#i did vax and then was like 'i dont know what any of these are'

[the-trans-dragon]

What if they didn't put ads every 3 posts. Three posts between ads, literally. Not even counting the ad for Tumblr Live.

Also what if tumblr didn't know what city Im in. I do not want my location tracked or stored anywhere unless I give explicit ongoing permission, like with my GPS app that I allow to track me only when the app is open, and then it deletes the data (allegedly) when I stop giving permission.

[toytulini]

Id argue Kennedy is a bit worse than just milquetoast, im pretty sure hes also Anti-Vax

i looked up the current candidates for the 2024 presidential election in the usa and it is. really fucking bleak.

democrats:

joe biden - current president. doing...ok. he's pro trans rights and has been doing some good stuff to fight climate change, but he's like a hundred years old and

robert f kennedy jr - seems to have decent opinions on a lot of policy, but thinks that chemicals in the water are making kids transgender and has suggested that covid is a conspiracy by ashkenazi jews and chinese people

marianne williamson - anti vaxxer apparently, also i guess thinks love is the only thing that will defeat trump

republicans:

ryan binkley - conservative pastor that thinks marriage is "between one man and one woman", anti choice, wants to Build A Wall

doug burgum - republican governor that has actively passed anti trans legislation, anti regulation (unless what you're regulating is trans people ig????)

chris christie - is apparently opposed to bans on gender affirming care, but vetoed a bill allowing trans people to change their gender marker, anti choice

ron desantis - i feel like i don't need to explain

larry elder - denies systemic racism and wants police to be harder on crime, anti crt and dei, pretty solidly anti trans

nikki haley - anti choice, extremely anti trans, anti immigrant, supports israel while also having an evangelical pastor who has a history of antisemitism and racism and queerphobia open for one of her events

will hurd - doesn't seem too horrendous, not noticeably anti trans, but supports 15 week abortion ban

asa hutchinson - great value brand trump

perry johnson - was republican candidate for governor of michigan but was disqualified due to fraudulent ballot signatures

mike pence - yeah

vivek ramaswamy - "anti wokeism", would pass a law requiring teachers to disclose to parents if they found out their kid is trans, supports bans on gender affirming care, wants to end sanctuary cities and address mental health through "faith based approaches", hedge fund bro

tim scott - said that america is not a racist country and the biggest problem facing black people is "fatherlessness incentivized by welfare", opposes same sex marriage and gender affirming care and thinks democrats are using school to "indoctrinate children"

corey stapleton - montana secretary of state, couldn't find much abt him

donald trump - donald trump

independent

cornel west (green party) - seems really cool actually but two party system will fuck him over

i hate the two party system so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also congrats to the dems for yet another milquetoast kennedy, and congrats to the republicans for having the most racially diverse list of racist and transphobic candidates!!!

[ludinusdaleth]

You're honestly so right re: adaptation bc I think people cannot process that outside of a DND medium absolutely nothing in CR.... Works. I won't pretend I'm not critical of some decisions but folk act like they've never seen an adaptation before????? Even among good adaptations I don't think these people could even survive the HDM series.

hdm is honestly a really good pull because i would consider that the pinnacle of "objectively good adaptations with just enough changes it makes me squirm a little". i personally really dont like how they modernized the setting. or leaving out the part of the lost boys funeral where lyra screams at them for not respecting his dead fish/daemon. or how slow wills plot is in s1.

but it is beyond that a good adaptation. it hits and expands on every theme and plot point. i couldnt really ask for a better one.

i think lovm is presently infinitely better than hdm in hitting what matters. i dont like every part of it - i wish keyleths guilt-anger was developed more, or that her & vax werent so damn difficult conceptually to portray without problems any way you slice it - but im pretty stunned by everything else. i like c1 enough but i think a lot of lovm elevates it. ripley is more interesting to me here personally. i love how they changed the dawnmartyr subplot. and i like that it can mash future developments & the larger world in without it feeling forced and in fact adding to the scale of vox machina's heroism. and im really excited for expanded geopolitics & larger focus in m9's adaptation too! because i know things physically could never be a 1/1 in any adaptation, of anything, on planet earth. it would be boring, reductive, & at times even ignorant of modern politics if they did. i very purposely didnt come here to watch vm as it was and it surprises me that folk did. i ask m9 animated to be different. i ask bh animated to be different. maybe they will all misstep but it's all made with love and that is functionally all that matters to me. folk act like this is some wolverine origins deadpool level butchering when all i see are tweaks that dont matter to folk who are patient and dont obsess over every detail to a point of possession.

