#matt is a pretty good mccree

[wychelm]

there's a video of matt mercer and crispin freeman playing overwatch together as mccree and winston and they just keep getting berated by dudes about team comp and it's just.....2real

[childofaura]

Matt Mercer?

Ahh, Matt Mercer, AKA Troy Baker's "I know a guy". I honestly respect the friendship between those two for Troy to help him out like that.

SO, Matt Mercer plays Ryoma, Shigure, Azama, and... Chrom.

Performance, I have absolutely no issues with. I personally think Matt had the most fun with Azama, especially his "Summoning? Forcing poor souls to fight? Ghastly... but also quite whimsical, so count me in!". There was a very genuine level of glee in his voice while he was playing Azama, which means we need another Azama alt, lol. Ryoma and Shigure were both really well performed too, since Ryoma's voice is stern and commanding while Shigure's is light and inviting.

I just don't have much positive to say about Chrom, though. And that's not on Mercer at all, Chrom is just... bland and boring. I mean I guesssss the emotion is ok? But like I said, Ryoma, Azama, and Shigure are where you really get to hear Matt's performance shine.

And I think he fits all these characters well! Even though it's not FEH, his singing voice as Shigure is incredibly beautiful to listen to, so I think he was perfectly cast as him. And he has the low-key asshole voice of Azama perfectly XD But I just can't hate Azama, he's too funny.

Now range, I think he's pretty great; I wouldn't say it's anything super crazy like some of the other actors I've talked about, but it's definitely more serviceable than a couple of FEH actors. There's a nice big jump between someone like Ryoma and someone like Shigure. Although looking outside of FEH, you can see he's got some crazier range like McCree (No I don't give a shit about Blizzard renaming him).

Overall, Matt Mercer's an 8/10. I like his acting and he does a good job!

[fantasysoupbowl]

Hey, super random, but I just finished Fantasy High about a week ago and it was my first dnd campaign thing-y and now I’m kinda bummed I’m out of content. Do you have any recommendations for other dnd podcasts/shows? And just btw love ur art, it’s super pretty!!!

I’d say if you liked Fantasy High, check out the other Dimension 20 campaigns like The Unsleeping City (New York RPG), or A Crown of Candy (Candyland but political ™️), or some of the sidequests like Tiny Heist (Toy Story-esque concept), or Escape from the Bloodkeep (buncha bad guys being dorks). All of them are awesome and I think you can catch most of them free on the youtube channel. The former two have the same cast as Fantasy High, but the latter two have different people (but Brennan is still the DM). Dropout.TV has a bunch of awesome stuff like Misfits and Magic, Mice and Murder, and the continuation the main quests!

Outside of Dimension 20, I’d suggest NADDPOD (Not Another D&D Podcast), it’s DM’d by Murph with Emily as a PC and sometimes Brennan drops by as a guest! I’ve not personally listened, but I’ve heard it fucks majorly. It’s pretty long but I heard it’ll fuck you up in the best way.

Then you got the other two of the big three of D&D shows, Critical Role and The Adventure Zone!

Critical Role is probably the biggest D&D show there is, Matt Mercer (McCree, Jotaro, Levi Ackerman, and a shit ton of other characters) is the DM and it’s super cool! However, it’s super super long and takes a while to get into, and may feel a bit dry to some. It’s probably the most serious and true-to-form D&D show out of the main ones as a high-fantasy quest-type adventure. (at least i think. only seen like 30 mins of one ep)

The Adventure Zone (TAZ) is a balance between Critical Role and Dimension 20 I’d say. Not quite as serious and dark as CR but not as ridiculous as D20. The cast is made up of the McElroys, three brothers and a dad, all three of which are fuckin hilarious. Once again, it’s kinda long, but I know a lotta people who are really into it! This is the show I think I’m least familiar with, but there you go.

There are a bunch of other podcasts that are really good but these are the main ones I can think of at the moment. Hope that helps!!

[loquaciousquark]

Talks Machina Highlights - Critical Role C2E64 (May 28, 2019)

Another week, another adventure into the the wild and dangerous minds of BWF and his wacky sidekicks. I have to say, the quality of Critical Recap has increased dramatically since it first started. Awesome job, Dani! Tonight’s preroll is the celebration of the birthdays of Laura & Liam, which is today, May 28. For those who don’t know, this shared birthday is why they decided to create twins in the first campaign.

Tonight’s guests: Taliesin Jaffe & Matt Mercer.

Tonight’s announcements: Next Monday, June 3, the episode with Ashley Johnson of Between the Sheets will finally air at 7PM Pacific. Brian says she hates talking about herself, but he got her to open it up. They’re already filming season 3 of Between the Sheets, and that will drop monthly episodes once it begins airing. The My Little Pony oneshot, led by Mark Hulmes from High Rollers, will air this Friday night, May 31, at 7PM Pacific. Roger Craig Smith will be one of the special guest stars on that episode. Tales of Equestria will be loaded to YT on Sunday. Denver Pop Culture Con will be this coming weekend. Limited photo and autograph tickets are still available.

Episode 64: A Dangerous Chase

CR Stats: The phrase “end of the day” was used 11 times this episode. 5 things were invented: “don’t shoot the messenger,” “don’t beat a dead horse,” “par for the course,” the game of golf, and ravioli. Laura held Jester’s astonished look for 15 seconds. CR has now aired over 800 hours in total.

DMing for Colbert was surreal for Matt. It was a week one pipe dream for Matt, which means he was a little afraid it would be a letdown. As soon as they began talking about Stephen’s history, he started feeling more comfortable, but it wasn’t until he saw the first cut the next day where he realized how great it had been. He hopes it isn’t the last opportunity they have to play together. They managed to raise over $100,000 for Red Nose Day.

Caduceus is taking a Mary Poppins approach to talking to people as a way of teaching by example. He hopes people will realize that you don’t have to always use violence to get the information you want. Taliesin, on the other hand, realizes that will never happen. Matt talks about how much he really likes the the impact Caduceus has had on the game, and both Tal & Matt talk about the 3-4 day planning session they had on what high wisdom/low int looks like. “That’s rough, buddy.” “Ahh, that’s exactly what that looks like.”

The M9′s deception during Speak with Dead was a little better than Matt had anticipated, so he gave away a little more information than he’d originally intended. Tal talks about how this must have been something Clay watched happen many times growing up in a funeral home, seeing his family Speak with Dead in order to give peace to a grieving family. It’s an interesting juxtaposition of seeing something his family used a bunch of times growing up being used in a very different way now.

The Charis DC was just because it was a very very high DC--but not impossible. There are people in the world who know about it, but they wouldn’t have reason to cross paths with the M9. It would be like an archaeologist.

The stern Cad during the interrogation was partly an act, because he was trying to perform, but also because there’s a bit of Cad we haven’t seen yet. They all agree that in the cast of CR Ashley is the most actual zen. Everyone agrees Travis isn’t even in the running.

Cosplay of the Week: @graviteacosplay with this nifty Nott cosplay.

Matt was a little surprised they took a path just straight through the Barbed Fields instead of taking a more circuitous, safer route. He expected the rest of the group to protest and was more surprised when they didn’t. They talk a bit about Fjord as an agent of both order and chaos and about how he’s trying to find his place in the world.

The near-death experience has left Cad in a place where he’s not making the best decisions right now. He knows this is dangerous, but he knows they need to check it out, and since they’re “on a mission from God,” everything they do is right. “His risk assessment is a little off right now.” Matt is delighted remembering Sam’s face; BWF points out it’s rare we get one on Sam like that.

