#laura rants

[solarwonux]

I just need to get something small of my chest.

I think I have a crush on someone. He’s a friend of a friend, which by default I think makes him my friend as well because we’ve hung out so many times. Lolol the first time he met me was on my birthday at a club and I was drunk.

Anyway the last two days we have all been hanging out together because my friend is leaving Korea (I’m really sad about it) but yeah I think I have a crush on our friend. Tbh he’s not conventionally attractive which is completely fine but he is good looking and I do enjoy his company whenever we hang out. And yesterday I noticed that the entire time we were all together the two of us would just be talking on our own a different conversation from everyone else. Idk though bc sometimes it can get a little awkward bc I think the two of us are just a little introverted. But today we went to the river and we rarely talked bc my friend sat in between us.

Though when we were all walking back to the station there was a point in which the two of us were just walking side by side, while everyone walked ahead of us. Also sometimes he will like my Instagram stories of me dancing. But I guess now I’m a little sad bc I’m afraid that we won’t continue to hang out after my friend is gone. I LITERALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO SOMEONE SEND HELP.

Bro I actually fucking hate having a crush on someone. Or idk if I have a crush on him. Ugh, and also I’m like really afraid of getting into a relationship after what happened to me last year. But also I think I trust him he’s always been very kind to me and I like his mindset too. UGH UGH UGH UGH

THATS all good night see you all on Tuesday for Business Proposal part 6

#Laura rants #i will probably delete this tomorrow #also I can’t skip my therapy appointment this week lolol

[lowlights]

me: applies for full-time job because, ya know.....money

also me: cries when i get it because i won't be around during the day to write nonsense

#but i'm really excited #laura rants

[becometheknifemaster]

Sometimes, almost always I hate man, I just saw a thread on twitter that got me fuming

A man giving tips how he became a PhD and got promoted to CEO in 10 years while he got 6 kids.

Newsflash : the wife took care of the children while he took care of the career.

#laura rants #i am so pissed off #by it #of course you got your promotion and your phD #because your wofe took care of your children #it is so easy to men to progress on their careers #ugh #sorry

[blorbologist]

two types of awakenings going on here

#critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #critical role #also I love Ashley/Gale's rant here fuck yes #NRKGNTKRNH THIS IS JUST. THE HOT PINK. THE GAYS. THE CHOKER???? #liam o'brien #ashley johnson #laura bailey #taliesin jaffe

[novelconcepts]

Thinking about Marisha’s “your best friend leaves for the summer and comes back different, leaving you behind” rant slamming BODILY into Laura’s choice in the very next episode. For no reason in particular.

#critical role #cr spoilers #imodna #I haven’t actually watched yet but I opened this app and instantly got bombarded with Laura Bailey being a legend (again) #and now I can’t stop thinking about imogen waiting patiently for laudna to stop ranting about how different their summers were #so she can Move #hilarious. good work all. very excited to watch this ep

[shorthaltsjester]

i do not want to dig a hole but i am too much of a laura bailey pc enjoyer to not make this post so:

selfishness ≠ a lack of kindness 

selfishness is a theme that has come up with all of laura's main campaign pcs. that doesn't mean that her characters are always making selfish choices or that they don't care about the rest of the people they're with or that they're not good. it's just that, for the most part, the first thing they're thinking of when they take action or make choices is themselves. 

in jester and vex both it is more typical and obvious selfishness. vex's developed because she needed it to keep herself and vax alive and as safe as possible and it grew into a behaviour that she had to actively work to avoid. it's evident in her greed, her theft of the broom, her reaction to her own death which relied heavily on i'm okay/i survived to which keyleth reminded her that she wasn't the only one who had to witness and reckon with her death. in jester's case, she grew up in an environment that literally trained her to make every decision based on two things - her mother's opinion and her own. so, when she's out in the world without marion for the first time, her choices are those that will benefit her and her actions are those that consider her own thoughts and not really many others' (aside from the traveler's). 

it isn't a criticism of either vex or jester to say that they are characters who act selfishly. in fact, i'd argue that to claim otherwise does a great disservice to exactly how immense both of their character arcs are. because the nuance of both jester and vex is that they are selfish, and they also hold extreme room for self-sacrifice and empathy. vex is much more brash than jester is, and jester is much more trusting than vex, but both of them are characters who begin with selfish impulses who grow with them. neither ever truly shed those impulses, but they use them in new ways, typically transforming them into impulses towards things that are in the best interest of the party. 

you may have noticed the lack of imogen in this post about laura bailey pcs and that's because of two reasons. one, we are an unknown amount of time into her story, i can't analyse her development the same way i can vex and jester's. two, imogen's selfishness isn't the blatant quasi-self-aware selfishness that we see in things like jester complaining about her lack of money to caleb or vex stealing a broom. instead, imogen's is very internal, like a lot of laura's character work with imogen. it is a bit similar to jester’s in the sense that it comes from a lack of awareness moreso than vex’s practiced behaviour, but imogen’s is a lot more tied to inherent beliefs she has about the world and the people in it.

