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dunjays · 6 months

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AABRIA? WHEN I CATCH YOU AABRIA?! AABRIA WHEN I CATCH YOU AABRIA!?! AABRIA WHEN I CATCH YOU AABRIA!!! AABRIA WHEN I CATCH YOU AABRIA-

#burrows end #dimension 20 #d20 #aabria iyengar #burrows end episode 7 #burrows end spoilers #i miss sybil #i miss ava #why aabria why #aabria why aren't you nice to us

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juha-art · 7 months

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Tula's heart

Touching her heart in the character art

Edit: Tularemia is a disease that can infect animals and people. Rabbits, hares, and rodents are especially susceptible and often die in large numbers during outbreaks.

Something settles heavy on your heart

Edit: Tula only lost health from using Lay on Hands to cure a disease, not every time she healed

Her magic feels wrong for the first time

There's a little too much in common

Listen to your heart / something foundational to her is a lie

#burrow's end #dimension 20 #d20 burrow's end #aabria iyengar #tula what's going on with your heart baby #d20 spoilers #burrow’s end #burrow's end spoilers #i think Tula's dying #that's why 'one day I won't be here' is a lie of omission and she has too much in common with the bear. and it explains her mannerism..#she's a dead girl walking #body horror

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sparring-spirals · 16 days

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Still emotional about Fy'ra Rai and Opal, actually. Thought dump time bc i. dont have the energy to cut this down effectively.

Because at that point in the episode, Opal is doomed. Not in the fun little "oh things are getting worse ;)" kind of way we'd been experiencing leading up to the fight, or even IN the fight. At that point in the fight, Cyrus is dead. Dorian and Dariax have their minds twisted, bodies clambering away from the fight. Morrighan has felt, firsthand, just how far gone Opal is, holes in her mind, her friend broken. The heartbreaking sentence of. "You can always come back." understands that she is gone already. She's lost already. Opal has forgotten Ted. Opal has forgotten herself.

So at that point in the fight, we know Opal is doomed. Us as the audience, the cast, the characters. Aabria is running through each of the other crownkeepers and it is more of a goodbye than a round of combat. Defying the Spider Queen invites death, with zero hesitation- Cyrus's body as physical evidence of that. The terms were very clearly set: You leave Opal, you let her be lost. Or you die. (Leaving Opal anyway).

and Fy'ra Rai then. Grasps the crown, understands intimately that she can break it off and it will kill Opal. (I will free you, if you want me to. We would lose you but you would not be taken). And asks, what do you want me to do. What do you want.

and Opal says, I want you to leave. (I want you to live.) and Fy'ra Rai functionally says. No. Sorry. That's not one of the options.

If you wanted to go. I will do that (your blood on my hands). If you want me to stay, I will. But I'm not going to leave you.

There was the point where Fy'ra Rai broke into the communication and I felt my insides sink because. Look. Lets be real, Aabria had already demonstrated the stakes here. The gesture would not be rewarded for the gesture alone. The Spider Queen's terms were: You leave Opal. Or you die.

And Fy'ra Rai said: no.

I don't think I'm overstepping to assume that if Fy'ra Rai had failed the intimidation check, she would have died. This entire thing hits me so hard because I think Anjali knew that too. I think Fy'ra Rai knew that too. Yes, Fy'ra Rai convinced a Betrayer God to negotiate. She carved a third option out of a non-negotiable situation. She knew what would happen if she failed and did it anyway, with no fear, no regret, no waver in her resolve. She had lost enough sisters. She wasn't going to lose anymore, no matter the personal cost. That's part of why it succeeded, I'm sure, but.

Just. Fuck me. The amount of resolve. The amount of love. The amount of conviction. "I am. A protector." You know your friend- your sister- is doomed. So no more negotiating away from that. You step to her side and you grasp her hand and say- doom me with her.

And in some, sideways way, this saves you both, at least for a little while.

Because this story is a tragedy. This ending is a sad one. We know this already. But think about- Opal, under Lolth's bidding, alone in the dark. Think about Fy'ra Rai, alive, intimately aware that she had failed to protect yet another sister.

And think about what we got, instead: the two of them, in deep darkness, danger encroaching- holding hands. Someone they love at their side. A champion. And her champion.

This is still a sad story. But it's not the same one. Fy'ra Rai stared down a Betrayer God and made her change her mind. She stared down a Betrayer God, and her love and conviction changed the nature of the story. It shouldn't have been able to. But she did.

