head + heart | on hiatus

lelah, li, and/or theo. 20. they/them. lesbian. isfj. posting critical role, d&d, theatre, activism, et cetera. most likely crying over caleb, veth, and/or yasha. behind on cr—please, no spoilers past 2x130! icon art by @bravenot / @jaspell ★

[widonotts]

Okay, look. Overall, I am glad to have stepped back from Tumblr and fandom. While I miss the friends I’ve made, and I miss the gifs and art and meta and memes, there’s too much going on in my life to let myself get sucked into it right now.

That said.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHO WAS GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT HEADLESS??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEVER WOULD HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THIS SO LATE IF I HADN’T LEFT AND I CAN’T BELIEVE MYSELF. HOLY SHIT. HOLY SHIT. OH MY GOD. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS EVERYTHING AND I’M SO UPSET I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT SOONER. WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF I HAVEN’T MISSED OUT ON ANYTHING I CAN’T CATCH UP ON ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS STILL LIVE.

The CAST??? HOLY SHIT. I thought Poe Party was star-studded and I am fucking STUNNED. I mean, for starters, Sean, Sinead, Mary Kate & Sarah are all inspirations in everything they’ve done, and I adore the TCB + Starkid extended crossover families so much, and they’ve brought back so many icons Shipwrecked’s worked with previously, and then KRYSTINA ARIELLE???????? GINNY DI??? MATTHEW??!! FUCKING??!!!!?! MERCER????!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!??????!?!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And putting aside all of THAT, which is so very hard to put aside, I simply cannot stress how fucking elated I am to see more of the Persauds’ work adapting classic literature. It is my entire niche. It is the most accurate single representation of my sense of humor and interests. It’s so FUCKING good. I’m so excited. I’m gonna cry. Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god.

......P.S.: Since most people following me have come from CR, if you don’t know Shipwrecked, do yourself a favor and watch every piece they’ve ever made please god. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made a friend sit down and watch Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party and every single one has adored it.

(.............................And then go donate to the Kickstarter so they’ll reach the stretch goal of playing D&D with some of their D&D-associated cast members in addition to all the other incredible stretch goals!!)

[widonotts]

I’m very much still on hiatus, both from CR and Tumblr, but I just wanted to drop in to thank all of the kind, brilliant, thoughtful, and talented people I’ve met in this fandom. It may have its dark sides, as any fandom does, and I’m devastated that I’ve not only had to take a break, but also miss the finale as a result of it. But so many of you are such amazing, good people, and as a whole, I’m tremendously grateful for and proud of the community created around Critical Role. I hope the finale is a poignant, emotional, satisfying, memorable, and meaningful resolution to this campaign, and I hope that life looks bright for everyone. I love y’all. ❤️

[justalittlebluetiefling]

The Mighty Nein & Names: Episodes 1 - 100

This project started, because I wanted to rewatch campaign two during quarantine, but I needed a project so I wouldn’t be so easily distracted. Huge thanks to @ofsinnersandsaints​ for suggesting this. I’ve had a blast putting this together.

Below the cut, you’ll find some super fun statistics and graphs showing you the amount of times the Mighty Nein says each other’s names in conversation. This is divided up with some general stats and then a deep dive into each character. I may do a separate post that is more meta-oriented regarding these numbers later.

I have tentative plans to continue this project (especially since I’m planning another rewatch) for the rest of the episodes. But! We’ll see how that goes.

A few disclaimers:

This count only includes the times they say each other’s names in conversation. It does not include times that they provide “stage directions” using each other’s names (or similar occurences).

I wish I could claim 100% accuracy, but I won’t. I tried my best. Things like cross-talk and being fallible contribute to me only claiming a 98% accuracy rate.

This doesn’t not include Guest PCs. I needed to keep this simple.

The below stats do not include the ‘Caleb’ count from episode 75 when Liam was absent. I’ll go into further details in his section.

Veth and Nott’s statistics are, for the most part, combined. I do have the counts separated, but combined them for the overall data.

In an effort to make this a little more accessible, I will be typing the stats out underneath the graphs and charts when it’s possible. A few of these graphs unfortunately include too much data to easily type out, but I will try to figure something out.

I am not entirely pleased with how the graphs/charts look, but short of setting this up as a powerpoint presentation and posting a link to said presentation… this is what I’ve got for you right now.

