#a crown of candy

[linnkyleo]

The sisters ever I think

[starchytart]

Captain Annabelle Cheddar and Duchess Primsy Coldbottle, or i like to call them sunshine and sunshine protector.

This is my gift for @itsbeepbeepsart following @d20exchange event! Annabelle and Primsy are probably my fav npc from acoc, dare i say fav npc from whole dimension 20, so happy i get to draw them, i hope you like it (⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

[vampiresdontsleep]

Important question: which Intrepid Heroes PC’s do you think are actually straight?

I’m specifically taking about headcanons btw. Like, Fabian hasn’t been canonically shown to like men however he still seems very much Not Straight to me.

[tomb-of-flora]

One of my favorite character types is a character who is so obviously faced with death from the beginning of the story, but just cannot seem to die. Whether the position they've been thrust into seems destined to collapse, or their death just makes the most sense from a meta perspective, I ADORE when someone pulls off keeping a character past their expiration date. Sometimes that does just mean that the storyteller made a bad choice and kept a character too long and it can be a real drag on the narrative, but when it's done right? It's the best thing ever. I love watching those characters cope with this position and with feeling to their core like they shouldn't have made it this long. The icing on the cake, of course, is how often someone (or multiple someones) died in their place to keep them around this long and left them with guilt/regret that they’ll carry through every second of their unexpectedly long lives. When someone pulls this off I want nothing more than for that character to survive to the very end of the story and to see what they make of the life they seemed fated to lose.

This is mostly about Pyrrha Dve. I think about her all the time. I think about how many characters she has outlived, despite being the cav of a ten thousand year old lyctor. Her death was subverted when the world ended and John brought her back, and it was subverted again when she wasn't fully consumed by G1deon. As a result she watched basically everyone she's ever known die from the passenger seat of the Saint of Duty. G1deon, almost all the other lyctors, and Wake all died and she's still here inhabiting the body of her oldest friend. 

I spent the entirety of Nona the Ninth thinking Pyrrha was going to die. Genuinely every time she ran off to work or otherwise vanished from the view of the rest of the cast it seemed like such a sure thing that this death would be what heightened the emotional stakes for Nona and taught her firsthand the tragedy of death. Instead, she was the only survivor of her adorable little household and is once again alone as the last remaining piece of something she will never get back.

It's also about Amethar of the House of Rocks. I love the way that A Crown of Candy has so many combat encounters and betrayals that seem built with the sole purpose of sacrificing Amethar. There are so many moments that would make for a heroic, tragic death that Amethar will simply never have. He outlived every single one of his sisters and now he has to rule. And when it seems like his time stuck being a miserable king is over because his daughters who have been trained their whole lives to take his place are here? Well, he's going to have to outlive one of them too. He outlives his family, he outlives the mentor of his daughters, and he outlives every enemy that was created to kill him. And all that time you can tell he kind of wishes that he had died in battle—that he'd taken the hit for one of his sisters who had then been able to rule and raise a family in his place. But he was never going to get what made sense to him and it is his duty to carry on.

It's just such a unique tragedy that the reader/viewer gets to share with the character because there's always a very strong meta element to this character type. The reader's expectation and the character's are so often the same as both are waiting for the other shoe to drop. It's a fun reflection on expectation and what it seems like is supposed to happen. And it's such a great recipe for lingering tragedy when done correctly.

[rrat-king]

the old man yaoi the legend fortold

[babyboyzzintheyard6969420]

If there's one thing about Emily Axford, is that her characters are GOING to be friends with Murph's characters (if he's there). They are ALL going to be relatable and complex depictions of woman/girlhood and they are GOING to be friends with Murph (Threat). It's the Gunner channel, it's Fig taking extra study for Riz, it's Lady Saccharina only really having an ally in Sir Theobald, it's Ylfa and Gerard not being quite Human, it's Sophia and kugrash hustling with hairy baby, it's even Sofia chastising Cody for being a shithead. She has great chemistry with everyone tbh but I'm always touched by how she seeks Murph out and builds their characters together. I love them your honour.

[blueskiesandstarrynights]

someone please stop naming these characters so similarly 😭 ↳ bonus:

[dungeonclown]

ye murph spectrum

(he who makes my favorite characters. and cody is there)

[emiuli]

Sisters

[embraceweird]

constants across all timelines:

Ricky will return home to his wife and child

Fig and Ayda forever

Chungledown Bim will try to shit in Fabian's mouth

[mmhue]

oh my god Ricky look out RICKY look out he has pink eye

[chungledown-bimothy]

kipperlilly hates being an npc because she wants to be a pc, caramelinda hates being an npc because she doesn't want to be in a fucking dungeons and dragons game

[he1ian]

finished episode 9 i'm coping i'm coping i'm coping

[cloudmancy]

lapin & keradin for the "all gore goes" d20 zine!

poem excerpt: where it begins, erica jong 1971

[transformersweatpants]

Get Quangled, Idiot.