The Sorrowsworn are scary because they’re entirely based on emotion. To further develop them, Matt likes looking at their abilities and basing their movement in a horror-film way off that. He knew he would get Travis; he wasn’t expecting to get the rest of the table. “I was very proud.”

Tal has no idea how Cad will process these horror creatures. He wasn’t frightened or freaked out by the grotesque, but he wasn’t really prepared for it, and having Caleb go unconscious was a bit of a fright.

Brian mentions for probably the third time in this show that the next season of Blindspot will be the last one. I’m getting the feeling he’s very ready for it to be done.

When Matt was developing Xhorhas, he wanted to develop all these other societies without the ties to the dark gods. How would they develop with their clan ties? What about as people were assimilated into the clans? What tropes has he seen in other media that he needs to avoid? He talks about how when you build independent areas of your world, it’s a helpful thought experiment to imagine what would happen if they collided. He developed a lot of Xhorhas in pockets and then put it all together.

Tal asks Matt if he was surprised they’d picked up the dodeca. He wasn’t exactly surprised--he’d planned for pretty much all the outcomes of that particular early encounter. He’d meant it more as an exploration of the intro to the Xhorhas world and the Krynn dynasty.

Tal laughs about his very visible reaction to Laura’s Vex voice coming out of Jester this episode. It had nothing to do with his efforts at diplomacy later; he just realized he hadn’t been paying enough attention and had no idea what part of Jester this was supposed to be coming out of.

Fanart of the Week: Just a couple of bugs flyin around, by @_sunsetdragon.

In talking about Clay’s pranks on his siblings, he thinks at some point they at the very least took the bed of an errant sibling out while they were sleeping and put it in a tree overnight.

Matt talks about how if there’s nothing in the books that suits the monster he needs, he just creates one. Tal & Matt start talking about a monster he made for an old campaign called a Dragon Engine; it was designed to build a disease that turned all dragons in a world to crystal, which in turn slowly destabilized the world/planes. Matt took a Dollar Store doll head and covered it in Saran Wrap & hot glue with wings & tentacle bits in odd places. His inspiration was a fetus god boss from the Dark Stalker series. Tal remembers being so annoyed he made this amazing, horrifying creation out of four dollars’ worth of miscellanea. Matt talks about how you can do a lot of amazing things with a bit of hot glue (veins, paint, skinless surfaces).

Cad is aware that the the Xhorhouse is a stationary point in his quest; he is not measuring his quest via distance. He feels okay being stationary right now.

Dunamancy had nothing to do with Caleb; Matt had that inspiration on his own as he was developing the Krynn dynasty. It just ended up working very very well with Caleb’s backstory. He talks about how when he reads theories on Reddit about things linking up, 60-70% of them are actually complete coincidence.

Caduceus has zero interest in the war. At best he doesn’t really like the Empire, but Tal doesn’t think he has the intelligence to formulate a more complex opinion on the war. He has no stake in or understanding of the war in any deeper capacity.

Shakaste’s current location was made up on the spot. Everyone thinks about who Shakaste would main in Overwatch. Matt pulls out the McCree voice. Bastion’s short is Matt’s favorite. BWF loves Reinhardt’s. All three of them start talking about John Wick 3 which I HAVEN’T SEEN YET, GDI, if they spoil that I’m going to weep bitter tears of bitterness. Okay, good, we get out alive.

And we’re done and done! We linger on a shot of Matt & Tal trying to figure out why Episode #69 is funny... (nice).

[boostinstargold]

Speech and Voice: Kaih’to Fenris

 Bold what applies to your muse, italicizesituational ones. Feel free to add your own suggestions and carry it on.

 ► ACCENT

 “country” │ “backwoods” │ “sailor” │ “noble” │ foreign speaker | “The Queen’s English” | vague and indistinct | articulated

 ► ELOQUENCE

 educated │ uneducated │ doesn’t use contractions │ shortens words │ just makes up their own words! │ old English

 ► TONE

 loud │ soft │ room volume │ high pitched │ low pitched │seductive │ velvety │ speech impediment │ abrasive │ gruff │ shrill │ booming │ matter-of-fact │ toneless │ husky │gravelly │ breathy │ nasal │ barking │ chatty │ condescending │ musical │suave │ world-weary │ brash │ authoritative

 ► HABITS

 refers to self in third person plurals │ incorporates different languages/terms/sayings │ uses gender-specific terms │adapts to audience │ changes pitch around animals or children │ shifts tone when lying │ gives others nicknames │ uses terms of respect towards others │ uses terms of affection towards others

  Voice References: Honestly I think a really good one is Matt Mercer voicing McCree from Overwatch. Feels like a pretty perfect fit. I saw @faye-ffxiv​ do this and I wanted to do it for Kaih’to~

So I tag whoever wants to do it!

[readbythestarlight]

c2e83

HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEN

can’t wait to see where this secret dreadnought room leads them to

I still can’t believe they went into the dreadnought like ajslajsksk

OH MY GOD MATT

JESSE MCCREEEEEEE

damn Travis looks amazing

So does Laura omg!!

I’m so delighted by McCree

[[MORE]]

lol Marisha

Oh Sam

Oh no a chair

Oh no a BODY

Oh dear he put his soul into something didn’t he

An ALIVE body wonderful

Oh no don’t touch the ruby Nott

Necromantic

Lovely

How appropriate for Halloween

Oh no

Caleb being smart and he doesn’t like it

Caleb’s panic is fantastic like idk I love when he actually shows how scared/worked up/worried he is

Is that another dice tray by Taliesin?? IS ASHLEY HERE??

Jester honey can you, just one time, not draw dicks on something

A reliquarium?

Jester honey your empathy for his possible suffering is sweet but also incredibly naive

100 feet? BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP

Fuck that’s bad

Gonna Mulan that pole

Lol they went there too

F: "If only we had a rock that could dispel things" lol poor Fjord

Boy this is a conundrum

Matt: "Like a hobo Spider-Man"

L: "Hey now! I’ve got this coat! My new fancy purple coat."

M: "Like a well dressed hobo Spider-Man"

Uhhh "scattered to atoms"???

"Like Mike Teevee?" lol

Oh man Frumpkin tho??

At least Caleb has all that fancy incense

"It’s a trash can" Goddamn Caduceus coming through with an answer!

Y’all should NOT TOUCH THE RUBY

Ohhhh damn Caduceus being SMART tonight!

Listen he only didn’t possess you because he wants to know who is the strongest

F: "Jester you’re also pretty willful"

J: "no I’m not I’m very docile :)"

Y’all don’t know how much I hate this

Hmmm is he really stuck? Do we believe this? >_>

So the time dilation can be adjusted

That little "wow" is killing me xD

I don’t trust Halas at all and I didn’t want them to touch the gem but boy now I’m glad they did

I have some mild concerns about the way Caleb looked over when going back in time/time magic was mentioned in concerned

KIMAAAA

Gotta go snuggle with her wifey <3

I’m glad she gave them good advice though about not listening to Halas

Oh boy I hope they’re alive

Breakkkk

Oooo don’t like that

No wonder Yussah couldn’t answer their message

BEAU. JESTER. PLEASE. you can’t be antagonizing him.

He had a fiend

Did he have Obann

Nott honey don’t tell him anything

Go go go leave now

This guy is creepy

HALAS YOU FUCK

did you deliberately trap them in here so they have to let you out??

