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wlwdisasterr · 2 years

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pov: your husband just grabbed dice right out of your tray

#critical role #cr specials #2h 22m Sx37 #laura bailey #travis willingham #the baileyhams #marisha ray #matt mercer #liam o'brien #sam riegel

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densitywell · 8 months

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god, everything about ashton and imogen's little life-changing field trip was so wondeful, but it's so resonant all on it's own when imogen, queer and disabled, says, "it's been a long time feeling like we were just taking up space that belonged to someone else, right?"

and ashton, queer and disabled as well, says, "i've spent my entire life taking up space and being ignored. and i'm starting to learn it's the things you ignore that really get you in the end." it's up to them, now. they're gonna save the world.

#let's get these fuckwads to the moon!!!!#critical role #cr spoilers #imogen temult #ashton greymoore #cr #crposting #you're so special

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ariadne-mouse · 14 days

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Sometimes wizard hubris is thinking you can persuade your polymorphed partner to leave a late afternoon nap in the sun

(Based on the results of this poll, which a the time of measuring prompted cats, hubris, polymorph, and cuddles.)

#cat!essek also specializes in gravity #he can bend reality to his will and become a slinky boy irremovable from the scarf pile #critical role #shadowgast #caleb widogast #essek thelyss #fanart #c2 #op #ariadne draws CR

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blorbologist · 1 year

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screaming ur future spouse's name in terror fearing for their death can be such a love language actually, thank you Laura and Tal for making them so fucking HEartwrenching!!!

#tlovm s2 #tlovm spoilers #tlovm #the legend of vox machina spoilers #critical role #cr spoilers #perc'ahlia #percahlia #percival de rolo #vex'ahlia #special shoutout to Vex's look of complete terror seeing a dragon trying to eat her #and how fuckin dishevelled Percy is rn #no one is doing it like them

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daydreamoftheendless · 11 months

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ashley starting off so strong by saying “I’M GOING TO-” and then flipping through papers for ten seconds of absolute silence before saying “…hide” is exactly the kind of energy i would expect from a newsie seeing a ghost for the first time

#candela obscura #critical role #ashley johnson you’re so special to me #also the unfortunate theatre kid in me keeps looking at auggie and singing newsies :/#critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #candela obscura spoilers #ashley johnson

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utilitycaster · 2 months

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For REAL though Edmuda hammering home the point that keeps being made by Ludinus and, frankly, by Bells Hells; most of the people (not all, but most) of the people mad at the gods have grievances that boil down to "why am I not The Raven Queen's most special little boy? Why do OTHER people get to be The Raven Queen's most special little boy?" and this is already not terribly valid as a complaint, but it is also really undercut when coming from uh, sorcerers and psionics who did even less than clerics for their powers.

#kreviris imperium like well we need to kill the gods bc then it will be easier to enact our manifest destiny #and if some bormodos die and we destabilize the cosmos that is a sacrifice we are willing to make #cr spoilers #critical role #also i just picked an arbitrary god but uh. the raven queen's most special little boy is actually not having a good time rn

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luminousstardust · 6 months

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sorry but laura and marisha acting their hearts out every week and giving us the queer performance of a lifetime…. with the love AND the drama AND angst AND occasional fluff…….. literally roleplaying themselves to TEARS because they care about these characters so much gets to me so bad. as a wlw who’s lived through every iteration of queerbait and horribly shitty representation it just feels so good getting to watch imodna get together mid-campaign and not just at the very end so we get to watch them GROW with each other and NOT BE PERFECT and have ISSUES that come with their whole end-of-the-world thing but trying their very best to work them out because they want nothing more than the other to be happy and safe…………. yeah i’m never going to be the same again.

#they’ve raised the bar for me forever i honestly have no idea what could ever top them #and knowing that marisha and laura care so much is just so special. they KNOW how much this means to people and to themselves too!!!!#watching imodna interact every week is such a fucking treat and i don’t know how i’m gonna deal when c3 is over #imodna #imogen temult #laudna #critical role #bells hells #critical role spoilers #bells hells spoilers #cr spoilers #laura bailey #marisha ray

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laurasbailey · 10 months

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imogen saying “i can’t read your mind so i don’t know if it’s okay anymore” when asking if she can kiss laudna kinda implies that she does tend to scan laudna’s surface thoughts for even the tiniest hint of reciprocation which explains why imogen bails out of so many moments where it feels like she’s on the precipice. also that immediately pulls me back to the dusk/yu thing where laudna says “idk how to respond to dusk asking me out i haven’t accessed that part of my brain in decades” and imogen looks like a puppy someone left out in the pouring rain and responds like “yeah…….. it’d be pretty weird…………….. to access that………………………” which is such an underrated moment bc i feel like it would’ve been a gut punch for her to hear that when she’s actively yearning like she’s trying to win the sapphic olympics. and then, you know, imogen loses her twice in a number of weeks so yeah, fuck it, gonna kiss her while grocery shopping!

