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innocently logging in to look at the Twst schedule for May like
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 part 8 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 part 8 spoilers#tsumsted wonderland#i-is that enough spoiler tags#anyway twst just absolutely obliterating me with the schedule again#i saw the story completion campaign ended in june and was like 'oh okay that'll be when we get the next part' NOPE HA HA#oh my god rook. oh my god savana rook is real.#w...why is this a story card. hey twst wHY IS THIS A STORY CARD --#is rook dreaming of still being a rowdy boy or#and why is he...(squints) why is he in a pomefiore bedroom#never mind i'm actually terrified of this card now#god. the STETSON. i'm crying.#he really is just applejack huh#also vil i don't know what your problem was this man's mane is LUSCIOUS#and what's this? it's twst following up that first punch with the right hook of EVEN MORE of the best and silliest event#malleus is going to be in the middle of an angsty flashback while dangling us over a pit of spikes or something#and then we're going to cut directly to him having a charming little tea party with a small plush version of himself#oh twst your sense of pacing remains exquisitely incomprehensible#(no i love this though)
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Y'know, I think I figured out why the Hells still feel like a new low-level party to me, even though they're level 13 and almost 100 episodes in.
I don't quite think it's the lack of conversations, or the fact half the party's plot hooks are big ties to past campaigns - though that definitely plays a part.
... Bell's Hells still primarily rely on quest givers.
Most of their goals are given to them and do not feel organic to the party, and constantly remind us that the Hells are pretty much never the most powerful people in the room. Which is usually something you see with a low-level party.
NPCs offering jobs is not a bad thing; it's a very common plot hook. Matt has been extremely skilled with using NPC quest givers in those two campaigns. Not only do they provide an obvious plot thread, but they can put the party in the path of others (say, the Nein running into the Iron Shepherds while doing a job for the Gentleman and everything that came of that). And the Hells had a solid start with it too - Eshteross was an excellent quest giver!
The problem is that Bell's Hells have never really not had a quest giver.
Maybe it's a byproduct of the more plot-heavy structure of this campaign? But while prior parties have felt like they decided on their course of action and what they prioritized, Bell's Hells feels less like level 13 (13! Level 13!) experienced adventurers and more like an MMO group clicking on the exclamation point over an NPC's head. Where does the plot demand we go next? Who do we report back to?
They're level 13.
At level 13, Vox Machina had just defeated a necromantic city-state to clear their name and Percy's conscience. And, you know, the Conclave just destroyed Emon. No one was explicitly telling the group to gather Vestiges and save the world (though Matt guided them there), and they were usually among the most powerful people in the room. They chose which Vestiges to prioritize, which dragons to tackle when, even if the over-all plot was pretty clear.
At level 13, the Mighty Nein were celebrating Traveler Con (another PC goal, I'll note) after brokering peace between two nations, accidentally becoming pirates and heroes of the Dynasty. The Nein regularly chose what to do based on personal goals, not grand ones. Though definitely smaller fish than Vox Machina at this level, they were very independent and gaining solid political clout.
While we're at it: level 13 is one level lower than the Ring of Brass, who had a huge amount of sway over Avalir. They ended the world, and also saved it, while in the grand scheme of things being only a smidge more powerful than Bell's Hells are now.
Can you really see the Hells wielding that amount of influence, when they're constantly being told what to do next?
The god-eater might be unleashed, so Bell's Hells have no time to do anything but what is asked of them. No time for therapy unless stolen from Feywild time, no travel on foot and late-night watches. They haven't even had time to grieve FCG. Percy was grieved in the middle of the Conclave arc. Molly was grieved when half the party was still in irons.
Matt is in the very unfortunate spot of not being able to give the Hells the same agency as the other two parties. Not only because of the world-ending plot introduced so early on; they are surrounded by characters they know (and the cast knows) are stronger and wiser than them - the familiarity of the past PCs and NPCs is to their disadvantage.
Why would the party reasonably ignore Keyleth's task that will help save the world and go off on a romp? Why would the cast when they know well Keyleth has to be sensible and with the best intentions in mind? The stakes are just too high.
It means that the Hells still feel like they're running errands instead of pursuing their own destiny. Their accomplishments are diminished as just being parts of a to-do list, and any stakes feel padded by several level 20 PCs/NPCs standing 5 steps away ready to catch them.
This isn't Bell's Hell's fault, nor is it Matt's. It could be amended, I think, if the Hells are really left to their own devices for a long period of time without support and shortcuts (like during the party split)... which would be really tricky to pull off at this point in the campaign.
They're level 13. They're big fish, but they're stuck in a pond full of friendly sharks, so they don't feel big at all.
