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burr-ell · 2 years

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I didn't know there are people who like the idea of Percy/Keyleth cheating. I don't mind the ship. People can ship whatever they like. But what is the obsession with cheating?

i don't think it's a sincere concern on the part of the audience at large. honestly, people weren't prepared in general for the fact that the hells were meeting The Lord of Whitestone and not percy of vox machina, and that includes the fact that he and The Voice of the Tempest weren't going to act like old college buddies, and i think sam was kind of reacting to that in his...own way. to me it's weird that people might have needed a deeper explanation.

the answer they gave was the most realistic version of that scenario, though i can't see any party involved genuinely going for it 😂 they even said it would require vex's involvement and i can't ever see vex wanting to bring keyleth in the mix.

(this is only tangentially related to this ask, but i have no small amount of frustration with the "beaujester WOULD have happened if They didn't go for Their preferred ships instead 🙄" -> "we DESERVE imo/dna as an APOLOGY that we are OWED for beau/jester!" -> "vex definitely 100% has a crush on keyleth, she's mean to her because she likes her, being sad she missed seeing her friend is a Category Three Vex/leth Moment, source: dude trust me" pipeline. like i understand people hardcore shipping imo/dna and beau/jes, but vex and keyleth?? really??? i mean shipping is all about imagination and extrapolation, i get it, ship whatever you want, but i feel like i'm missing something when i see people insisting that vex and keyleth have all this chemistry and potential. like...keyleth putting vex on a pedestal and vex thinking keyleth's worldview is weird and a little annoying isn't chemistry sdfkjghdfsdfg)

#idk there's a certain type of fandom that descended on beau/jes imo/dna and vex/leth like vultures #and not only is it just kind of tiresome to see the same kinds of takes but they're also just the most boring versions of the dynamics #to the exclusion of almost everyone and everything else about the show (and the characters themselves)#like idk if vex and keyleth even passed the bechdel test before episode 90 #they honestly just aren't...that close? imo?? and that's honestly fine #like it's okay if vex's most important relationships are with men bc she isn't the only important female cr character #and she's played by a woman who chose to portray her that way #it's just weird to me to see people project all this chemistry onto vex and keyleth that just...doesn't exist. at all #idk if it's just wanting to complete the laura/marisha ship trifecta or what but it baffles me #(though some of those takes also come from TLOVM kind of 'wholesome uwu smol bean'-ifying keyleth)#(which ALSO annoys me bc keyleth had some frustrating and annoying moments and it was GOOD)#(and i mean. idrc about vax/keyleth but u dont need to tear it down to make vex/keyleth look better)#anyway.#critical role #asks #cr discourse

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