yolanda badgood and lucy frostblade being cursed to wander a hell like afterlife because they refused to abandon their gods..... kristen saving them by refusing to abandon hers..... oh i love them all so much......

your name is kipperlily copperkettle.

there is a knife in your hand and rage in your heart like a twenty four pointed star. like a name you dont know. like fire.

(we keep the fire lit, a girl you once knew would say. you keep the fire lit for her. you cant remember if you killed her or not.)

your name is kipperlily copperkettle. there is a girl who comes to school a mess and takes her clothes off in the hallway and doesnt seem to care about anything. there is a girl who has let not one but two gods die. there is a girl who brought a god back from beyond death with the force of her conviction.

(you once knew a girl that you admired for her conviction. a girl that was too stubborn for her own good. why can’t you remember whether or not you killed her?)

your name is kipperlily copperkettle. there is a boy in your party that you requested specifically. he worships a god that a girl you think you hate once worshipped. he seems like he only worships this god out of habit. conviction seems uglier on him than it does on her.

(you aren’t sure who you mean when you think ‘her’. there are two girls who it might mean. one of them is dead. there is a knife in your hand.)

your name is kipperlily copperkettle. you want the success that seems to come easy to her and nothing you do will ever get you there. the thing you’re striving for doesn’t exist. you know that and pretend you don’t because when you tell yourself something, it becomes true.

(you can’t remember if you killed her, so you tell yourself you didn’t. the lie tastes like honey on your tongue.)

your name is kipperlily copperkettle and the girl you think you hate is stronger than you could have ever known. she and her friends tear through the world like wet paper and you have to watch it happen. a boy who breathes ugly conviction watches with you, though he doesn’t know it.

(you have a knife in your hand and you smile at her as you slit his throat. his blood is hers on your hands. can you make her conviction ugly when you make what’s his hers?)

(you’re still not sure who you mean when you say her.)

your name is kipperlily copperkettle.

there is a knife in your hand.

Endless Fantasy High

d20 episodes are never long enough.

Just a Keyleth straight out of my comfort zone. Did you happen to know that you can commission me? I'd love it if you commissioned me. Link in my bio.

Of COURSE Orym doesn't feel like he can talk to the Hells about what he's feeling. Set aside the sense that he's been told over and over that he's the "normal one" the "good one" the "strong one" by the group, but he's also obviously so angry, and he doesn't trust them right now. Every single one of them has repeatedly shown, over and over, that they aren't safe for him to express his feelings to ABOUT THE TOPIC OF THE RUBY VANGAURD. Imogen is obvious, it's her mother, her connection to Ruidus and everything happening is clear, and actually I think Imogen is the one that's been closest to breaking through to him. Fearne is learning about her biological father, leaning into her power, and is also highly connected to Ruidus and the Vanguard. Sure she's his closest longest friend in the Hells but she's also not safe to truly be vulnerable to right now, about this topic (side tangent, I also think Ferne is the person Orym feels the most need to protect and be strong for, but that's not even the topic of this post). Laudnia is obviously to close to Imogen, and has sort of chosen a side of "I don't care what harm the vanguard does, if Imogen wants to support them I will support them" and isn't willing to listen to anything outside of that paradigm. Ashton is hurting so much, and filled with so much of his own pain and feelings that life isn't fair and Orym has seen his reaction to this type of pain is to be destructive and mistrustful and self-destructive, he's not a strong shoulder to lean on right now. I do think that if FCG hadn't just died Orym might be more willing to trust Ashton, but Ashton is also the one who always says that Orym is the strong good one, and even though he's always followed that up with "but you don't need to be alone in that" I don't think Orym trusts that. Chet is the obvious hole in my logic of "Orym doesn't actually trust the Hells right now" logic, since there's no clear ties to the vanguard or being "on the opposite side" as it were, except that Chet has never shut down the "maybe the vanguard has a point" conversation either.

It's FASCINATING that people just want Orym to talk to the others, but are also mad every time Orym brings up his dead family to the others. Now, I don't think that these are often the same people saying these things, but like, it is interesting that those are the two main gripes about Orym right now.

Orym doesn't actually trust the Hells with his emotions because he's spent the last few months LISTENING TO THEM ARGUE ABOUT THE MORAL VIABILITY OF A CULT THAT MURDERED HIS LOVED ONES. He straight up doesn't trust them with his emotional vulnerability and I think that's a BEUATIFUL character choice from Liam. Like, the tension of loving the Hells and wanting to support them and for them to be happy, but also understanding that he might end up on the other side of this conflict from them is so JUICY! Like, YES! Liam! You didn't get your villain arc in C2, set yourself up for the possibility of sitting across from your whole party again, but this time because you have a clear moral line you aren't willing to cross, and be intractable about it. Explore the grey area between trust and love, and what happens when those two concepts don't line up! How beautiful is this little halfling filled with love that he wants to support his friends EVEN WHEN HE CAN'T TRUST THEM!! It's chilling and sweet and painful, and god I love that little guy with all of my heart.