#critical role#campaign 3#bells hells#cr meta#critical role meta#the percy's conscience thing is half a joke. i love him but man he rlly went there just for the Vengeance. this isnt about him tho#to quote burr: we rlly spent the entire campaign on imogen and orym's backstories and everything else is sidequests#it's just. god. the constant hand-holding paired w the fact there's no TENSION from the fact they're taking the orders#the Nein were allergic to quest givers partially bc they rightfully didn't trust them. But the cast and audience trusts Keyleth and co 100%#it feels like you could put any other characters in this group and Of Course they'd still do roughly the same things on a macro scale#i love Orym and Liam's intent behind the character. but i. think it all boils down to his strong connection w Keyleth ;;#because of Course he'd reach out when things got bad. and of Course they would turn to her for advice.#the other three parties mentioned could Say Things and they would get Done. kinda iffy for the Nein but they could still boss ppl around#who can the Hells delegate smaller tasks to? ask to spy for them? deal with arcane batteries? no one! Because they ARE the small guys!
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his coat
#liltaire's art#digital art#critical role#critical role c2#cr2#the mighty nein#mighty nein#critrole#cr campaign two#critical role mollymauk#cr mollymauk#molly cr#mollymauk tealeaf#widomauk#heavily implied widomauk#well it's molly wearing caleb's coat for some reason#i think it's very romantic#to wear an ugliest coat just because you really LOVE the man it belongs to
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alex & henry ± shameless flirting — you know i am incorrigible, so don't "incorrige" me.
#rwrb#rwrbedit#red white and royal blue#alex x henry#firstprince#henry fox mountchristen windsor#alex claremont diaz#userninz#userveronika#usersteen#usernuria#usermaloune#userlang#chrissiewatts#userclara#mine*#they really did not care#and i love that for them#flirting like that at the dinner? have you no shame ajdfgk#alex smiling at his phone he's so down bad he's sexting his man in the middle of the campaign so openly like that
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Proud son of two moms
#critical role#critical role campaign 3#bells hells#critters#critical role fanart#laudna#fanart#imogen temult#imodna#imogen x laudna#pâté de rolo#i love him so much#i am unwell#this man#god i love him#He really does love em your honour :')
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(un)holy SHIT you guys
J'mon Sa Ord (making me gasp) in The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3, Episode 2, "Prisoners of Ank'Harel"
#HOWLING LIKE A RABID DOG. THIS IS THE BEST WAY THEY COULD HAVE ADAPTED IT#I LOVE NARRATIVES PART OF A LARGER WHOLE AND I LOVE MY BIG DEVIL MAN WHO BELIEVES IN REDEMPTION#cr spoilers#lovm spoilers#critteredit#criticalroleedit#tlovmedit#lovmedit#j'mon sa ord#zerxus ilerez#the legend of vox machina#campaign 1#critical role#mine
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A Molly drawing, for the soul :DD
#I’m really proud of this doodle actually#I love Molly so much he’s Everything to me#the circus man!! shining bright!!!#mollymauk tealeaf#critical role mollymauk#critical role fanart#cr campaign two#traditional art#lgbtq artist#critical role#fanart#cr c2#my art
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Orym would be the one member they respect 😂
#everyone loves the wee small man#critical role#critrole#critrole memes#the mighty nein#mighty nein#m9#fjord tusktooth#fjord stone#beauregard lionett#orym of the air ashari#bells hells#bell's hells#fuck everybody else#i respect you#cr spoilers#cr memes#cr shitpost#courtesy of me#cr campaign three#crit role#critrole meme#cr3#cr c3
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honestly, i think you are the coolest
and you don't even mind that i'm a broken lost soul
and i don't wanna sound all sweet and sappy
but all i wanna do is make you happy
#.png#jrwi#jrwi apotheosis#just roll with it#peter sqloint#jrwi elena#jrwi rumi#< just for tagging purposes lol#angelstone#fanart#i loved this campaign man#also kinda bullshitted elena’s dress i just wanted something simple but still like. nice for him#idk it might be kinda ugly but too late to change it#oh yeah the lyrics are from eternity with you form d.istant l.ands obsidian
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WEEKLY DORYM MOMOS N OTHER STYFF IN NO CERTAIN ORDER!! the glances robbie makes towards liam and then they don't do any morning scene :( robbie looked so excited and ready for one... its crazy the contrast between dorian and orym, and its shown perfectly in the costumes liam and robbie wore dorian's small "i love your analogies" towards orym when he explains their plan better to dorian during breakfast. orym giving himself more dex???? omg????? dorian look out buddy keyleth and vex talking about vaxxxxxx god it hurtttttssss cerkonos is literally so... UGHGHGHGH!!! (literally foetrgort he was a charatcer to begin with LOL
vox machina. thats it. thats the moment. i didn't clock very many dorym moments in this episode(lemme know if you guys caught anything else)) (so sad)!! but im guessing we'll see more romantic stuff later when shit isn't, yknow, multiple character parties.