i just.... really, really dont get the anger over adaptation. i never have. the source always exists. just go to it, problem solved. if the literal creators are involved in the adaptation i do think they generally know what they want more than fans ever will and they have the maturity in creation to understand how to adapt a medium and compromise through that.

[vaguely-human-man]

Being queer and at least somewhat politically active/aware in the south rn is so surreal. Like. Wake up, check the group chat to discover the newest horrific ordinance our local gov is trying to implement. Arrange plans for people to go speak against it. Listen to your friend vent about almost getting arrested for trying to verbally defend themselves against a council person who openly misgendered and belittled them. Read the newest notes about safety and security. Go to a weekly meeting and play card games and drink coffee and register everyone to vote.

Remind each other over and over. Do not engage. Do not get angry. Just keep smiling. Be polite, do not debate. Just say what you have to say. Show who you are to the best of your ability. Try to show these people that we're human too. Do not show fear, aggression, or anything resembling what you actually feel right now. It will get us nowhere.

Focus on the arguments they'll actually listen to. Focus on the money. The time. The feasibility. They've already decided we aren't human so ask a different question. Who's gonna check everyone's ID before they use the bathroom? Are you really gonna make every business with only one bathroom build a second one to comply with the ridiculously specific language written here? Is this decision based on any actual statistics about trans people being predators? Do you expect citizens to police their fellow people? What is this really about?

Lose anyway. Console each other with snacks and show-and-tell while discussing how to turn this failure into momentum. Start talking about it to everyone you know. The first article hits in less than 24 hours. Queer orgs in other parts of the state are offering support and lawyers.

You're all different ages ranging from early 20s to late 40s. You all have day jobs, volunteer work, and families. You are some of the most politically informed people alive whether you want to be or not. None of you want to be doing this. You want game nights without an undercurrent of tension, you want festivals and parades without always keeping your ears tuned for gunfire. But instead you spend meeting nights strategizing, organizing, working to weave support networks at every opportunity. Do you need a ride to vote? Did everyone check their registration? Who's bringing food, who's covering the vegan and dairy-free option? Is everyone up to date on their Covid vax? Who's going to the action two towns over, who needs coaching on how to go about it? Who needs a ride? Here's the latest laws we should be aware of. Here's a meme about how angry we all are.

And the council person says 'I love you. I respect you. But I don't want you in the bathroom with my grandkids."

And the group chat says 'Dont go to this business, they called me a slur'

And your mother says 'youre overreacting'

And your world gets narrower. Your friends get more tired. More and more resource packets get compiled. Where to get healthcare- trans or general. Where to get help for college, employment, housing. Where to get therapy. Where to get a haircut.

Time marches on. The walls feel like they're closing in. You hold them back together with all your might.

You scream. Together. Often, intentionally. Take genuine time to yell out your frustrations before going back to work.

You fall in love over and over with the people around you. Listen to their hopes and their dreams, watch the way their fire ignites when we make genuine steps forward. Watch how it dims when we go backward.

Keep going. Wake up. Eat anything you can manage to swallow. Reach a hand out to your siblings. Hold them close. Take a walk in the fresh air to try and feel better. Keep going. Keep going. Keep fighting. Take a deep breath, hold on to hope with both hands like it's the only thing that can save you because it is. Keep going.

And it's just that. Over and over again, with no clear end in sight. But dammit. You and your bunch of misfits are gonna bring about that end with your bare hands if it kills you.

