Wither and Bloom

ok remember when i said i have impeccable posting time bc i posted a drawing abt laudna, ashton, and orym being missing the night they came back??

well i think i really do bc i just finished this drawing of the issylra guests and of where they were before they got teleported… and guess what happened??? guess what just got revealed to be different???

somatic and verbal components

“Death, upon death, upon death.”

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Watching Marisha agonize over this while also feeling Laudna's feelings was such a tough experience.

Scene interpreted from CR Campaign 3, episode 63. Utkarsh Ambudkar as Bor'Dor Dogson and Marisha Ray as Laudna.

Bor’dor, inadvertently, displayed the biggest difference between the Bell’s Hells and the Ruby Vanguard

The Hells have been very deliberate. Kill only the cultists. turn those who can be turned. Orym even felt guilt for the ripples those controlled actions might cause. And yeah, they dropped an airship on the key, but it was Ludy’s shield that caused it to kill most of the vanguard in exchange for preserving his ultimate goal

When it came time to hurt the people that attacked the site, Bor’dor struck indiscriminately. The only person he downed was Prisim, who, in other circumstances, might have been swayed to join his side. (she attacked an avatar of the dawnfather with a fucking demon, for fucks sake)

Collateral damage didn’t matter as long he had a *chance* to hurt those that hurt him. No thought to consequences because there is nothing more important than destroying

so even though most of the Hells don’t give a fuck about the gods, they are still very different on a foundational level

and even if the gods die, it’ll be the Hells cleaning up the mess, because the Vanguard has no plan for after, because the after isn’t important

Live doodles for tonight’s episode

there’s a really, REALLY interesting comparison here between team wildemount and team issylra… team wildemount freeing the beast from uthodurn without conflict and LITERALLY finding love with their new allies vs. team issylra being forced to fight to free the city from their oppressors no matter how hard they tried avoiding it, and no longer having the strength or patience to avoid it when one of their “allies” flipped on them and showing no mercy to bor’dor.

Prism acting like a toddler who doesn’t get want they want when in reality their friend tried to kill her and then her other friend killed him and then she punched him

She’s having a tough day

Bor’dor Dog’son

Prepare for a long post (Spoilers for C3x63 and Campaign 2)

So I’ve seen a lot of posts comparing Essek and Bor’dor, or more accurately how the parties each responded to the betrayal of Essek and Bor’dor. First of all, I love it. However, I find this very fascinating because while the betrayal may be similar on the surface the contexts of the situations could not be more different. 

For the Mighty Nein, they found out about Essek’s betrayal before he knew they knew. I know that is worded in a confusing way, but essentially the group had the upper hand. They had the time to process what the betrayal meant, the effect it had on their friendship, without Essek being there with them. M9 were in control of how they handled the situation. They were able to think and talk things out. They wanted to give him a chance to explain himself and he Does Not immediately attack them once asked. They can have a conversation with Essek that isn’t clouded by raw emotion and hurt.

On the other hand, you have Bell’s Hells (or just AOL / Team Issylra). Deni$e questions Bor’dor and, while she is hostile at first, eventually everyone just gives him space to tell his story / explain himself (from his little notes app) which he concludes by immediately attacking all of them. This downs Prism (another person who BH have grown attached to, maybe even more than Bor’dor just saying) and leaves them all in the throws of hard and angry betrayal. Once again, it feels like things are just happening to them and they have zero control of the situation. Still, the first instinct is not to kill. Orym gives Prism a healing potion and Ashton & Deni$e want to incapacitate. But Bor’dor tries to escape instead of talk things out so they do what they feel in the moment.

The differences are certainly there and say a lot about each party; how they view friendship and loyalty and betrayal. But the situations are drastically different and they cannot be discounted. (Also the backgrounds of and PC experiences with Essek and Bor’dor are very different too but thats not this post)

Rewatching c3e31 and whilst talking about how the whole team is a powder keg, Orym just said "If one of us falls out of line, the rest of us bring them back in. I need that commitment from all of you moving forwards" and GOD my first thought was of Orym watching Laudna kill Bordor and LETTING HER FALL, LETTING HER LOSE HERSELF, NOT BRINGING HER BACK IN HOLY FUCK

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