#even if he isn't into fearne it's still funny

[cringefaecompilation]

i'm like ninety percent positive ashton is fucking with laudna because she took one look at ashton who was smouldering and barely cognizant after taking a dunk in lava and said "oooh you two look so good together... maybe you and fearne would make a cute pair ;) ;)" and ashton shouted with their full chest YEAH SHE'S LIKE A SISTER TO ME the second it gets brought back up again. because it wouldn't be ashton if they didn't rebel against people trying to spring shit on them when they're not ready.

#🍃 #critical role #critrole #cr spoilers #laudna #ashton greymoore #laudna shouting MAKE OUT SLOPPY at ash who has 5th degree burns and is half naked holding fearne's hand #and in his head he's thinking of the best way to knock her down a peg #even if he isn't into fearne it's still funny #also i looked in the ashrym tag big mistake lol

[zeephyre]

CRITICAL ROLE CAMPAIGN 3 EPISODE 85 SPOILERS

IM LITERALLY ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND YALL

Where do I even ??? start ???

I haven't been posting c3 as the episodes dropped in...a while actually, like right before they went to the feywild. i have many thoughts and many feelings about so many things that have happened since then and I'll summarise them so I can get to THIS episode.

fearne and ashton - love their shard powers, they're literally royalty and terrifying, and i want them to make-out. i can't wait to see them go full primordial again in a real combat situation.

imogen - save her. literally save her. free her, even. i love everything about the call of ruidus when it comes to imogen on a narrative standpoint, but...God I get so worried that we're gonna lose her. I don't mean she's gonna betray the hells, but...ruidus could take her and then i would simply perish.

laudna - before i really get into wtf went down this episode with her and she who must not be named, i gotta say... im worried. very very worried. however, that fireball was objectively the best shit ever.

fcg - i can't even really remember anything stand out abt fcg except what Sam pulled last night so.

chetney - still the heart of the team, still my baby girl, still my favourite. love him to bits.

orym - i think laudna is going to beat his ass one of these days and im... even more concerned about that after this episode. his nana morri powers are cool as fuck tho... does that make him a warlock now? i know he isn't multi-classing but wouldn't that be cool

ANYWAY WE'RE ON THE FUCKING MOON AND WE GOT MOON LORE AND EVERYTHING WAS SHITTY THEN FUN THEN SHITTY THEN FUN AGAIN THEN REALLY FUCKING SAD THEN IT ALL WENT TO SHIT AGAIN.

the moment imogen reached out to ruidus and matt mentioned that she could sense where other ruidusborn were i fucking knew that otohan was high tailing it in their direction, and i thought they instinctively knew that too but they probably got so distracted.

we were travelling for hours and had a huge fight that almost got them captured (not to be confused with the OTHER two fights that almost got them captured) and I was begging and screaming and crying for them to get a long rest safely hidden away AND THEN THEY SPLIT THE PARTY WITH BARELY ANY SPELL SLOTS OR HIT POINTS AFTER BEING DRAINED FROM ANOTHER BATTLE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM

(Sidenote, the willmaster really opened up the door to the further increase in moral pondering in a certain number of hellians. i do think using the harness is disgusting and hypocritical, but i don't condemn them for it, it just...makes me wanna vomit thinking abt what ludinus did with it. not to mention the HUNGER parallels between laudna and ludinus...its just not good yall. also??? objectively funny that fcg seemed weirded out by the idea of killing the willmaster, not just with the harness but in general, considering how many people they've killed up to this point)

idk if its just the inherent terror that an evil old hot lady can inspire that makes otohan so much more terrifying to me than ludinus. like, objectively, ludinus is a worse threat and could wipe them out EASILY but jesus otohan is like the damn reaper to me. it's the trauma from the laudna, fearne, orym massacre mixed with the underlying little drop from their uthodurn romp that let us know that resurrection spells are NOT working and idk if that got fixed bc of time passing or distance from the leylines but i really did not want to test that shit out in real time

thank...god that sam riegel is a damn genius player, that banishment of fcg and fearne was the ONLY reason fcg survived. and thank GOD FOR KEYLETH BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT CLOUD SPELL BELLS HELLS WOULD BE VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY DEAD RN.