[wingkink]

ok ok tlovm dump post so im not making a new post every time i have any thoughts

they didnt have to animate the dragons Like That . but they did . <3 for us

omg wait i fuckin. forgor about vorugal. sorry top 5 all time fight i dont even care. hey what do you mean the plate of the dawnmatyr has felled dragons before. WHY IS THE PLATE IN ANKHAREL.

ok sure change stuff <3 like whatever

they couldve. made the wing emerging/retracting animation more erotic . for the boys.

if they dont give us the stealth roll walk of shame i will kill myself btw sorry.

ok sorry to keep talking about this WAIT SHAUN ok got sidetracked a sec there anyway. what, narratively and /or thematically is the reason for putting the plate in ank'harel as opposed to the cloak. and i think im missing one. ripley had 2 no? OH whisper. god i am so sorry. also jmon canonically HAS a vestige and it's none of those . so what are we doing here. maybe all will be revealed. im still gonna complain tho dw

like WHERE is ripley at this point anyway.

this bitch did not just say "emprex". I WENT BACK HE DID. KILL YOURSELFFFFFFFFFF

please financially compensate me for this

are they BREAKING IN to the palace. im fucking crying . actually to be honest i dont remember how they got in the first time. i literally only remember like 2 things from ankharel OH RIPLEY <3

robbing jmon is so much more insane than robbing a random merchant who has the cloak. OHHHHHHHH THE CLOAK BABYYYY

Black Cabals believers are fucking winning soooooo big . everyone who said it was red can seethe. omg orthax! ok im remembering so many fun things hahaha

no kynan im noticing. did that not happen in lovm?

it's so important to remembering watching this + the e2 intro especially that vax is going to die that end. like to keep that in my heart and soul and mind at all moments. are those snowdrops. fair enough man

i am sooooo scared to see jmon. im putting my beautiful delicate sensitive soul in their hands here.

sure. ruby of the sea. whatever

i LOVE YOU cabal's ruin!!! also i finished my chocolate milk at this point so the rest of the episodes are going to get worse reviews.

kaylie <3

yay percy built a bomb

btw havent said it yet but im sure this portrayal of marquet is suuuuuper respectful and everyone is really happy about it

OHHHHH they are beautiful. god i want them so bad . i dont know if i fw the voice!!! but the eyes are perfect . the height!!!! what's with the baby dragon tho!

hey they can put that tiara on me any time. dont like the implications of them having it !

SHUT UP. DONT CARE. SHOW DRAGON

STOP ZOOMING ON PERCAHLIA.

SHOW. DRAGONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SEX SCENES

NOT THAT DRAGON

"oh omg they said zerxes omg" OK WHATEVER. ARE WE GETTING DEVOSSA OR NO

oh ok theyre back at whitestone . ok whatever ! i'll kill myself! who cares!

"our future is clouded with misery" yeah!!!! helll yeah brother! let's get that bag!!

also the decision to make the sex scene explicit is crazy. i need that elaborated on immediately

i just remembered the spire also. im rusty. do u think theyll bring yenk back from the hells to fight vorugal. genuinely fight of all time

interested to see how this goes!! being hells rather than plane of fire

oh i am remembering so much that percy is TWENTY THREE. he shouldve been at the CLUB

WAIT RACHEL HOUSE?????? ok bro whatever. guess anyone can be in this

ok i fw indira varma as allura so much

just to summarise. no devossa, not addressed at all that they even exist beyond vex's dragon sense going off briefly . no mention of previously killing thordak. no offer to help. no flute. what are we fucking doing here man

[cleromancy]

heres the thinglike. there are some things i would have to do if it ever came up in a batman story that. aren't headcanons i just need to do it or else it would feel like a chekovs gun in the back of my head. like it would be ooc for either preboot jason or roy to care overmuch about trigger discipline - like when you read devins arsenal mini the reason roy gives for stopping using guns altogether is to set a better example for his daughter. by not using that particular type of deadly projectile weapon unlike the. other types he continues to use. and thats like. okay roy thats great i guess but MORE IMPORTANTLY im glad youre not letting her play with the unloaded guns on your living room floor anymore! ya dingus! and then in outsiders he goes right back to using guns. including special modfied ones after he gets shot five times. still guns! and you can headcanon/reconcile that however you want - EYE sure do - but thats whats on the page. jason is jason and cheerfully tucks loaded guns into his waistband which is yk its fun its sexy and if another writer is in charge of it im not worried but if i was writing it id be like jason peter todd you are going to land wrong in the rubble and that firearm is gonna shoot your asscheek clean off and rhen where will you be. and you have to assume he knows what hes doing bc again its jason and thats the kind of thing hes good at. but it would be in the back of my head driving me crazy. just put them in a holster and quit waving them around like that.

