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Bells Hells animated intro!

#this is so fucking sick #i’ll have to go thru it slower later #bells hells #fearne calloway #imogen temult #ashton greymoore #orym of the air ashari #chetney pock o'pea #laudna #fcg

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one of my favorite parts of widobrave is regardless of the fact that veth's romantic feelings for caleb are mutually shared or not, caleb is still the one who is actively pining for veth and doing all he can to appeal to her staying with him

#REAL #cuz even if Caleb doesn’t love her back romantically he’s still (emotionally) on his hands and knees pleading she stay with him #is so pathetic and cute and sweet #widobrave #caleb widogast #veth brenatto #nott the brave #the mighty nein

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reminder: vote for the character who is the most girlboss, not who your favorite is (unless they are one in the same)

#Laerryn (helped) started the Calamity #is there anything more Girlboss than that #got a divorce to better pursue her career and passions #which then doomed the entire country and also the world #cMON #SHES GIRLBOSS SUPREME #laerryn coramar seelie #vex'ahlia de rolo #exandria unlimited calamity #vox machina

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I am so much more than “a dude.”

#filed under: #things that hurt me when I watched it and got hurt again when I saw a gif set of it #the legend of vox machina #vox machina #scanlan shorthalt #vex'ahlia #tlovm #gif #laura bailey

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I haven’t watched campaign three in months, but is FCG/Imogen qpr a thing? Please…………,…

#from what I remember and the content I’ve seen #they’re just…😭 so kind to one another and there for one another in a particular way no one else is or can be #also they have southern accents which I love #imodna is still canon queen in my heart for sure for sure #I’m just saying #laudna holding imogens hand holding fcgs hand holding ashtons hand holding fearns hand who is holding laudnas again #also I need chetney to die I want to ship Travis/Sam since I was robbed of vjeth #actually you know what I won’t be a coward. fcgetney canon king slayyyy njord 2.0 #I got distracted from the point of the post. #I’m just saying I think those two are wonderful and I think they should be together forever as each other’s besties #…+ the fact I do ship Sam and Laura’s characters in all iterations. #they just have such good chemistry and a friendship that translates so well to their characters!!! #critical role #fcg #imogen temult #fcgen #? I’m guessing ? #I think I also saw #southern comfort #mine #bells hells

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I drew Cree a while back and still really like how she came out✨

#helloooo 😳😳😳 #bows #cree #mighty nein

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im just gonna say if u don’t understand vexlan you don’t understand me

#real things said by real people fr fr #vexlan

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#WHY CANT I PICK ALL OF THEM #they’re all so good I adore them 😭 #scanlan shorthalt #pike trickfoot #pikelan #vox machina #poll

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Scanlan: Campaign vs TLOVM

Character Arc: TLOVM seems to be almost running Scanlan’s character arc in reverse? Scanlan in TLOVM isn’t really interested in doing anything above his pay grade, is willing to abandon Vox Machina in a pinch and is very interested in his own self preservation. He’s moving in the direction of fighting for the greater good, specifically as part of making things right with his daughter, and remaining more steadfast and with the group.

By contrast Scanlan in the campaign was glory seeking. He could be counted on to chime in with doubts about a particular plan, or timing, but when push came to shove he was always there in the thick of it styling himself a king slayer. In that same vein Scanlan was extremely loyal to the group. He forgot fairly important attributes of the other’s characters more than once and most of the time kept a flippant attitude, but in fights he could always be counted on to support the rest of the party, even and especially to his own detriment. Which brings us to my final point; Scanlan spent most of the campaign being at least passively suicidal. Scanlan’s arc in the campaign is a long downward spiral, mostly of his own making, that he only bails out of at the last moment in the most explosive and terrible way possible. Scanlan doesn’t actively try and stay alive until Kaylie makes him promise to live. Healing his relationship with his daughter has nothing to do with saving the world, it has to do with living, no matter what the cost, so that he’s there to do with work with her after.

I can’t say I hate the direction they’ve taken Scanlan in TLOVM, but between a story about a selfish man becoming a hero, and the story of a selfish man realizing he actually doesn’t want to go out in a blaze of glory, but live and make things right even if it’s hard, I know which I prefer.