#cr spoilers #tbh that’s why the look on her face when laudna initiates that second kiss feels so special #god knows how long she’s been clinging to those feelings - whether she realised or not

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wlwdisasterr · 1 year

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"you're covered in vaseline"

"worst case scenario just run cause you're so slippery"

#critical role #cr spoilers #laura bailey #cr liveblog #liam o'brien #lou wilson #cr specials #generation nord

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that-ari-blogger · 6 months

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Critical Role's Previous Cameraman

I put up a post the other day about critical role's new animated introduction and I couldn't help but notice a sudden spike in the analytical stuff that I don't really understand. A more tech orientated friend of mine informed me that this was a good thing, actually. So, I thought I might capitalise on that and examine the previous campaign's opening sequence through the same lens and do some more analysis.

Let me explain.

SPOILERS AHEAD

One notable thing about this song is when it starts. Exactly eleven seconds in. That's eleven seconds of wait before the final payoff. You catch glimpses of what's happening above, but nothing else.

And that is a key theme of this campaign. The unseen. The Mighty Nein was a party characterised by trauma, and a lot of the time, you don't see that, you only see glimpses. A flash of a fight they told you about, and the sensation of drowning.

But then we meet Fjord.

He's falling, and I'd like to point out the direction in which he is falling. You will notice the scars on his back, signifying he was probably in the process of running away, or was betrayed by someone, and he is falling towards those scars. Backwards. There is also a neat thing of falling away from the light, into the darkness, into the unknown. THis is someone out of control, leaning into the pain. And what is it that sees that?

There is a reason Uk'otoa's design looks so much like a leach. The creature is a parasite, it doesn't find someone strong to break down, it found someone weak, and at its mercy, and brought him under its control. What this shot does is highlight that creature's opportunistic nature, but it also associates it very clearly with the visual of that eye.

And it's that eye that carries through. When Fjord washes up on the beach, when he is finally safe, he carries with him a little piece of Uk'otoa, a little piece of that trauma.

It's also notable of that it is an eye. It's obvious, but it colours his vision, and changes how he views the world. Its effects aren't physical, but mental.

Beaureguard Lionet is a fighter. Not in the sense of class, because she isn't but in the sense of personality. Beau is a fighter in the sense that her first reaction to any problem is to punch it.

This transition is a wipe transition, but its important because of what it uses. It uses the opportunity to show off the uniforms of Beau's attackers, because otherwise the shadows of the rest of the shot make them hard to make out. These are wearing the same robes as her. Whoever they are, they are part of a team of some kind with her, they are people she should be able to trust, but look at how much damage they have done to her. Look at how heavily she is breathing. And look at what Beau does in response.

She fights back. This is how the animation gets across this character. She isn't complex, she doesn't need a great explanation, she doesn't have different sides to her, she just hits things until they stop being a problem.

I will also point out her eyes again. They are blue, not an unnatural eye colour, but they are the same blue as her robes, and the robes of those who are attacking her. Once again, the has warped the vision of its recipient, and in this case, it's creating a cycle of violence as all she knows how to do, is hit things.

We don't see Nott The Brave for a while in this animatic. We instead see, once again, the eyes. But I also want to point out that this was made before we knew about Veth. So we were just seeing the scared goblin.

This is as close as we get in this scene, and its Nott actively hiding from the light. The warmth scares her, and for good reason, its the same heat that we see emanating from her eyes. Once again, the trauma that has contaminated a character's vision is changing their reactions to the world.

And with that, I would like to talk about Jester, and I would like to do that in context.

The term "foil" in the context of a character was actually popularised by William Shakespear, who handily explained the metaphor for us.

"And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off."

Put in English, I shine brighter when you have something to compare me to. And this is what a foil character is, a character who brings about elements in other characters that can easily be missed, or who shows off by contrast their personalities.

Jester is one of the two characters in the Mighty Nein who is not a child of trauma, and her introduction shows that. She reacts to her life by laughing, and contrast that with everyone else. Fjord reaches for a sword, the item of his trauma; Beau tries to fight her trauma despite that approach clearly not working; and Nott hides from it, unable to reach out for help.

And it is notable that the first time we see an adult Jester, she looks normal (if a bit over cheerful), then is immediately contrasted with the rest of the Nein.

This not only shows just how different her demeanour is from the rest of the crew, but it shows her effect on them. She makes them all smile. Jester and Caduceus are very much support characters in the truest sense of the word. They support others. Jester shows genuine kindness towards everybody else, and it reflects onto them.

This shot is neat but not too special. Its a tracking shot on the hat of all things, because thats what important here, and it shows the traveling dynamic of the group. It's a tiny bit of tension in an otherwise calm scene, so the camera is steady, but speeds up slightly to match the movement of the object, then comes to a stop when it is caught. There is very little stress, but there is a sense of comradery.