Oh no

Oh god oh fuck

OH MY GOD

IT KILLED HER

SHE’S DEAD

OH MY GOD

JESUS FUCK NOTT

oh fuck oh no oh god FUCK FUCK FUCK

Oh thank the Traveler

NO MORE TOUCHING SHIT NOTT

Caleb is VERY upset

They’d better talk about this once they’re out of the happy fun ball like Nott just DIED

THEY FINALLY FOUND HIM YAY

Caleb is so grumpy Nott scared him so much

Yes PLEASE get out

You guys leave Yussah alone xD

Caduceus honey I know you like to do the right thing freeing Halas is not the right thing

Yussah’s gonna owe y’all for saving them

Why don’t y’all give the Happy Fun Ball to Allura so Yussah doesn’t get stuck again

Yussah’s such an ungrateful bitch I love him

I can’t believe after 4 weeks we’re finally getting out of the happy fun ball

Guys Jester wants to get out come on

I’m concerned about them taking the gem just because I worry Nott will get desperate enough to try and free him

GUYS y’all are being REALLY inconsiderate about Jester

Seeeeee? Nott honey Halas won’t help you

Jester is upsettttt

Fjord stop being so sweeeeeet

Caleb and Nott are making me emotional

YES let’s go home it’s about time

“Delighted smile he’s trying to hide” AWWW YUSSAH LIKES THEM

I didn’t trust him before all this but I love Yussah now

Oh boy news about the Angel of Irons

Jester being appealed by Yussah not using all his words is amazing

F: “Jester did you know you can send short messages?”

J: “I KNOW I CAN IT JUST SEEMS WASTEFUL”

Lol Cad snatching the mirror away to give back to Alurra

Oh boy okay Angel of Irons lore

From now on everyone needs to make sure everyone has something that belongs to each other

Yashaaaa :(

So the Storm Lord is looking after her which is good, but the Angel is Irons is holding him back

Oh damn okay

Seven points, seven segments, and a void. Our girl is mixed up with something eldritch?

Oh damn

“There is no Angel or Irons. It is a guise for the Chained Oblivion” fuuuuuuck

So more evil eldritch god beings wonderful

They are in so over their heads and I love it. These lost, disasters of people, saving the worlds from ancient gods and monsters so beyond them

Happy Halloween, guys!

[nochiquinn]

undeadwood episode 2: undead nightmare

okay, kiddo got sick halfway through critrole so I gotta finish THAT later

let's see if I can get through this or if I'm gonna have to watch it on my phone, too

NOPE phone twitch it is

snake-like snake pit

matt's magic hair

this doesn't sound rife with possible disaster

"did you distract a man in the middle of a gunfight?" "....shut up."

arabella and fogg disappear from existence

it's the filth

minis!!

ZAMBIES

marisha: give me thE MAGIC

that's just daylight. you're just casting daylight.

YE

they hung out with taliesin before this. residual eldritch energy.

man I just watched an LP of Erica, I don't need more ladies with nosebleeds

"pourin for JAYZUS" anjali I love you

FIREBALL

"please work please work pleASE WORK" - fogg, probably

depth perception is a bitch

FRY SQUINT AT REVEREND

clayton why are you so bad at everything you're supposed to be good at

when you lie really good on your resume and get the job

red dead redemption undead douchebag

"if he kills the sexy sheriff I'm gonna be so upset"

GOD DAMN MY SUBURBAN PARENTS

Homer Into The Hedge

GET THEE AWAY FROM ME SATANNNNNN

"I'm ready, lord" don't call brian that, it'll go to his head

"I'm so sorry. ...not really." ivan

matt take your glove off

DEGLOVE TO ROLL

brian's hair is escaping

"like ernest goes to camp" THAT'S a reference

POP-POP

I never got magic Jesus powers

there are three kinds of people

them were zambies

undead witch sister

"separately" HMM

(I will not roll this into a mccree/symmetra ship)

werewolf husband

marisha

...where's the head. I feel like the head shouldn't wait until morning

clayton be nice

do not keep the damn head in your room overnight

roll for awake

does. does fogg not sleep.

reverend you have satan powers

someone's gonna get shot knocking on doors

matt's suppressed laugh

hHHhusbAnd

they did the closeups just for travis' face

I don't know if I don't trust him or if Arabella is using him as an excuse to be in deadwood and he's just weird (maybe about his wife's death?)

brian: you cannot evade the question

do not eat breakfast with the head

kermit?

secret's in the sauce

honestly this voice is amazing

sashay away

that is an incredibly overwrought sentence matt

"hey fogg. shut up."

"for the CHURCH"

"you wouldn't be the first shepherd to fuck a sheep" briAN

"a RUSE"

she's a vampire

kick it open

what does he knoooow

"clayton stop being dramatic"

"alchemy" 👀

what happened to the sister

(what was the sister's NAME)

miriam is just so good at moving in and out of these spaces

oh, miriam's a dealer

tr avis

is joanie dead

oh good, just high as fuck

khary started this joke and he's gonna carry it all the way down the field

"vigor check" matt

music wyd

ha, "using him to be in deadwood"

THAT WAS NOT A GOOD THING ARABELLA

necromancer??

khary stop dying

"I have faith. I have no assurance."

clayton stop that

"fuck you guys"

that was the absolute best way of phrasing that

"new pants who dis"

anyone seen The Mist

"there you are" whomst

u ok brian

rip the reverend

arabella

"the raptureeee"

THIS ISN'T HORRIFICALLY CREEPY

travis stop TOUCHING THINGS

don't like it

"I don't like this game right now"

reverend: I am having a BAD DAY

Ringleader of the Dead is a pretty boss title lbr

matt suspicious squinting at travis

lore drop LORE DROP

magic runs on pain

anti-fog field

he has Actual Faith and it's weird satan magic

D.C.

OH he was - yeah what khary said

HEY DOC FOUND YOUR HAT

travis whatcha lookin at

ivan's gm voice makes me instinctively nervous

"is there anything else you'd like to know" "FUCK YES THERE IS"

bar is whispers!

annabelle is a different show

yeahhhh fog science

frankly she's lucky they didn't burn her in that case

props!

oh god for a split second I thought the wood thump was from inside the coffin

WELP fuck

[eponymous-rose]

Talks Machina Highlights - Critical Role C2E43 (December 4, 2018)

Tonight’s episode features Marisha Ray and Travis Willingham!

Announcements for tonight: 

New Pumat shirt! Matt and Taliesin will also be playing some Fortnite with a Pumat voice pack. As you do.

#EverythingisContent stream tomorrow at 4PM Pacific: games on the all-new MAME cabinet!

Travis’ FPS stream will be happening next week!

Travis strongly recommends tuning in right at the start of the episode on Thursday. Right at the start. You and all your friends. Don’t miss it. There’s a sneak preview of some sort of animation!

Check out Gil Ramirez’s (an amazing smith, but also of “don’t fuck me Gil” fame) kickstarter!

Stats!

This episode had more spells cast than any previous episode: 76.

3rd time Beau has attempted to Extort Truth, and the 2nd time it’s succeeded.

Fjord has used four potions, all administered to other people. Brian: “For as much as you like swallowing... potions, not so much.”

Fjord has just passed Molly’s natural 20 count, reaching 26. Beau still sits at the top, with 49.

Travis and Marisha agree that this was one of their top five episodes of the show.

Fjord “totally dug” Caleb’s call to go with Wall of Flame to bring the situation with Avantika to a head. He points out that they’d had a conversation about keeping this whole situation in check if need be.

Brian: “You sound like McCree’s drunk uncle.”