If there is anything else anyone is curious about anything for the first 100 episodes (stats for a specific episode, more in-depth character question, etc.), feel free to shoot me an ask and I can pull up a little report for you.

Okay! Let’s just get started!

Keep reading

[widonotts]

just realized how much essek reminds me of the Gifted Kids i grew up with who only talked to other gifted kids because they thought nobody else was smart enough to understand them, and wow it all makes sense now! essek levitating to impress older, more established kryn is the exact same thing as 12-year-old gifted kids posturing in their 11th-grade math class trying to make the kids four years older than them think they’re cool, and you can’t convince me otherwise

[widonotts]

haven’t made any progress catching up for over a week but just learned the context for “young man” and wow! i dislike it even more

[gibbarts]

safe embrace

[transkeyleth]

[Image Description: a drawing of yasha and beau snuggled together in bed with the white outline of angel wings curled around them. yasha is kissing beau on top of the head. End Description]

[casukaga]

beau, yasha, and jester play minecraft on stream together, and it’s as good as you’d expect.

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(please appreciate the mini discord icons too, because i love them)

[poikaboo]

{ID - four images showing Beau, Yasha, and Jester as Twitch streamers, playing Minecraft 1 - Yasha is in a flower field, her inventory full of flowers. She is smiling softly and saying, “Oh these are gonna be so nice...” Her sub goal is at 9 out of 50, and a small discord icon in the corner shows she is on a voice call. Chat reads as a conversation between ‘deadpeopletea’ and ‘mollystealeaf’: deadpeopletea - A garden would be nice. Are there any bees around? mollytealeaf - pog!! ur doing great sweetie {heart emoji} the red ones are my faves

2 - Jester is crafting cakes. She has 8 in her inventory already, as well as ingredients for more. She also has 55 cookies, some berries, bottles of honey, honeycomb, and a book and a piece of paper. She is asking, “Beau, where are you?” Her sub goal is at 9529 out of 10,000; discord icons show her and Yasha on call. Chat reads as a conversation between ‘capn_tuskstooth’ and ‘braveandbuttons’: capn_tuskstooth  - So many cakes... braveandbuttons - and? capn_tuskstooth  - I’m just saying. That many cakes can’t be good for you. braveandbuttons - it’s a game Fjord capn_tuskstooth  - I’m just saying. braveandbuttons   - fuck you. get it jes

3 - Beau is in the treetops, looking intensely at her screen. She has adventuring gear in her hotbar, as well as a book and some TNT. She replies to Jester, “Parkouring off of trees, obviously.” Her sub goal is at 6969 out of 8000; discord icons show her and Jester. Chat is a conversation with ‘CWidogast’, ‘capn_tuskstooth’ and ‘braveandbuttons’: CWidogast  - lol. nice. capn_tuskstooth - I switched from Jes’s stream to escape Veth. braveandbuttons - fuck you. you can’t escape me fjord.

4 - Close up of the Discord icons; Jester is making a peace sign against a hot pink background, her name is travelavorre; Yasha’s is a close up of the side of her face and her hair, her name is nydoorens; Beau’s is her in the distance, putting her middle finger up at the camera as she peeks up from behind something, her name is bfuckinlionett

/end ID}

[l-a-l-o-u]

she

[huntersmark]

[id/ A drawing of Keyleth from Critical role. Keyleth is a white elf with shoulder length red hair, green eyes, and freckles.

She is wearing an antler crown that has grass and flowers growing on it. A cape made is made of leaves starting off with green on top and going to yellow and red.

Keyleth is holding out her arms in front of her and perched on left hand is a crow. /END]

[bloominflowers]

Tea time ☕💛

[widonotts]

[ID: a digital illustration of a tan-skinned, round-faced witch with long, curly brown hair, deep brown eyes, full lips, and a wide nose. Her outfit and accessories are color-coordinated, with hues of pink, sky blue, white, and accents of yellow. She wears an elaborate Lolita-style dress with layers of ruffles at the collar, puffy white sleeves, a buttoned-up bodice with vertical stripes, and a full knee-length skirt with several multicolored layers, all accented with pink and yellow bows. She also wears a blue witch’s hat with a bow tied at the back and white ruffles at the brim, as well as blue kitten heels and ruffled white socks. The woman is floating; she’s looking up in awe, holding a teacup in one hand while a matching teapot and macarons float around her. The background is bright pink, with abstract yellow swirls curling from the spout of the teapot to the cup in her hand. End ID.]

