Episode 92 spoilers ahead!

Im slightly confused as to why people are surprised that Melora wouldn't directly help the crown keepers save Opal from Lolth.

Yes, she is beautiful. There is kindness in nature. There's beautiful, flower filled forests and rivers shimmering in the sun. There's seas and oceans with calming waves and fish enough to feed cities.

We've primarily seen Melora through Caduceus, who is and incredibly kind soul, and Fjord, who wanted to find the kinder side of the sea again. So of course that's the main image we have of her.

But nature has two sides. Predators need to kill to survive. Plants will grow as quick as they can to shut each other out of the sunlight if that means survival.

Nature is every cornered animal lashing out. Every vulture waiting patiently to eat their fill from a corpse. Every parasite feeding of something else to stay alive.

And that doesn't mean nature is cruel either. Nature just is. We need it, and it can kill us if we're not careful.

She gave the crown keepers everything they need to survive, the knowledge to take off the crown, but she won't just hand it to them. Because that is not all that nature is.

Opal, Twice-Crowned Champion of Lolth 🕷️🕸️🕷️

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(Billie Eilish’s “you should see me in a crown” playing in the distance)

this staging has me gnawing at my enclosure because being possessed and standing against your party in general sucks but BEING PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM THEM????? THE WEB IN THE BACKGROUND AND AIMEE IN THE CENTER???????

making this through tears

they deserve the world ok

And we catch up with the Crown Keepers…

I love this group so much.

Couldn't resist drawing Dorian in Robbie's bday pose

7th-Level Geas babyyyyyyy

.... too soon?

[ID: A digital page of doodles of Orym, Dorian Storm, and Opal from Critical Role. In the top left corner Orym is crying while speaking into his sending stone, saying "I'm - struggling. Sorry. Can you get here? Fuck, I miss you." To the right is Orym facing to the left with his eyes closed, looking distressed. In the top right corner is Opal with Lolth's circlet on her head and her eyes completely black, facing three quarters to the left. Below that drawing of Opal is a similar one but she is facing fully forward. In the bottom left corner are three drawings of Dorian. The largest is the only coloured drawing on the page, Dorian is smiling and an arrow is pointing to him is labelled "on his way to be gay with Orym if Opal doesn't kill him first". The two smaller drawings of Dorian show him facing with to the left with a neutral expression and him playing a note "doot" on his flute as he faces three quarters to the right but looks to the left. End description.]

Episode 92 doodles of Orym, Dorian, and Opal: Sad Times, Doot, Oh No!

i don't know if this'll make sense but there’s something so poignant about Bell Hells being guests in every space they occupy and having really nowhere to truly retreat to is what I think is going to metaphorically kill them in the end. I mean, dealing with the immense loss of their friend and all they have to go back to is a war encampment with beds offered to them that anyone else could occupy really drives it in

M9 had 1 physical home and 1 mobile home they were able to bunker down in for needed rest and recuperation. plus a couple cities that became complete safe havens for them. Vox Machina had an entire keep gifted to them and then when that got destroyed they upgraded to entire city of Whitestone as their main hub. Not to mention they were allowed an entire year they could live freely for themselves after the terrible heinous shit went down before the more terrible heinous shit started up. there was something so important to these two groups about having a home together that allowed them time to grow together

The hells are a bunch of wayward souls who were all eager to leave their initial homes behind for one reason or another but forgot to find a home together along the way so all they have left to fall back on is “the mission”. something something their growing strength and knowledge of the world only alienates them to it more if they aren't allowed a place to rest and process

Crown Keepers sketches

Opal of the Crown Keepers 💎🕷

Dariax

Head empty, not a thought in there