surprise visit 馃槼 i can imagine molly just makes out with caleb for a good five minutes in that door frame and then walks aways while smirking over his shoulder... ;3
i finally started c2 recently and as much as i love everyone i do have favorites.... caleb (and molly obviously) have been rotating in my head for quite some time now and this idea came to me in a dream hope you like it
[ID: A digital drawing of Mollymauk Tealeaf and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role. Molly is holding onto Caleb's coat lapel while giving Caleb a kiss on the cheek. Caleb is blushing and smiling while looking at Molly. End description.]
A (very cute) kofi doodle request for @flashhwing!!
The fact that Essek storms off "in a huff" and is literally brought to tears when he sees Caleb mourning Molly...there's just so many interesting implications for shadowidomauk there.
It's the fact that Essek saw Caleb kiss Molly on the forehead the way he kissed him--saw Caleb repeat these familiar phrases in battle to Lucien that he once used to comfort Essek. Essek learning Caleb's love language, and seeing it reflected in how he treats Mollymauk.
It's Essek seeing Caleb at his lowest, at his most desperate and hopeless--how very wrong it feels to see him like this, how painful it is to watch him fall apart over losing Mollymauk. "Caleb Widogast, have you ever accepted defeat?"
Because of all things, it is Molly's death that leaves Caleb more brokenhearted than Essek's ever seen him, the only time he's ever truly admitted to knowing defeat--"Maybe today. For the first time." The way Caleb came all this way and tried so desperately to save him, and it still wasn't enough. He poured his whole heart and soul into that ritual, and it just wasn't enough.
Essek being moved by the Nein's own grief, choked up and crying for this person that he never even met. Insisting over and over, "It's not fair--it's not fair...We've just all come so far. It's not fair." And it's the moment that Caleb kisses Molly on the forehead and says his goodbyes that really breaks Essek's heart, the passion and gutting loss of Caleb's own grief that sends Essek storming off and fighting back tears.
Do you think...Essek ever tells Kingsley what happened that day? How hard Caleb tried to save him--how much it shattered him when Tealeaf was still lying dead in his arms? Do you think he ever told King about the forehead kiss and how tender Caleb was with him--how he must surely love him? Do you think Essek admits that even he was crushed when Tealeaf didn't wake, that he never knew him before, but still mourned him all the same?
Do you think he ever quietly tells Kingsley that he's happy he came back, how much it means to him--especially for Caleb's sake--
Do you think Kingsley ever kisses either of the wizards on the forehead and everything just. Kinda falls into place for Essek--
I started this rough little animation on ibis paint like a month ago with full intention of finishing it, but I ended up abandoning it because animating on ibis paint on my dinky little phone kinda sucks :/ but I found the file earlier and thought I should share anyway :)
I might go back and reanimate it on krita, but I have some other projects I'm focusing on first
(I really hope someone understands this reference lol)
[VD] A short animation of Mollymauk Tealeaf and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role. They start by staring off at something off-screen; Caleb looks mildly shocked while Molly just flicks his tail with a grin on his face. Caleb then stands upright, seemingly processing whatever they were looking at. Molly looks over at him, back off-screen, then turns back to Caleb with a mischievous grin and tackles him with a sudden kiss, knocking them both off-balance so they fall off-screen. [end VD]
I have procrastinated this long enough that I should just post it
Demon Molly, Cat witch Caleb, and Vampire Essek!
Below is just some setting/ story that was brewing in my mind while I was drawing this.
If you want to read it, beware of grammar mistakes that I have probably made. I'm not that good with language/writing and it's kinda long?
Cat witch Caleb who lost his memories of quite a large chunk of his life and for some reason that he can't remember, can't hide his cat ears and tail to have his full human form back. Which he knows instinctively that he should be able to do. He has been living a quiet and kind of isolated life with his cat familiar in a forest under the protection of vampire Essek.
One day a lost demon, Molly, somehow gets past the protective barrier that Essek has set around Caleb's area to hide and protect Caleb from people who appear in Caleb's nightmares who might be real, who will want to hunt Caleb down and hurt him. Caleb can't seem to retain the memories of the appearances of those people who appeared in his nightmares.
Molly asks Caleb's help to find a specific rare flower for his best friend and to help lead him out of the thick forest. After some convincing and promise that he will protect Caleb and his cat, Caleb agrees.
Caleb hasn't really spent any time with a demon before (or if he had, he can't remember) and Molly who is not careful enough (is he really though? Or does he do this on purpose?) accidentally entered into a pact with each other.
Essek, who had a verbal pact with Caleb, is not that pleased about the situation. He stays by Caleb's side more often now, being protective because he is worried and he doesn't trust this demon that comes from nowhere, yet. Essek knows that Molly is hiding something.
Caleb and Essek have been pining for each other for a while now. After spending some time with Molly, Caleb realizes he is starting to fall for Molly too.
Molly who had loved Caleb before Caleb even realized it, has a talk with Essek, and they both agree that they can share Caleb, as long as Caleb is happy with the arrangement.
So yeah, Caleb has two purple boyfriends here! :D
If you are wondering, Molly did know Caleb during the years that Caleb lost. He tried to save Caleb and sort of half succeeded? He did manage to get Caleb out of the bad situation but also lost him in the process. He had been trying to search for Caleb for quite some time now without much hope. The last time he saw Caleb before they were separated, Caleb was on the cusp of death. I imagine Caleb was in the care of Essek for at least 4 or 5 years before Molly stumbled upon Caleb again.
Molly is hesitant to bring up the past after learning Caleb doesn't recognize him and also doesn't remember what happened during those years. He is not one that likes to bring up the past anyway.
The only reason Molly manages to get past the barrier without having to force his way in is because subconsciously, Caleb still trusts Molly. Essek had set up the barrier so that only people that Essek or Caleb trusted could get through it without problems.
Also, do I tag this as shadowidomauk when technically it's widomauk and shadowgast? Essek and Molly are not really in a romantic relationship with each other here.
Every two months or so Molly comes back into my brain and makes me cry, to combat this I drew him being very normal and not gay at all with Caleb (I am sleep deprived as fuck rn guys)