The group planned (”we obsessed”) over the game for the entire two weeks, hundreds and hundreds of messages. It pretty much went according to plan. Marisha: “We had contingency plans. We had an ideal initiative, but we were like, if we fuck up, then Nott will take the journal. We had main roles and then understudies.”

Fjord thinks being able to summon demons is pretty much in line with all the weird shit that’s happened to him up to this point. He hasn’t even considered the consequences. Marisha: “I feel like that’s this entire mission. We’ll consider the consequences later.”

During the “I... wait” scene, Brian and Dani were yelling at their TVs, Travis was trying to telepathically communicate, and Marisha had complete tunnel-vision. She knew that if she’d fucked that up, they would have all died. She turned to Travis after Beau got up there and realized, “It’s just me and my words.”

Gif of the Week: the executive goth approves of Fjord’s demon-summoning! Henry models the prize:

Travis gets asked why Fjord slipped into his real voice when yelling that Caleb needed help. Travis pleads the Fifth: “My what?”

Marisha had no idea her mention of the Cobalt Soul would carry so much weight with the Plank King. It was a last-ditch effort after Fjord’s diplomacy fell flat with him. Travis desperately wants to know how much of what Beau said was true.

Brian: “Only Mercer could make Plank King cool again... Planking? Remember?” There is a brief threat of mutiny in the studio. It’s a Tuesday.

Matt mentioned to Marisha that, if Avantika had been allowed to speak, she would’ve called for a trial. Things could’ve gone very wrong for the Nein.

Out-of-context quote of the night: Dani: “Can you fit a puppy in your pocket?” Travis: “Yes, I’m enormous.”

Beau is surrounded by people who can do all sorts of absurd magic, “so of course she’s like, ‘Yeah, I can punch the shit out of you. I’ll start a fucking fight to do it!’”

Travis isn’t working with anything custom for his class, apart from the sword. Brian: “So your gag reflex is right out of the Handbook?” Travis: “That and personal experience.”

Travis on Fjord’s reaction to Avantika’s death: “All great stories are laced with truth. That fucked me up, because I hadn’t realized until that point that if she’s toast, I won’t get to ask her questions.” Not to mention the whole island having reactions to Vandren’s name. “I went back and watched it twice. The ritual, the tattoos, how she found her sphere, all of that shit, I’m feeling more like I knew less of the man than I thought I knew, and she knew more about him than I ever did. It’s fucking me up.”

Fanart of the Week: “I... wait.”

Marisha on Avantika’s very sudden death: “You know how things happen, and you go, wow, I should’ve seen that coming...” The outcome of the first plan was just to get her arrested, and then the fight happened, so she wasn’t thinking about immediate repercussions. She was expecting an arrest, and maybe she’d get executed after they left, but “I mean... that was brutal.” Travis: “It just kept escalating, and then she kept saying nothing after nothing. We’re going to be front row center for this.”

Travis: “Fjord is Lawful Good, clearly--” Brian: “You’re fooling no one with that Lawful Good bullshit, Travis.” Travis: “At least 40% of the audience. Lawful Good. Clearly feels a little distressed that she had to pay with her life.” But he points out that it wasn’t the first time Fjord wanted to see her dead. “If he could’ve seen to it himself, I think he would’ve.” It’s not something he’s very practiced with, but he’s emboldened by his new abilities.

Beau was definitely intimidated by the Plank King, but still had a bit of her contempt for authority figures. “I think it set in pretty hard that she was going to be terse, she was going to be blunt, but she wasn’t going to try anything that was going to get her throat slit immediately.”

Travis hadn’t intended to start picking up pieces of lost friends as part of his identity (Molly’s sword, Vandren’s accent), but it felt like the right fit, since he’s trying to establish his identity for the first time. He’s emulating what he admires about them.

Fjord’s in his early 30s. Beau’s in her early 20s. Playing Beau younger than Marisha lets her give Beau a little extra room for development; it also makes sense with her backstory. For Fjord, he was old enough to have mostly figured out what he was doing... and then everything changed.

Travis: “Fjord saw in Vandren a leadership that empowers people to rise in their station.” It’s about the team succeeding, not one person gaining more power. He’s constantly trying to put people in different situations for success.

Fjord is very attached to this group, but he’s also uncomfortable with how much attention is starting to be put on him. His whole survival mechanism is based on blending in, and being pushed to the front and being forced to make decisions is hard for him (Travis: “And me.”). Fjord is loving everything that’s been happening. The world’s never been richer or more exciting, and he wants to protect that if he can.

Brian: “Are you preparing for when things are as Beau-focused as they are... Fjord-focused right now?” No pun intended. Beau: “It’s a horror that you cannot prepare for. One day Matt will just introduce an NPC and he’s going to look at you and he’s going to be like, ‘Hello, Beau,’ and I’m going to be like ‘AHHH’.” Travis: “The tension is palpable. It’s real.” They compliment Taliesin on his handling of the first character-centric arc in the first campaign.

Brian jokes about everyone stumbling into Yasha’s story while Ashley’s still away, so Travis would have to play her through the whole thing. Travis gives a sneak-preview of how that would go, grabbing Beau’s hand and staring deeply into her eyes.

A gift for Travis from fans! He’s blown away.

Talks Machina: After Dog

Essential update on Henry: he likes wearing costumes because “it feels like being hugged”. There’s talk about him doing a Grog cosplay.

Pumat impressions all around. Travis’ is, according to Marisha, “Like Grog doing a Pumat impression.” Marisha has some practice because she was the one who wrote all the Pumat promos. Travis: “Wow, that puts your Swedish accent to shame.”

Fjord and Jester? “Fjord picks up on some subtle things and some not-so-subtle things, and then probably second-guesses those things.” He’s not too sure where they stand.

Everyone’s worried about their favorite artists’ tumblrs.

Travis reads the German on the back of his chocolate. Marisha: “There are way more syllables there than what you said.” Travis offers the last chocolate to Brian, and promptly eats it in front of him instead. “You gotta act fast on that shit.”

There were some ideas that didn’t work out: Travis was going to cast a spell so everyone could breathe underwater, and they were going to jump off the ship.

A question for Henry: Who’s a good boy?

Quote from the text thread: “Oh shoot. There is an a-hole with a crossbow. Dangit.”

Finally, in case you were losing sleep wondering, Brian is still dabbing every time he says the word “slash” in a URL. Further updates as warranted. 

[pagerunner-j]

Random ECCC thoughts:

- As much as I still feel leery about crossing the streams in a “here is my fandom pen name that you can now associate with my face” sort of way, I mentioned my username to Amy Dallen today and she remembered it. And the world did not implode and I did not die! So there’s that.

- This is, however, also why I’m still not posting my pic with Taliesin here, because years of neuroses about this sort of thing: I have them.

- (Try working entirely legitimately for a band when you’re 20 and still having bystanders writing you off as a groupie, while all the time the band is telling you stories about their actual crazy fans, and see how screwed up in the head YOU get about how cautious and guarded you have to be in order to keep yourself from never being taken seriously again. But I digress.)

-  One of the other Wednesdaisies in attendance recognized my alias, too, said I was responsible for getting her into Tumblr, and told me how much she liked my writing. That time, I did almost die! But in a good way, because that’s always good to hear, no matter how sheepish I may get about it. (Also, hi! *waves*)

- I would happily have said this to several people and only got one out of three, but: I did get the chance to tell Amy that Dread was one of my favorite things ever, and I’m glad for that.

- She and Matt Key are both adorable. Matt is the sort of person who’ll randomly pipe up in a big group conversation to tell everyone the love story between him and Brittany. He answered a phone call later with, “Hi, lovely wife Brittany!” because he really is just Like That.

