#brevyn oakbender

[grim-demise]

brevyn …. (>\\\\\\<)

#critical role #cr #lucien tavelle #brevyn oakbender #the nine eyes of lucien

[hceinart]

other lucien book characters i sketched, pay no mind to the pregnant witch she's from a different book

#sketches #all art #the nine eyes of lucien #Azrahari #Brevyn Oakbender #Listen i have.. Opinions

[wayhaughtn7]

I’ve finally reached the part of The Nine Eyes of Lucien where the Tomb Takers meet up with the Mighty Nein and boy is it fantastic having it confirmed that Molly was actually still in there when the Nein were trying to reach Molly because their attempts to pull Molly to the forefront of Lucien is one of my favorite things of the Aeor arc. The book is also making me realize that the Nein were lucky af that Beau wasn’t killed in The Cathedral because they would have lost Yasha as well and imo the book makes it seem that it’s Molly’s love for Yasha that actually makes Lucien not attempt to kill them until the Nein chased the Tomb Takers down after they stole the Nein’s Bag of Holding. The way the Molly part of Lucien connects his memories of Yasha with Lucien’s memories of Brevyn is perfection, tall buff ladies seem to be their weakness.

Also, the audiobook made me cry the moment Taliesin’s Molly voice became a voice in Lucien’s head which was an experience as I was driving to work when I heard it for the first time.

#the nine eyes of lucien #critical role #mollymauk tealeaf #lucien tavelle #yasha nydoorin #beauregard lionett #the tomb takers #the mighty nein #brevyn oakbender

[utilitycaster]

I want to expand on the role of Brevyn, because I think Madeleine Roux had a really tough task, to humanize Lucien without compromising him as, well, the campaign BBEG who betrayed every last alliance in the pursuit of power, as well as drawing parallels to Molly (and even setting groundwork for Kingsley), and I think she did it wonderfully. I also want to talk about how Brevyn parallels Molly both within the canon and externally, which I honestly don't know is deliberate (the external part; the in-canon part I assume is on purpose but I have to imagine Roux stayed out of fandom things in order to avoid being unwittingly influenced by fanon).

I assume if you're reading this you've read the book but in case you're not, Brevyn is a friend and lover of Lucien's from Shadycreek Run. She's his oldest friend other than Cree, and notably, whereas Cree is always a follower of Lucien, Brevyn is someone Lucien follows. She's why he ends up going to the Claret Orders - she gets kicked out of her mother's house, where Lucien and Cree also often stay, so they all go to the Claret Orders. When the Claret Orders find themselves lacking in contracts, Brevyn is the one who branches out and ultimately builds a working relationship with Vess, and along with Lucien is the one who brings together the original Tombtakers (she and Jurrell die before we meet them in Campaign 2). She ultimately dies trying to retrieve the Somnovem journal for him, of her own accord.

As a result, Brevyn serves something as a lost Lenore, and as the tether that snapped at just the right time. It underscores why Lucien's response to Vess is so particularly brutal, why he became so tied up in the Somnovem in the first place, and because while Brevyn's death, like those of all of the Tombtakers, ultimately is because of the Somnovem, she's the only one who dies purely of her own free will. Lucien forces the rest to follow him, in the end, and lets them die one by one. He neglects his sister in favor of ambition, and then is devastated that she decided to build her own life in his absence and won't leave for a long-lost brother. But Brevyn dies as herself. She's that one last shred of humanity that was not present in what we saw of him in the show. And the shard of Molly latches on to that, understandably, as the one good thing Lucien had, because in the end Lucien is someone we know from Campaign 2 will ultimately leave even Cree, his oldest companion, to die, in order to buy himself a little bit of time. We need one relationship he actually cared about; and that one is Brevyn, with whom he stayed as she died.

Now, the fun thing for me is that the book is written in a third person limited viewpoint. The opinions presented are Lucien's, for the most part, so we see Brevyn through his eyes. She, understandably, becomes idealized to him even though it's clear she's got plenty of flaws (willing to make some sketchy deals with the Assembly, impulsive to the point of adrenaline junkie levels, rather too trusting, ruled heavily by emotion over logic) because, well, he has feelings for her. And then, of course, after she dies, he idealizes her within the narrative, because how could he be anything but loving and generous with the woman who gave her life so he could continue to live?

