#( thread: imogen )

[guarddogutena]

WHERE: Lake Party WHO: Imogen (@callofthxvoid)

Utena had caught the frisbee when Ven had tossed it back their way, biting back a groan as they saw who it was Ven had in fact crashed into. Sighing they glanced over at Imogen and shook their head, "So how concerned should we be over that?"

[venofalltrades]

WHERE: RV Crew Garage WHO: Imogen (@callofthxvoid)

Ven was acutely aware of how everyone in the house had eyed him after casually dropping into their dinner conversation that he'd finally spoken with Trixie. He wasn't dumb, he'd seen the way Imogen had taken a long sip of wine, the way Asuka had been smiling almost too much, and that Utena had been clutching their fork tight. Moving his fingers over the clay he glanced at Imogen watching them paint for a second.

"I really am fine, I'm not gonna like...I don't know start blasting Taylor Swift or something. Honest, I feel better getting an actual ending to that chapter, and a more platonic sequel," he said.

[imogens-temult]

CRITICAL ROLE: CAMPAIGN 3 Episode 6: Growing Bonds and Teasing Threads

[sparring-spirals]

Every time, every time Fearne/Laudna/Imogen introduce people to Pretty and are reminded, in quick succession:

- Pretty really IS that delightful, and there's a reason they collectively agreed to date him (beyond the panic distraction)

- They did in fact, collectively date Pretty and have to explain that to people.

- They are, collectively, no longer dating Pretty and have to explain that, because hes delightful and it was amicable!

- They are no longer dating because he broke up with them.

- By the time they get to this point of the explanation, its always consistently awkward despite there being absolutely zero bad blood anywhere.

- It's only awkward for Fearne, Imogen, and Laudna.

- They are surprised by this.

- Despite this, they will always come back and see Pretty the next time they are in the city and enthusiastically introduce any new friends to him.

- If only there was a way to avoid this awkwardness!

- Anyway this is our friend Pretty!!! Hes great. Oh he's our ex (collectively). Yes he broke up with us not the other way around-

[youllalwaysbemyporcelain]

"That's not that surprising. This place can be terrifying, and a lot to deal with." He smiles. "Where are you originally from?"

imgoen & adam ( @youllalwaysbemyporcelain )

"the more I stay in this place, the more it pisses me off," imogen made a face as they huffed slightly. she didn't like it here one bit, things were different and she was too far from home - especially when things had just gone to shit.

[caeslxys]

Something I think is extremely interesting thematically when it comes to connecting what Downfall and the ideas it tackled to the overarching narrative of campaign three is that the things Downfall made a point to showcase of Aeor—Cassida, Hallis, the visual of an aeormaton proposing to her partner, the specific and intentional decision to shed light on a far from insignificant amount of the population being civilians or refugees—is that it plays in perfect parallel across from what is happening (and, really, has been happening) to the ruidusborn on Exandria in present.

Bear with me for a moment. Aeor is ultimately a city that was collectively punished for the decisions of its leadership. We could (and, judging by the amount of discourse around this particular topic already, probably will) argue about what the Gods’ motivation for all of this was—whether it be that they could not, in the end, bear to kill their siblings or that they were terrified at the prospect of mortality—for me it is a very healthy dose of both—but for this I am much more interested in the latter. They were scared. That, really, is the driving force behind both this arc and their role in c3 as a whole.

Why I point this out is: It is far more interesting to me, especially as we go back to Bells Hells this week, to dissect the Gods and their decisions not purely on sympathetic motivation alone but as beings in the highest seat of power in the highest social class in Exandria.

So, having established that the Gods (in relation to mortals) are more a higher social class than anything we could compare to our real life understanding of divinity and that Aeor was eviscerated largely because of their fear—what is the difference between those innocents in Aeor caught in the trappings of their autocratic government leadership and a divine war on the ground, and those of the ruidusborn being manipulated both by Ludinus and by the very thing that inspired such visceral fear in the Gods to start with. I would argue very little.