the other thing is the batcave and rabies. absolutely no one goes down there unless they 1. are fully vaxxed and they DID have to figure out smt for the Kryptonians bc just bc bats cant bite thru their skin (under normal circumstances) doesnt mean they couldnt possibly contract it other ways unless they can rule them out (im not up to date on kryptonian biology lore but i have to assume its about as consistent as any of dcs other lore I.E not very). and 2. are capable of communicating it if a bat comes anywhere near them for "just in case" shots. absolutely no non-bat animals in the batcave. all the (human) bats have a rabies spiel and it is fucking terrifying. shivers down your spine cold sweats cujo whomst terrifying. Cass lived in this cave btw. the rabies cave full of rabies. like full on lived there for a while.

so yk. things that arent supported by canon - at least partially bc other writers clearly do not feel the same way as me - and i dont want or need them to. but for *me* i would have to do jt bc otherwise they feel like a loaded gun on the wall or in this case tucked into jays waistband. do you get it now

[timaeusterrored]

The love interests with Kerry’s kids because why not?

Kerry didn’t really tell them he had kids, he didn’t think it’d ever come up. It did and now everyone is like “are we??? What do we??” And Kerry is like “I’m not expecting any of you to step up or act like their parents. I don’t expect it from V either. You don’t even have to meet them if you don’t want too.” …they want too.

Okay JUDY doesn’t but that’s because she’s uneasy around children but she’ll stay. They do get presentable for Louise though because she’s not exactly thrilled to have to deal with whatever complicated mess Kerry has gotten himself into.

River is a pro. He has his niece and nephew, Ted thinks he’s cool because he’s a detective and Kim likes to get piggy back rides from him. He also has the patience of a saint and doesn’t let Ted’s attitude get to him because he can understand what that’s like, and how frustrating it could be to be in a situation like he’s in. Louise approved too.

V, we already know is a nervous wreck. He’s Kerry’s mainline of COURSE he’s gonna be a nervous wreck. Kim likes him and already thinks of him as her second Dad, Ted especially has a bone to pick with him because he thinks V is the thing keeping his dad from them (he’s not). Ted also didn’t take it lightly finding out he’s a merc, and immediately got danger signs. Louise likes him, after getting to know him she likes him and thinks he’s a cutie, just dont come home covered in blood when they are there, Vax.

Panam, she learns. She’s a quick learner. She also learned that Ted likes things he’s never seen before. So what’s she gonna do? Take him out to the badlands and do a race with V. Okay MAYBE she’d like to be the cool aunt, so what? She wins of course and can see that Ted thought that was the coolest fucking thing ever.. then V tackles her to the ground and begins to wrestle with her. Kerry is laughing happily.. and She’s Ted approved.

Judy has no fucking idea what to do with kids. What does one do with the tiny one? The older one is just grumpy. V gets her over one day when it’s just him and Kerry and the kids and let’s her figure it out. She then realized that V had kid proofed his phone (as in no Kerry nudes as his background) and she teaches Ted the basics to hacking and braindancing, safely. With Kim, Judy learned that girl loves cuddles, and just spending time with her in general so she likes to sit and watch Kim draw and just lets her talk for hours. Kim AND Ted approved.

[softness-and-shattering]

Purim Gifts 2024 fic exchange letter -

Generally, 

DNW anything to do with harry potter, or a tragedy, everyone dies, oppression sucks, and life is awful vibe. No intense bigotry or invalidating someone's identity. Nothing super nasty. Im mostly looking for lighthearted fluff, fun, mischief, and good feelings. Im not averse to tension, action, mystery, smut etc. as long as its overall upbeat and hopeful. Approximately kids media level villainy. Bonus points for queerness and or disability (If youre wondering what counts, whatever you think does. Im very inclusionist). Mostly looking for various celebrations of Purim or Jewishness.

