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hello-eeveev · 9 months

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I imagine Essek had this moment of recognition with Astrid and Eadwulf while they were all in the Blooming Grove, similar to how Kima was like “sword lesbian recognize sword lesbian” with Yasha. They all looked at each other and went “neutral evil wizard with complicated feelings for Caleb and a weird relationship to their homeland recognize neutral evil wizard with complicated feelings for Caleb and a weird relationship to their homeland,” and they didn’t need to discuss it any further. Their relationship is not affectionate at all, but it is not hostile. It can’t even really be called professional. It’s just there, and it’s a relationship of few words, but enough understanding.

And Astrid. Astrid Beck, my most beloved. Her relationship with Caleb hurts, if she’s being honest. But so does her relationship with Eadwulf, even though it’s a different kind of hurt. She is just full of trauma and I don’t think there is anything in her life that isn’t filtered through it, so everything is just kinda painful.

But I imagine that after taking on the role of Archmage, Astrid feeds Essek just enough intel to steer clear of the Assembly's ire, but they don't talk at all beyond that. So like, they don't really know anything about each other, but they are still offering up a lot of trust. It creates this weird intimacy of knowing someone's greatest secrets (Astrid, about Essek) and having seen them at their lowest point (Essek, about Astrid) and sharing a weakness (both of them, for Caleb). But at the same time, there is a massive divide between them that, for a myriad of reasons, will never ever be bridged. They both know this, so they won't even try.

They do not have a relationship, but there is still so much to it, you feel me?

#if this is rambly it's because it was mostly lifted straight from my fic planning doc #so this was character info for myself first but i also wanted to share #bc i love astrid so mucchhhh #i love that she is complicated and morally gray and emotionally constipated just like every other wizard on wildemount #i'm just obsessed with this dynamic #and the inherent intensity of it bc hello it's them #critical role #essek thelyss #astrid beck #eadwulf grieve #eve talks #late night wizard posting

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demisexualemmaswan · 1 year

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it’s very important that caleb widogast has two cheeks because it means:

-two tieflings can kiss him at the same time

-two purple men can kiss him at the same time

-two of his schoolmates can kiss him at the same time

-a tiefling and a half-orc can kiss him at the same time

-veth can kiss both cheeks twice!!

-yasha can cup caleb’s face in her hands while beau gives him a noogie

-caduceus can watch his friend’s face warm up after a good cup of tea

all i’m saying is it’s such a good thing caleb widogast has a kissable/holdable/lovable face!!! he deserves it!!!!!!!!!

#caleb widogast #mollymauk tealeaf #jester lavorre #shadowidomauk #blumentrio #widofjorester #widonott #widoveth #essek thelyss #veth brenatto #fjord stone #astrid beck #eadwulf grieve #yasha nydoorin #beauregard lionett #these are all as platonic or romantic as you want to be bay-bee #caduceus clay

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glyphknight · 6 months

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**Hey, friends. What are you planning to do this Apogee Solstice?**

Essek: Knitting furiously to distract me from the temptation to do something very ambitious and stupid and wonderful and I wonder what possibilities...? Maybe we can make a time-warp demiplane and finally learn the secrets of the Lux…no no no! Help Caleb. I’m just helping Caleb. But we could probably look into a few things together. That should be fine…right…?

Yussa: Oh, I am 100% making my own time warp demiplane. *is already casting*

Ludinus: Releasing a god-eater that haunts the moon so I can kill all the gods. This will definitely go exactly as planned and not have any massive collateral damage. And if it does kill a bunch of innocent people or ruin the world as we know it it’ll be worth it. Even though I’ve left a long trail of accidental collateral damage over the past century alone, the face-eating red moon leopard will definitely not eat my face because I am a genius. No, I am not being manipulated. That is preposterous. I refer you to my previous statement regarding my genius.

Astrid: Tapping into my inner Laerryn-meets-Portia to learn some great arcane feat for myself and make my mark on history and also situate myself to take over the Assembly if Ludinus ever gets his face eaten off by some metaphorical or literal magical face-eating leopard. Also spying on literally everyone. (But that’s just a Tuesday for me.)

Caleb: Ja, well, I had wanted to study Leylines and perhaps make a new rainbow castle on another plane for my friends, but I guess I’m stopping all these ****ing wizards now.

Allura: I am also stopping the wizards. *sigh* Kima, I’ll be home late…

Planerider Ryn: I did my part. Got turned into a statue. Think I'm gonna vacay in the Astral Sea for a bit.