as a consequence of her powers, imogen sees people's thoughts as their entirety, she holds it above their actions to be the truth of who they are - to act against what they think or to say something that doesn’t cohere with what they’ve thought is akin to lying, so for her to act empathetically is to act in tandem with what someone else’s thoughts are, not how they act, which is typically not all that wanted. the same as vex’s greed and jester’s naivety, this is a trait that makes narrative sense and it’s one i find quite compelling, especially when read in the vein of someone struggling through trauma that has made them assume that the world is against them. imogen’s cynicism is coherent cynicism, i can’t say that in a similar situation i wouldn’t have the same predisposition towards the world.

the part that is particularly self-interested comes in if you look at how imogen has actually been treated in the campaign (quite well) in comparison to the cynicism that she’s developed from her past (something that speaks to a world out to get her). certainly, a bunch of shitty things have happened to imogen in the time we’ve known her, but the same can be said for everyone in bell’s hells and pretty much everyone in exandria at this point in time. but, in a fight to save the aforementioned world, imogen’s focus was getting her mother back on her side. which, while very consistent with her character and a choice that i enjoy, is a very selfish one. the fun thing (to me, obviously) about imogen is that she has, more than most, an insight into the opinions of others and she also tends to seek others’ opinions out and genuinely engages with them and supports their choices. but she still very much acts towards what she thinks is best. it’s one reason i enjoy looking at the dynamic between her and orym as one between foils, as orym tends to be stalwart in his beliefs and doesn’t care too much for other’s opinions if he’s already sure of his own, but his actions tend to favour collaboration and protecting others.

as i mentioned earlier, imogen is a harder case to look at because she is still in the process of her story. however, the circlet is clearly influencing how she interacts with the world and in the wake of the solstice, the hostile reaction towards ruidusborn people has started to become more and more apparent and i’m interested to see what route that ends up leading imogen down and how it will influence her relationship with the rest of bell’s hells. (for better, i think, based on recent conversations, but if it's for worse i will be just as seated and excited).

all of this is just to say, please stop assuming that claiming a character has a trait you think is a bad one is criticism or a hate post. in light of the fact that i know that people who don’t believe this will continue to not believe this, i’ll encourage anyone confused about the ability of a character to be good and kind and selfish all at once to look to what the text itself says, specifically scanlan’s words to pelor when asked what vex means to him:

“Her name is Vex, and she is greedy and mean sometimes, and she can steal a lot. She’s a little bit not the greatest person, but her flaws highlight everything that is right about her, which is she does all these things to protect her friends and her family. She would give her life for any of us and for anyone who was truly in need. And she’s not perfect but she’s the most perfect of all of us.”

would you look at that... an ability to be a multitude of things, some in conflict with one another. i know that's hard for fandoms to believe, especially about female characters with agency, but i promise its true!

#deeply unfair of laura to make three characters with some type of people skills and morality shaped by their loneliness #and what. i’m just supposed act like i’m normal about that? #this is me blog and i have slightly more time than usual to write nothing essays about fictional characters that haunt me #but dear god . lookin at cr characters and denying their flaws is like looking at a house and only seeing it’s doors . #if ppl demand perfection of fictional characters im genuinely curious in what media they’ve ever found that . #a single imogen post of mine broke containment and it skyrocketed my annoying phil student levels so. alas #but . if you agree that imogen had an incredibly isolating life . i will emphasize that isolation causes traits and behaviours #that aren’t just Quirky or fun or hot anger or whatever #imogen contains so much i love her so much i am bursting at the seams about it #but for some ppl. she is ur ‘girlfailure’ until someone suggests a way she might be girl failing by being selfinterested #what is the truth. do u want her to be an actual girlfailure it do u just want her to suit a . frankly tired. trope about lesbians #anyway . both text and tag rant over . goodnight #cr meta #imogen temult #vex’ahlia #vex’ahlia de rolo #jester lavorre #critical role #my posts

[uselessgayshit]

Laura Bailey can’t even be chill about Laudna’s mini she’s so real for this

#random rants #critical role spoilers #critical role #laudna #imogen #imodna #imogen x laudna #Laura Bailey #marisha ray

[armysonemeu]

My Roman Empire is Marisha PCs seeing/making/looking up to Laura PCs (as) their god/religion/faith and the undying and eternal love of Laura PCs to Marisha PCs that stem from their loneliness and need to be loved. It really opens up to the whole matron/worshipper (follower?) dynamic that Laura and Marisha PCs have in every campaign (and yes that includes Vex and Keyleth as well).