Fandom specific vibes, for your perusal: Edit: Ran out of steam so do what you want. :) The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi Id love to see more of the Jewish boyfriend tbh, but also the whole crew is just fantastic.  A League of Their Own (TV 2022) There's just so much missed opportunity that the only canon Jew is Shirley. Shaw should be Jewish. Greta could be. Esti. They could have cute Jewish lesbian bonding over Shabbos candles or something. Getting everyone involved in a gift exchange. Going in drag to the gay bar. Finding a Megilla reading that doesnt coincide with a game. Anything with Bertie. Theres so much potential.  Alex Stern - Leigh Bardugo This one might be more angsty. I just desperately want more Alex and her relationship to her Judaism. Did it hurt to pawn that kiddish cup? What was her grandmothers house like, what food did it smell of? Does she sing herself Ladino lullabies? Does she observe in any way on her own? (Also that chai necklace burning up in hell — I have to know how the magic realism intersects with Jewishness). Something sweet with her friends or fellow Lethe people is cool too, maybe something to do with the artifacts in El Bastone. Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson Im thinking Mistborn might mesh best but honestly go wild. Stormlight is probably my favourite, Rysn and Chiri-Chiri, Navani and Raboniel, Shallan, the trans king from the walking island. Marasi and Steris my autistic blorbos. Maybe something weird with Kelsier. Critical Role (Web Series) Im thinking Jester and Nott and pastries and mischief. Im not super caught up on campaign 3 Im up to Bassuras, Ive seen most of two and a good bit of one and would prefer no major spoilers. There's no character that I really dont like (unless im supposed to dislike them TRENT IKITHON). “I hope you find someone to mourn you when you’re gone”. Woof.  Probably mighty nein are my favourite but I also have big feelings about Ashton and chronic pain, Percy, Vax, Vex, Kiki, Gilmore. Mollymauk. I hope this is useful information lol. 

Dead End: Paranormal Park (Cartoon) Supernatural elements please

Emelan - Tamora Pierce

Lady Astronaut of Mars series - Mary Robinette Kowal  Purim in spaaaaace

One Piece  Pirate Jews, or an island of Jews please. Pokemon Pokemon involved in mishloah manot please!

Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce Kel is just my favourite. The Strange Case of Starship Iris (Podcast) Brian Jeeter. Trans space Jew Brian Jeeter. The Locked Tomb pretty much anything tbh. This one also I expect a slightly higher angst level just by nature of the story. As long as there's also sweetness.

Tortall - Tamora Pierce 

Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers  Jews on the human fleet. Ai Jews? lots of fun opportunities.

When the Angels Left the Old Country - Sacha Lamb 

Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski  / The Witcher (TV) Its Polish. Its vaguely medieval europe fantasy. There should be Jews. and Jewish food. 

[ithisatanytime]

bladee & ecco2k - 5 star crest (nightcore)

its no secret that you can live a relatively healthy and succesful life in the west by simply paying attention to what jews are saying on television and social media and simply doing the opposite, they want me to get vaxxed? i think ill sit this one out, and everyone who took the advice is at BEST no better off and many are having strokes etc etc. this is no longer any big secret,  all americans feel that something went “off” right around the sixties, we all intrinsicly know this, they try to lie and slander a decade of all things! the fifties were actually like this; movie about a n word saying man. its fucking painfully transparent. so these are no longer hot takes, heres the next hot take. when did the drug war start? the sixties, isnt it funny how jews pretty much ran the entire west from the sixties on and everything they enacted from that point forward was intended to harm us, except that whole drug war thing they were looking out for us.

 women in particular are small minded about drugs, there is a reason alcohol remains legal and was only ever briefly made illegal despite being far and away the most destructive drug and also being by far the worst as far as cost benefit analysis, not only is it legal but its socially acceptable.