Powers: This is way more petty, but it must be said. Scanlan in TLOVM is way under powered and more shallow than he was in the campaign. They’ve cut down on his spell list massively and inspiration and the like don’t really work in the medium (Was is cool for Sam to sing for thirty seconds at a time? Fuck yes. Can you actually do that in a fight? Fuck no.).

Scanlan had a lot of really cool moments in the campaign because Sam used his spells in clever ways or took advantage of the mechanics of D&D. Scanlan in the show is a lot more bumbling and less capable. For example when he raided the Duke’s manor in Whitestone in the campaign it was still an absolute train wreck, but one he got out of through skill and cleverness rather than fumbling and pure luck as in the show. Scanlan in TLOVM doesn’t have the serious clever core under all the sex jokes that Scanlan in the campaign does. (Also Scanlan was definitely horny in the campaign but not nearly as much as in the show. He knew when to be serious. Also also the rest of the cast thought it was funny, they did not disdain the sex jokes as their characters often do in the show).

TLDR: Scanlan’s character in TLOVM is not all that similar to the Scanlan of the campaign except on a surface level. His arc has been deconstructed and simplified to a degree that it’s pretty much unrecognizable. (No hate to anyone who likes show Scanlan, I also like that little guy!)

#this is so real #yeah big on the scanbo part - I wasn’t a fan of how the show had him getting lucky or only coming up with things at the last second #when I’m the original while he was still just skirting by he was doing so with his own wit and capabilities #and the coward thing they’re pushing in the show is so…😭 #I know it’s to set up him leaving the party in bard’s lament to show precedent #but like op said Scanlan had SO MUCH suicidal ideation in the original campaign #literally Vax asks him how he can still be happy and enjoy life when they’re in danger all the time and Scanlan goes #‘because this is better than anything I would do without it’ #and when Vax goes ‘but we will most likely DIE’ Scanlan essentially shrugs it off becahse ge doesn’t CARE ABOUT DYING #I felt his resistance to fighting the dragons was a good enough set up for BL but it just feels like so much now 😭 #also Scanlan always felt like an understated hero in the original. he didn’t get a lot of Moments. like yes Scanbo or the Goristro etc #but those were far and few between and even then relied more on him being support still #it would go on to make sense when Scanlan lashes out on how the group has never done anything for him because it’s supported metatextually #as well - the campaign itself rarely focused on Scanlan unless it was about his daughter #I have more thoughts and could talk for hours about this but I’ll leave it here for now #and like!!! I still ADORE animated Scanlan! It’s just that he’s simply another character #tlovm #scanlan shorthalt #the legend of vox machina #vox machina

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CR Non-Endgame Ships Round 1

Perc'ildan art by @bastierree

Zerxus/Asmodeus art by @tshortik

Rules, paraments and voting links here

#I can’t believe Zerxus and Asmodeus are losing are you serious #CMON #motherfuckers y’all better vote for the hot demon king and his ‘I can fix him’ champion

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God dammit guys. Guys.

Do you know what is Scanlan's not-quite-but-almost fleeing so reminiscent of? Whose fate he was ever so close to repeating? A tiny little gnome watching his entire party die and running away to tell the tale? One chosen by Ioun?

The premises to Bard's Lament have already been heavy this season, but c'mon. The foreshadowing, the parallels.

Something something with Scanlan and running away and leaving everyone behind and being alone until he doesn't. It's gonna hurt so much later, isn't it

#‼️‼️‼️ #tlovm #the legend of vox machina #scanlan shorthalt #sprigg

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#he’s soooooo #nvm I’m gonna shut up #scanlan shorthalt #vox machina #the legend of vox machina #tlovm

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ngl, I was pretty grossed out at first with the way the Scanlan/Kaylie situation unfolded but now a few hours have passed and I get it?? Of course he tried to fuck her, bc he's a pervert. He's gross and inapropiate and has no limits, and that's a character flaw they need to hold him accountable for. Unlike in the original campaign, where time and dialogs were enough to give scanlan some character development regarding his fuckboyness, in the tv show that just wont work. You gotta give him a break point, you gotta make him do something so problematic that it disgusts even himself and makes him question his ways and yeah, trying to fuck your own daughter will do that. At first I thought they were pulling that for laughs and shock value only, but then the puppy conversation happened and it was like "oh, so it affected him, good, make that lil freak pay"