Similarly, this shot establishes some stakes with a rising pan to show the scale of the threat and to show some more information, but it is hardly a monster, so the camera isn't really in a hurry.

Enter Caleb Widogast, born in fire. I don't think they could write a more thematic entrance if they tried. An abrupt cut shows the night, then it is entirely consumed by fire, only to reveal Caleb.

There is no motion here. The camera is stock still. This is the exact same thing with Ashton and FCG in the Bell's Hells. Caleb is disassociating from the heat in front of him, and there is a fascinating reason behind that. Caleb has two characters that need to be introduced to better understand him, the man, and Bren, the boy.

The flames consume the screen again, and then part to show a boy, staring at the screen, in horror. This is what you need to know about this character, this is a character forged in flames, born from the Ashes. Bren is dead, Caleb Widogast remains.

And this shot, with Caleb, Astrid and Eadwulf silhouetted against the fire, shows what kind of trauma we are talking about, and what effect it has. This is guilt, and in contrast with the rest of his party, this guilt is paralysing.

Yasha, however, is introduced in a calm way, in contrast to everything around her. The camera shows you a woman, meditating, and then pans backwards to reveal this:

This is a woman surrounded by bloodshed, who has made a concerted effort to look away from it, and to look to the Storm Lord for guidance. This is a woman looking for healing, in comparison to everyone else, but that looking doesn't change the fact that that trauma is still there.

The next few scenes are cool, but don't really add anything to this analysis and I only have a few more images I can show here, so I'm going to skip to Taliesin's characters.

Caduceus has two introductions. One is this shot, which is a cool action shot of him casting an epic spell and vanquishing a crowd of enemies. But instead of the incredibly animated (in the sense of exaggerated poses) nature of his companions, Caduceus clay is calm and collected. He is unquestionably the anchor of the group, and where Jester contrasts them emotionally, Caduceus does so on a philosophical level. Caduceus is a gardener of fungus.

Mushrooms and other fungi are recyclers, they grow on dead trees and creatures and give a forest new life. They clear out the debris and make way for new things to take hold. That's what Caduceus does for the Nein, he helps them get through their trauma so that Jester can help them improve and become better.

Caduceus's actual introduction is muted, and there's a point to that. He's not trying to be the main character, you don't need to understand his family life to understand him. You need to understand that can stand in a graveyard and see the light, that he is at peace with what has gone before him and helps people to get past it, and that his entire mission, to regrow the grove, isn't to bring back what is lost, but to help regrow something new in its place instead of the blight that lingers there.

Mollymauk is introduced as a weapon transformed into a grave. That is what this transition is and I think that's really important. Mollymauk is, very clearly, a repurposed soul. He isn't the first person to inhabit that shell, and he isn't the last. I also want to point out how this character is represented here, not with a heroic memory, but with a quiet moment or remenicing on times gone by. He is a shadow that haunts the Nein.

This is by far the simplest shot in the entire video, and that's because it isn't telling you anything. You bring your own emotions to the table here, you bring the memories to the grave, that's how grieving works.

Once again, there is more to this video, but I'm only allowed to put 30 images in a single post. So I leave you with a quote from Niel Gaiman.

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."

DnD likewise, and all TTRPGs for that matter, are powerful because in them, with a little bit of help from friends, any monster, no matter how personal, can be defeated.

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yashley · 7 months

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imogen still has migraines but they’re chetney

#critical role #cr lb #her hating him is like a special show 2 me #TELEKINETIC SHOVE / ARGHFHRHGUH

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otterlyart · 2 years

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They’re memories of Orym and you confiding in F.C.G. and in battle taking the impact of someone else’s trauma and hearing the words of discomfort and sadness of other people around.

When they’re all strung out it’s just a bunch of experiences, it’s just the world around. In that moment, it was just all of that folded into a single point in time, to an overwhelming degree.

#Imogen reading their mind and getting this was somehow both funny and heartbreaking the old sam special #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #critical role #fresh cut grass #f.c.g.#fcg #fcg critical role #cr #critical role gifs #otterlyart gifs #THIS WAS JUST WILD #i tried getting the most accurate versions of the quote possible but none of chets I could find had him specifically say the second half #of the quote #REGARDLESS #GOD LETTERS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU DONT HAVE TO SHOULDER ALL BURDENS AT ALL TIMES #bells hells #bell's hells #long post

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beauregardlionett · 10 days

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there's something so special about watching an ashley johnson character very subtly call out the shitty actions of shitty parents of her party members (and her own in fearne's case)

#she is so very special to me #ashley is so quietly vicious about it and i EAT IT THE FUCK U P #keep going queen i'm rooting for you i'm in your corner forever #cr #critical role #c3e92 #beaureblogs #cr spoilers #fearne calloway #ashley johnson

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