- I also got to commiserate with him about the experience that is being laid off. There was some fairly candid talk all around about that situation and the show ending, even if not in detail (completely understandably). But it’s so obvious how much they appreciate and love the viewers of TWC, and I’m so glad that A: we got the show for as long as we did and B: got to meet up today.

- I meant to get out and about to other panels during the weekend, but everything was pretty seriously Critical Role adjacent, even going to the She-Ra panel. Go figure. (I mean, I had to pay tribute to the leader of the High Bear Nation, after all. :) But I genuinely love the She-Ra reboot as a thing onto itself, and Nicole is such fun to listen to. Plus, we got a brief preview of the upcoming season, and it looks fantastic.

- Every time I go to ECCC, I do make a point (for reasons) of finding someone doing strictly original art and buying something cool from them. This year’s favorite discovery: Emma SanCartier. Her monsters are delightful, and she drew the cutest little doodle in the book I bought.

- I said as much in another post, but Matthew Mercer is the biggest sweetheart. He really does make a point of connecting with everyone in line and taking a moment for a personal exchange. It also means his line takes a bit longer, which is fine, and actually worked out to be really fortuitous for a couple in front of me. One had to duck out of the line to grab someone else’s autograph during the same timeslot, and she got through that one and back to Matt’s just in time for him to see them both -- which was lucky, since they were cosplaying as Lydia and Beetlejuice, and the costumes were fantastic. Matt loved it. I was glad the timing worked out for her and that he got to see them both.

- One other thing I overheard in the line, since the girl in front of me was there for Overwatch reasons: he knew that that McCree short was going to be a thing but couldn’t talk about it for OVER A YEAR. And everyone involved was so excited, because A: McCree short, come on, and B: there were so many great people involved, like Jen Hale coming onboard, and Andrea Romano coming out of retirement to direct it. It was a big deal. And they all had to sit on that knowledge for months. Oh, video games.

- He also gave her a McCree-voiced parting line, and she looked thrilled.

- Meanwhile, I’m smiling in a silly fashion about getting that shoulder-touch thank-you from him, and I am never going to be able to watch that Spider-Verse scene about the shoulder touch without losing my shit laughing ever again. Pfft. ;) (Miles, take some notes.)

Honestly, the thing that gets to me the most about that exchange is that it wasn’t like I’d done anything that, well, 50,000+ other people haven’t done, too. I supported the Kickstarter with the rest of the Critter horde. Not a huge standout accomplishment. Still, that gratitude was real. It reminds me of when I met Neil Gaiman on the original American Gods book tour, and he sounded so pleased when I said I’d been enjoying the blog he kept throughout the development and writing of that book. In the back of my head I found myself thinking, “omg, Neil, it’s not like thousands of us aren’t hanging on every word you write.” But he was being truly genuine about it. I felt that way with Matt today: like even if it’s a small thing, it counts, and he can make you feel like it matters, too. I kind of want to point everyone who marvels at how devoted Critters are to moments like that, and say, “Start there.”

[huxlingmags]

Karaoke Date

Fandom: Overwatch Pairing: Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada Word Count: 1643 Rating: Explict Warning: Public sex, drinking 

A/N: This started out as crack with @lulu-bugg and just bloomed to gratuitous Mchanzo from there xD

 Talking Hanzo into going out with him was not as difficult as Jesse was expecting. For a man that has been capturing the eyes of both Overwatch and Talon, he was inclined to think Hanzo would do what he could to keep out of sight from either party. Clearly that was not the case. The two were getting to know each other more over the course of several days, beyond the knowledge that Jesse was once a part of Overwatch’s black ops division. That was in the past. Jesse hardly had any official affiliation. They want him back, but he was fine doing his own thing for now. Had he been busy doing work for Soldier76, he possibly would not have met Hanzo on his own volition.

With a grin, Jesse led the man inside the smoky bar. The bouncers nodded at them, clearly knowing the two men were grown enough to be there in the first place. Hanzo’s nose wrinkled at the onslaught of tobacco smoke, but he soon ignored the smell entirely. He had his fair share of dealing with McCree’s bad habit and had grown more used to the cigar smoke on Jesse. It was welcoming to say the least. Pool tables and bar games lined the walls of the large bar as they walked to the counter. The two men took their seats and a pretty blonde cheerfully approached them.

“What can I get y’all?”

Jesse winked at the woman. “Whiskey straight.”

Hanzo wet his lips and muttered “Tequila sunrise.”

She nodded and sauntered away to get their drinks.

Jesse grinned and nudged him. “Never pegged ya for a pretty drink kinda guy.”

He huffed. “Sake is not usually prepared in your bars.” He reminded him. “But these ‘pretty’ drinks of yours tend to have a generous amount of alcohol with a good taste.”

“Yeah? Then I guess I’ll give yours a try.” Jesse hummed.

It was not much longer until a woman came with their drinks and the two men toasted each other before drinking. For a good while, the two chatted between each other about anything that came to mind while having their cups generously refilled every so often. Eventually, the bar lit up with lights and a DJ came over the microphone to announce karaoke was starting. Both men perked up and gave each other a look.

“Thinkin’ what I’m thinkin’?” Jesse asked with a chuckle.

“Depends. Where I come from, karaoke is immensely popular. Do you have what it takes?” Hanzo said with a challenging wink.

Jesse tipped his hat and immediately slid off the bar stool to give the DJ his request before he returned to Hanzo. “Wait and see, handsome. It’ll knock ya dead.”

Hanzo only smirked and sipped his drink. “We shall see.”

Incidentally enough, Jesse was not the only one who put a song request in and they listened to three other songs before McCree was called up to the stage. The cowboy in question flashed a grin at the eldest Shimada and made his way to the stage. Of course, the bastard had the audacity to call out a dedication to his date in the bar, which made Hanzo huff and turn a few shades of pink. Hopefully, no one noticed. Once the music started, people immediately started to whoop and holler at the choice.

Oh no.

Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road. I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more

I got the horses in the back Horse tack is attached Hat is matte black Got the boots that's black to match

               Hanzo shook his head and buried his face in his palm. He expected the cowboy to sing something country, but this was—entirely unexpected. It did not help matters at all that Jesse was dancing the entire time like a professional. It was, perhaps, the longest 3 minutes of embarrassment Hanzo had ever experienced. Yet, he did enjoy the show and felt a sliver of pride for catching the attention of a man like McCree.

               Jesse bowed dramatically following the cheers, wiped his brow, and headed back to Hanzo. “What’d ya think?” he hummed as he downed his drink, noting the shades of pink the flushed Hanzo’s face.

The former yakuza only shrugged to feign off any hint of embarrassment. However, that did not erase the look Jesse gave him. With a huff, he finished his drink and moved off his seat. “Impressive, but I can do something better.”

There was a list of songs Hanzo could choose from, but the one he selected was due to the lack of any Japanese songs and his wavering sobriety. Hanzo was already humiliated by Jesse, he might as well own it. Luckily, the wait was shorter and he was sent on stage sooner than Jesse was. The lights blinded him momentarily, but hardly minded. At least he could scarcely see the audience, save for Jesse in the back by the bar with a cheeky smile. Clearing his throat, he prepared himself to sing, which got a louder cheer from the crowd.

Yeah You are my fire The one desire Believe when I say I want it that way

               Jesse was dumbfounded with the way Hanzo sang, and it hardly helped that the man was making direct eye contact with him as he sang. God. Damn. Perhaps it was the whiskey talking, but he had to have him and he was going to, possibly right after the song.

Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why I never want to hear you say I want it that way

               Hanzo teased Jesse as much as he could, swaying his hips and making eye contact with Jesse as if they were the only two men in the room. You could cut the tension in the room with a knife. Luckily, no one around them was none the wiser. The rest of his song went by almost too quickly and he breathlessly wandered off the stage, barely registering the claps from the other bar-goers. He gravitated toward Jesse, who appeared to be getting up and heading to the bathroom. All Hanzo could do was follow.

               Exactly what Jesse hoped he would do.

               The moment Hanzo was in the bathroom with him, he locked the door and pushed the man against the door and crashed their lips together for a hot kiss that Hanzo melted into. He meant it when he sang that he wanted it that way. Hanzo’s hands moved up Jesse’s body to his hair, knocking his hat back in the process of him tangling fingers into his thick hair. Their bodies pressed close to each other, indicating their need. Jesse was first to part from the kiss to nibble along Hanzo’s jaw and down his neck.

               “How much ya want me, darling?” Jesse whispered against the shell of his ear.

               Hanzo bucked against him and slid out of his grasp. Clearly, he had no time to waste. They were in public and had to be quick with this lest he gain further humiliation. Luckily the alcohol blurring the edges of his self-control did nothing to affect his dexterity. Jesse’s belts were undone and his pants opened just enough to get his cock free. He earned a throaty groan in approval from the cowboy, who took his cock in hand to guide it to Hanzo’s willing mouth.

               “Ya want this, babe?”

               A nod of his head and Hanzo leaned in, swallowing Jesse down with ease. The cowboy let out a sigh of approval and settled a hand on Hanzo’s head, tugging lightly on his hair to encourage him. The reserved, Japanese man was holding out on him. Each time his tongue rubbed along his cock just right way, he bucked his hips into his mouth and caused Hanzo to almost sneer with his mouth full. Cheeky. He was entirely at Hanzo’s mercy at this point, but damn did he trust him. His mouth worked along his cock, head bobbing the more he got into it. At some point, Jesse cursed and pulled Hanzo up.

               “You too.” Jesse muttered as he got Hanzo’s pants open and his own cock out. The former yakuza stared at Jesse’s hands, unsure of what he was doing until he wrapped his hand around both of their cocks and started to rub up against him. This drew the most beautiful sounds that only Jesse had the pleasure of hearing. God, he could only imagine what he was going to sound like when he got a chance to fuck him. Hanzo’s hands gripped Jesse’s shoulders as his hips rocked into Jesse’s hand and against his cock. Both men panted and moaned with increasing intensity the closer they each got to their orgasm. Jesse was already close thanks to Hanzo’s mouth, but he had control enough to hold out just enough to make Hanzo come first.

               After all, he wanted to hear those delicious moans of his before he lost his focus.

               “J-Jesse…” Hanzo whispered breathlessly as he suddenly came between them, his body twitching from the sudden orgasm. The poor man was not so composed after all when it came to sex. Poor man clearly did not indulge as much. Jesse was going to have to break him in. If allowed, that is. It was not much longer until Jesse came himself and leaned against Hanzo, breathing against his neck. The leaner man was enveloped in Jesse’s scent of whiskey and cigar smoke, almost like a protective blanket

               “What do you say we clean up and continue this back at my place?”

               Hanzo could only nod and clutch at Jesse’s serape. “I would like that.”                

[cherabby]

honestly it baffles me that people are defending vic, not in the sense that ppl will defend Any White Man(TM) accused of assault, but rather in the sense that VIC MIGNOGNA ISN’T EVEN THAT GOOD OF A VOICE ACTOR CHANGE MY FUCKING MIND 

qrow is literally the only voice he’s ever done that i wasn’t immediately “oh it’s fucking vic”. all his characters sound identical. like sure you can identify other voice actors bc you can only vary your own voice so much but like at least they use different fucking tones and speech patterns and shit depending on who they’re playing like u can differentiate most fucking voice actors characters but everyone vic has ever played sounds the fucking same. like laura bailey? typecast pretty often so a lot of her voices sound similar but if you compare, like, lucina to some of the more “upbeat” female characters she plays, she clearly voices them differently. matt mercer? mccree and fucking chrom or yusuke do not sound the least bit alike. vic? tamaki and edward elric and fucking keldeo all sound the same fuck he was even mitsuhide in the english version of sw3 and it was SO BAD, MAN. i mean the entire english version of sw3 was just comically bad, but.

[thequeenofmyownscreen]

Thirteen things I noted about CR2E37 “Dangerous Liaisons” and the Talks Machina about it :

Sam and Ashley's song about D&D Beyond in the style of "Dear Theodosia" was just amazing and so sweet and so good. They are so talented.

The cast as pirates. Holy hell. Every time they are even more amazing and hot than the last live show. How is that possible ???

"Idiot's guide to sailing" Travis, you wonderful human being.

The sound is pretty terrible, for this one. That's the disadvantage of being out of the studio, they can't control the eventual technical problems. Ah well.

Travis : *flexes on his new knowledge of boats* The crowd : *goes wild* Laura : "You look really hot right now"

Matt explains that the Tiny Hunt does let sound pass. Marisha, immediately jumping to the important conclusions : "So you're saying that everyone heard Beau and Keg bone that one time ?"

Sam's mother, aka Momlan, was the special guest and oh my gosh she's wonderful. She's the only one who could ask Matt "What time is it ?" for the McCree answer, and get away with it.

Sam gave a present for the person that had the farthest siege in the theater. What a lovely thought, he really is the sweetest.

Fjord really went all in with Avantika. I was not expecting that, but I shouldn't have been surprised, given how Travis likes to push buttons. Travis and Matt flirting via characters was great, especially with Laura and Sam making suggestive noises. The sexual tension was through the roof !!

Sam's reaction to Fjord's creepy dream : "Wow... Another dream with seamen scattered everywhere."

Travis was opposed to the pirate outfits, but Marisha convinced him by saying the rest of the cast were just wearing "seafaring casual" (and then she showed up in an amazing and not at all casual coat).

Apparently, Travis is also opposed to romance in his D&D, but when hearing this, Laura took it as a personnal challenge and swore her character was going to attempt to romance him, and he was gonna yield or dare turn his own wife down. And Jester's doing it, and Travis cannot believe that Laura dared to bring "jellyfish and wife tears" in this. This ads so much to the Jester/Fjord scenes, thank god for the Bailinghams.

Brian does not want to drink from Sam's flask : “The only thing I would touch that Sam’s lips have also touched… is Liam.”

[cryptidhanzoshimada]

What about a secret santa week-long thing, and whoever organized the exchange rigged it so Jesse and Hanzo got each other, and they only find out on the last day of the exchange at the reveal party?

Hanzo stares at the present sitting on histable and bites his nails nervously.  Thiswas a bad idea.  The bag’s tacky, there’stoo much tissue paper, and that’s not even considering what’s inside.  McCree’s going to hate it.  McCree’s going to hate him.

When he first drew McCree’s name in the secretsanta pull Lena organized last week he was ecstatic.  Then he was dreadful.  He had no idea what to get McCree.  Didn’t help that he has a major crush on him.  

At first, Hanzo thought about getting him anew, engraved flask.  His old one wasbeat up and looked about fifty years old. But that seemed too personal; a friend wouldn’t get another friendsomething as nice as that.  So then Hanzothought about getting him this brand of coffee he saw in a store a couplemonths ago that claims it had three times the amount of caffeine than a regularcup of coffee.  But that seemedimpersonal; everyone knows that McCree likes his coffee hot and strong, everymorning.