Eadwulf: *somewhere, holding a very powerful mysterious glowing MacGuffin that just revealed itself with the coming of the Solstice* *stares at it* Ja, cool. *pockets it*

#critical role #the mighty nein #apogee solstice #what's sexier than wizards?#nothing!#caleb widogast #yussa errenis #essek thelyss #astrid beck #eadwulf grieve #allura vysoren #ludinus da'leth #planerider ryn #all the wizards!#I'm sure I missed a bunch

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theclockistickingwrite · 1 month

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She cares about them both, she’s realizing. Her mouth is sour with the learned dread of it. The world is not kind to those she loves. And even these days, when Trent’s voice in her head is her conscience and not the man himself, to love is a dangerous thing.

(Astrid and Eadwulf meet the Shadowhand. Later, they meet Essek)

#cr fic #fanfic #essek thelyss #eadwulf grieve #Astrid beck #caleb widogast #campaign 2 #critical role #what’s sexier than wizards

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esswulf-wednesday · 2 years

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Welcome to the Esswulf Wednesday Club!

Hello and welcome to the Esswulf Wednesday Club monthly Tag Fill event! On the last Wednesday of each month, we aim to fill out the Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss tag on ao3 and make our rarepair a little less rare. Submissions can be fic, art, songs, or whatever else you want to contribute.

You can write or draw whatever you want, but we'll provide themes and prompts for you to use or draw inspiration from.

Post your submission on Wednesday October 26th, 2022 and be sure to tag us or send us a link!

To join the Esswulf Wednesday Discord Server, send us an ask or a message. 18+ only!

October's Theme: Halloween

💜🐺Essek is a vampire and Caleb is his pet. Wulf comes to rescue Caleb but finds out actually it’s a totally hot situation. Spooky fucking ensues... Bonus points for size difference!

💜🐺Staying home to hand out candy to Trick or Treaters.

💜🐺Costume party or masquerade ball. How long does it take them to recognize each other?

💜🐺"After my werewolf boyfriend pulls out..."

💜🐺Couples' costumes

💜🐺Pumpkin Spice Lattes

💜🐺A date to a pumpkin patch, corn maze, or haunted house

💜🐺Watching a horror movie. One of them gets particularly unsettled or scared and the other comforts them.

💜🐺Essek puts together a Night of Ascension celebration for Eadwulf.

💜🐺e+other e are lost in a non-euclidean corn-maze of the Raven Queen's. Like lost souls between life+death type situation.

💜🐺There's a monster outside Blumenthal stealing the chickens. e² need to help.

💜🐺Neighborhood decoration contest! Essek takes very seriously and enlists Wulf's help to win. It turns out way too scary...

💜🐺Pumpkin Carving! What do they carve? Does one of them get way more into it than the other?

#esswulf #essek thelyss #eadwulf grieve #critical role #happy esswulf wednesday #esswulf wednesday club #essek thelyss/eadwulf grieve #essek/eadwulf #essek/wulf #eadwulf grieve/essek thelyss #eadwulf/essek #wulf/essek

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tangereendream · 2 years

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I made these rings.

Summary: Years of Modify Memory spells, head trauma in combat, manipulation, and gaslighting have left their toll on Eadwulf Grieve’s mind. Some mornings, he wakes with no memories at all and has to piece his life back together from what’s around him. The first clue is a wedding ring.

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series) Relationship: Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss Characters: Eadwulf Grieve, Essek Thelyss Additional Tags: Memory Loss, what's the tag for when the characters have a baby, Baby Fic, Kid Fic, or is that for when the characters are kids?, Wedding Rings, the healing power of love and tea, Her Name Is Ellie, eadwulf first person pov Words: 1960

#critical role #critical role fanfic #critical role fanfiction #essek thelyss #eadwulf grieve #esswulf #eadwulf grieve/essek thelyss #essek thelyss/eadwulf grieve #eadwulf/essek #essek/eadwulf

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burningdarkfire · 28 days

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[shovel talk]

He was wearing a large sunhat and sunglasses that fit poorly to his whole image, and he had tucked his hands into his loose sleeves, as was his habit. He was smiling now because Astrid made him uncomfortable. Astrid is surprised when Essek seeks her out for a conversation.

a birthday gift for @callingvoicemail!! happy birthday bestie 🥰

Rating: T Relationships: Astrid Beck & Essek Thelyss, background Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast and Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve Characters: Astrid Beck, Essek Thelyss Words: 1378 Posted: 2 April 2024

#critical role #astrid beck #essek thelyss #shadowgast #caleb widogast #eadwulf grieve #campaign 2 #my posts #fanfiction #☀

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shrugsinchinese · 10 months

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So I’ve been rereading the sea the stars, the dreamers by @nonwal

Space Opera! Intrigue! Jenga! If I had a nickel every time I read a fic where Astrid threw a knife near Essek’s head!