#cheers to Vexleth and Keyleth saying she believes in Vex more than the gods for the brain rot that is this post #the religious undertones are just delicious #i can go on a whole ass rant about Laura and Marisha's PCs and their devotion to each other being a central component to their relationship #and i might #critical role #vexleth #vex #vexahlia #vex'ahlia #keyleth #beaujes #beaujester #beau #beauregard lionett #beauregard #jester #jester lavorre #imodna #imogen #imogen temult #laudna #the legend of vox machina #my post

[escapetothelake]

it has been almost a DECADE since roots dropped. EIGHT games have come since. and we STILL don't know whether frank and leonard ever got the chance to meet laura

#cant believe underground blossom didnt address this #rl devs need to know their fanbase 💀 #the vanderbooms are my everything smh #frank vanderboom #leonard vanderboom #laura vanderboom #rusty lake underground blossom #rusty lake #cube escape #rusty lake roots #my rants #mine

[mr-saavik]

#laura!!!!!!!!!! #twin peaks #ranting and raving

[wind-and-cloud]

"Now we get to go back, and we're working on a Vox Machina line as well."

#laura bailey #critical role #creators in fashion #the mighty nein #screen rant plus #critrole #video

[criticalbeauregard]

this was wayyy more prevalent during campaign 1 but why are so many people convinced EVERY EPISODE that the cast is drunk and/or high??? like have you guys never had fun before?? have you never gotten a little silly after sitting at a table with your friends for 4 hours??

#it's just so funny to me that even in the most recent episode ppl are saying that in the comments #you think laura bailey drunkenly delivered two of the most devastating scenes of all time?? she COULD but she definitely didnt #also have you ever been/seen anyone who is drunk/high because it seems like the answer is no #this is so unimportant but it is annoying esp when its in reference to the women being funny #bc people have to look for some other reason for a woman to be funny then she's just funny #critical role #cr discourse #not really discourse at all but just in case #cr cast #anyway ill stop ranting in the tags now

[chaoskreeves]

We don't talk about how perfect the yellowjackets pilot is. Like, pit girl was ritualized!!! She is wearing jackie's necklace!!! The introduction to how crazy the girls are in the winter with the whooping and howling and animal furs and masks, an introduction to Shauna which is *chefs kiss.* Shauna having several ceramic bunnies in her house to represent jackie, even though she kills real rabbits, the girls have been in touch in the past at least, like I could go on.

#yellowjackets #lee rants #shauna shipman #natalie scatorccio #taissa turner #lottie matthews #van palmer #laura lee #misty quigley

[reasoncourt]

#tomgreg #ok soooo I haven’t been online much recently #had to ruin my life in new and exciting ways #it’s been pretty funny #maybe I should tell you all about it #I’ve been looking really cute recently as well #so undecided whether things are going well or not dhehsjsjs #I should rant about the people in my hometown bc fr I forgot how insane this is #anywaysssss yeah I’ll be more online from now on #bc I miss my people #if you messaged me over the last few weeks then I’m rlly sorry I’ve been the worst at responding #and I will do that soon #mwah mwah ily #(if you didn’t notice me gone then pretend you never read this) #succession #should I have done this for romelukas as well… kind of fits them too tbf #hi dee hi Laura I miss you especially a lot a lot

[papermint-airplane]

It has come to my attention that werewolves on the internet these days are depicted as basically mob families with really gross patriarchal structures and an obsession with "claiming their mates". Like, ok, if you like that sort of thing, whatever, but if stories based on traditional werewolf lore start picking this shit up, I am gonna be so mad. 😡 Where's the body horror? Where's the murder? Where's the wrestling with the moral implications of your actions when you're not in control of your own body? Where is the cursed aspect? All of these depictions are basically just guys who listen to podcasts and sometimes turn into vaguely wolf-shaped dogs.

I'm sure there's some larger discussion to be had about why this trope is problematic for so many social reasons but I'm not smart enough to have that discussion. The really really gross ownership stuff disturbs me but I can't really articulate why other than the obvious misogynistic undertones. If someone else wants to go on that rant, please do because I want to read it.

I just really hate the Twilightification of fun monsters.

#ramblings #in which laura rants about things nobody cares about and fails to convey her point #not sims related #controversial on main #what have they done to my third favorite monsters?!

[pagerunner-j]

I almost said all this in a reblog of somebody's gifset, but it felt rude to go off on such a rant there, so here it is by itself:

I'd like to make it clear that in Laura's original story about finding Trinket, VAX WAS NOT THERE. It was a story about a young woman on her own in terrible conditions, managing to save herself and someone else while she was at it, and she never even told Vax what happened. Every adaptation since has managed to make it disproportionately about Vax, reducing a story about survival (and a potent, obvious metaphor about what continually happens to women in the world) to a story about a girl needing rescuing and then doing something maternal, look at our stereotypes, aren't they cute, and it still pisses me right the fuck off.

Here's Laura's story. It's still online in its original form and you can read what she had to say for herself before everyone went and turned it into something else for her.

#critical role #tlovm #and if you want a real rant stay tuned for me gnashing my teeth about liam imposing a stalker on laura's character #in a game session she wasn't even in #because he wanted another dramatic burden to angst under #and she's still stuck with that as part of her canon #funny how other people speaking for her victimizes her #can't think why that happens to women all the fucking time