Hanzo spent every moment of his free time overthe past week either shopping online or down in Gibraltar looking forsomething, anything, that would work.  Hewas at his wits end and 48 hours away from the deadline by the time he finallycame up with something.  He almost didn’thave time to get it together but somehow he managed.

From Hanzo’s bed, his comm buzzes.

[Genji]: Where ru binch?

Hanzo curses. The party started ten minutes ago and he didn’t even realize.  He quickly changes into a Henley shirt andjeans, grabs McCree’s gift and runs out the door.

When he gets there, Hanzo’s glad to see he’snot the last one to arrive.  Only abouthalf of the team is here so far and McCree is not one of them.   Good,Hanzo can subtly add his gift to the growing pile and McCree will neverknow.  

Slowly but surely, the rest of the teamfilters in.  Reinhardt supplies everyonewith an amazing spread of food and Ana keeps the alcohol flowing.  Hanzo socializes and tries to not look tooexcited when McCree finally walks in with his present.  He also tries not to freak out when McCreecomes over to stand right next to him and join in on the conversation.

All too soon Lena is calling everyone to sitdown for the exchange.  Hanzo’s worriesfrom earlier come back in full force but he can’t escape fast enough to switchout his gift.  He ends up sandwichedbetween Hana and Satya on one of the couches, McCree ends up on the other sideof the room right next to Genji.  In hispanic, Hanzo misses the first couple gifts being opened and the receiversguessing the givers.

“Hanzo, it’s your turn love!” Lena says waytoo cheerfully, startling Hanzo.  Shethrusts a large box into his hands.  Hanzo cannot remember who brought it eventhough he was sneaking peaks at all the incoming gifts.

Hanzo carefully peels the wrapping paper off,partially because he doesn’t want to accidentally break something and partiallyto annoy Genji who has always had problems with Hanzo’s steadfast refusal totear into presents.  

Hanzo’s eyes widen when he finally gets a lookinside.  First he pulls out a pair ofmedium sized, matte black, spherical stud earrings.  They don’t give him any insight into who gavehim the present but he likes them none the less; he had been getting tired ofhis hoops.  

It’s the second item that makes him softlygasp.  With two hands he pulls out abeautiful sakura bonsai tree.  It looks alittle distressed, probably from not being properly taken care of in a day ortwo, but it’s gorgeous.  Hanzo isspeechless, he didn’t think anyone knew about his love for plants, and his lovefor taking care of bonsai trees when he was younger and still an heir.  Genji would be the only exception to thatassumption but he had already bragged to Hanzo about how he had gotten Lena’sname and couldn’t wait to give her gag gifts to make up for the prank shepulled on him last month.

Hanzo drags his eyes up from the tree andscans the room for the possible gift giver. Hana maybe?  No, they are goodfriends, but she’s not the type of person to buy something like this.  Satya? No, she had already been revealed to have given her gift to Fareeha.

It’s only because Hanzo’s spend an ungodlyamount of time staring at McCree does he notice the slight tinge of pink at thetips of his ears and the way he tries to look just a little too casual.

“McCree?” Hanzo guesses.  McCree almost looks startled to hear hisname, but then a small smile grows on his face.

“Was it really that easy?  Guess I’m getting’ sloppy.  But yea, that was all me.”

Hanzo wants to ask how he knew about thebonsai, and why, but Lena’s already jumping up and moving on to the nextperson.

“Okay, that means you’re next Jesse.”  She blinks to the table and back and handsJesse his.  “Come on love, don’t keep uswaiting!”  If Hanzo wasn’t too busy stillfawning over the sakura tree, and once again freaking out about his gift, hewould have noticed to imp-ish smile on her face that only appears when a plangoes off perfectly.

McCree pull out the tissue paper and throws itbehind him.  He chuckles when he sees thebag of Death Wish coffee.

“Oh now this is nice.  How much… three times the amount of caffeine!?  Well hot damn!”  McCree sets it aside then pulls out thescroll of paper also in the bag.  Hefreezes when he unwinds it.  The blooddrains out of Hanzo’s face.  “This isamazin’,” McCree almost whispers.  Heturns it around to show everyone.  It’s acarefully done charcoal drawing of a desert landscape.  

Hanzo spent countless hours staring at reconphotos from their last mission on Route 66 to get the drawing perfect.  Looking at it now, he can see countlessmistakes.  McCree doesn’t seem to mind though;he’s looking at it like it’s a masterpiece.

“Ana I know ya got an eye for detail likethis.  You do this?”

“Guess again habibi.”

“Uhhh, Genji?”

“Getting closer.”

McCree finally looks over to Hanzo with asurprised expression.  “Hanzo?  You did this?”

Hanzo nods jerkily but doesn’t say anything.  Jesse opens his mouth to say something elsebut Lena’s talking over him and moving on to the next present.  

When the exchange is finally over Hanzoescapes to one of the sky walks outside with a strong drink.  Socializing is hard.  And tiring.

“Thought I might find ya out here,” says a lowsouthern drawl.  Despite all the anxietyHanzo has been going through tonight, and how he kinda just wants to curl up inhis bed and never speak of the gifts he gave ever again, he still can’t stopthe smile that finds its way onto his face when he turns around and looks atMcCree.  “Don’t know how you can standthis cold weather though.”

“This is mild compared to the winters we hadin Hanamura.  And were you not stationedin Switzerland during the original Overwatch?”

“Yea, but that don’t mean I liked it.”  They laugh, and eventually it fades out intoa slightly awkward silence.  There’s athin string of tension hiding beneath the surface made up of fear and thingsboth of them want to say.

“Hey,” McCree says, breaking the silence.  “Uhh, thanks fer the gifts.  They’re really nice an’ I can tell yaobviously put a lot’a thought into it.”

“You are most welcome.”  Internally, Hanzo winces.  He knew it, the gifts were too personal andnow he’s made things awkward between them.

“Did ya draw that all by yerself?” Jessebarrels on.  “An’ is it Deadlock Gorge?”

“Ah, yes. The surveillance photos from our last mission there made excellentreference photos.  I thought you wouldlike a reminder of where you grew up.”

“Well you were right.  I love it, thanks Han.”  McCree says it with such sincerity it shocksHanzo.  He shakes away his surprise aftera couple moments and asks the question he’s been dying to know the answer to.

“On a related note, how did you know I likedtaking care of bonsai?”

McCree runs his hand through his hairnervously.  “Oh I didn’t, that was jus’ aguess.  I’ve seen ya hang out inBastion’s garden quite a few times in the past an’ I overheard ya talkin’ ‘boutplants with Ana one time an’ so I jus’ had a gut feelin’ an’, well…”  

Once again, Hanzo is stunned, this time by theattentiveness McCree has shown.  He wouldhave never expected that from anyone, let alone from the man who he’s prettysure only sees him as a friend.

The awkward silence falls again, tension stillnot resolved.  It stretches longer thistime, until McCree mumbles something under his breath that sounds like ‘fuckit’.”

“Hey Han, would ya like ta go get adrink?  With me?”

Hanzo stares at McCree in confusion, thenlifts his half empty glass up in response.

“No, no, not right now.” McCree says with anervous laughter.  “I mean later, someother night.  Down at a bar, jus’ the twoof us.  Ya know, like a date?”

Realization dawns.  Oh.  Sothis pining isn’t as one sided as he thought. Well that’s… nice.