God, "otohan has us. run." is going to haunt me just as much, if not more than the almost tpk. it just...shot me straight back to bassuras and the plan to run that just...immediately fell apart.

god fcg truly could have died there. and fearne would be captured. i know the hells would be too stupid and too brave and too loyal to leave fearne with otohan in their cloud form but can you imagine a world where fcg was gone, fearne was captured and the hells had to switch from recon to rescue... itd be stressful but pretty fun.

thankfully it didn't come to that and some good came from the shit.

ruidus is so beautiful. i was worried they'd end being trapped under ruidus while they explored (not that I wasn't on board with the detours, I wish this wasn't a time sensitive mission), but matt's imagery of the fossilized elven structure and garden made me sad but also happy that we got to see it.

i cannot believe that the stupid plan to shove fearne up a water hole happened AGAIN and it ended up with us FINDING A BACK HOLE TO RUIDUS GOD I LOVE THESE CHUCKLEFUCKS WHEN IS THE NEXT EPISODE MATT YOU CANNOT DO THIS TO ME. WHERE EVEN ARE THEY??? IS IT EVEN EXANDRIA???? WHAT DO WE DO IF IT IS EXANDRIA??? WHERE DID THIS HOLE EVEN COME FROM???? DOES IT CLOSE AND REOPEN??? IS IT STAGNANT?????? IS IT FUCKING STABLE?!?!?!?!?!

God...we could go back to keyleth and the others and actually invade ruidus without encountering the ruby vanguard. (that's if they're alright because otohan did go out onto the battlefield and we don't know what fhe fuck she did when the illusion fell through)

GOD. IS IT THURSDAY YET??? WE HAVENT EVEN FOUND THE RESISTANCE????

#critical role #cr3 #bells hells #critical role campaign 3 #c3 #critical role c3 #critical role spoilers #imogen temult #ashton greymoore #cr laudna #laudna #orym of the air ashari #chetney pock o'pea #fcg critical role #cr spoilers #fearne calloway #c3 e85 #cr3 ep85

[masterqwertster]

24. "Unless you ask me not to in the next five seconds, I'm going to hug you." from the vague dialogue prompts for Chetney and Ashton please? in the secret library AU.

-@inconmess

Prompt Gotta admit, I'm really pleased to see people asking for prompts with the different AUs this go around instead of me picking at random. I love getting engagement with them. The fun thing about the Secret Library AU is that it's (as @thecassafrasstree pointed out in the concept post notes) very well suited to extra little tv show style episodic adventures. And one of those little "episode" ideas that's been chewing at me is Ashton getting their genasi curse removed in a mishandled artifact incident/accident. And they're excited to be human again, but also just kinda bad at it. He's been made of stone since he was 15-ish and just doesn't know how to be physically soft and squishy anymore, leading to some (kind of funny) accidents around the library. Ashton takes the curse back, in the end though, because being human hasn't really been him in a long time and the strength he has as a genasi lets him better protect his people. ...And there's probably some desperate situation where he needs his old stone strength/body back to save everyone, as these things usually go. This little tidbit would be in the fallout of Ashton taking back their curse. 24 "Unless you ask me not to in the next five seconds, I'm going to hug you."

Chetney knows what it's like to go between human and what most would call monster.

That's kind of the whole deal with lycanthropy. Sometimes you're pretty normal, sometimes you're a fucking sexy beast ...with some feral instinct issues.

Anyways, point is: Chetney's got some idea of what's going on in that opal brain of Ashton's, and it's about time the punk rock stopped moping.

It's not very difficult to track Ashton down. When they're in a mood that isn't punchy, they can be found in the lounge, binging documentaries, snacks, and/or alcohol.

By the looks of it, they're not full on wallowing today, as there's only one empty beer bottle on the coffee table and the second in their hand is still half full by the swish of its contents while the mess of emptied snack bags speak to Ashton having parked their ass on the couch hours ago.

"So. How long do you plan on moping?" Chetney lightly asks, sitting down on the sinfully comfy couch and swiping a packet of jerky to gnaw on. Mmm, teriyaki.