I think of Cassida, doing what she genuinely thought was right and good and would save people, her son, and the object of her worship—and how that did not matter enough to any of them to spare her because of the fear they held at the very concept of mortality. I think of Liliana and Imogen, one of which we know begged for the gods to help her or send her a sign for years on years, and how every single one of their largest struggles could have been avoided had the gods loved them, their supposed children, as much as they feared what they could be. I think of how the thing that did save Imogen, in the end, was a woman who herself existed in direct defiance of the gods will. I think of that young boy, sixteen years old, that Laudna exalted on Ruidus.

I think it’s completely fair to judge Aeor’s overall society as deeply corrupt—it was!—but its leadership and police force are not a reflection of every one of its citizens. Similarly, it is fair to judge the Ruby Vanguard as corrupt—it is!—but its multiple heads of leadership and even the god-eater further are not a reflection of every one of its members.

Notably, and what I think the Hells will latch onto, this did not matter to the Gods. It did not matter that Cassida was trying to help. She was still too much of a risk. Will it matter, what Imogen does? Will it matter, if that young boy is in the blast radius when they decide to take no further chances?

I’ve seen a lot of people say that the Hells will side with the gods and I don’t think I agree. Especially as Imogen has been scolded and villainized over and over for daring to try and save her mother—who herself has been seen by some as an irredeemable evil in spite of her drive being the exact same—her family—but when it’s the Gods it’s justified? When it’s the Gods, it’s sympathetic? Too sympathetic to criticize further than “they’re family”?

I obviously do not think the Gods should die or be eaten or what have you, and I certainly don’t agree with Ludinus (though I find him much more compelling than just a variation of hubris wizard), but when talking about the Gods in Aeor and in present it isn’t really at all about their motivation or their family. It can’t be. Too many people, including our active protagonists, lives have been effected for it to be as cut and dry as “they’re family”. These are your children. They are your family, too.

[jadequarze]

Imogen doodles ❤️

[youllalwaysbemyporcelain]

She nods as she picked up the book. "I am yeah, I just wanted to be at my dorm to relax so I was rushing and didn't know my bag was torn. Thank you for your help."

"You alright?" Imogen asked, helping her pick up the books that fell on the floor.

[staticrevelations]

unfortunately i don't know how to be normal about laudna confessing that she thinks she's a bad person and a few days later imogen calling her Saint Laudna

[pocketgalaxies]

laudna imogen connected threads of fate ;~; ;~; ;~;

[screechingfromthevoid]

Ashton reading Orym SO WRONG in e31 is insane

Like Orym is not Healthy And Well Adjusted ™ and the look on his face as he's accused of being such is just proof.

Someone please talk to my boy he's STRUGGLING

[lightningtitties]

the horrors persist (bell’s hells hiatus) but so does imogen temult’s unhinged gay behaviour (laudna’s red thread in the imogen dice set)

[imogearne]

maddening...............

[sparring-spirals]

imogen fumbling shit is just eternally good fodder for memes, alright. and its at least partly BECAUSE of how powerful she is. someone tripping while using a nerf gun? funny. someone dramatically hoisting up an outfit matchin heavy death laser gun and then immediately tripping and landing on their face? phenom. sometimes she goes "GROVEL" and the enemies grovel and we all go "oooooh" and "aaaahhh" and sometimes she just gets fully ignored and gets so huffy and petulant and ineffectually burns a cantrip just to be petty about it. sometimes she smites her enemies into dust with one move and renders a tree in half after threatening and other times she fucking. falls down a flight of stairs and accidentally sets everything on fire. fires a gun at her own team. loses all her hair. turns blue. etc.

Imogen lifts a humongous sand squid into the sky with her mind powers. Imogen is also falling out of a sky ship and landing on the desert sand far below and just. lying there. while her friend plays the flute in the background. epic hot failgirls NEED the HEIGHT to FAIL FROM. u gotta swing and miss sometimes!!! AND you gotta be REAL petty about it when u miss!!!! fucking fantastic.

[youllalwaysbemyporcelain]

"I like it for the most part." He does have Aloth though, which he wouldn't have at home. And being here has been a new start for him. "But I do dislike how unpredictable this city can be."

imogen & kieran ( @youllalwaysbemyporcelain )

"I hate this city," at this point, imogen would take the venin over whatever fuckery was going on in this place. they wanted things to just be normal, but apparently that couldn't even happen.

[herenvibing]

cr3 is gonna end and the pc’s still feel like the same people to me :|

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