I should probably put these things all together so they're easy to find.

If you didn't know, I've been writing a series of vignettes around how everyone on the team got their callsigns, or times that they did things that were just particularly emblematic of the nicknames they earned for themselves. It's good, angsty fun for the whole family. Well... Maybe not the whole family.

Callsign: Rooster

Status: Complete

I. Morning / II. Cocky / III. Hen House / IV. Tailspin / V. Coward / Epilogue. Cooped Up

Callsign: Hangman

Status: In Progress

I. The Anticipation is the Thing That Kills You (written, not posted) / II. It's All Fun and Games Til the Ground Disappears From Beneath Your Feet (written, not posted) / III. Breakneck Speed Just Means You’re Doing Your Job Right (written, not posted) / III. Part 2. Sometimes Even a Hangman needs a F*ck and a Cuddle (written, not posted) / IV. Eventually, Someone’s Gotta Just Pull The Damn Lever (written, not posted) / V. How Does the Hangman Dress for a Funeral? (Finally fucking written, not posted) / VI. Faithful as Gravity (half written)

[say-hi-intrepid-heroes]

wow that guy looks a lot like matt mercer that's crazy

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

You know, the resemblance is crazy now that you mention it! Who would have thought Matt Mercer and the Mercer triplets could look so much alike while being completely unrelated? That's uncanny.

I heard a rumor that the reason production took seven months because Mark had a freak toaster accident and his brother Luke had to step in for reshoots and for the ending. His energy was so good, and his performance brought a warmth that rounded out the story I thought. I'm glad to hear Mark is recovering well.

[say-hi-intrepid-heroes]

You're saying I have to wait until Friday to play D&D with my friends???? Can't I just roll a nat20 and we time skip? "No this is real life"???? What a scam.

[heyitsphoenixx]

Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?

commissions open!

[say-hi-intrepid-heroes]

do you have any theories for fantasy high junior year????

hell yes

fabian and aelwyn have either already broken up or do break up during the season

tracker and kristen also break up

jawbone becomes somehow more casual and cool

ayda

more ayda

(something bad will probably happen to her but we don’t want to talk about that)

Secret Agent Ruiz GukgakTM

something needs to happen with gorging and zelda. not sure what tho.

at least one beloved parent death

at least one non-parent npc death

The Return of Chungledown Bim

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

Okay, but also predicting that Aelwyn and Fabian break up only to get back together before fourth period in a lather, rinse, repeat doom cycle of disaster being a running gag that lasts the whole season.

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

hi! i wanted to check on you since i haven't read from you in ages (since you left the server and stopped updating on ao3, we never talked outside of there). i was thinking of you, hope everything's okay <3

Awwww, you are so fricking sweet! Everything is great, I just got swept up into DnD fandom and nonsense and my hyperfixations have been mostly fed through that. I still feel guilty about not finishing Callsign: Hangman. I've got a couple chapters to post still, but I kinda didn't want to post them without finishing the rest and it had been so long I thought people had given up on me. 🙈 😅 I'll see what can be done.

[todaysbird]

it’s crazy how much diversity there can be in one species…these are all pictures of the same bird species (red-tailed hawk)

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

Okay, but I'm low-key loving the facial expressions on these birds. They range from utter befuddlement to rage.

[starrysurrealism]

don’t get it all twisted I know that you’re wrong my apology is courtesy to help ease the truth

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

[lets-play-gwent]

thank you to every single fucking person on this god forsaken site that has ever posted your own art or writing. You really put a vulnerable, important part of yourself out in the open on the hellscape that is the internet and if that isnt an act of bravery and a labor of love I dont know what one is

[aschlindartroom]

Okay I'm on episode 98 and I saw this and THERE ARE FEELINGS PERCOLATING. Someone get the bucket cause I'm about to cry.

Some spoilers and yelling about the significance of the Major Arcana in the Might Nein story below.

Mollymauk has always been associated with the Major Arcana, representing both the Fool and the World simultaneously. The Fool looks outward, seizing opportunity and grasping for knowledge. The World looks inward, celebrating not a physical change, but a psychological and spiritual one. There is no beginning or end to the Major Arcana-- only points on a circle, neverending. You always end where you began... just fresh perspective.

In Critical Role, our Fool dies early in the cycle, but the soul of the Fool is carried forward through the rest of the arcana, in the minds and hearts of the Mighty Nein.

The original Might Nein crew is composed of people who see themselves as "incomplete"-- wanting to find or cultivate a new beginning, or searching for something that they think they lack. But Mollymauk planted a seed in them right from the beginning: that regardless of where they come from or what they feel about themselves, they'd always been inherently worthy, just way they were.

Beau was always worthy of love. Caleb and Yasha were always worthy of forgiveness. Fjord and Jester were always strong and capable. Nott was always Veth, in mind if not in body. Caduceus didn't know Molly, but heck, even he comes to see certain truths about himself-- always evident, only hidden behind layers of immaturity and insecurity. All of them come to understand, eventually and in their own way, what Mollymauk understood already: Who you were yesterday doesn't matter. The future is far away. What matters are the choices you make today.

Might Nein: you're so close to the end of the cycle, my dudes. All your hardship and pain will soon lead you back to that fresh, doe-eyed place-- looking back out at the world with a new perspective, the same and different all at once.

Molly would be so proud of you.