"Shut the fuck up, Chetney," Ashton grumps, eyes fixed on the screen. Looks like a Western Wynandir castle documentary. Chetney's actually been to a few of those places.

"Right. No plans. Cool, cool," Chetney rolls with the attempted shutdown. "If you want my opinion on the whole thing-"

"I don't," Ashton growls.

"-as someone who's been a boring ass normal human for 70 years," Chetney continues undeterred. "I've never felt more alive than after I became a werewolf. I can do cool shit, and what I do here at the Library fucking matters. Can you really say you wanted to give that up?"

Ashton actually pauses the documentary, turns to face Chetney.

"Orym's a regular fucking human, and he does this shit. Being human doesn't mean giving up all of this," Ashton argues. But Chetney can see that it's more confusion, being lost, than anger behind the intense tone. The kid doesn't know where he stands anymore, and that's what's got him down in the dumps and tangled up in knots.

"True," Chetney softly agrees. "But Orym wouldn't be able to handle the problems here half as well as he does if not for all us not-so-normal types backing him up."

Ashton's eyes drop to their lap, their hands fisted in the fabric of their sweatpants.

"I just- I'm not like you and Fearne and Imogen and Laudna. I can't pass for human when pressed. I'm too hard, too heavy, too different. But I was human once and I don't- I can't be anything but this. Can't even pretend I'm not when I know how different it feels."

And Chetney's heart breaks for them a little bit.

"Fuck. Unless you ask me not to in the next five seconds, I'm going to hug you," Chetney declares. The kid obviously needs it.

"You're kidding," Ashton says, staring at Chetney in disbelief.

But Chetney's not, and he wraps the punk in a good ol' fashioned hug. Even gets fuzzy for it to make it even more comforting. Maybe. Look, he only caught a few minutes of that service animal documentary, but he remembers it saying that hugging animals is good for people.

Ashton stiffens for a second or two, and right as Chetney's thinking he should let go and back off, they lean into it. And fuck, the kid is heavy. But the wolf is strong, so he keeps them both upright for the hug.

After a little while, they pull apart and resettle on the couch.

"If you fucking tell anyone..." Ashton threatens a few minutes later.

"I won't," Chetney curtly agrees.

Neither of them are good at showing their bellies. It's the curse of a tough exterior and a gooey core. But every curse can be lifted, if only for a little while.

#MQ&A #MQfic #MQ AU machine #critical role #ashton greymoore #chetney pock'o'pea #bells hells secret library au #vague angst quote prompt

[grigori77]

Critical Role Campaign 3 Episode 38

Matt, attempting to pick between a French and Cajun accent as Gambit ... oh dear ... on the other hand, Taliesin for the Mr Sinister love, nice one mate. Then there's Laura, looking PARTICULARLY cute as Rogue, which is nice. And then there's Marisha, who genuinely IS Jean Grey in that outfit ...

Meanwhile Sam clearly didn't get the memo since he turned up as Mr Fantastic. WHO ISN'T AN X-MAN!!! As the others continually remind him ... also those ridiculous extendo-arms are CLEARLY gonna be an issue going forward. I foresee considerable dice chaos with THAT shit.

Mighty Nein reunion? Really? Oooooooh ... sweet!

Liamreally committing to the Cyclops goggles might be a mistake too. We shall see ...

More whispers of U'kotoa ... XD

IT'S THURSDAY NIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT ...

Damn it ... yet again Marisha is missing from the table. I really am starting to hate this.

Okay, come on ... come on ... this really is gonna be weird if we get super emotional with everybody in fancy dress like this.

FCG: "Lady Vex, is your husband gonna be okay with this?" Vex: "He'll have to be."

Pike says to stay hydrated, kids!

Friend or a fight ... hmmmm ...

Fearne complimenting Pike is still some meta weirdness. That ain't going away any time soon.

Yeah, Delilah's kind of like herpes, really ...

FCG: "You need to hold my hand?" Sam shoves an extendo-arm into Matt's face. He accepts the joke with impressive grace, actually. Somehow Sam does not derail the solemnity of the moment.