Hanzo must take too long to respond becauseMcCree shifts awkwardly and takes a step back. “Or not, I’m sorry, must’a misread somethin’ here.  I’ll leave ya be.”

“Wait!” Hanzo forces his mouth to work andthrows out a panicked hand to wrap around McCree’s wrist.  “I would love to.  Get a drink with you, that is.”

McCree smiles, a brilliant smile that makesHanzo’s heart stutter.  “Well I do likethe sound’a that.”

[lasersheith]

Voltron characters and who they play in Overwatch:

Lance: Only plays Genji, Hanzo, or Widowmaker. Is actually pretty good, but will never switch. Gets a little too competitive, but it’s mostly harmless. Decent at calling stuff out. 

Hunk: Mains D.Va but will play Reinhardt occasionally. Really likes having a quick run away button, shield, and an absurd amount of health. The best at trash talk. 

Pidge: Will generally fill because she’s a team player but in quickplay you know she’s autolocking Sombra. Sometimes she’ll also play Mei because it’s funny to wall people in.

Allura: Pharah is her go to because flying is fun and she likes knocking people off the edge. If the team needs a tank she’ll go Orisa because she can still knock people off the edge, and Orisa is adorable. She tried to learn how to play Lucio to boop people, but got too frustrated falling off of ledges trying to wall slide. 

Shiro: Always ends up healing because everyone else wants to DPS. Desperately wants to be good at Ana but his aim isn’t quite good enough. Spends a lot of time playing Mercy and Moira and is great at them. Does most of the shot calling.

Keith: All of the abilities and powers and choices are too complicated for him to care about and he’s mostly just playing to hang out with his friends, so he just sticks with Soldier 76 more often than not. Sometimes he’ll play Winston because he thinks it’s cool that he’s a giant monkey. Tries to help call stuff out but it mostly ends up being “there’s a guy over here by this thing.” 

Coran: Only plays McCree. He looks the coolest so obviously he has to be the best. Just look at his tactical shoulder blanket! (They only ask him to play if they’re desperate for a 6th which is fine because he still thinks it’s fun to watch)

Matt: Is a giant troll and as such, autolocks Torb. If anyone complains he switches to Symmetra. If they complain again he switches to Bastion. Has had to make like 9 accounts because he’s been reported so many times. 

[a-o-u-r-x]

Voltron Playing Overwatch

Shiro - Good at every hero but perfers Hanzo, Reaper and Soldier 76. Pushes the payload effectively and leads just the same. ALWAYS says gg at the end of every game.

Keith - Likes Genji bc of the blades, but sucks and gets really frustrated, but is also pretty good with Reaper and argues with Shiro telling Shiro to take him bc he loves his bro. “WHY IS NO ONE ON THE FUCKING OBJECTIVE/PAYLOAD!”). Also good with Tracer (probably bc she’s gay too).

Lance - Loves his snipers Ana, Widowmaker, and kinda McCree. Hates playing against Bastion and Torbjörn with a fucking PASSION. Always makes comparisons with Keith and Mcree, which makes Keith get madder, and eventually rage quitting (Keith still loves him tho).

Hunk - Best. Tank/Support. Ever. He is the sweetest... until someone starts throwing. He’s usually Orisa, Lúcio, Reinhardt, and Winston when he plays with the group, but in his own free time he plays D.VA and Mei and he’s a bit embarrassed by it. Lance supports it tho. Also goes in as Bastion sometimes but in total he’s probably only played him for 4 minutes.

Pidge - Sombra main of course. Dabbles with Widowmaker. Also pretty good with Moira and Zenyatta, but mainly does attack with them. Can never get the hang of Zarya or Pharah. Gets carried away with kills sometimes and forgets about the objective until Shiro reminds everyone.

Allura - She does her best and she screamed when she died for the first time. But she usually goes for Mercy or Symmetra. But once she played Mystery Hero’s and got Pharah and got a bunch of kills and no deaths and from then on tried to recreate that moment.

BONUS:

Coran - Terrifyingly enough when he plays he goes insane and all in and never fails to go as either Roadhog, Junkrat, or Torbjörn when given the choice. Everyone is terrified when he plays but don’t have the heart to tell him not to play with him. Can get toxic after a couple hours. Sometimes has to be ripped away from the monitor for his, and everyone else’s well being.

Slav - He will only play with Winston for some reason and if someone takes him before he can lock him in goes mad in the chat about how they don’t have the best statistical average to play him and how he should get him (it never works tho and then he ends of throwing).

Lotor - Plays as Doomfist, Reaper, Soldier 76, Junkrat, and Roadhog. Is an average player, and ends up always getting matched against at least someone from the Voltron squad since not many people in space exactly play Overwatch. “How the HELL does this keep happening???”

Matt - LOVES Mei, Tracer, and D.VA. Cried when he watched the story of Mei. Pidge was covered in his tears for a week. Also enjoys McCree, Bastion, Junkrat, Lúcio, and Torbjörn. Literally send emails everyday to Blizzard to add Doomfist into the game and when he finally did he told everyone that it was because of him (everyone knows it wasn’t but they let him live his fantasy).

[starchildsteven]

for the ask thing, Overwatch?

Here is where it gets revealed Chris knowledge on Overwatch is limited cause he doesn't actually own the game yet.Favorite Male Character: Junkrat or McCree. I don't play... any male characters in this game. (Not cause I make a point not to or anything I just haven't found one I like to play as). But I made a promise to myself I would get good with these two guys. I love how off the wall and fun and energetic Junkrat is and I'm also a sucker for an old fashioned man with a deadeye. (Also I've recently fallen in love with Matt Mercer his VA so you know)Favorite Female Character: Ana! Ana, Ana, Ana, Ana! Sorry just ahhhh Ana! First off I main Ana so there is that. Second she is just so cool! She isn't forced cool like most "cool grandmas" in media, she is legit a badass lady. Plus she just has the attitude and charm and ugh. I love her. I love her. I love her!Least Favorite Character:... Hanzo. Yeah I just, I just don't get it... I mean what there is to like about him. Just I don't get it.Favorite Ship: Bunnyrat, Junkbunny, JunkD,Va whatever you want to call it: Junkrat and D.Va. I have a whole post under the tag "Bunnyrat" why I ship these two but the cliff notes version is I like the unexpected and seriously who would expect this and these two would just have so much fun together based on there personalities. However I do have to say Symmetra and Pharah has my heart a bit. I also like Reinhardt and Ana.Favorite Friendship: You know I don't friendship to much stuff in this game. If I had to come up with one I think I would land on D.Va, Lucio and Junkrat. Mostly cause fan material has made me fall in love with these diaster children being diaster children (I know Lucio and Junkrat are like 25 but still). Again they just seem like they'd have so much fun! Favorite Quote: "Justice rains from Above!" Not even a contest. I know there are some other cute and a funny lines. Lines with more character. Lines with more lore bits but idk. I like the way she says it, I like the skill it's associated with, I like how direct and heroic it sounds. And honestly it's just fun to say.Worst Character Death (if any): Pretty sure this is just an NA.(I don't know how to answer these next two cause if Overwatch has a story then I know nothing about it)This made me so happy you have no idea Moment: Finding out Pharah was Ana's daughter was a big moment for me. I spazzed a little when I learned that factoid and saw Ana's young skin had an animation of her with a hologram of Pharah.Saddest Moment:... Again does Overwatch have any kind of story? I just like the characters and think that game play is really cool.Favorite Location: Lijiang Garden for the superficial reason that the only play of the game I ever got was on this map.