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ludinusdaleth · 7 months ago

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i wish people realized when someone is talking about characters such as liliana or bor'dor that not one person is asking them to worship at their altars and call them their favorite characters, but just to acknowledge that they were built as People with stories in the narrative. someone comparing them to essek isnt asking you to like them as much as essek but to see how they have all been affected by ludinus's propoganda/manipulation, and why they believe it and got to that point. if your instinct is to call any and all analyses of a villain crazy and indicative of choosing their side, im sorry you're missing out on so much juicy narrative. it will not make you suck ludinus's cock to break down what makes an antagonist tick and compare them to more protagonistic characters whose themes they expand upon.

#van speaks #liliana temult #bor'dor dog'son #critical role meta #fandom wank #the reason people discuss them isnt to annoy you personally and to accuse everyone who hates them of bigotry #it's to analyze how we as an audience are just as susceptible to cults as a character would be #and noticing that this narrative is what makes people exceptionally angry that folk want to see irl nuance of #when it was not this controversial before #i think if multiple people from cult survivors to marginalized identities have discussed how real this story is #maybe you can leave folk alone for wanting to break it down because it's an element that matters to them

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