Come back to us, Laudna. Please come back ...

Orym making red poppies bloom in Laudna's hair, that's so sweet. ONE SUCCESS!!! YES!!!

FCG: "You may not have been perfect, but you have loved, and a soul that loves at least TOUCHES perfection." Cast Compel? Seriously? NATURAL 1?!!! SHIT!!! Did he ... did he lose her?

Imogen, you're our BEST HOPE. You got this ...

Fuck, Imogen's contribution ... that's just ... fuck, she's crying and I'm crying and we're all crying ... persuasion check ... oh fuck, no ... 7? Shit ...

Gods, please, PLEASE let this work anyway ...

Wait, Pike's all floaty, that's a good sign, right?

Matt, get this resurrection roll right, man ... damn it, he's taking a picture again ...

Oh no ... what ... what does that mean?

Pike slaps Laudna awake! Wait ... MARISHA IS BACK!!! SHE'S BACK!!! YES!!! Everybody's so happy and everything is right with the world again.

Oh gods I love that Laudna's first thoughts are to ask after IMOGEN. That's love, baby!

FCG casts Detect Thoughts on her ... tiny emotional roller-coaster, man!

Vex is aiming a bow at Laudna! Yeah, that's about right ...

Seriously? Sam's gonna take a piss NOW?!!!

It's Laudna. Pike says it's JUST Laudna ... so is she gone? Insight check? Pike seems honest ... phew.

Yeah, they're in Whitestone. Chetney, to Laudna: "It's not like it was!"

Laudna has NOTHING to be sorry for ... hey, stop messing with her, stop telling her it's been YEARS!!! I mean yeah it's funny but still!

Whoa, riflemen? Fascinating ...

Yeah, that's right, WOULD SHE know who either of these women are? Intelligence of 6? Really?

Laudna: "You're very pretty." Vex: "So are you." Okay ... more meta weirdness.

Holy shit, the place is SURROUNDED!!! Yup, that's gotta be Percy. Yeah, it is. I am not even remotely surprised.

Laudna remembers what it used to be as she sees what is now ... oh, the Sun Tree, that's gotta be a hell of a thing. Laudna wants to go to it and I do not blame her at all.

Raise Dead ... yeah, that's right, she's gonna be a mess for a while after that.

Travis continues to roll like shit and I love how enthusiastic he is about it. XD

Laudna wondering if this isn't just one of Delilah's tricks hurts so much ... she's just TRAUMATISED right now, isn't she? She's still imagining the OLD Sun Tree with the hanging bodies ... the kids! Oh ...

Wow, the kid actually getting that she's FUN scary is so sweet ... oh man, Pate is gonna just blow this kid's mind fight now! "He smells funny!" Laudna: "He knows, he's a little sensitive about it."

That is SUCH a different thing from the scared kid's in the first episode, it hits SO HARD ...

Laudna hugs the Sun Tree ...

New Form of Dread ... wow ... she's embodying the Sun Tree in its life cycle! That's so awesome! Like magical therapy!

Uh oh, here comes Percy ... be nice, please ...

Holy fuck ... is he actually APOLOGISING?!!! My gods he is ... wow ... growth, man! Nice one!

Laudna: "I named my pet rat after you." Percy: "I'm sorry?"

The Sun Tree is warm ... EVERYBODY TOUCH IT!!! Ashton: "I'm just enjoying the view right now, I don't know if I can. It's just hilarious." Meanwhile Chetney gets wood ...

Yeah, Keyleth talks to the tree, everybody knows that. Laudna: "Hello, tree."

Vex continues to twist Percy around her little finger and I love it. To be honest I think he's mellowing in his old age ...

Ooooh ... Vex takes them on a tour of Whitestone.

Pike REALLY has to look up at Fearne. I love it. Seriously, Ashley are you REALLY gonna pick your old character's pocket? Whoa ... the holy symbol? Oh boy ... yeah, that wasn't gonna work, was it? Nice she gave her a pass, though. XD

Sam sneezes during Laudna's big emotional revelation. For once Ashley doesn't tell him to stop it ...

Ooooooh ... Find Familiar? Is this gonna work? Oh please let this work, the possibilities for chaos are GIGANTIC.