Fy'ra Rai chose to doom 2 people instead of one, and the sheer strength of her love and will managed to save them both, at least for a little while. Isn't it funny how that works? Isn't it devastating? Isn't it. fucking incredible?

#critical role #cr spoilers #c3e93 #opal #EVERYONE CLAP FOR AABRIA AND ANJALI AND AIMEE BC I GO MORE FERAL THE LONGER I THINK ABOUT IT #character meta #fy'ra rai #fy'ra rai meta #opal meta #spar speaks #i had to get this out bc i cant Stop Thinking About it.... god..... she really Did That...#its not just about refusing to leave its understanding the consequence and facing it so unflinchingly that the narrative flinches first #UAHHHGGHH.#anjali bhimani do you know how much i respect you for this move. aabria iyengar do you know how much i respect you for setting up the stake #so clearly that this success(?) Hit the way it did. Aimee carrero do you know how much i respect you for how truly and devastatingly #you played opal while keeping the core of her character so poignant.#what the fucmkc. anyway im fine .#anyway this is why a lot of my devastated wailing is going to be reserved for dariax. and dorian. and cyrus.#my meta #FORGOT. I HAD THAT TAG. gotta go back and retag

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thequibblingking13 · 5 months

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Fearne Calloway, the woman that you are

(Zoom for better quality bc this file is big as fuck)

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr #cr spoilers #cr3 #cr3 spoilers #bell's hells #fearne calloway #fearne cr #critical role art #cr art #bee draws #this piece was really just one big art experiment for me which is why it's as wild as it is #also ignore that she's missing 95% of her core outfit. i was just having fun #ANYWAYS. Fearne getting the hellboy treatment was literally incredible and her new look sounds so so cool. so u know i had to draw something #this has been my only art of the campaign and its bc it brought on SUCH a strong image #obligatory tags for if aabria iyengar ever sees this art: thanks for willing burn-fearne into existence and letting me draw hot women 👍✨

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blackmosscupcakes · 6 months

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Just over halfway through the second episode of Burrow's End and it is UNBELIEVABLY more fucked up than I was expecting (in the best possible way). All my respect to Aabria Iyengar for having one of the most twisted imaginations (and visions for setpieces) I've ever seen. 🤣

This next go round of Candela Obscura is going to be absolutely WILD, isn't it.

#dimension 20 #burrows end #burrow's end #sitting down to watch this with food was a BAD MOVE holy shit 🤣#aabria iyengar #half “why are you like this?” and half “but I'm so glad you are”

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sea-buns · 1 year

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[Aabria retching]

#matts reaction has been added due to popular demand #yall were right tho idk why i didnt add it before lmao #i would like to join them in the stinking cloud please #the beat of dead silence before it sinks in #priceless #dimension 20 #d20 #trw spoilers #trw #the ravening war #bishop raphaniel charlock #brennan lee mulligan #aabria iyengar #zac oyama #lou wilson #anjali bhimani #matt mercer

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kadharononart · 1 year

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I've been thinking about these tags:

for the past 15 hours

#dimension 20 #the ravening war #karna solara #thane delissandro katzon #i feel like i should apologize for this #aabria why did you put this in my head

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pumpkins-and-penguins · 6 months

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i’m afraid for my life

#why is it called five.#dimension 20 #burrows end #aabria iyengar

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wistfulwatcher · 1 year

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18catsreading · 7 months

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Aabria: I will be fine! Who are you gon-- NO. This isn't hormones, don't look at me like this is hormones! I wanna go NOW!"

Guard: miss, miss

Aabria: tell me to calm down, I dare you

#i felt this in my soul #brennan lee mulligan #worlds beyond number #the wizard the witch and the wild one #ep 10 of the reaching green #aabria iyengar #lou wilson #erika ishii #why did you want to do this at three in the morning?!#i do what i WANT!!

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el-huddpudd · 6 months

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and for when somebody who makes gifsets takes a whack at this...

