#demisexual essek thelyss

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Pride 2023 Day 16: Essek

[arden-wings]

i don’t think essek was flirting with dorian personally, i just think he knows some gay shit is happening with him and orym. no one can convince me that essek wouldn’t be a jealous ass partner and be possessive of caleb.

[anewgayeveryday]

Today's LGBT+ Character is;

Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss from Critical Role-Bisexual and Demisexual MLM Respectively

Art by @kayfullcolor

Requested by @cinnamonzor

Status: Alive and Dating

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Demisexual Essek Thelyss moodboard with time and space themes

Requested by: @iwillbringyouruin

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[towards-toramunda]

I am, at a base level, simply a Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss enjoyer

[panderp123]

When you’re the only ace friend and all your friends are horny:

➡️ POV: Essek with the Mighty Nein ⬅️

[deramin2]

My Ace Shadowgast Fics

As a disabled gay ace writer, Shadowgast is a really compelling relationship to me, and one of the only times I've seen a demisexual character portrayed very well, especially in a relationship. I write them non-sexually for those interested in fics like that. I tend to write them somewhere between a QPR and romantic and could be interpreted either way as you please. They just are what they are together. For International Asexuality Day, I thought I'd share some of them. Most of my fics are very short.

CAT

Words: 4,228 Chapters: 1/1

After the events of Campaign 2, Caleb Widogast builds a legacy as a teacher and legal activist against the corruption within the Cerberus Assembly. His relationship with Essek remains complicated but strong. An important constant in his life, even when they're apart. Then literally the plot of PIG (2021) with Caleb instead of Nicolas Cage retooled for Critical Role: A reclusive Caleb's cat is stolen and he'll stop at nothing to get her back. To do so he must return to the underbelly of the high-profile life he burned out from. Major spoilers for PIG + an explanation of the often very subtle plot. However, knowledge of the movie isn't necessary if you don't mind spoilers. Major spoilers for Critical Role Campaign 2 epilogue.

Essek Invents Ambient Music

Words: 720 Chapters: 1/1 (Includes playlists for two ambient albums that inspired the fic at the bottom.)

Essek and Caleb develop a magical synthesizer and Essek develops ambient music as an artistic hobby.

Love Is A Multicourse Soup Dinner

Words: 901 Chapters: 1/1

Beau talks to Caleb about his relationship with Essek as they prepare a soup dinner.

Essek’s Mobility Aid

Words: 797 Chapters: 1/1

Essek reckons with chronic pain when he's unable to float to avoid detection. He and Caleb develop a new way of using magic as a mobility device that's less detectable. Together they teach both techniques to other disabled people.

Essek's Secret Closet

Words: 123 Chapters: 1/1

Caleb helps Essek keep a little slice of his old life.

Caleb's Fancy Magic

Words: 1,001 Chapters: 1/1

Essek contemplates Caleb's casting style and what it can teach him about his own path forward.

Something Is Fundamentally Wrong With Me

Words: 3,664 Chapters: 8/8 (Last chapter is a playlist to go with the fic.)

When Essek and Caleb have an accidental encounter with strange mushrooms in Aeor, they find themselves both transformed and hallucinating, and it becomes unclear what is and isn't real. As they get through it together, they become introspective and reflect on their relationship and trade poetry. A Long Essek fic. I wanted to write a Shadowgast fic that was very intellectually and emotionally intimate, but non-sexual. If you love queer poetry and song snippets, this fic is full of them, and there are references at the end of each chapter with links to the works where available.

[beawake]

The fact that Essek is demisexual and that he has the perfect colourscheme to make art with the ace flag and colours is such a win.

[piratespencil]

Through the Years

Fandom: Critical Role

Rating: Mature

Relationships: Essek/Caleb/Veth/Yeza

“Goodnight, boys!” Veth calls over her shoulder.

Caleb watches over the back of the couch as Veth and Yeza disappear, a fond smile dancing across his face. Essek watches him watch them, and says, “You can join them, if you like. This is a dense one—I’ll be here reading all night.” He holds up the book in question.

Caleb’s gaze returns to him. There’s a softness around his eyes that fills Essek with warmth—Caleb’s eyes always used to look so tired. It’s taken years to wash most of that exhaustion from his gaze.

Essek reminisces about the evolution of his relationship with Caleb, Veth and Yeza.

Read it on AO3

(A fic about Essek loving Caleb and Veth and Yeza, messily and beautifully.)

[lessattitudemorealtitude]

Finally finished the next installment of my Aeor shadowgast oneshots!

Essek wakes up and finds Caleb curled up on his chest. As he takes a moment to take the human's presence in, he has some surprising thoughts.