Fuck, it speaks! That is BRILLIANT!!!

Matt doing Familiar Pate is so fucking mental, I love it! XD this is gonna ne a riot.

Fuck, this just keeps getting better ... and Travis is DEFINITELY creeped out ... Laudna is starting to rethink this and realising it won't actually end ... hmmmm ... oh, yes, he hides in her hair, that could work ...

FCG is reminded of Shithead ... Laudna suggests he use it as therapy. Yeah, that's actually smart.

Awwwww ... Vox Machina memory lane ...

Okay, fancy dinner, this should be entertaining.

Guide Osly Kamida. Okay.

Okay, is FCG actually offering Percy some THERAPY right now?

Oh sweet, a reminder of Taryon and Doty! Awwww ... yeah, actually that might be a smart port of call for FCG actually.

Oh boy, Fearne is actually really asking for a tiny pistol for Mister. A Gunkey! Adorable ... XD Flaming shit, yes ... Holy shit, this is actually gonna work ...

Percy: "Certainly the most interesting dinner we've had in a while."

Imogen's quick thinking helps Vex avoid a Laudna triggering lobster course crisis ... Nice one. Then she checks for invisible guards with Detect Thoughts. Smart.

Mister gets his tiny pistol. Okay ... this could be problematic ... Percy advises Fearne wait until AFTER they leave the city before giving it to him, which is definitely for the best ...

Rapidly prepared potato soup ... yeah ...

One last little talk before retirement ... here we go. Oh yeah, Everybody Loves Manners ...

Oh fuck yeah, the residuum ... hmmm ... AND the Potions of Possibility ... yeah, this is gonna unsettle them a bit.

Yeah, nobody like the Cerberus Assembly much ...

So Percy already hashish eye on the Apogee Solstice, makes sense. Yeah, tell him about Ruidus. The cage, AND the city ... whoa, he doesn't seem surprised at all. That is FASCINATING. Does he know something already? Holy fuck HE DOES!!!

The Divine Gate. The post Calamity boundary between this world and that of the gods. Oh ... so the thing with Ruidus MIGHT be something else, then ...

Bloody hell Sam, what the fuck are you doing with your flask this time? Bloody hell, way to derail the whole episode ... XD

Friends in Vasselheim ... oh yes indeed ...

Fearne: "So this ... I'm sorry, I don't know anything." XD

Chetney compliments Percy on his clock tower. Uh huh ... years of intensity. Yup ...

No Chetney, the world is NOT flat. Percy sets him straight. I doubt it'll take ...

Oh yeah, call up Eshteross' friend to open the tree up for them. Smart.

Oh boy, the moment Percy leaves Chetney starts flirting with Vex. That's adorable.

D'awwwwwwww ... Laudna and Vex bonding ... it's gone beyond just a shocking reminder for her now, she really has become find of her now, hasn't she?

Did Fearne just invite Vex to some bedroom shenanigans?

LIKE a real family? They ARE a real one now, surely. XD Taliesin's costume makes the group hug a bit weird.

Camping trip out by the Sun Tree. Perfect. Oh, and it's warm there too, that works.

Matt: "And we're gonna go to break!" Everybody cheers when they realise the group are FINALLY back together, and NOW they're doing the mTh on JUST HOW CLOSE they came to failing ... oof ...

Yeah, that 2 part Mighty Nein reunion special sounds pretty frickin sweet, my man ...

Oh fuck no not another FUCKING RUIDUS DREAM for Imogen! And she's just IN THE STORM straight away ... FCG is with her, okay, that worked. Interesting ...

Is Otohan there? 16 on a Perception roll ... there's SOMEONE here, moving around in the dust. They go to follow them ...

Not Otohan, someone BIGGER. Hmmm ... ah shit, they're gone. Oh, so they were a ghost ... like with Bertrand ... someone just died? Oh fuck, who is it? Please not Eshteross ...

Really? You guys are gonna try to FLY in this? Well, at least that means they CAN use their spells here. But what kind of spell slots do they have? Ah ... FCG can't use HIS magic here, then. Hmmm ...