#critical role#dorian storm#orym of the air ashari#dorym#bells hells#c3#campaign 3#cr spoilers#dorian x orym#critical role spoilers#c3e112#screaming and crying becuase no mornngng after scene#it was literally all i wanted#but its okay im fine im fine im fien#the slow burn is so slow man#also robbie daymond dnd characters need to be their own tag group#i love his characters too much
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re the first three tlovm s3 episode title teaser fr. vex getting [redacted] while standing in front of percy . i will undoubtedly have Thoughts about plot n adaption once the whole season is out but i will say people acting like vex potentially dying again is a betrayal of the arc is . i say this politely. ridiculous. vex’s most common habit aside from haggling and flirting in campaign 1 was being knocked unconscious. she required full ass resurrection spells on four separate occasions. we currently have no idea what the shape of any arc in season 3 will look like beyond broad strokes and teasing shots. if they end up wanting to incorporate the exandrian magic lore of it’s harder to come back each time you die, vex seems like the obvious opportunity to do so. please at the very least save the panic posting for when you actually have something to panic about .
#maybe this is just my ‘that’s my favourite character. i’d love to see them Die’ syndrome#but i see vex get shot i start jumping up and down and clapping. yes . yes#potentially exploring vex’s feelings on dying explicitly in the show whereas laura did it fairly subtly/internally with vex’s choices#in the campaign? i’d love to see it. potentially both vex and percy dying and getting sent to hell by ripley’s cursed gun and getting the#Where Do The People I Kill Go convo earlier?#i Would miss the true loves nat 20 don’t get me wrong. but i also think that moment hits so hard Because of the At A Table-ness of it#part of the moment isn’t just vex pleading with percy. it’s laura appealing to tal’s sense of story. it’s laura managing to break notable#Rare Crier Sam Riegel. it’s the fact that it’s a dice roll and travis encouraging matt to look and matt’s awed ‘i believe it’#and i think dialogue wise there’s some stuff with the speech itself that might not be super well suited as writing choices#versus when it was improv.#idk man i just. i’m big on letting mediums play into what mediums play into. telling the same story in different mediums is nonsensical 2 me#how you meet a story is Part of the story#tlovm spoilers#kind of#critical role
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redrawing my fav hockey memes as my topgun hockey AU part 1/?
#my goose as Quinn Hughes campaign begins today#I mean look at every photo of that man and tell me that’s not a goose expression if you’ve ever seen one#also yes I love giving Mav a cutie little tan simply because I can and i also just don’t like Tom cruise so#mav is completely separate from him in my eyes#my art#top gun 1986#digital art#top gun hockey league#nick goose bradshaw#tom iceman kazansky#pete maverick mitchell#hockey
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he deserves a bird.
#jrwi#jrwisuckening#jrwifanart#please get this man a pheasant asap#i have witnessed a single episode of this campaign and instantly fallen in love#my art
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Me this whole week
#IS IT THURSDAY YET#cr spoilers#essek thelyss#ok this is my last one I’m going to bed#Matthew Mercer man that you are#it’s giving ‘something happened that devastated your group so I’m giving you a beloved npc from a previous campaign as a treat’#like with allura in c2#anyway I can’t wait to read more meta goodnight#shouting into the void that is this little blog#can anybody hear me?#I love this game#critical role made me feel shrimp emotions#critical role
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Sometimes, Critical Role has these really dark and depressing moments, and makes you consider morality and what it means to be truly alive
And other times, the party tries to convince the enemy that they’re actually in a porno, with varying levels of confusion and embarrassment from the enemy, the DM, and probably the audience as well
#I fucking love this show man#the tonal shift between episodes is so bizarre it’s great#critical role#bells hells#critical role campaign 3#it almost feels like c3 is a weird mixture of c1 and c2 tonally#bc c1 was mostly serious with some goofy/chaotic moments#and c2 was mostly chaotic with some serious moments
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vax and kash is an incredibly underrated dynamic. both of them had a crush on keyleth and that could’ve gone very cliche men fighting over a woman but it doesn’t at all because vax is at his core an equal opportunity bisexual who is attracted to people who could kick his ass and kash is a human disaster with zero people skills so instead of them fighting over keyleth it’s just vax lowkey flirting with kash and kash having absolutely no idea what to do with that so he just makes snarky comments and stabs him and brings his sister back from the dead. unparalleled dynamic truly
#see: ‘you are a very impressive man’#‘you are handsome and capable’#‘alright cutie’#he’s a bisexual king i love him so much#also this is specifically in campaign i don’t think their dynamic is this funny in the show#but yeah vax drunkenly hitting on kash and then stone cold soberly hitting on kash is god tier#critical role#vax'ildan#kashaw vesh
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