 jews dont want methed up roided out rifle owning white boys killing them, they want them drunk and useless not stimmed up and beefy. my experience with these drugs were very atypical but look who invented them and for what purpose. smoking cigarettes is also literally good for you if you are a man btw, i dont mean the costs outway the benefits i mean its literally just good for you, their cancer studies it turns out were fucking bullshit, i just found out about a year ago, absolutely atrocious “science”. cigarettes are both the most powerful legal stimulant you can buy (meth light) and on top of that its the literal ONLY legal thing you can do period that will raise your testosterone in a significant manner, and it does this like an aromatase inhibitor, so it raises FREE blood testosterone while simultaneously lowering estrogen, it also has nueroprotective qualities, like massive protection against alzheimers, not just statistically significant improvement, MASSIVE improvement over not smokers and the more you smoke the LESS likely you are to die from alzheimers, isnt that just quakin crazy jimbo? never trust jews, every part of your deeply held morality that was a literal non issue 200 years ago, discard it immediately that was installed in you but your fucking enemy. take meth, use roids, kill satans army, never listen to women or their thralls

[cursedauxiliary]

Dreams Feb 17

I went to a fancy celebrity party where there was ppl like Walter White and ht ecast of gravity falls but real. I was wearing my flower earrings except they were pierced into me cheeks which hurt like hell so I have tu take the stoppers out of my reg ear earrings to put onto them, Walter was very nice complimented my look bc he said it works by having a rounder face (it was like a dad being proud type of compliment) I gave him a hug. Then the party moved over to the back and the front became like a convenience store with snacks and Gatorade. I was still fiddling with my face piercings. Next thing you know the conscience store starts to look more like a home with couches windows, a kitchen and some windows. I was bored and went on discord and was devastated to find the one art server I lile discontinued but thankfully it was just an internet glitch. Then there came a knocking and this pudgy dude tries coming in hes like this big anti vax sexist dude and I kick his ass and push him out of the house, he drops his fake med card that he flaunts and I pick it up. I lock the doors n windows, his buddy comes to join him saying how I'm gonna get sued for assault but I say it's my house and yadda yadda you dont have any documents proving shit, and he goes sure we do amd pulls out his med card, remember his pudgy guy dropped his, this makes him furious bc now all the points he made were obsolete and just embarrassed himself. They argue, I throw the card onto the card and go "uhh is that it" and they turn and grab it, this makes the partner just so pissed and humiliated that he just says "yknow what I'm sorry, we dont have to sue each other, if you want we add money to the proceedings, have it get canceled and you can get the untaxed cash later" that seemed a bit uh sketch so I refused, and the 2 dudes went on there way bc apparently the beliefs are mostly for show to get money from stupid ppl willing to donate and angry ppl to sue.

Then the dream changed, I was like sully from monsters inc and me and my were going thru diff doors to help kids, no longer just making them laugh, but neglected ones lile cleaning them and their place up and well medical treatment. Sometimes when stuck outside we would be in a human form disguise. Lo and behold we get caught outside si we become human and mistaken as the babysitters for this family's kids. They run around and play and then this girl seizes up and freezes, she starts to flail on the ground scratching and hissing. It looked like rabies ngl, everyone comes over concern and strap her down to take her to the hospital but she quickly ends up dying and now it's become a thing where we have to figure out the disease. Due the rapid onset of symptoms and decline of the body, I think we determined it to be some kind of fungus, since we were playing outside, (def nothing irl bc lile nothing just has such a short incubation time and just straight kills the host... I think).

I leave and take s car ride through the country that I thought was Michigan bc of how flat and fieldy it was but I could just straight up see NYC and its skyline so I thought oh I'm in Connecticut (the geography does not make sense) and all it did was reassure my belief that, god I have to live near some terrain I cannot stand flat

[mid-nighttiger]

fancy vox machina

[papa-poutine]

Anyway if you're not gonna get vaccinated hurry up and die so the rest of us can get on with our lives (vent in tags watch out 🤪)

[andragoras-in-vanity]

i need to lay on someones chest like totoro

[blorbologist]

What if: Perc’ahlia Atlantis AU? With accompanying screenshot redraw

(Primary ref + Ideas under the cut)

Getting this out of the way, but I swapped the roles here to avoid the white savior trope as best I can - I see Vex and Vax as mixed no matter the AU, (my usual HC is Métis) and Percy is... the palest white bread, so! Congratulations whiteboy, you and Cass get to be Atlantians. I also did not draw any of the blue body paint the Atlantians have in the film, because I, too, am white as hell and do not want to overstep, given my culture has no such history.