Oh, well THAT didn't work ... now they're just getting CHUCKED AROUND something awful.

19 Perception check ... Imogen is the same, but indistinct. Because it's a dream of course, surely. FCG thinks it makes her look cool.

Imogen tries to Message Eshteross through her dream ... no joy? What does THAT mean?

Oh, so it's not her magic, just her WILL that makes all that work. Okay.

And now they're in SPACE. FCG: "Where are we?" Imogen: "We're on the moon, bitch!"

Wake up ... well, at least they got a long rest.

Liam: "Orym's been doing crunches for 20 minutes."

Does Fearne have Speak With Plants? Technically since she just woke up, she could ...

Laudna lets Imogen keep the necklace. She will get a lot more use out of it, after all.

Matt: "So Fearne, are you doing this?" Cue laughter ... arexwe gonna get Sun Tree?

Oh cool, we are! XD I have totally missed that voice ... I love stoner Sun Tree ...

Fearne asks Sun Tree if he has any plans for the Solstice ... Nd he gives her consent to open him up, too ... that's so adorable ...

Oh fuck ... no response from Lord Eshteross ... no. Please no ...

Okay, maybe he's just sleeping. But they need to get back ... they need to contact Shania Twain or whatever her name was ... but first, BREAKFAST!!! It is awful early still over there.

That IS the only face he can actually make, so ...

Chetney in Imogen's dream ... not sure that would be the smartest move.

More flat earth humour ... XD I swear that is not getting old.

Goodbye to Vex, then? Chetney tries to drum up a little extra business.

Oh, here we go ... he finished Imogen's wooden horse ... with no metal of any kind! Special rare wood ... is it called "plastic", perhaps? "By the way if you wind it the wrong way it WILL EXPLODE!!!"

Ah yes ... SHOPPING. Might be a good idea.

Trying to get the horse to work ... Taliesin: "The tension is killing me."

Sam making podcast narration jokes ...

Is it just me or is Matt's Vex getting increasingly camp?

FCG's message to Shania is a total mess ... I am NOT surprised she hasn't got a clue who she's talking to ...

Matt: "THERE IS A GIANT CLOCK ... LITERALLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN!!!"

Oh gods ... second message is WORSE ... they're all dying of laughter and so am I ...

Two hours ... REMEMBER THAT, people!

Gilmour's Glorious Goods! OMG!!!!

Oh man ... it's not ACTUALLY Gilmour, though. Just Jerry ... guess he'll have to do.

Ah, the in-game abridged version ... yeah well since it's not Gilmour it's probably best.

Ashton seeks a bigger stick ...

Healing Potions, always a sound investment.

Magical trinkets ... Laudna makes Jerry show off his inner nerd. Oh wow ... NOBODY speaks Elven? Really? Fancy little magic flying griffon toy ...

FCG beelines to Horizon Temple. Ooh, this place is really pretty, sweet statue ...

Ah, here's the Guide himself, he seems nice. FCG seeks answers of the Changebringer. I still suspect he's finally found his goddess. Sounds like I may be right.

Ah, the tongue ... the tongue ... witness Matt die inside a little again ...

FCG tries praying to the Changebringer ... and now he's lost in the town ...

Sam continues to play around Sith his extendo-arms. Cue chiding from Liam: "Samuel!" Laura: "Ooooh, full name!"

Back home through the tree. It's only six in the morning there ... might be all right after all ... whatever, back to Eshteross' place. But CAREFULLY ...

House looks fine ... 18 perception check from Orym ... seems okay ...

Imogen tries another message ... still nothing? Damn it, this is making me crazy now ...

FCG is going to try Locate Creature on Eshteross ... it works, it senses Eshteross. But DOES THAT mean he's still alive?

Cue in depth discussion about whether they can send Pate in to check without him getting destroyed?

Now Chetney's going in invisibly. Is he not worried about the traps?

29 to pick the front door lock ... nice. Now Time for the flying undead rat ... here we go ...

Pate continues to be hilarious. He's ridiculous and it's adorable. Given Marisha's still learning how to have a familiar it's extra fun watcher go mad trying to work out what she's doing ...

