dorian saying "opal's getting a little dark" over the sending stone all those eps ago. "A LITTLE," DORIAN? "A LITTLE"?!?!?!?! SHE'S POSSESSED AND UNHINGING HER JAW TO SCREAM AT YOUR HIMBO FRIEND. SHE'S TERRIFYING MATTHEW MERCER!
All I'm saying is, the fandom needs to acknowledge Dariax/Opal, because Matt is totally playing this love story. Dariax is absolutely in love with Opal. Dorian's worst fear was the corruption of the whole group. Dariax's worst fear was losing Opal completely. All he wants to do is protect her and follow her to the ends of the earth. If that's not a ship, I dunno what is.
I finished my rewatch/relisten of the Vox Machina campaign in mid-December (although I recently re-embarked on the second half of the Chroma Conclave arc hoping season 3 of TLVOM will be announced (released?? 🤞) by the time I reach "A Bard's Lament"). Predictably, I bawled, AGAIN, but by then I'd already been scribbling and sketching ideas for this for... a couple of weeks? Hence the little WIP preview last month.
I'll never shut up about this moment. It's just as beautiful as it's heartbreaking, in- and off-game, especially taking into account all the context of characters/people involved.
Also, bonus, because after I finished sketching that 6th frame I thought a hug was needed.
one of the DMs I play with has, like, 70 slips of paper that say, "Loading," with bits of random D&D mechanics advice ("partial cover grants +2 to AC") that he slots onto his DM screen when he needs to look something up, assemble something, or think up a mechanic for player bullshit.
the reason critical role is so good is because every campaign features at least one cast member creating a character that they intend to be doomed by the narrative and matt and the rest of the cast going don’t be an idiot, Our Love Will Undoom Them. like in the explanation of percy’s final playlist, taliesin wrote, “Cheers to a happy ending for a character intended by his creator to be karmically irredeemable. May we all be so fortunate.” and just, Yeah.
Featuring:
🎲Matthew Mercer as Game Master
🥭Anjali Bhimani as Lady Amangeaux Epicée du Peche
🌶️Aabria Iyengar as Karna Solara
🥪Lou Wilson as Thane Delissandro Katzon
🧀Zac Oyama as Colin Provolone
🌱Brennan Lee Mulligan as Bishop Raphaniel Charlock