Whumpril Prompt: "I'm scared"

[towards-toramunda]

I love how the demisexuals have latched onto this character and said “hello I love this formerly neutral evil wizard”

Not me getting overly attached to the first demisexual character I've caught in the wild

[lifeisbeautifulandlifeisstupid]

The only aspect of shadowgast better than Caleb "bisexual maelstrom" Widogast dating Essek "demisexual and repressed" Thelyss is:

Caleb "will strip at any time no questions asked" Widogast dating Essek "showing ankles feels a bit obscene" Thelyss

[fjorests-of-wildemount]

Happy Pride Month to socially awkward demisexual icons Keyleth and Essek Thelyss! They deserve all the attention they would never want.

[bloopitynoot]

3 Shadowgast fics that made me ugly cry

Okay so I read a LOT of shadowgast fanfics and I wanted to share some of the ones that made me absolutely weep. (I was going to wait until tomorrow but I got too excited to share).

All of these have some intense emotional distress, but I promise you all they may be angsty but they absolutely have happy endings.

They are all set in very different AU's, are hefty completed fics, and have similar feels!

1. the breathe before the phrase

(171513 words) by @kmackatie Chapters: 20/20 Rating: Explicit Summary: The ringing note of a concert A is played by the oboe, echoing on its own in the space. It’s picked up by the wind section, followed rapidly by the brass, and the familiar feeling of an orchestra calibrating takes over Caleb. The tonal adjustments as each person brings their instrument into alignment sinks into him and something inside Caleb shifts in recognition as Essek leads the strings into their own tuning. It’s like something is waking up, like something unfurling and firing across long-unused paths of memory. His hands shake slightly, as he raises his bow and joins them, fingers fumbling against the pegs and fine tuners that give him control over his instrument. ---- Essek Thelyss is a leading violinist, his spot as Shadowhand of the Rosohna Philharmonic Orchestra has been uncontested for over a decade. Caleb Widogast is a recent arrival to the city, convinced by his friends to audition for one of the vacant violinist positions. After starting off on the wrong foot, Caleb and Essek get to slowly know each other, discover what brings them joy, create while defying expectations, and find out that what they can produce together may just be better than anything they can do separately.

Why I cried: The amount of pressure put on Essek made my heart absolutely shatter. That plus the pinning between Caleb and Essek had me weeping. The hurt/comfort energy. The bad parent Dierta and of course past Caleb Ickythong trauma healing. Other than the story itself Katie has put so much energy into explaining the music, the playlist is stunning, and the inspiration for the played pieces in the fic are grounded in actual compositions. No spoilers, but the ending is gorgeous <3

2.Till Human Voices Wake us

(66080 words) by @ariadne-mouse Chapters: 23/23 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Additional Tags: Merman!Caleb, no Mighty Nein but otherwise canon setting/events, Neutral evil Essek, Essek-typical anxiety and fatalism, Loneliness, Hurt/Comfort, spooky gothic vibes, some horror and disturbing imagery, the ocean as a threat/love language, Illustrations, drowning themes Summary: Essek Thelyss, lonely and ambitious prodigy, comes to Nicodranas to make a risky gamble with the Assembly. At the water’s edge, he finds himself swept up in another dangerous entanglement he can't seem to escape — and as time goes on, he's less and less sure he wants to. Will his treasonous alliance or the sea itself devour him first? (Or, the one where Caleb is a merman.)

Why I cried: okay so look, this story was so fucking sad I can't even begin to describe it. The love and longing between the two, the tragic backstory for Caleb. Treason = death for Essek (it's a happy ending though so do not worry, but I definitely worried so you don't have to LOL). It also has some stunning art in it!!!

3. what luminous worlds await

what luminous worlds await (178674 words) by @essektheylyss Rating: Mature Additional Tags: Champion of the Luxon AU, Alternate Universe - Future, Space Opera, Religious Conflict, religious trauma, Violence, Minor Character Death, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Dreams vs. Reality, Demisexual Essek Thelyss, Past Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Angst, Fictional Religion & Theology, Implied/Referenced Sex, Mention of Using Sex as Self-Harm, several immortals grapple with loss while trying to save the world, so so many liberties taken with consecution, this wouldn't be a problem if you'd EXPLAIN matthew mercer, and/or if a certain drow would give literally any straight answers, (I mean he can't give straight answers when he's not straight), Background Fjorester (Past), Post-Canon, …very post-canon Summary: “You seek my nature. It is a lonely endeavor. Would you like to join me on this path?” “Yes.” — After a thousand years, a divine champion awakes in a lightless cave above Port Damali with little memory to speak of and a beacon in his hands. Even as he struggles to piece the past together and process what he has lost while he slept, the future demands he answer for the crimes of his elders. It offers little in return, but perhaps there are fragments of possibility awaiting him.

Why I cried: Omg oh boy, this one made me BIG cry- honestly one of my favourite fics I have read so far. A true space opera, a story of love, in many forms, over time, space, and multiple lives. I sobbed from chapter one literally until the end. Though I think you will need an A03 account to read this one, but it is worth the wait to set one up. My partner watched me cry so much while I read this. I totally did download and save this fic to send to pals so they can cry with me. It is worth the agony for this happy ending. I might still be crying LOL

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Demisexual Essek Thelyss moodboard

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