Shit ... DOES Pate have Dark Vision?

Signed of a struggle ... oh fuck ... yeah, Eshteross' traps have clearly wreaked havoc on whoever came calling. Not good.

Chetney smells blood ... oh boy ...

Oh, I have missed Laudna's creepy whispers, even under the circumstances they're still fun.

No ... no ... Eshteross is down.

That perception check is BALLS. Chetney is going to get WRECKED going in this room.

Man, Eshteross is a MESS. Perception check for familiar scents ... NATURAL 20!!! Yup. Smells like Otohan WAS here. Thought so.

Chetney tries to move a lockbox and triggers a trap, gets himself AND Eshteross hit. Ouch ...

Nope, Eshteross is OFFICIALLY dead. Argh ... why can't we have nice things, Matt? WHY?!!!

The lockbox opens. Travis: "And I die." Matt: "Game over." Travis: (imitates explosion)

Lots of letters ... oh, there's one for Bells Hells ... noooooo ...

Oh man ... he really did like them. That makes me so sad ... HE LEFT THEM THE COOKIE RECIPE?!!! SERIOUSLY?!!!

Holy fuck he left them the Silver Sun! THEY HAVE A FUCKING AIRSHIP OF THEIR OWN!!!

Matt, being a sadist, makes Travis roll for stealth to make sure he's not tracking through the blood ... 21! Nice ...

They can NEVER remember that bloody name ... the Soot and Swill, good call. Go see Pretty! Yes!

The blood smell on the cane makes Orym remember his husband's death ... and THAT'S IT for tonight! Oh man!

Eshteross, nooooooo ... just when we got Laudna back, too ...

#critical role #campaign 3 spoilers #crit role campaign 3 #campaign 3 episode 38 #matt mercer #marisha ray #laudna #travis willingham #chetney pock o'pea #laura bailey #imogen temult #liam o'brien #orym of the air ashari #ashley johnson #fearne calloway #taliesin jaffe #ashton greymoore #sam riegel #fresh cut grass

[redjennies]

Bro why didn’t the other hells get a moment to react to oryms death? We couldn’t have gotten fearne screaming? Ashton trying again to rage? Fcgs frantic feeling when he turns the corner and sees he failed again and let his friend die? No??

okay I've calmed down now and I'm gonna preface this with that I clicked off on the killing strike because I was so enraged by the mere action so I didn't actually see any of the reactions.

I realize this probably comes from a place of grief for a character you enjoyed, but where I'm at is that it was such a shitty move to begin with that it actually completely shattered my trust in the story. like part of my reason for watching it was me going "ah it was probably dumb and unbalanced but since I know what will happen it probably won't be that bad" and then it was that bad? like? that was actually the worst way that could have gone down? straight up "rock falls everybody dies" would have been preferable because at least that's funny?

Orym had been out of the fight since almost the beginning of the first round of combat and had not even gotten up since being revived, if I'm recalling correctly. (idk sometimes big emotions make my memory a little mixed up.) still, there was absolutely no reason to attack him outside of intentionally killing a PC. I'm seeing people go "well people died because the party made mistakes" but there was absolutely no player agency in Orym's death, which is darkly hilarious because Liam absolutely would have had him right next to Chetney trying to help the rest of the party escape, but Matt completely sidestepped that possibility for choice for no reason other than what I can only possibly assume was the ~drama of it.~

and I fucking hate that. I fucking hate that so much. there's no roleplay that can save that for me. there's no handwaving "it was just a dream" or "you can go back in time to save them" that can make it better. there's no him and Fearne getting revived that can fix that Matt broke my trust in him as a storyteller and as a DM with that single deliberate and completely unnecessary move. Orym died for absolutely goddamn nothing in someone else's fight while other people were trying to protect him and the others and there's no getting around that.

and I don't begrudge people who are mourning him. there's so much beautiful art and thoughts because damn can Liam paint a picture, but I cannot connect emotionally to any of the angst of it because it shouldn't have happened like that.

eta: I know this isn't a real answer but I am saying the reason I can't give you a real answer is because of all of the above.