Vex and Vax, disowned by Syldor, are desperate to earn money and end up roped into this outlandish expedition. Most likely due to their mother tongue being a close linguistic cousin to the Atlantian language, plus some relevant skills (both are archaeologists by education, though they haven’t had much practice due to uh Life; ofc they get their rogueish and ranger-ish skillsets too)

Doesn’t matter who gets the team together (Uriel? Allura? Gilmore?) - the point is Delilah and Sylas are overseeing the operation, filling roles similar to Rourke and Helga in the film. Maybe Ripley gets to tag along who knows.

Is Sylas still a vampire and Delilah a necromancer? Who knows I dont, maybe they played a role in Atlantis’ original downfall idk

The rest of Vox Machina are part of the expedition: Keyleth as a geologist with a passion for paleontology (there are SO many prehistoric easter eggs in the film and Kiki gets to freak out on my behalf). She’s literally the only person here for pure curiosity and thrill of discovery like Milo in the original film. Pike pretty much gets to take over Sweet’s role as the doctor, while Scanlan gets to be the mechanic just because I think it’d be very funny to have him sing while working only to break out into cussing. Grog gets demolitions because Yes. Gilmore might be with them if he’s not funding the expedition, though how he wouldn’t throw down with Sylas I have no clue.

Atlantis is similar to the film, except every bit about the power source is replaced with Residuum. Percy and Cass are the only de Rolos left after the cataclysm - no clue how the rest of the family died, but a thousand years wasn’t enough to get over it. Percy is likely technically the heir, but off messing with tech so much that Cass has to run the place (to her exasperation - and boy does shit go badly for her being in charge with the Briarwoods here to profit off her civilization). Main difference is that the cataclysm resulted in most knowledge about maintaining and creating tech being lost, and if not lost abandoned due to concerns about history repeating itself. Because yeah, how many ‘fantasy airbike mechanics’ got into that bubble? Not many I bet.

Percy, however, is still a tinkerer and trying to reverse engineer the old tech, but the lost language and a few other missing puzzle pieces frustrate his attempts to do so. So he’s very enthusiastic about these strangers showing up - especially when Vex is eager to help him out (she’s likely initially seeing huge dollar signs, but comes around very quickly).

Orthax is involved somehow. No clue What the bugger is doing but he’s here. Maybe encouraging Percy to use the power to fucking nuke everything to protect the city? 

That’s just about all I have for this AU. Not much, but! Figured it was worth sharing, especially paired with art <3

Heavily referenced this screenshot of Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire. I’m learning to draw people, and Atlantis’ style is a favorite of mine - so, two birds and one stone: got to learn by practicing and give some life to a lil AU that hasn’t left me alone all day.

[vethbrenatto]

Here we go again: TLOVM Thoughts Part 2

Episode 4 Thoughts:

oooh miss delilah is pressed about her book

give scanlan back his instruments >:(

Delilah’s graveyard scene was INSANE

my poor pikey,,, even her light cantrips won’t work

Pike’s scene trying to connect to the Everlight but only finding empty darkness legitimately made me tear up

The pike/grog scene… my heart….

I think the split up of character was very intelligent - playing on close character pairings (pike/grog, Percy/keyleth, vex/vax, and then instead of putting scanlan where he’d usually go with grog and pike, which frees up grog from goofing off so he can have his emotional moment with pike)

the gore was a little much at points but I did find the monster sufficiently scary

A monster grabbed grog through the boobs????

