#(calebs reason too)

[liltaireissocute]

full under the cut (don't open at work lol)

[utilitycaster]

In all seriousness, I think one of the most obvious parallels from past campaigns to Imogen is Caleb, and while I've talked about the reductive ways people have interacted with Caleb in the past (Sad Boy hours and whatnot) it is frustrating how Imogen is so frequently denied the same complexity. Caleb was traumatized, and lonely, and nearly friendless but for one person he'd met under difficult circumstances some time before joining the larger party, but he was also (for the most part) allowed by the fandom to be exceptionally violent and brutal in combat; to be angry at all the time he had lost and at the people who'd taken advantage of him; to have possibly questionable goals; and to, at times, work against the better interests of the party in service of his own priorities. He was allowed to fall down and look ridiculous and to be immensely powerful but he was also allowed to be far more than that dichotomy. And, most importantly, and to be fair this was somewhat more hotly contested, he was allowed to claim responsibility for his actions and to exist in a space where he was both a victim of manipulation and willingly made his own choices based on that manipulation, and still be worthy of a heroic status.

Imogen is so frequently denied these opportunities and this complexity- and not by her detractors, but by her claimed fans. She's allowed to be a failgirl who falls down the stairs and she's allowed to get the HDYWTDT but she's not allowed to be the person who deliberately triggered the traps to light up the rivals during the museum heist. You can't explore how cold she is to her father or how she grants her mother undeserved leniency - that's unkind to Imogen. She's not allowed to bear partial responsibility for how people in Gelvaan treat her, even after she nearly killed several of them. She's not allowed to have powers that are a liability or that intrude upon others' privacy; it's only allowed to be explored as her pain and nothing more. Her petty and bitter asides are either made out to be badass mic drops or conveniently ignored. If she wants to explore her darker tendencies it's bad unless she's doing it with Laudna in which case it's good. Her powers have, understandably, left her with fascinating gaps in her communication skills, which is a great point to be made about psychics, but that's neglected when so many people act as if it's everyone else's responsibility to accurately interpret her. It's impossible to explore how her worldview is often very focused on herself without a strong sense of the larger picture - not even self-centered, though it can be, but often merely limited due to her own sheltered experience - because within many fandom circles, every other character's morality is judged based on how far backwards they bend to accommodate her.

[jess-the-vampire]

In the Evelyn lives alt au I'm not sure who has it worse. Evelyn when she realizes she and Caleb are moving in with her brother in law, who she has a VERY complicated relationship with.

Or Philip when he realizes that Caleb and Evelyn are just as lovey dovey towards each other as they were 400 years ago, and now they're living in his house.

They have such a funny dynamic honestly

Evelyn would probably make their couple interactions even louder and more annoying just to irritate her brother in law tbh

[c-kiddo]

before i sleep: caduceus autismposting . i think when he infodumps he just gets into his Talking Abt Interest mode and its a little intense but tmn understand and especially beau or jester can handle it. but he like makes very intense eye contact and wrings his hands the entire time with his silly smile and follows whoever around if theyre doing something and tells them, in a weird roundabout excited way, that his family have a graveyard (not a cemetery) and they make tea out of the plants that grow from the bodies and didnt you know that they all make all sorts of different kinds of plants for different teas with unique tastes its all very interesting didnt you know that? and he has told everyone about this in detail several times

[aeoris4lovers]

matt mercer as essek thelyss & laura bailey as jester lavorre + the last days of judas iscariot

[foxxology]

this sounds like a challenge and i accept i love that dirty hobo weezord

[noahtally-famous]

listened to dancing in the flames by the weeknd for the first time and my first thought went immediately to chaleb?? and i can actually see it??

imagine them driving down an empty highway windows rolled down in the early morning hours, already going kind of over the speed limit; the only lights being their headlights, the few dim street lamps, and a rare passing car. caleb has the wheel and is arguing with chase when he unbuckles his seatbelt, partly balancing around the gearshift, with half his body out of the sunroof, pumping his fists into the air, cheering loudly, pulling his phone out to record himself, and egging caleb on to go faster ("you drive like my grandma and she died before i was born!") and caleb's eye-rolling going "i rlly don't feel like seeing you fly out of the car and explain this to the ER" and "im your rationale, even if it means saving you from your shitty choices" and chase is like bOOOO LAME

but...caleb speeds up. just a little. bc he likes hearing chase laugh (he's a romantic like that, what a sap smh) (and alternates between looking out at the road, and looking up the sunroof at chase. growing dopey smile and all)

[pinksepia]

Brothers

[shaniacsboogara]

experiencing genuine critical role induced brainrot for the first time in months and i forgot how FRUSTRATING it is because all of the characters bounce around in my brain like that dvd logo but i can't actually form any THOUGHTS about them they just take up space and DON'T GET ME WRONG I'M GLAD THEY DO but it's TRULY THE MOST INTENSE FORM OF BRAINROT

[somerandomjewelleryonthefloor]

Should I make my (just kid shit ★) fanfic a CalMichSol/Twilight Trio slowburn?

Honestly. I haven't done much with them. And we need more Polyamory after ID happened

[styxxanaxkolasidefender]

You know what?

*Yassifies your CoN characters*

[unfocused-overwriter]

Writer tag game - Olympics edition

List your OCs and the discipline they'd participate in

Adalyce - Badminton. She's definitely not among the sporty ones, but it fits her vibe of relaxed grace and sudden power.

Aldan - Horse jumping. He's not very sporty in general but he very much is a horse girl with a death wish.

Danae - Horse dressage. That girl is not physical but she is very sharp and gets her way with precision. I guess it fits her metaphorically.

Darren - Archery has always been his whole deal. Honestly he's a strong guy, fast too, he could thrive in a bunch of athletics disciplines. Perhaps winter biathlon too for the whole survivalist side of it.

Elysa - Sprinting. Same as her brother, she's got a lot of physical advantages. She'd enjoy most fighting sports (boxing is up there), but I feel like races would give her more bragging material.

Lith - Taekwondo. He's got strength and especially agility. He would also do pretty well in gymnastics, I think. Winterwise, I actually have a whole figure skating AU centered around him.

Tagging @desperatlytryingtowriteabook, @neirawrites, @writewithfire, @siarven, @moonybyte, @wilde-writing, @scribble-dee-vee, @theprissythumbelina and anyone who's feeling the Olympic spirit

[hershelwidget]

TWO MORE TO GO

Caleb and Darwin have arrived!

Finished these two in record time! I also had them in more dynamic poses to make up for how out of character the other two were (cough cough Beast)

Caleb possesses the Gup-C, while Darwin has the Gup-D! Much like the two before them, they borrow some design points from their main drivers, but it is a lot less obvious now.

Face closeups!

(oh whoops lmao i didn't think darwin would be so close- ah well)

Next up is Emma and Felix! They will be the last of these for a while... At this rate you'll at LEAST get snippets of Emma's design by the end of the month.. I am struggling very hard with Felix :(

[nikatyler]

I love the dynamic between my three main vampires and one of them isn't even in the main story

[mischas]

has anyone ever pointed out how ridiculous it is that summer sees a mini seth at the airport in the rainy day women lol

[six-improbable-things]

I'm so nervous to watch the next episode, and even the last half of this one. Especially after seeing the title and cover of the next one...