Also props to Liam for always being willing to lean into conflict, and bring the audience along! I think that's why he's often such a flash point for fandom bullshit, because he's so willing to lean into conflict within the table, and so willing to be the one showing the impact of conflict and emotion. He's always willing to go there and I LOVE IT.

I just watched episode 91. and i’m processing and grieving.

I think the reason this death is so somber compared to any other in CR history is because FCG is just gone. In D&D, there’s always hope of restoring life in some way. Get the body, we can resurrect. Let’s go to a shadow realm and kill delilah. Give her back your raven bitch prayers and rolls that help a spirit come back. This one didn’t have a roll. It was a choice. I cast guiding bolt on myself so I am destroyed and the people I love will be safe. FCG is gone.

I’ve never seen Matt so heartbroken over a character decision. So wrecked by the immediate grief at realizing what his friend is willing to do. He always approached D&D death with such a level head. But this one stopped him cold. “You know what this means right?”

Even the TPK hadn’t affected him like this did. He saw a chance at a beginning. At a new hope set in this changed and bleak world. But with FCG’s death, now we have a story of grief. And I think that’s why, if they do actually switch out to the EXU crew next episode, that’s why they did that. Sure Matt needed to rework a story that clearly had Otohan still in it. Sure, Sam needs to make a new character. But I think every member of the cast needs to work out their very real grief of the situation and what that would look like in the future. Because grief like this tears people apart.

But yeah, no wow. What a story. What a decision. I am haunted by Matt’s dawning realization. The way Tal put his head down. The way Ashley hid behind Mister. And the look on Sam’s face as he said good bye. Wow.

I do have some hope for the future of FCG. It’s still D&D. I think it would be incredibly poetic if Fearne kept a piece of letters and was able to reincarnate him into a humanoid one day. To see him wake up and stick out his brand new tongue before saying “Smiley Day!”

This is part of my ongoing Discworld jacket embroidery project. Of course Great A'Tuin has to be on there. And of course it has to be the biggest one of them all.

I'm going to put the finished product in my masterpost, but I'm so proud of the thing that I have to put it in an extra post beforehand. Enjoy!

i literally cannot wrap my head around the notion that there’s been a “decline” in “real art.” that music is shitty now, that books aren’t what they used to be, etc etc etc.

art is more broadly accessible than ever. it’s unbelievable. it’s divine. there’s so much art on this planet right now that i could pile it all up on a plate and devour it for the rest of my life without making a dent. denigrating the “quality” of “today’s art” is like ordering a three course meal at your favorite restaurant and complaining about a food truck on the other side of town

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taissa’s storyline is just a little too scary i think

and i don’t know if it’s the paranormal aspects or if it’s the refusal to get help. maybe it’s both

but it makes me want to scream

and chew on something

and write an essay

or listen to an essay written by smarter people than me

Don’t worry, they’re just in a silly goofy mood :)

Each time there’s a possession plotline I’m obsessed so i couldn’t miss the opportunity to draw the kiddos. And it was also a good opportunity to draw some ✨dramatic fabric✨as i love to do.

kristen, remembering the time helio let that happen to her

time quangle theory abt copperlady kipperking

she's doing a time loop, or has been doing one

she found the rogue teacher at 8:01 bc she spent a year or two looking last loop and just knew where to start

she's hated riz since freshman year for something he hasnt done yet or for something he's in the process of doing this year

she doesn't want oisin involved because last time it went wrong for him

maybe she keeps looping to prevent something from happening. maybe it's to stop ankarna. maybe the bad kids initially brought back ankarna and caused a disaster and thats why she hates riz gukgak. Maybe riz is the one who ran against her the first time

maybe she filled out lucy's paperwork to swap gods because she learned the gods name in an alternate timeline and it didnt break oblivati mori bc it hadn't happened yet

i really like the theory that she was impersonating jace when henry got yelled at. maybe last time henry got too involved and pulled ruben out before they could finish whatever it is theyre doing

maybe she's got her party grinding rats day in and day out bc the alternative missions were just as grindy and dull to her and at least this way she can guarantee they're safe

she just has the vibes of someone who thinks she knows exactly how the game is supposed to go and then gets mad when her speed run is ruined by a little chaotic rng (the bad kids)