Critical Role: EXU Calamity - Excelsior - Episode 1 - 5:20

Dimension 20: Ravening War - The Seeds of Conflict - Episode 1 - 3:55

Critical Role: EXU Calamity - Fire and Ruin - Episode 4 - 6:05:40

Dimension 20: Burrow's End - The First Stoats - Episode 7 - 1:21:26

#burrows end #ravening war #dimension 20 #exu calamity #critical role #why do we tell stories?#to make brennan laugh #long live aabria iyengar!!#it's times like these i remember matthew mercer included an explicitly elf x dwarf society with mixed lineages and in his worldbuilding #(affectionate)#sometimes‚ you give your friend a gift‚ and the whole world receives it too

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armyofpsychictrashcans · 7 months

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I feel like I highly underestimated how dumb humans are and how smart Aabria Iyengar is

My dumbass really thought that it'd be impossible to describe things or concepts in such a way that would only work in an animal framework, and not immediately be like oh yeah that's just [insert thing]

Because Aabria found a fucking genius way of communicating and describing things in such a way that truly translates the absolute mystery and scariness of the world in the eyes of an animal. Like truly feeling the core of scared humility that's at the heart of an animal just trying to survive and understand the world.

Because yeah there is a reason we have words for everything, and that there's always a way to present a concept in a way that it seems alien to you, even if it's something you encounter every day.

Which is really fucking hard mind you, so I'm just really impressed that she made me confused about wtf a hazmat suit is

#aabria iyengar #d20 #dnd #dimension twenty #dimension 20 burrows end #why is she such an amazing dm #stop it #youre making me look bad #absolutely gushing over this #language is important actually #and so is writing #god i love fiction #dimension 20 #burrow's end

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foxqueen-katarian · 28 days

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Wait, people were mad about the shift to the CK's? I thought it was brilliant, that's the most fun I've had with CR in ages.

#cr spoilers #critical role #thank you dash for not being toxic I'm just now learning people had issues with this #also why would any of you complain about have Aabria on your screen?

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sparring-spirals · 8 months

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Everyone in this dirty laundry is the perfect level of acquainted with each other where they can throw extremely specific and accurate accusations at each other and expose all kinds of unexpected secrets about one another, and you still get so much indignant shrieking as guesses are proved wrong and new information is revealed. its perfect.

#dirty laundry #dl spoilers #dropouttv #not cr #d20 #'hes only ever been in ONE FIGHT AND ITS HIS ONLY CLAIM TO FAME' 'YOU'RE WHY I EAT PISTACHIOS????'#you're agile! you're reckless! im agile and reckless :)#'WHICH ONE OF US IS ADDICTED TO ACAPELLA AND SINGING.'#'you just give off sad boy energy'#'ive seen your knuckles.'#dropout #anjali bhimani #aabria iyengar #liam obrien #sam riegel #cr cast #d20 cast #exu cast #????

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irisbaggins · 5 months

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Spoilers, ahoy!

Going off of this post, the idea that Lila and Jaysohn were born in the same Winter that Geoffrey and Tula died is very interesting, thematically. The season of death brought life, yet the season of life brought death. Tula had to wrestle with grief and being undead, whilst everything around her began to bloom and thrive. What had been an idea of joy and pride for Tula and Geoffrey, to get to introduce their children to the outside in the Spring, becomes something bitter and lonely as she must accomplish this all by herself. They were supposed to be together when the snow thawed, but now she's alone, and has to teach their children all on her own. She must teach them to hunt, to hide, to protect, but also to explore, to run, to learn. She has to keep her position in the Warren, has to appease her mother and take care of her sister.

Tula started the season of Winter with joy and life, but all she got by the end was death and duty.

It's fitting, then, that by the start of Winter once more, she has found peace. She finds hope once more, because she isn't alone, anymore. She never was. It's poetic.

#text_loke #meta from loke #Burrow's End #Burrow's End Spoilers #Burrows End #Burrows End Spoilers #Dimension 20 #Dimension 20 Spoilers #i am just. in awe at the themes of this story. how well crafted it is #why did i ever let myself get confused by others? i can analyse myself #the story is perfect and i love it with my whole heart #thank you aabria and thank you everyone for crafting such a beautiful story

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blackmosscupcakes · 11 months

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This may genuinely be the most I've ever laughed at anything in my life. By the reaction to Matt's retelling I had tears streaming down my face. By the reaction to Liam's retelling I was gasping for breath. I have enjoyed Narrative Telephone so much. 😁

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#why didn't i find this during lockdown when i really needed it?#the cool mob boss to anti-capitalist crone pipeline #destroy their undercarriages #Narrative telephone #critical role #aabria iyengar #i love her so much #Youtube #my CRposting

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