#hhhhhh yeah I guess so #I’m just seeking out more opinions from those who liked this adaptation since I didn’t #I think the issue I have is that I’m the original Scanlan was already changing his perv ways #he had already called off brothels #and when he made the bet with Kaylie - my purse or a kiss #clearly that’s very unbalanced seeing how wealthy he is #and YET he still lets her win anyway so she doesn’t have to kiss him #yes he did forget he bet his WHOLE purse but even then he was willing to lose at least 100 gold to allow her to win that bet #so when he tells her ‘I don’t think I would have let it get that far?’ I believe him! #he hasn’t been sleeping around in months and he passed up an opportunity to get a kiss when he could have easily won #but in the animated series it’s just… you don’t believe him when he says he wouldn’t have let it get that far #because we don’t have that previous character development #which is fine - just don’t include that line then? becahse it’s such an obvious lie that I feel ends up tainting the original quote/scene #but. it is an adaptation #and it’s only season 2 and they couldn’t have pushed back kaylie’s introduction any further #and there wasn’t enough time to show his development already in action #so it does make sense for his confrontation to be the catalyst for his change rather than the combo of Kaylie AND pike like in the original #idk #:/ #tlovm version isn’t bad I guess I just have an immense bias towards the original #because it’s less creepy and has more heart and nuance between not only Scanlan and Kaylie but also Scanlan and Pike #hhh I’ll warm up to it #I know it’s also setting up a parallel to him being tied up in bards lament as well #and that’s the main thing swaying me rn #but yeah :/ #I just loved Scanlan’s speech to Kaylie in the original and was so excited to see it adapted and instead it was completely bastardized #:/// #tlovm #scanlan shorthalt #vox machina

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#the order is correct #Percy and Scanlan are resident dumbasses who will occasionally have a Thought that is so good it makes up for their stupidity #vox machina

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I may not be a huge fan of how the Scanlan and Kaylie scene was adapted, but god damn…

Scanlan was hot as hell in that scene for fucking real.

#hhhh full body #critical role #tlovm #scanlan shorthalt #the legend of vox machina #even the … the… #if it weren’t his DAUGHTER standing over him.. even the lower shots were making me insane #cons of him being undressed and tied up: makes the accidental incest so much worse and unforgivable #pros of him being undressed and tied up: hhhh body…. arms……chest……..restraints………. #I am 👁️STARING👁️ directly at all the gif sets of that scene fr fr #Scanlan my beloved you are soooo hot #I’m so fucking happy the show found a way to make Scanlan sexy #before tlovm it was a STRUGGLE to find fan art of him where he actually looked hot and not…weird looking #I am being fed so well as a Scanlan simp for fucking real

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am I the only Scanlan stan that’s not a huge fan of the tlovm changes to his character…

#I’m sure I’ll come to enjoy and like it after it’s settled in me #since I just watched it #but mmm #…mmmmm #it’s too late for me to go in depth rn #but basically I feel like they’re being too blatant with his decline #like this attitude should show more towards the end of his arc/leading up to bards lament #but it’s so blatant right now? idk I felt his arc worked because it was subtle #vox Machina didn’t see his decline and a large part of the audience didn’t either but if you watched back you could see it #also the kaylie changes… idk why I thought they would cut the incest out but no they actually pushed it further which is insane #maybe I’m an idiot who believed when Sam said he wouldn’t have let it get that far in the original campaign #but the line here feels so obviously stupidly lying #also who was that woman Scanlan was reminiscing on?? #idk #I understand what parallels and foreshadowing they’re setting up #I get it #I just don’t agree with it rlly #scanlan shorthalt #tlovm #the legend of vox machina

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#y’all riz’s arc is all about him realizing and coming to terms with the fact he’s aroace #and caduceus just Exists as an aro person #both are fine of course but like. #cmon. #in terms of representation both narratively and …not ‘obviously’ but #like people didn’t know Cad was aroace for the longest time until like the final arc when he finally said it #and as mentioned previously Riz had a whole season arc dedicated to it with his own nightmare monster based on aroace insecurities #cmon guys please #vote Riz you know it’s the right answer #riz gukgak #caduceus clay #fantasy high