#again Matt is a grown man with a lot of experience in D&D and had to know this was going to be poorly received #also this isn't even remotely comparable to Molly pt 2 #killing Chet or even Orym in the first goddamn place would have been a Molly pt 2 #asks #cr spoilers

[railroad-migraine]

Exu crew's crushes calling them their girlfriend/boyfriend so s/o can get out of a situation (kinda like when opal called orym "Nancy") or something along those lines

The Nancy bit will forever live in my head rent free. Aimee and Liam had such good chemistry with it 😂 I'll split this request into two parts, we'll catch up with Orym and Opal soon x

Edit: Part two is here!

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~ Poet

Dariax

Funny story - you actually called him your girlfriend to get out a sticky situation. In the midst of 'sneaking' back into Emon, he was getting swept up in his Tharla Starr act, and you, Dorian and Fearne were cornered with him.

Having a crowd of eyes on you certainly wasn't keeping low, and Orym was gesturing it was time to wrap things up. Your best idea was to link arms with the disguised dwarf, thank the shady tiefling for his offer, and say it was time for you guys to get going. Eduard, exasperated, asked were you the half-eleven dancer's manager, to which you confidently replied "She's my girlfriend, thank you very much."

Dariax tried to suppress his giddiness, but he sweetened the deal by leaning into your arm and fluttering his eyelashes, positively swooning. You guys grabbed Dorian and Fearne and caught up with Nancy and her mother.

Later on in Gilmore's, fiddling with his new spear while you browsed the endless shelves of merchandise, Dariax let you know it's "-totally cool if you wanna call me your boyfriend next time, by the way. When I'm me. Like all the time, if you want, it's no trouble, I-" Interrupting him with a kiss on the cheek you said you'll think about it. When you turned your back to him, the sorcerer did a little celebratory fist pump.

Dorian

It was pretty early on into your friendship when you called him your boyfriend to get out of an awkward scenario. You and the gang were still recovering from the night before in Emon, and what better way to fix a hangover than a filling breakfast?

The Third Wing was adequate, and while he was in no obvious danger, the goliath owner was clearly making Dorian flushed and uncomfortable. While picking food out of your teeth, you casually mentioned that even though he's an incredibly talented bard, he was already spoken for - every one turned to face you, and you announced that he was your boyfriend.

The tips of his ears burned in a flustered state and he made very poor eye contact with you, but he managed to play along with the lie until you guys paid and packed up. While Dariax was presenting his compass trick to the others out on the street, Dorian sidled up to you, wringing his hands and trying to play it cool.

"So, that thing you said back there..." You quickly assured him it was just a ruse and apologised if it only made him more uncomfortable. "No! I mean, no, that's not what I'm saying. I uh..." He cleared his throat and mentioned while he's struggled with finding a muse for his songs in the past, things have started to look up for him... He trailed off and broke into a smile when he noticed your fond expression.

Fearne

The Gem of Byroden had been crowned to the gracious Opal this year, but you couldn't tear your gaze away from Fearne - she was positively radiant. The evening called for a riddle, some bets and a round of drinks, leading to Dariax and Dorian both trying to outdo the other at your table while you and Fearne continued to sip and chat amicably.

A six-foot tall faun lady isn't something you typically find in Byroden, so of course you had a small gathering of locals coming over to satiate their curiosities about Fearne. Being asked the same questions over and over again by different people was fun at first, but the next few hours started to take a toll on your friend. Coming up with an excuse to stop the pestering should be easy, right? Right?

Well, whether it was the ale on your tongue or weariness talking, you let it slip that your girlfriend deserved some well earned beauty sleep after the day she'd had. Fearne quickly turned to face you, mouth parted for a moment before she looked back at the locals. "Exactly. As you all surely can tell, myself, my partner here, and our friends are all very good looking, but that doesn't happen by accident. Off you go now, enjoy your night."

Not wanting to see what a sleep deprived satyr was like, the crowd dispersed and left you, Fearne and the boys (who at this point were already half asleep). She thanked you, voice gentle and sincere."I didn't know you thought of me like that." You gaped at her, at a loss for words. Placing her hand lightly on top of yours, she continued."If it helps, I've thought of you that way too."

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