It's remarkably close to how the fandom and the Mighty Nein themselves responded to Molly's death, with his worst traits, the condescension and fickleness and manipulation, all washed away because he did, in the end, die for them. And this is a pretty common trope, to come up with a far more perfect version of someone after they've died, particularly if they died in a way where it feels like you owe them something, so again, the way it parallels the fandom lionization of Molly might be a happy accident - but it's a really fun metatextual reflection here nonetheless.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #nine eyes of lucien spoilers #brevyn oakbender #lucien tavelle #the nine eyes of lucien #long post

[fwishbone]

🦋🤍 𝔟𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔶𝔫 🤍🦋

#critical role #brevyn oakbender #the nine eyes of lucien #the nine eyes of lucien spoilers #tneol spoilers #blood hunter #the tombtakers #chatter #my art #uploded the wrong version oops

[piratespencil]

Brevyn and Lucien tho… 🥺 The ease between them. Teasing each other, loving each other. Sharing their bed with others, together. She convinced him he was too pretty to fail. The softness and the sadness. It shouldn’t be you. The forehead kiss. The Yasha and Brevyn parallels. All of it.

#yes i just read the lucien book!! yes i am in love with brevyn oakbender!! #she’s so cool i would be in love with her too #critical role #cr2 #the nine eyes of lucien #the nine eyes of lucien spoilers #brevyn oakbender #lucien #kk talks about stuff #kk watches cr2

[artiquar]

Gotta figure Brevyn out before I do a bigger piece with her in it, so here's a first attempt

#brevyn oakbender #I'm No good at designing tattoos i applogize for that absolute mess #i figure shes got like. a half up thing going on but #i wanted to draw her hair down specifically #also nowhere did it say she had freckles but im claiming that detail now bc i can #nine eyes of lucien spoilers

[danikatze]

Some of these are requests from about a year ago lol, and some have been on my drawing wishlist for as long/longer :))

#critical role #critical role fanart #poll

[captainkingsley]

#i included the ones that we got to know in the books only because #it felt wrong having tyffial and not jurrel :( #critical role

[fictionkinfessions]

brev,

gods how do i even start this. it shouldnt have gone the way it did... and knowing how it ends... i wish id never gotten us involved. maybe me you and cree would get a hideout. make a proper name for the tombtakers.... but no.... i was greedy. and overly ambitious. and it cost me everything.

i love you brevyn oakbender. i was always to chickenshit to tell you. i was so sure i had the time... im such a fool. i loved you since we were kids. being a street rat was sufferable because of you. you were the best thing that i ever had and i ruined it all for a damn book.

if i ever get to see you again... ill be sure to make things right.

-Lucian

(critical role)

#🤍🌻💜

x

#fictionkinfessions #fictionkin #🤍🌻💜 #luciankin #criticalrolekin #chara love #mod party cat

[criticalrolenpctournament]

Updated Brackets

So, jury duty kinda kicked my ass this week, but I have finally updated the brackets.

The Calloways are competing together against Galdric (This poll is already live. Go vote if you haven't yet)

Filling the empty space that Ollie Calloway would have taken is Cymie, the guard from the Vergesson Sanatorium. He will compete against Madam Musk.

And, I made an executive decision to replace Brevyn Oakbender, as this character is from The Nine Eyes of Lucien, and did not actually appear in game and was not portrayed by any of the GMs. She has been replaced with Celia Ovesso. Celia will be competing against Vess DeRogna.

#critical role #critical role npc tournament #critical role npcs #not a poll

[wireless-telegraph]

Thinking about Lucien Tavelle and what could have happened were he able to rid himself of the book and the curse associated with it, have a clearer mind, and have the m9 assist in him and the tomb takers grieving process, both for the loss of Brevyn Oakbender but also for the misfortunes that have plagued their whole lives.

#i love the story ending in cr #but i can't help but wonder what could have been #and it's so hard finding any fic where it explores lucien and cree and healing bc so many are focused on the corruption #i get it but also i wish to be fed #lucien tavelle #tneol spoilers #lucien is not really a good person but he had the potential to be before pride and the book and need for control over his future took over

[willowdied]

lil blog update! 

removed 

na

moved 

all dnd oc’s ( catch them over on the sideblog @bornofstorm​ )

fearne calloway to primary muse 

veth brenatto to secondary muse 

zuala to tertiary muse

added 

aldona tavelle ( testing ) 

brevyn oakbender ( testing ) 

elias temult ( request only ) 

emery temult ( request only ) 

mischa bachinski ( testing ) 

penny lamb / jane doe ( testing ) 

squak airavis ( tertiary ) 

wuvvy ( tertiary )

to do 

discord replies 

new mains call

muse mini bios 

oc bios 

building up queue 

#good morning i am off to do course work i will be on tonight? #monday means memes #so you should spam me with memes :) #i have the eon muses and fearne brainrot;; #( ooc ) #( psa )