The darkness monsters defeated by light thing was a bit cliche but worked really well narratively with both keyleth and pike’s story beats and with the d&d concept of vulnerabilities

I AM GOOPED GAGGED DEAD AT PIKE’S GOODBYE. FAVORITE SCENE OF THE SHWO SO FAR. WHAT IF I NEED YOU? YOURE THEIR LIGHT NOW. THE ZOOM ON SCANLANS FACE AS VM WALKS AWAY FROM PIKE. PIKE STANDING ALONE AAAA

Best Characterization of the ep: grog, pike

Episode 5 Thoughts:

“Crime doesn’t pay, but it is entertaining” was SUCH a line delivery, thank u gilmore

Vax and Gilmore flirting while keyleth is stuck in a finger trap is poetic cinema

I am now looking at every shot with horses from the lens of the animator who hates drawing horses

Percahlia banter continues to be cute

I literally had to pause the video to scream because of the grog and pike content. The way grog can’t hear her and is worried about how the group will fare without her I can’t-

Keyleth with her glowing green eyes and fangs go off babe

The bag falling over the cliff is MY villain origin story

Why do professor anders be shaped like that fjkskdkfk

OH MY GOD THE KID WITH PIKES SYMBOL FUCK FUCK SUN TREE FUCK THIS IS GONNA GUT ME HUH

the little vaxleth scene with the vine bracelet honestly I liked better than any canon original vaxleth alonetime scene sjjfkfkf

The rakshasa callback oh my god and then keyleth drowning a man in lava that was hilarious SHHH GO TO SLEEP

The return of stubby 🥺

Okay yep the sun tree scene wrecked me.

Best characterization: keyleth, vax, grog

Episode 6 Thoughts:

The little coleader squabble was so cute

I can get a beret!

The door bit while front door team succeeds on their mission is great

I FELL OUT OF THE WINDOW

Percy fucking covered in smoke: oh yeah my gun just does that :)

You just went full demon percy you can’t go “I have a sister” NOW

Best characterization: percy

Some Faves:

Favorite Characterization Overall: Pike, Grog Best Comedic Characterization: Keyleth (ngl mostly for the lava bit) Favorite Episode: Episode 4 (but honestly, all were great)

honestly, i found this batch of episodes had a lot more hitters in terms of jokes that worked. there were still quite a few swings and misses, but there were a lot more jokes that i genuinely laughed at in this batch than in the first few episodes. and the plot? WOOF!

i can understand why people were worried about this diverting attention from CR main because i dont know how im going to think about anything BUT this for the next ten hours

[randoimago]

Hello! May I please requests Percy, Vax, Vex, and Scanlan with an S/O who doesn't understand human interaction much, and so they thought the best gift they could give would be reviving the character's dead relatives but also doesn't know enough to realize that zombies dont count as reviving people?

S/O Gifting Dead Parents Due to not Knowing Social Cues

FANDOM: Critical Role

Character(s): Vax’ildan, Vex’ahlia, Scanlan Shorthalt, Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski De Rolo III

Type of Request: Headcanons

Word Count: 295

Note(s): Wow this got dark quickly.

Percy

First of all, good luck finding the bodies because the Briarwoods absolutely desecrated them.

Okay but he’d be a bit impressed that you managed to break into the family crypts but that isn’t enough to hide his rage.

He knows human interaction isn’t your thing, but to attempt to bring back his family? They went through hell and deserve to rest now!

Percy would make someone else explain to you why what you did is stupid and obviously bad.

Scanlan

So Scanlan hasn’t told anyone about his mother that much besides her name. This is information he trusted you with.

Like don’t even try explaining to Scanlan why you did what you did because this is information only you know!

You have betrayed his trust so badly and he really doesn’t want to talk to you or have anything to do with you now, really.

Will tell you to stay away from both him and Kaylie.

Vax and Vex

Both of them react pretty much the same way with being hurt and betrayed.

I mean, they probably don’t even know where their mother’s body is since she was killed by Thordak.

Like Vex would sense you were planning something before you did it and she’d try to talk and stop you then. 

Like why couldn’t you just get them flowers or something instead? Sure you’re absolute shit at acting like a person, but not once have they mentioned wanting their mother back from the grave. They miss her but not that badly.

General Consensus

If an S/O did this for any of them then that relationship is going to be over. It doesn’t matter the reasoning because that’s fucked up and they’ve all been through hell. To be presented with a zombie of a dead relative would be enough for them.