#j'mon sa ord

[crystal-lillies]

don't mind me while I pierce the fucking sound barrier

WE GOT CALAMITY FOLKS!!! WE GOT ZERXUS!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[berrymuttbb]

LOOK AT THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!! LOOK AT THEM!!!

(They are voiced by Mara Junot a nonbinary voice actor who you may know as the voice of Shoola one of the Piltover council members from Arcane)

[deramin2]

The great thing about a show bursting with queer characters as a normalized part of the world is that the story can have sexy tragic queer villains without it being a homophobic trope.

Diversity win! The hot card shark antique collector demon is queer! But so are most of the heroes and the Emprix that sent them there. The middle age sapphics are having a moment, and so are the situationship bis.

[kazisonline]

RAISHAN AND J'MON HOLY FUCK GIMME A CHANCE DRAGONS PLSSSS THEY'RE BOTH SO GENDER!!!!

[vethbrenatto]

The Legend of Vox Machina ★ Prisoners of Ank'Harel (3x02) “You created something revolutionary, Percy.” “I have no interest in revolution.”

[jennydolfen]

Six fanarts, part 2: NPC edition! So many wonderful characters.

[jmonsaordrenaissance]

So that was a fucking lie

But lets talk about that because I love how this characterizes J'mon

Every 10ish years J'mon seeks out Zerxus to loose a game of cards against him.

Frankly I already love that for them, what a stupid thing to do and I love the idea that they collect rare artifacts for this reason (even though I do not think that is true).

Its even better when you look at the game they play. It's a talking game, a game of questions, and one with reasonably high stakes.

When you know The Thing About J'mon^tm this makes perfect sense and it's so funny to me

Spoilers under the cut, so if you don't know The Thing About J'mon come back later

Fucking brass-dragon-ass behavior there, Emprex. These fuckers just like to talk SO MUCH. A few examples from Fizban's Treasures- Dragonomicon:

Brass dragons seek out the company of other creatures that can carry on an intelligent conversation. They favor the company of such creatures over all others, often to the point of not bothering to gather minions to do their bidding and ignoring worshipers who fawn over them.

Talkative Denizens. Creatures within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair find pleasure in hearing the sound of their own voices. The air is filled with a deafening chorus of birds and small animals, and sapient creatures talk extensively.

Brass dragons often invest items in their hoards with imagined personality. A wyrmling might have a favorite marble bust or onyx cameo to converse with, while an ancient dragon might have lively dialogues with an entire gallery of paintings, statues, and tapestries.

Considered to be the most gregarious of the true dragons, brass dragons famously, or infamously, loved to talk and would engage friends and foes alike in hours of long-winded conversation... Brass dragons could not stand to let any intelligent being miss the benefit of their company and their great conversation skills because they thought themselves so great at it.

Glad to see that Devo'ssa has the opportunity to practice their natural dragon behaviors

[elle-thereafter]

J'mon Sa Ord and Zerxus Ilerez as centuries-long poker buddies, I am living for this pair up. Do they have regular Tuesday games, just to catch up and shoot the shit? Does J'mon collect Exandrian artefacts just to gamble with Zerxus? What other things do they gamble with when J'mon runs out of priceless vestiges?

And, most importantly: do they fuck?

[ludinusdaleth]

(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"

[rabbit-exe]

discovering infinite love in my heart for j'mon "I did the only responsible thing" sa ord, who in actual fact went down to visit their buddy zerxus in the hells and gambled away a powerful holy artifact after having already lost games to him several decades in a row

[suntiger745]

Emperex J'mon Sa Ord, concept art.

[annemarieyeretzian]

J’MON SA ORD

[ravendruid]

Your honor, I love them.

[hotdoghottakes]

Apparently part of my sexuality is dragons disguised as humans.

[aspiringsophrosyne]

Not every criticism of TLOVM is due to its un/faithfulness to the original stream.

Take the following scenes from the latest season, for example. Neither hails from the source material, but the contrast between them is illuminating.

(Spoilers for episodes 3x02 and 3x10 below the cut.)

Prisoners of Ank'Harel

At the climax of S3x02, J’mon accuses Vox Machina of a crime they didn’t commit; to spare the rest, Percy takes the blame, and the Emperex readies a sentence.

But J’mon doesn’t name the sentence. They only call it a transformation, and lift a headpiece over Percy. This puts it in the same frame as J’mon’s mindless guards, revealing they bear an identical design.

Based on previous episodes, I expected J'mon to explain:

“This circlet will make you as they are, prisoners and criminals I put into service to…”

You get the idea.

But there’s no further explanation. Or exposition. Instead, the show leaves visual cues so the viewers can clock Percy’s imminent fate.

(In the same vein, I appreciate they didn't outright tell us J’mon is a dragon. Raishan uses a humanoid disguise, then Vex’s dragon sense tingles in the Emperex’s presence....We can figure out what J’mon’s deal is from that.)

To The Ends of The Earth.

Compare this to the earth trial chamber scene in S3x10, ‘‘To the Ends of the Earth.’’ The Ashari council states the trial could kill Keyleth, and the chamber is a gallery of anguished-faced statues. Like with Percy’s sentence, they could’ve left it at that, especially since Keyleth will fight against turning to stone once the ritual begins.

Despite all that, Keyleth comments on the statues and prompts her teacher to explain them. In doing so, the show turns to the camera and says:

“So you get it, right? Do I need to say it again? Should I talk slower?”

This is an unnecessary exposition. At its best, it wastes time or breaks the audience’s immersion; at worst, it does both. Season one took pains to clarify that this show is for adults. “Adult” doesn’t just mean swearing, gore, and nudity; adult can also mean assuming your audience can pick up what you're putting down.

Again, neither scene is from the stream. And the first handles its exposition well, in an understated fashion. It gives us enough information to understand what’s happening without being told. But the second scene is excessive. It gives us multiple indirect hints that are good enough to get the point across, but then tells us straight out, regardless.

The second scene is an easy fix if you remove a few lines. What it lacks isn’t faithfulness but subtlety. If this show can cultivate that more often, it has the potential to be great on its own terms.

[little-miss-doe]

This circlet that turns people into the Cobalt golems?

... oh I am 1000% stealing that for my Ravenloft game.

it's nightmare fuel of the highest quality.