#fic recc #fanart for fanfic #there’s much more to the fic than what I’ve drawn obv especially Caleb and m9 content I just like drawing Essek hehe #the rest of the m9+supporting cast are so chaotic I love them #this is like batch 1 out of the 3 I have for this fic when I like something I obsess pretty hard #critical role fanart #eadwulf grieve #caleb widogast #astrid beck #essek thelyss #blumenshadow #sturm und drang #OTP as in One True Poly #something about the way nonwal writes these four makes my brain go brrrrr

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reilora-borealis · 6 months

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What if Essek started dealing with the Assembly while the Blumendrei were at Soltryce

What if Ludinus and Trent saw what Essek was capable of and felt threatened by him and the Dynasty

What if they sensed that Essek's actions would lead to war and needed to make sure their soldiers were prepared for the worst

What if Trent was especially hard on this crop of Volstrucker recruits because of that fear

What if he experimented with residuum injection to try to level the playing field, to make the Volstruckers as powerful as the drow

What if Caleb was right, his training didn't have to be this way -- but what if Essek was the reason it was

#don't come @ me this is just a hc #but I'm crying about it anyway #shadowgast #caleb widogast #essek thelyss #ludinus da'leth #blumendrei #astrid beck #eadwulf grieve #cr2 #the mighty nein #critical role

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critter-rarepair-reccs · 1 month

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Hello all! Hope your Wednesday has been well so far. This week we have fourteen fics featuring various different polyamorous ships! As always, you can find them below the cut and if you check any of them out, I encourage you to leave kudoes and comments to spread the rarepair love 💕

gilded mischief by annie_blackbird (20,437 words, Explicit) Pairing: Yussa Errenis/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Shadowidoyussa) Warnings: Consensual Somnophilia, Safeword Use, Mentions of Slavery

Caleb and Essek spend a night with Yussa, with Caleb under the effect of a sleeping potion. After some discussion, the night progresses with Essek as Yussa's very good boy.

Reccer Says: *grabs you by the shoulder* you need to read this fic. Even if you're not already aboard the Shadowidoyussa ship. It will convert you. It is so soft. It is so hot. Like, the perfect balance of tooth-rotting fluff and scorchingly hot smut. Yussa is Exandria's softest dom and I adore him. Essek is a sweetheart doing his very best and I'm holding him in my hands. Caleb is asleep but the ways he's still a present influence on the story through Essek's POV is absolutely wonderful. Please read it, you will not regret it.

can't you see yourself by my side? by ryseling (7,519 words, Explicit) Pairing: Fjord/Jester Lavorre/Caleb Widogast (Widofjorester) Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Under-negotiated Relationship

Fjord and Jester are together, and Caleb - hopelessly in love with them as he is - agrees to a threesome. Porn with feelings, Caleb POV.

Reccer Says: Very well written in terms of style. Everyone also feels very in character.

Hearts Full of Light by kaeda (5,032 words, Mature) Pairing: Astrid Beck/Fjord/Eadwulf Grieve/Jester Lavorre Warnings: None

The nein & friends are restoring the blooming grove after Trent's attack in 141. Mostly lighthearted as Jester meddles & matchmakes. POV alternating between Fjord and Jester.

Reccer Says: Jester/Astrid/Fjord/Eadwulf is such an underrated rarepair.

all glittering things by quinn_of_aebradore (32,418 words, Teen) Pairing: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Shadowidomauk) Warnings: Minor Canon Character Death

"Essek Thelyss, prodigious dunamancer and crown Prince of Rosohna. Caleb Widogast, illustrious court mage for the Lord Eadwulf Grieve of Blumenthal. Mollymauk Tealeaf, Opal of Nicodranas, fourth child of the Tealeaf Estate. What happens when affection escapes the bounds of propriety and courting? What comes once a kiss has been bestowed? A romance draped with light and honey, of course."

Reccer Says: I just love this entire AU so much so I'm cheating and reccing the whole thing lol... it's so well done and thoughtfully constructed, and they're sooo lovey dovey and pining and flirty ugghggh - bonus: the lucien vs essek part makes me especially feral 🤣💜

Kisses by the Road by Clare_Hope (6,351 words, Teen) Pairing: Dorian Storm/Fearne Calloway/Dariax Zaveon/Opal Warnings: Alcohol

Fearne wins the drinking contest in Byroden and requests kisses as her prize. Polyamory and shenanigans ensue.

Reccer Says: I enjoyed it!

I dream of you amid the flowers by glittergarbage (66,967 words, Explicit) Pairing: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Shadowidomauk) Warnings: Dirty Talk, Smut, AFAB NB Molly, Threesome

"In which Mollymauk comes back to his body, minus a few memories, at the Blooming Grove. Essek is intrigued. Caleb is glad."

Reccer Says: I LOVE THIS FIC SM.... it's such a perfect post-canon depiction of the slow, realistic, exciting, curious unfolding of their relationship, and I love their characterizations and dynamics 🥰🥰🥰 it's a SWM classic to me

First Light by the_deep_magic (5,673 words, Explicit) Pairing: Ashton Greymoore/Orym/Dorian Storm (Dashrym) Warnings: None

Ashton wakes up while Orym is doing his morning exercises, which they find Very Sexy. Dorian, already awake, agrees and the two of them pretend to be asleep until Orym is done and they can have sex about it.