[diwhitney]

i keep forgetting to post these here but look it’s my favorite subject to draw

[keplercryptids]

[image description: two drawings of Caleb and Nott. Caleb is a pale-complexioned man with shaggy red hair and a scruffy beard. He’s wearing a filthy jacket and pants. Nott is a small goblin girl with green skin and dark hair. Her hands, feet and ears are heavily bandaged and she’s wearing a raggedy tunic. In the first drawing, Caleb is lifting her into the air and they’re both grinning. In the second, they’re crouching down, a pile of gold between them. Caleb is cupping Nott’s face in his hands and they’re smiling at each other.]

[lumiink]

I needed to draw something chill while watching this week’s stream, so back to my insatiable multishipping ways we go!

[gnomebud]

[image description: digital fanart of critical role in a polaroid style showing jester and fjord cuddling on a beach, fjord with his head laying in jester’s lap as jester leans over him and smiles. jester is in a heavy white coat with flowers embroidered on the trim, and fjord is in a green coat with long brown gloves. he has one hand through jester’s hair and jester is cradling his face in her lap. the polaroid is labelled “Beach Date xoxo”, and there are little doodles of a sun in the corner with a captain tusktooth face, hearts around jester and fjord, and a serpent covered in eyes with angry eyebrows coming out of the ocean behind them. the artist’s signature in the corner reads “LUMIINK 21″. /end id]

[rivkahstudies]

Good morning to the online learners, my disillusioned college peers trying to crawl to the end of their degree, the ones who love to learn but are constantly thwarted by red tape and bureaucracy, the ex-gifted kids, the ex-not-gifted kids, the textbook pirates, the class skippers, the gap year takers, the kids who stay up late just to experience something that isn't the work grind, the one-week-at-a-timers, the one day-at-a-timers, the neurodivergent students every institution ignores and overlooks, and everybody who has been and is being traumatized by public or private education systems. Good morning to y'all and y'all only.

[angelhummel]

[widonotts]

[id: a screenshot of tina cohen-chang from glee. edited over it is a screenshot of a tumblr post by @divorcedwife reading, “widely detested female character my beloved” /end id]

[casukaga]

stay alive.

the words “stay alive” get tossed around a bit. mostly by dairon, but you hear it a lot. sometimes you just gotta feel stressed and cry about life and the pressure from people counting on you.

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[transkeyleth]

[Image Description: a drawing of beau, a thin brown skinned woman with long brown hair in a braid and shaved in an undercut. she has her arms crossed over her chest and tear tracks on her cheeks. she looks despondent. behind her are two silhouetted figures and she is surrounded by speech bubbles demanding she stay safe and alive. End Description]

[bloominflowers]

Soft  💙☄️

[david-box]

[Image ID: A digital illustration of a young hijabi with tan skin, drawn from the knees up, wearing all periwinkle standing in a field of flowers, surrounded by butterflies.

The woman is facing mostly towards the viewer and looking down at a lily she is holding up to her head while holding onto her skirt with her other hand. She appears to be wearing a light periwinkle hijab adorned with pearls and periwinkle lilies on the crown, and a long-sleeved sparkly darker periwinkle dress with an over skirt that matches her hijab. More pearls are seen on the edges of her sleeves and around her waist.

The flowers around her on the ground appear to be lilies, with dark green leaves and five dark periwinkle petals surrounding five lighter inner petals. The butterflies match the larger petals on the flowers, save for bands of black on their edges and body. End ID]

[cary-atherton-art]

a hairdresser needs her practice

[infernallegaycy]

[id: an illustration of young jester & marion. jester is a blue-skinned tiefling girl with shoulder-length dark blue hair & short horns. marion is a thin red-skinned tiefling with long black hair & curling horns. jester is standing behind marion, up on top of several pillows, & brushing marion’s hair with a look of excited determination. marion is contentedly sitting in a bathrobe with one leg crossed over the other. /end id.]

[glorfy-the-bright-haired-ellon]

🥂to beauyasha

[theatricuddles]

[ID: Art of Beau and Yasha kissing in a field of lavender. Yasha is a pale-skinned white-haired woman and Beau is a brown-skinned woman with brown hair in and undercut pulled into a bun. Yasha is wearing a skintight black bodysuit and Beau is wearing a blue crop top and blue pants with long blue fingerless gloves. Yasha is pressing a kiss to Beau's forehead.]