[essektheylyss]

World Wizard Entertainment Final: FUCKING TROUBLE

(And is Vince McSam in the room with us now?)

Well folks, this is it. The final.

We've lost some good wizards along the way. Also some evil ones. Probably some neutral ones as well, I dunno, this wasn't the alignment quiz. We've campaigned, cat-fought, and cried crocodile tears for who was the most wizard, who was the strongest wizard, and sometimes, who just made the funniest argument.

And in this last round, we've had to say goodbye—for now, but not forever—to our champion, our guiding star, our last hope....

A moment of silence... for Veth's Big Naturals.

But do you know what? It's what she and her huge, wizardly knockers (and, maybe, somehow, also Cerrit's roguely big naturals?) would've wanted. Her boy, Caleb Widogast, in the final round, up against the Calamity's dearest heart of hearts, Laerryn Coramar-Seelie.

Pfffft, alright, enough of that heartfelt fuckery.

There's no crying in wizardry, as they say! If you want to see previous polls, rankings, and methodology, please check the tag here. Otherwise, let's get to the trash talk!

(But for real, again, keep it weird and funny, not just... mean. Contrary to popular belief, people can in fact tell the difference. This is for fun.)

Our final round match-up, wizard to wizard:

WWE Final: Laerryn Coramar-Seelie vs Caleb Widogast

Architect Arcane Laerryn Coramar-Seelie

Caleb Widogast

Voting ended onFeb 26, 2023

So come, one and all, and vote for the last wizard remaining! Laerryn, give it your best shot. And Caleb, AVENGE THOSE TOTS!

[quiddie]

To begin, let me make something incandescently clear about the odds of facing down Laerryn in a fight: if your build isn’t optimized to kill her, you can’t. She’s not weak to rogues (sorry Big Naturals,) she’s vulnerable to Cerrit the Mage Slayer. Just him. Advantage on saves against spells and resistance to spell damage means she’s not getting one-shot by a caster. And in any manner of prolonged fight…we know how that’s going.

Look, if you want to vote for your favorite sad boi because he plays with bat shit and has had 22x more screen time than LCS, that’s your right. Let’s not pretend he’s the goddamn underdog here, though.

So fine, let’s talk about the big distinction here, which is all in the intention. There’s playing to win, and playing not to lose. I’d argue that Ludinus is the last of the “play to win” wizards that dare mighty things to change the shape and fate of the world. For all of Caleb’s wisdom and strength, he was a hero, locked endlessly in the cycle of preventing loss and averting disaster. Chief among the old wizards that defined an age was Laerryn Coramar-Seelie, who looked the catalyst of the Calamity in the eye and called him WEAK. Her tenure was marked by ambition, and striving to secure a massive win for the WORLD (again, the goal was no mere city Plane Shift.)

Call her privileged, call her morally bankrupt, call her full of hubris. But in that same breath you’d better call her the greatest wizard in the greatest age of wizards.

Tell me Caleb could do what she did. Name a colder, harder call than to condemn yourself, your love, everyone you care about, the city you devoted yourself to, and your life’s work (that could change the literal balance of the cosmos forever - and that you just reworked in thirty minutes under assault by the resurgence of a whole ass Betrayer God) to oblivion to ensure the world would survive the coming Calamity. Without hesitation.

They don’t build them like Laerryn anymore. They keep trying. And all pale in comparison. All.

I don’t care who wins this vote or any other. You can’t convince me that a badder bitch, arcane or otherwise, has walked Exandria. 😝

[aschlindartroom]

Good drawing day, methinks.

@valkyrie-the-bogwitch

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

Amarantha, probably: "What did you say to Cahya? Actually, nevermind. If she hits you I know you deserve it."

[aschlindartroom]

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

MY BABY!!!

(An excerpt from the mini-novella of notes I wrote on last session where Adison thought it was a good idea to give a literal tiger belly rubs, and Amarantha called out someone she only knew as a master thief who had stolen some shit and attacked her and her friends in the middle of a busy post office with loads of people around.)

[corvophobia]

[aschlindartroom]

I haven't been on tumblr lately cause I've been busy but HEY LOOK AT THESE SKETCHES OF MY D&D CHARACTER.

[aschlindartroom]

TIIIIMIIIIII YOU’RE SO NICE TO ME!!!

[valkyrie-the-bogwitch]

Stop being modest. Also, if y'all really want your hearts smashed by cute, this lady also keeps smashing me with art of my character, Amarantha. *Pokes*

[tacomicfujoshi]

Dark chocolate haters will never understand the joy of having it w sea salt and caramel

[say-hi-intrepid-heroes]

petition for the subtitles to get fixed on fantasy high (and maybe other early seasons). i would be happy to do it cause there are a lot of key words that are just Wrong and if anyone is depending solely on subtitles then it can really mess with the storyline.

ex: subtitles: "biz glitterdew, who, though he had a true friend in riz gukgak, is about to get shot."

actual line: "biz glitterdew, who thought he had a true friend in riz gukgak, is about to get shot."

see how that changes it? that's just one example. i have a previous post about how the subtitles think fabian refers to adaine as "darling" when he clearly just said "adaine," so subtitle-only readers could take that as grounds to ship them.

TDLR: the subtitles need to be fixed so people don't get confused.

[say-hi-intrepid-heroes]

^^^^^^^^^^^