Reccer Says: Domestic Dashrym, hot smut, and a very well-written Ashton POV 💕

locked in here with us by wanderingbasilisk (3,002 words, General) Pairing: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Shadowidomauk) Warnings: None

"a dragon, a damsel in a tower, a knight in shining armor you can guess how this goes ;)"

Reccer Says: Love a fairytale AU! It's just so sweet and fun and adorable and there's a little sprinkle of angst in there which is sooo good 💜🧡💜 delightful and heartwarming

in the light of long-dead things by Anonymous (3,426 words, Teen) Pairing: Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Blumenshadow) Warnings: PTSD, Panic Attacks

While spending the night in Caleb’s tower, Astrid gets thrown into the past.

Reccer Says: God, the way this one has Stuck with me since I first read it. The visual of Astrid squeezing herself under the nook by the stairs is burned into my brain. Her panic, Wulf coaxing her back to herself and the present, her reactions to Caleb and Essek, it’s all so heartaching and wonderful, I love it so much.

to be in someone else's coat by jaskofalltrades (1,369 words, General) Pairing: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Shadowidomauk) Warnings: None

Widomauk/Pre-Shadowidomauk where Molly and Caleb were the ones to walk Essek home from dinner at the Xhorhaus

Reccer Says: Listen SWM canon molly lives AU is a wonderful and rare creature and this is one such example that gave me the warm cozies... also I LOVE WHEN THEY FLIRT AAAA 💜💕

Where I am going you can't save me by thesweetpianowritingdownmylife (20,461 words, Teen) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Beauregard Lionett/Yasha Nydoorin (Beauyashter) Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Vomiting, Blood

Yasha starts coughing up petals, white and blue. There is no doubt to whom they belong. Aka Beaujasha Hanahaki AU. Set after episode 89.

Reccer Says: I enjoyed it!

keep following the heartlines on your hands by floralprintshark (8,014 words, Teen) Pairing: Fjord/Mollymauk Tealeaf/Caleb Widogast (Widofjolly) Warnings: None

Five times Molly tries to set up Fjord and Caleb with each other and one time Molly gets set up with them.

Reccer Says: I enjoyed it!

We also have two reccs for: the stranger who was your self by Demenior (60,045 words, Mature) Pairing: Fjord/Eadwulf Grieve/Jester Lavorre Warnings: Power Dynamics

Eadwulf joins Fjord & Jester's crew as they sail the Lucidian. POV alternating between the three leads. Fjord and Jester are about to embark on a high-seas adventure...and Eadwulf shows up and insists on joining their crew. They don't know what he's plotting (or what he's running away from,) but that won't stop them from flirting with him until they find out.

Reccer 1 Says: I enjoyed it! Reccer 2 Says: Adorable Fjorester flirting. All the sexual tension of that one sword fight between Fjord and Eadwulf. Unstoppable force (Jester Lavorre) meets immovable object (the world's most miserable, wretched wet dog of a scourger.)

And we have three reccs for: amongst the things left unforgiven by nonwal (63,958 words, Mature) Pairings: Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Blumenshadow) Warnings: Panic Attacks, Discussions of Suicidality/Euthenasia, Temporary Character Death, Suicidal Ideation

Astrid and Eodwulf start visiting Essek in Rosonah to keep an eye on him, then Essek starts visiting them at Caleb's tower in Rexxentrum to keep an eye on them. They dance around eachother in conversation out of mutual distrust (and flirting) long enough to save Essek from himself and fall in love about it. Astrid and Eadwulf take it upon themselves to save Essek from himself. Two scourgers show up at Essek's home to interrogate him about the Mighty Nein. Then he discovers that both of them are also uselessly pining over Caleb. Then, he gets closer than advisable.

Reccer 1 Says: the character dynamics and banter are absolutely top notch. the author really nails the character voices. Reccer 2 Says: I enjoyed it! Reccer 3 Says: An alternate ending to C2 with a great balance of intrigue, angst, slow-burn romance, and fluff (if you can count three wizards lying to each other for fun as fluff.)

Thank you for joining us this week’s recc list! All the love to everyone who submitted a fic 💕 All enclosed recommendations were submitted by the community via our submissions form, which you can find here. All fic information is as it was provided by the reccer, so it may not be accurate to the author’s intent or the precise contents of the fic itself. Please assume good intent from all parties 💕

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#critter rarepair recc lists #shadowidoyussa #widofjorester #astrid x fjord x eadwulf x jester #fjord x eadwulf x jester #astrid x eadwulf x essek #blumenshadow #shadowidomauk #dashrym #dorian x fearne x dariax x opal #beauyashter #widofjolly

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